Lawrence O'Donnell just apologized to Alan Grayson on his show.

[madinmaryland]

Gives him extra time.

edited for grammar tenses.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. That was nice, and shows something lacking these days

[madinmaryland]

2. Now he has Nader on.

:wtf:

[inna]

4. what do you mean, "wtf"?

:wtf:

[madinmaryland]

7. I guess I should have used this...

:popcorn:

Yes, Nader did a lot of good work 40 years ago.

Even listening to him tonight he is pimping what he did 40-50 years ago. If the Corporate News/Fox Noise would have been around 40-50 years ago, Nader would never had been heard from.

Fuckit.

[inna]

11. your comment lacks logic. Fox Noise hasn't prevented Nader from speaking, has it now??

[11 Bravo]

28. I'll drop O'Donnell a line reminding him to run his guest list by you next time.

[myrna minx]

3. I turned him off - I didn't want to see him be a 'fierce advocate' for his own tax cuts for yet

another night. I guess good for him for his apology.

[inna]

5. true that. Lawrence has been disappointing lately. nt

[Monique1]

6. Everyone is disappointing when

they disagree with some here. Geez

[myrna minx]

8. Such is the nature of life, especially on an internet message board, where people post

their thoughts and opinions. :shrug:

[inna]

13. lol, silly comment. thanks for the chuckle.

[Raine]

23. Especially when they attack one of the few elected that actually have any guts

I'm not disappointed I'm infuriated! :mad:

[hlthe2b]

9. Good for him....

I think LO is an honorable guy.... he has a hard time not thinking himself to have superior knowledge and instincts, given his experience with the Senate on tax issues, but he is still learning to be the host. I'll give him that time.

[roguevalley]

19. he makes me hurl. having him lecture us smugly about how

this is a lesson in bipartisanship, how we have to hug this shit to our bosoms. I can't take him anymore.

[hlthe2b]

21. While I want to give him benefit of the doubt, one thing occurred to me today...

(talking about making your head hurt).... This Howard Fineman article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/the-clinton-crew-takes-ov_n_794430.html ) discusses how Obama had brought in all the Clinton folks after the mid-term elections to deal with this issue, including: Lawrence Summers, Gene Sperling, Ron Klain, Jack Lew and John Podesta. Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, is an early Obama advisor, but he's philosophically in tune with the economic views of the Clinton types. He goes on to say: "The significance of this staff shift is beyond the operational. The Clinton-era alums, by outlook and experience, represent a centrist, pragmatic, pro-business "wealth-creation" wing of the Democratic Party that flourished during the Clinton presidency in the 1990s."

Now, given that LO was chief of staff to Moynihan's Senate Finance Committee in 93 and thus honchoed in the Clinton tax bill, is it possible there might be a bit of collusion going on?

'Hate to admit I'm thinking along these lines, but I am....

[KansasVoter]

10. What an asshole. Done watching him. He was horrible last night.

[slay]

16. I agree he was way out of line last night - particularly towards Grayson - still was good of him to

apologize. But Keith or Rachel or even Ed - he is not. (Cenk Uygur for MSNBC 10pm slot - then we'd really see how well people can handle the truth!) :evilgrin:

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

12. Tuesday, O'Donnell ranted about the near impossible task of writing tax law...

...retroactively.

Tonight, Grayson says December 31 is an arbitrary date. The President can direct the IRS to extend the current tax rates then we can rewrite them retroactively.

Unchallenged.

Quite different from O'D's diatribe on Tuesday.


Nader rocks :toast:

[inna]

14. did he even let Jane say a word tonight?? he SCREAMED at her the other night,

i thought he was rude and inappropriate as hell. definitely owes her an apology, as well.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. A class act!!

I'm a huge Michael Lerner fan, too!

[Boudica the Lyoness]

17. I didn't watch him tonight

He was so hateful last night that I can't bare to look at him any more.

[myrna minx]

22. If I wanted to be snidely lectured about how sanctimonious it is to have principles, I'd

tune into a Presidential press conference. No commercials.

[meow mix]

18. not watching him anymore.

just to annoying, and bad.

[Raine]

20. Fuck him, he shouldn't have been an asshole

in the first place but that's what happens when your own "concerns" are so damned important and you don't give a shit about anyone else. :mad:

edit: removed one word

[madinmaryland]

24. Sadly, he couldn't answer a simple question asked by LO.

[delightfulstar]

25. He lets Nader go on and on and on...

And on and on and on.... And he barely talks to Jane Hamsher in comparison, acts somewhat civil to Alan Grayson, and cuts off Michael Lerner. What's that all about?

I wish Cenk would have gotten that time slot. I really do.

[ladjf]

26. My guess is that his bosses ordered the apology. nt

[merkins]

27. Like he had to apologize to Greenwald earlier

This pompous know-it-all should never have been given a slot on MSNBC, especially with Thom Hartman and Ceynk on the bench.