Morning Joe.

[ccharles000]

Did anyone see Joe this morning he was mocking Obama and calling him a liar.

[The Doctor.]

1. I try not to watch it.

I've been on c-span this AM.

What did he say Obama lied about?

[ccharles000]

3. ...

He said the Obama lied to the american people when he "broke his promise to public financing".

[Higher Standard]

4. Once more, misinformation

He pledged to seek an agreement regarding public financing. He and McCain were not able to reach an agreement. Thus, no public financing.

[Higher Standard]

2. So, normal morning on Morning Joe, then?

I try to avoid him. I was quite happy when he stopped having regular appearances on "Race for the White House" (it's bad enough having to listen to David Gregory).

[Kahuna]

32. LOL. I agree with you about David and Joe....together. YUCK!!

:puke:

[loyalkydem]

5. Joe

Makes me sick to my stomach. He's noting but a conservative anyway. I never liked the guy

[The Doctor.]

9. No, he just calls himself 'conservative'. Today's REAL conservatives can't stand

this administration.

[iconicgnom]

24. "REAL conservative" - is that what the rats are calling themselves now?

Or is that just what they named the lifeboats they fight tooth and claw for, hoping for a nice safe seat to watch the Republican ship sink? I think it's the latter - and I doubt many (if any) of these so-called "REAL conservatives" will demand even a token measure of accountability from the morally bankrupt, criminal Republican administration they've been supporting 110%.

Rebranding, that's the name of the game for Republicans now that they've run their criminal enterprise and the US's good name and economy into the ground. Actual change would require a functional moral compass - something it takes time and hard work to develop - so I don't expect anything more than a renaming, rebranding, repackaging job. The same political/economic forces and even the same line of characters run through the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush 1&2 administrations. Only the packaging changes.

[The Doctor.]

25. Uh, actually they are....

John Dean and Grover Norquist to name a couple.

Most of the people that call themselves 'Conservatives' now are really Neo-Cons and crooks.

[iconicgnom]

29. How do you distinguish a "real conservative" from a "conservative", from a "fake conservative"?

[The Doctor.]

31. That's a fair question, and an easy one.

Real Conservatives are fiscal conservatives, they do not believe in deficit spending. Over the last 20+ years this has philosphy has been violated by enough people claiming to be conservative that it now appears that conservatives love debt.

Don't be fooled, if they're not fiscal conservatives, they're not conservative.


Real conservatives want to reduce government. Today's 'conservatives' do not.

Real conservatives want limited involvement in foreign affairs and reduction of foreign aid. Today's 'conservatives' want only one of those.

Real conservatives demand strict adherence to the Constitution without liberal interpretations. Today's 'conservatives' don't give a rat's ass about the constitution.

There are a few real conservatives, like Dean, Norquist, and Goldwater, who would call (and have called) today's 'conservatives' irresponsible and reckless.

[PylesMalfunction]

35. My dad is a conservative...

who loathes Bush. He voted for Clinton and then Gore because it was only under Clinton that we had a balanced budget. He thinks government should get the hell out of people's lives and be as small as possible. He's voting for Obama.

[Kahuna]

33. He got mad because one emailer called him an extreme right winger.. He said..

'nobody ever calls me that...' :rofl:

[NotThisTime]

6. He's an awful Repuke, he can go to hell.... if people are stupid enough to fall for him, they're

watching the wrong channel....

[Eurobabe]

7. Yeah, he was especially obnoxious this morning

He is a beady eyed-little intern killer.

[hokies4ever]

8. He was worse than usual

He's just mad that Obama is opting out of public financing and there's nothing that the Republicans can do about it. :rofl:

[butterfly77]

28. No, that was the usual him...

he is just getting warmed up..

[H2O Man]

10. I turned it off.

He is an obnoxious person.

[Doctor_J]

11. Did you watch the same episode as this person

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6388610

Why do you watch MSRNC? Do you like giving them ratings points? Or are you some sort of masochist?

:shrug:

[grantcart]

19. I am an infrequent viewer of the show but was surprised by the segment I watched

which was even handed.

Several posters have filled me in that it followed their normal biased and superficial treatment of Obama.

Actually it must have been worse than their normal treatment because they were sheepish and very even handed including an odd comment about how great Michelle was (odd because it was offered up without any context or related to anything)>

It is now obvious that they had gone overboard earlier and were trying to make up for it.

[Kahuna]

34. I actually think that joe may have been tough on that McCain person...

to prove that he wasn't as biased as all the emailers were accusing him of being towards Obama. You could tell he was steamed about the barrage of emailers.

[sandyj999]

12. I stopped watching that jerk because he irritates the hell out of me.

He talks over everyone and thinks whatever he has to say is important. He doesn't realize yet that you learn more by listening than talking. And I am very glad I didn't see that!

[zulchzulu]

13. I always think I'm watching ESPN when he's on...

It's like watching a stupid jock trying to act like he knows what he's talking about. Then you see Pat Puke Cannon gettin' all Reptilelike... and Mika making little puppy noises.

It's a great alarm clock to shock you into the new day... the first exercise to do is grab the remote and flick it off.

[ErinBerin84]

14. I've really been trying not to watch Morning Joe, so no.

But I did turn it on near the end to see the author of the new Karl Rove book talk to Joe, Mika, and Pat. It was kind of funny because Pat was starting to argue "ROVE ISN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF GEORGE BUSH'S FAILURES" (you know, in his shrieky voice), and the author said that Rove helped create the president with the lowest approval ratings since NIXON. I wondered if he specifically mentioned Nixon also because Pat was sort of Nixon's Rove in some ways, haha. And then asshole Joe in his snot voice said "Well, I think in 10 years, when we look at the situation in the Middle East, we won't be thinking of George Bush as an idiot, like he is now. I think history will think of him as a fair president."

[City Lights]

15. I purposely miss Mourning Joe each morning,

because he never has anything intelligent to add to the discourse, as evidenced by your post. Joe 'dead intern' Scarborough is filthy scum, and to hell with MSNGE for giving him a national microphone from which to spew his bile.

[ginnyinWI]

16. I start the day with the morning newspaper.

It's a peaceful way to start the day. No commercials blaring at you. No talking points. Just the news. It's also good to know what's going on locally. And it's good to support print media, which is in serious trouble in this country.

What if we had nothing but cable news to tell us what's going on? I shudder at the thought. Each shows panders to its audience, telling them the news the way they like to hear it. That even goes for Keith Olbermann. I watch him regularly, but with full awareness that he does slant the news to the left.

[grantcart]

17. Nope I missed that and saw only the last segment which was strangely

even handed.

[Seabiscuit]

18. I haven't watched MSNBC in months. It's disgusting. And I generally avoid threads

about MSNBC or any of their bobbleheads.

I predicted long ago that MSNBC will switch from sucking up to Obama and bashing the other candidates to bashing Obama if he won the primary contest. And it's starting to happen.

[truebrit71]

20. I don't watch the intern-killer...I find it easier on my blood pressure and doesn't endanger my TV..

....

[K Gardner]

21. I had to quit watching during the primaries.. I'm healthier for it.

[Phx_Dem]

22. That's typical Joe,

and that's why I don't watch him. I don't watch any show where he's a guest either, because he's a huge asshole.

It's pretty funny, though, watching the wingnuts wet their pants on live TV over Obama's decision to opt out. They see the writing on the wall and know that Obama is going to bury McCain with his carpet-bombing ad campaign and superior ground game.

:bounce:

Here's what Chuck Todd said about it.

*** Two no-brainers: Obama’s decision yesterday to opt out of the public financing system drew plenty of criticism from good-government groups, editorial pages, and the Republican Party. So did his Web video announcing the move. (Instead of raising the specter of GOP 527s, why not simply say that he owed it to his supporters to do everything possible to win in November, and that McCain would do the same thing if he had the opportunity?) But the decision was a no-brainer. As one very smart political observer told us yesterday, if Obama had stayed in the system -- bypassing the opportunity to raise about three times amount what the system offers -- then he’d question Obama’s judgment and ability to be president. Simply put, it would have been a dumb move.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/20/1157218.aspx



(Mrs Phx_Dem)

[Blue_Roses]

23. glad I missed it

nt

[AlCzervik]

26. even if i was up that early, west coast here i sure would not be watching Morning Joe.

Cable opinion shows are full of the suck.

[butterfly77]

27. Yes, as much as I could stand,,

I wanted to really hear some of those emails,they must have really been tearing him a new one. He tried to mock the emailers and said they were in their parents basements with cheetos in their ears and one of them emailed back and said he had taken the cheetos out of his ears and Scarbourough needed to take his head out of his ass..

[Kahuna]

30. I sent him three emails this morning. I'd like to say that one of mine

got him to reconsider his attacks, but lot of others got to him before I did. Well done Obamanation! :toast:

[RNdaSilva]

36. Watched... switched to CNN...

Catch Olbermann today with John Cusack?