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Morning Joe Sloughs Off Solyndra: 'No There, There'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 09/23/2011 6:45:39 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

What a curiously incurious Morning Joe bunch! Joe Scarborough says Solyndra "is just not a story I have focused on" and John Heilemann similarly admits to not having "drilled down" on the matter. Meanwhile, Harold Ford, Jr. assures us that when it comes to any potential Solyndra scandal, "there's no there, there" and that no one "has done anything illicit here at all."

A blasé Joe Scarborough grudgingly introduced "this Solyndra thing," citing those pesky "conservatives on Twitter" who keep raising it. The show deigned to devote under two minutes to the story, with nary a mention of the facts that the main driver behind Solyndra was a major Obama fundraiser and that the Bush admin blew off funding for Solyndra after concluding their products weren't competitive.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: haroldford; joescarborough; morningjoe; solyndra
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1 posted on 09/23/2011 6:45:42 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

Morning Joe panel blows off the Solyndra scandal. Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 09/23/2011 6:48:03 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Then there is no reason to take the Fifth.


3 posted on 09/23/2011 6:48:33 AM PDT by ILS21R (Don't give up the ship.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The term Quisling comes to mind here...


4 posted on 09/23/2011 6:48:56 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I wish Joe would quit referring to himself as a Conservative. He became an MSNBC echo chamber a long time ago.


5 posted on 09/23/2011 6:49:08 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
"There's nothing there" Joe? - then explain why we have this...

Solyndra execs to take the Fifth


6 posted on 09/23/2011 6:49:18 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA (Show me what Obama brought that was new and there you will find things only radical and destructive.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Morning Joe: 'No There, There'


7 posted on 09/23/2011 6:49:29 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

Dang you! Beat me to it!


8 posted on 09/23/2011 6:51:27 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Paleo Conservative

I emailed them an article detailing why Solyndra is a big deal since they don’t seem to have time to do the research themselves. Amazing how far MSNBC will go to cover for Obama.


9 posted on 09/23/2011 6:52:03 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He can blow whomever he wishes... obama is going down over this... in time... in time.

LLS


10 posted on 09/23/2011 6:55:29 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Is the person that you support a Crony Capitalist... A.K.A. CRAPITALIST?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I used to turn into Morning Joe when Fox & Friends was showing something like Justin Beeber or some cooking segment. But I soon realized that MSNBC had a script they followed where only the subject of the discussion changed.

Joe would pretend to make the Conservative argument on the subject, with out making more than c- effort, Mika (who is only famous in Political circle because here dad was the only Sec of State who made Cyrus Vance look competent) would recite the White House Talking points.

Next Willy the Bland or Mike ‘Brain Droppings’ spout the DNC view. Then some guest added for ‘balance’ such as a Harry Ford Jr reinforces. And then they go for the official ‘Black; view with Eu-uh-gene-uh Rob-un-un-us-son-uh for an incomprehensible repeat of earlier views with at least one ‘uh’ for every word spoken.

Sorry Starbucks, you may sponsor the show and have great coffee but I can not go into your stores anymore as I fear the coffee may be the cause of the stupidity on the show, I know that is a long shot but how else do explain so many people in the same room drinking your product and speaking such crap.


11 posted on 09/23/2011 6:56:10 AM PDT by pikachu (After Monday and Tuesday, even the calender goes W T F !)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Proof positive that Morning Schmoe is just another MSNBC hack. Can any of these libs say they weren't salivating when it looked like Bush may have started this. When it came out that Bush rejected funding Solyndra, all the sudden there's no story here.

Go figure

12 posted on 09/23/2011 6:58:14 AM PDT by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I think, Goodnight Joe, the entire Politico Bureau, Harold Edsel, Mika I Don't Know $hitski, Eugene Rob Them, and anyone else on this show over-suggested their Solyndra No There, There opinions.
13 posted on 09/23/2011 6:59:14 AM PDT by hflynn
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Inside information and a bully pulpit to influence the stock value and misrepresent the condition of the company? The Solyndra scandal should be the prime example of why the White Crib should not be in the business of picking winners and losers, or being in the venture capital business. Uh-oh....

14 posted on 09/23/2011 7:01:32 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
whiskey tango foxtrot
W T F ?

15 posted on 09/23/2011 7:03:22 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: pikachu

I used to click off Fox & Friends for the same reasons. But now instead of Morning Joe, I have IMUS on the Fox Bus. Network. If you don’t get it, call your Cable Co.


16 posted on 09/23/2011 7:06:07 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

he actually calls himself a conservative?????????????

WOW, I never watch that show or even that channel due to the f@@@wits which are hosting and have no clue how any one else can either but it is still good for entertainment value to hear off others what is happening over in la la kooky land MSNBC, NBC, CBS,CNN


17 posted on 09/23/2011 7:11:37 AM PDT by manc (Hannity admitted he's socially liberal on his show, another phony cashing in,marriage =1man +1 woman)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
If Obama came onto the White House lawn with an infant, and bit deeply into it's neck, eating the raw flesh and killing the child, Morning Joe's reaction would be as follows:
Joe Scarborough: There's a lot of fuss this morning over President Obama's eating habits.....

Mika Brzezinski: Yes, I heard about that this morning. Lots of bloggers weighing in on this.

Joe Scarborough: ... I mean, this is essentially a non-story. So the guy's a little hungry? So what?

John Heilemann: I really didn't hear about this. What's going on?

Joe Scarborough: (rolls his eyes, grudgingly says) Supposedly, the President killed and ate an infant on the White House lawn... (sarcastically) like what he eats is important to us or something.

Mike Barnicle: How do we know the little bastard kid didn't deserve it? Those young ones can be like the devil himself....

(Crosstalk, laughter)

Joe Scarborough: ... and of course, the conservatives on Twitter are all abuzz about it. I must have had over 25,000 tweets on this, alone. Give it a rest!

Mika Brzezinski: Has Michelle weighed in on this? Eating a whole kid can't be in-tune with her anti-obesity campaign.

Mike Barnicle: She needs to take her own advice about obesity. Baby got 'back'!

(laughter)

Joe Scarborough: We haven't heard Michelle on this. Short commerical break, and then a video of two of the CUTEST puppies you will EVER see!

Mika Brzezinski: Don't go away. Be right back!

18 posted on 09/23/2011 7:19:38 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz

LOL: perfect!!


19 posted on 09/23/2011 7:22:57 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Scarborough is irrelevant. He says whatever the people who sign his paycheck want him to says. Howdy Dowdy dressed up as a conservative.


20 posted on 09/23/2011 7:22:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Barry gives them $535 million and they take "the fifth" when asked where it went.)
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