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Mass: Keith Olberman Cries "Racism" Over Brown Win
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General; Posted on: 2010-01-19 18:27:18 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Maybe it was implicitly, Keith...so what?
Amidst the innumerable excuses we're bound to hear for Martha Coakley's
defeat, credit Keith Olbermann (right) with likely the most loathsome. The
Countdown host would explain away Scott Brown's victory by accusing his
supporters of . . . racism. [H/t reader Will H.]
Olbermann
floated his despicable theory to Howard Fineman: "the Republicans and
the Tea Partiers will tell you what happens with Scott Brown tonight
whether he wins or comes close is a repudiation of Obama policies. And surely
one of Obama's policies from the viewpoint of his opponents is it's OK
to have this sea-change in American history—to have an African-American
president. Is this vote to any degree just another euphemism the way 'states rights' was in the '60s?"
Email Keith Olbermann: countdown@msnbc.com
I was hoping Howard would have the honesty and guts to immediately tell
Olbermann where to go. To the contrary, Fineman initially played
along: "wow, that is a good question." But by the end of the segment
Fineman screwed his courage to the sticking point and proclaimed that
he doesn't see racism as a big factor.
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