My New Man Crush

I've got a new man crush. His name is Lawrence Francis O'Donnell,
Jr. and although he has a long footprint - he has been around since
the Clinton Administration, I first became aware of him when he
recently guest hosted Keith Olbermann's MSNBC show. As of late,
Mr. O'Donnell has been all over MSNBC, particularly "The Morning
Joe" program and, to my admittedly biased ear, he is the only
pragmatic and reasoned voice in popular media today.

O'Donnell, an Emmy-Award winning producer and writer for the
NBC series "West Wing," is renown for his aggressive debate style.
He once shouted "liar!" over and over again at Swift Boat Spokes-
person John O'Neill shouted down fellow panelist Cathy Seipp on
the issue of public education and teachers.

O'Donnell refers to himself as a "pragmatic European socialist"
but more tellingly, "Morning Joe" Scarborough delights in
frequently calling him "crazy" which informs me that O'Donnell
must be the most honest white man in America.