Mark "who?" Levin threatens to...lick Keith Olbermann's ass? (update)

  Don't you just love waking up, going onto Dailykos, and reading a headline like that in nice, bold font?  Anyway...

Summary: In yesterday's diary I talked about how Laura Ingraham misinterpreted a statement by Keith Olbermann to make it seem like he was calling the entire US military a bunch of cold-blooded killers.

  I was going to include the content of this new diary at the end of that one, as an update.  But most people who were going to read that diary already did so.  And if I put the update there, you wouldn't find out about this latest bit from an apparently highly-listened to radio host named Mark Levin.  And this stuff is funny.  Sick, but funny.

  Okay, let's catch up.  Last week, this happened on Laura Ingraham's show:

OLBERMANN: Mr. Bush, at long last, has it not dawned on you that the America you have now created includes cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives?  They are those in or formerly in your employ, who may yet be charged someday with war crimes.
INGRAHAM: "Cold-blooded killers", I guess. Does that include the US military, MSNBC?
INGRAHAM'S COLLEAGUE: That's exactly who he's referring to.

  As I explained, that's a logical fallacy, on top of the fact that if you actually watch and pay attention to Countdown, you'd know that Keith Olbermann doesn't hate the US military.  Read the diary if you want the story.  Anyway, she wasn't the only person to make this misinterpretation.  Enter Mark "who?" Levin:

This is the highest rated guy on MSNBC because he's taken up a radical position which one of his girlfriends wrote me and said he doesn't even believe, but he does it, and he does it for ratings.

  "Radical position"?  Hating Mr. Bush?  Hating the occupation of Iraq?  Hating Bill O'Reilly?  What exactly is this highly fringe position of his?  As for the "he doesn't doesn't even believe this stuff" line, if that's true then Mr. Olbermann is an amazing actor.  Next:

I'm calling on MSNBC to suspend Keith Olbermann because, in the middle of a war, I don't think a phony journalist should be able to use his position to give aid and comfort to the enemy.  And worse than that, even...to smear the American GI.

  Yeah, MSNBC.  You should suspend Keith Olbermann because Mark Levin doesn't understand (intentionally or unintentionally) what he's saying.  Next:

You proud, to spray all that grease into your hair every night?

  Well, at least he's admitting that Mr. Olbermann's hair is real, which wasn't the case last year.  I guess Mr. Olbermann having some guy yank on his scalp sent a clear enough message.  That's progress.  Next:

How is it that only the liberals can make issues out of things they want to make issues out of when they're offended?

  "Make issues out of things they want to make issues out of"...most unintentionally honest statement of the clip.  Next:

Oh, and I can already hear his answer.  "Oh, I'm not talking about the soldiers."  This is what they do, Jason.  Stick with me.  "Oh, I'm talking about Rumsfeld, and this guy Feith, and, you know, the neocons...the Jews!  I'm talking about the Jews in the Administration, not the soldiers."

  The Jews in the Administration?  Mr. Olbermann is going to go on air and say he was talking about the Jews in the Administration?  What is he, Michael Savage?  Next:

He's making a parallel, a comparison between Al Qaeda and either the American people generally, or our armed forces.

  "The American people generally"  Suck it, Kossacks!  Keith thinks you're like Al Qaeda.

  Finally, this is actually in between some of these other clips from the YouTube video, but I wanted to save it for last because, in all honesty, this is the real reason I wanted to do this diary (Yes, I'm petty.  Your point?).  This is what Mr. Levin threatened to do to Mr. Olbermann if he ever ran into him:

I'm gonna give you a tongue lashing like you've never had before.  I'm gonna ream your fat you-know-what out like it's never been reamed out before.

  If those two sentences had been greatly separated, I'd have no problem with this.  But since one followed immediately after the other, all I can say is...ewwwwwww.  Strangely, this isn't the first time something like this has happened.  Mr. Levin once tried to "kick Keith Olbermann's ass" (my phrase, not his) by talking about (among other things) Mr. Olbermann's genitals...their size, their shape, their usage (or lack thereof)...for nine minutes straight.  My reaction at the time was, "That's not a smackdown.  That's a blowjob."  I thought it'd be a one-time-only deal, but apparently such is not the case.
  Kind of reminds me of Sparky the Dog from "South Park":

STAN: That's it, Sparky.  Kick his ass.
CARTMAN: Huh.  He's doing something to his ass.  He's not kicking his ass, but he's definitely doing something to his ass.

Update [2008-5-20 6:31:22 by Kevin Holsinger]: Yup, he meant (1) the government and (2) Blackwater.