The Last Word August 5, 2019August 2, 2019 Take six minutes to watch Friday’s “last word,” on the subject of presidential debates. And perhaps consider setting up your DVR to record Lawrence O’Donnell every night (right after Rachel Maddow on MSNBC) or add The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell to your list of podcasts. (I often listen to him and/or Rachel via podcast because they come pre-stripped of commercial breaks.) Two things Joe Scarborough and Lawrence O’Donnell have in common — one a life-long conservative, one a life-long liberal: > first, they both have important real-world experience, Scarborough as a three-term Republican Congressman, O’Donnell as a top Senate staffer; > second, they both despise Trump and what the Republican Party has become. The leaders of the National Cathedral are appalled, as well.