Sarah Palin said she thought that her prayer was in line with Lincoln's reasoning and Gibson flatly contradicted her stating that his version were the "exact words." Either Gibson was lying or was grossly misinformed. In any event, he was grossly unprofessional.
In this videotape we see Lawrence O'Donnell playing the same game with another woman. He did this only after disarming her by telling her to relax and not be nervous because there was nothing threatening happening. Anyone who is aware of Mr O'Donnell's extremist leftist biography knows that he fully intended to destroy this woman and consciously set out to do so. The whole interview was an ambush.
Interestingly, when she persisted,like Palin, repeating that she she heard the president say he was in favor of single-payer system, O'Donnell,like Charlie Gibson, misstated the facts and insisted, falsely, that the contrary was the case.
At least with the Internet this kind of sleaze can be instantly exposed so, as Mark Twain said, "a lie is halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on", is perhaps not so true anymore.
Larry O'Donnell did not destroy this good and honest woman he only exposed himself for a liar and the bully.
