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In reply to the discussion: I use to semi-like Lawrence O'Donnell,now he just another windbag douchebag who lives in the village [View all]
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I use to semi-like Lawrence O'Donnell,now he just another windbag douchebag who lives in the village [View all]
trumad
Aug 2013
OP
I watched that episode twice last night....she was stupid and deserved it
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#4
Thanks. For a while I thought I was dating a KGB agent and didn't know it :/ nt
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#111
Exactly. Now she's embarrassed that LO challenged her, and she couldn't properly respond.
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2013
#27
"Dear Lawrence O'Donnell, Don't Mansplain to Me About Russia" Julia wrote a pretty scathing
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#5
Then she shouldn't be trying to sugar-coat Russia to smart people who watch LOD
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#11
really...3 years in Russia...speaks fluently. .. has reported extensively on Russia
trumad
Aug 2013
#19
So someone can know everything to know about the U.S.A. govt by being here three years and speaking
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#24
being born there means what? And are YOU seriously falling for the bit that
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#65
Not only born there. Her father is the Russian (Belorussian) artist Michael Ioffe, & she lived
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#119
Her father is the russian emigre artist Michael Ioffe; her mother is russian, they move in
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#120
Condi Rice was an "expert" on Russia and speaks fluent Russian. LOD was actually in the
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#103
An expert that said Putin doesn't get what he wants? Seems removed from reality.
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#113
You kinda lost me on "smart people watch LOD". I don't think she sugar coated Russia At All...
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#20
I do....and so should you with that statement you just made about him killing and fleecing his own
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#25
Um, that was a quote from Julia in her explaination last night if you read her comment at the link
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#31
I watched it last night twice....it was a work of art. She got her comeuppance.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#46
I've stopped watching all cable news including MSNBC. I don't like to be told what I should be
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#10
Believe me before I found the trash, auto-trash, and ignore buttons I quit DU a couple of times.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#13
Well that must keep you so busy you don't have time to read what is actually said
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#14
I disagree with plenty of people on DU. I even occasionally disagree with people I usually agree
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#17
Yes it is widely known.....you don't watch....you didn't know...doesn't mean it is a secret.
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#81
You don't read or watch anything apparently....some of us watch and read alot...every day..
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#86
Saw that exchange live and it was very uncomfortable for the viewer.
senseandsensibility
Aug 2013
#21
he was a boor. and his show is boring. interesting shows don't bring guests on just to deliver
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#129
i watched his show a couple of times when it started & it was boring. i watched a clip of the
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#147
don't care if you don't believe me. but lod is party line propaganda if you want people to believe
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#149
"mansplain"? So she's pulling the "he was rude to me cause I"m a woman" bullshit?
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#28
Lawrence don't need no stinking experts, he's got the 'gravitas voice', don'cha know? n/t
X_Digger
Aug 2013
#29
If you put yourself in a position of knowing then let it be factual, she is entited to the facts
Thinkingabout
Aug 2013
#33
What the FUCK did she do for three years in Russia. I can't find what her actual background
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#53
The fact that while she may understand Russian culture, her knowledge of Russian politics
madinmaryland
Aug 2013
#61
your link contains the answer to the question you supposedly can't get answered.
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#130
she sounds like a fucking idiot, and her writing shows it's not just that she isn't
JI7
Aug 2013
#63
that was my assessment too....and the reason I watched the second broadcast of it..
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#95
No one claimed "Putin writes scripts for newscasters" - those were words Ms. Ioffee
emulatorloo
Aug 2013
#140
I can't stand cable "news" and all the point/counterpoint shows. This is what they sound/look like:
Common Sense Party
Aug 2013
#153