Pot, meet kettle: Olbermann jokes about severing O'Reilly's hamstring
Michelle Malkin
I don't like to mud wrestle, but sometimes the slime-flingers need to be held accountable. All week, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann and his left-wing vassals have tried to blame female conservative commentators for one nutball's fake anthrax letter attacks. Reportedly, the suspect was a Free Republic.com member whose pseudonymous profile noted that he "worshipped" Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and me. Ergo, we're to blame. Olbermann lies about my work and props up a clueless Radar Online stooge who accuses me of "introduc[ing a kind of thuggish, sort of intimidating tone into the political debate, this kind of, 'Let's not let them boss us around anymore.' She's got a very combative, kind of truculent rhetorical pose."
Truculent. I like that.
My video response, a new ocassional segment at Hot Air called "Return Fire," is here. As I note, speciously blaming conservative pundits for domestic terrorism is old hat. Remember when the left blamed Rush Limbaugh and talk radio for the Oklahoma City bombing? Anyway, do watch the whole thing. (And see Newsbusters and Olbermann Watch for all the background, including mention of the left-wing nutball indicted last week for sending fake anthrax letters to President Bush and conservative talker Tom Sullivan.) ...
Audio: Tinpot demagogue jokes about knifing O’Reilly in the hamstring
Allahpundit
OlbyWatch has it. Between Johnny Dollar’s comments, Robert Cox’s open letter, the boss’s latest, and today’s Vent, there isn’t much left to say. Except this: Olby’s apology reminds me a lot of the L.A. Times bringing the hammer down on Michael Hiltzik for sock puppetry insofar as it uses contrition for a lesser sin as cover for a greater one. Patterico explained it this way: ...
