KEITH OLBERMANN: Why is Michele Bachmann running for president? Well, for you amateur psychologists, something she admitted today about her prom might explain everything. Next.
First, because this is where we make the miscreants dance with the devil, here are "Countdown's" top three nominees for today's "Worst Persons in the World."
The bronze? To Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy and the boys and girls at "Fox and Friends."
The President of the United States gave his speech in Kansas that could've been written for, if not by, Occupy Wall Street. It was about fairness and economic opportunity and, when the rich are cheating, calling it cheating and not pretending it's "successful investment strategizing."
So, of course "Fixed" News had to fight back. The subject banners over the Fox and Fiends propaganda-fest? "Freedom Doesn't Work? President Argues For More Government Control." "Pushing For Government Expansion? President Says 'Liberty' Doesn't Work." And best of all. "Cost Of Liberty Is To [sic] High For President. Says 'Prosperity For All' More Important."
Nice misspelling of "too." That's what happens when you flunk out of college. You go to work in the Fox Graphics Department. When you flunk out of high school, you get a job as a host on "Fox and Friends."
The runner-up? "Lonesome Rhodes" Beck. No, he did not retire. He simply went to a subscription format on the Internet, one which has cost him at least nine-tenths of his audience. But he knows how to get them back.
Another rally, announced on his Marshall Applewhite-like website. "Glenn will be holding another 'Restoring' event, this time in his new home of Dallas, Texas. But unlike previous events in Washington, D.C. and Jerusalem, Israel, this event would see people take action like never before! Glenn is calling the event 'Restoring Love.'" Also, Glenn did absolutely no vetting on this whatsoever!
As "Huckleberry Sunshine" pointed out on Twitter — about that name, "Restoring Love"? Restoringlove.com is not only taken — but it's a gay website. In fact, it turns out it's a soft-core, gay-porn website. Oops.
But our winner? GOP presidential wannabe, former Senator Rick Santorum, now known by his other name — "Comic Relief." Drawing crowds of as little as 30 people in his stops in Iowa, a month before the caucuses there. So, stuff like what he said in Le Mars, Iowa, on Monday takes some time before it reaches us, here in civilization.
Let me read from the Le Mars Daily Sentinel newspaper:
"Santorum told the group he would cut the food stamp program, describing it as one of the fastest-growing programs in Washington, D.C. 'Forty-eight million people are on food stamps in a country with 300 million people,' said Santorum. 'If hunger is a problem in America, then why do we have an obesity problem among the people who we say have a hunger program?'"
Ah! Ohh! The stupid, it burns! How could people who get food stamps be fat, unless we're giving them too many food stamps? They're gluttons, obviously!
For Mr. Santorum's benefit, let me quote from the non-profit Food Research and Action Center, described by Congress Daily as "the premier anti-hunger group in Washington":
"Households with limited resources to buy enough food often try to stretch their food budgets by purchasing cheap, energy-dense foods that are filling — meaning that they try to maximize their calories per dollar in order to stave off hunger. Those who are food insecure may also overeat when food does become available, resulting in chronic ups and downs in food intake that can contribute to weight gain. This is especially a problem for low-income women, who often restrict their food intake to protect their children from hunger."
Hunger is a terrible problem in this country and — with our abundance and our expertise — it is a terrible shame for this country. It doesn't need nitwits like Rick Santorum blaming poor people because he can't figure out that obesity is not the opposite of hunger, it's often caused by hunger.
Rick Santorum — today's "Worst Person in the World."
