Wow! Scarborough really laying into Bush

[CatWoman]

His two closes friends look like criminals: Karl Rove in court on one coast; Ken Lay in court in another.

And he has yet to see the lowest point in his presidency.

Harriet Myers.

Lying to get into Iraq.

Dubai ports.

Immigration.

Ethics, or lack of ethics.

14 points lower in the polls than Bill Clinton on eve of impeachment.

Constantly siding with the evangelicals.

And on and on.......

[Windy]

1. He said LYING to get into Iraq?

has hell froze over??????????????????????????????

[dave123williams]

2. Scarborogh; smart enough to know when the ship is sinking.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

30. But dumb enough to ride it to it's watery grave.

[goclark]

3. Are you kidding me?! The Scar loves Bush

Maybe he is mad that Snow got the job. LOL

[mac56]

7. "Maybe he is mad that Snow got the job"

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

What else could it be?!

[CatWoman]

8. methinks ole Rush is kinda miffed, too

[madokie]

28. toooooo funny

but zitzter would be a perfect fit :rofl:

[NVMojo]

4. freaking amazing!!!

[DS1]

It was like KO just handed him the baton and he kept running

Hardly even saw a show changeover

[CatWoman]

6. excellent analogy, Martin

:thumbsup:

[hexola]

16. In fact, I think KO was lagging a bit...IMO

Joe stepped it up a bit...KO does too much fluff sometimes...

[Clark2008]

17. Maybe THAT'S the answer:

KO's got the highest ratings - in general - on MSNBC, so Squint's realized that, to draw in viewers, it's easier to pop it to Bush so people watch than to spread out all the conservative viewing audience so thinnly because there are so many conservative pundits.

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

5. Lawrence O'Donnell is on now

:)

[central scrutinizer]

9. at least there were no dead interns found in the oval office

I bet Joe wishes he could say the same

[Berry Cool]

14. I think Joe has decided to take the KO path to success

namely, criticize *. Which means, he has to pretend he never liked him. Or maybe did once, but doesn't now.

Maybe they told him an audience of disenchanted Republicans was there and ripe for the picking. That maybe his audience wasn't as liberal as KO's, but that they were ready to hear some criticism finally.

[AX10]

10. He said all of this?

"His two closes friends look like criminals: Karl Rove in court on one coast; Ken Lay in court in another.

And he has yet to see the lowest point in his presidency.

Harriet Myers.

Lying to get into Iraq.

Dubai ports.

Immigration.

Ethics, or lack of ethics.

Constantly siding with the evangelicals."

-if so, Joe knows the S.S Bush is sinking like the Titantic.

[grannylib]

13. That's freakin' amazing....did he vomit up the koolade???

[malaise]

24. No he saw KOs ratings

Damn even Air America is now welcome.

[zulchzulu]

11. I still don't trust Joe

He's said enough bullshit in the past that he needs to repent for at least a couple years before he gets my trust.

[LiberalVoice]

12. Scarborough has been destroying * for at least the last week.

Everytime i see the show he's laying into bush like theres no tomorrow.

[Sydnie]

21. Is he taking his marching orders from Newt?

Sounds like the type of talk that Newt has been engaging in lately. Perhaps he has thrown his support to a Newt '08 campaign?

[LiberalVoice]

31. Newt wont win.

He's stained of old republican. They need a new face or they dont have a prayer in '08. Then again I guess it doesn't matter what you look like if you have DIEBOLD in your pocket.

[Singular73]

15. If I had never watched Scarborough

And I watched it tonight, I would think he is a frothing-at-the-mouth liberal.

I've only seen him get pissed about two things:

1) Katrina

2) Oil prices

[Oversea Visitor]

18. Not a good sign

He knows stuff
Why is he trying so hard
No even trying to play safe anymore

[Singular73]

22. Yeah, he knows the Iran attack plan is "penciled in"

No other possible reason.

[CatWoman]

19. now talking about Tony Snow

says it reinforces the liberal view of the "vast, right wing conspiracy" by hiring a Fox lackey as press secretary.

[Horse with no Name]

23. Ah think Ah have the vapors

Ah feel downright faint.

[CatWoman]

20. Oh, Goody!!!

Mike Papantonio from "Ring of Fire".

He's tearing into this terrible selection of Snow.

[Swamp Rat]

25. CLINTON! CLINTON! CLINTON!

Boy! Snarlboro returned to regular form rather quickly! :D

[bklyncowgirl]

26. He's got to keep the liberal Olbermann groupies on board

If he started in with the GOP talking points half his audience would scatter to the four winds.

I found it quite remarkable. I rather liked the Joe Scarborough/Barbara Boxer lovefest. Then Mike Papantonio was on for a bit.

OK it worked It kept me watching for a while.

[mandyky]

27. Wow!

I wish I had watched. I watched him a few times in the aftermath of Katrina. Love to here him bash bush! Wonder what his "normal" audience does when he goes on these jags?

[Poiuyt]

29. I wonder if this has anything to do with his time slot change?

Move Rita out, change Scarborogh to a liberal, and slide him next to Keith.

OK, I don't believe it either. But I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

[sandnsea]

32. Republicans running away from Bush

Pretty obvious really. They won't have any credibility to push the 2006 candidates unless they're willing to criticize Georgie. All politics, not surprising.

[beyond_the_pale]

33. If he loses Scarborough Country he may try acting next

I will happily tune in to watch the new Joe, but he won't have any credibility left if he tries to immitate Chris Matthews' bipolar broadcast style. I remember Chris' panel of Fineman, Buchanan, Reagan, and Scarborough, on election eve (when the exit polls showed Bush would lose.) Scarborough was dissing Bush, the White House, the Repub leadership with such passion that Buchanan and Fineman were looking at Joe -- literally with their jaws dropping and eyes popping -- it was hilarious. After the election, he was back on his talking points. The Katrina disaster doesn't count because the only one I can remember supporting Bush in those days was MS Governor Barbour.

[lonestarnot]

34. Didn't he enlist yet?

[Yollam]

35. 14 pts lower than Clinton at impeachment?

If I rremember right, Clinton was close to 70% approval at the time of his "impeachment". And Bush is around 30%. Thats a 40 pt spread, not 14.

[chat_noir]

36. Poll: Clinton's approval rating up in wake of impeachment

(AllPolitics, December 20, 1998) -- In the wake of the House of Representatives' approval of two articles of impeachment, Bill Clinton's approval rating has jumped 10 points to 73 percent, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows.

That's not only an all-time high for Clinton, it also beats the highest approval rating President Ronald Reagan ever had.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/20/impeachment.poll/

[AX10]

37. Here that FReepers, Clinton is more popular than "Saint" Ronnie.

:kick: