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Anyone who insists that MORNING JOE is "in the tank" for Trump should be watching this morning... (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2016 OP
Yea, but the discussion remains Trump dominant. FarPoint Aug 2016 #1
They also spent 15 minutes talking about the Clinton Foundation. brooklynite Aug 2016 #12
I think they realized that there is no there there. They had to stop beating that dead horse. CTyankee Aug 2016 #25
They said regarding his immigration plan, some people are calling him "Amnesty Don" PearliePoo2 Aug 2016 #2
They know the Con will have to respond to this.....tweet bait! KewlKat Aug 2016 #3
I sometimes think that some posters get too obsessed with Morning Joe if they criticize Democrats. Trust Buster Aug 2016 #4
Or any other pundit. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2016 #22
They were back and forth with love and hate but maybe the Trump personal attack has pissed them off. bullimiami Aug 2016 #5
Where was Chuck Todd to criticize them for diagnosing and not being doctors? Chicago1980 Aug 2016 #6
Trump takes pride in being obnoxious this is enabling him. gordianot Aug 2016 #7
Don't think anyone should be watching that bullshit. It only encourages them. Who Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2016 #8
+ 1 Botany Aug 2016 #16
Yep, I remember that NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #20
Don seems to think that being POTUS is like his reality TV show ...... Botany Aug 2016 #21
Not sure where I saw it NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #24
Don't waffle around, just say what you think. Lol. Hortensis Aug 2016 #36
MoJo is "in the tank" for anything BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer Aug 2016 #23
MoJo is also discussing if Trump's position is... PearliePoo2 Aug 2016 #10
Heileman was too embarrassed to talk in those terms. He flatly refused...good for him! CTyankee Aug 2016 #11
The two lovebirds couldn't help discussing their assignment in Maine this past weekend... CTyankee Aug 2016 #13
I am pleasantly surprized. They actually talked about how Trump takes about himself in times riversedge Aug 2016 #14
I give you a lot of credit for watching that for 30 minutes - 2 or 3 minutes is my limit these days. George II Aug 2016 #15
I lasted about 20 mins. then went to Charles Boyer on TCM. Much more entertaining..n/t monmouth4 Aug 2016 #26
15 minutes today doesn't undo the 15 months of free airtime they donated. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #17
I get whiplash from watching them. duncang Aug 2016 #18
it really annoys me, when MJ vlyons Aug 2016 #30
Do you think HurricaneWarning Aug 2016 #19
Mika is clearly butthurt Cary Aug 2016 #27
Neither one is in the tank for trump. Ilsa Aug 2016 #28
Then you obviously haven't seen this. LAGC Aug 2016 #34
Those were not recent clips. I don't know Ilsa Aug 2016 #35
MJ has been anti-Trump for ages vlyons Aug 2016 #29
Joe keeps switching back and forth on Trump keithbvadu2 Aug 2016 #31
It is a mixed bag Cosmocat Aug 2016 #32
Joe's really improved in the last couple of years. forest444 Aug 2016 #33

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
1. Yea, but the discussion remains Trump dominant.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 07:37 AM
Aug 2016

Free PR no matter what... Media loves to gossip verses investigative journalism.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
25. I think they realized that there is no there there. They had to stop beating that dead horse.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:52 AM
Aug 2016

they weren't getting any traction whatsoever. Their producers probably told them to knock it off...ratings were poor, probably...

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
2. They said regarding his immigration plan, some people are calling him "Amnesty Don"
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 07:43 AM
Aug 2016

Now it's trending #1 on Twitter! #AmnestyDon!
MoJo is ripping him to shreds on his history of tweets. His total lack of empathy. It's brutal (and true).

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
4. I sometimes think that some posters get too obsessed with Morning Joe if they criticize Democrats.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 07:47 AM
Aug 2016

On the other hand, don't be too naive to realize Trump's jabs at Joe and Mika's personal relationship recently doesn't play a part in Joe's baiting of Trump. It's gotten personal between the two.

gordianot

(15,241 posts)
7. Trump takes pride in being obnoxious this is enabling him.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 07:56 AM
Aug 2016

The mentality of those who actually support Trump excludes any critical thinking they just need to hear his name mentioned. Feed the Bears often.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
8. Don't think anyone should be watching that bullshit. It only encourages them. Who
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 07:57 AM
Aug 2016

gives a shitload about those 2 weasels who now pretend the months of hand jobs they kept giving their favorite candidate never happened?

Botany

(70,517 posts)
16. + 1
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:28 AM
Aug 2016

They helped to build the Trump Monster.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/morning-joe-hot-mic-trump-conversation

“You don’t want me to do the ones—with deportation?” Brzezinski said.

After some cross-talk, co-host Joe Scarborough said, "We really have to get you some questions."

“That’s right, nothing too hard Mika," Trump interjected.

"Okay," Brzezinski said.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
20. Yep, I remember that
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:35 AM
Aug 2016

I wonder if Trump would be able to call a time-out and ask Putin or Kim Jong Un to not ask him tough questions, too?

Botany

(70,517 posts)
21. Don seems to think that being POTUS is like his reality TV show ......
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:38 AM
Aug 2016

.... when something does not happen like he wants then they can just do
another take.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
24. Not sure where I saw it
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:51 AM
Aug 2016

but, somebody posted that we should tell Trump he won the election, and then set him up in a fake White House and film it as a reality show... meanwhile, Clinton is in the real world and has to deal with real world problems in the real White House.

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
9. MoJo is "in the tank" for anything
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:01 AM
Aug 2016

that = ratings. One way or the other, Trump gets a LOT of free publicity from the show.

Response to BlueMTexpat (Reply #9)

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
10. MoJo is also discussing if Trump's position is...
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:05 AM
Aug 2016

a "softening " or a "hardening"? Is Donald getting "soft" or "hard"? omg!





CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
13. The two lovebirds couldn't help discussing their assignment in Maine this past weekend...
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:14 AM
Aug 2016

they were interviewing Bush Sr.

I wonder when they will make their relationship official. I think most of us have caught on already...

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
14. I am pleasantly surprized. They actually talked about how Trump takes about himself in times
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:14 AM
Aug 2016

of horrible killings--such as Brussels where Americans were killed.


Have to give them credit today.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
17. 15 minutes today doesn't undo the 15 months of free airtime they donated.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:33 AM
Aug 2016

Shouldn't people on the "inside" of politics and media like those two have known better than to get in bed with Trump?

duncang

(1,907 posts)
18. I get whiplash from watching them.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:34 AM
Aug 2016

Which way is the wind blowing today. They do run some stuff against dipshit, but listen to joe the morning joke. He will sit and immediately afterward talk about what dipshit needs to do to turn it around. Today he did seem pessimistic about it. But wait till tomorrow or the day after. He "pivots" as many times as dipshit donnie does.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
30. it really annoys me, when MJ
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:40 AM
Aug 2016

does the "what does Trump need to do to get better polls?" bit. I want to yell, "stop helping Trump!" I stopped watching MJ for the longest time, and only started watching again, when they eviscerated Trump every morning. I like watching "regular republicans" come on and hem and haw and prevaricate, as they skirm about their tepid support of Trump.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
27. Mika is clearly butthurt
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:05 AM
Aug 2016

I thought she was ready to cryx and the whole panel got quiet when she talked about how it was time to go psychological on Trump. Joe softened his voice.

I thought she might have peed her pants or something.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
28. Neither one is in the tank for trump.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:29 AM
Aug 2016

I've been watching pretty consistently too, and I think they both see trump as being too unstable, blowing with the wind, and dangerous to be president. I think they've done a decent job of working him over. I'm glad they hammered on trump's mental health today, though. I think they both want to expose him as someone who didn't expect to be in this position, but is too narcissistic to not want to win, and to hell with what the country needs.

They hammer on Clinton because their is so much stuff out there to latch onto, whether true or false. They are going to talk about it, about her. But I think they treated her pretty respectfully last Friday when they interviewed her. They want access after she's elected.

I hate it when Joe calls trump a democrat. Nothing in trump's platform is a position of the Democratic Party, from what I've seen.

LAGC

(5,330 posts)
34. Then you obviously haven't seen this.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 10:21 AM
Aug 2016


The Don really is the ultimate Con Man.

Make no mistake about it, he doesn't believe half the crazy right-wing shit he says, he's simply playing to his audience to boost his brand and sell more books, and pump as much campaign money into his personal interests by fleecing GOP donors. It's all a big game to him. He already admitted he's looking forward to losing and getting back to making far more money doing other things.

I mean, just look at all those evangelicals he swooned by waving "his favorite book, the Bible" around that he's obviously never read a day in his life, quoting a little "Two Corinthians" for effect.

He's playing them all for fools.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
35. Those were not recent clips. I don't know
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 11:03 AM
Aug 2016

if he would believe in any of that any more or embrace it as easily as he would eat KFC. I don't trust anything he has said in the distant or near past.

That being said, if he's just playing all of them for fools, I'll be delighted.

Thanks for the clip!

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
29. MJ has been anti-Trump for ages
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:30 AM
Aug 2016

They are appalled at Trump's stupidity, confused immigration twists and turns, and dog whistle racial bigotry. Calling frequently for "regular Republicans" to disassociate from Trump. When they aren't dissing Trump is back to Clinton's emails. lol

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
31. Joe keeps switching back and forth on Trump
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:48 AM
Aug 2016

He is just in it for the attention for ratings.

Doing a fairly good job of it, too.

Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)
32. It is a mixed bag
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:49 AM
Aug 2016

In the primary the propped him up with Scab's never ending high mighty"WE TOLD YOU HE WAS A SERIOUS THREAT TO WIN THE NOMINATION" bullshit.

But, the broke hard against him right after the conventions.

The thing is:

1) In regard to trump, it is the usual thing all media people do, rooting FOR the GOP. They do in this twisted thing of how they need to come out against him, but the same frame exists for them and the media at large whenever the republican fuck up this bad, they get all emotional and desperately root for the grand old party. You don't see this shit EVER for the the democratic party, it is always the "they are going to overplay their cards" and shit like that.

2) Their visible concern for the GOP over trump is matched in opposite fashion by their intense rage when they go e-mail or clinton foundation on Hillary. There is a palpable difference, they are much softer in their tone with the GOP and Trump, much harsher and caustic in berating Hillary.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
33. Joe's really improved in the last couple of years.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 10:06 AM
Aug 2016

A very good thing indeed, since he really is one of the sharpest wits on television.

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