MSNBC Host Embarrasses Himself, Asks Dem Senator for Her Autograph (What a Moron)

NewsBuster.org ^ | May 9, 2013 | Kyle Drennan

[Kaslin]

Wrapping up a fawning interview with Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on MSNBC's The Last Word Wednesday night, left-wing host Lawrence O'Donnell couldn't hold back his glee at Warren proposing her first piece of legislation. Like an adoring fan, he gushed: "Congratulations on your first bill. If I could just get your autograph here on my copy of the first Warren bill, this is a very exciting night at The Last Word." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

As she happily signed her name, Warren exclaimed: " For Lawrence, you bet." O'Donnell announced: "This will be framed and then I'll – then I'll get a copy of the one the President signs when it becomes law." Warren replied: "Your mouth to God's ears."

MSNBC Host Embarrasses Himself, Asks Dem Senator for Her Autograph

The legislation they were celebrating was Warren's demand that the Federal Reserve provide loans to college students at the same low interest rates they loan to banks. O'Donnell began the segment by playing sound bites of Warren pushing her usual class warfare argument:

If the Federal Reserve can float trillions of dollars to large financial institutions at low interest rates to grow the economy, surely they can float the Department of Education the money to fund our students, keep us competitive, and help grow our middle class....the federal government's going to charge interest rates nine times higher than the rates they charge the biggest banks. The same banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke the economy. That isn't right.

Here are excerpts of the May 8 exchange:

10:19PM ET

ELIZABETH WARREN [SEN. D-MA]: If the Federal Reserve can float trillions of dollars to large financial institutions at low interest rates to grow the economy, surely they can float the Department of Education the money to fund our students, keep us competitive, and help grow our middle class.

LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: That was Massachusetts senior Senator Elizabeth Warren introducing her first piece of legislation in the Senate today. The bill is designed to give students relief from high interest rates on federal loans which are scheduled to double on July 1st, from 3.4% to 6.8%. Senator Warren's bill would allow students to borrow at the same rate that big banks pay to the Federal Reserve, which is currently about .75%.

WARREN: In other words, the federal government's going to charge interest rates nine times higher than the rates they charge the biggest banks. The same banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke the economy. That isn't right.

O'DONNELL: Senator Warren, thank you very much for being here on your debut as a legislator on the Senate floor. How did that feel to go up there and do that?

WARREN: It felt good. Yeah, it did.

O'DONNELL: And you're ahead of schedule of the other first-year senators. They usually wait a while in doing this. But this thing just makes so much sense.

(...)

10:25PM ET

O'DONNELL: Senator Warren, congratulations on your first bill. If I could just get your autograph here on my copy of the first Warren bill, this is a very exciting night at The Last Word.

WARREN [SIGNING HER AUTOGRAPH]: For Lawrence, you bet.

O'DONNELL: This is – this will be framed and then I'll – then I'll get a copy of the one the President signs when it becomes law.

WARREN: Your mouth to God's ears. There we go.

O'DONNELL: Senator Warren, thank you very much for joining us tonight.

WARREN: Thank you.

[Parley Baer]

Makes me want to barf.

[laweeks]

“Do you want it signed in injun or normal stuff?”

“Are you gonna’ put this on the wall of your mother’s basement that you live in, huh?”

[BenLurkin]

[Sarah Barracuda]

The “Proud Socialist” getting an autograph from a fake Indian..how fitting

[napscoordinator]

The liberals want her to run for President. They are salivating about it. I think she is one of the biggest liberals in the Senate. It is pathetic that she gets to author bills in her first term, but Senator Scott and Senator Cruz is unable too. She will be able to brag about how much she got done in the Senate while our guys are not able to brag at all. So unfair it is to Republicans now adays.

[GraceG]

This reminds me of that one guy who fawned all over obama during that one town hall.

[nascarnation]

Maybe tomorrow he can get one from Lizzie Colbert Busch?

[mnehring]

This is how 12 year old girls or Humblegunner act around Justin Stuned Bieber.

[Gene Eric]

Lean Forward and pass that movement...

[tet68]

WARREN: In other words, the federal government’s going to charge interest rates nine times higher than the rates they charge the biggest banks. The same banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke the economy. That isn’t right.

Always pushing the spin, it wasn’t government meddleing
that caused it, it was the BANKS that cost millions of
jobs and nearly broke the economy.

Yeah right.

[Tzimisce]

We’re getting our asses kicked everywhere by these people?

[glock rocks]

Did it send a tinkle down his leg? No,wait, that’s the other kneepadder, um, Christine? Chrissy?

[skeeter]

To the typical stalinist progressive, an ideologically leftwing politician is a rock star, oracle and messiah all rolled into one.

[GraceG]

The legislation they were celebrating was Warren’s demand that the Federal Reserve provide loans to college students at the same low interest rates they loan to banks. O’Donnell began the segment by playing sound bites of Warren pushing her usual class warfare argument:

Oh yeah, why don’t we hand out home loans like that too, heck why don’t we just hand over all banks to the federal reserve...

[cld51860]

The very picture of professionalism, as always, Larry.

[the_Watchman]

Department of Education the money to fund our students, keep us competitive, and help grow our middle class

. . . and keep our funds rolling into their liberal academic institutions!

[Kaslin]

What do you expect from these morons?

[Gefreiter]

I never even heard of o’donnell before ~a year ago. What a douche.

I remember him talking sh!t to one of romneys sons last year, about kicking his a$$ or whatever, like he’s some kind of baaaad dude.

Classy guy.

[FlingWingFlyer]

O’Donnell is such a moron. Maybe if Larry goes over to her house, she’ll let him ride around her teepee on her travois pulled by her pony. After that they can sit around the campfire in front of her teepee eating buffalo wings.