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Keith Olbermann Names Orioles DH/Birther Luke Scott Worst Person In The World (Video)

Anything that combines baseball and birthers is a topic made for Keith Olbermann, so after the Orioles’ Luke Scott asserted a few days ago that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, it should surprise no one that Scott found his way onto Olbermann’s program, Countdown, last night. And the segment on which Scott was featured – “World’s Worst” – should surprise you even less.

Scott, in fact, won top honors for the segment – Olbermann named him the worst person in the world for the night. He relayed Scott’s comments, and while he acknowledged the First Amendment gave Scott the right to make them, Olbermann then showed how easily he could use his First Amendment rights to make wild accusations about Scott:

Mr. Scott is sticking to his beliefs, as his First Amendment right. Fair enough. And I believe that a guy who was a fringe role player with the Houston Astros who suddenly blossomed into a 20+ homer man in Baltimore must be using human growth hormone. Of course, that’s just my opinion, I don’t have any evidence. Just the First Amendment.

We should note that Scott did compile some decent numbers in his Astros days, so his emergence with the Orioles isn’t completely out of nowhere. Olbermann closed by pointing out “a terrible and bitter, painful irony.” Scott emphasized his respect for those who “fought for their country” in his original interview, and Olbermann pointed out that sadly, a U.S. Marine died in Afghanistan earlier this week. That Marine’s name? Luke Scott. Olbermann:

“That Luke Scott died so the other Luke Scott, who never served in the military, could waste his freedom and public position on conspiracy fantasies about where the president was born.”

We’re personally torn on whether essentially using the Marine Luke Scott’s death to bash the baseball-playing Luke Scott was going too far, or whether the coincidence was indeed so bitter, so painful, that it couldn’t go without a mention. So here’s what we can all agree on: RIP, Luke Scott. Video of the segment above.