Lawrence O'Donnell is BLASTING this bill right now "Stupidest deficit plan in history"

[Armstead]

[Guilded Lilly]

1. He's most likely extra annoyed that it didn't end the way he predicted it would. n/t.

[Pryderi]

8. +1. So much for the dopey rope trick.

[Armstead]

9. That was definetly implied

He basically said that after smart manuevering, the WH blinked

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[YvonneCa]

31. Try Keith...

...instead:

http://current.com/shows/countdown/

[eleny]

2. Barney Frank looks like a mess

Voted no, btw.

[la la]

11. barney frank looks like that

most of the time! i understand it, because it's usually my problem, too--some people look as though they stepped out of a fashion magazine---and then there are those of us who look like we just stepped out from under a bridge---( which is what my chiropractor says about me all the time! ;>)))))))))) )

barney rocks, no matter what!

[ClarkUSA]

17. lol! You're right.

I'm like that, too. :)

[la la]

19. high 5, clark!

we 'under the bridge' peeps need to stick together! ;>)

[ClarkUSA]

20. heh

Here's to us Perpetually Rumpled types! :toast:

<< we 'under the bridge' peeps need to stick together! >>

Maybe we should ask Skinner about forming a DU Group. ;)

[Armstead]

21. Well we finally have something in common

[ClarkUSA]

22. lol! Well, I may never do this again, so here it goes...

In honor of this rare occasion, here's a toast to our common bond! :toast:

[Armstead]

23. The under the bridge fraternity

Okay back to hammer and tongs

[fascisthunter]

3. not stupid, just criminal

there was never a need to place our social programs on the chopping block.

[Enrique]

4. interesting

did he manage to make this consistent with his previous praise of Obama's "masterful rope-a-dope?" Or is this a change of heart?

[Armstead]

12. He said at the last minute The WH blinked

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Not too long ago he was saying Obama was playing some kind of 12 dimensional hyper chess

He said Obama had the Republicans right where he wanted them.

[KoKo]

28. Yes...many folks posted about his wisdom here in this forum..but nevermind

we all get taken in by folks we think we can trust..and they make mistakes...and let us down..

So..it just is...what it is.

[boxman15]

6. I think part of him doesn't like the bill (and though I disagree, he definitely has valid points),

but I think the other part is just bitter he didn't get the complete rope-a-dope he was hoping for, which I was hopeful for too, but was never expecting.

[Pryderi]

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[ClarkUSA]

10. Senator Al Franken voted for it and he explains why --->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x731074

[KoKo]

29. They get voted in...and then they "change" their values...what else

can be expected these days. They always say...they were doing the right thing for the country. The "right thing" is usually what we get...no matter how they explain it away.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. What happened to Rope a Dope, Larry?

He's pissed because it is stupid and it makes him look stupid.

[ClarkUSA]

15. Did he want the 14th Amendment option? I know many did.

[Tom Rinaldo]

27. He may now feel he was the one roped n/t

[ClarkUSA]

14. The Boehner Plan would have been much much worse. Ditto for the McConnell Plan Sanders "embraced".

Everything is relative. Did O'Donnell want the 14th Amendment option?

[Armstead]

16. Maybe you should watch...Now or in repeat. You can draw you own conclusions

[ClarkUSA]

18. Thanks. Randy Rhodes just said it was very smart of the President to get what he wanted in the deal.

I'm listening to her now, but here's the OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x730889

[dsc]

30. that is baldly false

Sanders only embraced the very first iteration of the McConnell plan which was a lifting of the debt ceiling with no cuts whatsoever. It is nothing short of totally mendacious to say Sanders embraced the current version of McConnell's plan.

[Creideiki]

40. Obama 2012: "Boehner is much much worse!"

Yeah. Doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

[Skittles]

24. it is indeed absolute fucking garbage

[RBInMaine]

26. O'Donnell can go eat a shitburger on this one. He doesn't have to govern anything.

[jefferson_dem]

32. Lawrence is manic.

Not judging... Just being descriptive.

[Armstead]

35. No, he was blindsuded by Obama ....as have others

"Trust Obama. He is a master strategist.....Oh what's that? He gave away the store? ...Ooops. Nevermind. He screwed up folks."

I wish more Obama supporters here would be as intellectually honest as O'Donnell was in acknowledging he was wrong.

[jefferson_dem]

36. Seriously?

Lawrence is a showman... He's simply trying to save face, and whatever credibility he has left, because his political prognostications are so :crazy: wrong.

[Armstead]

38. Um what about all those here who parroted his prognostications?

Especially those who used it to tell critics "See? This smart guy on television is proving how wrong you are in doubting Obama."

O'Donnell is being honest to acknowledge that he was wrong.Does this mean his previously brilliant mind suddenly turned into Jello?

Or is it a case of Obama actually not delivering?

[Union Scribe]

33. Hi, Larry. Damn, didn't think I'd ever see you under the HopeMobile.

[provis99]

34. I TOLD YOU SO, LAWRENCE.

and the smug fellow thinks he knows more just because he was a Congressional aide. He doesn't understand how power is wielded.

[jefferson_dem]

37. He did the same thing with healthcare.

How can someone who claims to know so much get so much wrong?

[Armstead]

39. And Obama screwed that one up too.

Perhaps O'Donnells real failing is giving Obama more credit than he deserves.

[woolldog]

41. That's a good question.

How do you manage to do it, jefferson_dem?