I turned on Keith Olbermann for a second last night and he asked his guest whether the Arizona immigration law was a tactic to get Chicano and Latino people to move out of the state. Thankfully, the guest laughed off the suggestion but it's just another example of how MSNBC, and Olbermann especially, can take an issue and turn their legitimate opinion into a laughable conspiracy theory. The funniest/saddest part was that his guest had just made a number of great points and Olbermann responded something like, "You bring up something interesting..." even though Keith ridiculous idea had nothing to do with what his guest had brought up.

It's just frustrating to see legit discussions whittled down to ridiculous talking points or having to watch people defend an argument because of who made it rather than whether it has any merits at all.