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Namely, that they didn’t say anything at all about the issues, or even acknowledge that they recognize there are things to do that would improve our nation’s situation.

If you don’t watch this video, you’re an un-American:

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.

Nothing’s going to predict the future better than the past, as I’m sure some famous guy said at some point. So, with that in mind, here’s a good bit from the Daily Show:

And regarding LOTS more great video, nyceve over at Daily Kos has done better than I ever would at finding some juicy Biden moments, so head over there and enjoy the clips.

A hat tip to Left in Aboite for suddenly reminding me about this video of Tracy Morgan on SNL.

A while ago — in a clear follow-up to Tina Fey’s famous (infamous?) speech supporting Hillary Clinton for president, during which she said “Bitch is the new black” — Tracy Morgan appeared to deliver the line “Bitch may be the new black, but black is the new president, bitch.”

The video appears even more hilarious and worthy of support tonight, as Obama seals his nomination for the Democratic party:

The internet was set ablaze on Friday because Hillary Clinton referenced the fact that Bobby Kennedy was assassinated during the primaries as her rationale for staying in the race.

Here’s the video — commentary below:

At first, it seemed like she had gone crazy — she had finally lost control of her already weak grip on reality, and started to publicly root for the death of Barack Obama. But it wasn’t true.

No, she didn’t go crazy until Sunday.

As of today, she is using her mouthpieces at CNN to both blame Obama for the fact that people are outraged, not her own foolishness, and also to claim that her mention of RFK had nothing to do with Obama, saying:

I was deeply dismayed and disturbed that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of everything I stand for — and everything I am fighting for in this election.

She also blamed the editor of the New York Daily News, who was nice enough to give her Op-Ed space to explain herself, and Bobby Kennedy Jr., for god’s sake, for “misinterpreting” her comments.

And obviously they were misinterpreted. No, Robert Kennedy, a man who died on his way to becoming the nominee of the Democratic party, obviously has nothing to do with Barack Obama, her opponent, who happens to be a man on his way to becoming the nominee of the Democratic party. The only possible alternative, of course, would be that she was comparing herself to RFK. So… let’s just not delve too deeply into that possibility.

No, definitely not.

A new video released today expresses thanks to Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich’s brazen run for the White House (during which he discussed many issues other candidates wanted to avoid, such as ending war and… alien attacks). It’s also a means to raise reelection funds so he can successfully defend his seat in congress, which looks to be under fire this year.

Regardless of the outcome of his presidential bid, Kucinich has been well liked by liberals and always voted in a progressive, sane, and grassroots-oriented way. It would certainly be a loss to the blue party if his voice was silenced.

Blackeyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am recently released this moving music video featuring snippets of Barack Obama speeches, and it gained instant success:

Now, several parodies are coming out, attacking John McCain, the Bush Administration, and oppositional Republicans in general, such as this one about John McCain saying “I don’t think Americans are concerned if we stay in Iraq for another hundred years, or thousand years… or ten thousand years.” The video appropriately ends with a message back to McCain: “Good luck with that in November:”