Olbermann’s special comment on the Health Care Summit

Anthony and I were talking and we decided to give this to you with out any commentary in order to let you decide how you feel about it. All I have to say is please be respectful in your comments, especially regarding his father. It runs for 13 minutes.

The sound will start a few seconds in.


 
 
UPDATE: Here’s a clip of Olbermann that I thought somehow might relate:




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  • Anthony

    No dying parent, person should be paraded on national television as a political puppet. I'm sorry that Olbermann's father is ill, but this is a new low for Olbermann.

  • pambas

    Keith Father would be dead 12 month ago in most part of the world, and wouldn't have the chance of even having this darn conversation

    But yes, He have a point about end of life decision, but does you need a ONE TRILLION Health care govt take over ? or does Obama passed an ''emergency'' public option for his father ?

    I know that the guy want to use his personal experience, but It is just ridiculously out of the point, simply

  • pambas

    Thanks for remenbering this point Antony, using his father suffering for attaining a political gain that is COMPLETELY unrelated to his father problem

  • http://twitter.com/1stCavTommy Tommy

    I feel for Keith Olbermann is going through, I have a grandmother currently under the care a Hospice Agency. While it is a sad situation, it doesn't change the intellectual dishonesty in his argument. He used his father, his prerogative, as a shield to make some ridiculous charges. First, he goes to the old standby, attack Sarah Palin, who has absolutely nothing to do with the meeting tomorrow. His take on what her definition of a “Death Panel”: False. What she was describing is the rationing of care and services that will result from a government takeover of healthcare. There will be a meeting, and trust me, YOU won't be there. It's the meeting where they decide if Grandma 88 year old hip is really worth replacing or not. He has no solution, he only wishes to set the stage for an attack on Republicans, his father was a nice touch, but it's the same old Keith.

    Hey Keith,I have an idea, how about we slow down and just fix simple stuff? If he can invoke his Dad, I can invoke Grandma. These are FACTS that Mr. Olbermann won't bring up on his show, as they show the massive waste of the Medicare system:
    1. My grandmother has a hospital bed at my parents house, they could BUY the bed for $900 on the internet, Medicare “Buys” it for $487 a month, no worries it'll be all paid for in 9 months. Her sleep apnea machine? I could buy one right now for about $2500, Medicare in their infinite wisdom after over a year of paying for it? Spent a bargain $6600 for the same machine. These are just 2 examples, I have more. How about we eliminate ALL the waste in this medical system before we give the government a whole new one to play with? Just a thought.

  • Robert R Smith

    I do not have the luxury of a mass audience to tell my Mom's story, she was a devout christian lady and still knew enough to sign a living will. There were no questions about anything that we could not get answers for. What his dad is experiencing is not life, I hope he can get the right answers from whomever he needs to. We as a country cannot afford to give all the folks in the country the comfort the family might think they deserve. This exactly what I will do as my mom did and just pass on as is expected. It's obvious keith loves his dad and thinks the man is the greatest that ever lived, but in that leave him some dignity to go when he should.

  • cubachi

    God bless Keith Olbermann's father. What a horrible thing to go through. My prayers go out to Mr. Olbermann and his father.

    Now, I must say that Olbermann's use of his father's dying to wish to justify support for Obamacare and to justify an attack on Sarah Palin is wrongheaded and insulting to his father.

  • Brody

    Wow Olbermann you are a sucker! I cant believe he brought Palin into this, and that he damned everyone who votes against the bill to Hell. It's to bad that his father couldn't have gotten sick while we have gov run health care because right now they would be discussing whether its worth it to keep his father alive.

  • RedDogReport

    Summary: I am Keith Olbermann and I am smarter than Sarah Palin.

  • bsm138

    Aren't conservatives all about the family making decisions??? The last time I checked the “death panels” were not individual doctors chosen by the patient (conservative idea) consulting with the family, but a chart or plan taking into account the number of quality years left. This is what has been proposed by Ezekiel Emmanuel, Rahm's brother, as the death panels. Everybody on the left places politics into EVERYTHING, i guess including their own father's unfortunate circumstance. Everything he claimed; family decisions, personal doctor advise, is straight forward conservatism.

  • pambas

    Please why can't Keith clips be made shorter ? like tending to zero ? I have blood shooting from my eyes when having to listen for more than 60 seconds

    All those idiots want to bring down Palin, I will pray so one day this Buffon will have to open his mouth and say : The President of the United States Sarha Palin

    This will make my Decade lol

  • Tyler

    Somehow I DOUBT that his dad's actually asked him to say ANYTHING even including his story on national television.

    On another note, it sounds like he's only really saying something about the panel portion of the healthcare bill.

    I've learned a few things. First off…NOBODY'S gonna LET his dad DIE. Hospitals are OBLIGATED under CURRENT healthcare to treat you if you are in critical condition. It maybe not be the best and sedation drugs might not be used, but you WILL be treated even if you don't have a dime under the current system.

    Who's to say that'll happen with Obama Care?

    Also…let's FACE IT. The BEST healthcare is ABSOLUTELY FREE. Eat right and excercise.

    My old man actually laid it out for me the difference between paying for medical procedures as they come along and just saving up money into an account of some sort for it.

    I can SAVE money for myself and my family as long as we're HEALTHY and I put my “monthly premiums” into MY OWN ACCOUNT INSTEAD as a “rainy day fund”. It's all a gamble anyway, but WE should be FREE TO CHOOSE that gamble. DON'T MAKE me buy something I DON'T WANT.

    Those are just MY thoughts on the healthcare debate.

  • Tyler

    Amen!

    I forgot who it was, but somebody said “I don't want the government to spend millions of dollars on me JUST so I can live another 6 months connected to tubes. WHAT kind of 'quality of life' is THAT?”

  • Tyler

    WOW!! I just saw the Palin video. I've gotta attack BOTH parties on this one.

    This shows Keith's HYPOCRACY by attacking her for using her daughters as a prop and then him doin it, but I HAVE seen her DO THAT THOUGH.

    So…this video just supports both Anti-Olbermann AND Anti-Palin beliefs I hold dear.

  • Tyler

    That IS a pretty hard distinguishment from what I've seen.

  • Tyler

    Back to the old left-wing way of have to have it BOTH ways.

  • Tyler

    Sorry. She HAS violated her own principles by endorsing big government people. She might SAY these great things that make her seem real down-to-earth and make her seem like just an AWESOME person, but hey…OUR CURRENT president said some pretty amazing stuff before he got into the oval office TOO. Just because Obama does it doesn't mean a Republican can't do it as well.

    She ALMOST seems to me like if SHE were president, she'd start concentrating HIGHLY on SOCIAL issues and start shovin THOSE down people's throats. “You can't say this if it's in bad taste.” She REALLY DOES get SO butt-hurt over JOKES. I mean…if you don't like what's being said…then BRUSH IT OFF.

    I mean…OBAMA is STRONGER than HER as a leader. I hate him as much as anyone else if not more, BUT…I just thought I'd lay that out there as a point to your statement.

  • pambas

    Actually I'm more interested to see the MSM hyperventilating when the ''Most Dumbest, not intelectual stupid Conservative Woman'' become President Sarha Palin

    Just for fun lol about her policies, well nothing is perfect but except Ron Paul, I see none else in the horizon

    Obama is a though leader ? He doesn't have the guts to to tell the truth, His Afgan strategy sucks and His approach to Iran is worthy to a 5 year old

    Change we can believe in ? The Saudi and Israel will finaly come togueter and take out Iran Nuclear Plants while Obama is reading Teleprompter !

  • Tyler

    Just between you and I…Obama's NOT ON OUR SIDE…I mean the AMERICAN side. He's a puppet for the U.N.'s New World Order, so…he'd WANT the Middle East to fall apart.

    JUST MY OPINION since I don't have proof of New World Order ties.

  • Henry

    I feel sorry for his father, but Olbermann was a total douche. When he talked about Republicans not coming out of the room I couldn't help but remember of when he also wanted someone to walk Hillary Clinton into a room from which she would not leave…. And the man that said this wants the government to control your health care.

  • Tyler

    It's NOT that he's weak or not working hard. He's TOUGH on his stances and works REAL HARD…it's just WHO he's working for which bothers ME.

  • rickj63

    Keiths points would have been more powerful if he would have resisted the urge to attack Palin. He should have just told the story and tried to leave politics out of it.

    The same story could easily be used to show that the system works. People get insurance if they want it and they get quality medical care and they get “life” panels if thats what you want to call them.

  • Tyler

    You have to keep in mind WHO the MAJORITY of the people who actually buy into this stuff as “news” are.

  • Tyler

    Hannity made a really awesome point about the way that liberals try to come off as more morally righteous and more compassionate as their reason for wanting to provide healthcare to the uninsured people…but they DON'T wanna do this with THEIR money. They wanna show their compassion with OUR money.

  • Jeff

    meeee! :-)

    Hey Tyler, check the Obama Deception if you haven't yet:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrpRocaEfQE

  • bbitter

    I give respect to Olbermaan senior, the courage and attitude are laudable. I have to agree with Anthony on the new low for Keith though. For shame.

    Wow, 12 min. on national TV to set that up? (I wonder what the commercial cost of that would be?) I have not seen such a blatant appeal to emotion. Period. Chuck in the Straw Man argument and then a fallacious appeal to authority to boot. Wow, K. Olbermann, you really are on a roll. Look them up, I only listed a few… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

    1st, The fact that he had this conversation and has been able to work this out currently, PROVES that we do not need this bill, and that no one is being denied the option to have this discussion with their doctors and children.

    2nd, it is not a right to discuss healthcare, it is a personal responsibility. If you fail to do so, it is your own choice. I am tired of all the 'rights' that are being invented on the spot.

    3rd. I really, really, really don't appreciate, and cannot respect anyone that damns me to hell over semantics, and have absolutely no respect for anyone invoking the Lord God in profanity. Classless and insulting. I got how he felt from the other 12 minutes, it is a proof that he believes me incapable of understanding him unless he 'stoops' to explain his anger.

    And finally, 4th, he misrepresented the conservative position. Sure is easy to attack the opposition when you get to decide where they stand… sadly, he got that wrong again, as proved by the first point, by Mr. Olbermann himself.

    My parting thought… If discussing end-of-life is a 'right', then it CANNOT be forced, unless you also believe that the government should provide guns to every citizen, as the second amendment spells the 'right to bear arms'.

    I feel Keith just sullied a sacred moment for his father and his family, and only succeeded in making me feel dirty in the process; the whole situation is none of my business. The lingering moments between a dying parent and their child should not be broadcast as an ill-constructed political ploy on national TV.

  • http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt

    How about the “I have no credibility because I use my dying father as a political weapon against my intellectual superiors” fallacy. I totally agree with your points. Again, just as Ann Coulter said, the left bring up enemies like dying fathers, widows who lost husbands and mothers who lost sons as political footballs simply for the reason that if you try to argue against this emotional drivil you are simply shouted down as insensitive and a hater.

    It is a disease.

  • amywilson

    I have yet to see how he could say someone right now saying 'help, help' cannot get help because they can't pay for it. That's not true. I went to the ER with a bacterial strep A infection, spent days in the hospital, got GREAT care and never had to prove during that time how I was going to pay for it. I don't recall any doctors or nurses stopping my treatments because they had to verify how I was paying first. That is a ridiculous argument.

  • danielroe

    Exactly. ER care in this country cannot be denied. Dems take credit for that (Clinton passed it into law) but really hospitals have been doing it since WWII.

    As far as euthanasia, that's separate from this health care summit. I don't know why he brought it up aside from to somehow call you “inhuman” if you're against national health care…

    And btw, if everyone in the US had the same amount of health care spending as the medicare patients like Keith's father, the system would cost way more than it does today. Not only that but the short-cuts on reimbursement would bankrupt most hospitals (as they are slowly doing right now, even with only 25% of the population on government health care).

  • tyknee

    While I feel for the Olbermann family and their current trials, I can't help but feel that the whole “performance” is somewhat theatrical. While no doubt it is a trying time, it just seems like a show to make a certain point.

    Never mind the fact that if health care legislation would have passed years ago that Mr. Olbermann's father would be getting care in another country or would have passed already.

  • Tyler

    Haha. I like Alex Jones. He's one of the first people who really made me think outside the box back in 1997.