Lawrence O'Donnell—I Am the Last Word

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Lawrence O’Donnell is one of the best TV hosts in cable news. He’s a man of passion and intelligence who prosecutes his subjects and sometimes his guests in a way that recalls a lawyer doing a cross examination. He’s had a fascinating life—he's hosted The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC for almost ten years, he wrote for the legendary TV show the West Wing, he was an advisor for New York Senator Daniel Moynihan in the 90s. We get into all of that and disdain for Donald Trump in this fascinating conversation. I’ve known Lawrence for a long time so this was a treat. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 98 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the I'm so old that when I worked in the United States Senate,
0:17.3	Mitch McConnell was one of the reasonable Republicans of the United States Senate.
0:21.2	I mean a really good guy. When I first was dealing with these
0:24.6	people and I'd be on the floor of the United States Senate, what I was always interested in
0:28.5	and encountering these people is, is there a human being there? And I'm telling you, there isn't a human being there and I'm telling you there isn't a human being there in
0:34.7	over 80% of them and when I was there around 90% of them there was no human being
0:39.3	80 to 90% of the senators no human they. They're not human. They are zombies. For most of them it
0:45.9	would be a trick question to say to them what would you not do to get reelected?
0:52.0	I would do anything to get reelected. I would do anything to get real.
0:54.0	Exactly, exactly.
0:55.0	Right.
0:56.0	So Mitch McConnell, who I had very little dealings with,
0:58.0	looked to me to be the normal Bob Dole-style Republican of that era.
1:02.0	It's very unlikely that Mitch McConnell is a human being has changed.
1:05.3	My sense of it is, there was never really anything there.
1:08.6	He was going to do whatever it took to hold on to this office and that's it.
1:15.0	Lawrence O'Donnell is one of the best political broadcasters in all of TV for many
1:20.3	reasons but a big part of it is this.
1:23.5	He's one of the few political broadcasters
1:26.0	who actually worked inside the system.
1:29.1	Most the hosts on the cable networks
1:30.9	have never actually been an elected official or worked for an elected
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