Scarborough is being a particular big prick today.

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:43 AM
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Scarborough is being a particular big prick today.

He chastised Mica B. when she brought up the waterboarding issue, saying that You're going to ride that all the way to the 2008 election, aren't you? And gave her a condescending look.

Now he sounds like he's supporting Joe McCarthy.

Scarborough swings too much to the extreme right to really ever be trusted.

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Eric J in MN

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:44 AM
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1. Who is Mica B.? NT

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:49 AM
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2. I was afraid you were going to ask.

I did a search. It's Mika Brzezinski from MSNBC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0

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Eric J in MN

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:52 AM
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3. Thanks for the link.

I don't get MSNBC on my current TV system.

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:53 AM
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4. That's an old video, but it's the one that put Mika on the map for most

people.

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KoKo

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Tue Nov-06-07 08:37 AM
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8. Her father is Ziggy Brzezinski...former National Security Advisor under Carter who

is always on Wolf Blitzer's show with Kissinger arguing about Foreign Policy.

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ellacott

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Tue Nov-06-07 08:42 AM
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9. I didn't know that was her father

Thanks for the info. :)

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Vinca

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:56 AM
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5. I refuse to watch Scarborough. Not only is he a right wing shill,

he's boring. Boring, boring, boring. The numbers for that time period must have dropped like a rock after they got rid of Imus.

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Tue Nov-06-07 07:59 AM
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6. I changed because CNN recycles info so much you can't watch it all

morning. This is the first time, and possibly the last time I tune in.

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Virginia Dare

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Tue Nov-06-07 10:19 AM
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11. He appears to use the same script every single day..

same tired old "jokes" and "pithy" remarks, over and over again. That, and as you say, he's a right wing asshole.

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Tue Nov-06-07 08:13 AM
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7. Gotta balance Olberman's comment from last night.

I suspect that it's part of MSNBC's bag of tricks to have both sides keep viewing.

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Tue Nov-06-07 09:58 AM
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10. Interesting. He plays his role very convincing.

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Tue Nov-06-07 01:31 PM
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14. Yes, as a former R-Rep it comes easy to him.

Edited on Tue Nov-06-07 01:32 PM by HereSince1628

My point is that MSNBC has decided to appeal to all(?) sides with it's 'news' and commentary shows. Everytime Keith lets a missile fly there is another let loose for the other side.

Which makes me wonder if MSNBC is trying to 'stay out of jail.'

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Tue Nov-06-07 10:28 AM
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12. a brief history of Joe (from the wiki)

Scarborough was regarded as a reliable conservative, receiving a 95 percent life time rating from the American Conservative Union. He signed the Contract with America, and was part of the 1994 Republican takeover of the House, led by Newt Gingrich.

Scarborough was one of a group of about 40 GOP freshmen legislators who dubbed themselves the "New Federalists" after the Federalist Papers. Scarborough was elected Political Director of theincoming legislators. The New Federalists called for sweeping cuts in the U.S. government, including plans to "privatize, localize, consolidate, eliminate" the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy and Housing and Urban Development, but were largely unsuccessful in their goals.

Scarborough sponsored a bill to force the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations after a four year transition and voted to make the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "self-sufficient" by eliminating federal funding.

In late May 2001, Scarborough announced that he would resign from Congress on September 6 to spend more time with his children.

In 1986, Scarborough married Melanie Hinton. They had two children and divorced in 1999. Scarborough remarried in October 2001 to Susan Waren, a former Congressional staff member.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough

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SlowDownFast

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Tue Nov-06-07 11:13 AM
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13. He was snarking about it being "Green Week" on NBC, too.

Smarmy little shit.

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Tue Nov-06-07 01:38 PM
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15. Do you mean "a particularly SMALL prick?"

A large prick wouldn't be a prick, would it?

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