• Ambassador dead.
• Navy SEALs dead.
• Embassy on fire.
• WH conspiracy.

But Lawrence O’Donnell would rather talk about a joke Ronald Reagan told 30 years ago…

“Today’s uncomfortable fact is that when he was running for president, Ronald Reagan told a double-entendre joke that ingeniously included, within its overall double-entendre structure, an internal double-entendre that allows for both straight and gay endendres.”

The Last Word October 26.

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