Lawrence O'Donnell just gave JK

[fedupinBushcountry]

huge recognition for losing with dignity in comparison to McCain. I can't remember everything he said, but it brought tears to my eyes as I knew who Lawrence was talking about within his first sentence. I will try to find a video clip or transcript.

Edited to add:
Found the video, JK part starts at about 2:02 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ The video is part of #3 McCain vindictiveness.

[Blaukraut]

1. I saw that!

Can't remember the exact wording, either. Basically McCain should look at a fellow decorated Navy man, a few years younger, sitting across the aisle, and see how someone can be dignified in a loss and move and and excel in the job even after. He said something like 'Go ahead, McCain, he still likes you, go talk to him and see how it's done'

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. Found the video

It is #3 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ The JK part starts at about 2:02

[ProSense]

3. That was awesome.

Thanks for posting the link.

[MonteLukast]

4. I just saw it too...

Thanks, Lawrence, for being so sweet. :hug:

[ladym55]

5. I just saw it!!!

And it took my breath away. Thank you, thank you Lawrence O'Donnell for recognizing something we all know, but most of M$M makes a conscious choice to ignore.

[Democrafty]

6. I'm glad I'm not the only one who got to see that.

I was tearing up, too. It was incredibly heartfelt.

[wisteria]

7. I caught the comments on a repeat of the show. That was very kind of him to say those things

about Senator Kerry. Of course, we all know what a great man Senator Kerry is.

And, I know a lot of you do not like McCain at all, but I think it is a shame McCain is imploding like this. It is embarrassing to watch. I really do not think this is the real John McCain, I still remember the one from 2000 who seemed moderate and fair. He may well lose his election to Hayworth- but personally I would rather seen McCain retain that seat-Hayworth is not much different than Limbaugh as far as I am concerned.

[Inuca]

13. Agree on both counts

I do not like McCain at all though indeed years back I thought he was OK and an interesting political character. And also I think it's embarassing and sad what is happening or better said what he is doing to himself now (ever since 2008 actually, nothing he can do now or in the future can come close to matching the stunning callousness of the Palin choice).

[Luftmensch067]

8. That was amazing!

Thank you so much for the link. I didn't realize HOW much I needed to see that 'til I saw it... And I appreciated O'Donnell's forthrightness all the more as I watched the commentator afterward. He seemed almost unable to choke out JK's name and had to quickly throw in Al Gore and HRC to stop himself from fainting...

[YvonneCa]

9. I saw it. It brought tears to my eyes...

...to finally see an awareness of the senator's dignity and integrity by a non-DUJK person.

[JI7]

10. nice to see Kerry get recognition for everything he has done after

2008 election. and the way in which he did it.

[Mass]

11. I was going to post to say it is too bad O'Donnell would not do that except to shame McCain.

But I read this byline on the Daily Beast, that make me cringe (not sure if it is Yglesias's or the Daily Beast's byline). So, I agree that I appreciate O'Donnell's good words, even if they were not spontaneous, but aimed at shaming McCain.

It is sad that this byline is by far what we can expect from the media when referencing Kerry.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-23/2012s-most-shameless-flip-flopper/?cid=hp:justposted4

Mitt Romney was for health care before he was against it. And in 2012, he’s headed for a double-talking disaster that would make John Kerry cringe.

[beachmom]

16. I think, though, that the contrast made it that much more poignant.

Plus Kerry & McCain used to be friends, so there is that.

I agree with you that the stupid flip flop JK stuff is annoying. However, given the DC CW, I don't mind if Romney is tarred and feathered in that way, even though he is a fundamental flip flopper of epic portion on basic principles, whereas JK was framed that way for a very specific thing that was not about a basic principle like abortion or being against a law that he once signed into law.

[Inuca]

12. Saw it

and then saw it again when the show was repeated, and now, I usually do not watch the same thing twice after just one hour :-). It was indeed obvious who he was talking about after half sentence.

[karynnj]

14. One reason I have always liked O'Donnell was that in 2004

he was one of the very few people who stood solidly behind JK - I remember especially his strong repetition that the SBVT lied. Had that been it, I would have liked O'Donnell, but he was the ONLY talking head who in 2005 mentioned JK as a good potential 2008 candidate.

With McCain, remembering how unkind he was, even when his candidate won with his repeated saying to Kerry's face that elections had consequences - which just seemed to rub it in - and his many versions of Kerry speaking to him about being VP, what is remarkable is that O'Donnell is very likely right - Kerry would welcome a McCain going back to be the 2000 McCain.

[beachmom]

15. I loved that!!! Thanks, Fedup, for posting.

I wouldn't have known about it if you hadn't mentioned it.

I like that Lawrence said, "He still likes you". I think that is true.

Great moment. I always liked Lawrence O'Donnell. When everyone else was throwing Kerry under the bus, O'Donnell never did.

[ProSense]

17. Transcript

and clip posted here