Probably because we – okay, I – have a meandering sense of humor, my wife and I watched the reliably sarcastic liberal Lawrence O’Donnell program on MSNBC last evening during the dinner hour.
Mr. O’Donnell and a rotating panel of mostly younger left wing partisans selected the best and worst personalities and stories of the year.
It was similar to studying a President Obama speech, exactly as predictable as the calendar. So far, he has delivered the same heavily xeroxed talk, identical patter and pace, 63,411 times.
You did not need a script of the O’Donnell show to anticipate the rhythm and the content of what each fairly radical partisan would say.
Mrs. Noonan and I guessed correctly on 98 percent of their choices.
The best always was a Democrat.
Inevitably, as divorce follows marriage – well, for some people, the worst was a Republican.
Two days after MSNBC weekend hostess Melissa Harris Perry, a black racist and an academic (but I repeat myself), actually made fun, mocked, the Mitt Romney family’s adopted black grandchild and was forced to apologize, the O’Donnell team did the same with Republicans.
With the requisite number of black panelists (making the appropriate remarks) included, the boys and girls made it, the O’Donnell crowd made it easy for us to guess right. The suspense and drama were not to be compared with, say, Oscar Night.
Best new personality of the year, Wendy Davis, the Democrat state senator from Texas who delivered a filibuster in the state Legislature favoring abortion at all stages. She lost her bid, and also determined that she could not win re-election. So she is running for governor of Texas. How logical.
Worst new personality of the year, The Other Hot Texas Personality, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who also conducted a filibuster and failed – but he was deemed a washout by MSNBC because he is a Republican.
Who says life is full of surprises? None here. Happy New Year.
