The last Morning Jolt of the week includes the headline, “What Is Scott Walker Doing Right Now? Duh, Winning!” but today's excerpt deals with another figure on our television screens, who also can sometimes spur people to shake their heads and ask, “What is he thinking?” Morning NO! Sorry, I can’t summon even the faintest enthusiasm for this : “Republicans in Washington are trying to recruit Joe Scarborough to run against Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) next year. Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), told The Hill on Thursday that he has talked to Scarborough a couple times about a Senate bid. And he indicated he’s still working on persuading the MSNBC host to run for the upper chamber. 'I’d be delighted to talk to him a third time,' Cornyn said.” Zip at Weasel Zippers is particularly unenthusiastic : “No [implied bad word] RINO’s. I guess we didn’t make ourselves clear enough last November.” Has he even lived in Florida anytime recently? Oh, that’s right. In the post-Hillary Clinton, post-Alan Keyes, post-Rahm Emanuel world, this stuff doesn’t matter anymore. UPDATE: For what it's worth, the National Republican Senatorial Committee vehemently denies the story. Communications Director Brian Walsh e-mails me, “This story is 100% false.
Afghanistan and our military commitment in that region was the subject of a fifteen minute discussion on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today. Aside from the questions many of us are asking (including the Secretary of Defense) about what event or events will finally trigger an exodus of the thousands of American men and women currently serving in the region, the conversation took a bizarre turn. Following a report on a drone mission that went wrong, accidentally killing nine children in Afghanistan, host Joe Scarborough made this very dire prediction. “We are creating generations of terrorists right now by our actions… We think it’s a clean war? We think a drone war is a clean war? It is the messiest of all wars because what we are doing over there will lead to bombings in the United States of America over the next decade.” Scarborough’s dark prognosis is not without validity as we have evidence that past American military actions have been used to recruit potential terrorists and martyrs. However a bit later in the conversation contributor Mike Barnicle made this very bizarre statement saying that he felt worse for a man who loses his job than he does for a woman in Afghanistan who is stoned to death for winking at a man. Who would you feel sorry for? The man who lost his job or the woman caught flirting in town and then buried up to her neck and stoned to death?
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MSNBC Analyst Feels Worse for American Man Losing His Job Than for Muslim Woman Being Stoned to Death
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning, host Joe Scarborough delivered a scathing rant against Glenn Beck. According to Scarborough, Glenn is “losing it before our eyes” and is “bad for the conservative movement.” “He’s bad for the Republican party. He’s bad for Fox News. It’s that simple,” Scarborough said, referring specifically to Glenn’s recent work to uncover the socialists, progressives, and unions behind the unrest in Egypt and Wisconsin. Guest commentator Pat Buchanan added that Republicans have a “responsibility and a duty” to make sure Beck isn’t speaking for conservatives. Scarborough refers to a recent blog post by conservative writer Peter Wehner calling Glenn, “The most disturbing personality on cable television.” I talk to Pete from time to time and have a good deal of respect for his analysis most of the time. I found his most recent posts on Glenn, however, to be pretty shallow. It’s a popular sport to make dramatic denunciations of Beck themes without really engaging in a discussion of the arguments. I’ve been involved in mainstream conservative thought and politics for 25 years and I can assure you that Wehner and Scarborough are mounting a very weak case. I’ve worked with many top conservative leaders and politicians. Glenn is about as thoughtful and sincere in his approach to political argument as anyone I’ve met. The depth and range of discussion around the Mercury and Blaze offices is the most interesting and electrifying of any place I’ve worked. This weekend I’ll be posting a more thorough response to the Wehner/Scarborough arguments. For now, watch the clip and help kick start my weekend response in the comments!
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MSNBC Host Scarborough Unleashes on Beck: ‘Losing it Before Our Eyes’
Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ (get it? ‘Joe’ could mean either coffee OR the host… brilliant!) has just penned a really gracious, non-sarcastic apology to Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin via Politico . Check out this super classy, heartfelt plea for forgiveness from the host who embarrassed himself by rushing to blame Beck and Palin for the Safeway shootings (sans the facts, of course). “We get it, Sarah Palin. You’re not morally culpable for the tragic shooting in Tucson, Ariz. All of us around the “Morning Joe” table agree, even if we were stunned that you would whine about yourself on Facebook as a shattered family prepared to bury their 9-year-old girl.” How is issuing a rebuttal statement after the entire MSM blames you for a violent murder spree ‘whining’ about yourself? Actually, that seems pretty darn reasonable. In fact, it’s a far more measured response compared to what Joe Scarborough did after one lone liberal blogger sarcastically suggested Scarborough’s involvement in a murder. He took to Twitter: “JoeNBC: Anyone in media who interviews @markos, know that you’re extending your credibility to someone who regularly suggests that I’m a murderer.” NBC News President Phil Griffin promptly banned the blogger from appearing on the network. ONE GUY made a stupid, jokey comment. Palin had the entire media trying to pin the acts of a madman on HER. Who sounds like the whiney self-obsessed wuss now, Joe? Glenn was next in, dare I say it, Joe’s ‘crosshairs’ (duck!): “The same goes for you, Glenn Beck. You’ve attacked your political opponents with words designed to inspire hatred” Hmm, you mean words like Faith, Hope, Charity? Pray? Humility? Reverence? Thrift? Honesty? Hard work? Turn to God? Personal responsibility? Gratitude? Oooh, scary! Joe continues… “but it did not lead a mentally disturbed man to take a Glock to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s “Congress on Your Corner” event. Good on ya, buddy. You weren’t personally responsible for the slaughter at the Safeway. Maybe you can put it on a poster at the next “Talkers” convention” Good on ya, buddy? Who says that? Why not toss a dungarees reference in there for good measure. Oh, and for those of you who don’t know – the Talkers convention is a convention for those in the radio industry. An industry Joe Scarborough is no longer part of because failed to attract any fans. Not surprising, considering his TV show doesn’t attract any fans – one look at his lifeless Twitter history and you’ll see why: “Go Mizzou!” “GO IOWA HAWKEYES!” “Happy Thanksgiving! “Keep calm and carry on” Dang, Joe, you send a thrill up my leg, bro. It’s hard to imagine why no one cares about his opinion on anything – well, almost anything. There is one exception: when he criticizes a conservative—but mostly when he criticizes Glenn Beck. See, that’s the trick these days for irrelevant political hacks: start bashing your own party and voila! The other party suddenly loves you because ‘hey, he’s a Republican, and even he thinks they’re stupid! Congratulations, Joe Scarborough, you are the new Scott McClellan of the Republican party! How does it feel ? It’s actually kind of sad. Scarborough seeks validation of his existence through a media audience. Since he couldn’t get one, he completely changed his views in order to appeal to elitist leftist snobs. “But before you and the pack of right-wing polemicists who make big bucks spewing rage on a daily basis” Polemicists? Dude, you aren’t fooling anyone. We know you Googled that. Scarborough hits a low point in his mindless rant when he recycles talking points from the less than human slimeballs over at Media Matters: “Just because the dots between violent rhetoric and violent actions don’t connect in this case doesn’t mean you can afford to ignore the possibility — or, as many fear, the inevitability — that someone else will soon draw the line between them. Actually, someone already has. When you get a minute, Google “Byron Williams” and “Tides Foundation” to see just how thin a layer of ice Beck skates on every day.” Well I did search Google and here’s what I found: “Freeway gunman Byron Williams says Glenn Beck did not incite him to violence” This accusation by Scarborough is disgusting. And you’d think Mr-I-get-people-blacklisted who falsely accuse someone of murder would see the folly in falsely accusing someone of murder – yet he continues to do just that. Not only is it a pathetic, weak argument to blame anyone OTHER than a crazy shooter for their shootings – it is a blatant lie . Notice how he says ‘try Googling Byron Williams’ – he doesn’t say it, but he knows what site is going to come up: Media Matters. I don’t know how Joe sleeps at night. He’s basing his entire career on bashing Glenn, but claims he never watches Glenn’s show. How can he bash it if he’s never seen it? Obviously Joe just reads Media Matters and repeats it. That’s what most people at MSNBC do. Here’s a crazy concept, Joe – why not watch Glenn’s show, and think for yourself.
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MSNBC host falsely accuses Glenn of murder… again
Most insiders know that Joe Scarborough, hired to be Politico’s token conservative, is anything but. At one point, he may have been a Reagan Republican, but, since starting work at MSNBC, he has slowly moved further and further to the left, as the station did. But, Joe has some un-civil words for those on the
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Politico’s Token “Conservative” Blames Right Wing Hate
You never know what Joe Scarborough will do or say. One day he’s donating to conservative candidates, the next he’s calling Sarah Palin a “gaudy circus sideshow.” Now he’s accusing his own network, MSNBC, of bias. The claim is based on the way the media treats Bush and Reagan-appointed judges. According to Joe, the media makes a point of tying a conservative judge to his presidential appointee, but it doesn’t seem to do it for Clinton-appointed judges. That, he says, is wrong. (via RightScoop ) The Daily Caller reports on what he said: “I’m just curious, and it was our staff that did it this time – I’m always curious when there is a controversial issue, and [Jon] Meacham, you know this is true, that mainstream media doesn’t like – they always will say ‘a George W. Bush-appointee,’ ‘a Reagan appointee,’” Scarborough said. “It would be legitimate, and you Jon, you know this it to be true when a Democrat does something unpopular, they never say ‘a Clinton appointee.’ Never, never. Why is that, Jon?”
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MSNBC Host Calls Out MSNBC for Media Bias
Yes, we all ignore him on a daily basis. But, I make this plea specifically to Sarah Palin… ignore Joe Scarborough .
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A plea to Sarah Palin
In today's Morning Jolt , a question or two about what really is at stake when yet another high-profile figure denounces Sarah Palin as loudly as possible . . . I’m Not Going for Scarborough’s Fare Can you stand a bit of cynicism about Morning Joe with your Morning Jolt? MSNBC morning show host and former GOP congressman Joe Scarborough takes to the pages of Politico to demand that the Republicans “take on” Sarah Palin: “Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private. Enough. It’s time for the GOP to man up.” So what is the net impact of Scarborough launching this broadside, asserting that his green room is the epicenter of a vast secret underground of intimidated Palin doubters? Nothing much. Sarah Palin is no more or less popular than she was before Scarborough’s op-ed. If any Palin fan was shaken off the bandwagon, I have yet to find them. I doubt Scarborough’s argument was sufficiently odious to stir a backlash among Palin critics. Not one Republican doubter — let’s assume for the sake of argument that his unnamed folks exist, and they do complain loudly in the MSNBC green room — will come forward and denounce Palin because Joe Scarborough called upon them to do so. In fact, he may have made it impossible for any GOP figure of any significance to do so, since none of them want to be seen as taking their marching orders from an MSNBC host. And I doubt Scarborough’s audience will be any larger or any smaller because he’s staked out his position standing athwart Sarah Palin yelling stop. However, Scarborough did get 20 or so blogs to link to the piece. So if that was the goal, mission accomplished. Jim Treacher notices that Scarborough offers his scathing sneering piece, contending on the same day he announced he’s joining a group that aims to promote “civility and respect” in the public dialogue. “Say what you want about Scarborough’s laundry list of criticisms, but at least he’s keeping it civil,” Treacher observes, tongue firmly in cheek. “Yay, civility! Also: respect. Words are fun to say.” At Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson is particularly unimpressed : “There is a lot which could be said about Joe Scarborough's very personal and demeaning screed against Sarah Palin, but I'll rest on this response: 'You are the Alan Colmes of MSNBC, and I mean no offense to Alan Colmes.' On second thought, maybe I just insulted Alan Colmes. Sorry.” Matt Lewis tries to find the valid points, and probably invites quite a few heated responses from Palin fans himself: “Scarborough refers to Palin as a 'reality show star,' but is she really ? Now that we have all seen her TLC program, 'Sarah Palin's Alaska,' I'm not so sure that is a fair classification for it. When people hear the term 'reality show,' they likely think of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' or 'The Osbournes.' Calling 'SPA' a reality show is not entirely inappropriate, but I would argue that it is also a documentary/travelogue . . . while I think the criticism over Palin comparing herself to Reagan was overblown, I do think Scarborough's main thesis — that Palin may not be ready for prime time — deserves consideration. Anyone running for president (and she is considering it) deserves such scrutiny. Is she serious enough ? Does she have the intellectual heft or gravitas? These are all fair questions.” Why do I suspect that Scarborough is hoping Palin will fire back on her Facebook page, guaranteeing a day or two of headlines about the “PALIN-SCARBOROUGH BRAWL” and ensuring the most attention he has enjoyed in years? How far away can a “How to Save the GOP from Sarah Palin” book deal be? Between Keith Olbermann’s suspensions and fights with management, Ed Schultz’s arson threats, Bill O’Reilly’s fireworks on The View, and Glenn Beck’s big rallies on the Mall, all the big cable hosts seem to spend as much time making the news as reporting it. Scarborough has chosen the easiest and most well-trod path to a white-hot spotlight: defining himself as a furious foe of Palin. Jim Geraghty
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Suspicions That Joe Is Yearning for Sarah to Punch Back
From ABC’s George Stephanopoulos : Christine O’Donnell wants Hillary Clinton to challenge President Obama — and she’s willing to help. “I would love to see her take out Obama in the primary. You know, I would even be tempted to change my registration so that I could vote for her in the Democratic primary,” she told me during “GMA’s” Morning Mix. O’Donnell praised Clinton via Twitter yesterday for her handling of the WikiLeak situation. “You Go Girl!!” she wrote. “She’s no Reagan yet her verbal lashing against wikileak is tough- watch out Obama!” The exchange also included talk of Sarah Palin. Mediaite explains : Oddly, O’Donnell didn’t even mention mentor Sarah Palin until fellow guest D.L. Hughley brought her up, initially saying of possible GOP challengers that “anybody is better than Obama.” Hughley gave Palin as an example of someone who’s not better than Obama. O’Donnell replied that “Sarah shoots from the hip,” to which Hughley responded, “So does a greeter at Wal-Mart, but I wouldn’t want him to run for President.” Stephanopoulos then asked O’Donnell about Joe Scarborough’s scathing commentary on Palin, and O’Donnell gamely defended the former Alaska Governor.
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Christine O’Donnell: I‘m ’Tempted‘ to Vote for Hillary in ’12
