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15. He said what?

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:00 PM

Oct 2012

No. No. No.

M$M is all about TV ratings and advertising revenue. MSNBC does fine work the rest of the year, but their encouragement to Democrats to peel votes off, after all the hard grassroots work we're doing, is sickening.

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Lawrence, LAWRENCE! I love ya, man... but REALLY? [View all] Grown2Hate Oct 2012 OP

We need as many votes in the blue states to win a popular vote as well as electoral vote victory. WI_DEM Oct 2012 #1

You're right -- we seem to have been talking about this in terms of one OR the other -- gateley Oct 2012 #52

Yeah, again, another reason not to watch MSNBC except for Krystal Ball lol GranholmFan Oct 2012 #2

I had to turn it off, it made me so angry. drm604 Oct 2012 #3

I know that was the stupiedest thing he has ever done. What an ass. demgrrrll Oct 2012 #4

Who's signing his paycheck? Blue Owl Oct 2012 #5

I saw that too Politicalboi Oct 2012 #6

Agreed. It's not good to take the efforts of others with a free ride on their work. It's just plane patrice Oct 2012 #7

MSNBC is really doing everything they can to destroy the Democratic Party RomneyLies Oct 2012 #8

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... BlueDemKev Oct 2012 #9

With friends like this, who needs enemies? LisaL Oct 2012 #10

Fuck third parties. They gave us Bush. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #11

Lawrence just showed the "537 Votes" from the Obama Campaign. It made me angry at the '00 election.. AaronMayorga Oct 2012 #16

After the horror of the Bush years, Dawson Leery Oct 2012 #17

To be fair, he did say you'd be crazy to do so in a battleground state, citing Nader in FL in Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #19

Exactly. LisaL Oct 2012 #23

That doesn't matter. You NEVER see 3rd party out doing the actual grunt work of patrice Oct 2012 #33

Agree, however they don't even care about the votes, they just want some financial support. n/t FSogol Oct 2012 #46

It's frustrating; they think being more or less right is all that it takes & if they work with patrice Oct 2012 #47

Just let the popular vote go to a Republican loser in the Electorial College. gordianot Oct 2012 #12

Bad Idea! Lawrence should retract that statement. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #13

The Green Party is being built from the ground up see this list LiberalElite Oct 2012 #14

Impressive. I'd say that's a good start. It will take YEARS to get viability in statewide/national Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #18

Democrats are better hrmjustin Oct 2012 #20

Democrats ARE better. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of how things happen. Green is out in lala patrice Oct 2012 #34

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unless we have instant runoff voting, third parties are pointless and self-defeating Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 #27

He said what? ffr Oct 2012 #15

Yeah, hasn't he heard about that whole Popular Vote thing..and the Cha Oct 2012 #21

Contact MSNBC > Lawrence ODonnell page link: patrice Oct 2012 #24

It worked. I sent in a complaint. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #28

Rachel upset me too katmondoo Oct 2012 #25

Let's HOPE they're trying to motivate us to get our asses out and vote? (at least Rachel... don't Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #30

What good does it do to build up a third party, even in a 'safe' state? Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 #26

Agreed! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #29

This is what we get from the few Democrats on Cable News? Unreal Thrill Oct 2012 #31

Dumb Dumb Dumb. nevergiveup Oct 2012 #32

+1 nsd Oct 2012 #37

Plus, the third party candidates are a joke, a waste of a vote n/t flamingdem Oct 2012 #35

It's actually BAD for 3rd parties. We agree with their platforms, but they themselves are parasites patrice Oct 2012 #38

There is ONE exception to this. southerncrone Oct 2012 #36

Absolutely right. TN screwed the pooch on that one. :( NT Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #39

We didn't just shoot ourselves in the foot; we shot ourselves in the head. southerncrone Oct 2012 #42

Sometimes a buffoon with a nice name can win the primary. LisaL Oct 2012 #43

Yes, of course. LisaL Oct 2012 #40

I don't even agree with this. drm604 Oct 2012 #44

In some local races there is no democrat running. LisaL Oct 2012 #48

In that case of course you can't vote Democrat and have to choose the best candidate that is running drm604 Oct 2012 #49

He is completely unacceptable. southerncrone Oct 2012 #50

Keep in mind he's not a Democrat, he's a practical European socialist or whatever. tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #41

I was reminded of the time Keith Olberman said, he never voted in elections FSogol Oct 2012 #45

I watch LO sporadically. Can't take the nightly Rush clips. What's that all about? Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #51

LO reversed himself on Friday's show ffr Oct 2012 #53

I knew he'd do that! flamingdem Oct 2012 #55

He is not stupid! defacto7 Oct 2012 #54

Ultimately pulled the trigger for President Obama. I'll take it. :) NT Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #56