MSNBC - ya wanna know why your ratings suck?

[RVN VET]

109. He can play smash-mouth pundit, for certain

But I remember watching him go gently with a RW air headed woman complaining about how hard the ACA was going to affect she and her family. Turns out the woman did not even know what kind of health insurance her husband had, or whether it would in any way be affected by ACA. Turns out,there was no reason to believe she was going to be in any way harmed by ACA, but she had already made the rounds of FOX and other a-hole news networks spreading the falsehood of her victimhood. Yet Lawrence was very gentle and kind with her, keeping his voice, well, mellow, as he slowly led her (albeit temporarily) into the light of truth. He didn't push her, but he did get her to admit that there was a lot about the ACA she knew nothing about, and that there was also a lot about her own insurance coverage she apparently knew even less about.

I admired the civilized, dispassionate way he handled the woman's ignorance. I love Keith, too, but he would have eviscerated the poor, dumb woman. I cringe to think of it. (Well, OK, part of me smiles at the thought!)