Hey, lance, tell us something we dont know. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im michael. In tonight for chris mathews. Lets start with this. Lance slide. Its not like we didnt see this coming for a long time. Lance armstrongs cheating and deceptions have been chronicled, reported and testified for years. Lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat, no fourth outfielder or linebacker hoping for extra muscle. Lance armstrong was an international hero, a seventime Tour De France, winner, the babe ruth, mohammad ali, the usain bolt of his sport. Not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. Yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. But armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didnt admit to bullying and worst of all, seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for ts people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothi
And how happy are they jimmy . Happier than eddie money running a travel agency. Get happy. Get geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Thanks for watching. Hardball picks things up right now. Hey, lance, tell us something we dont know. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im mike skl smerconish in tonight for Chris Matthews. Lets start with this. Lance slide. Its not like we didnt see this coming for a long time. Lance armstrongs cheating and deceptions had been testified to for years but Lance Armstrong was no ordinary cheat, no fourth outfielder looking for a little extra power or linebacker hoping for some extra muscle. No, Lance Armstrong was an international hero. A seven timeTour De France winner, the usain bolt of his short. Not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. Yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. But armstrong did no
Better. Thank you very much for being here tonight and thank you for your work on this. Thank you. Cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didnt admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. Joining me is the daily beasts Buzz Bissinger and Sports Editor for the nation dave zirin. Buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for newsweek entitled i still believe in Lance Armstrong, and yet last night his interview with Oprah Winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo . Yes. Did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone, or Human Growth Hormone . Yes.
do it. not always, thank you, i got a laugh out of david lit, that s big. not always so funny, there was a tim polenti in 2011, think one of the first lines you wrote for him. let me roll the tape and you tell the back story. tim pawlenty, he seems all american. but if you heard his real middle name? tim hosni pawlenty. what a shame. it was not supposed to be tim hosni pawlenty. what was it supposed to be? well that joke, in a pitch to the speechwriter running the process at the time, john love it, and at the time, my pitch was tim bin laden pawlenty. and i thought it was much funnier. they met with president obama in the oval and i got a draft back and it said hosni.
for jokes at the white house. the speech writers at the white house reach out to the funniest people we know outside the white house. and we ask everyone for jokes. and we try to come up with jokes ourselves. usually, we just sit in the oval with him and he reads the jokes out loud. and as he s doing, that he makes et cete edits, he makes some lines himself, comes up with some jokes. reporter: in an election year this podium can be a great political weapon. it s great to be eyre this evening in the vast magnificent hilton ballroom, or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. reporter: world events often intersect with the president s jokes. take this one in 2011. tim pawlenty. he seems all-american. but if you heard his real middle name, tim hosni pawlenty, what a shame.