The report above includes the following statement: "Prager, who referred to liberal cable news commentator Keith Olbermann as "the worst person in the world..." Unfortunately, the reporter got it exactly backward. It was Olbermann who named Dennis Prager "the worst person in the world," on the October 29, 2008 edition of his MSNBC program "Countdown."
"But tonight's worst person in the world, right wing radio yakker Dennis Prager speaking to a crowd at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis insisting there is a left-wing conspiracy to create a 'grand edifice of lies about America.' One of those lies, that we believe in equality. Quoting again, equality which is the primary value of the left, is a European value, not an American value. The French Revolution said liberty, fraternity, equality, the American Revolution said life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where are you from buddy?
The actual quote from the Constitution you just read, ours, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Also there was this one, 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are equal.' That's from the American Declaration of Independence, read it. Dennis Prager, apparently educated by Frenchmen is tonight's worst person in the world."
Olbermann's understanding and therefore his analysis of Dennis' remarks is shallow and incomplete. Dennis often points out the tension between liberty and equality, and the fact that policies designed to increase one of the two necessarily diminishes the other. Between the two, American values increasing liberty, which means while we ideally retain equality of all before the law, and equality of opportunity for all, we don't promote equality of result.
Too bad Olbermann won't go on Dennis' show to discuss it (he was invited) or have Dennis on his show to clarify. As Dennis also often points out, truth is not the greatest value for the left.
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The report above includes the following statement: "Prager, who referred to liberal cable news commentator Keith Olbermann as "the worst person in the world..." Unfortunately, the reporter got it exactly backward. It was Olbermann who named Dennis Prager "the worst person in the world," on the October 29, 2008 edition of his MSNBC program "Countdown."
Here's the transcript of the relevant segment (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27457680/):
"But tonight's worst person in the world, right wing radio yakker Dennis Prager speaking to a crowd at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis insisting there is a left-wing conspiracy to create a 'grand edifice of lies about America.' One of those lies, that we believe in equality. Quoting again, equality which is the primary value of the left, is a European value, not an American value. The French Revolution said liberty, fraternity, equality, the American Revolution said life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where are you from buddy?
The actual quote from the Constitution you just read, ours, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Also there was this one, 'we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are equal.' That's from the American Declaration of Independence, read it. Dennis Prager, apparently educated by Frenchmen is tonight's worst person in the world."
Olbermann's understanding and therefore his analysis of Dennis' remarks is shallow and incomplete. Dennis often points out the tension between liberty and equality, and the fact that policies designed to increase one of the two necessarily diminishes the other. Between the two, American values increasing liberty, which means while we ideally retain equality of all before the law, and equality of opportunity for all, we don't promote equality of result.
Too bad Olbermann won't go on Dennis' show to discuss it (he was invited) or have Dennis on his show to clarify. As Dennis also often points out, truth is not the greatest value for the left.
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