Lawrence O'Donnell is being extremely rude to his guests

[Dawson Leery]

He is openly hostile to anyone who opposes the tax cut deal.
:thumbsdown:

[hlthe2b]

1. Yes, he really is....

Incredibly so.

[myrna minx]

2. O'Donnell is bravely and valiantly defending his own personal tax cut.

:eyes: I love it when he and Alter pretend to care about the poor.

[flamingdem]

3. He seems confused

Wasn't Grayson talking about another capital gains, then Lawrence switched to income tax, or something.

[tabatha]

4. He is a jerk!

[renate]

5. I know... I'm embarrassed for him

I have no idea who's saying what because I'm cooking dinner and can't pay attention, but my goodness! His expression and his tone of voice are inexcusable. Given his snotty attitude and my huge admiration for Rep. Grayson, I'm inclined to think he's being an enormous douchebag.

[AndrewP]

6. He is being rude n/t

[godai]

7. Worthy of a suspension.

He's lecturing and berating Grayson.

[karynnj]

16. He was trying to get Grayson to actually consider the consequence

to the people who are in the lowest tax bracket. Now, Ezra Klein made a very good case for what happened to the business tax - it is designed to stimulate investment now.

This is not like Tweety filibustering over his guests. What he is doing is grilling the Congressmen, getting him to answer some tough questions.

[hlthe2b]

18. Except that he wouldn't let him respond...

kept demogoguing the issue and not allowing Grayson to respond. LO will learn, eventually, but that is not cool as a host.

[nckjm]

28. Yea...and do you think he would have used the same tone ...

and attack mode ("grilling") if he had been talking to Senator Bernie Sanders.

[karynnj]

31. If Sanders were avoiding the issue - yes

His discussion with Sanders actually asked tougher questions, which Sanders answered, leading to an interesting discussion.

[MadBadger]

17. So he should be suspended???

Lol.

[godai]

24. Did you see it?

At least an apology. He realizes it now and has calmed down. He's being so nice to Grayson now. He has definite temper issues.

[ecstatic]

37. wow. Now people who don't agree with you should be

suspended. right wing much?

[godai]

43. It's not about disagreement. Get your facts straight..

He went on and on in a very angry tone, interrupting in a manner worse than anything I've seen on Fox. Dude has anger problems. Have you seen him when he loses it? Check youtube, then try to defend him.

[disillusioned73]

8. I just saw him go after Alan Grayson...

he's a corporate shill, nothing more - nothing less.

[Poll_Blind]

9. Lawrence can be a prissy little pissy pants. Just like Randi Rhodes can be a total rabid dog.

Just their personalities. Both of them are not immune from having good, important points to make on occasion.

PB

[disillusioned73]

11. I agree, but they both are convinced

that they are ALWAYS correct. Not a good trait to have when hosting a opinion political show.

[karynnj]

20. Watching the same thing, my reaction was that I was surprised at

how arrogant Grayson was. If this was how he explained things in his district, his loss is less surprising.

[disillusioned73]

23. Grayson was the arrogant one??

No, the host needs to be more professional.. and O'Donnell needs to keep his own emotions in check. I could sense his disdain for "liberals/lefties" during that exchange.

[karynnj]

27. Both were arrogant, but O'Donnell's job was never to win people over

= until his current job.

I was surprised that Grayson did not take a second to consider the impact on people who would be affected - there was no empathy there. He moved right into who was to blame - rather than considering if the cost in terms of his constituents' quality of life.

[madinmaryland]

46. I kind of felt that way also. Grayson did an awfully poor job trying to explain

himself and actually answering the question(s) that LO was asking.

[defendandprotect]

10. Just watching and it's disgusting -- they should dump O'Donnell...fast -- !!!

[DURHAM D]

12. I don't let bullies into my home -

physically or electronically.

[trueblue2007]

13. O'Donnell is a moron and I won't watch him anymore

[KansasVoter]

14. Fired off a email to MSNBC already!

[earthside]

15. What a sense of self-importance.

I usually don't watch 'The Last Word' ... and I probably won't for much longer.

Sheesh.

Laurence O'Donnell apparently thinks that his experience working on the Hill has made him the great, grand sage of how things 'really' work in Washington.

It is the O'Donnell arrogant attitude that got Democrats in such big trouble that they lost so much last month.

A rather unpleasant show.

[SnoopDog]

19. His anger and *his* adamant opinion is a show stopper....

Very unbecoming of an 'intelligent' network host as Greyson said...

Later Lawrence.

[disillusioned73]

21. That just reminded me of when Mathews attacked

Alan Grayson for suggesting passing "healthcare" legislation through reconciliation... and then low & behold that was exactly how they were able to pass it. I don't recall an apology or retraction from Mathews on that issue.

[Lord Magus]

34. So why hasn't Grayson (or anybody else) suggested reconciliation for the tax cuts?

That's how they were passed the first time after all. Why not extend the middle class tax cuts for 10 years under reconciliation, and not extend the tax cuts for $250,000+ at all? This seems so obvious, yet nobody (even people like Grayson and Sanders) seems to have thought of it.

[TuxedoKat]

42. Apparently

you can only use that tactic one time during the current budget process. At least that is what I heard on Thom Hartmann's program.

[Bluenorthwest]

22. Larry and his wife will get tons of extra cash from the cut

He's shilling for his own pocket.

[DirkGently]

25. Lawrence often seems captive to the prevailing Beltway narrative. nt

[Supersedeas]

48. A simple template really -- use the "Guest" as a prop to hammer home the Beltway narrative

Guest are not there to be interviewed, but to be lectured by O'Donnell who has reviewed the latest narrative.

[DirkGently]

51. Yep. That's how I've seen his style since his appearances on Olbermann.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. LO is a MEMBER of the Establishment

the inside the beltway establishment, and I got a sneaky that this is his job now.

I've seen this in the past (on Channel 13 in Mexico City), and by now he is playing that role perfectly well.

[markpkessinger]

29. Can't stand him

I can't stand to watch the guy.

[Guilded Lilly]

30. When he goes on the *rag* like this

he loses any legitimacy on the subject.

He was annoying, and I put the mute button on...so it didn't matter what he flipped out about.
Overbearing flap jaws are a dime a dozen in Washington and the media. When he does this act, he becomes very common.

[SOS]

32. His behavior was sickening

Incredibly unprofessional.

Why is this level of rage and emotional instability always directed at the left?

Let's see Larry O'Wallstreet talk to Mitch McConnell with that level of anger, rudeness and incivility!
(Don't hold your breath)

[Justitia]

33. He acted like an unprofessional bully that was downright rude. Outrageous behavior. -eom

[lamp_shade]

35. Good.

[Raine]

36. I can't stand him ...

I watched him once or twice when he first came on but he's such a self-centered self-absorbed jerk who puts his own self interest front and center. x(

[ecstatic]

38. Why does being challenged bother you?

Not you specifically, but the people who are perpetually outraged with Pres. Obama?

It seems you can yell and scream, but when someone really tries to challenge you and get you to defend your position--you can't.

I posted a simple question asking if people losing their unemployment benefits was OK, and people responded with such anger and bitterness. The behavior can only be described as a child throwing a temper tantrum.

Grayson deserved to be challenged on what his solution for the poor/unemployed would be had no deal been reached at all. That's the problem with ideologues. They're just not operating in the real world.

[godai]

44. Why do you support bullies?

Look at the number of negative posts about this simple, 2 minute segment. Maybe you're missing something. I'm not shouting you down or preventing you from speaking, the way O'Donnell does. Do you really support O'Donnell's tactics? His behavior was like 'a child throwing a temper tantrum'. He lost it and couldn't stop interrupting.

[WinkyDink]

39. We're too prissy any more.

[SmileyRose]

40. Didn't he get show by being a rude person?

or at least by perception anyway. O'Donnell's personality is just like that. He comes over as slightly rude even when he agrees.

[Supersedeas]

41. makes him look tough, no nonsense -- makes it look like he invites a guest so he

can interview himself

[godai]

45. But 5 minutes later he was so nice to Grayson.

He realized that he had lost it and tried to fix the situation. He showed 2 distinct personalities.

[Supersedeas]

50. we mustn't drop our Beltway "airs" -- cocktail hour in swanky restaurants might be awkward for him

[disillusioned73]

47. Has a video gone up on this yet??

Just wondering??

[godai]

49. I bet it makes next week's Daily Show.

Stewart can use this as an example of how MSNBC is just like Fox. I don't agree but O'Donnell's harange was worse than anything I've seen on Fox. Not typical of MSNBC, however.