Lawrence O'Donnell And Reagan Economic Adviser Bruce Bartlett Go Toe-To-Toe On Republican Tax Policy

Clip from June 14, 2011, The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell where Lawrence highlights economic-policy related sound bites from the June 13, 2011, Republican CNN Presidential Debate and then goes "toe-to-toe" with Ronald Reagan economic adviser, Bruce Bartlett, over current Republican Tax Policy.

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[InvestigatorDave]

MSNBC in general, and Larry in particular, never have anyone on the show(s) who disagree with them and their political/social views. This weak attempt to try and show a diversity of opinion fails miserably as Larry found an R who agrees with the Obama line all the way. Watch Larry and the trolls on YouTube tout this as them being fair and balanced.

[incitebytes]

@InvestigatorDave, Ah, it's "investigator"Dave spewing his b.s. again. I doubt anyone on youtube has ever had a bigger misnomer for a screen name than you. It must be fun to be a right-winger and just make shit up as you go along. Had you checked O'Donnell's guest lists, you'd know that he has repeatedly hosted the heads of the Tea Party orgs. + numerous other conservatives he strongly disagrees with. The Bartlett "disagreement" was meant to be ironic, but no one would expect you to get that.

[InvestigatorDave]

@incitebytes

1. "Spewing B.S. again" -- Evidence?

2. "Misnomer" -- Since you have no idea how the name was derived, or to what it refers, you really don't know what you're talking about here. Still, remains just your opinion.

3. "Right-winger" -- Evidence?

4. "Guest list" -- Can you name names?

[incitebytes]

@InvestigatorDave (1) Your b.s. comments at: watch?v=dwzhuP8uzVI that Bachmann never said, in effect, that the Founders ended slavery when she said they "worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the U.S."; (2) Your "investigator" name = misnomer because you can't learn facts; (3) You're pro-Bachmann, b.s. O'Donnell comments & dumbness scream "right-winger"; (4) Proof of your b.s. about O'Donnell's guests: bit(.)ly/mAfU2G, bit(.)ly/lgA4Dl, bit(.)ly/iLqTx5, huff(.)to/iV1n4I (remove parens).

[echoplex89]

give credit to bartlett because he's the only republican in the whole USA of A who's been able to admit their mistakes. shame on the rest of them.

[kaijking]

i just truly cringe when i learn of the individuals that exist not only in society but those who are actively involved in politics. this individuals are hell bent of destroying the economy one way or another. they are also driven to discredit and tarnish the name that any president be it obama or otherwise represents. and thats shameful. im all for america and whoever is the president be them left or right but trying to play chicken with our livelihoods is very coy and deplorable on their parts

[sdowdsoc]

Anyone can see that the Republicans are fixed on doing two things - 1) cut taxes for the Corporations and rich folks (whose votes they desperately want) and 2) keep the economy from rebounding. They DON'T WANT the economy to do better - that will make Obama more attractive to voters. So, they stonewall. Economists all agree that tax cuts don't pay for themselves. Anyone want to pay more taxes so the Koch brothers can get their taxes cut?

These jokers are playing 'chicken' with our economy.

[oomsanti]

This Bruce Bartlett is very intelligent, his analysis reflects great knowhow about economics and history, no wonder in Reagan's era US economy thrived. Are there now such brilliant brains anymore in the Republican candidates, errr I mean in the row of economic advisers they would use when they became president ?

[KarmicJuggernaut]

INCITEBYTES WINS... investigatordave for the massive fail

[wordznpics]

You've never going to convince "investigativeDave" or his friends because he is genetically bound to values that have no basis in reality. If they did, Dave or any other conservative would be able to point to a country on the face of the planet where their economic and social values are actually practiced. Not a single one I've posed the question to has been able to give an answer, because these philosophies exist only in the minds of zealots. Don't wait for the translation, Dave, answer now!

[ridewave444]

"investigatorDave" You must be a REAL dumbfuck if you couldn't tell that O'Donnell was being ironic and KIDDING about the disagreement with that guy . Lol Either that or you're a stupid little troll. Either way you MUST be pretty much a dumbfuck. Lol

As far as O'Donnell thinking Pawlenty will get the Rep. nomination, he's wrong. It will be Romney unless he REALLY screws up.