is joe scarborough become more and more liberal?

[its a secret]

It seems hes changing.
Around this time last year, he was sean hannity status

[still_one]

1. I don't know about that but Tucker Carlsen sure isn't happy with bush

[Fuzz]

2. I hope not

I don't want him on my side.

[fob]

12. I'll second that.

[dogman]

3. He seems more thoughtful when he's around Ron Reagan Jr.

He treats some liberals with respect and that's abnormal behaviour for a RWer.

[johntao]

5. I noticed the same thing

Joe Scarborough has a son with diabetes and the stem cell issue might be influencing his attitude lately. It helps that he has hung around Ron Reagan quite a bit. And he is one of those Republicans who is irate at the growing deficit. He is still a supporter of Bush, unfortunately.

[roguevalley]

16. I think he tries not to be too stupid around Ron Jr. Check him out when

Ron isn't there.

[theoceansnerves]

4. uhh no

he's not changing at all.
he was just photographed at a bush rally. he's as idiotic as ever.

[Robbien]

6. He is trying to tone down BECAUSE he was photographed at

the bush rally. Because of that picture he got the label conservative stamped firmly on his forhead. He is trying to convince people now that he is unbiased.

As if anyone believes that.

[theoceansnerves]

11. exactly

it's like when people on DU go nuts because chris matthews says something moderately unconservative. then the next day he goes back to pandering and shilling for the bush administration.

[underseasurveyor]

7. I hardly doubt it..

He could take a hard, hard left and he'd still be a scumbag. Scumborough becoming more Liberal? pffft yea'right :eyes: It's not possible for him to become evolved enough in this lifetime to get close to being enlightened.

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. He is repub light.

More like the older ones before the bushits, neocons, and religious cons took over. I don't think he is too crazy about certain elements of his party. Did anyone hear him the night he was talking about liberal music from the 70s and how much he enjoyed it? That was a few years ago, but I swear I heard him say something similar this week.

[Awsi Dooger]

9. He's much more fair during primary and convention coverage

I noticed that in the spring and was stunned. The Scarborough on the Tuesday night primary analysis shows was much more even, and sometimes very astute, than on his show, especially the opening anti-liberal rant. The same held up during the convention.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Nope. If he seems to be leaning left, it's just an act.

He's a nasty repug that wears women's dresses in his bedroom at night.

[underseasurveyor]

14. And he says things like, Gee, I wonder how one of my office aides

got all those FRACTURES in her skull? But her name wasn't Shandra Levy so who cares?
Poor Lori Klausutis :-(
:grr:

Joe Scumbag is neo-con through and through. And yer right my Water-logged Rodent Friend :evilgrin: He is :puke:Nasty!

[HuskerDem]

13. yes, but don't tell him or he will "whig" out and

go back to his old ways.

[bleowheels]

15. Don't think so.

He's just not as vitriolic as O'Reilly, Hannity or Limbaugh.

[Chomskyite]

17. It could be some of the influence of Rick Kaplan

Chris Matthews' growing sympathy toward the Democrats and Scarborough's more reasonable commentary seems to date from the time Kaplan took over as head of MSNBC.

[TheWebHead]

18. he's certainly not even fractionally liberal

he hammers Bush on the deficit, but otherwise he pretty much is drinking the koolaid...

[lakemonster11]

19. Daily Show

Did anyone see that episode of the Daily Show when Jon Stewart used the MSNBC scrolling text (at the bottom of the screen, you know what I mean) to write out "Scarborough is a douche!!! Scarborough is a douche!!!" while he was reporting?

Hee hee.

Now I think of that everytime I see him!

[jarab]

20. Welcome to DU, lakemonster11!

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[Snellius]

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[DemonFighterLives]

21. It's his kindler gentler act!

One day on Air America Radio, Big Ed was fawning over Joe. I think it was the same day that he was lambasting Al Franken for the "We" are growing comments. Ole Big Ed got a few calls on the issue and Franken, as a true professional, never mentioned it. The callers also worried about Big Ed liking Scardude and bashing Al. I guess Big Ed must have gotten a few glasses of koolaid from Joe.
Even though he is a douche, it appears that he has been tryinig harder or something. He just can't evolve fast enough like another poster mentioned.

[0007]

22. Joe Scarborough goes which ever way the winding is blowing,

Joe Scarborough sees the hand writing on the wall. 'Tis all politics and Joe baby likes his job. Go figure!!

[Snellius]

24. Interesting observation

I noticed that too. He still manages to talk the talk and peddle the poop, but even he's not putting much heart in it.

An interesting change in the last couple of days is not only how cable news, especially CNN, has turned completely into a right-wing Ministry of Disinformation, but also how many of the old hardcore apologists for Bush, even guys like Matthews and Barnicle and Fineman and even some the FOX puppets, are having a very difficult time trying to defend what's going on. They're awed by the power but also shocked by its crudeness.

[Shopaholic]

25. I read in Keith Olbermann's blog on MSNBC's Hardblogger. . .

that Scarborough had wondered aloud the other night about what it said about * that he had to run an attack campaign on Kerry instead of his own accomplishments. Pretty startling stuff coming out of the mouth of a Repug. But he's like Buchanan and McCain--they might disagree with the party and they might say things that make sense--things that Democrats can agree with them on--but at the end of the day--they are all still Repugs.