Vanity: My Letter to Joe Scarborough about Lawrence O'Connell

yaya123 | October 16, 2004 | yaya23@aol.com

[YaYa123]

To: joe@msnbc.com

Poor Mr. O'Donnell. If he doesn't hate God and religion, he certainly sounds that way. And almost as bad, he seems to have visceral disdain for Christian believers. On Friday night's Scarborough Country, Mr. O'Donnell seemed to go beserk, it was disturbing to watch, but instructive. O'Donnell's eyes bugged out, he kept on yelling "lesbian, lesbian, lesbian" like a madman.

(I won't say Mr. O'Donnell acted like a B-movie demon who'd been sprinkled with holy water, but he sure was upset.) And he tried his best to keep viewers from hearing what Terry Jeffries had to say by constantly talking over him. I would say, Lawrence O'Donnell lost all common sense and self respect in trying to defend John Kerry's huge blunder.

John Kerry had no business mentioning Mary Cheney's sexual preferences, that was wrong. It would have been just as wrong for President Bush to mention Vanessa Kerry's sex life.

In the future, I think Lawrence O'Donnell should be identified as a Democrat spokesman, not an MSNBC Analyst. "Analyst" implies "thoughtfully objective", Lawrence O'Donnell is certainly not that.

(name,address,phone,& email addy included)

[YaYa123]

I haven't started a thread in months and months....but today SuzanneC walked me through it. I appreciate her patience, and wouldn't have imposed but I feel so strongly that Lawrence O'Donnell's outrageous anti-Christian comments on Scarborough Country should receive our attention.

[kellynla]

you're probably one of the two or three people who actually "watch" msnbc. LOL
let us know when the channel goes down for good, will ya

[Bahbah]

Fortunately I missed Mr. O'Donnell's nutcase appearance. I did enjoy your mailing though, especially the part about the B-movie demon sprinkled with holy water. LOL funny.

[Jenya]

That's a terrific letter. I'm going to fire off one myself. Lazy gal here too lazy to look up the e:mails for Joe and his boss (who is that?).

Anyone have those handy?

O'Donnell is pure evil. He's not even the type of creep like McAwful or Estrich where you can't stand them but sort of like to watch anyway. I have to change the channel when McDonnell mugs shows up on the screen.

[Ladytotheright]

As I learned in the eighth grade, according to the Declaration on Independence---"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their CREATER with certain enaliable rights; thats among these right are life, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness...

[Ladytotheright]

As I learned in the eighth grade, according to the Declaration on Independence---"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their CREATER with certain enaliable rights; thats among these right are life, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness...

[austinaero]

He is evil but he spurs good people like you to take action.....he is a the spawn of Satan to be sure,,,but he has lots of brothers and sisters...

One might call him an evil "useful idiot." Dems don't seem to realize that venom delivered ala O'Connelle, St. Lumpy Moore and the HOllywood Yappers only hurts their cause...

Do we really want to clue them in on this?

[magglepuss]

I also saw this strange performancs. Truly disgusting. If MSNBC wants to retain ANY credibility, they need to part ways with him.

[EDINVA]

I was the other person watching the Scarborough show last night.

O'Donnell gets especially heated when the subject is homosexuality. Can't imagine why ;)

Back in '00, O'Donnell viciously attacked Steve Forbes on Hardball for defending the Boy Scouts of America in its efforts to refuse homosexual troop leaders. His reason? Because Malcolm Forbes, Steve's father, was allegedly homosexual. O'Donnell would not stop beating Steve Forbes up over his father's alleged homosexuality. It was one of the most disgusting scenes I've ever seen on tv.

I wrote Matthews at the time and of course got no response, but soon thereafter stopped watching Hardball and MSNBC. Only in the past few weeks have I bothered to switch from time to time to MSNBC, to see what the other side is saying (their idea of Republicans is Pat Buchanan and Ron P. Reagan). When the elections pass, I'll go back to ignoring MSNBC, and doubt they'll be around for the '08 election.

[GarySpFc]

I saw the show, and wrote the following to Joe:

Joe,

A theoretical atheist boldly states by faith God does not exist, whereas a practical atheist lives life as if there is no God. I have neither the ability or right to look into a man's heart, but I do his actions. Lawrence O'Donnell may identify himself as a Roman Catholic, but his obvious hatred for all Christianity identifies him as a practical atheist.

Kindest regards,

Gary Butner

[pieces of time]

Your e-mail is great. I think MSNBC's e-mail lines are smoking after O'Donnells comments Thursday and Friday night. All of us "simple minded" believers were insulted by this man's ignorance and elitist attitude toward Christians. I'm ashamed that he had the affrontery to mention that he went to Catholic school.

[pieces of time]

For a start:
joe@msnbc.com
viewerservices@msnbc.com
You may have to keep trying - mailboxes seem to be getting full fast. ;-)

[jmbnyc]

Personally I don't think your words are strong enough. First, you nailed his performance last night except that you did not mention the constant smirk on this face which conveyed the message of all knowing jerk. Second, if you are familiar with Lawrence, then you should know that his behavior and opinions were completely predictable. In fact, when he was announced as the next guest on the show I almost turned the channel because I can barely stand to listen to him.

Beyond all that he is blatant (and this is typical of the most strident liberals) hypocrite. He defended Clinton to the end with regard to the Lewinsky affair. His main reasoning was that this had no business being discussed because it was a personal matter. I guess the same standard does not apply when it comes to the private family of Dick Cheney (fair game is what he called Kerry's calculated remarks).

[badgerlandjim]

Lawrence O'Donnell and Ellis Henican - two of the most unwatchable a$$holes on tv.

[hole_n_one]

O'Donnell's comments caused quite a stir.

Threads discussing last night's SC are here, here and here.

[jmbnyc]

Had the same experience with Hardball. Matthews fills the show with Liberal views (he does the same thing on his Sunday show). I wrote him a few times to complain and I never get a response. His consistent low ratings give me solace that most folks feel like you and I.

[austingirl]

O'Donnell is a truly evil man. It shone from his face -scary stuff.

[StarFan]

Great letter and I will send one as well.

I happend to catch him one day last week and he had my blood boiling within seconds. It's obvious Buchanan answers to the powers that be at MSNBC or he would have verbally slapped him up one side and down the other. Isn't O'Donnell a writer or producer of West Wing? I know he plays some role which explains his nastiness having rubbed shoulders with Sheen and that liberal group.

[FlipWilson]

I love O'Donnell. I really do, he is completely and totally unaware that he is the poster child for how FAR out of touch the left is with many Americans. He is also the poster child for arrogance as he sits up there and announces how it is Bush who is out of touch when it comes to faith. O'Donnell is exactly who Bernie Goldberg is referencing in his books, namely, the arrogant elitist.

What is amusing to watch is the tortured look on O'Donnell's face when his bias does not match reality. For example, O'Donnell was trying to paint Kerry's lesbian moment as a great, not just good, but great thing for Kerry.

[Jarhead1957]

I must have been the third one watching. O'Connell is just another smart mouthed smerking liberal. Joe should not be giving him a platform. If Joe keeps it up he should not have a platform.

I thought there was hope for Joe Scarborough but he has becoming part of the MSM.