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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI gotta new name for the Morning Joe Show...
Ya know, years ago it was 'Scarborough Country", now it's 'Morning Joe'...someone once suggested that he have another show so we can find out what his middle name is...but for now:
"The Sanctimonious. Self-aggrandizing, Self-congratulating Show starring Starbucks Joe"
If I hear him say how he ran for office in the most conservative district in three dimensions, that he voted with Democrats and talked to them, that Ronnie Reagan was the greatest American who ever lived, that he thinks the President is a good husband and father (like he should know about the former at least), that he came into Congress with the Contract with America heroes...
Pukeworthy...
And please don't tell me to switch the channel, I don't get Current TV here....thanks in advance.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)ewagner
(18,964 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)Turn off the TV
the self-abuse here sometimes is staggering
malaise
(269,157 posts)That fugger sure loves himself - he's always right
Mira
(22,380 posts)Even on days when Joe is not sitting there in his workout clothes, leaning back and acting Superior, Mika will do me in.
Looking and acting like a startled parrot, re-mouthing whatever platitude reigns, or expounding on whatever subject has been beaten to it's last breath, I want to go take a shower every time I see or hear her.
It's basically all a waste of bandwidth, time and spit.
Theirs, and mine.
And to top it all off there are the photographs of Mika and Joe sauntering through urban America.
Tacky and Tasteless.
their body language and sexual byplay is about the only intriguing thing on the whole show...they definitely 'did it'.
Mira
(22,380 posts)AgainsttheCrown
(165 posts)A few years ago I asked my fiancee, who hadn't seen the show at that point, for a second opinion.
I began to suspect they had after a few episodes. She agreed after watching about a minute of interaction...
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)whorish sellout than Joe, the dressed-up Florida redneck.
One of the 99
(2,280 posts)She is a radical pro-lifer. She had a major crush on Sarah Palin four years ago.
Her role is to pretend to be a liberal so when she agrees with Joe, he can say, 'See even a liberal like Mika thinks I'm right'.
Her act is a total con job. Don't fall for it.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)know she was a radical pro-life nut. She avoids the topic on the set.
Instead of "Token Liberal", I should've said "Play-Acting Liberal", I guess.
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)"looking like a startled parrot" ..makes me laugh out loud!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)but that might be over-kill.
Even his whiney, cajoling voice gets on my last nerve. And his platitudinous bromides are nauseatingly predictable.
Can you imagine being stuck at a dinner party or other social gathering, where you were obliged to interact politely with this blustering braggart?
chimpymustgo
(12,774 posts)His powers of logic are just outright feeble.
I like it when language is used so well.
When I first learned English my objective was to not have to have jokes explained to me, and to be able to do crosswords.
I got that far.
My new objective is to learn more words from you.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)some spontaneity in English, as I work and live in a French-speaking environment where I hear English butchered on a daily basis.
If I understood correctly, English isn't your mother-tongue. Major props to you--you write better than most native speakers.
What is your native language and how did you learn English so well? What's your secret?
ETA: Just had a look at your profile, Mira. Du bist Deutsche!
Mira
(22,380 posts)My French is sketchy. French is my favorite language and for the sake of that I should have moved to France, 'cept the US of A won out.
Thanks, by the way. I love compliments. The secret is longevity and perseverance.
Now I have to go see if I can tell where you are located.
OHHH- you are in Paris.
I love it for you, but for me, I can't stand the envy. I once paid for my Mom to take a train to Paris and I flew in, met her at the Gare du Nord and we spent 2 weeks there. A fulfillment of a dream for both of us.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)and frustration, both at the same time.
At this season of the year, as in Germany, the days are so short that it can get you down. The sun only rises above the horizon between 9 or 10 a.m. and starts setting between 3 or 4 p.m.
Not good for people suffering from SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Not as cold as Germany, though. Paris' climate is tempered by the Atlantic which is only 200km away. I remember spending Weihnachten in München. Froze my Arsch off!
Did you know that the French are the most heavily medicated people in the world? More prescribed uppers and downers than anywhere else.
If it's not indiscrete, may I ask about your legal status? Do you have American or dual nationality or still only German? I'm a dual national--French-American.
Mira
(22,380 posts)I'm an American by choice. But during the election I inquired. I could have gotten my German citizenship back and could have moved back had Romney won.
Bush* was all I know I could handle. Barely survived him.
I know what you are saying about the weather and the cold. I was in Sarasota last week wading in the ocean, sleeveless. Germany was snowed in.
I'm from Augsburg - close to München.
Are you staying in gay Paree for good?
rurallib
(62,448 posts)ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)mu husband says he thinks Joe looks like "Mr. Magoo" to him. I have to admit, there is a a certain looking about him that says YES he does!
Onto watching Stephanie Miller now.
spanone
(135,873 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)I had no idea I could stream Current!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)it wasn't early in the morning. Take a shot when he says it.
Or, take a shot when Mika puts on that holier-then-thou "parent-like" smirk.
I know, I am an exception, but she bothers me way more than he does.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)our side
reteachinwi
(579 posts)Charles is his first name. Perhaps we should call his morning show "Up with Chuck."
Mira
(22,380 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...this dude was further to the right than Gnewt...and tried to overthrow him. The only time he reached across the aisle was probably to try to pinch someone's behind. He was too toxic for the Florida rushpublicans who never considered him for Senate or any statewide office. The dude was basically run out of the beltway yet his delusions of who and what he was and is changes every morning.
You can see that he misses being in "the game" and inside thinks he's smarter than everyone. He's the new "Raygun"...working in broadcasting, like Ronnie did in his exile years of the 70s, in hopes that his fellow wingnuts will come a-callin' and beg for him to lead them to the promised land....
PADemD
(4,482 posts)mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)Can't say what I really think about the media controlling corporations.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)"If I hear him say how he ran for office in the most conservative district in three dimensions, that he voted with Democrats and talked to them, that Ronnie Reagan was the greatest American who ever lived, that he thinks the President is a good husband and father (like he should know about the former at least), that he came into Congress with the Contract with America heroes..."
My sentiments exactly. However, knowing what's coming, as soon as he opens his mouth, I flip over to Soledad on CNN. Can't stay there too long but usually long enough that I don't have to listen to the above again...
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dembotoz
(16,832 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)"The Not on MY TV Show".
At the risk of sounding like a broken record:MSNBC is unwatchable before 4:00pm weekdays...
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)I think this morning was the worst! They lie..can not keep up with what they
have said from one show to the next...rude to guests(who say
very little)...guests are interrupted and chastised if their opinions
are the least bit intelligent.....why on earth MSNBC gives them
this platform I will never know...I feel like an idiot when I sit through
it ...but it certainly gets my thought processes moving ..
Thanks for posting your thoughts!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)He wasn't worth prime time so they put him in the morning spot after those racist comments from the previous morning asshole (Imus).
Try these
http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=19756
http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=8766