Olbermann Names Dunkin' Donuts Worst Person In The World, Calls For Boycott

Wednesday night on "Countdown," Keith Olbermann declared Dunkin' Donuts his "Worst Person in the World" for caving to the lunatic fringe and pulling an ad featuring Rachael Ray wearing a scarf that the far-right thought was too Arab looking.

"They were as weak of their decaf," Olbermann said of the donut and coffee company, and proposed a boycott of the company:

How about this? How about the rest of us boycott Dunkin' Donuts for giving into fascists like Michelle Malkin? And for giving weight to perhaps the most absurd idea the lunatic fringers have ever belched forth: that there are terrorist scarves! Terrorist scarves! Dunkin Donuts: time to stop buying the donuts.

Watch, and be sure to notice 1:05 in when, in reference to Time critic James Poniewozik's critique of him, Olbermann says (of Joe Lieberman), "I'd lapse into self-parody here, Senator, and mock you, but obviously you're doing too good a job mocking yourself."

Comments

[Srkdqltr]

I think most of the TV Cable or whatever bloggers are having collective breakdowns.
The whole media is going nuts.
Most of the nutzieness is because there are way too many of them and they have to make a huge deal about small things to have something to say.

It's a scarf folks .... a style item..... get a grip.
The price of GAS is the real terrorist attack on us not her scarf.

[LittleBrother]

Not so fast!

Has Rachael Ray been able to prove that she was NOT educated in a madrassa?

Does she know how long DiMaggio's hitting streak lasted?

Trust me... what we've seen so far is just the foam on the Latte Lite.

[filo]

and that scarf WASN'T arabic........as far as I know.

[jukesgrrl]

Ha!

[hjo4]

I agree with Keith I will not purchase anything from DD and advise everyone I know to boycott them also. Their decision to pull the RR ad was disgusting and un american.

[dajay]

Wow now that is making a stand.

[Mr. Cobb]

Rachel is a Louisiana girl and it really pisses me off that they're messing with her.

[tjwdraws]

Rachael isn't the target of this smear - it is an ethnic and religious attack. Rachael will be fine, America, however, is in serious danger if this insane bigotry doesn't stop.

[JayHorus]

Actually Rachel Ray is from New York. Her father was from Louisiana, but she was born in Glen Falls, New York and was raised in Lake George, New York.

[Mr. Cobb]

I don't eat alot of donuts but I pick them up all the time for the office. They do. I wont be ordering Dunkin Donuts ever again. We have Southern Maid and Community Coffee in Louisiana here which are better.

I'm sorry you're having to go through this, Rachel. We love you.

[UnbiasView]

For the 77th consecutive month, FNC finished first in total day and prime time ratings during May. FNC was the sixth highest rated cable network on all of basic cable during prime time for the month (CNN and MSNBC finished 19th and 26th) and the seventh rated network in total day (CNN and MSNBC were 19th and 27th).

FNC also had 11 out of the top 13 programs in cable during the month in Total Viewers. The O'Reilly Factor was the #1 program in cable news for the 90th consecutive month, and saw gains in Total Viewers year-to-year (26%).

[Eoin45]

Yes, and the Macarena was once a massive top ten hit. Your numbers only point out how many fools there are in this nation and indicate nothing whatsoever about quality. A majority precentage of Germans supported Hitler too.

[Podewumun]

Boy, you really are bucking for a promotion out of the mailroom, aren't you?

[SevenLevels]

Who else but Bill O'Reilly can quote Fox's ratings (with the O'Reilly Factor as the coup de grace) so eloquently?
UnbiasView = Bill O'Reilly
Peace,
Kelly

[TheRebel82]

Faux News is a joke. Ratings dont mean anything. American idol has high ratings aswell. It's still the worst show on television in its history.

[spqesq]

"#1 program in cable news".

I was the first person at the office today. Nobody gives a shit about that either.

[SouthJerseySteve]

I stopped going to a DD when the Indians running the franchises stopped smiling, saying "thank you" or stopped bathing.

[Eoin45]

You're proud of that comment?

[lisakaz2]

I wasn't sure if he was serious about a boycott or not but it doesn't matter to me because I haven't gone to a DD in at least 20 years.

[spdykat]

I'm with you, I haven't been inside one for decades but maybe I'll go see if I can find one so I can boycott it!