Posted on 11/08/2004 11:17:35 AM PST by finnman69
We have chronicled the decline of Lawrence O'Donnell, as he shrieked incoherently at John O'Neill and denounced President Bush as unfit to be depicted on his television show, The West Wing. Now, reader Craig Knutson says that O'Donnell--who is not just an artiste but a paid commentator on MSNBC--is pondering secession:
Lawrence O'Donnell (I believe this is the Larry that talked on McLaughlin), said the "blue states" should over the next 20 years seriously consider seceding from the union, because the red states are welfare recipients without supporting the federal government.
I don't think a transcript is available yet.
Meanwhile, Minnesota's own Garrison Keillor, who has become more embittered and less funny with every passing year, no longer tries to hide his membership in the nut-bar left. Several readers wrote us about his Prairie Home Companion monologue on Saturday; Nathan Clark sent a transcript:
We're over it. We've moved on. We're just fine. The election was days ago. Days ago. Much has happened since then. We've practically forgotten about it here [laughter] in our rush to enter into new activities, new frontiers, new projects.I am now the chairman of a national campaign to pass a constitutional amendment to take the right to vote away from born-again Christians.
[enthusiastic audience applause]
Just a little project of mine. My feeling is that born-again people are citizens of heaven, that is where there citizenship is, [laughter] is in heaven, it's not here among us in America.
If you feel that war in the Middle East is simply prophecy fulfilled, if you believe that tribulation and suffering are just the natural conditions of life, if you believe that higher education is vanity, unnecessary, there is only one book that one need to read, if you feel that unemployment is -[glitch]- dependent on him and drawn you closer to him. [laughter] If you feel -[glitch]- lousy healthcare is a portal to paradise, [applause] then you don't really share our same interests, do you? No, you do not.
Sick. I don't think Keillor is the first "humorist" to use political extremism to keep his career going long after he stopped being funny. But whatever happened to Father Emil and that Lutheran guy Keillor used to talk about?
And finally, several readers have pointed out this column by Dean Murphy in today's New York Times, and have wondered: are Murphy and the Times suggesting that the assassination of President Bush is a possible solution to the Democrats' problems? Normally I would assume not. But Murphy's piece begins with the assassination of Lincoln, discusses the political impact of the assassisnation of McKinley, and concludes:
Professor Wilentz of Princeton said that even if the 2004 victory was an incremental one, that should not comfort the Democrats. He said Mr. Rove and Mr. Bush now have a chance to do what Hanna and McKinley never did: Lay the foundation for lasting Republican dominance.
"The Republicans are basically unchecked," Professor Wilentz said. "There is no check in the federal government and no check in the world. They have an unfettered playing field."
Until the next act of God, that is.
I don't know, maybe he was talking about a really big hurricane.
geez. they lost can't they get it?
wah wah wah!
Is this guy serious? I wonder how many welfare recipients there are in Nebraska vs. New York City? What a bunch of crybaby losers!
O'Donnell's just mad because he can't marry his boyfriend now.
Christians should be denied the right to vote but murders, rapists and other criminals should be allowed? On what planet does this appear they way to build a decent society?
Well, if the lefties want to start another War of Secession I'd gladly enlist for an opportunity to have MY government sanction my taking shots at Garrison Keillor & etc.
I hope the radical left is as willing to die for their country as I'm willing to kill for mine. I think they'd call this 'serendipity'.
Disclaimer: I'm only hypothesizing legal, government sanctioned behavior.
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Isn't it the Red States that feed the Blue States?
-PJ
You forget "CREEPY LYING LIAR!"
And liberals hold citizenship in lala land, not America
The Republicans are basically unchecked
I'd say a national election is a pretty big "check" on all parties involved
And liberals hold citizenship in lala land, not America
The Republicans are basically unchecked
I'd say a national election is a pretty big "check" on all parties involved
Did I miss something? Is anyone on the right sponsoring an amendment to "take (something)... away" from anyone?!?!? The only amendment I've seen is one that afirms what has been the case for over 1,000 years.
The Dems reaction to the election reminds me of an old rock group called question mark and the mysterians and their one hit wonder: "96 Tears"
Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart
To carry on
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry, now
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry
Ninety-six tears c'mon and lemme hear you cry, now
Ninety-six tears (whoo!) I wanna hear you cry
Night and day, yeah, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears cry cry cry
C'mon baby, let me hear you cry now, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears! Yeah! C'mon now
Uh-ninety-six tears!
I stopped listening to/reading Keillor long ago. Funny thing is, most of his family are "born-again Christians", ones with whom I am personally acquainted. He's targeting his own kinfolk, not just his countrymen.
"Sick" doesn't begin to cover it.
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I believe he was referring to the amount of government dollars spent in those states versus the amount of tax dollars the government gets from those states.
Are you kidding?! He's right at home there among people like Chris Matthews and Ron "Pea" Reagan, among other Leftist shills. O'Donnell is the nephew of and shares the same name as the Lawrence O'Donnell who was in John F. Kennedy's inner circle. So just through this connection alone, the younger O'Donnell is considered royalty among the Dem/Left glitterati.
What they'd find is that the 49.9% of New Yorkers who voted for Bush would move to Virginia or Texas the day after such a split up, and that NY would not be that terribly wealthy a place afterwards.
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