Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow… Latest Unimpeachable Voice of the Left Finds Himself in Psych Ward Hours After Fame Strikes

Hero today, gone tomorrow.
What started out as a bad week for the left ended up a disaster.

Obama called off the dogs at the Wednesday pep rally but not everyone got the message.

Keith Olbermann was one of several leftists who was thrilled to use far left shooting victim Eric Fuller to hammer the tea party and conservatives. Fuller blamed the Tucson shootings by an anti-Christian, anti-Constitution, left-wing, pro-Marx, antiflag, “quite liberal” lunatic who hated Bush on conservatives Beck, Palin, Sharron Angle, etc. on Friday.

Of course, Fuller immediately became the left’s new unimpeachable voice of reason on the Tucson shootings.
At least Keith Olbermann thought so.

But Fuller’s time in the media spotlight was swift and cruel.

Just hours after being bestowed the latest unimpeachable voice of the left Eric Fuller found himself charged with threats and intimidation and disorderly conduct and forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

It was a bad week for the far left.

#1 January 17, 2011 at 8:04 am
Mike123 commented:

I blame Sarah.

Heck, I blame Sarah for the Perseids Meteor Shower that is going to occur on August 12 2011. A mere 8 months from now. Its totally her fault. Why won’t she stopping showering?
#2 January 17, 2011 at 8:07 am
myohmy commented:

Unimpeachable voice according to Keith O is from lunatic fringes. No surprise there.
#3 January 17, 2011 at 8:08 am
No Man commented:

I blame Bush!

Sic transit gloria . . .
#4 January 17, 2011 at 8:16 am
DINORight commented:

Democracy Now! is a Communist media outlet. Keith Olbermann has revealed himself in multiple ways, both by praising a leftist whose sanity is in question, and by using this Communist propaganda outlet as a credible source. Biased mouthpiece for Communists and Anarchists – both synonyms of the Democrat Party – is your source for much of your drek, eh? Thanks for making this irrefutable, by your own admission, “Worst Person in the World” Olbie.

Olbermann = Epic. Fail.
#5 January 17, 2011 at 8:18 am
Thanks God commented:

Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What’s done in the dark will be brought to the light

You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God’ll cut you down
Sooner or later God’ll cut you down
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/godsgonnacutyoudown.html
#6 January 17, 2011 at 8:23 am
NeoKong commented:

Uh hoh man…the lefties got spanked last week. It was like someone kept passing out defective grenades that just kept blowing up in their faces.
Please excuse the violent imagery.
#7 January 17, 2011 at 8:35 am
Granny commented:

Isn’t the party line that Eric Fuller was one of the injured in Tucson but rather than wait for police or paramedics he drove himself to the hospital despite a gun shot to this back and one to his knee? Sorry, I have to call BS on the whole “one of the injured” tale. No way you take a gun shot to the knee and then drive yourself to the hospital, much less appear in public causing enough ruckus to get hauled off to the psych ward without so much as a walking cast? That dog just doesn’t hunt. . . . .
#8 January 17, 2011 at 8:41 am
Militant Conservative commented:

I enjoyed the CC thread. Linked the lecture hard.
Now to find out another of the left supporters is unstable.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. Powder is dry.
#9 January 17, 2011 at 8:41 am
Drider commented:

Expect more of these communist manifesto carrying zealots to flame out as the push to repeal and/or defund their holy grail of Health Insurance(they didn’t even get their universal health care) trudges on.
Now, I’m sure more death threats ill be forthcoming from these leftist hack jobs but I have a solution.

When one of these zealots spouts off death threats, force them to take a mental exam, to lower what is sure to be a skyrocketing cost of doing this.Exams should be given once at the end of every month.
These zealots should be house on the top floor of the nuthouse/hospital, they should all be issued cute little lemming outfits, put an adorable lemming fur book cover on the cover of a communist manifesto.Then open the window, yell out “Lemming Hour”, toss the manifesto out the window, then sit back and watch the problem solve itself.
#10 January 17, 2011 at 8:46 am
Bo commented:

This is great news. Hopefully, this will establish a required standard to have psychiatric evaluations on all nutcase liberals.
#11 January 17, 2011 at 8:50 am
Granny commented:

#10 January 17, 2011 at 8:46 am
Bo commented:

This is great news. Hopefully, this will establish a required standard to have psychiatric evaluations on all nutcase liberals.
__________

Let me remind you that Stalin had a rather nasty habit of locking those who disagreed with him away in mental hospitals for life – if he didn’t kill them first. The day that psychiatric evaluations become a tool of political repression in this country, you might as well just stick a fork in us.
#12 January 17, 2011 at 8:53 am
USMC Thomas commented:

Total lack of in depth information about Fuller from the MSM, nor any interest in Linda Dewitt, who shares ownership in their house and might have more insight into his character and background.
#13 January 17, 2011 at 9:01 am
Drider commented:

Granny, I feel I must point out the last news cycle.The blatant accusations made by the media on this AZ shooting, the glossing over and ignoring facts and to even insert warped,illogical facts to paint a political party that had nothing to do with the killings as being guilty.

In that regard, the fork is already inserted.We are already there mam.
#14 January 17, 2011 at 9:09 am
Neo commented:

Can you say … REDO ? The Times outs Jered Loughner as a “Bush Hater”…

But Jared, a curious teenager who at times could be intellectually intimidating, stood out because of his passionate opinions about government — and his obsession with dreams. He became intrigued by antigovernment conspiracy theories, including that the Sept. 11 attacks were perpetrated by the government and that the country’s central banking system was enslaving its citizens. His anger would well up at the sight of President George W. Bush, or in discussing what he considered to be the nefarious designs of government.

WOW!! Just wow!
All the news fit to print … and anything else we can think up till we get the real story (and then possibly ignore it).
#15 January 17, 2011 at 9:26 am
Andreas K. commented:

Olbermann was right with one thing: the guy had the right to say all these things.

Yep. In a free society you have the right to be a moron.
#16 January 17, 2011 at 9:30 am
Trish commented:

Bo- I love it.
I also agree with granny, with whom I share grandmotherhood, that this would be stalinesque to lock up all the liberals.
But wow, wouldn’t it be nice to at least force them to get counseling for their illness?

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=56494
#17 January 17, 2011 at 9:30 am
Carbon Pootprint commented:

So just think about what else the projectile vomiting JournOlisting media is lying to the American people about.
#18 January 17, 2011 at 9:31 am
Valerie commented:

This man is bad crazy, and whether he was so before or became so after the shooting is really beside the point. I am glad that there were grownups around that recognized the problem and dealt with it. I would venture to guess that both the killer and the babbler are well known to the local community for their eccentricity.

As for the ugly, false, inflammatory and immoral commentary by the leftist media, the remedy is to the rest of us: if our reporters cannot dig up the facts, ask the questions, and challenge false authority, we can.
#19 January 17, 2011 at 9:34 am
Chippy commented:

The whole week was absurd. Starting from last Saturday to now everything that was said from the left-wing liar czar machine proves how inssane they are. We saw this work the same way in the sports world with the New York Jets. All week we were told how the Jets could not beat the lofty and perrenial elitist New England Patriots. No national media people gave the Jets a chance to win. The Jets were dissed by the National Media because the National Media (ESPN and CBS) loves Tommy Brady. When the Jets finally pulled off the so-called upset, they were surprised and aghast as to why the Jets (the little people) were so upset with them about all the abuse they were getting all week.
#20 January 17, 2011 at 9:35 am
Jerry David McConnell commented:

Granny– he was not sht “in the back” just bullet fragments–uaually minor. As for the knee not sure but would seem slight since he didnt need even a cane to walk. Also an aside is that he is a ‘diabled’ vet. Found out this is not from a war injury, but a menal disability. Could it be PTSD? Which could explain his rants.
#21 January 17, 2011 at 9:38 am
Valerie commented:

Granny at # 11

Bingo. You have named the hazard that keeps known nutcases running loose in this country. Instead of having cr@p discussions of whether it’s Sarah Palin’s fault some nut killed a bund of people, we need to have a discussion of whether we know enough to tell when somebody has become a danger to the community, and to take action, without endangering our political process. It’s a very difficult question that we may still have to kick down the road.

The left is intellectually lazy. They aren’t up to the challenges of real political debate.
#22 January 17, 2011 at 9:38 am
Jerry David McConnell commented:

Also a mental veteran disability would explain the forced mental evaluation
#23 January 17, 2011 at 9:54 am
Conservative to the Core commented:

Get well soon, Mr. Fuller!
#24 January 17, 2011 at 9:59 am
kansas commented:

Bad week, yeah but that didn’t seem to even slow down Upchuck Johnshole.
#25 January 17, 2011 at 9:59 am
Arch commented:

The Left is becoming less relevant by the day. I you look at the polls, Americans don’t believe anything they or their lapdogs in the media say.

As for the mental illness thing, Arizona has a very permissive system for adjudicating the mental health of anyone thought to be a danger to himself or others. I share Granny’s concern about allowing people to be taken off the street by the government. As long as the evaluations are done by medical professionals, I’m okay. But, if Sheriff Dupnik gets to pick, I say no.
#26 January 17, 2011 at 10:03 am
Rock commented:

Giving the Government a tool like mental illness is a huge mistake, I would not trust those in D.C. of either Party with such powers to control the population. We have already seen Homeland Security suggestion returning vet as possible threats, given the high number of PTSD these men and woman could easily be target for confinement, as well as survivors of any traumatic incident. Keep this form of power from political hands, abuse is the end result. Anyone want to guess how Sheriff Dupstick would use such powers?
#27 January 17, 2011 at 10:04 am
kansas commented:

Meanwhile because the left is bat sh*t crazy, the Rinos want to all sit together and sing Kumaya at the SOTU so the public won’t notice the Dims got wiped out in November.
#28 January 17, 2011 at 10:09 am
Mark commented:

Trish #16 commented:
“I also agree with granny, with whom I share grandmotherhood, that this would be stalinesque to lock up all the liberals.
But wow, wouldn’t it be nice to at least force them to get counseling for their illness?”

The first consideration is whether one would rather commit or be committed. Most of what passes for psychiatric evaluation in this country is a joke and a way to dodge criminal liability. I would start pulling this security blanket away from the left rather than extending it to them. I could see Janet Incompetano as Nurse Ratched, well barely. Obama as Mussolini, sure.
#29 January 17, 2011 at 10:12 am
Edouard commented:

I thought Olbie had quit Twitter. I guess that’s like when they “fired” him for 2 days.

Will he ever be merciful to America and make good on any promise to leave?
#30 January 17, 2011 at 10:17 am
Granny commented:

#20 January 17, 2011 at 9:35 am
Jerry David McConnell commented:

Granny– he was not sht “in the back” just bullet fragments–uaually minor. As for the knee not sure but would seem slight since he didnt need even a cane to walk. Also an aside is that he is a ‘diabled’ vet. Found out this is not from a war injury, but a menal disability. Could it be PTSD? Which could explain his rants.
___________

There are disabled vets and then there are disabled vets. Need I remind you that John Kerry qualifies as a “disabled vet” complete with Purple Heart over an “injury” that required only the application of a bandaid?

As far as psych problems go, we have those who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which is characterized by flashbacks, nightmares and general inability to adjust, and we have those Section 8′d out of the service. Until I see the DD214 on this guy, he seems to best qualify as a Section 8 .
#31 January 17, 2011 at 10:21 am
Rock commented:

Hey give Olbie a break, he does provide comic relieve, and a book full of ammo (that’s not violent rhetoric is it?) for sarc attacks (oops, did it again).
#33 January 17, 2011 at 10:38 am
wanumba commented:

……………………………..
#14 January 17, 2011 at 9:09 am
Neo commented:
Can you say … REDO ? The Times outs Jered Loughner as a “Bush Hater”…

“But Jared, a curious teenager who at times could be intellectually intimidating, stood out because of his passionate opinions about government”
………………………..

Whoa. Look at that literary masterpiece to describe a guy who it seems went bat s**t with anyone who disagreed with him.
#34 January 17, 2011 at 10:41 am
Rock commented:

Meanwhile over at Moonbattery, (http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2011/01/npr-celebrates-1.html) they have a story of NPR running a ad about how are Hispanics glad the shooter was a Gringo, with nothing more than the speakers photo, and the NPR Logo with a circled cross-hair over it. So the violent rhetoric is now front and center in a Obama news outlet.
#35 January 17, 2011 at 10:51 am
dunce commented:

A group of people that think the solution to every problem is higher taxes,killing babys,anal sex or a combination of the above are mentally unstable is such a novel idea. This is the twisted logic of the right wing.
#36 January 17, 2011 at 10:57 am
Joe Astroturf commented:

Obama sent his Safety School czar and Barney Frank to teach this guy how to take it like a man while in the loon bin.
#38 January 17, 2011 at 12:28 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

Democracy Now is a sickening cesspool of libtardism. Blech!
#39 January 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Dodd commented:

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2200/ntscotsman.jpg
#40 January 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Henry Hawkins commented:

I know the involuntary commitment prcedure for NC only, but it goes like this, for people concerned about government incarceration in a psychiatric hospital:

Somebody is believed to be an immediate danger to self or others if something isn’t done, due to apparent mental illness – suicidal, homicidal, suicidal depression, delusional, hearing command hallucinations, etc.

Somebody involved: family, friend, employer, police officer, medical staff, etc. goes before a judge or magistrate and explains why they think the person is dangerous to self or others. If the magistrate agrees, a Invol Commitment Petition is written out by the worried family, friend, etc. The magistrate signs off and issues a Custody Order to law enforcement.

Empowered by the Custody Order, law enforcement locates the respondent, who is taken to the nearest designated psychiatric hospital and presented to staff along with written Petition explaining concerns of petitioner.

Psych hospital conducts mental health exam and evaluates respondent and the situation, interviewing everyone involved and reviewing available records. Very basic criteria for comitment: Sx of mental illness, currently dangerous to self or others [For suicide or homocide, they look for: suic/hom thought, a feasible plan, ability to act out plan, and a time to act in mind].

If the psych staff agree, respondent is held for at least three days, then another review is conducted. Respondent may be kept forever, as long as he/she is considered immediately dangerous to self or others due to mental illness at regularly scheduled re-evaluations.

It is difficult to rig the system to commit someone for reasons other than stated. Many petitions are refused at first hearing by the magistrate because they don’t meet the criteria. A common refusal comes when family commit someone for alcoholism or drug addiction because these will eventually cause their deaths. In NC, that’s not enough to take your freedom and these types are refused. Sometimes a belligerent intoxicated person will voice suicidal thoughts, refusing to back off of them, but without any genuine intent to do it, just to jerk people around, or to get sick attention, and these are sometimes kept till sober for liability reasons and to err on the side of caution. For the most part, it would take corruption of the last stop and final approver – the psych hospital MD – to rig an unnecessary commitment. However, no system is perfect.
#41 January 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Mannie commented:

> #6 January 17, 2011 at 8:23 am
> NeoKong commented:
> It was like someone kept passing out defective grenades that just kept blowing up in their
> faces.

Nah. We pulled the pins and returned them.
#42 January 17, 2011 at 3:49 pm
LivesinArizona commented:

I don’t agree with Jim here. It was a bad week for Americans—not the far left—they just got what they wanted.

EVERYTHING about this incident should sober the tea party and anyone who takes pride in being discerning…

From this man’s shooting spree, Dupnick’s accusation, the public dairy of Gifford’s hospital stay, the Presidential pep rally three days later, the venue change to California.

NO ONE should be celebrating a precedent where “threats, intimidation, disorderly conduct” gets you involuntarily committed to unspecified mental treatment. Fuller should have been jailed for any crime he committed, not sent to a hospital.

Let’s stay sober.
#44 January 17, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Haiku Guy commented:

Old and Busted: It’s all George Bush’s fault!

The New Hotness: It’s all Sarah Palin’s fault!
#45 January 18, 2011 at 8:26 am
tehag commented:

“It was a bad week for the far left.”

Olbermann, Schultz, Fuller, Moore, Obama et. al. are not the far left. They are moderate left. Why mislabel them?
#47 January 18, 2011 at 9:46 pm
bg commented:

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tehag #45

“moderate” today is fundamentalist of yesteryear..

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