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FSogol

(45,456 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 08:31 AM Oct 2018

Has everyone done their "complain about Morning Joe" post yet? C'mon DU!

Current posts on Page 1 of GD:

Shame on Morn Joe and give me a break
Joe Scarborough goes full Godwin...
Joe Scarborough Likens Trump's 'Unbelievable' Lies to Hitler's Psychological Profile
Trump lies on Morning Joe
Mike Barnicle on 'Morning Joe' brought up an interesting point regarding voter turnout

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Has everyone done their "complain about Morning Joe" post yet? C'mon DU! (Original Post) FSogol Oct 2018 OP
It's a pity. So early in the morning to be so pissed. TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #1
Next will be the guess what awful things rush said today Fullduplexxx Oct 2018 #2
Don't watch or listen to him ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #3
How can people remain certain he's not worth watching if they don't watch to be sure? brooklynite Oct 2018 #4
I have never, ever seen Morning Joe. Can I complain, too? kwassa Oct 2018 #5
Most people who bash Morning Joe.... quickesst Oct 2018 #6
+1. EOM TruckFump Oct 2018 #7
Really? Joe Scarbourgh was a major Trump enabler FSogol Oct 2018 #8
So? quickesst Oct 2018 #9
They're crowding out the "berate Susan Sarandon" posts. We need a schedule. (n/t) Jim Lane Oct 2018 #10
I think they need to turn this morning's 'Unbelievable' Lies segment into an ad for the Democrats politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2018 #11
That would be a little difficult DFW Oct 2018 #12
LOL treestar Oct 2018 #13

ismnotwasm

(41,968 posts)
3. Don't watch or listen to him
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 08:41 AM
Oct 2018

Don’t read threads here about the show. It’s of no interest to me at all.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
6. Most people who bash Morning Joe....
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 09:20 AM
Oct 2018

... are only using the criteria of the earlier Republican Joe Scarborough. They choose to ignore the fact that most days they are raking drump and company over the coals. It is my belief that we need people of the republican ilk to speak out against this phony president. If only liberals speak out against him people will just say well, they're liberals after all. We expect that, but when people like Morning Joe, Steve Schmidt, Ana Navarro, Etc speak out, it might just penetrate some on the right who would never have considered there was something wrong with the madman. I don't understand why anyone would prefer these people speaking out in favor of trump and for them to "show their true colors" to satisfy their need to have someone on the right to bash. You didn't have to like them then, and you don't have to like them now, but every punch they throw against der trumpenfuhrer and Company is a point for the left. I'll take it.

FSogol

(45,456 posts)
8. Really? Joe Scarbourgh was a major Trump enabler
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:15 AM
Oct 2018

From Huffpost back in July 2017:

In late 2015 and 2016, when Trump’s campaign was gaining momentum, they (Joe and Mika) defended him against his critics and offered him advice. For example, at an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York in November 2015, Scarborough proudly recounted how he frequently called Trump to offer political guidance. Returning the bromance favor, in January 2016 Trump talked about Scarborough with Boston talk radio host Howie Carr. “He’s a great guy, and he has a great show ... and we have a lot of fun,” Trump said. After Trump won the New Hampshire primary in February 2016, Trump appeared on “Morning Joe” and told the co-hosts: “You guys have been supporters, and I really appreciate it.”

A few days later, CNN reported that MSNBC officials were concerned about “Scarborough’s friendship with Trump and his increasingly favorable coverage of the candidate.” According to CNN, MSNBC insiders called Scarborough’s admiration for Trump “over the top” and “unseemly.” The Washington Post observed that Trump received “a tremendous degree of warmth from the show,” and that his appearances on the show, in person and over the phone, often felt like “a cozy social club.”

That coziness was caught on tape during an MSNBC town hall with Trump in New York that Scarborough and Brzezinski hosted in February 2016. An unaired clip of banter between Brzezinski and Trump in-between segments revealed the two of them colluding about what questions she’d ask him. “Nothing too hard, Mika,” Trump says. “OK,” she responded.

Even after Trump’s most disgusting and troublesome traits were revealed to the entire country throughout the campaign – his abuse of women, his attacks on Latinos, immigrants, Muslims, and people with disabilities, his profound ignorance of basic issues and government policy, and the corruption and scandals surrounding Trump University and the Trump foundation – Scarborough (and to a lesser extent Brzezinski) continued to lend Trump their support.



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-and-mika-owe-america-an-apology_us_5957408be4b0c85b96c6622a

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
9. So?
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:52 AM
Oct 2018

He's not a trump sympathizer now and those same people who listened and took him seriously then just may listen to him and take him seriously now.

Drump: "Returning the bromance favor, in January 2016 Trump talked about Scarborough with Boston talk radio host Howie Carr. “He’s a great guy, and he has a great show"

I'll bet he doesn't say that about Scarborough now. More likely just the opposite. Advantage - Democrats.

I've already stated that you may not have liked him then, and you don't have to like him now, but at this point in time, every negative thing he utters about Trump is to the left's advantage. There are plenty of trump supporters out there to focus on, but to waste time and energy focusing on a person who is now saying the same thing the left is about the Imposter in the White House is anti productive.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
11. I think they need to turn this morning's 'Unbelievable' Lies segment into an ad for the Democrats
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 01:29 PM
Oct 2018

Trump's claims for how much the Saudi contract was for and how many US jobs it would create kept changing by the hour which was the best proof to date of just how much of a liar he is and how you can't believe anything that he says. But here it was compiled in one neat little package. I'm sure it would even be an eye opener for Republicans to see how much his lies change from hour to hour and person to person, over relatively short periods of time.

DFW

(54,302 posts)
12. That would be a little difficult
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 01:32 PM
Oct 2018

We don't get American TV here, and I have never seen the program once.

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