Within hours, Keith Olberman was abusing his position as a `news' anchor to gush out his unique form of bile, and to accuse Hillary of unspeakably bad intentions. Shouting and tossing about as though he had been possessed by the spirit of Bill O'Reilley, Olberman went on a ridiculous rampage about how Clinton's comments are putting Obama in danger, falsely conflating her comments to the death threats received and heightened security necessary to insure his safety. Never missing an opportunity to try to drive his knife further into Clinton's torso, Olberman used the event as a segway to catalog a litany of other utterly false and plainly stupid accusations, many in which he himself led the efforts to distort; Clinton's Civil Rights &
LBJ comments, her ad expounding her security credentials ( which he dishonestly called an "anti-Obama" ad ) and so on. As he ticked off each supposed transgression, he pretended to say that she was forgiven for each, as in "We've forgiven you for all of the horrible things you've done to us, but it was too much."; this from the man who has done everything in his power to keep each of these lies about Clinton front and center in the national dialog. He went on to say that that part of history should never be discussed, or as he put it, "The image should not be invoked,
EVER!"
Olberman's psychotic rant and subsequent demand that this particular historic event never be discussed illustrates a bizarre political climate. It strikes me as very strange that Hillary Clinton, or anyone for that matter, should not comment or discuss the tragedy of Kennedy's assassination. According to Olberman, the even was too "dark" of an event in our history to even mention. Who the hell is making these rules? There are feature length documentaries detailing the unfortunate events that took the lives of some of our most revered leaders. There are discussions devoted to these events, even lots of conspiracy theories. We discuss these things every day. But for one of our leading candidates for the President of the United States, OH NO! She's not allows to mention it, "EVER!" King media has spoken, and has declared the first amendment does not apply to Hillary Clinton! In much the same way, Bill Clinton must not discuss Jesse Jackson's historic campaign or compare it to the present campaign, least he is being racist. Similarly, Hillary is not allowed to talk about the Civil Rights movement, Martin-Luther King or LBJ. You see, only her African-American opponent is allowed to discuss such things. White people need to just shut up about it!
With a candidate so muzzled, we cannot have a legitimate primary contest or even a legitimate election. The first amendment was intended to make democracy a reality by guaranteeing the right for people to speak freely and for all people to have a voice in government. Demagogues like Keith Olberman and his brothers and sisters in the media don't actually revoke this guarantee by any legal of extra-constitutional means. Rather, they misuse the trust afforded to them to sway public opinion against the free practice of this precious right. In so doing, they have a `loophole' through which to manifest their own brand of oppression. Through their ability to affect public opinion, they attempt to suppress Hillary's freedom to discuss important historical facts and events, and thus knee-cap her capability to run an effective campaign. This isn't democracy in action. This is un-American.
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