MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell delivered an unexpectedly laudatory eulogy for Margaret Thatcher on The Last Word Monday night, but it was not one that many of her Republican admirers would appreciate. While conservative columnist George Will credited Thatcher for helping to “bury socialism as a doctrine of governance” in his tribute to the former British prime… Read more »
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Lawrence O’Donnell Grills NRA’s Asa Hutchinson Over Task Force Findings In Heated Interview
Lawrence O’Donnell confronted Asa Hutchinson, a former Republican congressman and head of the NRA-backed task force that released a series of recommendations today, over those very recommendations and the bias they come with. Hutchinson maintained that he is independent of the NRA, but O’Donnell repeatedly confronted Hutchinson on his ties to the NRA, the credibility… Read more »
Lawrence O’Donnell Revels In O’Reilly-Limbaugh Gay Marriage Feud: ‘They Hate Each Other!’
Lawrence O’Donnell tonight took a great deal of glee in reporting on the emerging feud between Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh over the former’s surprising take on the gay marriage issue. O’Reilly appeared to sympathize with the pro-gay marriage side, which earned him a pretty stern rebuke from Limbaugh. O’Donnell said that this is just… Read more »
Lawrence O’Donnell Blasts Ted Cruz: ‘So Perfectly And Childishly McCarthyesque’
Senator Ted Cruz got a lot of negative press for his interrogating now-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over ties to possible anti-American groups, which drew parallels in the media between the Texas Republican and the infamous communist hater Joe McCarthy. Lawrence O’Donnell took on this controversy in his show tonight, and the part that amazed him… Read more »