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04/19/2007


Lawrence O'Donnell Delivers Epic Rant Challenging Tagg Romney to a Fight, 'Anytime, Anywhere': VIDEO

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Lawrence O'Donnell delivered a blistering rewrite last night culminating in a challenge to Tagg Romney over his remarks that he wanted to "take a swing" at Obama during the presidential debate.

"So. You wanna take a swing at someone for calling your old man a liar? Take a swing at me. Come on. Come on. And don't worry. There won't be any Secret Service involved. Just us. And I'll make it easy. I'll come to you. Anytime, anywhere. Go ahead Taggart. Take your best shot."

The rant also hit Ann Romney for suggesting Mormon missions were an appropriate alternative to military service, Mitt's support for the Vietnam war and the draft, and his avoidance of the draft, the family's polygamous ancestry, and Mitt's suggestion that his sons were serving their country by helping him get elected in 2008.

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Lawrence O'Donnell Talks to Barney Frank on the 25th Anniversary of His Coming Out Publicly: VIDEO

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Lawrence O'Donnell spoke with Rep Barney Frank (D-MA) 25 years to the day that he came out publicly while in office:

"I look back kind of nostalgically to a degree of bipartisan encouragement I got then that sadly I couldn't count on today."

Frank also condemns the "child abuse" he sees in the video of the Indiana church where a child was applauded for singing "No Homos Gonna Make It to Heaven", but notes that those people are diminishing.

Frank also talks about his upcoming marriage and the effect that same-sex marriage has had on the places where it has been legalized: "It immediately becomes non-controversial".

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Lawrence O'Donnell Unleashes His Wrath on Tony Perkins: VIDEO

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The religious right-wing is trying to rewrite the history of marriage and Lawrence O'Donnell is not. having. it.

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Lawrence O'Donnell Talks to the Missouri GOP Lawmaker Who Came Out, Asks Him Why He's a Republican: VIDEO

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Lawrence O'Donnell spoke with Missouri GOP state Rep. Zach Wyatt, who came out of the closet this week in a speech to Republican colleagues. O'Donnell talks to Wyatt about his motives for coming out and given his party's stance on LGBT issues and its support for the "Don't Say Gay" bill, how he can be a Republican.

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Lawrence O'Donnell Rips Mitt Romney, Ted Nugent, and the Silent Republican Outrage Machine: VIDEO

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Lawrence O'Donnell covers Ted Nugent's threatening remarks at the recent NRA convention, and notes the silence of Mitt Romney, who actively sought Nugent's endorsement, as well as the silence of the Republican outrage machine, which would be in high gear if similar remarks were uttered by a Democrat.

Joining O'Donnell are David Corn of Mother Jones and Goldie Taylor of thegrio.com.

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News: Mike Tidmus, New Jersey, Brad Pitt, iPhone, Tony Perkins

RoadNJ Governor Chris Christie won't say what he'll do with a marriage equality bill: "When forced to make a decision, if forced to make a decision on it, I’ll make a decision."

TidmusRoadSan Diego-based blogger and activist Mike Tidmus dies: “My name is Lindsay Tidmus, Mike’s brother. It is with a heavy heart that I inform his Facebook friends of Mike’s passing. He left us this morning after a battle with cancer.” (photo rex wockner)

RoadVIDEO: Brad Pitt stuck in a stoner laugh hole.

RoadSacked footballer Lee Steele apologizes for homophobic tweet about Gareth Thomas: "[The remarks] were made tongue in cheek at the time and Lee would like to apologise for this and any offence that this has caused and would also like to stress that he is not homophobic in any way."

RoadHuffington Post Twitter account hacked briefly on Sunday: "In a rapid-fire series of tweets containing grandiloquent soliloquies like 'hello gay boys' and 'lol wes is a gay boy,' a hacker who claimed the nom de hack 'cloverfdch' locked the feed down tight, amusing and puzzling HuffPo’s 1.5 million or so followers for several minutes until he was locked out again and HuffPo resumed tweeting links to its posts as if nothing had happened."

RoadBack door: Lindsay Lohan crashes pre-Golden Globes party at the Chateau Marmont.

RouthRoadIt's a bird, it's a plane, it's a shirtless Brandon Routh in the Broken Arrows trailer.

RoadGay priest may sue Church of England for discrimination: "It is thought John's case could hinge on a damning memorandum written by a former dean of Southwark Cathedral, which lays bare the divisions over sexuality at the very top of the church. In the leaked memo, the late Very Rev Colin Slee described how both the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the archbishop of York, John Sentamu 'behaved very badly' at a meeting to choose the bishop of Southwark in 2010, and 'were intent on wrecking both Jeffrey John and [another candidate] Nick Holtam equally'."

RoadMSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell apparently forgot about the segment he did last November ripping apart hate group leader Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council. Media Matters: "On Wednesday, the MSNBC host invited Perkins for a more than ten-minute segment to discuss the GOP presidential primary and conservatives’ reservations about supporting Mitt Romney, treating the FRC leader like any other legitimate political commentator"

RoadMale model fix: Joan Mirangels.

PittRoadBrad Pitt and his golden mane on the cover of W.

RoadThis iPhone texting/camera concept seems like a pretty good idea.

RoadBritish Columbia man comes forward with new information about gay bashing that left him a quadraplegic: "Copeman says he was attacked because of his sexual orientation. 'I was just testing the water at the time and being flirtatious with a group of guys,' he said. 'But I misread them.'"

RoadMitt Romney crows about endorsement from Kris Kobach: "Kobach is the Kansas Secretary of State and a far-right conservative who was the architect of SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law. Additionally, Kobach’s church, the Christ Church, Anglican of Overland Park, has questionable ties to the dangerous anti-gay movement in Africa."

RoadShirley Maclaine on Elizabeth Taylor: "What I loved most about Elizabeth was her bawdy humor. She was down to earth. And her capacity for friendship was extraordinary. It was a comfort that I could call her to talk about whatever. And I could always go over and get a hell of a meal. Oh, to watch her eat! This woman loved soul food. And she'd top off any meal with a sundae. She'd pile stuff on a sundae that I didn't even know existed!"





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