Scarborough Attended Bush Election Rally: IOKIYAR

Donnachaidh

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Fri Nov-05-10 05:46 PM
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Scarborough Attended Bush Election Rally: IOKIYAR

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/5/918011/-Scarborough-Attended-Bush-Election-Rally:-IOKIYAR

Scarborough participated in a Bush election rally in Pensacola on August 10, 2004, while he was employed by MSNBC as host of the nightly news show "Scarborough Country".

Scarborough didn't cover the rally for MSNBC, but attended as a former Republican Congressman who represented Pensacola.

He sat immediately behind Bush, and Bush thanked him for his attendance during his speech.

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Joe Scarborough, host of the nightly ''Scarborough Country'' program, could be seen on news reports on Tuesday standing and applauding numerous times during the president's speech. Mr. Bush even cited him in his speech, saying he appreciated Mr. Scarborough's presence in the district he once served as a Republican congressman. ''I'm glad he did it,'' said Rick Kaplan, the president of MSNBC, said of Mr. Scarborough's appearance. ''It was good for the profile of the show to remind people he has an inside view of politics.''

New York Times - Aug 11, 2004

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babylonsister

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Fri Nov-05-10 05:52 PM
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1. I just got home. Can you tell me what the prevailing wisdom is?

Does this sound like a lame excuse to unload KO because they've been looking for an excuse to? :shrug: Thanks for any insight.

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Donnachaidh

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Fri Nov-05-10 05:58 PM
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2. I posted some stuff that was flying around twitter

The *official* reason for KO's suspension is supposedly because he didn't clear his contributions with management. But there is some reverberations of the pending Comcast takeover that may have painted a bulls eye on KO, and this is the official excuse to get rid of him.

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babylonsister

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Fri Nov-05-10 06:04 PM
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5. Thanks for this, and the links!

:hi:

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Donnachaidh

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Fri Nov-05-10 06:11 PM
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7. anytime hun!

:hi:

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Donnachaidh

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Fri Nov-05-10 05:59 PM
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3. here's one link --

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/what-role-did-comcast-play-keith-olbermanns

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babylonsister

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Fri Nov-05-10 06:08 PM
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6. Holy crap! C&L is on it; this stinks to high heaven. nt

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Donnachaidh

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Fri Nov-05-10 06:00 PM
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4. and another --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9490000

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