Lawrence O’Donnell Slams Ann Romney for Wearing $990 Shirt on TV
By Noel Sheppard | May 03, 2012 | 10:07
Unemployment is stubbornly high, mountains of debt are burying the nation, and gas prices appear to be bringing the tepid economic recovery to a halt.
Yet MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday actually spent five minutes bashing Ann Romney for wearing a $990 shirt on television (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
After playing a clip of the Romneys on CBS This Morning Tuesday, O’Donnell fumed, “It turns out the craziest thing about that Romney TV appearance was the shirt Ann Romney chose to wear."
[Editor's Note/Related item: Lawrence O'Donnell reportedly shods his feet with $88/pair socks and $525/pair shoes. Since MSNBC doesn't have a foot-cam you can't see them on air, of course.]
"It was instantly recognized by the fashion cognizanti as the Reed Audubon silk shirt, part of the Reid Krakoff 2012 spring/summer collection, and the shirt is available to anyone for a mere $990."
"Yet another example of how out of touch the Romney family can be with how 99 percent of Americans live.”
Excuse me, but the Romneys are supposedly worth between $190 and $250 million.
A $990 shirt to them is nothing compared to what the average woman spends to cover her torso on any given day.
As a percentage of either income or net worth, the 99 percenters are spending far greater sums on clothing than the Romneys including poor folk in the inner cities that will fork over hundreds of dollars on a pair of the most recent Nike basketball shoes.
Maybe more importantly, if the “fashion cognizanti” hadn’t identified what this shirt was or what it cost, nobody would have known. I wrote about this CBS segment and had no idea that t-shirt Mrs. Romney was wearing cost that much.
And frankly, I didn't care!
If folks like O’Donnell weren’t behaving as if they worked for Entertainment Tonight nobody else would have noticed.
Fortunately, guest Meghan McCain provided some sanity saying, “We have a first lady who wears $600 tennis shoes. She has custom designer clothes as well.”
Showing just how far he’s willing to shill for the Obamas, O’Donnell barked back, “I believe the tennis shoes were $450.”
Actually, they were $540 dollars making McCain’s estimate more accurate.
Why should one expect an anchor on MSNBC to be correct about anything?
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. As Gateway Pundit reported Wednesday regarding the juvenile firestorm over Mrs. Romney’s shirt:
Last month at the Kids’ Choice Awards, Michelle Obama wore an outfit designed by New York-based, uber-expensive designer, Wes Gordon. His clothing commands prices in the thousands of dollars and can only be found in the elite stores of the super wealthy. If you enjoy spending more than $4,000 on a pair of shorts…yes that is three zeroes after the comma…then you might like this little jacket from one of Michelle Obama’s favorite designers. It’s a steal for only $2,250.
The reality is that if the Obamas were Republicans selling the nation on the idea that they inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression, the first lady would be regularly lambasted by the press for the expensive clothing and vacations she spends money on.
But because they’re beloved Democrats, they can spend whatever they want ON whatever they want in the knowledge that nobody in the press will bat an eye other than to praise Michelle's good fashion sense.
Yet the stupidity on display wasn’t done for O’Donnell next showed how he’s willing to completely revise history to further his agenda.
“I trace the politics of price tags to 1992," he smugly stated. "I want to show you this piece from 1992 where Pat Buchanan running for president got in trouble because of his Mercedes.”
A clip of a 1992 ad created by President George H.W. Bush’s reelection campaign was played with an announcer saying, “Pat Buchanan – it’s ‘America First’ in his political speeches, but a foreign made care in his driveway.”
Are O’Donnell and his team ignorant, dishonest, or both?
The New York Times reported in March 1992, “Bush Ad Says Buchanan's Car Shows He's for America Last.”
This ad wasn’t about the cost of the car. It was about it being foreign:
"Michigan has too much at stake to trust Pat Buchanan," the ad says.
The commercial is a clear attempt to sway automobile workers in Michigan, which has a primary on Tuesday.
But the facts don’t matter to a shill like O’Donnell.
His goal is to get Barack Obama reelected, and with the support of the heads of his so-called “news network,” he’s willing to do whatever it takes including lying to his viewers.
And it’s only May.
(H/T Mediaite)
Comments
#1 Ok, I give up....
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:11am.
is that black dot what it looks like???????????? That's what passes as fashion these days?????????? Yeow!
#2 it's a birds eye. calm down.
Submitted by Ampersand on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:27pm.
it's a birds eye. calm down.
#3 Poor Lawrence....
Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:14am.
He's just carrying out his latest set of marching orders handed down from the White House.
Class warfare is the theme for this year's elections and the media will do its part.
#4 All those opinion based
Submitted by kg on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:45am.
All those opinion based programs at MSNBC are far removed from reality.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
#5 So, let me get this straight
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:32pm.
Ann Romney gets blasted by the Left for being a rich person, and then get's blasted again for dressing like a rich person.
Of course, had she worn a $50 sweater, she would've been blasted for dressing down to look like she was the average American woman.
How times have changed. In the early Sixties, First Lady Jackie Kennedy was all the fashion rage. She was admired for bringing glamor to the White House, where the wives of Eisenhower, Truman, and FDR were seen as plain if not frumpy. The Kennedys had wealth and the media loved to see them flaunt it.
The current First Lady is also the fashion rage, but I don't recall O'Donnell criticizing her choices in clothing.
Larry needs to get a life.
#6 What you need to get straight...
Submitted by jaydeee007 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 2:04pm.
The Kennedys INHERITED their money.
Michelle Obama is using TAXPAYER money.
But the Romneys, they EARNED their money.
I guess that makes all the difference.
#7 The bigger problem for Larry is ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:17am.
... The fact that Romney bought that blouse with HER OWN MONEY!!
Meanwhile the Jeffersons continue to live on OUR MONEY!!!
#8 You speak TROOF,
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:39am.
You speak TROOF, bubba.............but, jeez - that fashion catastrophe is so heinous (rhymes with...........) that, if I had to guess, I'd say that Ann Romney (who, from what I can tell, is a pretty classy lady) borrowed that from the big-booted First Clydesdale.
I wouldn't pay 99 cents for that rag, and I wouldn't want to be associated with any woman who wore it!!!!
OK, OK............can we get some fashion feedback from the classy and elegant women here on NB???? Am I so out of touch with reality over here on an outer island of Asia/Hawaii that I don't have a clue about what goes on in the 'real' world???
#9 Well, Killa...
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:18pm.
I personally wear my shirts to cover "the girls"- I don't need pictures of them on the shirt to remind everyone they are there LOL, and that's my contribution to world of high fashion.
#10 Ms. NOLA - I can't figure out
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:40pm.
Ms. NOLA - I can't figure out what that thing-a-ma-jig is on the shirt either, and I've been accused of having a somewhat twisted mind!!! I know this whole subject is stupid...............but why add to the stupidity??? I've often wondered if any woman would wear most of the hideous 'fashions' that are seen parading down the runways...............but apparantly, Ann Romney has disproved my theory.
#11 ➚It's a bird
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:32pm.
The dark circle that (accidentally, I'm sure) covers the general vicinity of her left nip is the eye. Note the contour of the back of the bird's head roughly follows the contour of a breast.
It's really eye-catching. Of course, I don't notice such things.
#12 Actually, someone would have to pay me $900 ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:30pm.
... to wear something that butt ugly, but, hey, it's her money.
Moochie, on the other hand, manages to make even the fashionable things she sometimes wears (I know, it ain't often!!) look like crap. It's really hard to dress up a Clydesdale unless you're getting one ready to pull the Budweiser wagon.
I'm fashion retarded, like you, Killa. My tastes run to "island wear," and when it gets beyond short shorts (or skirts), lovely tops, and flip flops, and nothing else, I'm lost. BTW, that ain't what I wear, Loretta, before you crack on me.
I guess we're just destined to have to see more skin than clothes given the latitudes we dwell in.
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
#13 Yo, bubba - doncha be
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:46pm.
Yo, bubba - doncha be signifyin', flappifyin', testifyin', and mystifyin' me 'bout your fashionista, my man!!! I've seen photos of how you dress, and I speak TROOF!!!
And the 'fashion retarded' statement??? One too many words!!!
#14 One more time.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:13pm.
That WASN'T ME in dat picture!
I would NEVER go out in public wearing a bra dat tacky, thank you very much.
"Sides, the purse didn't go wid da shoes, either.
#15 OK..............I be
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:44pm.
OK..............I be sanctifyin' ya now............we be all cool, yo??? I don' wanna be spreadin' no falsehoods.........only TROOF!!!
#16 Socks...
Submitted by Joe W. on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:21am.
Isn't Lawrence the dude that wears designer socks to the tune of $88.00 a pair??
http://nation.foxnews.com/lawrence-odonnell/2011/01/31/nbc-news-socialis...
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2011/01/lawrence-odonnell-last-word-in-...
#17 ...sez the hypocrite who wears $90 socks.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:21am.
LOL.
#18 What I want to see EVERY CONSERVATIVE do....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:40am.
when they talk to him say hey you blasted Ann Romney for her blouse... HOW MUCH do YOUR SOCKS COST?....... then look him in the eye and call him a HYPOCRITE!
#19 Money Quote
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:37am.
The reality is that if the Obamas were Republicans selling the nation on the idea that they inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression, the first lady would be regularly lambasted by the press for the expensive clothing and vacations she spends money on.
Instead, they swoon over their "fashion icon" whose clothes are not only expensive, but often hideous!
I think O'Donnell's going to regret opening this can of worms.
#20 As I have heard said before
Submitted by dlwoltmann on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:31am.
"I care far less about what Mitt Romney is doing with his money than what Barrack Obama and the Democrats are doing with mine!!!"
#21 That's ALL that needs to be said
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:56am.
+1,000,000
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
#22 Amen...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:41am.
Amen, and again I say "AMEN"!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
#23 DING DING DING!!!! We have
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:39pm.
DING DING DING!!!!
We have a winner!!!!
Great point DL, any conservative appearing on his show or any other libturd where this is brought up has the perfect response with your reply.
#24 Shuddup, Pinko -
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:33am.
It's her money. She can do what she wants with it.
#25 As for the First Wookie....
Submitted by JLin on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:58am.
That's another story.
#26 So the Obamabot O'Donnell
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:38am.
So the Obamabot O'Donnell complains about Mrs Romneys wardrobe that she pays for but never a single word about Mrs Obamas overpriced wardrobe that the taxpayer pay for?????
More of the propaganda medias cover and distraction campagn, no surprise lead by the administrations lead public relations firm MSNBC and the talking head of Mr. O'Donnell. How convientant.
“If you don't have a record to run on, then you…make a big election about small things.” -- Barrack Obama
#27 Larry O'Donnell
Submitted by charlietexas on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:45am.
Now he proves he is stupid. (he thinks he is sooooo smart). Stopped watching him when he went crazy over Michelle Malkin when she appeared talking about the swift boat book....He just went nuts. You should play that back....hilarious.
#28 Palin's Wardrobe
Submitted by libBuster on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:48am.
Do you remember how the press complained four years ago that Palin's wardrobe was too down market. When the RNC bought her some higher couture clothing, the press complained about the expense.
You cannot win with these people Michelle gets to wear expensive boots and $495 gardening boots.
#29 Lady M's Kids' Choice Awards Costs
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:49am.
And this idiot has the unmitigated gall to criticize Anne Romney?
GTFO.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
#30 Lord Blonde
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:20pm.
She spent all that money to look that awful?
#31 This is why...
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:12am.
...conservatives never ever ever want to chill free speech. LET THEM TALK. Because if THAT'S the game they want to play, suggesting we should be outraged by Ann Romney spending HER OWN MONEY on a BLOUSE, then THEY have SET THE STANDARD by which WE WILL CRUCIFY them by reminding America that it's more appropriate to be outraged by MOOCHELLE'S FLYING HER FAT ASS ALL OVER THE GLOBE ON **OUR** MONEY.
#32 Larry Larry Larry
Submitted by I hate marxists on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:17am.
Such a hyprocrite. How much was that haircut,tie,shirt and suit you wear? As noted Michelle wears sneakers for over 500. not to mention all her stylish dresses she wears that th elibs gloat and drool over. remember look at her arms etc.
Go away liberals no one cares how you feel. The conservative tide is coming folks don't worry we're not gullible anymore Move Forward liberals and take the racist president and attorney general with you when you move to mother russia
#33 And if I remember correctly
Submitted by panzerakc on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 5:47pm.
Didn't Michelle wear those fancy sneakers to some event to help the homeless?
Answered my own question:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/michelle-obama-shoes....
#34 Oscars and Emmys?
Submitted by DeclinesToState on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:36am.
Did dim Larry have the same criticism of all the actors in their glitzy clothes and
jewels at the award shows. I'm sure he was thinking they were throwing their
success in the faces of poorer Americans.
#35 Well, isn't that stimulating!
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:42am.
How many people did Ann Romney employ when she bought that shirt? Isn't consuming what drives the economy?
I'll see your Ann Romney's designer shirt and raise you one Michelle Obama spanish vacation at $450,000.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
#36 Obama's Vacations
Submitted by Walker01049 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:45am.
What has this idiot had to say about the many multi-million dollar vacations the Obama's have taken over the last three years............absolutely nuthin'!!!
Our money for the royal family. Ann's money for the blouse.
#37 /me slams Ann Romney for
Submitted by redfish on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:50am.
/me slams Ann Romney for wearing stupid looking shirt with a bird on it that isn't worth paying $990 for.
#38 I couldn't care any less...
Submitted by Order270 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 11:53am.
...about how much Ann Romney makes, spends, wears, or anything else regarding HER money. But I do have a colossal problem with Obama's credit card saying, "The U.S. Treasury Department". (Not to mention operating the wealthiest nation of Earth without a budget!)
#39 Clearly the Marxist Democrats are banking on stupidity.
Submitted by JLin on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:01pm.
Too late to close the barn door on the Independents...
#40 Ooh, Look Over There
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:02pm.
What's that shiny object?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
#41 Loony Larry
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:16pm.
Darling, it's her money to spend as she chooses.
Does the loon actually believe the moochie shops Target?
#42 $990 top - what about THEIR clothing costs??
Submitted by SeniorD on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:28pm.
Everyone knows talking heads of all stripes have megabuck salaries, book deals, homes, things the hoi poloi don't have. Goodness knows they can't have the true costs of their clothing, staff, sets, makeup, etc. revealed. Otherwise, they'd look like hypocrits.
Oh, wait a minute - they are hypocrits!
#43 Jealousy, thy name is
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:17pm.
Jealousy, thy name is Lawrence O'Donnell.
Hypocrisy, thy name is also Lawrence O'Donnell.
#44 Big freakin' deal. Ann Romney
Submitted by cristo on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:47pm.
Big freakin' deal. Ann Romney can dress how she pleases. She's an inspiration to women all over the U.S. who can strive to achieve what she has. At least it's a good looking shirt, although ridiculously priced. Here's a link to an Obama gaff - did she actually pay more than $500 for these stinking sneakers?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/michelle-obama-shoes....
#45 Mrs Obama wears a $2700 sweater
Submitted by Marsh on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:02pm.
http://freebeacon.com/the-first-lady-has-nice-clothes/
#46 Tipping point
Submitted by TXTRUTH on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:06pm.
Well there you have it the tipping point in the election. I can see the exit polling now. "I couldn't vote for Romney, did you see that shirt his wife was wearing"?
#47 Obama's going to be out any minute now
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:29pm.
with a statement on not attacking the families of candidates.
And then pigs will fly and MSNBC will do an investigative piece about Fast & Furious.
#48 as Weird Harold would say...
Submitted by Tidy Bowl Man on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:47pm.
All envy...No class!
#49 Ann Romney is such a SNOB...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 7:04pm.
...Lowdown Larry would whack her for being too good to hang with the homies who wait in line for a week for the chance to buy $300 Retro Air Jordans. My Gahd, these poor souls have to have their fast food and welfare checks delivered directly to the sidewalk...
#50 What the heck is this creep talking about!
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:39pm.
The Romney's spend the money they earned on a shirt.
Meanwhile Obama spends 1.8 trillion of unauthorizes monies that belong to the American people. Obama is the richest man in the world, he spend more money every year, then the top 10 "rich" folks are worth.
Odumba$$ needs a reality check
#51 Michelle Obama went on a
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:57pm.
Michelle Obama went on a $500,000 vacation and all I got was this lousy $900 shirt
#52 Post of the Day!!
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:59pm.
.
#53 double standard ?
Submitted by Mutantone on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 12:34am.
The wife of a working man that earned their money compared to the Royal couple in the white house who spend our money what was Ms Obama's last five vacation cost? how much were those gowns she wore for various events? double standard hypocrites