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JoeScum and his panel are talking about the madness of (Original Post) malaise Jun 2017 OP
Boy are they ever! PearliePoo2 Jun 2017 #1
Morning Joe can no longer carry water for the incompetent president, the failures are beachbum bob Jun 2017 #2
I sincerely hope you're right about his being the ruin of the repubic party. trusty elf Jun 2017 #4
I will believe he's destroying the Republican party when I see it happen Bucky Jun 2017 #8
I have been at du for well over a decade Cosmocat Jun 2017 #12
Let's not forget all the statehouses n/t hibbing Jun 2017 #20
the stupidiy runs deep in America mountain grammy Jun 2017 #24
Precisely... we were told Hillary had it in the bag & the Repubics wud be in disarray for DECADES... InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2017 #32
When we see conservatives hammering a republican admin...that's a good beachbum bob Jun 2017 #46
Yes, and it's even more maddening because they've seized this power as the minority. LisaM Jun 2017 #51
If he takes the party down with him madokie Jun 2017 #6
They are like Dr. Frankenstein, afraid of what they created brush Jun 2017 #42
I think Mika just about has Joe converted. putitinD Jun 2017 #3
Truly amazing Ghost of Tom Joad Jun 2017 #11
Joe is a different person now, I wish he and Mika the best! putitinD Jun 2017 #13
A bit, but I think Scarborough was genuinely chastened, humbled being around her now late Father, hlthe2b Jun 2017 #15
It's fake and just for the money. stonecutter357 Jun 2017 #16
Yep padah513 Jun 2017 #26
Please don't refer to him as JoeScum bresue Jun 2017 #5
lol RandiFan1290 Jun 2017 #10
"Democrat anchor?" Cary Jun 2017 #22
"Democratic News Commentator?" bresue Jun 2017 #23
I think the word you're looking for HuskyOffset Jun 2017 #29
I think you missed the point. brer cat Jun 2017 #30
I did not realize this and I apologize.... bresue Jun 2017 #41
I didn't think you meant to be offensive. nt brer cat Jun 2017 #43
I never listen to the crazy right...so did not know....lol! bresue Jun 2017 #44
It's Democratic malaise Jun 2017 #35
You forget the sarcasm warning? InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2017 #33
Um... yeah, no. Squinch Jun 2017 #48
To be fair, they covered him a lot, but I don't know that they actually "promoted" him whathehell Jun 2017 #7
Didn't MJ give Trump free telephone interviews on a near daily basis during the campaign? Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #34
What's with the "free",?. whathehell Jun 2017 #47
"You have me almost as a legendary figure, I like that." LanternWaste Jun 2017 #40
Looks like you got me -- Didn't know about those remarks. whathehell Jun 2017 #50
the whole gang looks like they can't see the end of the tunnel. deminks Jun 2017 #9
I feel the same. He'll always be "Joe Scum" to me. Paladin Jun 2017 #27
"presinutsy" brer cat Jun 2017 #31
That simple malaise Jun 2017 #36
MoJoe is being rough on Pruitt bresue Jun 2017 #14
No forgiveness from me mcar Jun 2017 #17
'he's crazy' Bwahahahahahaaaaaa spanone Jun 2017 #18
Yep malaise Jun 2017 #37
Well, it's a lot like the way the promoted Sarah Palin. Nitram Jun 2017 #19
Because you see they think everything is reality TV malaise Jun 2017 #39
big time promotion, hell, they are a big reason heaven05 Jun 2017 #21
Most don the con voters I know mountain grammy Jun 2017 #25
Well said malaise Jun 2017 #38
Keep in mind... Mike Nelson Jun 2017 #28
They have reaped what they have sown. ananda Jun 2017 #45
Explain the dead intern central scrutinizer Jun 2017 #49
joe sees the writing on the wall, the coming disaster for conservatives in 2018 and 2020 beachbum bob Jun 2017 #52

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. Boy are they ever!
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:35 AM
Jun 2017

To a person, they are frightened.
Words used to describe BLOTUS: Not well, unhinged, mental disorder, in need of mental evaluation, loss of short term memory, his own worst enemy.
Joe said that if this man was a CEO of any company and he made stuff up and lied about non-existent things, he would be GONE and taken away for mental examination.
Holy shit, it's getting REAL on 'Morning Joe'.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
2. Morning Joe can no longer carry water for the incompetent president, the failures are
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:35 AM
Jun 2017

mounting at an extraordinary rate and will most likely be the ruin of what is left of the republican party

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
8. I will believe he's destroying the Republican party when I see it happen
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:17 AM
Jun 2017

Sorry, but we spent all last year saying how the Republicans were imploding and perhaps going away from the political scene forever.

This kind of talk just makes it look like we have short term memory loss. Even if the basis of their survival is corruption, dishonesty, and shallow marketing gimmicks, it seems to be working.

They control three branches of government right now

Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)
12. I have been at du for well over a decade
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:27 AM
Jun 2017

And this thing about how the r party is going down has been virulent the whole time, but as you note they have more power now than ever.

People fail to see just how stupid this country is, and how much the stupid mastasisizes with each passing day ....

mountain grammy

(26,624 posts)
24. the stupidiy runs deep in America
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:09 AM
Jun 2017

often with some help from nature.. wasn't it dertermined at some point the Salem Witch hunts were partially caused by ingesting rotten food? Wouldn't be surprised if the fast food corps were adding a dose of stupid to the big macs.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
32. Precisely... we were told Hillary had it in the bag & the Repubics wud be in disarray for DECADES...
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:04 AM
Jun 2017

Let's stop taking shit for granted and stomp on these muthafuckas. Time for action!!

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
46. When we see conservatives hammering a republican admin...that's a good
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:48 AM
Jun 2017

Thing..when we hear conservatives say trump is a liar that is a good thing..

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
51. Yes, and it's even more maddening because they've seized this power as the minority.
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 03:03 PM
Jun 2017

At some point we need to assess that we really have the better message, and in fact more people agree with it than don't. And we've had far better candidates since 2000, too.

How to translate that into election wins is the real issue.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
6. If he takes the party down with him
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:07 AM
Jun 2017

Then I say let him continue on as long as he can. The 'CON party is our biggest long term problem in this country. It isn't terrorist, drugs or healthcare, its the republiCON party that we need to worry with

brush

(53,791 posts)
42. They are like Dr. Frankenstein, afraid of what they created
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:30 AM
Jun 2017

That show literally gave trump millions of dollars of free air time, which helped him get the nomination and the election.

Now they are acting like they had no part in it.

hlthe2b

(102,294 posts)
15. A bit, but I think Scarborough was genuinely chastened, humbled being around her now late Father,
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:53 AM
Jun 2017

Zbigniew Brzynsky was genuinely brilliant and even Scarborough's most determined RW memes were worthless in any rebuttal. He's no liberal, but I do believe his eyes were opened.

padah513

(2,503 posts)
26. Yep
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:19 AM
Jun 2017

Leopards don't change spots. If Trump asked him to come to the WH for lunch, he'd fall right back in line.

bresue

(1,007 posts)
5. Please don't refer to him as JoeScum
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:05 AM
Jun 2017

Last edited Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:28 AM - Edit history (2)

He is the best Democratic news commentator...we have in the morning...Mika has converted him! lol!

bresue

(1,007 posts)
23. "Democratic News Commentator?"
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:00 AM
Jun 2017

Last edited Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:27 AM - Edit history (1)

Is that better?

But I still stand by the Democratic part because even if he claims Rub, he sounds moderate Democratically.

HuskyOffset

(889 posts)
29. I think the word you're looking for
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:33 AM
Jun 2017

is "democratic". "Democrat" is a noun. You can't use a noun to modify a noun, like you're doing with "Democrat News Commentator" and "the Democrat part". That's why this site is named "Democratic Underground" and not "Democrat Underground".

Sorry, but this is one of my pet peeves.

brer cat

(24,578 posts)
30. I think you missed the point.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:43 AM
Jun 2017

Using Democrat (noun) instead of Democratic (adjective) is a disparaging usage adopted by republicans. It is not only ungrammatical, it is offensive to Democrats.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
7. To be fair, they covered him a lot, but I don't know that they actually "promoted" him
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:14 AM
Jun 2017

I don't recall their actually saying anything positive about him.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
34. Didn't MJ give Trump free telephone interviews on a near daily basis during the campaign?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:07 AM
Jun 2017

I seem to remember that. I would consider that kind of "promoting" him.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
40. "You have me almost as a legendary figure, I like that."
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:34 AM
Jun 2017

"Other media figures have criticized the program’s cozy relationship with Trump throughout the election... Scarborough had turned his show into “a Trump super PAC for six months,” and Baltimore Sun... called Scarborough’s relationship with Trump “inappropriate.” And an NBC pollster cited Morning Joe’s Trump coverage as an example of how the media have bolstered, and to an extent, even "created" Trump."
(Media Matters, (Nov 21, 2016)


An approving Trump here verbally extends his ring to be kissed. "I watched your show this morning," he says. "You have me almost as a legendary figure, I like that."
Trump goes on to say, "Just make us all look good."
"Exactly," says Scarborough.
(Rolling Stone, Feb 2016)

deminks

(11,014 posts)
9. the whole gang looks like they can't see the end of the tunnel.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:17 AM
Jun 2017

And it only maybe gets worse this week from here.

And yes, most of them were on the dumpster's bandwagon in the beginning, they have spent months justifying his presinutsy. Joe and Mikster had how many secret meetings with the orange menace? They loved him. Well, Mikster had a crush on Christie, but if it couldn't be Crispy, then why not Donnie?

And yes, it will always be Joe Scum, or Joe Scar, or Morning Jerk. I trust him about as far as I could throw him.

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
27. I feel the same. He'll always be "Joe Scum" to me.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:24 AM
Jun 2017

When (if ever) things get back to normal and Republicans are acting more-or-less normally, Scum will resume knifing Democrats in the back.

And to hell with Andrea Mitchell, while I'm at it. There's no penance sufficient to forgive the way she constantly trashed Hillary during the campaign.

bresue

(1,007 posts)
14. MoJoe is being rough on Pruitt
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:33 AM
Jun 2017

Just answer the question? The interview is shut down until we hear a yes or no to whether the president believes climate warming.

Joe is my favorite Democrat!!! lol!

mcar

(42,334 posts)
17. No forgiveness from me
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 08:22 AM
Jun 2017

They propped this loser up and gave him loads of free air time, all while they were excoriating Hillary.

Remember how they'd let him call in for "interviews?"

malaise

(269,057 posts)
39. Because you see they think everything is reality TV
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:27 AM
Jun 2017

so they'llsellout the country for ratings and profits

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
21. big time promotion, hell, they are a big reason
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 08:51 AM
Jun 2017

this clown occupies the WH now and is destroying what little democracy, justice and liberty for all americans there was. Fuck these talking heads with no integrity or loyalty to the american people.

mountain grammy

(26,624 posts)
25. Most don the con voters I know
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:13 AM
Jun 2017

are unhealthy.. overweight, poor eaters, big drinkers. daily doses of stupid. I understand that's a broad brush, but have you ever looked at this rallies.

Mike Nelson

(9,959 posts)
28. Keep in mind...
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:33 AM
Jun 2017

...Joe and the Gang would be happy if Trump just shut up and signed Republican legislation - he's be the greatest President since Reagan. They are aligned with us now, but for different reasons.

ananda

(28,866 posts)
45. They have reaped what they have sown.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:40 AM
Jun 2017

All this handwringing and knickertwisting on the part
of JoeScum is pretty ironic considering that he carried
the MSM water for the Reeps until recently... and in a
way he still does because in spite of his angst over 45,
he still agrees with all the crazy, sociopathic actions
and policies.

He just doesn't want it to look so crazy .. which it is,
btw.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
52. joe sees the writing on the wall, the coming disaster for conservatives in 2018 and 2020
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 03:27 PM
Jun 2017

with perhaps decades of not ever being in power again

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