Lawrence O'Donnell Mocks Ann Romney for Riding Horses to Combat Multiple Sclerosis
With each passing day, the Obama-loving media stoop to new lows in attacking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and his family.
On MSNBC's The Last Word Monday, host Lawrence O'Donnell mocked Ann Romney for having the nerve to combat her multiple sclerosis by riding horses (video follows with transcript and commentary):
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, HOST: In tonight's Rewrite, Mitt Romney rewrites the definition of an Olympic athlete.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST OF “FACE THE NATION”: I hear you've got an Olympic athlete in the family.
MITT ROMNEY: Isn't that something? Yeah, it's not me. It's my wife, of course. She's the athlete, but in this case, it's not her personally, but she along with two other people purchased a horse and have trained it up.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O’DONNELL: She's the athlete. That's what Mitt Romney just said. She's the athlete.
Actually, that’s NOT what Romney just said. He said, “But in this case, it's not her personally, but she along with two other people purchased a horse and have trained it up.”
Exactly what about that clarification to Schieffer’s question wasn’t clear enough for O’Donnell to understand?
The host of Face the Nation said, “I hear you've got an Olympic athlete in the family,” and Romney replied, “But in this case, it's not her personally.”
Is the intellectual capacity of MSNBC anchors and commentators dropping as Romney rises in the polls, or is it just their professional integrity?
Or both?
Let’s continue:
O’DONNELL: So what will the athlete in the family be doing in the Olympics?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROMNEY: So she's quite thrilled and I'm sure she'll be watching. I have a campaign to attend to, so I won't be able to see it perform. But I'm very pleased for her.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O’DONNELL: That's right. The Romney family definition of an Olympic athlete is a person who participates in the purchase of an Olympic athlete, in this case, a horse that the Romneys own. Now, Mitt Romney has always told the story of the family's entry into the breathtakingly expensive so-called sport of dressage as a therapeutic option for Ann Romney’s multiple sclerosis.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SCHIEFFER: Dressage?
ROMNEY: Yes, it’s the sport of dressage. Not many people are familiar with it, but something for which she has a passion, and frankly, her getting back on a horse after she was diagnosed with MS was able, she's convinced, to help her regenerate her strength and renew that vigor.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O’DONNELL: Now, this is not in any way to make light of Ann Romney’s difficulty with MS, it's obviously a very difficult thing to bear. And there are a lot of things you can do to try to deal with MS. But, come on, dressage does not appear in any of the more traditional courses of treatment. And if it's true that dressage is how wildly rich people deal with this very difficult personal health problem, then why, why does the horse appear on Mitt Romney’s tax return as a business expense, that in 2010 produced a $77,000 business deduction. Not a healthcare deduction, a business deduction for the Romney Limited Liability Corporation that owns the horse as a business.
Mitt Romney was afraid to identify a single tax deduction that he would eliminate or reduce, but I think we can be sure that the Olympic athlete in the Romney family, the horse that masquerades as Ann’s horse, but that is never actually ridden by Ann, would continue to be a fake deductible business expense if Mitt and Ann ever get to watch their Olympic athlete on a TV in the White House.
This is so disgusting it's nauseating.
First off, what business is it of O'Donnell's how Ann Romney chose to deal with her illness?
If going for walks, going to the museum, watching television, or, heaven forbid, riding horses helped "regenerate her strength and renew [her] vigor," isn't that a good thing?
Why should that be the subject of scorn and derision, especially from a representative of a so-called "news network?"
As for Romney's taxes, it is safe to assume that their LLC purchases horses as an investment just as most people do. Income is derived from breeding and/or selling them. As such, expenses associated with their training and upkeep are deductible.
This has absolutely nothing to do with healthcare. But why should we expect an ignorant shill such as O'Donnell to understand that?
Furthermore, who is O'Donnell to ridicule anyone for his or her wealth? According to Celebrity Net Worth, his estate is valued at $8 million.
That makes him just another rich liberal castigating Romney for his wealth.
It never ends, does it?
(HT @PoliticalPAW)
*****Update: I received a very interesting email message from NB reader Jeffrey Peters who is a volunteer to Maryland Special Olympics and 4H (with permission):
Dressage is a very common technique to help many types of disabilities, and is one of the few that tends to work for many problems that lack effective treatment. Therapeutic Riding is a major event and is a fundamental component of the Special Olympics. In Maryland, over 100 riders participated in the Special Olympics Therapeutic Riding event earlier in June. Dressage is not for "rich people." Most of the Special Olympians are from lower income families. Most participants are just honest people who enjoy a very popular sport. This is a part of the matter that is so often ignored. It is honestly upsetting to see such hate against an event that helps so many special needs adults and children.
One such facility is the Maryland Therapeutic Riding center:
Maryland Therapeutic Riding (MTR) is a non-profit organization located between Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland on a beautiful 25-acre farm. Utilizing certified instructors, licensed therapists, volunteers and specially-trained horses, we offer high-quality horseback riding programs to open new pathways of healing for children and adults with a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional challenges.
Therapeutic Riding is a treatment for rehabilitating a range of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. PATH certified instructors use the horse as an instructional tool to teach riding skills and reach individualized goals and objectives. Conditions served include: cerebral palsy, spina bifida, neuromuscular disorders, post-traumatic brain injury, autism, ADHD, and cognitive disorders. Riders see an overall improvement in their quality of life. They experience improved self-confidence, strength, balance, coordination, attention span, and language and social skills.
I also discovered that therapeutic riding is used to help "wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan improve their balance, coordination and hone other valuable physical therapy skills."
As fate has it, suburban Chicago's Daily Herald just published a piece on this issue on - wait for it - Saturday (HT @CindyCoops):
Documents from Ancient Greece show horse therapy dates to 600 B.C., with the practice growing in popularity in recent years around the suburbs and across the country.
Earlier this month on a three-day campaign stop in Florida, Ann Romney, wife of the former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential hopeful, visited a therapeutic horse-riding facility telling patients she was unable to walk at one point because her multiple sclerosis symptoms were so severe. But, Ann Romney said, the “excitement of getting on a horse” helped her build her strength and caused her symptoms to ease.
Once again, this article was published only three days ago!
As such, shouldn't an MSNBC anchor either know of the medical and psychological benefits of therapeutic riding or have someone on his staff investigate it before mocking a presidential candidate's wife for claiming it helped her overcome her serious illness?
Or might uncovering the facts inconveniently interfere with his agenda?
*****Update II: NB reader Mark Neidl offered his thoughts via email (with permission):
My son has Cerebral Palsy and therapeutic riding benefitted him as well as many other children and adults who suffer from many different ailments. People like the Romneys support organizations such as these and without their gifts and donations, people like my son would not have had the opportunity to participate in a program such as this since we are not wealthy as are 90% of the people who have benefitted from therapeutic riding. I recall my son competing in “Dressage” once a year which allowed him to compete against other riders and showcased his abilities to everyone. We have ribbons to prove it and my wife and I are positive he improved because of this program.
Mr. O’Donnell’s comments and mocking of Dressage were quite insulting.
Here is the website for this wonderful program: http://www.sheacenter.org/
Mr. Neidl informed me in a follow-up message, "Our son graduates this Wednesday, quite an accomplishment for him since his diagnosis at birth was pretty dire. Throughout his life he has been helped by a lot of people and, God forbid, many of them wealthy."
*****Update III: Today Show Covered Benefits of MS Patients Riding Horses Same Day O'Donnell Mocked Ann Romney For It.
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Lawrence the asshole
Submitted by east tennessee john on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:10am.
Isn't this the same SOB that went ballistic, screaming and foaming at the mouth while attacking the Swift Boaters? Yeah, I thought so. I see his game has now been upgraded, in typical liberal fashion, to attacking people who have major medical conditions. If these msndc assholes are going to pick everything a part, word by word, or edit tape, then be so fucking sanctimonious about supporting a dope smoking cocaine abusing liar for President; that sure says alot about them.
Where do I start?....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:08pm.
I am the uncle, and primary caregiver to a 20 yr old young man that has had Cerebral Palsy all his life. My nephew was born three months pre-mature and sometime during his stay in the hospital when he was born it hit him. Since that time he has been in a wheelchair all his life there isn't one day that he can stand up and walk to the kitchen, run in the grass, play football or baseball go fishing or hunting with his father and uncle. He can't go to the restroom or even dress himself because of his C.P. But there is one thing that my nephew could do and that was riding therapy. Where we put him on a horse (and yes they do dressage exercises) and it allowed him to move, allowed him to feel what it's like to walk (a horse walking is as close as he can get to know what its like to take steps himself) how to move to help him stretch his muscles, learn muscle control, and even some fine motor skill movements. HOW DARE THIS STEAMING PILE OF FECES TELL ME THAT ITS NOT REAL THERAPY! Was he there when my nephew got on that horse and felt for the first time what it was like to move like a human being? NO was he there when my nephew learned about horses, their physical characteristics and the tack they wear? NO! Or when he first learned to control his muscles and sit on the horse without a strap just me at his side to make sure he was safe? my nephew said to me "Now you just stay with me uncle and I will feel safe" The pride I feel in him hat he was able to do these things. Now before I go on I can testify that I nor are my brother and sister in law rich, the hospital bill that my nephew accrued at birth was $1,974,522.15 thats right almost TWO MILLION DOLLARS! Both my brother and sister in law are teachers and their insurance did cover most of it. (their bill was $579,943.00) that's just the first bill! We are for lucky that the costs were then looked at and covered by the hospital itself as many of the doctors wrote off their bills as volunteer work and through programs the were offered to the family. (BTW OBAMA CARE wouldn't help him in fact they won't let the write offs happen!) He as had other problems and surgeries his back his hand a medical pump that sends drugs into his system that helps him funtion, all volunteer work by doctors helping us out.
BOTTOM LINE:Lawrence, I hope I NEVER see you in person because if I do its gonna take all the cops in your piss hole town and Half of my beloved Corps to hold me back from punching you in the face so many times, that you will then get to experience the life of being in a wheelchair your rest of your miserable life!
Horse Therapy
Submitted by Machismo on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 2:02pm.
OldJarhead77 - God Bless you! I too have a son with CP, and Severe Autism who benefits from Horse Therapy. He is now 13, still in pull ups, no speech, but a great kid I adore and unconditionally love. I commend you for all the love you have given your son, and we are on the same page, the way we feel about stupid comments from people that have no idea how to care about, or for anyone but themselves! There is a big change in my son after being on the horse. I cannot explain it, but it does make a difference. Of all things to complain about, this is one of the worst P.R. foot in the mouth things the Liberals could do.
Romney ought to name that
Submitted by Kubrickfilmfan73 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:09am.
Romney ought to name that horse "Mr. Ed." Then it'd be proof that MSNBC has enough talking dumbasses already.
(Liberals really do make punchlines too easy, don't they?)
By the way, if O'Donnell had
Submitted by Kubrickfilmfan73 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:13am.
By the way, if O'Donnell had wanted to make light of Ann Romney's difficulty with MS, how would his comments have been any worse?
Moron
Submitted by allouchsit on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:10am.
Lawrence O'Donnel is a moron. Even a simple glance at Wikipedia would have told him all he needed to know about "hippotherapy." Whether or not it is a "traditional" therapy, it is a recognized therapy for MS. O'Donnell is a hateful person. He is also a liar and in need of psychotherapy.
yup
Submitted by dmacleo on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:43am.
http://www.firelady40.com/ms/ridingastherapy.html
good summation of it.
According to the NARHA, research shows that all therapeutic riding participants can experience physical, emotional, and mental rewards. Because horseback riding gently and rhythmically moves the rider's body in a manner similar to a human gait, riders with physical disabilities often show improvement in flexibility, balance, and muscle strength. For those with mental or emotional problems, the unique relationship formed with the horse can lead to boosted confidence, patience, and self-esteem. All who ride also receive the benefit of a special sense of independence which comes from riding.
I'm no doctor
Submitted by OuttaMyWay on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:00pm.
But i am not sure that riding a hippo would be good for ones health. :)
seriously a moron. so we are 4-5 months out, and they seem to be still throwing stuff at the wall. apparently a bunch of people are going to yell vagina at Romney in Michigan today at 6 pm. That is really going to raise the debate in this country.
And other than this useless commentator, most people know of the benefits of therapy dogs and horses, but not too many know about her battle with MS.
Crazy Larry......
Submitted by adamsmith on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:21am.
This guy is the poster child for the group of cultists the left has become. ANYTHING OR ANYBODY left of center is in a Marxist Cult, and too brainwashed to see whom they are. All the anger, ad hominem attacks, denial of reality and truth, these people are at a point that if Comrade Obamalinsky told them to drink the Kool-Aid and go chill out under a tree, they would actually do it. This is mass hypnosis, with a membership of 57 million according to how many votes Comrade Obamalinsky received in 2008. I'm watching the "Parade of Clowns" that is the roster of MSNBC starting to really lose it. That kind of lying is Bad Karma, and boy will they pay..END COMMUNISM....VOTE ROMNEY,VOTE TEA PARTY.....
O'Donnell is an ass. An
Submitted by texastommy on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:27am.
O'Donnell is an ass. An arrogant, imbecilic, ass.
... and I'm being kind.
Thank you, Dr. O'Donnell, MSNBC Staff Physician
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:36am.
O’DONNELL: Now, this is not in any way to make light of Ann Romney’s difficulty with MS, it's obviously a very difficult thing to bear. And there are a lot of things you can do to try to deal with MS. . . .
Okay, here it comes . . . . wait for it . . . wait for it
O'DONNELL: . . . But, come on, dressage does not appear in any of the more traditional courses of treatment. . .
BUT!!! That's right, Mrs. Romney, dressage is not on Dr. O'Donnell's list of recommended MS treatments, so you're just plain wrong! Don't tell us it's working for you, because the Doc knows better.
this is my issue with socialized medicine, tools like
Submitted by Lipton on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:44am.
this get a say in my health care options.
O'Donnell should walk in Anne's shoes
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:47am.
....before he opens his fat yap.
One of the main contributors to an MS flareup is STRESS. Furthermore, the more exercise a person can endure, the better, particularly without overheating.
Cluebat for Larry.....this "sport" fits that bill perfectly.
I know all about MS. So I have a perfect understanding and admiration for the Romney's. I wouldn't begrudge them a horeshoe nail due to their wealth, as old Larry does. He's disgusting.
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Mocking Ann Romney...
Submitted by NVRAT on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:34am.
sounds like a Slut jealousy talking about a Lady of superior predominance. If he wants to talk about someone of Trailer Park Style he should scrutinize MOOOOchell Obama. Now, there is real substance.
Aw, don't be so hard on Larry
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:40am.
Don't be so hard on Larry. He is only trying to double his viewers from 12 to 24. Poor Larry, his little pea brain just can't grasp the fact that no one really cares what he says. He's an absolute bore and a moron trying to play with the big boys.
Joy of Life
Submitted by Gothampc on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:41am.
Remember when Rush Limbaugh highlighted the woman who asked Obama if his healthcare took into consideration a person's "joy of life"? The woman's elderly mother had had a serious medical treatment that extended her life and the daughter credited the mother's wanting to live. Obama basically shot down the idea that a person's "spiritual" well being could not be considered.
This reminds me of that incident. If horses were something that lifted Ann Romney's spirits and helped her healing process, who are liberals to criticize it?
For Larry, "ignorant shill"
Submitted by ray johnson on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:42am.
For Larry, "ignorant shill" does seem a bit too nice - How about total effin asshat clown. Does anyone watch that show?
Okay, Larry, you're invited.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:47am.
My favorite "sport" is kicking liberals like you in the ass. Want in, bubba?
The invite has been on the table for a long time now. Round up your MSNBC butt buddies and come on down to the First Ever "Friendly" Bar Fight. I'll round up my over-the-hill, happy hour, mostly vets, conservative buddies and we'll all just get it on, you lily pad.
Bring anyone you like, except Butch Maddow. As I said before, he scares the hell out of us, but the rest of you, not so much. I'll even let you invite Lardass Beckel from Fox, just to keep it Fair and Balanced. (Throw in Juan, just so you can accuse us of being "racist" after the fact.) He's always yakking on The Five about "kicking ass,' so bring him along. Of course, he's like most liberal "men" when they attack someone. It is usually a conservative woman. (My money is on Andrea or Kimberly if he ever jumps ugly with them)
It's all friendly, of course, and the loser will have to buy the drinks after the fun, so don't go getting all lawyered up, Buttercup.
BTW, anyone on the blog is invited to participate if they want. If I EVER hear from MSNBC, I'll let you know. I'm guessing you can write it off your taxes as therapy for something. Any of you accountants have a suggestion?
FYI, Larry, "the sport of dressage" is a huge favorite with your Euro-trash socialist heroes. Don't understand why you don't love it!
Lawrence O'Donnell
Submitted by John21 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:45am.
You are talking about Lawrence O'Donnell a leading Obamabot at the MSNBC "Public Relations" firm.
He has no real skills and no credibility outside the Obamabot circle of the liberal wing of the DNC. He provides the services that they pay him for and no doubt believes in (delusions can get quite bad). He is not really the brightest mind in aly room (but that helps him be a good liberal)
His keepers feed him the DNC/Obama talking points and he does not questions them (identified as a good liberal) because he knows that if he does;
1. He will be disowned by the public relations firm of MSNBC (reference Corry NJ)
2. The facts of reality will crush his oversized ego
3. The depression that he will fall into will require heavy medication
4. The withdrawal pains from the Kool-Aid will be terrible
5. His lack of any real marketable skill and lack of contacts in the real world will cause further pain
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Amazing
Submitted by TXTRUTH on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:48am.
If you are a decent human being you can no longer associate yourself with the democrat party. While they constantly accuse the republicans of racism, homophobia and bigotry the hate and vile insults are almost always from the left. Just look at the way the news is presented. You would think Romney has horns growing out of his head and a blow torch ready to scorch the earth while Obama and the democrats are out fighting monsters who only want dirty air and water, people to live in poverty, segragation and deportation of everyone who is not white. Simply amazing how low a group of people will sink while supposedly offering to lift the conversation.
So....
Submitted by acumen on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:53am.
not only is O'Donnell anti-woman, he's a horsist....pronounced horses ass.
Why all the hate from Dems?
Larry O'Donnell &MSNBC
Submitted by LibwithIQ on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:00pm.
Is it true that you have to be declared legally brain dead to get a job as a "reporter" ( I prefer mud slinger) at msnbc? Sure looks that way!
Dressage probably requires
Submitted by Chulio on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:10pm.
Dressage probably requires more skill and grace and is a much more desirable activity, even as the owner of the horse, than throne sniffing, which is the major activity of self-proclaimed socialist O'Donnell.
MSNBC is a dumpster
Submitted by RealVet on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:36pm.
Funny we never hear anything about the Obama family from these dem pimps - the vacations, the foreign shopping trips, the golfing, the steak & lobster lunches, the date nights, the parties, the lavish dinners, etc., etc.
MSNBC is a dumpster full of hate-filled liberals who have nothing to offer but irrelevant personal attacks. This particular squinty-eyed pussy has about as much class as a schoolyard bully.
Did he rip on Christopher
Submitted by P. Aaron on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:25pm.
Did he rip on Christopher Reeve for his horse riding? Reeve was an enthusiastic rider who spent entire seasons riding events wherever he could.
Moochelle with MS
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:30pm.
Let us just imagine the fawning and drooling reporters were it to be Michelle Obama with MS who was riding horses for therapy instead of Ann Romney. Can they actually believe their own bs or just hope most of their audience is stupid enough to do so?
Riding helps MS
Submitted by islanddiva on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:39pm.
Wow, the media has hit a new low. how about they do some actual research before they mock Ann Romney riding horses to treat her MS. As a disease that attacks the nervous system, strengthening the impacted muscles, espcially the legs, is vital to stave off future disability. Riding dressage or hunt seat are 2 styles of ridng that require use of all the leg muscles. Unlike the bulky Western saddles that are much more common in the USA, these much smaller sadddles do not have a horn to hold on to. Thus, staying on and controlling the horse requires the use of and the strength of the leg muscles. I have MS and I ride for the very same reason. I am far from rich, but staying mobile and active is pricless.
So MSNBC, do your homework. Your comments about Ann are insulting to all of us who struggle with MS. You have alienated a whole segment of the population with your comments. Clearly, you are much more interested in mocking her then helping to promote riding as an excellent therapy for MS patients.
Have
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:41pm.
a feeling msdnc is soon going to be history. Lying and editing to make their agenda is an extreme corruption of so called journalists.Their believing any normal person listens to their daily trash is a complete delusion. People may watch only to see/hear these radicals make complete a$$es out of themselves.
Larry ain't afflicted with MS and knows bupkiss about Drressage
Submitted by SeniorD on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:45pm.
Larry O'Donnell is simply showing his limited knowledge and IQ.
There are over 100,000 Americans afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis. I'm one of them, as is Annette Funnicello, and three of my High School Classmates. I swim, bike, ride horses and study Martial Arts to allieviate the symptoms and as I age, those activities get harder and harder, but I keep up as best I can. Ms. Romney is handling her MS affliction with the sort of grace and poise one expects of a First Lady.
Anyone who has seen a Dressage event knows it takes concentration, coordination and skill from both horse and rider (a difficult deed for MS any victim to accomplish) to complete the course. Obviously, as a money intensive athletic event, Social-Obamist O'Donnell is against it - even if he doesn't know what it is.
SeniorD, I'd love to see you give Larry a Martial Arts lesson
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:53pm.
;)
Our Daughter was a Beneficery of one of these programs
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:58pm.
It did not cure her, but there are definitely Therapeutic benefits. and they are lasting.
Numbnuts need to get a life.
MS
Submitted by milootoole on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:09pm.
Rather than mock dressage and attempt to abase Anne Romney, this O'Donnell clown should be grateful it has not afflicted his family. As for me, anything that helps people with the numerous challenges they face, Lupus. MS, MD, you name it, has my support.
Each day I say a little prayer that the diseases that afflict us as humans are lessened as cures are found. Disease does not have party affiliations.
If I were truly a good person I would pray the the affliction of rudeness, insensitivity and stupidity were lifted from O'Donnell's shoulders---- but, I am not that good a person.
great comment !
Submitted by zan on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:33pm.
great comment !
Has this jerk ever been on a Horse?
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:34pm.
I wonder if this jerk has ever been on a Horse? Riding them takes not only skills but real physical exertion. You're not passively sitting on it, you're actively moving with it. I can understand why it's being used to treat MS. It requires coordination, balance, and strength. Horses are very powerful animals. You can't just sit on it, holding the reigns, and hope it goes where you want it to go. And guiding them takes more than simply tugging on the reigns. You have move, to lean, in the direction you want them to go. It takes a lot of effort. It takes both upper and lower body strength. It's kind of the world's first Total Workout gym. Why do you think cowboys have the strength to "wrestle" a Steer? It's because they ride horses every day.
By the way, Larry, people who ride horses are actually athletes. Just ask any Jockey. They even have their own Hall of Fame. Do YOU have a Hall of Fame? No? Didn't think so.
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Larry O'Dummel was kicked once...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:59pm.
....which really explains a lot.....
Larry O'Dummel was kicked once...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:59pm.
....which really explains a lot.....
Poor Larry...
Submitted by matinva on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:28pm.
Lawrence O'doodoo can only dream about being taken seriously as a 'host'. Another leftist loser stretching for his fifteen minutes of fame. Sorry, Larry. Ain't there yet.
MS
Submitted by zan on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:31pm.
As a spouse of someone with MS, I should be offended by this jerk. However, he is also very ill and I won't cast aspersions on the mentally ill.
Zan
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:11pm.
I've been there and done that.
How are you doing? I know how furious you must be with this idiot's insensitive and totally ignorant remarks. It's up to us to fight the misconceptions about MS every way we can. If we were merely electing first ladies, instead of a president, Anne would have my vote for her ability to educate and advocate on behalf of all families who have to deal with a life altering disease on a daily basis.
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Submitted by zan on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:41pm.
Remember, the only reason this jerk has a job is the other jerk is gone. Just as with (can't remember his name now) oh yea olderfatman, this guy will also be in the ash heap. MSNBC lets these people go as far as they want to until their own delusional opinion of self worth makes them believe they are somehow important to the American collective id. Once they finally snap (and Lawrence is close) they are gone. Their career path appears to be
1. guest on MSNBC
2. guest host on MSNBC
3. host MSNBC.
4. Ex host MSNBC
5. Host Current TV
6. Ex host Current TV.
7. funny farm (but not that funny.
8. guest Bill Mahr show
9. CNN
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:45pm.
;)
Horseback Riding and MS
Submitted by eRtwngr on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:08pm.
I have MS and can testify that horseback riding is a known therapy for MS. But of course a fact like that is besides the point. These MSNBC clowns are just plain mean-spirited. By then people who support a party that thinks the massacre of babies in their mothers' wombs is healthcare wouldn't be expected to have basic decency.
Time to start Tweeting CNNs advertisers
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:11pm.
And ask them what they think about this ?
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yachting....sailing. Those
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:19pm.
yachting....sailing. Those are TWO "breathtakingly expensive" sports LOVED by the Kennedy Klan....I wonder if O'Donnell ever talked about them in that way...
Won't be good...
Submitted by SigmundFraud on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:31pm.
If the American people ever truly wake up to the amount of fraud and treachery going on from both Dems and Repubs, the lawless AG, the Executive branch, the legislating from the bench Judges and the complicit media, their will be hell to pay. Those, like O'Donnell will be the first to enjoy the tar and feathering.
It is unbelievable to me that they have over 100,000 viewers on any given night. One must have very few brain cells to listen to that drivel and actually believe it. Aren't liberals supposed to have a heart or something?
HorsesAss
Submitted by Boray on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:35pm.
Everyone knows that Larry the Loser is an arrogant, socialist pig. The author of this story must've been the only one watching. His ratings suck as does he. He's one of the MSNBC clowns I'd like to run into in an ally.
New rules for the media?
Submitted by NoMarxist on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:42pm.
So basically, O'Donnel is making Michelle Obama "fair game".
Lawrence O'Donnell
Submitted by ajc55ny on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:13pm.
I wonder how Lawrence treats his mental illness. Anyone know? It's kind of obvious the man is deranged.
Lawrence O'Donnell
Submitted by kozmocostello on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:15pm.
We can all take comfort in the fact that the liberal media will come down on him just the way they did when Rush Limbaugh criticized Michael J Fox.
Therapeutic horseback riding
Submitted by tampamom25 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:15pm.
My grandson used therapeutic horseback riding to correct a serious birth condition with his hip and leg that caused him to drag his left leg. Riding the horse strengthened his leg and hip muscles. His walking is now perfect, he can run and play with the rest of the kids and has no problem with his hip or leg. Ignorant people look for things to pick on others about because it makes them feel superior. Liberals are desperate to throw mud at conservatives and they pull these things out of their ignorance. I love it though, because every time they open their mouths they prove what a whole lot of people already know about them....that they are bigoted, angry, nasty, people who have no logical arguments for anything and can only resort to name-calling stupidity....
GOOD GRIEF!!!!
Submitted by cobokat on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:38pm.
When will this madness end! I was watching Morning Joe this morning and they could do nothing but make fun of Mitt Romney...of course Howard Dean had to chime in too! If one didn't know better you would think according to those bots that BO had already won re-election. All I can say is please go out and vote this guy out of office...if not...this country will never be the same again.
Quit Giving MSNBC any Credibility!!!
Submitted by PowerPC on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 10:14pm.
I really wish that the conservative media ie. Drudge, WND and others would quit giving MSNBC any attention at all! We would not even know about this fool's attempt to do his part in re-electing Obama. No one....and I mean virtually no one watches this pathetic cable "news" network. MSNBC is at the bottom of the trash barrel for exactly this kind of behavior by it's anchors. They are preaching to the choir. The very low percentage of rabid liberal trash that will have absolutely no long term impact on the election. Also, Howard Dean?? He has no business trying to be-little the Romney's. He is a complete nut-case himself and thank goodness he showed his true state of mind prior to the election he was running in. Joe Scarborough (sp) is a traitor. 8 - 10 years ago I thought he was a decent person. Hanging around with the liberals at MSNBC has warped his mind. He has joined the losers. All of the anchors at MSNBC have only themselves as each other's viewers. The network just needs to fade away so everyone can forget the hate that spews forth from this collection of creeps.
Shout Out To Howard Dean...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:13am.
...HEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!.....
As a practicing neurologist who treats MS patients, Larry
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:05pm.
can take his idiotic misinformation and SHOVE IT where the sun does not shine!
Physical activities like therapeutic riding have successfully treated multiply disabled patients for DECADES. That ignorant inflamed anus should either study up or sht the hell up! Damn am I sick and tired of asses like him refusing to man up to their ignorance.
Besides the physical activity, I can attest as a psychiatrist (I AM dual board-certified), I can say that the benefits of this kind of therapy are also applicable to maintaining a patient's positive mental health.
That ignorant swine would deny that because of his idiotic, childish resentment and petty jealousies? To he'll with him!
Sam, et. al.
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 8:17pm.
Watch this video......and tell me this isn't a workout. I defy anyone to watch this and not have your jaw hanging down in absolute awe. And my understanding is that Anne Romney's horse is in this class of competition!!! (h/t the Wrathful Bru).
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
~I put it up on FB
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 8:32pm.
And watched it 3 times in a row, with the kids clustered around enjoying it with me. That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Duplicate
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:09pm.
...
HE'S A HATE-FILLED ASSWIPE.
Submitted by TomJoe on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:22pm.
HE'S A HATE-FILLED ASSWIPE.
Comrade O'Donnell is a giant horse's void surrounded by....
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:25pm.
...a sphincter muscle.
And that is when he isn't being a total jackass.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Time to boycott Advertisers on MSNBC(MostlySh*t,NothingButC***s)
Submitted by truspeek on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:54pm.
The crap that comes out of msnbc is at the point of nothing but iterations of what comes out of the average American anus. It is time that Comcast, the owners of this outhouse, understood that voters and stockholders will not support A NETWORK THAT EXPOSES ITS VIEWERS TO LIES AND NONSENSE. All conservatives and independents must boycotts any advertisers that appear on this toilet and make the idiots that appear on the latrine-like shows begin to suffer from a loss of revenue.
Nothing meaningful or informative is produced in this enema-like network, so if it is gone, trully nothing is lost.
Mentally ill
Submitted by artcorvelet on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 8:02pm.
Feel sorry for him. He needs therapy and hopefully is pursuing that route.
What I would give to have 5 minutes with Lawrence O'Donnell!
Submitted by GABlueStarMom on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:49pm.
My niece uses horse therapy, she is severely autistic and her horse therapy brings such joy to her! I SWEAR as GOD is my witness I would slap the taste out of his obnoxious mouth!
It is the first time in history....
Submitted by jdripper on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 11:04pm.
that a horse's ass talked about a horse.
Jack
After 50 years of close
Submitted by nogard on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:47am.
After 50 years of close observation, I have found that generally, anything that comes out of a liberals/progressive/socialists mouth is either a misunderstanding of the truth, a misrepresentation of the truth, a distortion of the truth, or an outright lie.
O'DONNELL & THE DEMS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JACKIE "O"???
Submitted by Surletable on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:03am.
Before these morons waste their putrid breath trying to demonize Ann Romney and portray her as "elitist" for riding horses, I ask them where was the outrage against Jackie Kennedy when SHE rode horses?? The Kennedys are extremely wealthy and they are Democrats....I don't recall the same class warfare tactics when Jackie Kennedy was First Lady?? The jig is up Democrats, time to regroup....your stupidity/hypocrisy is showing...BIGTIME!!!!
One of the lowest rated news networks, now we know why.
Submitted by ghostsouls on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 8:56am.
They edit audio and video, which is dishonest. They tell out right lies and make up things. Their bias for obama knows no bounds. They under report or simply will not report pertinent stories against obama. How can anyone consider this pile of crap a news source. Is there a way we can vote them off the air and have their status a s news provider and have their journalism people revoked from the airwaves. They are not a valid source of news.
What a prick
Submitted by Diesel on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 12:11pm.
I'd love to see this mslsd jerkoff trampled in a stampede
The stampede is gathering
Submitted by HammerTime on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:47pm.
The stampede is gathering speed, horses and a healing of our land as it races towards him (them) and all the other losers he speaks for and supports.
Once again, MSNBC shows its ignorance
Submitted by BMF on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:11pm.
For over 40 years, my wife was an accomplished equestrian, winning many ribbons and trophies as the years passed. She showed both in dressage and hunter classes. And no, we were not/are not wealthy. I was in the military and we both worked.
And during the entire 40 plus years, she particpated in charities where horse farms helped children and adults with disabilities ride horses. He would trailer her horse to those sites and volunteer to help the riders.
Riding helps those with disabilities learn balance, it helps them maintain their strenght, they gain confidence, they develop a loving connection with the horses, they get a sense of accomplishment, and there are games and simple contests for them as well. They learn to care for the horse before and after riding.
I've seen children with Down Syndrome, MS, mental disabilities, amputees, and many other serious affictions gain confidence, strength, balance, and a smile as wide as the Mississippi River. I defy anyone who has participated say that it isn't theraputic in every way for those kids and adults. It was always the highlight of their otherwise difficult circumstances.
Lawrence O'Donnell is simply an ignorant, rotting piece of human flotsam stinking up everything aound him for a mile in all directions and even more for those unfortunate to be down wind from him.
Pathetic "little" man
Submitted by Meg.Jaworowski on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:21pm.
What I just witnessed in this pitiful few minutes of on camera suicide, was Lawrence O'Donnell's "Jump the Shark" moment. For all the times he has overreached, for all the times he has indecently exposed his partisanship---THIS, this time was really, quietly, and calmly his Waterloo. He deserves all the whirlwind he has reaped.
He is as disgusting as his
Submitted by HammerTime on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 1:43pm.
He is as disgusting as his practice of simultaneous felching of Madcow, Nutty-buddy-MrEd-horse-quarters & Astro-Prez, while stoned from total immersion drug trip weekends they never, ever came back from. Which, by the way, explains their cryptosporidian infected mental conditions and heartless comments.
Update III to the horse's ass LO comments.
Submitted by bfrank on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:09pm.
A well written 'common sense' comment from Neil Cavuto who suffers from MS.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1699198735001/cavuto-critics-of-ann-romney-ne...
Hey, Donnell, O'Donnell, Donnell-Donnell - O!
Submitted by Polyphemos on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:23pm.
Lawrence O'Donnell, like all creatures with free will, will not be punished with any overt act of the Supreme Being. Instead, he will live a long life, watching, in his aging years, everything he believes destroyed by facts. The vile do not break the laws of nature - the laws of nature break them.