Olbermann Says Female Conservative Should've Been Aborted?

By Caroline May

The leviathan of all things wise, former MSNBC host and Current TV's chief news officer Keith Olbermann, tried to cover his tracks Thursday afternoon after implying on Twitter that he wished Planned Parenthood had prevented conservative pundit S.E. Cupp's birth.

"On so many levels she's a perfect demonstration of the necessity of the work Planned Parenthood does RT @meow_6 #worstpersons S.E Cupp bashing PP on Joy Behar last nite. http://j.mp/hktGUX," Olbermann posted.

Upon receiving a number of negative reactions, Olbermann revisited his sentiment, bringing the current debate about the actual work of Planned Parenthood into the mix and an ad hominem attack at Arizona Republican Senator John Kyl for good measure.

".@oakdogg I said no such thing. Only 3% of PP's work is abortions. Unless you're moron Jon Kyl," he posted, referring to Kyl's exaggeration that 90 percent of Planned Parenthood's business was abortions.

The more he backed away, the more evident the tenor of his original posting - that he wished S.E. Cupp had never been born.