Joe Scarborough is the host of the relatively popular show “Morning Joe” on MSNBC mornings. I like Joe, and I like his show. I really do — that’s not a joke, I swear.
But this morning, Joe got into an absurd tiff with David Schuster, who is an MSNBC reporter and was on the show acting as a guest commentator/analyst. For those of you who don’t know, Joe is a lot like Chris Matthews, only right-leaning (Matthews is left-leaning). Each of them are fairly laid back, curious guys with a genuine interest in politics and public policy. This genuine interest makes their respective shows immensely watchable.
Today, though, as often happens, Joe was going a little Right Wing on us, saying that if the president of Iraq wanted us to leave, we should, and he would be assassinated, and Joe said he didn’t care if that happened (in fact, Joe seemed to enjoy the thought). This was out of line, but in my opinion, Schuster was the one who brought up partisanship by calling Joe a Republican as if it were an insult. …okay, so maybe it is a pretty good insult these days:
But it comes on the heels of Keith Olbermann telling Scarborough to “get a shovel” (for his bullshit, you see) on national television last night, while Joe was making a legitimate claim about McCain gaining on Obama in the polls these last few weeks. If referencing polls is what qualifies as “bullshit” on MSNBC these days, I fear for the future:
And all of this seems to be a part of a larger theme, coming just a week after MSNBC hired Rachel Maddow for their third prime time TV slot along with Olbermann and Matthews, thus cementing their role as liberal antidote to Fox News. As a result, the liberals in the network seem to be far more bold and combative than they were even a few weeks ago — and that have Scarborough in their sites.
For the record, Fox news does need a liberal antidote — but not one that behaves exactly as Fox does, by suppressing viewpoints and demonizing well-meaning dissent.
I don’t always agree with Scarborough, but that’s the point. And that’s why I’m in his corner on this one.
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I was a big fan of the Morning Joe show when I first found it. However, ever since the primaries Joe has aligned himself with tag team partner Pat Buchanan and they have done their best – mostly sutlely (like supporting Clinton over OBama) to do whatever able to advance the Republican party – it became sickening! When I first turned on MSNBC for the Convention and I saw Pat Buchanan on a panel and then they went to Joe I thought it was so ridiculous to have these 2 characters comment on a Democratic rally. Gladly, that was the one and only time Joe was on.
I then turned in to watch Morning Joe to see if it was mentioned and the next thing I knew he was bullying Schuster – it was a sad example of a man in a decline.
Your defending David the homo Shuster? you have o be kidding me! This guy needs to get his ass kicked live on tv by Joe, even better just fire him.