Obama save me from your followers

If being a liberal means I have to tolerate being told what to think and what to believe and what to say, you can keep it.

This is a missive, an email, from some Olbermann fan.  Read and ponder what abuse blogging invites:

You are ostracizing a person who has taken incredible personal career risks to bring real news to TV, for one remark.  This is the act of a fool.  Do you think Keith's continued efforts to promote the career of Rachel Maddow, who would be the first openly lesbian national TV commenter, is a sign of a woman hater?

The fact that you would turn on Keith for one remark indicates to me that your opinions are coming not from rational analysis, but from some kind of inner emotional turmoil.  This election is too important for pettiness and foolish distractions to get in the way of our unity.  The Republicans cannot defeat us this year, but we can defeat ourselves.  Don't be a part of that.

I am not part of that.  I am an individual.  I am not part of some movement.  I voted for Hillary.  I don't like men advocating beating women.   

What personal risk?  No one watches that network.  If he really wants to lay it on the line, he will broadcast that Bush should be impeached and make the case the Democrats in Congress won't make.  And to paraphrase Lyndon Johnson, what is personal risk for but to lay it on the line.  Brave would be looking into the camera and making an on air apology and examining what reduces people to want to physically harm Senator Clinton.  Why, America, do you not blink when men say women should suffer violence?

Goddamn it I am sick to death of celebrity worship in this country.  If it is on the television it must be worshiped even when it is wrong.  And Olbermann was wrong to advocate violence against Senator Clinton and if you can't see it you are more fucked up than I am as I advocate boycotting that smirking spoiled overpaid teenager on television.

What are you threatening me with?  Not being part of Obamarama?  I am not part of it.  Not being on the winning team?  I am a Clinton Democrat.  I know what it means not to feel the love.   Beating women isn't petty, it isn't foolishness.  It is deadly serious.  And your fondness  for Obama over standing up for any woman anywhere makes me sick.

Comments

[John Cobarruvias]

Obama brings Hope. I HOPE he doesn't hit me.

(Olberman's comments were over the top. He now officially sucks.)

[old hack]

Olbermann is just a spin doctor he doesn't really care who gets elected or whats going on with Bush. Olbermann works for MSNBC. MSNBC is owned by General Electric. General Electric makes Nuclear Power and then makes weapons out of the nuclear waste (depleted uranium).

Obama is a senator from the most disturbingly crowded power Plant/depleted uranium factory State in the Union. Msnbc + Obama = equals Nuclear Power Lobby gettin a big pay off.

Obama's followers are like children. So are Clintons. So are McCain's. Idiots actually think those people want to "represent" them... Pshhh Anyone with half a brain knows they're just swindlers. Snake Oil Salesman with a pocket full war.

[flawedplan]

I'm behind on Olbermann, that's my fault -- he used to give me such hope and happiness, but watching his devolution has been hard to take so I quit a few months ago. This race sure brings out the best in some people. Shakespeare's Sister is up to 90 incidents now:
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-part-ninety.html

And Obama looks like a trainwreck, seems resentful that he still has to campaign, and kept calling Matt Lauer "Tim" this morning on Today, couldn't remember who he was talking to. I've yet to read any ominous posts about his poise and endurance, but I guess I can't expect to.

[Anntichrist S. Coulter]

Since when do the fucking jocks and cheerleaders and other rich white kids of the supposedly "librul" front get to BULLY the rest of us into FOLLOWING THE CULT OF BARRY and then tell us that by EXERCISING OUR RIGHTS TO VOTE that we are "DESTROYING THE FUCKING PARTY"?!?!?!?!!?

Fuck those popular spoiled-brat motherfuckers, MAKE 'EM FUCKING WORK FOR IT, DAMMIT!!!

This ain't high school and there are no suck-up teachers who are going to enforce your class warfare "imminent domain" mentality, Obama-ramas.