Apparently Lawrence O’Donnell has the vapors over Tagg Romney’s joke that he’d like to “take a swing” at President Obama. Using the Boston accent he never quite perfected at drama camp, O’Donnell challenged Romney’s son to fisticuffs. Perhaps at the playground at dawn.
@RBPundit @red_red_head @lawrence I'll take Tagg for the win in the 1st round for $50.
— misslexi China Is Asshoe… (@misslexi9162) October 19, 2012
BTW as between @tromney and @lawrence in a fight, I'll put my money on the one who isn't 61 years old.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
The MSNBC blowhard even doubled down on Twitter.
Tag Romney wants to take a swing at President for calling his dad a liar. I called him a liar too. Go ahead, Tag, take your best shot.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) October 19, 2012
Tag?
https://twitter.com/StingerNLG/status/259140149429022720
O’Donnell’s quite the tough guy, wanting to brawl with a man he believes has “never actually taken a punch or thrown a punch.” O’Donnell recalled his rumblin’ days of yore, claiming he “didn’t have that luxury in the paht of Bahston” where he was raised.
Know why @Lawrence is such a rough-and-tumble, blue-collar street fighter? His estimated net worth is only $8 million. http://t.co/ej8hG9yC
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 19, 2012
From his cushy studio at MSNBC, “West Side Story” on a loop in his sad little mind, O’Donnell said:
So, you want to take a swing at someone for calling your old man a liah? Take a swing at me. Come on. Come on. And don’t worry. There won’t be any Secret Service involved. Just us. And I’ll make it easy for you. I’ll come to you. Anytime, anywhere. Go ahead, Taggart. Take your best shot.
I have a fantasy abt @TRomney being asked to respond to @Lawrence's challenge and answering "Who?".
— Cheryl (@ShadowShook) October 19, 2012
Oh! Make it happen, Tagg!
NOTICE: @Lawrence will not be responding to any challenges. He sprained his wrist while slapping at his wadded panties.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) October 19, 2012
I think MSNBC needs to put @lawrence in a binder before he hurts himself.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 19, 2012
Fact: @lawrence is head of his local Boondock Saints cosplay group
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 19, 2012
Snap! RT @EricTheWhite: Someone should tell @Lawrence that @BarackObama already has a pantsuit to hide behind.
— ?? (@ShannonPoe) October 19, 2012
O’Donnell also attempted to mock Tagg’s name.
Did I really just watch a guy named @lawrence make fun of a guy named Tagg for his name?
— Cockfyte (@Cockfyte) October 19, 2012
@Lawrence umm yeah, LAWRENCE is a great name. Tagg>Larry #projecting #tcot #RomneyRyan2012
— mayra crane (@MCHamma416) October 19, 2012
As absurd as O’Donnell’s tough guy act was, it didn’t hold a candle to the hilarity of his kinda-sorta-maybe Bahston accent. Ace of Spades wiped the floor with O’Donnell and his Southie meets Broadway dialect.
.@lawrence what prep school and/or Broadway musical did you get that "Boston accent" from?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence O'Donnell's "Boston Tough Accent" is actually Tony Curtis in The Vikings. Oveh yondeh lies da castle of my faddah.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence's authentic Southie accent: "Yah, see? I'll engage ya in a little fisticuffs, see? I'll rap your noggin, make ya smart, see?"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence "Yah, now I'm going to do a little Sky Masterson soft-shoe from Guys and Dolls, see? I'm going to do a dance about craps, see?"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence "Cheese it, the cops! But when they're gone, we have our little dance with the Sharks. And by "dance," I mean dance."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence "You're a real hot number, sweetheart, a real pip. Once I get done murdalizin' these finks, I'll jerk you a soda, see? Yahh."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
If you're confused about my accent, I'm mixing various eras, regions, movie gangsters and Broadway musicals– like @lawrence O'Donnell did.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence C'mere kitten, i'll pour ya a plate of milk. Yahh. Take you out dancin' at the Trop. We'll put the top down on my Packard, see?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
@drivethruliquor @Lawrence cagney, edward g. robinson, there's a little Shemp in there too, wiseguy
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence Listen up, wiseguys! The coppehs just rolled jimmy and we need bail money, see? Let's put on a show in my uncle's barn, see?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence Tony, Stevie, you look like big guys, you can build the stage, right? yahhh. Rita and Janey, we'll sing a song, yahhh?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence My patois is a melange, as we used to say in Southie, yahhhh
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence yah, I learned my Tough Talk by watching character actors playing villains on Mannix, see? I call this "The Gavin McCloud," see?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@lawrence my Southie accent is a little more Southampton that South Boston, but you gonna make somethin of it, fink? Yahhh
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
@wpgchrish yahhh, I'm just putting together some TV shows and Broadway musicals like @lawrence did, see?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
.@rdbrewer4 @Lawrence yahhh, ya oughtta but ya didn't cuz' you can't. So why don't you make like the breeze and blow, see?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 19, 2012
Apparently O’Donnell did have some people fearing his mighty wrath — the “Morning Joe” crew:
Joining Morning Joe at 7:00am.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) October 19, 2012
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