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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:26 PM
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What has happenned to Joe Scarborough
I used to like him. He seemed to be semi sane amongst all the nuts.

Now all of a sudden its like he's on MSNBC auditioning for an opening at Faux.

:wtf:

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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:29 PM
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1. What did he ever do to make you think
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 10:30 PM by Jim4Wes
he wasn't a right wing shill? No offense but I am curious.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:33 PM
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7. if you want to know
I saw him on a hardball panel during the NH primary defending Dean after the scream.

I tend to watch MSNBC and I just thought he was more, how can I say, MSNBCish.

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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:38 PM
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14. I didn't see that
But I have watched him, and I am positive that most of his shows are filled with RW talking points. Almost as bad as Hannity but not quite as obnoxious. Scarborough is a polite shill. ;)
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Leilani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:47 PM
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16. Joe Scarborough was a Congressman
from the Florida Panhandle, representing Pensacola.

Pensacola, where I lived twice, is called the "Redneck Riviera,"
because it's 1 hour from Mobile, Alabama, & the biggest hero of the area is still Bear Bryant. (deceased Alabama football coach)

But it does have the most amazing beaches.

Anyway, that will give you an idea of Joe's politics.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:09 AM
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27. more
Edited on Sat Mar-20-04 12:13 AM by Jim4Wes
details have just been revealed :D

:hi: mystery woman

are you enjoying the March Madness NCAA skeetball?
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 02:08 AM
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34. "Dead Intern" Scarborough?
If he'd been a Dem, they would still be raking him over the coals...
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:49 PM
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24. He was almost human on "Hardball"
I was asking what happened to him to make him seem so rational on "Hardball" after hearing his promos for his own right wing show.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:29 PM
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2. I cannot STAND him
He repeated the "Clark testified in support of Iraq" lie LONG after even the laziest reporters knew it was a lie. He's a HO!
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Scairp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:34 PM
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8. I concur
He is highly annoying. I never liked him, even when I lived in his district in Florida. He had a weekly local cable show back then. He was and is a weiner.
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:30 PM
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3. Welcome to the reality of American "news" programming.
The sheer number of voices competing in the marketplace demands that you get continually louder, more controversial, and more emphatic in your "coverage" or analysis of the news. The hyperbole and vitriolic rhetoric that pass as editorial commentary these days is a disgrace to the ideals and ethical foundations of journalism. Scarborough and his ilk are merely the most recently casualties of this ever-escalating arms race. Of course, the only real casualties are still the viewing public (who license and support these assholes).
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:31 PM
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4. I don't think he was reasonable at all.
I tuned into one of his early shows, in which he called Hillary Clinton a "contemptable human being." I figured I didn't need to watch any more and I haven't.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:31 PM
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5. Joe "Dead Intern in My Office" Scarborough?
:puke:
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angryinoville Donating Member (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:38 PM
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13. Thanks for bringing that up...
nobody ever talks about that! Why not?
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:59 PM
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19. Sorry, must have missed a few threads...
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 11:02 PM by BiggJawn
I almost NEVER pass up a chance to give credit to Joe the Lori-Killer Scarborough.

Amazing, isn't it? They find an intern dead from BFT in your office, and nothing's done, the parents are quiet (no "Puh-puh-puh-PLEEEEESE, Mr. Scarborough, what did you do to my BAY-BEEEEE????" on Larry King), and they come up with this bogus story about a girl who runs maratons having an "undiagnosed heart condition" which just happened to give her a "dizzy spell" causing her to fall and hit her head on the corner of a desk where she then lay on the floor unconsious for who knows how long while life seeped out of her body....

But we spent 75 megabux to find out a loose-lipped (but hot-mouthed) girl had the President's DNA at the bottom of her laundry hamper....
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Scairp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 01:48 AM
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32. We talk about it here
That's it. While John whatshisface with the big head from Faux news network camped out at the park in D.C. looking for Chandra and hounding Democrat Gary Condit twenty-four-seven during the summer of 2001, the death of this Republican congressional aide during the same period of time in Joey boy's office got a total pass from all the "liberal" media. Go figure.
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:31 PM
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6. He was fair at one time?
He seems to have sanity breaks occasionally.

I still cant stand his right winger ass.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:35 PM
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9. I think that when Joe Scarborough conducts an interview, he's ok.
I think that when Joe Scarborough conducts an interview, he's ok, mostly.

It's when he talks directly to the viewers that he's a rightwing extremist.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:36 PM
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11. That's a valid point -eom-
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:35 PM
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10. Yikes!
I've always thought he was awful.

Just affable enough to keep you off guard and then totally obnoxious and partisan about nearly everything.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:37 PM
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12. I thought alot of rightwing talk show people
were somewhat reasonable a couple years ago. Ever since this Iraq war they are all just crazy and totally unreasonable. Joe Scarborough seemed like just a less goverment guy, which doesn't bug me so much. Michael Savage for instance, really questioned the Iraq war until a couple months before we went in, and now he wants to invade everyone. It almost makes you wonder if some of these talk host got "a talkin' to" from Ashcroft or something.
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:50 PM
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17. The "conversion" of Dennis Miller
is the most amazing thing. Not that thought he was ever a spokesman for the left, but he seemed liberal and intelligent anyways. Or did I just misread him?
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:04 AM
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25. Yeah, hard to believe
I really liked his show on HBO. I thought pretty much everything he said made alot of sense. I can't believe he likes Bush. I still like him in general, but what in the world is he thinking?

btw - his show on MSNBC or whatever kind of sucks. Disappointing
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:42 PM
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15. You Used To Like Him? WTF?
He's a friggin' Republican for god sakes?

A FLORIDA REPUBLICAN!

:wtf:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:51 PM
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18. He went crazy after killing his intern.
Now he likes fava beans with his brain souffle.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:01 PM
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20. Hey, after killing a lover / staffer any of us would go a little crazy.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:36 AM
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29. True, let's cut the guy some slack!
Maybe we should send him a fruitcake! :crazy:
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americanstranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:03 PM
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21. I was on his show once.
He's a prick. always has been.

He left his gig in politics due to an intern showing up dead in his office.

He shouldn't be on TV. He should be in prison.

-as
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:05 PM
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22. Science doesn't have an answer
And neither do I.
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nomaco-10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:06 PM
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23. This is a joke right?????
Look up at your address bar, this is democraticunderground. Your mouse must have slipped when you were perusing your favorites. I don't think you're going to find anyone here that "used to like" Joe Homophobic Right Wing Iraq War Loving Scarborough, atleast I hope not.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:05 AM
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26. Scarborough (R - Dead Young Female Aide)
he is whore to the core.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:35 AM
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28. Whore to the Core?? Luv it... jus Luv it.
Come, we go eat mangos, smoked ribs, fine wine, and sashimi
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 11:42 AM
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35. you know a good time, Opi
:D
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DisgustiPatriotiated Donating Member (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 12:38 AM
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30. I have always known him to be a shill for the GOP
I think his eyes are getting closer together and squinting more, as a matter of fact. His beady eyes are getting worse! They are almost swollen shut now!
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Arendal Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 01:33 AM
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31. He was also a hardcore right-winger
He is a disgrace.
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wasp in a wig Donating Member (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-04 01:54 AM
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33. one of my relatives
actually likes his show

... and thinks he's attractive. :crazy:
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