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Penn Jillette hosting Larry O'Donnell's show? (Original Post) bluestateguy Nov 2012 OP
He's a libertarian. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #1
Agreed MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #2
He's an Atheist, yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2012 #3
So is S.E. Cupp bluestateguy Nov 2012 #5
Found a link fadedrose Nov 2012 #4
Screw that guy, using pseudoscience and faulty logic to discredit ideas he dislikes. antigone382 Nov 2012 #6
He's a fairly straight libertarian. longship Nov 2012 #7

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)
2. Agreed
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:25 PM
Nov 2012

I've seen a few episode of his show, and he is on point about 25% of the time, the rest of the time he's just plain wrong.

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
4. Found a link
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:38 PM
Nov 2012

He's not a real progressive - he seems to be a libertarian (and an atheist, a real no-no) but I think they could fit him in on msnbc on a Sunday or Sat....

p://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/remnant/2012/nov/12/penn-jillette-obama-gary-johnson-hitchens-and-peac/

antigone382

(3,682 posts)
6. Screw that guy, using pseudoscience and faulty logic to discredit ideas he dislikes.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:40 PM
Nov 2012

Just because I happen to dislike a few of the same ideas doesn't mean I want to see them challenged using methods at least as bullsh!t as what they claim to be exposing.

I'll never forget his...umm...brilliant...take down of the Americans with Disabilities Act. What a tool.

longship

(40,416 posts)
7. He's a fairly straight libertarian.
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 12:29 AM
Nov 2012

He's also a skeptic (science!) and an out atheist, both good IMHO.

But his libertarianism is coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs. He is no Lawrence O'Donnell.

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