Olbermann: "Kerry called them stupid, and they were too stupid to know he called them stupid"

[Skinner]

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Olbermann: "Senator John Kerry has in essense called out President Bush for not being smart, not studying, and being intellectually lazy. And the president and his minions have replied by demanding Kerry apologize... to the troops in Iraq. Kerry called them stupid, and they were too stupid to know he called them stupid."

[Patsy Stone]

1. Keith's SPECIAL COMMENT... A Preview:

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Tonight on Countdown
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John Kerry apologizes... but who else should be offering an apology... ?

Keith's SPECIAL COMMENT... A Preview:

The Senator, in essence, called Mr. Bush stupid. The context was unmistakable: Texas, the state of denial, stuck in Iraq. No interpretation required.
And Mr. Bush and his minions responded, by appearing to be too stupid to realize that they had been called stupid. They demanded Kerry apologize to the troops in Iraq.

That phrase "appearing to be too stupid" is used deliberately, Mr. Bush.
Because there are only three possibilities here.
One, sir, is that you are far more stupid than the worst of your critics have suggested; that you cannot follow the construction of a simple sentence; that you cannot recognize your own life story when it is deftly summarized; nor know it is the sad ledger of your presidency that is being recounted by a political opponent.

This, of course, compliments you, Mr. Bush, because even those who do not "make the most of it," who do not "study hard," who do not "do their homework," and who do not "make an effort to be smart" might still be just stupid, but honest.
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[napi21]

3. Yes, I heard Keith was doing a special comment tonight!

I sure hope LOTS of American voters hear it!

[Waya]

2. Gawd, I love KO......

:smoke:

[Fermezlabush]

4. Summing it up perfectly! K&R

[elehhhhna]

5. 7th rec.

[ohtransplant]

6. He said it so well!

This is the sound bite, the meme - the frame if you will...

They were too stupid to know he called them stupid!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[teryang]

7. I wrote similarly yesterday...

Here are some other implications of the bushist/rovian deflection...

The pretzeldent isn't stupid or poorly educated, therefore Kerry must be talking about the troops...

In other words, he is either cynically pretending he doesn't understand the import of Kerry's criticism and deliberately besmirching the troops himself. Alternatively, he is so stupid and egotistical that he thinks he can't be talking about me, he must be talking about the military.

Here's another dim thought coursing through his drug addled brain, "I'm not stuck in Iraq, the troops are!"

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

8. Rate it up

On YouTube, to compete with the "other video" that's getting a lot of play.

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. Olbermann goes a bit further in his email about his show today:

Emphasis added to the email - he's not mincing words in calling Bush not only stupid but dishonest.

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Keith's SPECIAL COMMENT Preview:
Date: November 1, 2006 4:44:53 PM EST
To: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]

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Tonight on Countdown
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John Kerry apologizes... but who else should be offering an apology... ?

Keith's SPECIAL COMMENT... A Preview:

The Senator, in essence, called Mr. Bush stupid. The context was unmistakable: Texas, the state of denial, stuck in Iraq. No interpretation required.

And Mr. Bush and his minions responded, by appearing to be too stupid to realize that they had been called stupid. They demanded Kerry apologize to the troops in Iraq.

That phrase "appearing to be too stupid" is used deliberately, Mr. Bush.
Because there are only three possibilities here.

One, sir, is that you are far more stupid than the worst of your critics have suggested; that you cannot follow the construction of a simple sentence; that you cannot recognize your own life story when it is deftly summarized; nor know it is the sad ledger of your presidency that is being recounted by a political opponent.

This, of course, compliments you, Mr. Bush, because even those who do not "make the most of it," who do not "study hard," who do not "do their homework," and who do not "make an effort to be smart" might still be just stupid, but honest.
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[Straight Shooter]

10. I said exactly the same thing this morning in response to the Imus video.

In reference to Kerry's apology:

"Of course I'm sorry if the right wing is too stupid to understand anything."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2536580&mesg_id=2536637

[rodeodance]

11. seems lots of Dems fall into that category

[SlipperySlope]

12. Like I said in another post...

I meant to clearly say Bush is a stupid Jackass. If anyone interpreted my calling Bush a stupid Jackass to mean I was calling someone else a stupid Jackass, well, then I'm sorry I didn't speak more clearly. Let me restate this for everyone; Bush is a stupid Jackass.