Did Keith Olbermann Insinuate Michele Bachmann Is a Pig?
- Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:13pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Well that didn’t take long. Only a week into his new Current TV show, Keith Olbermann is already stirring controversy. Last night, for example, he seemingly insinuated Michele Bachaman is a pig.
After playing a clip of a “fan” saying that Bachmann has a “fire in her,” Olberman commented, “yeah, should you smell ham burning, she has a fire in her.” As a bonus, he later mocked Fox’s Greta Van Susteren and the way she talks:
It is possible that Olbermann was referring to Bachmann “hamming it up,” as the phrase goes. But Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher thinks the comparison is clear:
This isn’t about whether Michele Bachmann or Greta Van Susteren “deserve” this treatment (they don’t). There are legitimate criticisms to be made of Bachmann, but calling her a pig isn’t just over the line, it’s a non sequitur. Of the knocks leveled at Bachmann by even her sharpest critics, none would suggest such an appellation.
The controversy seems to center around what “ham burning” means. If he’s calling her a ham as opposed to a pig, there is a difference. But in the end, if you have to parse out those words, isn’t the damage already done?
Read all of Christopher’s comments on the issue here.
UPDATE:
Olbermann is now, in fact, claiming he meant Bachmann is a “ham,” not a pig:






















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Comments (250)
wewantchillywilly
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:34pmHe is one hate filled man.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:05pmmost psychotic’s are — and mostly self-hating…
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:13pmI can’t even watch the video of him….just the picture of him is enough for me.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:47pmHe loves downgrading Sucessful Women..turns on the evil smile..
Report Post »Keth thinks President Bush is stupid because he says“nucular”,
While Joe Biden is a genius even though he thinks the word
“jobs” has three letters…
packa14
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:34pmIt takes one to know one only in this case he is blaming someone for the sins of his parents his mom should have stayed out of the pig pen!!
Report Post »UrbanFervor
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:34pmKeith who?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:33pmthis woman hater has the full support of al gore to say and do what he wants to without recourse. he is just trying to get his rating up. let him be the blowhard he really is, he is only exposing himself and al gores real agenda. the only climate change that is going on is obos hot air he is spewing everyday,maybe al should fine him,o that’s right,al loves his blowhard.
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:33pmRush Limbaugh has always said that when liberals are out of power, they are kooky. When they are in power, they are dangerous. It should get real amusing to see how unhinged they become over the next 16 months.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:33pmHave you ever noticed how close his eyes are together? And he wants to talk about looks. If that’s not the pot calling the kettle black, I don’t know what it is.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:32pmGenerally, Keith is far more blunt with his insults…..
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:30pmwhat a douche bag..
Report Post »ilikai
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:30pmKO is a disgrace to humanity and an embarrassment to Americans.
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:29pmThis guy was a dolt on MSNBC – no one watched.
He’s still a dolt – a fool – a buffoon. He’s on “Mr. Moral Degenerate” – Al Gore’s network – no one is watching – no one will watch. He and Al can play you touch mine – I’ll touch yours. Why give him any notice what-so-ever?
Report Post »EdBoo
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:27pmSo how does it feel down there in Al’s basement, Keith?
Big paycheck but no respect at all in the industry or among the rational viewership. Kind of hard to reconcile the two, eh?
Enjoy it while you can. Al‘s gonna’ be watching Current’s spreadsheets real close. You better hope they sell the heck out of political ads in the coming season. Current‘s gonna’ need ‘em all.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:27pmOlbermann is a serious misogynist. Though a liberal of the near-psychopathic kind, he didn’t even spare Hillary.
His words, and insinuations no matter how ‘delicate’, speak to themselves.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:38pmhey i did not think the word delicate ,would ever describe this left wing moron, maybe wrong, but he is about as delicate as a $2 ****** from dallas.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:56pm@commonsenseguy
He decided not to say ‘pig’, which he would have readily said on MSNBC. So, I call him ‘delicate’ in this instance, like that $2 you mentioned or brain surgery with an icepick and not even a shot of Texas whiskey for the pain. *LOL*
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:05pmremember he did not say pig, that according to our residence troll encinom or monicne or whatever it uses . even though ,if Glenn would have said that,it would have said Glenn said pig, o by the way, hope everything is fine up that way, still very hot here, but are doing okay, work starting to pick back up and considering hiring back a couple of the employees i had to lay off several months ago, hope things continue to get better,and i hope you luck with your new job, have a great day or what is left of it.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:23pmWell guys, he is back and must be globally warming Gore’s trousers. He too will be led to the fields and lug heavy sacks of beets when the harvest is ready. When Keith and Michael Moore hit the set together it will be like Laurel and Hardy in appearance only.
Report Post »Maybe Gore found a way to inseminate future democrats through the TV screen.
UpstateNYConservative
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:47pm@let us prey
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:23pm
“…Maybe Gore found a way to inseminate future democrats through the TV screen.”
___________________________
Thoughts like that should be illegal. *L*
Report Post »felix
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:26pmwhat a worthless piece of shi-
Report Post »leader30m
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:26pmHe is a moron no matter where he hangs his hat. He is like T.O. no matter where he goes he is a loser. Sorry T.O. !
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:25pmRemember who hired this a&&hole….al gore….the “could have been” president….
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:45pmIt’s hard to imagine this immoral degenerate would be given
Report Post »air time to degrade a fine Christian Woman like Rep. Bachmann
Being educated in an Ivy League College should not give anyone
the right to treat anyone like this..This vid shows a very evil,
condescending POS, disrespecting two successful women.
Looks like Al Gore has another real WINNER here….
frustratedwithgovt
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:22pmHe’s just a hate filled little man. Michelle is so much stronger than the likes of him.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:38pmA hate filled bully who needs his *ss kicked, figuratively and literally.
Report Post »I put Gore’s channel on parental control block, along with msnbc and cnn.
No kids in the house, but this way I don’t have to accidently see this loser…or any of the others who make a mockery of the word “journalist”.
Washingtonstate
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:22pmHi kettle I’m pot and your black.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:21pmOlbermann hates women because they make him feel so inferior, which of course, he is.
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:21pmWhen your are too intellectually bankrupt to be on MSNBC, that says alot. Olbermann and Maher are making their livings by being hatemongers. Does anyone actually pay any attention to these losers?
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:20pmhe,s a disrespectfull pos….but in progressive land where reprobates feed and suckle on the teet of hate…he,s well fed…
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:19pmDon’t forget, this lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist MISOGYNIST even slimed Hillary !!!!!!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:17pmThis loser is back on tv? What network is he on? Has anyone ever heard of it? This butt boy is on an express train downhill and if this is any indicator the train is going even faster. A big loser hoping that by making crude and stupid statements that he can actually start getting some kind of an audience.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:17pmLeftists are just plain vicious…….Nothing else can explain them. Remember how NASTY AND VICIOUS Weiner was……….prior to his stepping on his own………!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:50pmSome of them insist its payback. They say it is the only way to be respected by the Rovers who gave us the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, and other sharp tongued attackers from the right.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:36pmGotta Luv dem Smooooth Talking Elite “Harvard” types, soooo slick !!
Report Post »Think Gore will slap his hand and tell him not to do that again ??
Ubee just loves Brokeback Mountain, but thinks that John Wayne
movies are jingoistic expressions of outdated American machismo.
Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:17pmWell he should keep his mouth shut. He needs to realize that speaking piggish is only done by a pig which seems to describe olbernann pretty well.
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:38pmA moron as usual.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:47pmOlbermann is a moron, but said Ham not Pig.
Hams are those who enthusiastically change their behavior in front of a camera or audience; to promote themselves.
I think the idiot means she is a camera magnet. I heard her being criticized (by Rush) for having a “beauty show smile” whenever there is a camera in the room.
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“Rule” whenever Blaze headline contains a Question mark – step easy
turkey13
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:32pmI never saw the guy on tv but he is surely a raciest and the Rev. Al Sharpton will come down on him like a ton of bricks. Muslims all over the world will be offended by his pig – pork statement. Muslims can’t eat or go near bacon or they will go staight to hell. I’m sure there is crying and the nashing of teeth over this.
Report Post »Falcon11
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:16pmThat really hurts given that it’s coming from a ferret in a suit.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:24pmYou can put lipstick on Keith Olbermann, but he’s still a pig. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/06/michele-bachmann-denies-shes-flake.html
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:36pmWhy oh why is ANYONE watching this guy??? How much torture do you guys at the Blaze insist on heaping upon your poor, unfortunate interns???
Report Post »beckwasfox
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:38pmIt’s funny how the trolls that post here consider Keith and his friend Richard Madcow reasonable and measured while they spew hate filled garbage. They waste their time attacking Beck while they hold their own to such a low standard.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:39pmzombie,
thank you for bringing us your enlightened input.
How EVER did we adults survive until you came along and showed us the error of our ways.
Bless his heart.
Report Post »Parkeralan
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:39pmOh God not this guy again…
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:41pmWell, this is like the Blond leading the Blind!
It was amazing to see the feeding frenzy over the “Bad Day at Beck Park,” now lets see the fervor over using Michele and Kieth in the same sentence!
These 3rd rate Blaze editors are Very Good at insurrection! (But maybe they have a guidebook)
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:43pmI don’t want to “insinuate” anything, so I’ll flat out say it…Olbermann is an IDIOT. I didn’t like him on ESPN years ago and like him even less now. Go away!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:43pmHe never said PIG.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:47pmDID YOU SEE THE HEADLINES TODAY:
- Iowa: Obama wolfs down a “Magic Mountain,” includes ‘Texas toast & mounds of ground beef.’ ( http://tiny.cc/6kgcj )
What about Michele Bachmann stuffing her face with french fries and fat cakes: http://tiny.cc/36mki
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:47pmI don’t know about you folks, but I for one am really tired of having liberals’ dissension with conservatives constantly being thrown in my face.
How about some stories about what conservatives are doing right in spite of the leftist media?
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:53pmSo I guess ham comes from whales and dolphins?
Not only are the stretches liberals use to attack Conservatives laughable, they also go to lunatic lengths to defend their own kind despite obvious evidence.
Pffft!
Report Post »booger71
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:03pmNot sure but mooseshell obama is
Report Post »101
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:05pmGlenn, please don’t ever post a story on what this moron has to say unless it has some factual backing, his babble is meaningless and annoying. There’re better ways to spend ones time than giving this moron your readers time!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:06pm@MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 5:41pm
Well, this is like the Blond leading the Blind!
It was amazing to see the feeding frenzy over the “Bad Day at Beck Park,” now lets see the fervor over using Michele and Kieth in the same sentence!
These 3rd rate Blaze editors are Very Good at insurrection! (But maybe they have a guidebook)
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Encinom, have you seen the stethoscope?
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/stethoscope.html
One great liberal site!
WeDontNeedNoStinkingBadges
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:07pmKeith Olber-who?
And what’s with the squinty-eyes / squinty-glasses?
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:11pmthey hate her makes me like her even more. go congress woman bachmann!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:14pm@MONIDIOT ..
You really should get out of the parents basement .. get some fresh air ..
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:18pmAnother classy liberal!! We wonder who is preaching all the hate, name calling… these types make me sick. Michelle Bachmann is a lady! She has done nothing wrong. I wish the left would wake up. Instead of name calling and telling lies. I wish they would give us facts and tell us what Mrs. Bachmann has/has not accomplished for the state of MN. I am happy she is a strong American trying to save her country! When you liberals start acting like Moral American Citizens maybe we would listen to what you have to say!!
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:20pmWhere is the outrage from NOW, stand for something…. stand for ALL women
Keith, how can we miss you when you never go away….. Keith, go away
Report Post »GREENDOG
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:24pmLiberals are mean hateful people.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:27pmWho listens to that olderman?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:29pmI Think we should treat this guy as if he does’nt exsist! TO ME HE DON’T
Report Post »HOPE HE DOES’NT DO NFL anymore either !
fatjack
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:30pmRepubliCorp
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:21pm
MONICNE to bad your mommy didn’t swallow you……..
Food for thought.
Wuhahahaha now that’s funny.
Report Post »docmd
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:55pmIf you spot it you got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:58pm@ MONICNE
” He never said PIG.”
NO, But I will, Olbie is an elite harvard pig with nice hair, Oh My !!
Report Post »Really like that nice evil little smile, with someones dna on his chin..
FormerLib
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:02pmCan we please stop giving this attention whore publicity? he gets 10x more viewers here than he does on his pathetic excuse to a TV show. Constantly giving him a platform will only encourage him.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:24pmWhy does the Blaze keep linking this fool? There’s like 4 people watching him….why give him any run?
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:39pmMonicne, Encinom, You sure fooled everybody by using your handle backwards. No matter how you spell it your still a dumb A$$.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:47pmOlberman is too pathetic to be considered a human being.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:25pmLet’s all just sit back watch in awe as the Jewish Media destroys another fine Christian woman and her family.. Par for the course these days.I believe that they have become just a little too arrogant.
I was listening to the Wilcow show today as they were going over the George Steph interview with Bachmann where he is literally threatening her family.. Seriously who the hell do these Jews think they are? It’s little wonder they seem to wear out their welcome every 50 years or so..
Report Post »RJO
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:26pmComing from a sexist PIG…did you expect anything else.
Hmmmm what happened to the call for “civility” by pigs like OverBiteMe? I guess that’s “old” news for Keithie “Max Headroom” OverBiteMe.
Moron.
Oh….by the way…a friend of mine predicting the LameStream media would go after Bachman in the way that they have for the past 3 or 4 days. He was soooooooo right. Ignore the idiots Michele (two law degrees – intelligent – smart (yes there is a difference) and CONSERVATIVE! That’s what gives license to bozos like square-head OverBiteMe.
Obama gets a big time pass on his dozens of “gaffes”…..like 57 states….Marine CORPSE and my favorite…we again live in the year 2008!
One more point……..unlike the current occupant of the White House…Michele doesn’t LIVE and DIE off of “idiot boards” (described as such by Walter Mondale)….Mr. Teleprompter is a one-term President!!
Report Post »emcee
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:03pmThe exact word he used was “ham”, as in she’s a ham. She hams it up.
Why would you even make the leap to “he’s calling her a pig”? That wouldn’t even make any sense. What would that even mean? That’s she fat? She smells? She eats slop from a trough?
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:06pmDoesn’t anybody actually care what KO says…..
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:27pm@MONICNE:
You, defending Olbermann: insane.
Go stick your head back up where the sun don’t shine.
Report Post »7of 9
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:52pmMy first post. I hate to disagree with you but Olberblow is a weasel. which is two gutters down from a ferret.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:14pmI Think it is time for the Christian Right — to Meet the RIGHT Christians!
Report Post »We need to change all the REGULATIONS to ensure that the annual Government Payments to Bachmann’s business interests are OK for everyone supporting the election.
CultureWarriors
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:17pmDoes anyone watch this dork? Doesn‘t he still live in his mom’s basement? Only a loser would watch an idiot like Keith. He’s liberal so that proves his IQ is below average. Who cares what he says? Yawn.
Report Post »Live4tomorrow
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:40pmWhat “PoS”. I had hoped we had heard the last of him. Give him no space here Glenn, as he is irrelevant unless you post his comments.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:44pm.
Report Post »This is like the tree falling in the forest conundrum.
If Keith Olbermann says something on Current, does it make a sound?
I think not.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:45pm.
Report Post »You actually have a clip from his show?
Don’t you realize you doubled his ratings?
snuss
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:52pmFolks wouldn’t even know who Keith Olbermann is without his acting the fool with slanderous name calling.
Keith Olbermann I thought I heard a flushing sound the last time he disappeared?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 11:26pmThat‘s almost as bad as Blenn Geck mocking Obama’s children.
Report Post »AWAKENEDAWARE
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:03amYou guys and gals KNOW that if this g(assbag) didn’t say things that were beyond the pale, he would just slide into anonymity (where he belongs) just like all the other “liberal pundits”.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:51amPlease don’t make this guy relevant again.
Report Post »vincere vel mori
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:00amThis guy needs to grow up, high school was over for him at least 60 years ago. If you want attention do your broadcast in your favorite diaper.
Report Post »Wilkins
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:08amA ferret in a suit! Falcon you really made me laugh, nearly shot coffee out my nose.
That’s exactly what he reminds me of; can I use it?
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:22amI think anyone would rather be a pig than a demon. What’s his point?
Report Post »jackkdanialz
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:08amHey Kieth, does your left hand reject you?
Report Post »vnjb
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:36amlmao…what a great description!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:58amKeith Overbite! When will this idiot’s humor cease? And please take that hateful O’Donnell with you.
Report Post »Heard Ovebite lost his gig with with football thingie. It’s a slippery slope when your against normal thinking people. Hope you enjoy sledding.
nysparkie
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:16amOberslutmouthman is a heinous excuse for a pundit. If man had stayed the course of strongest survives, this man would have been culled a very long time ago as a useless waif. It is hoped by this writer, Current TV goes the way of Air America except so much faster. Worse of luck to you Oberslutmouthman. May you contact genital herpes and suffer much. Mean is and mean does and deserves nothing but meanness in return.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:33amWhat if I said,
“keith olbermann SAYS OINK”
“keith olbermann EATS SLOP”
“keith olbermann HAS A CURLY TAIL”
“keith olbermann ROLLS AROUND IN MUD AND CRAP”
“keith olbermann SMELLS LIKE PIG FECES” (I would never compliment him with bacon or ham)
Would I be insinuating he is a pig?
“Mmmm…. COULD BEeee! ” – Bugs Bunny
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:34amThis olberdork is the most despicable creature on TV…..
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:16pm@ MONICNE
I can tell from your comments on this and other post, that your head is fill with things a dog would not eat and a cat would want to cover up. Some where in your past life some one filled your head with buzzard vomit and PIG SQUIRT!
Report Post »Joshua7
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:24pmFigures an elitist jerk like him would imediately jump to the “no education” line. Well, if what they teach at Yale is all about the various meanings if the word “ham” then you can have it! Keith, what happened here has nothing to do with education, your just not that funny, especially when just trying to attack people.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:56pmThe kicker is, NOBODY watches Olbermann. He gets more exposure on here than he does on his own network…lol!
Report Post »underthewire
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:57pmPoor Keith, the only people that want him………….opps person who wnats him……….I think his wife.
Can’t imagine anyone living in close day to day contact with this jerk.
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