October 28, 2010
But where Carlsberg were only being wimpy, MSNBC (and the entire Democratic Party) are wimpy and out of touch. They”re begging for diversity when we”re drowning in it. They pretend to represent America, but deep down they think we”re a bunch of stupid rednecks. Still, you don”t need to be in Mensa to catch their mistakes. On October 19th, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said Republican Steve Stockman of Texas “actually received advance notice that the Oklahoma City bombing was going to happen.” Huh? Everybody knows he got that fax AFTER the bombing happened. Even Maddow! Six months earlier she said the fax came in “just after the explosion.” Maddow’s real (i.e., imagined) beef is that Stockman is in bed with the NRA, and they”re probably all a bunch of homophobic racists.
This is MSNBC’s M.O. Instead of acknowledging our progress, they insist on assuming, as Keith Olbermann put it, that “prejudice and discrimination still sit defeated, dormant, or virulent somewhere in the soul of each white man in this country.” Inside Keith Olbermann’s soul, he knows that his ratings sit defeated. A Politico poll last month determined that 42% of Americans go to Fox for their news, while 12% settle for MSNBC. Olbermann is slumping badly among the coveted 25-54 demo (AKA “everyone”).
It should be obvious why this ship is sinking. It’s full of fools. Olbermann’s contribution to the Lean Forward campaign shows him typing like a child and acting proud of himself for using the word “emancipate.” Talk about leaning backwards. It’s still better than last year when he smugly called Michelle Malkin a “mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it.” Keith’s woman-hating is the only thing to eclipse his race-baiting and both make you think, “Who the hell is he talking to?” Like when he stares at the camera and asks the Tea Partiers how it feels to be in an organization that’s almost exclusively white. America is 80% white and only 13% black. The Dallas Tea Party chapter pointed out that MSNBC appears to have the same “problem,” but the truth is both MSNBC and the Tea Party are relatively indicative of the general population. So can we stop talking about racism, please? MSNBC’s only hope for the future is to get over the past, stop leaning on the race card, and move on.
