Lawrence O’Donnell: Class Clown of MSNBC
The alleged news pundit Lawrence O’Donnell is a self admitted actor. His carny act is nothing but a side show event to drum up ratings. According to O’Donnell himself.
Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi profiled MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on the front of Friday’s Style section. The headlines were vaguely promotional. Above a large picture it reads “Lawrence O’Donnell is hitting his marks at the center of MSNBC’s prime time lineup.” The actual headline below is “A starring role as the cable guy.”
But read deeply into Farhi’s portrait, and it becomes clear that O’Donnell prides himself on being detached – some might say insincere. Late in the piece, Farhi quotes me on how Larry’s done “some very weird shouting and tantrums.” In response, O’Donnell says he’s not really outraged on TV, he’s…acting! He’s the Master Thespian of Cable News. He’s sort of playing a character for theatrical effect:
I pretty much got that impression when he called Batton Lash and myself racists because of a tame cartoon we did. But now he admits that he’s trying to be a cartoon like he imagines the vastly more successful Bill O’Reilly is. Personally, I hate shouting TV pundits. It’s gotten so old. But O’Donnell is foolish enough to do it on the side that defends statism and accuses everyone of being racist or monsters. No wonder his ratings are so poor.
32 Signs Big Brother is Growing Stronger
A good list from a site called the American Dream. I could add more, like the Dept of Transportation wants all cars in the US to have black boxes now that keep track of everything your car does.
Net Neutrality Explained
Corporations are preferable to government control. The government is far more dangerous and totalitarian than competing companies in a free market.
Pat Condell: Let’s Blame the Jews
Hatred of Jews is getting as bad as 1930s Germany. It has to stop.
The Difference Between Bush and Obama
Talk about a narcissist. With Obama it’s all I, I, I,me, me,me
The President’s Social
This is very interesting. Was the president and his wife involved in all kinds of fraud, including running real estate scams?
Green Lantern: Origins
This trailer talks about the Green Lantern Corp
End Times
So some cult thinks tomorrow will be the end of the world. Apparently the president is trying to accommodate them.
Every week it’s another outrage, another absurdity. This week he wants the majority of Israel to be handed off to the Palestinians just like that. At a time when the middle east is on fire, largely in part because of the terrible decisions he made or didn’t make while dithering around for months.
And now he’s saying he doesn’t need Congressional approval for Libya even though we’ve been there two months and counting.
We also learn that his administration has been covertly trying to get anti-gun laws through bypassing congress.
As bad as the Republican candidates look so far, I can’t help but wonder if there is a worse option than what we have now. This president doesn’t respect the constitution or our allies. He seems utterly clueless about everything. I don’t blog about him much anymore because it’s almost pointless. He’s a walking talking parody.
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