re: emotion or reason
The U.S. founders were intelligent and philosophical men, with a background of writings and thinking on the basic principles of government and freedom. While they certainly made impassioned speeches (Patrick Henry comes to mind), they were more than just a loud noise.
I suspect that Olbermann would have to look up who John Locke was. That in itself does not make him subhuman or anything, but it doesn't make him frigging Edward R. Murrow, either. It barely makes him Rush Limbaugh.
