What's Gotten Into Joe Scarborough?

[lame54]

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/node/39210 (For video)

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough told Republicans Monday that they should "speak out against Newt Gingrich and the voices of hate." While he was at it, Scarborough threatened to leave the GOP for a party "that actually believes in small government."

Last week, Gingrich compared supporters of the mosque to Nazis. Appearing on Fox & Friends, Gingrich said, "Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington."

Prior to that, Gingrich argued that the mosque shouldn't be built near Ground Zero until churches and synagogues are allowed in Saudi Arabia.

"This is demagoguery of the first order," Scarborough said Monday. "And people in the Republican Party need to separate themselves from these voices."

[gratuitous]

1. But Joe, this is your tribe, these are your people

Get back to following orders like all the good Republicans do.

[spanone]

2. i hate to say it newt, but the nazis do have that right.

[rfranklin]

3. So Newt wants us to use the Saudi laws as guidance?

His followers are too stupid to see the poor logic involved.

[Arkana]

4. Well, I guess Scarborough's conscience sobered up long enough

to make him realize that opponents of this thing are racists.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Joe knows a losing issue when he sees it. There can be no debate on this

the people building the community center which contains a prayer room have the right to do so.


Even if it were a Mosque, which it isn't, and it were on "ground zero", which it isn't, they would still have the right to build it.


Gingrich needs the attention so he is fighting a losing battle just so people can watch him lose. Joe doesn't need to do that. He can pick his battles and this is one he wants to stay away from.



The easy response would be to pull up numbers of people killed by gun violence and say that people shouldn't carry guns because it offends the survivors of loved ones killed by guns. First Amendment, Second Amendment, whatever!!!

[tularetom]

6. I'm guessing this is something personal between him and the Newt

Going back to the pre dead intern days when they served in congress together.

Pretty sure he doesn't really object to hate as a political tool, he just dislikes Newt.

[CTyankee]

7. I think you are right. Two of the bigger assholes cannot fit in one party...

Scar has it in for NEwtie...

[BrklynLiberal]

8. He has been replaced by a somewhat more rational clone...at least temporarily.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. The sad truth:

Scarborough is taking this stance out of principle.

The sad part is that all the gibberish he spouts is also spouted out of principle. He actually believes that stuff!

[butterfly77]

10. Everybody is Harold ford's friend..

How many CONS are your friends and how are you all working to sabatoge us? Ford jumps from one side of the fence to the other if he thought everyone agreed with not having the community center he would be on that side.He is following scarbor lead.

[unapatriciated]

11. wtf

How many CONS are your friends and how are you all working to sabatoge us?

Are you saying the op is working with R's? Who is this "US" you speak of? I think you need to re-read your post. I guarantee you lame54 has no R friends, a few relatives :shrug: but no friends.

[butterfly77]

12. What are you talking about?

harold ford...

[unapatriciated]

16. No re-read your post.

This statement seems to be directed at the OP "How many CONS are your friends and how are you all working to sabatoge us?" Like I said re-read your post and clarify who you are talking about.

[butterfly77]

20. That's for Harold..

[Ramulux]

13. Joe is an opportunist

and hes not retarded enough to not see that this is a losing issue that will keep muslims out of the republican party for decades.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. The reich wingers want to argue that a coal company has the right

to remove mountain tops because the people who own the land where the mine will be located should be able to do anything they want with the land that they own. What the strip job does to the people around that area, doesn't matter, the way the corporations and their government stooges see it. Now here are these folks that own their property in New York and the Right wing corporate goons and flunkies want to flip flop on the idea that, a land owner has the right to do what he wants to with his own property.

Will the mosque pollute the streams and drinking water around it and kill off the wildlife? Will the mosque fill up the stream beds with sediment and cause flooding and massive property damage? Will there be blasting near the mosque that will damage all the foundations of the buildings in the area? NO...but mountain top removal mining will do all these destructive things and more, yet we are expected to tolerate that.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Tell me when he does something. A talker talking is not news

At least not to me.

[Enthusiast]

17. Joe Scarborough is seldom correct.

Way to go, Joe, you got one right.

[Snarkoleptic]

18. It seems like his perspective changed when Pensacola had oil wash ashore.

It's all fun and games until the chickens come home to roost.

[MrScorpio]

19. That, plus New York is rubbing off on him

He's beginning to think of people of races, religions and ethnicities other than his own as human beings.


A dangerous thing for a Republican to do.

[BlueIdaho]

21. Joes been looking at his ratings.

Time for a new set of values since spouting the republican tea party line is not as popular as he had once hoped.