Andrew Sullivan loses it over Malcolm Nance in MSNBC meltdown

[turbinetree]

Hey Andrew can I call you Andrew..........................go pound sand, did you by some chance read his book, don't you belong to a News organization that keeps giving trump a pass on 9/11.......................go fucking figure

And why your given airtime is absolutely amazing with your right wing fucking shit.......................Malcolm Nance has more credibility than some jerk, that spouts off right wing fucking talking points, why don't you and him have debate on the tweety show, and have tweety not say one word, since he (tweety) has no clue who Nance is.................what a disgrace for a what is called a journalist, and then having Micheal Steele looking like jerk sitting there making his consulting fees of BS .......................................

[comradebillyboy]

1. Andrew Sullivan is a sniveling, whiny neocon...

[riversedge]

3. You are being nice IMHO

[BigDemVoter]

5. Agree 100%

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. That was a weird segment.

At the end, Sullivan gulped down the contents of his cup like he was swallowing a huge, bitter pill.

Lying must enhance thirst.

[brush]

4. Yeah, Sullivan's comments on Nance came from out of nowhere. There must be some history behind...

it. They must have had a run-in somewhere before. IMO Nance has credibility and has been consistent with his views. And wasn't Sullivan once a raving right winger who admitted he was wrong and now seems to be trying to redeem his past actions with more centrist views (his winger personality leaks out sometimes though, as witnessed in that segment)?

[BigDemVoter]

6. I loathe Sullivan more than I can say.

He is disgusting. I remember his sniveling excuses for the Bush Administration.

He'll whore for any right wing asshole, and he has no credibility at all. Nobody cares what he has to say.

[Thekaspervote]

7. And.. matthews just sat there! Any other time he would be cutting it off. What side are you on?

[Honeycombe8]

8. Speaking up for Tweety....

First people criticism endlessly for interrupting his guests, so he's reigned that in somewhat. Now he's getting criticized for not interrupting his guests.

Andrew Sullivan has the same right as anyone on that panel to express his views. But for one thing that no one thus far as mentioned: He interrupted the female guest who was making a point; and HIS point was off topic. Not that what he said was "bad." Guests are allowed to say controversial and "bad" things. But he interrupted another guest to go off on Nance, which was off topic.

I cut Matthews some slack, while he figures out whether he should interrupt or not, since he's in a mode of trying not to interrupt so much.

If he had interrupted, if it were me, I would have just said, "Andrew, don't interrupt. Let her make her point." And not get into the substance of what Sullivan was saying, because that wasn't the purpose of the panel's discussion.