Posts Tagged ‘Lawrence O’Donnell’

Here comes the media gushing but Joe Scarborough says something very wise…

Posted: March 22, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…I just wrote that elections have consequences, but Joe just correctly said that votes have consequences too.

Oh an you parents who couldn’t wait to see your kids move out, age 26 baby.

6:08 a.m. Joe: “You wonder if he thinks Americans are stupid.” I don’t wonder if he thinks that at all.

6:09 a.m. Republicans have to be careful? what is Halperin drinking?

6:11 a.m. “A loss on this bill would have been a vote of no confidence for Barack Obama.” You want to see a vote of no confidence? Wait till November. Look at Mika’s face when she says it is a victory, a word beginning with “O” comes to mind and she is going to likely be the most restrained on the air.

6:14 a.m. Scarborough and Pat are right that Stupak and his 6 will get the majority of the wrath. The far left in the Democratic party will not be sorry to see even “phony” pro-life people be gone.

6:15 a.m. Another “making sausage” cartoon by someone who has never seen Mike Romano make his.

6:23 a.m. “Happy Monday” says Mike Allen of politico, and he isn’t just giving a greeting, no bias here.

6:25 a.m. “They have something to run on.” Boy Allen must have been drinking something strong.

6:33 a.m. Apparently the days of Tea Party protests are not as significant as the immigration protests.

6:50 a.m. O’Donnell will be interesting to hear today.

7:09 a.m. Take a look at Lesley Stahl’s face, it’s all about the O.

7:11 a.m. Joe says democrats will pay in the fall, Stahl insists they don’t know that, this person is a professional political reporter?

7:14 a.m. Harold is trying to re-write this history of 1994.

7:24 a.m. I can’t tell if there is a tax increase in it says Lesley Stahl. Remember this is a professional reporter with years of experience behind her.

7:25 a.m. My wife who hates politics has talked about nothing else this morning. Pay attention democrats; You have awakened a sleeping giant and filled it with a terrible resolve.

7:31 a.m. Halperin says this allows the democrats to be a “pro-life” party. This is a joke and Chuck Todd is drinking the kool-aid.

7:34 a.m. I’m sorry to be vulgar but looking at Mr. Gregory this morning it is all about the O for him too. It’s a good thing he isn’t in the studio.

7:36 a.m. This was supposed to be skillful? Oh come on!

7:39 a.m. Sam Stein calls Stupak being called a name on the floor being worse for the Republicans. He must have partied very late last night.

7:45 a.m. The Majority Whip says this is a fundamental right, Pat asks him about illegal immigrants being covered. Clyburn says this is better for the country.

7:52 a.m. Stahl compares President Obama to Reagan. This is again supposed to be an experienced political reporter.

8:04 a.m. Cornyn says the deals won’t survive the reconciliation process. Points out the president will be happy but the House won’t.

8:05 a.m. “Because they were legislating against the polling public.” Lawrence O’Donnell is exactly right.

8:06 a.m. Cornyn: “Pelosi got people to vote against their own self interest.”

8:09 a.m. Joe asks Hunt if the Democrats feel better, he answers that it is easier to defend something than the status quo.

8:11 a.m. Mike talks about the media narrative changing. It is true statement, but look at her face, that is the story, it gives the media a reason to feel good about Barack Obama and that’s what the bill was all about.

8:13 a.m. O’Donnell points out the tax increases aren’t indexed so inflation will take many of the middle class into those tax increases. O’Donnell must think this is REALLY bad for democrats politically for him to be saying this stuff out loud.

8:26 a.m. Mike from Politico: “This assures that his (Stupak’s) Phantom concerns remain phantom.” The point about some of the Stupak people being in safer districts is an important one, the question becomes as a Catholic has he put himself in a “safer” place?

8:41 a.m. Russett: ” I’m glad that I don’t have to talk about this in my district. ” This was all about fishbating the vote.

8:44 a.m. This is all like the “civil” rights movement? This is the whole lesser sons of greater father bit.

8:46 a.m. The history professor says this is in the same moral universe as the voting rights act and this is a history professor I’ve gotta make sure I find what college he teaches at so my kids can avoid it.

8:48 a.m. O’Donnell confuses healthcare coverage with healthcare delivery. Joe calls it a “False moral argument.”

8:51 a.m. Joe: “The democratic party wants to take over healthcare.”

9:00 a.m. They are guessing on a lot of this says Lawrence as it ends.

It’s pretty sad where Lawrence O’Donnell is the voice of reason…

Posted: March 16, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…but today (and yesterday) on Morning Joe he is.

“I don’t understand about Wall Street and I don’t pretend to.” but when it comes to how bills get passed how things work on the finance committee he knows it. He compared it to turning a triple play yesterday. “The rules committee is a total scam”.

“They didn’t want the ‘I voted for it before I voted against it’ defense” that is the slaughter rule. “You are voting to amend a law that doesn’t exist.”

As he put it, they lose one seat in Massachusetts and they all go nuts.

Crammer is now talking about what this bill is going to mean taxwise. “I’m going to work for the government till September then it’s all mine.” This is not unusual in the North.

He is talking about a huge “ghost cost” to NY. “They are delivering a long term burden to the states.” this is in terms of medicare. That is the Nebraska deal. He calls it “subsidizing the health insurance companies.”

He compares covering an 85 year old needing a hip replacement to selling fire insurance for a house on fire. This is why he supports a single payer.

I suspect a lot of e-mails are going to the Morning Joe team from the White House right now screaming bloody murder.

Right now Linda McMahon is on Morning Joe…

Posted: February 12, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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She is a candidate for the Senate in Connecticut and is spending her morning being attacked by Lawrence O’Donnell mercilessly over the WWE and steroids and over the new jobs bill. To anyone who knows Lawrence O’Donnell this is not any kind of surprise

Her opponent Richard Blumenthal will be coming on shortly. No word if there will be a republican attack dog available to question him. (HA!)

Richard Blumenthal is now on, like McMahon he is supporting tax cuts for small business. Joe askes him about Countrywide and Chris Dodd and Lawrence is jumping in to defend Dodd. Everyone is all laughs. Donny Deutsch asks a really good question about separating himself from the democratic party. Now comes the soft balls.

It is ignorant Catholics like Lawrence O’Donnell…

Posted: November 23, 2009 by datechguy in catholic, internet/free speech
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…who went through the Catholic school system and are culturally catholic but actually don’t know and don’t believe the tenants of the church who do the most to help people justify and ignore sins.

What he doesn’t know or more likely won’t acknowledge is that unlike people in a parish who might privately not agree with one or more tenants of the church, Pat Kennedy has publicly proclaimed his opposition to church teaching on a subject of intrinsic evil. For it is written:

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe (in me) to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea”.    Mark 9:42

Yet O’Donnell proclaims the Bishop who actually bothers to do what he SHOULD do for the sake of both Kennedy’s Soul and his own (since as a Bishop it would be a dereliction of duty to not address it.) he is marked as a “political hack” on both TV and radio.

Now if you want to argue that there is a political aspect to what the Bishop says fine, to call him a hack and say he is misrepresenting Catholic belief, only a person who doesn’t actually believe can say that with a straight face. I suspect he will continue to make these proclamations and keep his regular spot on Morning Joe and MSNBC while Bishop Tobin continues to do what he thinks is right for the soul.

Eventually the day will come when they both find out who is right and who is burnt. I presume O’Donnell doesn’t worry about and/or believe this is an issue. That is his privilege for the rest of his days.

After that he’s on his own.

You know lets do a quick three prayers for O’Donnell, an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be. He may be a pain in the neck but you know what, his soul is just as worth saving as mine and I’d like to see both of us arguing politics some day when we are both done here. Maybe he can send an e-mail to Almightly Answers.

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