P.J. O'Rourke was on Stephanie Ruhle .

[SamKnause]

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MSNBC is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel.

The panel was discussing regulation of Wall Street.

His brilliant assessment was deregulation and honesty.

Then he stated honesty was in short supply.

That would leave deregulation and lying.

Then he implied that the government shouldn't be in charge of everything

during a disaster, such as repairing electric grids.

Stephen Ruhle reminded him of the private power company, with a 2 man crew, that

was initially responsible for restoring Puerto Rico's power grid.

She asked him, "How did that work out"?

Some people should never be given a public voice.

He is one of them.

He should be forced to stand on a street corner to spread his horseshit.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. He looks like an old wino with meth teeth. Nasty.

[lapfog_1]

2. Is that who that asshole was...

I didn't pay attention to the beginning of the segment... but when he starting talking about the Marxist Left...

What as asshat.

[SamKnause]

4. He got in the famous quote of Margaret Thatcher, "The problem with Socialism is

that eventually you run out of other people's money".

Asshat is too kind.

[Adrahil]

6. I've developed my own response to that....

"The problem with capitalism is that eventually only a few people have all the money."

There is a path between those extremes.

[SamKnause]

7. Great response.

They love to pretend it has to be one or the other.

[tenderfoot]

11. I'd love to see someone cite an instance of "running out out of other people's money"

to back up that utter bullshit.

[gratuitous]

3. Where did they dig ol' Peej up from?

Bad enough he's on the panel of "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" from time to time, but at least on that program there are five other people with microphones to keep him in check. With careful editing, the producers are able to get the one or two marginally funny things he says over the course of the three hour taping into the broadcast show.

But to have him on to talk about economic issues and regulations? Better you should have a hyena on to discuss quantum physics.

[SamKnause]

5. Love you last paragraph .

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Think The Hyena Would Be More Qualified

At least the hyena MIGHT know something. In O'Rourke's case, we already know that he knows nothing.

[peekaloo]

8. may the ghost of Michael O' Donoghue come and kick

his libertarian Cato Institute sitting ass.

He was relevant forty years ago but whatever edge a libertarian political satirist possesses left him a while back.

A Rand Paul supporter to boot.

[nolabear]

10. Amen! He went way to the dark side.

I love hearing O’Donoghue summoned after all these years. 😄

[peekaloo]

12. His savagery is missed in these dark times.

[volstork]

13. He's one reason I quit listening to "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me"

Anyone giving him a platform is not something I am interested in.