Olbermann Special Comment on Violent Rhetoric at McCain Rallies

Keith Olbermann aired his outrage this week over the McCain/Palin campaign's failure to stand up to hate speech at its rallies, and or curb the use of bigotry along the campaign trail. Individuals have screamed "Kill him" and "Terrorist!" in reference to Barack Obama at McCain/Palin rallies over the last couple of weeks, and both candidates have often remained silent on the issue, refusing in the great majority of cases to admonish those who in the crowd who express hatred. Olbermann rebuked the campaign for remaining complacent when Virginia's state GOP chair Jeffrey Frederick was caught by a reporter instructing canvassers to try and forge a "connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden." Olbermann finished his diatribe with a succinct suggestion: that if McCain wanted to again "grandstand and suspend his campaign" he should suspend his campaign now, or until he or somebody else "gets control over it."

-Marissa Colón-Margolies

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