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Omaha Steve

(99,706 posts)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:35 AM Dec 2012

Morning JOE got to GO???

Last edited Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:50 AM - Edit history (1)


Marta can't stand him. She commented his devils advocate role could convince some people he is right.

Here is your chance to sound off!


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Fire Joe's butt
17 (77%)
no opinion
2 (9%)
Leave the rightwing nut alone
3 (14%)
Never watched his show
0 (0%)
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Morning JOE got to GO??? (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2012 OP
I have yet to watch Mourning Joe sellitman Dec 2012 #1
I'm with you. Bohunk68 Dec 2012 #19
+1 truebrit71 Dec 2012 #26
Bring back Don Imus! At least one could watch Imus without barfing. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #2
I still get IMUS - and he is as drug-addled as ever - with the same lame posse DrDan Dec 2012 #4
He is definitely a character! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #8
One could? Not this one! Atman Dec 2012 #9
Probably a better name for the show is "Barf in the Morning!" RKP5637 Dec 2012 #11
So, you want to replace a right-wing nut (Joe), with a racist right-wing nut (Imus)? nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #14
Yep, excellent point! Cancel my request! Two right wings don't make a right! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #25
Ha!! nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #29
Lol randomtagger Dec 2012 #31
Yeah, I took him as that ... he was a funny asshole, often pretty bizarre. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #35
I don't know why folks here hate his show so much .. srican69 Dec 2012 #3
watch it also - great guest lineup - can't believe anyone would pass up the opportunity to see DrDan Dec 2012 #6
I don't John2 Dec 2012 #12
You are saying "I don't understand why so many people don't like getting hit in the head" jeff47 Dec 2012 #27
Yeah randomtagger Dec 2012 #32
no opinion Flashmann Dec 2012 #5
and Mika needs to go with him. And Gene Robinson too. appacom Dec 2012 #7
Yes, Robinson has a speech impediment, but no, he's not intimidated by anyone.... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #18
Maybe if the complainers stopped watching him... GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #10
Well, maybe John2 Dec 2012 #13
It's all about ratings. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #15
I agree sandyshoes17 Dec 2012 #21
They explained it in that Howard Stern movie. Iggo Dec 2012 #24
I've tried to point this out... 99Forever Dec 2012 #28
There's another option not included. vi5 Dec 2012 #16
Never watched his show... Iggo Dec 2012 #17
why waste time watching a right wing crazy? rurallib Dec 2012 #20
Stop giving them ratings and no, you are not doing "opposition research" TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #22
I stopped with the Scabs about six months ago, and oddly, have somewhat reverted to sLimus UTUSN Dec 2012 #23
I haven't watched Mourning Joe since Spring of 2008. City Lights Dec 2012 #30
If you don't like him, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #33
I dont understand this.. srican69 Dec 2012 #34
Kick Omaha Steve Dec 2012 #36

Bohunk68

(1,364 posts)
19. I'm with you.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:50 AM
Dec 2012

If people stopped watching him, then his ratings would go down. Remember Lori Klausutis.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
4. I still get IMUS - and he is as drug-addled as ever - with the same lame posse
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:46 AM
Dec 2012

can't believe anyone would give him a paycheck

srican69

(1,426 posts)
3. I don't know why folks here hate his show so much ..
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:44 AM
Dec 2012

I find it lot more tolerable than anything on fox - even thought Joe Scab is pretty partisan ... but I can still manage to see it without getting upset

for example- I get ulcers if I see 2 minutes of that fucking shitbag Hannity ....

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
6. watch it also - great guest lineup - can't believe anyone would pass up the opportunity to see
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:47 AM
Dec 2012

Gene Robinson - he is truly a voice of reason.

Kristof coming up.

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
12. I don't
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:08 AM
Dec 2012

like him because he was one of the ex-Politicians that wanted to impeach President Clinton. He is nothing but a hack, hired by NBC. He is not like Maddow or Ed. At least they do make sense and criticise all politicians with consistancy. Scarborough most of the time spits out propaganda and makes no sense on tax cuts or spending. He is an instigator. He is just another prop for Wall Street. Another reason is he claims the President doesn't have any mandate, which disenfranchises my vote. Every time he makes that claim infuriates me. Just who the hell is he? The President needs to respect the voters and not listen to stupid pundits for Wall Street and their agendas. NBC need to put people that solve real issues on instead of these Wall Street Goons. And they are no better than Norquist! Scarborough should let the President govern the country and shutup or run for office himself.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
27. You are saying "I don't understand why so many people don't like getting hit in the head"
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:09 PM
Dec 2012

"It feels so much better than getting hit in the junk".

Being less shitty is still shitty.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
5. no opinion
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:46 AM
Dec 2012

I won't watch MSNBC before 4:00pm est.....I try real hard to care less who is on before that,but I can't pull it off......

appacom

(296 posts)
7. and Mika needs to go with him. And Gene Robinson too.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 08:47 AM
Dec 2012

I enjoy Robinson's WaPo columns, but he isn't an articulate spokesman for the left on TV. He stumbles and grins when lies are being told and gently pushes back sometimes. Can't tell if its because he stammers, or if he is intimidated by the assholes. He does better when he's on the evening Msnbc shows.

This morning was another rehash of why Romney lost and developing a strategy to stick it to Obama on the fiscal cliff. Hate these fuckers so very much.

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)
18. Yes, Robinson has a speech impediment, but no, he's not intimidated by anyone....
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:41 AM
Dec 2012

....much less right-wingers who will never be his Pulitzer winning intellectual equal.

Try actually listening to him sometime instead of focusing on his speech patterns.

GoCubsGo

(32,088 posts)
10. Maybe if the complainers stopped watching him...
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:01 AM
Dec 2012

...his ratings might drop low enough to get him canceled? How much of his audience is liberals who watch him so they can have something to bitch about?

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
13. Well, maybe
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:15 AM
Dec 2012

we should demand his dismissal and put a real professional on? Just what is his job anyway, and why was he hired? Was it to spit out his right wing propaganda? And his whole right wing Wall street propaganda this morning was that skilled American workers should take less pay for jobs. This idiot, forgets about the profits. We got an answer for that too. Tax the hell out of people with Swiss Bank accounts and outsourcing American technology and jobs. Anybody can be replaced. Maybe the American government shouldn't do business with these corporations either. There are a lot of other people that want opportunities to start businesses. And those people owning corporations, don't have the market cornered on knowledge and technology. They probably stole most of it from somewhere else.

And here is one example, BET use to be a Black owned business but it was sold. So the idea was monopolized so other people can make money from this demographic. What creates jobs is supply and demand. Ideas and innovation also comes from the grass roots. That needs to be made clear to those on Wall Street. They have been lucky to work in the United States at all because this countries' Policies have produced the most Billionaires and millionaires than any country in the World. And it isn't even close! For any of these people to suggest the U.S. has draconian economic Policies is ridiculous. The data doesn't back that up. These people are just selfish and greedy.

GoCubsGo

(32,088 posts)
15. It's all about ratings.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:29 AM
Dec 2012

TV networks base their programming on the number of people watching. They aren't going to take a program off the air when the people who complain about it are STILL WATCHING IT in large numbers. Scarborough was hired to counter the allegations that MSNBC is a left wing station. So, yes, spitting out his right wing propaganda is why he has his show. As long as he gets good ratings, you can "demand" his removal until you are green in the face. If you don't like what he's saying, stop watching.

sandyshoes17

(657 posts)
21. I agree
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:20 AM
Dec 2012

Years ago I heard this explained. They don't care when they get angry email, as long as you keep watching. It's when no one watches and the emails stop that gets to them. They don't care if the viewers love them or hate them as long as they keep coming back.

Iggo

(47,565 posts)
24. They explained it in that Howard Stern movie.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 11:51 AM
Dec 2012

A certain percentage love him and tune in to hear what he'll say next. And a certain percentage hate him and tune in to hear what he'll say next.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
28. I've tried to point this out...
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:12 PM
Dec 2012

.. several times. The results have been about as productive as watching that crap show. So now, I just open these Morning Joe bitch threads for chuckles. Some people just gotta make themselves go thru the day pissed off, I guess.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
16. There's another option not included.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:34 AM
Dec 2012

Don't watch him.

I see no reason why they'd need to fire him. I just wish DU and other "lliberals" would stop watching him. And definitely stop posting about him and what he says as though any of it matters.

TheKentuckian

(25,029 posts)
22. Stop giving them ratings and no, you are not doing "opposition research"
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:38 AM
Dec 2012

The TeaPubliKlans have had the same agenda for decades, if you don't know their positions and mode of operation by now then you may never "get it" and the daily ratings give away to the right wing of the "centrist", pro-corporate party is not going to help at all.

You watch because you like beltway babble, even if it is a bit more right wing than you absolutely prefer.

UTUSN

(70,730 posts)
23. I stopped with the Scabs about six months ago, and oddly, have somewhat reverted to sLimus
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 11:02 AM
Dec 2012

I still detest sLimus from when I first heard of him, when he slaughtered CLINTON at the WH Correspondents' dinner, and gloried when he was dumped with disgrace and the Scabs took over, and peppered the Scabs circus with blistering e-mails for the first couple of years (you could see BUCHANAN and BARNICLE wincing on the air when they were notified of the e-mails).

Then the Scabs thing just got boring with the endless rehashing, and in the past year they started literally re-running tape of the first hour in the 3rd hour.

A couple of months ago I peeked into the sLimus circus and the key word is VARIETY. He will always be the jerk he is but he's a wiley snake and he plays with his elite guests to make them squirm. At least for now, he makes Scabs look boring.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
30. I haven't watched Mourning Joe since Spring of 2008.
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:14 PM
Dec 2012

I'd love to see him canned, but he's got too many viewers, so I don't see it happening.

srican69

(1,426 posts)
34. I dont understand this..
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 04:30 PM
Dec 2012

why would you like to fire a man whose views you happen to disagree with ..

This is not like going after Rush Limbaugh -- who definitely needed to be fired after what he did to that poor girl.

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