Lawrence O'Donnell didn't give Birther and recent Donald Trump fan Franklin Graham the kind of pass he got from Christiane Amanpour on This Week, but man, was this interview painful to watch. O'Donnell laid Graham's hypocrisy bare when it came to pretending that he didn't know full well that our President is a Christian, but he let him off the hook for the Birther nonsense, just like Amanpour did.
O'Donnell had an opportunity to really go after Graham when he gave his blathering answer as to whether he'd actually given up everything when he supposedly devoted his life to Christ, but he just allowed Graham to ramble on and make a fool of himself instead of a doing a little follow-up.
I don't know how much money the Grahams take in every year, but I imagine they're doing pretty well if they could afford to be flying Sarah Palin around on private jets awhile back.
Hey Frank, and what is so moral about Trump? Never-mind. You're just a garden variety racist lost and confused in your institutionalized world of double standards.
Simply another closeted American racist who happens to have a fucking bible in his hand.
Christ was for helping the poor and elderly and sick.... Obama kicks these vulnerable groups.
Christ threw the money changers out of the temple.... Obama and our Congress steal from us to give to the money changers.
Christ was killed for challenging power.... Obama tortures and kills those who challenge his power.
more at http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_corpo...
as your personal saviour?
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
but don't let his ahistoricity take away from the valuable stuff he supposedly preached.
it's like any myth. there are symbols and meanings that will resonate with different people. and then there are dumbasses who dress up and play quidditch.
religion is a scam, jesus is a myth, and god is just pretend
This life is the final act. Live every day to the MAX!
As somebody who tries to follow the teachings of the philosopher rabbi, Yeshua of Nazareth, I have absolutely no use for Christianity, and I'm pretty sure ol' Yeshua would have none of it either.
Like the Old Testament, which is merely a justification used by nomadic herders to take over existing cultures and lands, the New Testament, particularly the Paulist crap, are only justifications for a priestly class and organized churches, with little to do with Jeebus' teaching.
Franklin would be thrown out of his temple with a swift sandal to his @ss. He is exactly what Yeshua was against, and it's a shame his followers have no idear that is the case.
I like your Christ. It's a shame so few Christians are like him.
not all martyrs see divinity
I, too, have a serious problem with Paul, who was nothing more than a zealot who got Jesus' ministry completely wrong in a lot of areas. I think much of the bible is taken way, way out of context, and fundamentalists pick and choose which parts they want to interpret fundamentally.
Ask any fundamentalist if Jesus literally meant that we should gauge out our eyes if we look at a woman lustfully, and of course they'll answer "well no . . ."
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
I've referred to it as the "Paulist" religion for years.
That's a good point. I can't stress enough how much of a problem I have with Paul. Jesus says "judge not lest ye be judged," and then Paul's like "oh no, it's totally cool to judge because the Holy Spirit told me so . . ."
I don't pay any attention to him.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
and soiling the good name of the true ones.
You don't need organized religion to come up with the golden rule, the sooner people realize that the quicker we will evolve out of this crap already.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
When the Jerusalem church admonished Paul for, “preaching to the Gentiles”, they weren't concerned that he was spreading the word to non – Jews, but rather, he was creating a story that would be acceptable to the Greek and Roman religious mind set – the Mystery Cults. Nothing in that would have been consistent with Jewish theology.
Very briefly, the Mystery Cults posited the son of a god and a mortal that championed human beings. He opposes evil and oppression - is denounced by the earthly powers who torment and kill him. He is then united with his god father. The gospel writer, Luke, was a follower of Paul.
"we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and [to] bid defiance to the laws of our country." …..Thomas Jefferson
!!!!
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
God's gonna ask ya, "What did you do about my son?
My answer would be: Well, I didn't have him tortured and killed Big Daddio, that's for sure. While I'm on the subject, god is really big on punishing and killing kids isn't he? I mean, there's Jesus, his command to Abraham to sacrifice his son, his killing of every first born child of the Egyptians, the whole "limbo" thing for newborns who die before being baptised. Yeah, Big Daddio in the sky probably taught John Wayne Gacy everything he knows. I wish God would come back to Earth in human form, just long enough for the rest of us to strap him to a gurney and stick a needle in his arm. And if Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Mike Huckabee, and James Dobson are examples of HIS chosen ones, I'll take my chances in Hell.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
one does not take chances. One burns.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
smile, hell doesn't exist
(and thankfully neither does heaven or gods)
Must be nice to be so certain of something that is unknowable.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
Your signature criticizes intellectual cowardice and yet your post promotes it.
That headache you have right now is the cognitive dissonance killing you.
We needed another FDR, instead we got another clinton.
Amen .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
Where is hell and how do we know it's fiery?
far left loon >.<
as he was always commanding his followers to "rend the babies from their bellies."
What say you Graham family? Or do you chose to ignore that part of the bible like so many other parts?
...killing disobient children and stoning women to death for wearing make-up (....in the bible).
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
those little shrimp and lobsters and oysters and clams are mighty tasty!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I am a Believer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and I am SO ashamed of this minister.
Alfie46
didn't get time to have any offspring we could diss.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Since when has there been a religious requirement to be president? I rather see one of these guys pass a civics test.
religion...it's all stupid
how about Obama and the rest of the pussies stop with the religious crap and stick to governing.
religion, poisoning politics (and everything it touches) once again.
about religion.....he is very private in his religious beliefs and does not discuss them in public. It's everybody ELSE who is concerned with his being or not being religious.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Good point. It's rediculous that we even need to have this conversation. No one should have to face scrutiny on what their religious beliefs are. This happened with Al Smith (can't remember the year he ran) and JFK, although the big thing was the fact that they were Catholic.
JFK overcame it, but Al wasn't so fortunate. This country has had a long history of anti-anythingthatisnotprotestant. Even if Obama was a Muslim, it shouldn't matter.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
" I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute." - JFK from the same speech you refer to
What politician would have the guts to say that today?
Certainly not a Republican, haha. If ever I got into politics and ran on the Republican ticket for something, I'd probably just not say anything about religion publicly. I, too, believe whole heartedly in the separation of church and state, but saying stuff like that would likely turn off a lot of constituents.
I mean, I'm a fairly religious person, but not in the way that most people would identify someone that is "relgious."
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
He should have nailed his ass to a wall for being a Birther!
"Fox News is a cancer on our Nation" -- Me
Charity Navigator reports that W. Franklin Graham III is President and CEO of the charity Samaritan's Purse and receives $473,440 of compensation yearly.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay...
This is just one of Rev. Graham's organizations.
Christianity - The One True Myth
You're just a garden variety racist lost and confused in your institutionalized world of double standards.
Shit, that was beautiful. I gotta write that one down!!
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
but even I can acknowledge the good will of Billy Graham's long and distinguished career. Franklin is content t sh*t all over this reputation. Every religious "leader" knows you don'tpreach division on EASTER.
I will be so happy when the entire church bullsh*t is history.
learn more about good ole billy graham. His 'career' isn't as distinguished as you think it is.
We needed another FDR, instead we got another clinton.
I was talking "comparatively speaking"to his moronic son.
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We needed another FDR, instead we got another clinton.
Yes, there are "good" pastors out there - those who actually care about the people to whom they minister.
But as soon as the other kind of pastor opens his/her mouth about politics and express an opinion about either major party while in their pulpits on Sunday morning, all credibility is lost. Not all pastors do that, but enough do that it is a major problem. All pastors know full well, given the tax-free status they enjoy, that they suck at the government's teat, and they know that it is immoral, if not illegal, to preach politics. Yet they do it, and those who are best at it - huckabee, graham(s), schuller, robertson, beck, phelps, fallwell, osteen, hagee, roberts, parsley, etc., make a ton of money doing it. Unfortunately, they all have loyal followings who will do whatever they say, and that includes voting for a particular individual or party, expressing racism, expressing exclusionism (my god is better than your god), and denigrating other religious organizations.
Pastor graham is one of the worst of the worst - he is filthy rich, and he is listened to by gullible xtians who cannot think for themselves without the crutch of jeebus. His racism is palpable, and his stupid is right there for everyone to see and hear. His only claim to his status is through his daddy. He is truly a waste of skin and DNA.
...the FUCK made Billy Graham (and his near-idiot son) one of the key gatekeepers to the Presidency??
I remember being a little kid in the '80s and getting SO MAD when "Reverend" Graham's sermons pre-empted prime time TV.
PRIME TIME TV! And this was back when there were only three broadcast channels.
What a ridiculous country we have here.
Just 'Cos You Got the Power...THAT DON'T MEAN YOU GOT THE RIGHT!
When you think of the rapidly approaching demise of this once interesting nation (at least it was founded on interesting principles), there are going to be ample responsible parties, including a media steeped in collusion and cheap sensationalism and rampant stupidity born of religious fundamentalism, and in this short and terrifying segment, we have both proudly on display. I'd be tempted to call both of these men fools, but the horrible fact is that they are not. They are business people, churning up a fake story about a fake reverend worshiping a fake god, and all so that CNN can sell a few more units of deodorant on the next commercial segment.
Republic of Gilead here we come!
We needed another FDR, instead we got another clinton.
And it comes down to one thing - money. Maybe his father wasn't a racist (many debate this - his crusades at one time segregated the crowd - but he later supported Civil Rights), but he was probably an anti-Semite, and BIlly Graham apologized for such comments. But was he being honest for just trying to save his ministry? Caught on tape, he claimed he didn't remember making such comments and it "wasn't how he felt?" Then why did you friggin' say it?
But no question this Franklin is a total jackwad. How preachers and Republicans get people to do things against their own interests to make others rich and powerful...that is a miracle, indeed. Although, like I've said before, if you can get people to believe in invisible beings in the sky, talking snakes, and that one day they will suddenly fly up into the clouds, I guess convicing them to vote for you isn't that big a challenge.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
Is this controversy going to go on all the way up until the election?? Are the controversies put forth by Jesse Ventura in his new books really going to go ignored by this same media all the way up until the election?? Strange dichotomy there.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
is what i call this circus.
as long as tools like o'donnell are given kudos for "reporting" on this kind of inconsequential bullshit, well, we will be stuck where we are. how is graham scamming his followers any different than what our peace prize president "bloody barack" obomber is doing? i can tell you, there is no difference, but what i can tell you is that you had better hope you have some change left in your pocket after the mandated profits go into the wallets of the insurco executives.
you do not effect reform by maintaining the status quo, you do not effect change by ordering drone strikes in another country (libya) without declaring war, or even utilizing the fig leaf that the war powers resolution provides.
who the hell cares where the emperor was born? and even if some whackos try to make an issue of it, so what? they get to vote just like the rest of us, as if it makes any difference. you do not lead a country by engaging in this kind of crap, you lead by doing what needs to be done and obomber is not doing that.
our president could have these people rocked so far back on their heels it would take them 20 years to get back up, but he doesn't, and why not? because he is too busy kow-towing to wall street, and maintaining american empire that is why not.
is glass-steagall back in force? no. do we still have over 700 overseas military bases? yes. this kind of story is trash, tripe, whatever. was matt taibbi not available? jeremy scahill? chris hedges? james galbraith? bill black?
this kind of garbage gets on the teevee because it would upset the applecart to report on something important, and if our beneficent emperor obomber was ding his job, well just like the shrub said, he would be making history and we would all be talking about it, but he is not, so we aren't.
Than for a camel to pass through an eye of a needle. Graham makes at least six figures a year and has that airplane; O'Donnell should have pinned Graham down on THAT little scam. No wonder he wanted to follow in Daddy's footsteps: he saw there was BIG money to be made. I have no respect for this man AT ALL. How many PEOPLE has he helped? Not one that I know of. Yet he seems to like a man who's been married three times and disses a President who is happily married to ONE woman.
to keep the under-educated, credulous DONATING fools to keep ON donating money that they really cannot not afford to give away, especially to a hypocrital, greedy "minister of the lord".
I used to belong to a church where the priest always preached politics from the pulput rather than how to be a better Catholic. It was an ethnic church and this man used to tell his parishioners that they would never be able to get a good job because this particular ethnic group has always been discriminated against. This attitude really pissed me off because I had two daughters who were in grade school and I didnt want them listening to this self-defeating shit! (Fortunately, they grew up to have careers as an engineer and an interior designer.) He was the one who REALLY turned me off organized religion.
I always hated the sermon when he said the bible says for wives to be submissive to their husbands. And he preached it every phukking year!! Another thing I didnt want my girls to hear. I used to get really mad when he preached that submissive crap. So much so, that one time, one of my daughters leaned over to me and said Mom, calm down. She said I was grinding my teeth, which I didnt even know I was doing!
Show me a "man of God" who has his own private jet and makes half a million a year and I'll show you a phukking hypocrit. If that asshole really was a man of God, he would live a much simpler life and give most of his money to the poor. And we all know THAT aint gonna happen.
Ok. I'll get down from my soapbox now. Im calm.
Wow, sounds like you had a terrible parish priest. I think that guy might be a relic from pre-Vatican II with the kind of stuff he was preaching.
I'm Catholic as well, so I'm well versed in the hypocrisy that some parishes display. I send my kids to Catholic school, and one way they get you to donate to the church is by giving you discounts on tuition. If you're a "practicing Catholic," they make you pay over $1,000 less in tuition, but the catch is that you have to donate to the collection plate.
I've often been a fierce opponent of such hypocrisy, but I understand that such hypocrisy is everywhere. The best one can do is raise one's kids to be respectful to authority, but at the same time that they should never, ever blindly follow authority.
Any priest that preaches submissiveness of women should not be giving sermons.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
gee whiz, i'm sorry, have you seen anybody about that? it is possible to recover from experiences like that, with the proper help.
I recently found out (almost forty years after the fact) how the Catholic grade school my parents sent me to kept the little colored children out of its classrooms. We were in a strongly euro-ethnic neighborhood - the parish was named after a Polish saint - and any time a Black or Hispanic family tried to enroll a child, they were told that classes were bilingual and Polish language instruction was a prerequisite for enrollment. There was a time when that was true, but it was discontinued when my father was in third grade, which was around 1925.
This was another parish where they tried to pretend that Vatican II never happened. I am now a recovering Cathoholic.
where i went. we had token integration before the public schools. we were told about king and the freedom riders, and that they were doing a good thing. now the commies? we joined the blessed virgins blue army to beat back the red threat, so naturally, here we are.
Haha, Cathoholic, I like that. That's really sad =( My son's school isn't like that. There's a huge Ghanaian population here, most of which are Catholic, so the ones that can afford it send their kids to his school.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
little toad this Graham is. Add another one to the long list of "douchebags who don't believe a word they're saying but will say whatever they need to in order to make some money". Ugh. What a turd.
Tweety skewered this freak yesterday as well but you will never hear that from Heather.
Franklin Graham is so focused on achieving a win for "the party" that he's willing, in fact EAGER, to spread doubt about Obama's honesty and character. There's nothing Christian about that.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
I recognize that it’s probably time to offer thoughtful, analytic assessments of Graham and his ilk, but just for the moment, it’s difficult not to just stand in awe of such absolute, unalloyed lunacy. This man is profoundly psychologically ill, and probably has a variety of personality disorders, if not outright schizophrenia…but there he is, with the only bona fides for venting his poisonous spleen on national television the fact that he is a devout follower of an imaginary friend. There’s just no horrible deed or word that you can’t get away with purveying if you just get yourself called Reverend.
It's a sick joke that the word 'Reverend' is based on 'revere,' isn't it?
What bothers me about this is not so much that Obama's faith of choice is questioned (it is bothersome that someone has to answer for how they choose to worship), but that the notion that a particular faith is being used pejoratively. They say "Obama is a Muslim!" like it's an insult.
It's this kind of ignorance that relegates interfaith dialogue to the intelligent few. If people would stop being so damned zealous about their religious beliefs, I think the world would be a bit more harmonious. But of course, that is just a hopeless hope.
"The greatest threat to freedom of thought is intellectual cowardice." -George Orwell, 1946
http://christianfearinggodman.blogspot.com
YOU need gawd's help. I don't need any of that bullshit, thank you very little. Typical x-ian, talking out of both asses simultaneously. Way to absolve yourself of every responsible or irresponsible action? Jeebus forgives you so why give a fuck, right?! Why be responsible for anything; Jeeebus is going to come and mop up every pool of blood and every tear of sorrow, right? Do whatever you'd like, Jeeeeeeeeebuz will change your diaper and powder your ass at the end of time!
Another crap peddling Victorian age idiot..
and he's one of the best at skewering wing-nuts.
"The antidote to bad speech is more speech." ~~J.S. Mill
knees and gave his life to Christ, Daddy threw him the keys to the Gulfstream V and said, "That's my boy! Now, take 'er for a spin while I count all this money!"
"Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying..."-------Roger Waters, "Comfortably Numb"
the gospel of john birch. koch's daddy was a founder and shit. jesus would have hated every single politician that invokes his name. Maybe not Carter, but Jimmy kept his religion private like it should be- not as a sales pitch.
that it is not the anonymity of the thread which keepth the Lord from knowing what is in your heart.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Franklin Graham is a hypocritical phony who lives not off his personal accomplishments, but the dubious worth of his family name. He feels free to blather on unchallenged about his dream of a fundamentalist "Christian" 14th century theocracy where authoritarian white men rule. It would be really nice if someone called out his hypocritical worship of his golden calf god of money and power more affirmatively, really, I am tired of carny barker panderers like him corrupting the genuine version of spirituality while the humble people that actually lift us up go unnoticed.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
Graham proves he is lowlife, racist and Reslug bigot took over his father's money making machine for himself and loves those Bush tax cuts. He is also no more religious than the devil himself. He could give a flying shit about the poor and needy, since he keeps taking or stealing their money and buying cars, homes, trips etc. for him and family. Just do some fake preaching raking in the money and laughing all the way to the bank. Some really, really, stupid, gullible people out there to get sucked into his moneymaking bullshit.
For them God is money.How hypocrit can you be.Those peoples make me puke.
False idols. Mammon worship.
I agree with the other commenters who said O'D should have gone after the birtherism more aggressively, but it was still nice to see someone like Graham taken down a notch. Christians if his rank and ilk are so damned smug I'm surprised they can remember to breathe.
taken to the woodshed for his hypocritical snide holier than thou smug attitude..I also loved that O'D took limpbow to task line by line!
We need more like OD and Maddow! The 3 corp owner msm are worthless and a waste of time!
People really buy all that claptrap about the sky fairy sacrificing his only son to pay for the world's sins and if you believe that stuff you will live forever. oooooookey dokey.
Why is he a CEO of anything? I hope he lives at the poverty level. Lawrence did a great job. I would have asked him if he had more money than Jesus?
Hark at Franklin, self-proclaimed authority on morality.
Graham's "Christianity" isn't the true Christianity. They don't recognize Jesus as god and see followers of Jesus as weak and ineffectual.
They are fire and brimstone believers and see themselves chosen by god to lead. Their wealth is seen as god's reward to fulfill their appointed destiny.
This whole 'born again' idea is nonsense to them-they would chew Franklin up and spit him out.
your projection being better than theirs, obviously.
Rinse, repeat.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
And neither is Graham.
To bad JC didn't have tailored suits, an expensive home, and private aircraft back in the day. You know, instead of actually hanging with the outcasts, poor, and sick.
And I wonder if Simon Peter and Andrew had a Gulstream V and a mansion instead of some fishing nets if they would have left them where they sat to just follow Jesus.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
If God could put Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Howard "Sandman" Sims, and Bill Bojangles Robinson all on the same stage together, they could not out tap-dance Franklin the way he tap danced around O'Donnell's questions. Wow, too bad they only showed Franklin's head and shoulders because his bottom half must have been a total blur and smoke coming from the stage. Tappitty, tappitty, tappitty, Go Franklin Go. I'm sure Tammy Faye Baker is cheering Franklin on from Heaven saying "Get the all money while you can Franklin and don't stop tapping".
Explain exactly what qualities Donald Trump has that would make a man like him "good for this country?"
Ron Paul is talking about running again and as much as I don't agree with many of his ideas-He would definitely be better than a grease ball opportunist like Trump.
Trump has NO redeeming qualities what so ever. He is a snake oil salesman and would become our first "official" fascist president. Even the Libertarians see this.
It disappoints me that Operation Christmas Child is run by an outfit controlled by this douche nozzle (and I say that with sincere apologies to douche nozzles around the world).
It is a very nice charity, one that my family gets involved with every year.
We will probably continue filling the boxes for the children, but I will never give them another dime.
Ugh.
...that drive me away from religion. I was born and raised Catholic. I attended Catholic schools, and I sent my kids to Catholic schools....but recently I have been appalled by the lunacy and contradictions that exist in the Christian evangelical and Catholic empire that make me sick to my stomach.
I pray to God nearly every day..and I believe in a supernatural being, and hope there is a life after death; but I just can't accept clowns like this dumb ass, nor evangelical born-again nut cakes to represent a Christian faith that demonstrates such hatred and bigotry, and are so un-God-like as we see today.
Absolutely disgraceful fools.
Franklin Graham has been added to the menu. In this economy, not eating him is a waste of protein. We should eat him and a score of others. And, hey, human flesh it's said is very much like pork in flavor, without the risk of trichinosis. I have a recipe for plum sauce.
Since when it has been a de facto requirement for a president to be a x-tian?
Separation of Church and State motherfucker, do you know it?
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
I was disappointed with O'Donnell's response to graham until the next segment, when O'Donnell took on limpdick, who had opened his stupid mouth about what jesus 'takes'. O'Donnell went on to stick jesus up limpdick's ass, using scripture to remind us that the rich who don't give everything they own to the poor have no place in heaven. So my take is that O'Donnell didn't say that to graham, knowing how well he would cover the subject in the limpdick segment. O'Donnell left a challenge to limpdick to rebut, asking him to cite anything in the bible that exonerates the rich, expecially limpdick and graham, and all the other bible quoting pieces of shit who lie to us, especially on the right.
Franklin Graham spews fanatic religious "MUMBO_JUMBO"
Someone oughta' throw a net over this possessed bimbo and
haul him off to 'THE LOONEY BIN'
Franky went astray for a while back when , seems he fried a few brain cells too many .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
O'Donnell did a good job , the guy is fearless and will take you head on no matter who you are , I like it . Graham was exposed for what he is , a racist Republican , a hypocrite and none too bright .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
The best 10 minutes of this exceptionally good Lawrence O'Donnell show was when he quoted the New Testament to provide Jesus' answers to Rush Limbaugh's question, "What would Jesus take?"
That, even more than this Franklin Graham take-down, was the Evangelical Christian Republican't/Tea Bagger take-down of all time.
I hope C&L posts a thread on that with the full video and transcript linked.
I agree completely. That was the clip I was expecting to see here, not the Graham clip.
Don't get me wrong - I like O'Donnell and his (usually) hard-hitting interviews. But he pulled back on this one.
He could have followed up and asked Graham, if he truly believes in Christ, why then has he not given up all his possessions, as Christ says one should, to go to Heaven. O'Donnell even quoted the relevant passage from the New Testament to Graham.
Especially given the anti-Muslim things Graham has said in the past, O'Donnell should have confronted this pseudo-Christian. Graham is just another right winger who uses Christ to make money. IMHO.
I had to turn that off. When these "holy men" ramble on, I can't listen.
far left loon >.<
This kook admits to worshipping a zombie? A guy dies and raises from the dead. What a nut.
Is it our Black President brings out the "True Colors" in so many Americans?
The rationality is obvious, Racism!
What a laugh ..... Donald Trump's advisers are using Donald as the Republicans SCAPE-GOAT! He is so out of line with his accusation against the President. No one is taking him seriously as he lost credibility! He totally sounds like a big fool!
Trump should throw away some of his millions on campaining for the Presidency. He will never win!
We see the republicans have no one that is competent to lead this nation! They are all talk, without
solutions!
Not only has Obama more intellegence than Trump - He has a lot more class!
What a dick. I am so sick of these fake Christians. This is shameful. I hope this judgmental asshole burns in hell.
What a fucking douche this fake minister is. I love Lawrence O'Donnell, but he was way too gracious to this hypocrite at the end of the interview.
can you imagine what the uk would be like now if the pilgrim fathers had decided to stay in england?
This Reverend, Franklin Graham is a total hypercrit! He interpreits "we are all god's children" as, only if you are a christian! He is a preacher, that's all he knows! Evil is done in the guise of religion!
What a squishy wishy washy stuttering box of hair.
No wonder he likes The Donald.
The son of a preacherman who can't even get out a full sentence
has got absolutely nothing to say and says it badly.
Only 603 days, 14482 hours, and 868944 minutes until the end of the world!
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