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Vanity: My Letter to Joe Scarborough about Lawrence O'Connell
yaya123 | October 16, 2004 | yaya23@aol.com

Posted on 10/16/2004 7:59:01 AM PDT by 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)


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KEYWORDS: debate; lawrenceodonnell; marycheney; scarborough
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To: YaYa123

I almost fell out of my chair laughing when Lawrence kept repeating "Lesbian Sex," "Lesbian Sex," "Lesbian Sex," as though he was waving a red flag in Terry's face to get a negative reaction from him.


21 posted on 10/16/2004 8:53:52 AM PDT by SuzanneC
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To: Jarhead1957

I happened to catch the tail end of this thing with Buchanan sitting unbelievable calmly ...


22 posted on 10/16/2004 8:57:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: YaYa123

Great work. Nevertheless, O'Donnell may be working (albeit unconsciously) for our side. The Catholic vote for (the original) JFK didn't start picking up until after RFK started his surreptitious distribution of anti-Catholic "literature." Stalin wasn't completely successful in suppressing dissidents until after Dzerzhinsky trapped the hard-core anti-Stalinists in a purported anti-Stalin movement. These 'Man-Called-Thursday' counter-espionage tactics often work far more efficiently than mere forthright advocacy. And we may well have a very able "Thursday" in a certain Senatora.


23 posted on 10/16/2004 8:57:11 AM PDT by Mach9 (.)
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To: YaYa123

I saw the whole disgusting thing. I'm glad you're sending in that letter. You should also send one to MSNBC, since he is their "analyst." Maybe they are pressuring Scarborough to put him on?


24 posted on 10/16/2004 9:00:18 AM PDT by WashingtonSource (Freedom is not free.)
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To: austingirl

I get the feeling O'Connell is gay as a goose running loose at the Mardi Gras.


25 posted on 10/16/2004 9:03:29 AM PDT by WashingtonSource (Freedom is not free.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I was greatly amused at how calm Buchanan was. There was the Cheshire cat grin on his face. I think he was thinking, "Boy, this guy is making an *ss of himself and showing how vile the left really is, and I'm just going to sit here and let him keep on doin' cause this is fun."


26 posted on 10/16/2004 9:05:45 AM PDT by WashingtonSource (Freedom is not free.)
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To: WashingtonSource

Very likely, he normally isn't that calm!


27 posted on 10/16/2004 9:10:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: YaYa123
O'Donnell is a total and complete shill for the left. Whenever I see his face, I turn off the channel because I know he will infuriate me.

MSNBC should call him a commentator, not an analyst. Analysis implies due thought and care. O'Donnell is a rabid partisan.
28 posted on 10/16/2004 9:19:26 AM PDT by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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To: FlipWilson
The MSM is choking right now because every poll I have seen said that over two-thirds of respondents have said it is over the line. The shoe is truly on the other foot and the idiot Dems are trying to say someone sex life is now fair game.

"Hey MSM, you really scr*wed yourself this time. When it was Clifton's sex life it was nobody's business, now when it is a member of the Cheney family it is. You paint yourself into ridiculous corners and go apoplectic when you don't get a pass. With all the sincerity of a flight attendant on the last NY to Washington, D.C. Buh-bye"

They are imploding before our eyes.
29 posted on 10/16/2004 9:23:14 AM PDT by MKM1960
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To: YaYa123
Great job!

"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."

Says it all.

30 posted on 10/16/2004 9:24:00 AM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: pieces of time
Thank you for posting the email address for convenient flaming. Here is what I wrote.

Dear Joe: You have about the only show on MSNBC that tries to be even handed with both liberal and conservative commentary. But you have to stop giving air time to radicals like L. O'Donnell who purport to be analyst and then rant and rave like lunatics. It also would not hurt your show if instead having the swarmy Ron Reagan on, you found a liberal with a brain.

31 posted on 10/16/2004 10:01:14 AM PDT by Thickman (Regis to Kerry: "Is that your final answer?")
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To: YaYa123
Back in the days when I watched the McLaughlin Group (I watch almost no talking heads shows anymore, and those I do watch I vet thoroughly beforehand), Lawrence O'Donnell confidently averred one night that Jesus of Nazareth never lived "according to experts."

He's a jackass and a prime example of why spokesman for the Democratic Party are impossible to respect.

32 posted on 10/16/2004 10:03:29 AM PDT by beckett
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To: Thickman

LOL, great letter. Do you think the Media will ever get it? I have a feeling it's like telling someone who's had a half a bottle of scotch that they aren't fit to drive.


33 posted on 10/16/2004 10:06:48 AM PDT by pieces of time (No longer the "silent" majority.)
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To: austingirl; I still care; MKM1960; WashingtonSource; Mach9; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FlipWilson; ...
Was just watching CNN, and got rewarded. Kate Snow (I think that's who it was), was anchoring, still discussing Kerry's big blunder.

She had on a "Ethicist". His name, Bruce Weinstein, The Ethics Guy. http://theethicsguy.com/

Needless to say, Bruce came down hard on Kerry. In no uncertain terms, Bruce explained how inappropriate it was for Kerry to mention Mary without her permission. When Snow gave the democrats' spinning defense,... ("the Cheney's did it first").... Bruce explained that parents can discuss their children all they like, very different from what Kerry did.

Of course then the guy went goofy. She was asking Weinstein if it was ethical for Sinclair Broadcasting to show the anti-Kerry film, Stolen Honor, and he said: It's not ethical unless Sinclair gives equal time to Kerry by showing Michael Moore's movie. Huh??

34 posted on 10/16/2004 10:25:28 AM PDT by YaYa123
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To: YaYa123

is someone implying there's actually ETHICS in broadcasting?


35 posted on 10/16/2004 10:34:51 AM PDT by EDINVA (a FReeper in PJ's beats a CBS anchor in a suit every time)
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To: YaYa123
Here is my e-mail. Not as nicely stated as yours,but ...

Hummmm let see which of the following is acceptable verbiage in the bright artificial light of MSNBC's news annalist studio:

"simple minded" Negroes;

"simple minded" Jews;

"simple minded" Irish;

"simple minded" believers.

One man's bigotry is another man's high paying thoughtful insight into matters politic.

Your bias is showing,

Name

36 posted on 10/16/2004 10:51:10 AM PDT by reflecting (I'm reading what all of you are saying)
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To: YaYa123

"O'Donnell's eyes bugged out, he kept on yelling "lesbian, lesbian, lesbian" like a madman."


Mr. O'Donnell and the Democrat's know they are gonna LOSE and LOSE BIG


37 posted on 10/16/2004 10:53:12 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Keep RIGHT or get LEFT behind!!)
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To: YaYa123

I too saw O'Donnell's angry screed against religion. It was despicable.


38 posted on 10/16/2004 11:04:33 AM PDT by montag813
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To: YaYa123

I happened to see the repeat last night and I was appalled at his diatribes against Terry and Christians. He is truly a hateful man. He took on God and at one point I expected lightning to strike. What a lunatic, yelling, "Lesbian! Lesbian! Lesbian!" at Terry and Pat.


39 posted on 10/16/2004 12:00:38 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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To: YaYa123

LOL - I haven't started a thread in, probably a year, because I'm not sure how either! Thanks for making me feel like I'm not alone....

PS. I saw the show as well, and I LOVE your letter!


40 posted on 10/16/2004 12:16:17 PM PDT by Humidston (Cheney cleaned the floor with that little GIRLY BOY Edwards!!!)
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