Has there been anything on TV about O'Donnell last night?

[fadedrose]

Didn't have the TV on all day and wondered if the morning programs mentioned, not only Orly's, but also O'Donnell's meltdown....

[sufrommich]

1. What happened? nt

[Zoeisright]

2. He kicked OIly Tits off the show.

She was blathering on and on about her fake birth certificate and she wouldn't address the truth.

[fadedrose]

3. Orley Taiz was on THE LAST WORD last night

and she told O'Donnel she would apologize for all the trouble she's caused about Obama's birth certificate. Instead of apologizing, she held up Obama's selective service document and was saying something about a false social security number, called Obama a lier, and oh yeah, she forgot to apologize.

O'Donnel had them take her off, and was going on about how she was a crazy person and he never would have had her on if she knew what she had in mind.

I wonder if there's a tape of it somewhere...

[sufrommich]

5. lol. Sorry I missed it. nt

[Contrary1]

8. Here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42791137#42791137

[sufrommich]

12. Thank you. God, what a nut that woman is. nt

[Contrary1]

6. And he blasted NBC for keeping Trump on the air.

Video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42790588#42790588

[demwing]

19. Damn that was razor sharp

Lawrence O'Donnell should receive the Murrow Award

[underseasurveyor]

4. I didn't see O'Donnell's as having a meltdown!

I saw an intelligent sane human being expressing frustration at injustice and lies on HIS show. Christ, is it not OK to show honest emotion anymore? And BTW Lawrence remained very composed. Certainly had more composure than I would have shown.

[fadedrose]

7. Even Rachel asked if he was alright.....

I saw him as angry and thought he was blinking rapidly at some points. He was shocked...

[underseasurveyor]

9. As any good friend that cares would ask.

Not because HE had a "meltdown" but because, as most of us have experienced, getting upset (and justifiably so) by some abusive crazy person.

[fadedrose]

10. Using the word "crazy" was not a good idea, imho...

Barney Frank chose the word "strange" to describe her, but of course, he had more time to think about it.

I think it was an insult to the "crazy" or insane people who truly have a mental illness.

This woman is evil and is being put up to it for money, imho..

[underseasurveyor]

13. The woman is Bat-Shit Crazy.

Crazy and mental illness are not one in the same. BIG difference. It's an insult to the mentally ill to lump in 'crazy' as being the same. I have mentally ill people in my family and they are not crazy. Just ill and in one case very broken but not crazy!

Oily Taters IS bat-shit crazy!

[fadedrose]

14. Ya, but you can say that here, in DU, or over your neighbor's,

but not on national TV, no, not "crazy." She can, and probably will, decide to sue him and the network for that - even Charlie Sheen is described as having a problem but not "crazy"...

And Trump as been described as a lot of things, but not "crazy." There must be 1000 lawyers calling Orley to take her case... she already has 3 trials (or hearings) scheduled this week. You don't give this woman even an inkling of a chance to sue, it's just one more thing to keep the birthers in the news...

We didn't need her apology anyway. Nobody would have believed it.

O'Donnell was justifiably right in being angry. But on national TV, the best he could and should have done was say that she broke her word.

[underseasurveyor]

22. Charlie Sheen does have a problem,

and no he is not crazy although his behaviour maybe be described that way.

Oily Taters is crazy, and dense, and Lawrence choose not to tippy-toe about it. And I doubt there are 1000 lawyers calling to take up a case for her. Too many interviews and videos out there that would go against her. Besides she has a long and well documented history of frivolous lawsuits. That in itself is enough to show she is bat-shit crazy and only an idiot of an attorney would even entertain her claims.

I'm glad Lawrence said it on national TV. It needed to be.

[fadedrose]

25. Who is paying for the lawsuits?

There's a lot of crazy going around, and a lot of it belongs to very wealthy people who'll do anything to end medicare, social security, and every other social program they loathe paying taxes to support. If excessive greed and racial prejudice are forms of insanity, then Orley can't contest what O'Donnell said. But her lawyers seem to be afflicted with the same maladies.

Anything to get rid of this President, no matter how crazy they allow themselves to seem to most of us - they know that some people with similar beliefs will believe them.

A lot of these afflicted people think liberals like us are crazy (really "crazy," not figure of speech "crazy") for supporting a black man for president.

[underseasurveyor]

27. Now you're getting into a whole new thread.

Lawrence O'Donnell, in MY humble opinion, did not have a "meltdown" and oily taters is bat-shit crazy and I am glad that LO said she was crazy!

When all is said and done I'm glad that O'Donnell has the guts and integrity to call this racist bully, crazy, on national TV!

[valerief]

17. That's like saying we can't call someone stupid because intellectually challenged people exist.

Stop diverting the OP.

[hlthe2b]

18. As litigious as she is, "crazy" may well become an issue...

Though I imagine there is at least one Federal judge who has dealt with her enough already to quite agree with O'Donnell.

[fadedrose]

20. My thoughts, exactly.."may well become an issue"

not that she's perfectly sane and normal.

[tularetom]

11. Oily Taint was just the icing on the cake

The best part came early in the show where he did a 15 minute rant blaming his own employer NBC, for enabling Trump's racism and ignorance.

It was astounding and I kept expecting the screen to suddenly go black and the show to be replaced with some MSNBC prison show.

I never even saw Keith OIbermann so pissed. It was truly must see TV.

[gratuitous]

15. I watched the Toady Show yesterday morning

In the aftermath of the President's address, Matt Lauer was chatting with Chuck Todd, recapping what had just been said. Todd allowed as how the President clearly was dealing with Donald T Rump and T Rump's obsessive ranting about Obama's birthplace. He then obliquely mentioned that some of Obama's remarks might be interpreted possibly as just maybe indicating that the popular media might in some way share a smidgen of culpability for lending credence to T Rump's rantings. Lauer ended the segment with Todd at that point and turned to David Gregory for Fluffy's little yips of wisdom. Lauer and Gregory quickly reached agreement that the popular media were in no way complicit in keeping the nontroversy alive.

My distinct impression was that Lauer (at least) did not want to get into anything that might appear to be dissing a brother on air personality at NBC, particularly one with such thin skin, who might enjoy considerable favor upstairs. O'Donnell doesn't appear to be quite so worried about that, and good for him.

[Bake]

26. The OT segment was entertaining, but gong off on the NBC/Trump deal was the REAL show.

He was ON FIRE. Calmly, but ON FIRE nonetheless. Called out his own network on the bullshit. Well done!

Bake

[GreenTea]

16. I'm certainly going to be watching O'Donnell's show more as well as Tivo it!

[kentuck]

21. I wish other reporters and opinionators were as brave as Lawrence...

Few are.

Many more need to be.

He put principle and truth over his job.

That is not easy to do.

[brightertomorrow]

28. I totally agree. You stated it beautifully

He did stand up for what he thought was right thruout the whole show and he did put principle and truth over his job.It was refreshing to see. I found myself wondering what the country would be like if more politicians had the backbone to actually stand up for the people who elected them and if they believed again in things like honesty and integrity. Sometimes I think President Obama doesn't fit in, not because of his race but because he ultimately wants to actually try and make things different and better and not just for the rich and powerful.

[blogslut]

23. Larry will be fine

He'll probably take a moment tonight to apologize for allowing that irritating woman to provoke to the point where he lost his cool. He'll likely say something like:

"I am not a psychiatrist and therefore have no right to diagnose someone no matter how duplicitous, argumentative and irrational they are. I failed to control my emotions and for this, and for the names I called her, I am sorry."

[fadedrose]

24. Bravo

You said what I should have said, and did it so well..

[CTyankee]

29. Morning Joe made fun of it. Joe always likes to call Lawrence "crazy."

Mika was pulling one of her "snippy" routines, forbidding Joe from talking about it, Joe was mocking Lawrence. Willie asked why Lawrence had her on in the first place...