Video: Scary Larry O’Donnell melts down over Romney’s “ridiculous religion”
posted at 8:05 pm on December 9, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Don’t take it personally, Mitt. This happens every six months or so, as regular as the changing seasons.
In fact, to see just how regular it is, follow that last link and compare the April screencap to this one. Same shirt and tie even, huh?
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That’s his Meltdown Style, baby! Coming soon to a Kmart near you.
ReubenJCogburn on December 9, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Who is Larry O’Donnell and why do I care?
VinceP1974 on December 9, 2007 at 8:16 PM
Nice meltdown. Hitch would have been aghast and proud simultaneously.
Oh, and I think Romney is a buffoon.
thejackal on December 9, 2007 at 8:16 PM
Wow! This guy is pretty bigoted!
asc85 on December 9, 2007 at 8:17 PM
This is why I’m glad Romney did that speech if for no other reason. To see the loonies…on BOTH SIDES…meltdown. LOVING IT!
SouthernGent on December 9, 2007 at 8:18 PM
Ugh. Maybe this explains why a poll showed more anti-Mormon bias among liberals than conservatives. We all know racism is the unforgivable sin to them (but genocidal communism is A-OK!)
As an aside, it really troubles me how people on both sides of the issues conflate deficiencies with Mormonism and criticisms of its claims at Christianity with the issue of whether that disqualifies Romney to be president. They are to my mind to very separate questions. As a (general) supporter of Mitt, I get really turned off by his pundit supporters who label those who believe Mormonism isn’t Christian or even a cult as “bigots.”
Coming to a theological conclusion based on a study of the religion isn’t bigotry. Hating Mormons or never voting for one probably is though. I just wish people would keep that distinction in mind.
Nessuno on December 9, 2007 at 8:19 PM
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Big S on December 9, 2007 at 8:20 PM
The semi-annual Lawrence O’Donnell meltdown. Hence my three links to examples of Lawrence O’Donnell meltdowns.
Allahpundit on December 9, 2007 at 8:22 PM
That is some quality crazy. How screwed up is it that Pat Buchanan and Eleanor Clift are the sane ones?
Drew on December 9, 2007 at 8:24 PM
Yep. Larry O’Scary off his meds again. Or on them…
Michelle on December 9, 2007 at 8:24 PM
Allahpundit on December 9, 2007 at 8:22 PM
I was just wondering about the six month long seasons.
Big S on December 9, 2007 at 8:25 PM
I just happened to have seen that on the McGoofey program.
I have never seen such unadulterated prolonged vile hatred displayed on TV, not even on fiction shows.
Evaaar!
I sure hope that no one ever lets that guy anywhere near a gun.
Evaaar!
How he has managed to stay out of a mental institution is beyond me.
Oh, that’s right, the McGoofey program is a lot like a mental institution.
He needs to be in one with padding and thorizine injections though.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 8:26 PM
Well, I don’t know about the criminal part but…
boomer on December 9, 2007 at 8:26 PM
When did Larry start using shoe polish to color his hair?
AndrewsDad on December 9, 2007 at 8:29 PM
But of course worshiping Gaia is not only acceptable its to be applauded, right liberals?
Defector01 on December 9, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Click on the first link above to see O’Donnell at his most deranged moment, screaming at Swift Boat Vet John O’Neill.
Pat Buchanan and I are on the same side of an issue. Something must be wrong.
aunursa on December 9, 2007 at 8:31 PM
You’re hurtin’ my noggin! Now I’ve got to think in degrees of bigotry? Like in “Is this guy only slightly bigoted?” or “Is he an all out full blown genocidal bigot?” Are there degrees of bigotry? Too deep for me.
Oldnuke on December 9, 2007 at 8:33 PM
It helps to cover up the burn marks from his weekly electro shock treatments.
Obviously he is going to need them more often than once a week.
I guess that means more shoe polish too.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 8:33 PM
haah if larry had replaced the name joeseph smith with mohammed you would all be lauding him.
zane on December 9, 2007 at 8:34 PM
I used to watch the show every week. Now there are two reasons I don’t watch anymore. He is one of them (Clift is the other; when she said kids in Cuba were better off than ones here, I had enough).
scipioafricanus on December 9, 2007 at 8:34 PM
This guy supposedly represents the erudite, multi-culti, one-world, politically correct, tolerant, leftie elitists, as opposed to us parochial, racist and intolerant rubes.
Entelechy on December 9, 2007 at 8:38 PM
Larry who?
Wind Rider on December 9, 2007 at 8:40 PM
What did AP do with Larry’s medication?
Sigh….the things AP will do for content.
.
GT on December 9, 2007 at 8:43 PM
It would be interesting to ask O’Donnell (being as well versed in religious matters as he is) about Kwanzaa. I mean, if he’s that fervent about the founder of Mormonism, how must he feel about a religion completely made up by a felon??
Oh wait, that dudes black…
nevermind…
commonsensehoosier on December 9, 2007 at 8:44 PM
Bigot, idiot and liberal. But, I repeat myself.
MCPO Airdale on December 9, 2007 at 8:44 PM
He was very unhinged in Oct. of 2004, is so now - what will he do in Oct. of 2008?
Entelechy on December 9, 2007 at 8:46 PM
I saw this. He kept repeating himself. What a bigoted fool! As if Mitt Romney actually advocates slavery today!
I miss Tony Blankley.
ctmom on December 9, 2007 at 8:47 PM
Wow. This guy’s the Anti-Hugh Hewitt. He’s got a raging case of RDS to rival Hugh’s Romney-worship on the opposite end of the scale.
Romney’s just not that polarizing, folks.
aero on December 9, 2007 at 8:49 PM
When Eleanor Clift isn’t buying Larry’s rant, it’s fair to conclude that he’s off the charts unhinged.
Romney really needs to set these people straight on the facts, particularly about his father’s record with civil rights, and how he broke from the LDS church on this issue.
Buy Danish on December 9, 2007 at 8:51 PM
Wooo! Rant-o-rific.
I sure hope that thing isn’t loaded. Talk about digit waving.
I wonder if Romney’s staff isn’t going to have a field day with the bigotry of scary Larry?
Romeny could easily point to this guy and say see what I’m up against.
Speakup on December 9, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Oh, THAT Larry…Rosie’s brother!
Wind Rider on December 9, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Holy Moly! (No pun intended. Well, maybe… :P) Anyway, this guy is off his rocker…
I’m impressed with Buchanan pointing out that Christianity did bring in slavery and the inquisition. I’d hardly think anyone in this day in age could rationally say that all Christians are racist slave-owner villains. Like all religions, there are a few bad eggs in every proverbial basket.
I’m a secular humanist and have nothing but respect for the level-headed, law-abiding citizens of any religion. Some of the most compassionate, loving, caring, intelligent people I know are Christians.
Exit Question (Hope you don’t mind, AP): The CG for his name said he was on MSNBC. Is he just an “analyst” or does he have a regular show?
American_Pride1701 on December 9, 2007 at 9:00 PM
Somebody tell this jackass to blow it out his ear or the orifice of his choice. Why does anybody care what this moron says or thinks?
rplat on December 9, 2007 at 9:04 PM
Here’s the bottom line,if Mitt Romney was a rock,
the lefty’s would be whinning about the dirt it’s
sitting on,or the moss.
The sooner and longer the media keeps throwing crap against the wall, some will stick,this media non-stop hammering of
Mitt Romneys religion is sickening,but thats how the left
operates,now the buzz word is “Cult”, and I will keep saying
it.
The Liberal Democrats platform is empty,no illegal alien
amnesty,no surrender,no cutting off troop funding,no
impeachment,no fence,Pelosi’s dream of the house being
cleaned up,total failure.
So,Jefferson’s freezer is empty,we have foley,the wide
stance,and now the NIE report,which by the way,there trying
to spin into a crime,or cover-up.
So one by one the left will keep going after every Republican nominee,that’s how they campaign,that’s their
strategy,just ask Newt,Kenneth Star,Judge Clarence Thomas,
remember Annita Hill and the coke can.
Yup,Liberal’s are against war,but boy o boy they love
search and destroy missions against Republican’s.
canopfor on December 9, 2007 at 9:05 PM
What a moron. Basic research refutes everything he said.
Mormons opposed slavery, though they were weak about it - scared for their own skins. They eventually became more forceful. Much like our country, it’s founders welcomed blacks, but lost their way.
O’Donnell should be attacked full on for his outrageous statements - the likes of which he would not DARE to level at Islam - or the Democrat Party for that matter.
The Democrats created the KKK, repealed rights granted after the Civil War - to be reinstated 100 years later. At that time they didn’t even vote for it - Republicans passed it.
I hate Democrats. That should be my new screen name. Republicans are getting on my nerves to. You SOBs better start learning about our own damn party and standing up!
Why does it take a black man to tell you this?! Damn this guy really got me pissed.
Agrippa2k on December 9, 2007 at 9:07 PM
I don’t even know who this guy is.
terryannonline on December 9, 2007 at 9:07 PM
Exactly what I was thinking. You beat me to it.
sibobr on December 9, 2007 at 9:10 PM
I was rooting for Pat B until the end when he bellowed that “Mormons didn’t bring slavery to America! Christians did!”
Mormons are Christians. They believe Jesus was the Son of God.
see-dubya on December 9, 2007 at 9:21 PM
You don’t have to be as deranged as Larry here to know a truth! Mormonism IS nothing but a fake religion created by a con man. Not that Larry was right about everything he said, but he’s right that a con man crated a fake religion out of his rear-end, for sure.There is nothing “bigoted” about speak that truth.
Warner Todd Huston on December 9, 2007 at 9:23 PM
This guy is worse than any of the Boston Legal pulpit scenes.
Stephen M on December 9, 2007 at 9:28 PM
Damn. Cathy Seipp would have had fun with this one. O’Donnell tantrums always make me miss her.
Quisp on December 9, 2007 at 9:30 PM
Me too. :-(
baldilocks on December 9, 2007 at 9:35 PM
Does Larry O’Donnell know that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is a Mormon?
Sydney Carton on December 9, 2007 at 9:38 PM
Maybe it’s Larry’s leisure suit?
FloatingRock on December 9, 2007 at 9:47 PM
There were two violent attacks on Evangelical Christian groups today and Christians on American soil are dead. I can’t help but think the attitude of this thread contributes to the anti-Christian theme in American society.
I am NOT suggesting that Allah is supporting the killing evangelical Christians but why oh why are we still screwing around with nuances seeking to demonize Romney and Huckabee as “too Christian” to be a Presidential nominee instead of the far more relevant debate about the role of faith in contemporary society- which would include Obama’s questionable background/faith and Hillary’s utter lack of faith?
highhopes on December 9, 2007 at 9:48 PM
He did not speak the truth though and neither are you.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 9:50 PM
…
There were slaves in Utah, but very few. Like most Southwestern states, there really wasn’t the economic need for hundreds of people farming the crops. The Mormon church had no official doctrine for or against slaveholding, and leaders were ambivalent. In 1836 Joseph Smith wrote that masters should treat slaves humanely and that slaves owed their owners obedience. During his presidential campaign in 1844, however, he came out for abolition. Brigham Young tacitly supported slaveholding, declaring that although Utah was not suited for slavery the practice was ordained by God. In 1851 Apostle Orson Hyde said the church would not interfere in relations between master and slave
…
Some interesting history here:
Slavery in Utah
…
and here:
The Civil War in Utah
bnelson44 on December 9, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Heck even HuffPo called him a wack job earlier today
CommentGuy on December 9, 2007 at 9:50 PM
So the killer is a Hotair blogger or commenter or a disciple of same?
Which one?
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 9:53 PM
LOL! Great TV. I agree with Eleanor (sp?) that you can’t hold someone to account for something their ancestors did.
bnelson44 on December 9, 2007 at 9:57 PM
It’s in the link from the photo.
bnelson44 on December 9, 2007 at 9:58 PM
Speaking as a member of a religious community, I can honestly say that very few people’s religious beliefs will stand up to a whole lot of rational and scientific scrutiny (in fact, none that I know of, including my own). Moreover, most religions have a few beliefs that seem rather politically incorrect. That said, each American is expected to accept as a matter of doctrine that, just as his virtuous, correct and God-given beliefs are tolerated by society, so must his neighbor’s depraved, errant and unholy beliefs be tolerated in equal measure, provided they do not infringe on the rights of others.
OK, Mitt’s a Mormon, and I’m not. I see no reason to believe he’d use the White House to force America to become a Mormon country, any more than Kennedy tried to make it Catholic, Bush tried to make it Protestant, or Hillary would try to make it Satanist.
Can we just drop the religious issue?
morganfrost on December 9, 2007 at 10:00 PM
Evangelical anti-Mormons: this is who you are keeping company with.
WasatchMan on December 9, 2007 at 10:09 PM
LOL!
bnelson44 on December 9, 2007 at 10:22 PM
That’s not even close to what I posted. Why are you attacking me personally instead of commenting on the substance of the post. Gotta think (by the way this came up) you actually are in favor of gunning down Christians.
Why do you hate Christians MB4? Christians love you because that is what Christ commanded. Christians may disagree with all your decisions and your defense of the criminals that gunned down human beings today but they will still love you. In that vein, I love you as a human being but your defense of the criminals that killed people today and the way this forum has a decidedly anti-Christian bent is inexcusable. Please show me a thread on this site where Evangelical Christians are shown in a positive light.
highhopes on December 9, 2007 at 10:27 PM
But remember, we’re the bigoted ones.
Ian on December 9, 2007 at 10:49 PM
I rest my case.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 10:52 PM
If you’re going to make accusations like that, then you damn well better be able to produce the quotes to back them up. If “Christian love” includes making slanderous allegations without a shred of proof, I’ll pass.
ReubenJCogburn on December 9, 2007 at 11:01 PM
What everyone here has completely missed (and quite possibly didn’t know) is the real horror about O’Donnells marriage. Not his horror, mine….
I just wiki’d him and he’s married to Kathryn Harrold, a beautiful actress I’ve long admired. (she played Steve McQeens wife in his last movie “The Hunter”) She’s gorgeous and talented, and tragically, no longer worthy of my lustful gaze and infatuation….she has terrible taste in men.
Damn, I hate it when that happens!
commonsensehoosier on December 9, 2007 at 11:04 PM
You need to calm down and stop hating so much.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 11:06 PM
You obviously have not been around here very long. This site used to feature a guest commenter who had her own site, called Real Verse, that was very much evangelical. I miss that site, and it’s host. Wish I knew what happened to both. As to this rant, I first found the link to it tonight from here,http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/ , after I had a good laugh, I came here and found it again at the top of the page. However, here, I have found some rather disturbing comments. What the hell is wrong with some of you people? Intolerance does seem to still be a problum with us on the right I see. I am not going to point out any names, but sheesh, lets get over this damn ” My religion, or lack there of is better than yours” BS.
MalkinFan on December 9, 2007 at 11:17 PM
“Scary” Larry O’Donnell is too much of a coward to say anything like this about Mohammed.
JimC on December 9, 2007 at 11:21 PM
I am an atheist. I think all religions are silly. I am more interested in current results and actions than I am in dogma or the habits of their founders.
Mormons turn out nice well adjusted kids.
Mohammedans turn out psychotic suicide bombers.
Notice a difference zane?
Kristopher on December 9, 2007 at 11:28 PM
This is not the time to be doing a “Evangelical Christians are shown in a positive light”.
When they stand up and throw off the false prophet The High Reverend Huckster, then we can congratulate them and do that.
MB4 on December 9, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Something about people with O’Donnell as their last name.. perhaps they just shouldn’t be allowed on television.
Reaps on December 9, 2007 at 11:39 PM
I’ve been very critical of Mormonism, but I’ll be damned if I want Crazy Larry on my side. Go take your meds, Larry. Yeesh! I certainly don’t believe Romney is a racist.
packsoldier on December 9, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Great fun, Allah. One of my favorite “O’Donnell meltdowns” was the John O’Neil confrontation of 2004.
Within two minutes Larryboy looked to be having three aneurysm s, five heart attacks and a blood pressure of 10,000 over 500.
Mighty cool.
Doug on December 9, 2007 at 11:48 PM
I can’t really disagree with much of what he said though.
packsoldier on December 10, 2007 at 12:11 AM
Bryan is Christian and has posted many times from a positive Christian point of view and on topics of Christian interest with a positive spin.
You might have a skewed perspective because recently there have been quite a few atheism-related posts that got the crowd going. Plus, many commenters (including me) are really upset with the so-called “Christian Right” for choosing Huckabee despite his fiscal liberalism and poor record. They are presumably choosing him just because he’s a former Baptist minister, not because he’s conservative in any other way. That has generated some rancor and animosity toward hard-core evangelicals who are driving Huckabee’s rise in the polls. Even Christian HA commenters (like myself) are upset at this contingent of religious Huckabee voters. That may be giving you the impression that the site is anti-Christian in general, but it’s simply not true. I feel that even Allahpundit, who is atheist, is very respectful of his Christian readers’ opinions as a general rule. Bryan and Michelle always are. I, for one, value the diversity of conservatives and conservatism I find here. It’s a highly-educated and thoughtful crowd for the most part.
aero on December 10, 2007 at 12:14 AM
So what does he think of the “prophet” Mohammad, pray tell?
Or is silence then golden?
(Beheading being a little more likely.)
profitsbeard on December 10, 2007 at 12:16 AM
He probably appreciates his taste in women (at least in terms of age).
aero on December 10, 2007 at 12:18 AM
BTW, I don’t see a blog post about the Colorado shootings. Was there a post that got removed or am I missing something?
packsoldier on December 10, 2007 at 12:20 AM
Reminds me why I don’t watch the McG group anymore. Everybody talks over each other.
Here in America Mormons are free to believe whatever they want, and run for office. My problem is when they try to tell us that Mormonism is a Christian religion.
Mojave Mark on December 10, 2007 at 12:20 AM
Why MB4, why, oh why?
Where did MB4 defend such a thing?
There are many threads, and many Christians, including two of your main hosts, shown in a positive light. However, so long as you make such false accusations, please don’t expect such treatment from this community.
Entelechy on December 10, 2007 at 12:21 AM
It’s up in the headlines. I don’t think we know that much yet though.
bnelson44 on December 10, 2007 at 12:26 AM
I disagree with finding fault with Mitt’s ancestors. That isn’t Mitts fault, he has no control over his ancestors. The LDS Church was segregationist while Mitt was an adult. Mitt should address that especially if he is going to make a speech about embracing the tenants of his faith. But you don’t need to blow a gasket over it. Then again, on that show, I don’t know how else you get heard over the other pundits.
People have been fawning over Mitts speech and I think for some people that is very frustrating, especially if you analyse the speech. That might have cause O’Donnell to lose it. Mitt really didn’t say much in the speech except boilerplate that many conservatives could have said. He also said some things that simply were not true, e.g., religion needs freedom (it doesn’t). But no speech is perfect. JFK’s faith speech was full of holes. JFK though was a nominal Catholic and everyone knew it. JFK also gave the speech in front of hostile clergy (Mitt chose a packed audience of his supporters). JFK then took questions, Mitt did not.
bnelson44 on December 10, 2007 at 12:33 AM
That’s an excellent question.
aunursa on December 10, 2007 at 12:42 AM
I still maintain that having only weekly, instead of daily, electro-shock treatments is what caused O’Donnell to lose it. Next time I see Dr. Freud I will ask him, but I am sure that he would concur.
MB4 on December 10, 2007 at 12:51 AM
Ronald Reagan truly admired the Latter-day Saints. His administration included more members of the Church than any other American president, ever. Three of us, David Fischer, Gregory Newell and I, served on his personal White House staff. Richard Wirthlin was his chief strategist. Ted Bell served as Secretary of Education, Angela Buchanan was Treasurer, Rex Lee was Solicitor General. His White House included Roger Porter, Brent Scowcroft, Richard Beal, Blake Parish, Jon Huntsman Jr., Dodie Borup and Rocky Kuonen, and there were many other Latter-day Saints throughout his Administration. President Thomas S. Monson served on a Presidential Commission on Volunteerism. Others were ambassadors. LDS senators and representatives were held in special regard, and the Tabernacle Choir was his special inaugural guest.”
-Stephen M. Studdert, Special Assistant to President Reagan
MB4 on December 10, 2007 at 12:56 AM
There are currently five LDS members, Bennet (R-UT), Crapo (R-ID), Hatch (R-UT), Reid (D-NV), and Smith (R-OR) serving in the U.S. Senate.
Don’t anyone tell O’Donnell this though or he will surely need to be hospitalized and may never be able to leave the hospital again.
MB4 on December 10, 2007 at 1:02 AM
I wonder the same thing every time he crawls out of his hole in the fantastic public school district where all the teachers are GREAT.
clghitis on December 10, 2007 at 1:03 AM
I honestly don’t know how a Mormon could be a Democrat (Harry Reid). Conservatism matches up with LDS beliefs and behavior much better than liberalism does. Mormons tend to be incredibly moral and upstanding people, and very conservative in their worldview. Perhaps Reid is a lapsed Mormon? Or maybe he’s just a hypocrite.
aero on December 10, 2007 at 1:09 AM
I thought you closed your case already. Well I am closing mine. Way too late for me.
bnelson44 on December 10, 2007 at 1:16 AM
That was a different case.
MB4 on December 10, 2007 at 1:17 AM
Ditto. I’m reasonably well read, but I don’t even know who this guy is. Is he a columnist or radio talk show host or what?
paul006 on December 10, 2007 at 1:33 AM
The last time I remember seeing Larry O’Donnell on television was when he was reduced to endlessly whining “LIER!!!” (sic) at John O’Neill in 2004.
Did McLaughlin lose a bet or something? Who voluntarily gives air time to this rage-weasel?
sulla on December 10, 2007 at 1:50 AM
My gosh they let Larry back on the tube.
I thought he was banned from any Politico shows after the swift boat fiasco where he ranted “creepy lier” over and over again talking over John O’Neill.(I thought GE banned him from their network after that performance)
He used that same psyhco voice in this discussion and I was waiting for his head to spin just like Linda Blair.
I think he stopped using his meds.
MM used to have that video posted on her website.
ScottyDog on December 10, 2007 at 2:21 AM
It isn’t bias or bigotry to think Mormonism is, indeed, ridiculous. To believe it, no thread of rationality can be left in one’s mind. That’s always been Romney’s problem in seeking the nomination. Otherwise, he’d make a great president, but this weakens him as an electoral winner.
Halley on December 10, 2007 at 2:23 AM
Larry O’Donnell: too crazy for HuffPo.
Jaibones on December 10, 2007 at 2:40 AM
Un-f***ing-hinged.
FYI, in case you don’t know who this fool is, he is the lead character on that show Big Love, which makes fun of the Mormons.
mram on December 10, 2007 at 3:23 AM
When hatred consumes you like it does O’Donnell, it becomes a sickness.
The Foul one has has taken control of this man, and his days will become darker still.
He can never know inner peace when his mind is so full of hate. I believe he is truly lost.
leanright on December 10, 2007 at 6:33 AM
Jesus H. Christ! When Eleanor Cliff and P. Buchanan are the voices of reason “ in concert” there must be a cool breeze blowing in hell.
TheSitRep on December 10, 2007 at 6:34 AM
This is rich. [and holier than thou as hell]
It is like saying, “all people work out and eat healthy because doctors tell them to.”
and as absurd as saying, “Christians don’t murder because it’s a sin.”
TheSitRep on December 10, 2007 at 6:57 AM
Awful lot of scientologists in positions of power in hollywood. How much you want to bet he apologizes to them eventually but never apologizes to the mormons.
peacenprosperity on December 10, 2007 at 6:58 AM
Read:
Reid firmly rooted in Mormon faith
bnelson44 on December 10, 2007 at 7:36 AM
As the author of the article point out, he clearly doesn’t.
Funny, I was just thinking if Larry was to give a speach at BYU, would the students attack the stage?
Ah yeah, that’s what I thought.
JohnnyD on December 10, 2007 at 8:30 AM
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