Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

Scarborough, who was elected to the House as part of the 1994 Republican wave, is using the platform that MSNBC affords him, to launch into an all out attack on Bill Clinton. He was just shown composing himself, sort of putting his hair in place, because he's stirred himself up into such a partisan frenzy. I'm not saying Bill Clinton is off limits but when MSNBC empowers a guy who has a serious case of Clinton Derangement Syndrome to lead the discussion about today's election results, they lose any and all credibility. Even Tweety would be an improvement.  

Update [2008-1-26 20:32:43 by Todd Beeton]:Now Joe Scarborough is railing against Bill because he's still speaking about himself in Missouri. "The Clintons are at war against African-Americans and now they're at war against the Democratic Party." Margaret Carlson and Eugene Robinson are piling on. Pat Buchanan is the only one pushing against Joe. Why am I still watching MSNBC? Good question.

Update [2008-1-26 20:37:58 by Todd Beeton]:OK, Keith is pushing back against Joe a little bit. Again, criticism is fine, but Scarborough is clearly motivated by hatred.

Update [2008-1-26 20:51:45 by Todd Beeton]:

Wow, Joe really is fellating Charlie Crist vis a vis his endorsement of McCain. This guy is embarrassing.

Tags: Joe Scarborough, Media, MSNBC (all tags)

Comments

28 Comments

Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

are you kidding? Bill Clinton, with his asinine comments today about Jesse Jackson in the 84 CAUCUS, has proven his irrelevence. what a jerk.

by the green and bold 2008-01-26 02:24PM | 0 recs
CNN is better.

Not that that's saying much.

by BigBoyBlue 2008-01-26 02:24PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

There is Joe Scarborough and everybody else at MSNBC that are going over board against the Clinton's..  They have spent the whole day today bashing the Clinton's.. It has to be more than just indivdual opinions, it has got to be MSNBC policy..  The only person that didn't parrot one another was Craig Crawford, and he said he could not figure how Bill Clinton had used race, he was put out of the conversation very shortly.... I don't know what is going on when a news station can just make news and tell it as fact, but I don't like it...

by my nickle 2008-01-26 02:32PM | 0 recs
Craig Crawford Needs To Go

Crawford just spouts asinine anti-Obama spin all the time.

And give Joe credit for the massive beatdown he gave to Pat Buchanan (when Buchanan tried his racist spin) -- worth having him around just for that :-)

by aretino 2008-01-26 02:58PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

MSNBC has sure got the blacks fired up in So. Carolina ! ! !

by my nickle 2008-01-26 02:35PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

MSNBC - Stands for Main Stream Nonsense Bashing Clinton's ....

by nzubechukwu 2008-01-26 02:35PM | 0 recs
All of MSNBC needs to go.

Except Keith Olbermann.

by Cleveland John 2008-01-26 02:36PM | 0 recs
Re: All of MSNBC needs to go.

I also like Tom Brokaw.

by kristoph 2008-01-26 03:40PM | 0 recs
Joe Scarborough

Now he's pretending it's BREAKING NEWS that Charlie Crist has endorsed McCain.

by Cleveland John 2008-01-26 02:38PM | 0 recs
Re: the green and bold

Dude, what's wrong with saying that Jesse Jackson won S.C back in 84? Last time I checked it was so.  When blacks make up 50% of the voting poll your going to get pro-black results.

by nzubechukwu 2008-01-26 02:38PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

nzubechukwu, it may be the truth, but it looks like Bill is saying "Obama won because he's black"

by falcon4e 2008-01-26 02:40PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

he did. And I say this as a Black person. But Obama was always suspected to win because he was black. And I'm saying this in my opinion, I'm saying it in the way the media has always portrayed it.

by world dictator 2008-01-26 03:41PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

Well ...

If you eliminate the African American voters from the exit poll then Edwards would win, Clinton would come in 2nd and Obama would come in 3rd.

So I think it is fair to say that Obama won on the strength of the African American vote, don't you?

by kristoph 2008-01-26 03:43PM | 0 recs
Put

Racheal Maddow (sp?) on instead of this twit!

by kevin22262 2008-01-26 02:43PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go
speaking of the boys at msnbc, where is matthews tonight?
has he been banned from dem. primaries because hillary is in play?
what is up with this?
by safford 2008-01-26 02:47PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

I haven't watched FOX for about 5 yrs. now, MSNBC might go on the same list....

by my nickle 2008-01-26 02:48PM | 0 recs
Re: falcon4e

Ok,let me make my point further so your trying to say that if Obama was in a g.e match-up with McCain, in South Carolina Obama would win?   I thinks not.

by nzubechukwu 2008-01-26 02:54PM | 0 recs
Clinton Derangement Syndrome?

Consider me deranged.

by CranesAreFlying 2008-01-26 03:05PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

lol no i didnt say obama would win south carolina in the general nor do i know where you got that from.

by falcon4e 2008-01-26 03:31PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

Joe is usually pretty good (he was stunned and horrified by the Gibson thing for example, you'd expect that but from a Republican?) but like Sully he's consumed in Clinton hate.

Scarboy, listen, the more YOU hate on Clinton the more people FLOCK to their banner to SPITE you.

Have an ounce of sense buddy!

by MNPundit 2008-01-26 03:38PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

I had to quit watching Morning Joe because the entire show seems to be on a personal mission to ensure that Obama is the nominee. To them, this race is Saint Obama versus Hillary, the Devil Incarnate (although I wonder if Joe will continue to be such an ardent Obama supporter if McCain is the R candidate). I don't have a problem with being a little one-sided but they have carried it to the point of pure ridiculousness and it seems very personal. (I think they are pissed because Matthews was forced to apologize for his consistent sexist putdowns of Hillary).

by vdeputy 2008-01-26 03:40PM | 0 recs
Give me a break Clintonites

Since when have the blogs been overrun by the Clinton campaign. I like Joe, he's actually putting Bill Clinton in his place. Bill seems to think that he's still the shit in the party, when he's old news. Him and Pat Buchanan need to go take a nap with Fred Thompson.

by boshea 2008-01-26 03:42PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

I stopped watching MSNBC and NBC News a long time ago. They have all but admitted (and in some cases they actually have admitted) that they are pulling for Barack. Lets see: Russert, Williams, Shuster, Todd, Mathews, Howard Fineman (the biggest O.B. shill on any network).

Frankly, CNN should be ashamed of its coverage. Other than Blitzer(neutral), Cooper(neutral) and Tobin all of the other commentators are either Republicans (King, Bennett and Bash) or Obama supporters. Martin, Brazile and Bernstein should be sitting next to Begala and Carville and be force to sit this one out. Martin is topped only by Fineman as being the most egregious example of shilldom.

by ND1979 2008-01-26 03:46PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

What IS Bill Clinton doing on CNN now?  Didn't he already have two terms?  Where is Hillary?

by mainelib 2008-01-26 04:02PM | 0 recs
It's only been the last couple of weeks

That the Clintonites have been pushing this "Obama is inevitable in SC" narrative. In November she was up probably 20 points.

This is nothing but an attempt to divert attention from the fact that everyone that is remotely objective can see that the SC electorate saw through the Clinton race baiting strategies and decided to voice their displeasure.

I believe that the Clinton's campaign in SC will, if HRC is the nominee, cause a significant minority of black voters - particularly the more educated/professional and younger voters - to sit out the election rather than vote for Hillary. I think I heard on CNN or MSNBC that one of the exit polls showed that I believe 20% of those questioned say that they would be very disappointed and may not vote if HRC is the eventual nominee.  

by highgrade 2008-01-26 04:06PM | 0 recs
Re: It's only been the last couple of weeks

The exit poll numbers actually show the opposite of what you're saying.

by Steve M 2008-01-26 04:43PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

I'm still reeling that MSNBC ever hired Scarborough in the first place, considering he dropped out of Congress after killing the intern he was having an affair with.  <ahem>  Allegedly.

It was one of those Republican "perfect crimes" where all signs point to guilty, but the authorities decline to investigate.  Like Bush's Harken Energy deal.  Or his Texas Rangers deal.  Or his National Guard record.  Or rigging the 2000 election.  Or his negligence before, on, and after 9/11.  Or numerous impeachable offenses involving the Iraq War.  Or rigging the 2004 election.  Or a hundred other things my head hurts too much to type.

by schroeder 2008-01-26 04:51PM | 0 recs
Re: Joe Scarborough Needs To Go

I had come to watching MSNBC over the last months for political coverage, and even roused myself early in the A.M. to catch the gist of Morning Joe, who had sounded quite rational for a while.  And when he wasn't, Mikka B. knocked him down a few pegs or two.  
I'd drop in on Matthews to hear his guest's opinions, knowing that on any Clinton-related topic Matthews just couldn't help spewing all over himself, usually with a smirk or leer when he threw in a sexual connotation.
However, this Obama-love, Clinton-hate from all at MSNBC over the last week/ten days is way over the top.  It's not just Matthews, Gregory, Scarborough, Fineman, Russert, Shuster, Todd, O'Donnell; - It's also now Olbermann and Mikka, and, for all I know, the cameramen as well.

What's going to be really ironic, though, is how quickly they'll lose the Obama-love should he become the nominee.  All of sudden, they'll find too much hope and not enough substance in his beautiful speeches.  Not enough experience, they'll say, compared to the older wiser Republican nominee, who is either a national hero (if McCain) or a proven executive and problem-solver (if Romney).

I'll be sleeping in later from now on- no more Scarborough or Mikka or Willie Geist in the A.M.

I often found the last half of Olbermann silly or boring anyway, so it won't be so bad if I miss it all for a while.

by susie 2008-01-26 07:50PM | 0 recs

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