Lawrence O'Donnell had another foaming at the mouth moment.
I still consider his "creepy liar" meltdown on MSNBC's Scarborough Country on October 22, 2004, just days before the presidential election, as one of the most bizarre, out of control performances by a political pundit ever. He was debating John O'Neill, author of Unfit for Command.
O'Donnell completely flipped out.
Read the transcript. It's amazing.
Watch O'Donnell goes nuts again, this time on The McLaughlin Group, during a discussion of Mitt Romney's "religion speech."
The transcript isn't available yet on McLaughlin's web site.
A summary of O'Donnell's fit is offered by Jason Linkins.
He writes:
I still consider his "creepy liar" meltdown on MSNBC's Scarborough Country on October 22, 2004, just days before the presidential election, as one of the most bizarre, out of control performances by a political pundit ever. He was debating John O'Neill, author of Unfit for Command.
O'Donnell completely flipped out.
Read the transcript. It's amazing.
Watch O'Donnell goes nuts again, this time on The McLaughlin Group, during a discussion of Mitt Romney's "religion speech."
The transcript isn't available yet on McLaughlin's web site.
A summary of O'Donnell's fit is offered by Jason Linkins.
He writes:
A sane, if highly flawed, discussion of Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" speech on the McLaughlin Group was cold-cocked into the realm of crazy-faced anger by guest panelist Lawrence O'Donnell this morning, who started off by criticizing Romney, but soon veered headlong into a radical assault on Mormonism.
The discussion was following along it's typical bland and predictable way, with Pat Buchanan praising Romney for defending his beliefs and Eleanor Clift dryly noting that Romney wasn't as robotic as usual. That's when the ball finally came to O'Donnell, who began by remarking, "This was the worst political speech of my lifetime." But O'Donnell didn't have much to say about the speech, as it turned out.This was the worst political speech of my lifetime. Because this man stood there and said to you "this is the faith of my fathers." And you, and none of these commentators who liked this speech realized that the faith of his fathers is a racist faith. As of 1978 it was an officially racist faith, and for political convenience in 1978 it switched. And it said "OK, black people can be in this church." He believes, if he believes the faith of his fathers, that black people are black because in heaven they turned away from God, in this demented, Scientology-like notion of what was going on in heaven before the creation of the earth.
Pat Buchanan, believe it or not, deserves credit for asking a question that was both germane to the discussion and entirely fair: "Do you believe his faith disqualifies him to be President." Well...it's clear that O'Donnell does. Forcefully, fiercely. Frankly, frighteningly!
The conversation just went right off the rails from there. Mormonism was founded by a "fraudulent criminal," O'Donnell maintained, insisting that the speech was an "opportunity to distance himself from the evils of his religion" even as Clift cautioned that "every religion has had its scandals." That got McLaughlin defending the Catholic Church, further shouting, Buchanan blaming Christians for bringing slavery to the United States, and Clift saying that "every religion has some crazy beliefs."
Hilarious. And O'Donnell would just not let up. His kick to commercial, "Romney comes from a religion that was founded by a criminal who was anti-American, pro-slavery, and A RAPIST!"
When O'Donnell loses it, he REALLY loses it.
O'Donnell was so crazy that he even embarrassed other libs.
I didn't think he could ever top his "creepy liar" performance.
In terms of content, I think he may have managed to do it.
When Eleanor Clift started squirming at her fellow lib's ravings, you know it's bad.
Unbelievable.
I sincerely believe that O'Donnell is an unbalanced individual with some serious behavioral issues.
7 comments:
What that he said about Mormonism or Joseph Smith was incorrect?
To answer Anonymous, Most of what he said is factually wrong. But lest start with what was correct,
-the LDS(mormon)church changed its policy allowing blacks to receive the priesthood. The church never prohibited blacks to join the church, infact there were thousands of black mormons before 1978.
-Most mormons, including the leadership, (myself included) did not understand the policy of not allowing blacks to recieve the priesthood and were hoping and believing that one day it would be changed.
-A few prominent church leaders promoted the Idea that blacks were "indecicive" in the pre mortal heavenly relm with God (no other relegion has the concept of a pre earth life with god anyway). This was never church dogma and the individuals who promoted the idea had to recant the teaching.
-Joseph Smith was not pro slavery, he infact ran for president on an abolitionist platform although he promoted gradual, not immediate abolition so as to not destroy the economy of the south.
-In the early days, Joseph Smith actually ordained a black man to the priesthood, Which indicated his acceptance of blacks. Why the church then adoped the policy of prohibition is unclear but many suspect that with the culture of the country at that time that the general membrership was not ready for it.
-Many churches (I wont mention by name)had policies of seperation or prohibition of blacks in the priesthood, so to attack the mormon church is entirely unfair.
I am not qualified to discuss Mormon doctrine or debate specifics about Mormonism.
It doesn't take an expert on Mormonism to understand the ugliness of O'Donnell's smear job.
He was just saying what everyone else is afraid to say. Some crap is allowable and gets a free pass from the press. Religion is one of those things. All religion, no matter how loaded with wacky origin and execution. Religion is the last bastion of permissable insanity and each inhabitant of planet Earth, believers and non-, has to suffer the consequences of being pc.
OK.
If you want to be an apologist for a bigot, you have every right.
Merry Christmas, ivskn.
Yes, the founder and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a criminal and racist. Jesus Christ was convicted of blasphemy, heresy and sedition and was executed for his crimes along with other common criminals. He was also know to associate with prostitutes and sinners. He only cured the child of the Canaanite woman because she begged him and He instructed his disciples to only preach to members of his own race and tribe.
Yeah, that Jesus was selfish and a real troublemaker.
It makes you wonder about his father. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Good grief.
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