Olbermann Special Comment: John McCain Shames Himself

[Hissyspit]

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MSNBC Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN - 4 May 2010: Keith reacts to Sen. McCain's ridiculous pandering in calling for the Times Square suspect to not be read his Miranda Rights.

OLBERMANN: "As promised, the briefest of special comments on the statements by the senior senator from Arizona after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the suspected Times Square terrorist.

'Don't give this guy his Miranda Rights until we find out what it's all about,' said John McCain. 'Obviously that would be a serious mistake, at least until we find out as much information we have...'

Mr. McCain. Apart from the obvious fact that following your advice could mean that because of you Shahzad could walk free on technicalities, it is clear that your comments reveal your utter lack of faith in the system of justice that has keep this country free and safe for two hundred and thirty-four years. The laws are not there to be switched on and off at your discretion, senator. They're not there to be applicable to ALL EXCEPT... When you are having trouble getting renominated and you need to boost your poll numbers with the lunatic fringe in Arizona, this man, whatever utter reprehensible thing he appears to be, is an American citizen.

And if you can decide that he shouldn't have the same rights we would give to man who shot President Reagan, or to serial killers, or to Bernie Madoff, then the precedent that you set in doing so can someday end thusly:

Someday, for some crap reason, someone will be able to arrest YOU, Mr. McCain, and declare that YOU are not entitled to your Miranda Rights and perhaps YOU should be tried by a military court. While you pander to a group that tries to dress up its bitching about paying its fair share of taxes as 'The government is taking away freedom,' YOU propose that the government should take away freedom.

You shame yourself in the eyes of American patriots, and in the eyes of your fellow veterans who sacrificed, and the honored dead who gave their lives to protect the freedoms and the laws you have today suggested should be optional.

Freedom-loving Americans look back with horror at what could have happened on Saturday night six blocks from here... And we also look back with horror at how a man who thinks America is some kind of brand name, who does not respect the laws and honor of this great nation, could have come so perilously close to becoming its leader."

[FrenchieCat]

1. We fucking dodged a bullet with McCain on the Ticket as President......

and with Sarah on there too, we dodged a fucking sub-machine gun! Whew!

[FarLeftFist]

3. Amen, Sister. A-fucking-men.

[edwinmathews]

29. We sure did

other wise the war would still be going on and unemployment would be 10 %

[Autonomy]

31. If by "the war" you mean the one in Iran

then, yeah, the war would still be going on. If by "10%" you mean 10% and rising into a full-scale depression, then yeah.

[Tarc]

36. Troll-B-Gon

I need another can of it.

[abq e streeter]

2. AMEN--Thank God that little pockets of truth still make it onto America's airwaves

[Angry Dragon]

4. John McCain sells his soul to the devil

so he can try to keep his job. And then they wonder why our leaders get no respect.

John McCain says, "I have more rights than you and I will decide if you have any rights. Vote for me and i will try to protect you if I have some time."

[Prof Lester]

5. Try McCain by Military Court..

An excellent idea. According to real men who were in captivity same time as McCain, he's a rat traitor who sold out his country and got special treatment as a result. He SHOULD have been court martialed and dealt with an any traitor would. The fact that this SOB is walking around, is a senator (!) and ran for President (!!!!) is.. well, shameful is too good a word. How about.. disgusting.

[olegramps]

20. His case is a clear example of how the media chose to make him a war hero albeit the facts.

At best he was a lousy pilot that got into Annapolis solely because his father and grandfather were admirals. The fact is that he was on the verge of being expelled until his father interceded and barely managed to graduate in the bottom of his class. He is a man without honor whose sole accomplishment was, after deserting his wife, to marry someone that could buy him a seat in congress.

[lobodons]

6. Isn't it Ironic

(Hey, that should be a song title) that those who claim to have a monopoly on Patriotism and a strong hold on the Constitution are the very ones who seem to be Un-Patriotic and Un-Constitutional and dare I say, Un-American..?? Actually, that is what KO was saying.......

[deacon_sephiroth]

15. oh that too

I thought you were going to say how ironic it is that a former PoW is unsympathetic to someone in basically the same situation.

[perdita9]

22. Ironic or Hypocritical?

I'm beginning to think hypocrisy is a required character trait for registration with the Republican party. Honestly, these people have no values beyond making money and hurling insults.

[UrbScotty]

24. Yeah, I've found that quite ironic for a long time myself

[demi moore]

7. exactly.

They spent 8 years using the constitution as toilet paper. and now.... they want the president to pull his pants down and do the same.
at the same time... they cry about him undermining the constitution....

what a complete mind fu#k.

[20score]

8. Great comment!

[my2sense]

9. It is frightening how close this idiot

came to becoming our President.

[ashling]

10. When I first saw this thread title I thought that the senile old fart

pissed in his pants for the reporters

[SemperEadem]

11. Brilliant, as always

mcstupid is just going to devolve into a simper mass of protoplasm. Arizonan Progressives/Liberals need to ramp up their efforts to get both him and that whackjob hayworth run out of town on a rail and put in a progressive/liberal candidate who believes that ALL of AZ's citizens deserve equal treatment and protection under the law.

[DWinNJ]

12. But … but …

He’s a Maverick who served his country as a POW … etc.

[bulloney]

13. Right on the mark, Keith. McCain panders to those claiming to losing their freedoms

by suggesting that we take away freedoms under the U.S. Constitution.

The problem is, the people who should have heard this are so damned dense they wouldn't understand what Keith had said. They're too busy misspelling words on their placards for their next teabagging rally.

[Stuart G]

14. Well said, thanks for posting...K and R

[orbitalman]

16. An EXTREMELY excellent 'call-out'...

...saw it last night, so impressive.

[happygoluckytoyou]

17. ANOTHER REPUBLICAN LIKE BUSH who thinks the laws are his toys

[ArizonaLiberal]

18. Well said KO. nt

[olegramps]

19. To think that this genuine asshole and his air head bitch could have been elected to the presidency.

He was called McNasty by his fellow students and he has changed one bit over the years. He is a prime example of the failure of a system in which privileged brats are rewarded for incompetence.

[SnakeEyes]

21. To be contrarian here

Miranda exists to protect a 5th amendment right. They don't have to read you or anyone else the Miranda warning. The trade off is that they then cannot use anything incriminating in court against you. As long as they don't try to use incriminating statements against you in court they can hold off reading you Miranda and let you talk.

In a situation like this, with an unexploded truck bomb providing mounds of evidence, they don't necessarily need any self-incriminating statements or confessions. Given that he is believed to have trained overseas and possibly be connected in other ways to terrorist groups it's all the other information he can provide that becomes important. Not important to a case against him but to track down both others who may be threats, and get leads on other threats, that he may be aware of. Reading the Miranda warning could shut him up on not only on what he did but also what he knows regarding others.

Also, there is a public safety exception to Miranda. Given what he was trying to accomplish, and who he may have been connected to and the on going desire that other terrorists have for killing American, law enforcement might be able to legally reasonable delay reading him Miranda.

[dotymed]

23. Hey

as long as the cop killing militia gets bail..

[Bette Noir]

25. He WAS questioned under the public safety exemption,

then Mirandized, then questioned some more. The information he gave has already lead to several arrests in Pakistan.

Hell, I don't know why the rightwingers insist that Mirandizing a suspect guarantees noncooperation. Anyone who has ever seen an American cop show knows what their Miranda rights are.

[archiemo]

26. Pure Brilliance!!! Bam!

[NICO9000]

27. I never bought the phony maverick act with this clown

Oooh, he voted with the Dems a few times! What a maverick!

I knew he wouldn't win in 2007. Even then I could see what a moron he was and that he was going to be way out of touch with the voters. Plus, after 8 years of Rethug rule, I l knew the pendulum had to swing back to the Dems. Once the economy tanked, I knew it was over for him.

And just for bringing Mooselini on the national scene, he should be tried for treason and crimes against the country.

[demigoddess]

28. one thing, i grew up military and I know one thing, there are some officers, and

Mccain seems to be one, who serves not out of patriotism or a sense of duty but because it is something to add to their resume to make them look good. You can see the proof of this in the way he has treated fellow vets. and their families. Let me make one other point. These people who are so racist but say they 'support the troops', do not seem to understand a lot of those troops are hispanic and african american.

[MindandSoul]

30. Excellent special comment, as usual: Right to the point and. . .Right!

[peaches2003]

32. Can you imagine selling your soul to the devil

just to beat an idiot like J.D. Hayworth? McCain started this when he prostituted himself by picking Sarah Palin and it has gotten worse every day since. It's almost sad to see someone that scared to death to lose and have to go home and live a regular life.

[The Wizard]

33. Grand Pappy McCane

chose to dance with the succubus and is waltzing to the end of the political line because he pandered to voyeurs that wanted a peek up his running mate's skirt. He drank the political Drano. That's all folks.

[hay rick]

34. a man who thinks America is some kind of brand name...

And a man who demonstrated his incapacity for leadership by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. HOW COULD ANYONE NOT SEE THAT???

Sometimes KO goes over the top, but this special comment is right on target.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

35. Thank you Hissy and Bravo Keith!!

K&R!!!!

[Inspired]

37. This is going on my Facebook page. Neutrality be damned.

[Cha]

38. It's becoming way too obvious that

dementia has set in mccain's head.

Thanks, Keith, for this special comment on it.

[Arkana]

39. I never thought of that.

Hinckley attempted to kill Reagan and was Mirandized.

Bernie Madoff ruined a HELL of a lot more lives than Shahzad, but he was Mirandized.

I say someone arrest McCain and deny him his rights--we'll see where he is then. That old fuck will go to his political grave not as the independent maverick he was in 2000, but as the old, doddering sellout he became after 2008.

[JoeyT]

40. Even Beck is saying he's gone way too far.

Now how fucking crazy do you have to be for Glenn Beck to be a voice of reason?