"One of my least favorite Fox News shows is Morning Joe on MSNBC"

[FSogol]

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[marew]

1. So true!

As someone once suggested it should be called "Morning Joke"! What an ego!

[Gothmog]

9. Agreed

[amuse bouche]

2. Did you know Joe was once in congress?

He knows everything

[WhiteTara]

6. Even who killed the intern in his office. nt

[heliarc]

25. Nailed it! nt

[randys1]

53. Exactly

When do you think we will find out who that is and why?

Joe is a slime ball

[WhiteTara]

56. There is no statute of limitations

on murder.

[malaise]

59. Freaking perfect

Only he knows that one

[WhiteTara]

61. True that! nt

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

65. I thought he did.

[WhiteTara]

67. he did know or ?

[frylock]

3. TV's Frank is a national treasure!

[FSogol]

4. Agreed. n/t

[Number9Dream]

45. Heard TV's Frank on Stephanie Miller a few times... he's still terrific

Love the MST3K photo.

[Separation]

69. I loved MST3k

Nat Geo recently on April 1st ran 3 or 4 animal episodes with the guys from MST3k doing their background schtick. My daughter who has never seen them was rolling on the couch and must now find them on Netflix, or Amazon

[FSogol]

85. We all watched those too. The ones w/ the guy looking for the killer bats of Mexico so hilarious.

[AlbertCat]

5. Ha! PROOF that MSNBC is bias!

oh wait......

Never mind....

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Maybe I misheard this morning ...

I was out of the room, getting my coffee; but they were doing a segment about Joe speaking to an audience of young conservatives ... and Joe related that a kid came up to him and asked that when Joe moves on to bigger and better things, that he give the MJ program to Mika ... so that there would continue to be a conservative presence on the show.

I hope I misheard the remark, but Mika keeps opening her mouth and conservative talking points keep falling out! So, I think I heard what I heard.

[Dalai_1]

58. I heard the same thing!

thought I must surely have not heard correctly but evidently I did glad you posted this.

[1StrongBlackMan]

63. I thought I heard what I heard ...

I was just hoping against MSNBC is the same as fox"news" hope, that Mika really was the liberal on the MSNBC=Fox network.

[marle35]

64. Not Exactly

He said the kid told him that when he leaves the program to Mika that they should have a conservative within a 10 mile radius of the show.

It almost sounded the way you described, though!

[City Lights]

8. LOL! That is funny! nt

[brooklynite]

10. Why can't I watch a news show where everyone agrees with ME???

[FSogol]

20. I don't care if they agree with me, but I hate to watch a show that insults my intelligence

by pretending that Chris Christie and Jeb Bush are serious contenders in 2016 and that Benghazi and the IRS have doomed the Clintons.

[ret5hd]

34. I think you have enough. nt

[LeftyMom]

51. You're loaded. ALL of the news shows agree with you.

[Bluenorthwest]

79. A show about opinions which are open to disagreement is not 'news' but

'commentary'. There are no actual news programs on MSNBC, it is all commentary. Joe is not a reporter, he's a pundit. To hide behind the word 'news' when discussing the punditry is pretty funny stuff.

[Trust Buster]

11. I disagree. Sure Joe annoys me at times but I don't want to listen.....

.....to just one side on the issues. Morning Joe has balance. Mika might not be the best to counter balance him though. She's somewhat weak when he goes off but others on the panel debate his positions. Watching Joe is good practice in developing counter arguments. Morning Joe is my favorite morning show. I don't even consider listening to the morons on the curvy couch. Life will never be as perfect as you want it folks...and life is too short as well.

[FSogol]

13. Turn off the tv if nothing good is on.

Morning Joe is little more than RW talking points in a friendly wrapper.

[Trust Buster]

14. I disagree that it is nothing more than Right wing talking points but agree.....

.....that no one is being forced to watch it.

[lark]

24. I love Eugene Robinson

and he's a regular on the show. I will admit I often turn the sound off and only turn it on if he or some other progressive is on the show. If it were truly Faux Snooze Ezra Klein and Eugene Robinson would never be seen. Their ass kissing of Cristie is amazing off-kilter, though.

[FSogol]

26. Same here. His work is wasted on that show. n/t

[lark]

28. I think of him as a bright light in their am darkness

[RKP5637]

22. That, is an excellent way of describing it IMO. n/t

[heaven05]

81. I have

american 'news' has turned in the the dumb downs for americans. From NPR to MSNBC. There are a few exceptions, Rachael et al. But overall the Fox news standard is the standard everyone is striving for in the 'news' business in america in the 21st century. Pretty fucking sad. Go USA! Go USA!

[Skittles]

16. LOLOL

[Enthusiast]

18. Morning Joe sucks and he killed his intern.

And it is nothing but RW talking points mostly said in a way to take you in.

[amuse bouche]

19. Joe is ignorant, a liar and another 'family values' fraud

Enjoy

[mfcorey1]

31. It is okay to listen to the other side except when your intelligence lets you

know that they spewing lies.

[Squinch]

35. A choice between Morning Joe and "the curvy couch" is not much of a choice. And generally, the

guests do NOT debate his positions. They generally nod and allow his right wing idiocy to pass into the airwaves unchallenged.

And "life will never be as perfect as you want it folks"? Really? Because we have expressed a dislike for Joe Scarborough? Gee. Glad you were here to teach us that.

[Playinghardball]

12. The should change the name of the show to Moaning Blow...

LOL

[TeamPooka]

15. Bazinga!

[The Magistrate]

17. TeeVee's Frank Nails It in One, Sir

I have never been able to stomach more then the opening credits of that damn thing....

"You're a waste of space."

[RKP5637]

21. It's a lame show. We all quit watching it. Also, the photos they show of Mika and Joe

strutting around are ridiculous and laughable IMO.

[Supersedeas]

82. slick ain't it

[wheniwasincongress]

23. I'm torn between calling it Morning Joke

and The Man Show

[mazzarro]

74. I vote for Morning Joke - n/t

[Mike Daniels]

27. The show has become nothing more than a panel of middle-aged narcissists

all in a giant circle jerk over which one of them is the most "with it" vis a vis pop culture and sports.

The only people on the show I can even stand to listen to are Eugene Robinson (who appears for a few minutes usually to offer insight on his column) and Donny Deutsch (who is the only panelist who refuses to let Joe cut him off and who seems to be the only one who sees through Chris Christie's BS).

[JohnnyRingo]

29. Hahahaha

Hilarious. At least they put him on while I'm still happily sawing logs.

Thanx for posting! K&R

[deutsey]

30. LOL

That sums it for me perfectly.

[BeyondGeography]

32. The best, "Fuck you, Joe," I'll hear all week

[Trust Buster]

33. Is there anything that makes some of you happy ?

You seek out a perfect existence in an imperfect world. On balance, I think Morning Joe is the best political morning show out there. Would love to see Rachel Maddow in Mika's chair as counterbalance but, on balance, I also like Eugene, Ezra, Steve and John.

[Squinch]

36. You got a very high horse there, binky. Expressing a dislike for an idiot is not the same as seeking

a perfect existence in an imperfect world.

[Trust Buster]

37. Well binky, the Right wing says the main stream media is Left biased and....

.....the Left wing says the main stream media is Right biased. The Right calls Joe a RINO and the Left calls him an idiot. I find both positions to be weak and whiny. It's a free world. If you don't like the show, then don't watch it. Of course, that's unless you are a pathological "woe be me" complainer like so many Right wing nuts seem to be.

[Squinch]

39. And if we express dislike for the show, that's not a call for you to set us all straight

along the path of your chastising opinions.

[Trust Buster]

43. I'm merely pointing out that constantly playing "the victim" card is.....

.....regularly the posture of the Right. It always appears to me to look pathetic and weak. The Left is better than that IMO. If you don't like the show, you don't have to watch it. If I felt as strongly against the show as some of you, I know I wouldn't watch it. What's your endgame here ?

[Squinch]

46. And I am merely pointing out that your chastising people and telling them how wrong

they are to hold their opinions, and your use of non-sequitur phrases like "victim card" which are favored by right-wing trolls and which don't make any sense in the context of this conversation, are silly and obnoxious behaviors.

If YOU don't like the opinions being voiced here, YOU don't have to read them. What is YOUR end game here?

Enjoy your stay.

[Trust Buster]

48. Oh, I'm sorry. I mistakingly thought this was a debate forum.

I didn't realize that DU rules demanded that everyone agree on all issues. You seem aggrieved. Typical.

[Squinch]

49. Yes. So kindly in the future refrain from chastisement and stick to debate.

Also, if you tone it down, and not pull right-wing-favored expressions like "victim card" and "aggrieved" out of your butt in such a nonsensical manner, you might be more convincing. Just a suggestion.

[Trust Buster]

50. I have spent the last 3 years on a forum that has a 60/40 right wing majority.

I've been warring with the most vile individuals imaginable. They've called me every name in the book. I am war hardened you might say. You're using phrases like "refrain" and "tone it down" to the wrong cowboy. I'll express myself as I see fit and won't take direction from the likes of you. I'll use whatever phraseology that I deem appropriate. You need to know that your opinion of my debating style is of zero relevance to me. Got it ?

[Squinch]

52. Somehow, your time on the right wing forum doesn't surprise me.

[Trust Buster]

54. My opinion merely was that the Right wing always complains about...

.....the media and that has always come off as weak to me. I don't think the Left should take a page out of their play book. We have bigger fish to fry over the next two years. If you disagree with my opinion, then fine. But don't try telling me that I'm not entitled to my opinion. This has gone in a direction that was not intended. Let's say we go back to our respective corners for now ?

[Squinch]

55. I never said anything that would even suggest that you are not entitled to your opinion.

I was simply calling you out for chastising people and telling them they were wrong for holding THEIR opinions. You chose to bring in "victim cards" and stated that it is "typical" for those like me to be "aggrieved." Those all sound like words on placards. Usually misspelled.

I have no doubt that it has not gone in the direction you intended.

[sendero]

75. The right wing's complaints about the media..

.. are bullshit on their face. There IS no liberal media in this country save a few backwater FM radio stations. None. Fox is not liberal, CNN is not liberal, ABC, NBC, CBS, none of them are remotely liberal. Even NPR is not really liberal any more no matter what some right wing hack tard says.

The media is ALL OWNED by monied interests and the "reporting" is 100% controlled. Reagan's killing of the Fairness Doctrine spelled the end of a fair and balanced media as surely as the recent SCOTUS decisions to treat money as votes will put the final nail in what we once had of a democracy.

Anyone even claiming the left viewpoint is anywhere on the MSM is automatically on my idiot list.

[Trust Buster]

88. You obviously don't watch MSNBC between 8 - 11 at night.

[sendero]

93. Wow..

.... in a sea of right wing bullshit there is a tiny island of not right wing but not left either bullshit. I'm glad you are impressed.

[stonecutter357]

83. you seem concerned!

[FSogol]

41. LOL. Disliking a show (your favorite it appears) is seeking perfection?

I'll alert the Buddha!



Why do you care if I like Morning Joe or not?

[Atman]

42. TB has a valid point...it's the best morning show on television.

Yes, Joe sucks ass. Fortunately, he's out campaigning so much that he isn't there half the time. Yes, most of his regular panel are GOP stalwarts (or DINOs), but you will still hear a variety of opinions, unlike on Fox "News" and unlike the cooking and fashion segments on CNN, ABC, CBS or NBC. And don't even get me started on the fraud that is CPSAN's Washington Journal (try calling in...the Democratic line is NEVER open).

The right loves to think that MSNBC is just a left-wing Fox, but Fox never, ever devotes as much time to Democrats, either as guests or with their own shows. It's not even arguable. Joe sucks. But he sucks less than Fox "News."

[Trust Buster]

44. Thank you, that was all I was trying to get across

[momrois]

62. Yep, when Joe is gone, it's not bad

I always fall asleep with the TV on MSNBC. I wake up to Morning Joe, and leave it on while I read emails, Facebook etc. before work in the morning. When Joe is there, it does pretty much suck. If someone is near to making a point, he'll interrupt and talk over them, or he'll make childish remarks. A couple of weeks ago, when he was at a fundraising event in New Hampshire and Mika was in charge, there were some actual discussions.

[Trust Buster]

77. Funny you say that because I usually fall asleep with MSNBC on and wake up to it too.

I'd like to see a stronger Joe counterbalance. He cows Mika's to often. Now someone like Rachel Maddow sitting in Mika's seat would be interesting but Joe wouldn't stand for that.

[brooklynite]

38. Once again, MSNBC thanks you for your patronage...

...if you didn't watch regularly, you wouldn't know what to complain about on the show...

[FSogol]

47. My wife loves the stupid show. I suppose I should like it becasue it helps drives me out

of the house faster in the morning. The only side affect is she sometimes says things like, "I don't think Chris Christie knew about the bridge delays", which must have come out of Scarborough's pie hole. Our sons will then give her a hard time.

[Bluenorthwest]

80. They should and could call and thank each viewer individually

On Monday for example the total audience for Morning Joe was 332,000 with just 105,000 in demo. This is a national show with a viewership lower than many local morning shows in major markets. It is hard to be on TV and have so few watching.

[Atman]

40. Totally agree...but yet the righties still claim MSNBC is 100% lefty.

Scab's show is just a corporate-sponsored campaign commercial for his next attempt to get a free office in Washington, DC and live off of the taxpayers.

[YOHABLO]

66. MSNBC gravitates from RW with MJoe .. then by late night more LFT with Rachael and the rest.

Did I just make a rhyme?

[TNNurse]

57. If you catch when Joe is not on

It is a lot better.

[Sherman A1]

71. I have found

that not watching any cable news, network news or local news programs seems to improve life by several magnitudes.

[mazzarro]

76. Ditto that 100% n/t

[Dalai_1]

60. Kick n/t

[fleabiscuit]

68. DOH! I'm so going to steal that all over the place! n/t

[DeSwiss]

70. K&R

''Does GOP know that the pain & soreness you feel from pulling facts about Obamacare out of your ass is covered by Obamacare?'' ~Frank Conniff

[King_Klonopin]

72. Politics aside

The dynamic between Shmoe and Mika is creepy. She fawns over him
like a high school cheerleader over the football jock. He bullies down
her opinions every time they are in disagreement with his own. He's an
absolute chauvinist. She's a lapdog who tries really hard (and fails) to
not appear subordinate or beholden to Mr Wonderful.

I think he's been shaggin' her for years (just like the interns). He finally
got the inevitable divorce (love to hear the wife's side). Just a matter
of time before the secret is let out of the bag. The show is un-watchable
because it is full of hubris, conceit, ego and sanctimonious bullshit based
on conservative delusions. Watch reruns of the Daily Show and Colbert
instead -- you'll feel better.

[brooklynite]

73. Today's MJ had a heated argument about whether the Bundy folks are terrorists...

just like you'd expect to see on Fox News, right?

[Mike Daniels]

86. Do you think that conversation would have happened if Joe had been on the air?

I watched the 6 and 7 o'clock segments and didn't notice Joe at the desk when they were discussing the Bundy incident.

As others have posted, when Joe's nowhere near the set you occasionally get a decent show where everyone gets to state an opinion without being constantly interrupted by the show's egomaniacal name-sake.

I'll go dollars to doughnuts that had Joe been at the desk today the Bundy topic would have been shut down immediately and Joe would have come close to having a stroke shouting down anyone who wanted to criticize Bundy.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

90. The story was actually about Harry Reid calling them terrorists.

Given that Joe rarely misses an opportunity to rip Harry, yes I do think that conversation would have happened with Joe there.
I think Joe would have put up a stronger offense than his surrogate Nicole Wallace but it would have happened.

[brooklynite]

91. In other words, there would have been an argument...

[Thinkingabout]

78. Isn't it great to live in the US to have the freedom to bevable to choose which

Morning show to watch, watch the show then bitch because we don't like what we hear and see. I watch FOX from time to time to be able to argue effectively against the RW. I have been a fan of MJ for many years and at times find it annoying JS filibusters a conversation he doesn't want told. The directors should stop him from blurting out his opinion when others are speaking.

[Trust Buster]

87. My sentiments exactly,

[stonecutter357]

84. K&R

[cate94]

89. K & R

So true.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

92. Joe is so smarmy. And her thinks he's so hip and cool. Sorry, dude, RW and hip and cool

cannot coexist in the same human.