Joe Scarborough says Rick Perry is "a dime store conservative"

The Daily Caller ^ | 08/31/2011 | Jeff Poor

[martosko]

Yesterday, after a 1993 letter from then-Texas Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry commending then first lady Hillary Clinton and her efforts to reform health care surfaced, some Republicans are questioning 2012 presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s conservative credentials.

The letter and his support for Al Gore in 1988 have fueled Perry’s detractors who suggest the Texan is all style and less substance when it comes to principles. And MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is one of those detractors.

On his Wednesday “Morning Joe” program, the former Florida congressman launched into a near 15-minute rant, complete with faux southern accent, ripping Perry’s Democratic past before he became a Republican.

[martosko]

Is Scarborough a dime-store TV host?

[chris37]

Joe who?

[Anti-Bubba182]

Look who is talking!

[Retired Greyhound]

And Joe is a Token conservative on the Lean Forward and grab your ankles station.

[Servant of the Cross]

I wonder what MorningLiberalJoe’s FR screenname is? He sure seems scared of Perry getting the GOP nomination.

[TexasFreeper2009]

Heck, if Joe don’t like him, that makes me like him all the more

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Typical elitist.

[cuban leaf]

Wasn’t Perry a Democrat in 1988? Who exactly would one expect him to support?

I believe Reagan switched parties as well.

[Mr. K]

The only one who cares what Joe thinks are his listeners- BOTH of them!

[MNJohnnie]

You over valued Morning Joe by $.10

[ncalburt]

If MSDNC and Axelrod is tweekikng village idiot Joe slimy these talking points then Axelrod and the Soros Media is REALLY scared of Perry . The internal polling data match up with the Soros-Buffet puppet must be real scary for this Dem PR front group.

Rush just stated on air that Soros-Axelro media is veryyyy scared of Perry and Palin and they have a reason too.

[cuban leaf]

Perry has simply proved the old axiom, “Show me a young man who is not a liberal and I will show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who IS a liberal and I will show you a man without a brain.”

Looks like Perry’s party switch proved he gained wisdom beyond his years.

[Milton Miteybad]

Joe Scarborough says Rick Perry is "a dime store conservative."

So? Joe Scarborough is a talking head hack picked up from the bargain bin at the local flea market. ;-)

[TexasFreeper2009]

He saying this drivel now to try and torpedo Perry in the primaries, but bet your house on the fact that if Perry gets the nomination, he will later accuse Perry of being to far right

[dainbramaged]

“FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. - Lori Klausutis, a 28-year-old office worker for Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fl), was found dead in the congressman’s district office. Police said preliminary findings from the medical examiner’s office showed no foul play or any outward indication of suicide.”

Unbelievably, that was it. The story was simply dropped.
Tell us about her, Joe.

[Lazlo in PA]

Scarborough is a disgraced former congressman. There is a reason he resigned.

[jersey117]

and his boy obama is a two bit hustler and a con man.

[Nervous Tick]

>> You over valued Morning Joe by $.10

I’d probably give a nickel for him. He could clean my toilet, and when he was done, he could bend over, grab his ankles, and serve as the brush holder. ;-)

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Perry has simply proved the old axiom, “Show me a young man who is not a liberal and I will show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who IS a liberal and I will show you a man without a brain.”"

Completely off subject but the best Winston Churchill quote is this reply after being told he was drunk:

"Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober."

[fantom]

Wow . Who is that dead girl in my office ?