Posted on 10/26/2005 5:36:23 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
In introducing Joe Scarborough this morning, Katie Couric described him a "former Republican congressman." After witnessing his performance, one is prompted to ask: was "former" intended to modify "congressman," or "Republican"?
In any case, Scarborough was living proof of the adage that the kind of Republicans welcome on the Today show are those willing to take swipes at the Bush administration.
Scarborough did so in spades this morning. Speaking of the Plame investigation, Katie asked, in her best butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth ingenue tone:
"Last September on Meet the Press Vice-President Cheney said he didn't know Joe Wilson, had never met him, and did not know who sent Joe Wilson to Africa in the first place. But that would contradict reports that the Vice-President had actually told Scooter Libby about Valerie Plame three months earlier. So you talk about political fallout, is Vice-President Cheney in hot water as a result of this?"
Scarborough gave Katie more than even she could have hoped for in response:
"I don't know that he's in hot water; I would tell you that in Middle America," continued Scarborough, a self-styled populist who imagines his finger firmly on Joe Six-Pack's pulse, "voters would call that a lie."
Scarborough persisted:
"Why is that important? It's important because you're talking about 2000 Americans that have died in Iraq. If the President can't be trusted on small things, if the Vice-President can't be trusted . . . well, I say small things, the bigger question is do you trust their logic, their reasoning for sending Americans into war and it certainly hurts their credibility if the Vice-President is not telling the truth."
When it came to how much trouble the Bush administration is in, Scarborough was willing to go even farther than Couric. Katie offered a rosy scenario in which no indictments came down and asked if that would give the White House a chance to turn things around.
But Scarborough was implacable:
"Well, here's the problem," replied Scarborough with a schadenfreude-filled cackle, "the second this crisis is over, if the White House averts crisis here and there are no indictments, guess what we'll be talking about next week? The possible with of Harriet Mier [sic]. I've talked to Republicans on Capitol Hill, I've talked to people in the White House. They think it's over; they do not think she's got the votes.
"At some point after these [Plame] storm clouds pass by those are the next storm clouds and it's very embarrassing for a White House and for a President who doesn't like to admit that he's wrong."
You know Katie couldn't have been more sincere when, in wrapping, she thanked Scarborough "so much."
Scarborough apparently believes that when your MSNBC show's ratings are as low as are his, it's important to demonstrate to your NBC masters that your heart is in the right, or shall we say, left, place.
Yep. He and Laura Ingraham will now have standing invitations to appear on the Imus show. How lovely for them.
Creeps!
Comrade Joe must be punished. LOL
Jeepers! Who peed in his Cheerios this morning?
This article sounds like a cable pundit getting really bad ratings in spite of his opinion of himself.
We tried to watch him, way back when he first started. His voice was enough for us not to watch again.
I heard from a very reliable souce (a better one than any of Rita Cosby's) that Vice President Cheney will be indicted because of the following statement:
I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play. In fifth grade, I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog...When my mom sent me to the summer camp for fat kids and then they served lunch I got nuts and I pigged out and they kicked me out...But the worst thing I ever done -- I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa -- and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.
He's been hanging out with his buddy, Chrissy Boy Matthews.
I used to watch his program but haven't for some time. Wise decision on my part.
Maybe it had something to do with being pressured to resign his office.
Oops! I mean he resigned for family reasons. Yep, that's the ticket, familty reasons.
I agree. In listening carefully to a replay of Cheney's interview on last nights HARDBOILED (that Krissey ran as proof of the Vice President's lying) I was struck by the truthfulness of his words.
At the worst, you could accuse him of knowingly parsing the words in a lawerly manner. Lying? No.
If Joe came from a liberal district he would have run as a liberal.
I used to really like Scarborough, but he really has transformed into the type of turncoat that the Leftists in the newsmedia love -- a "Republican" who will gladly excoriate another "Republican" for the cost of a prime television segment.
It would appear that Joe has graduated from the McCain School of Socialist Patoot-Kissers in order to be spoken of highly (or to be called a "moderate") in the media.
You've whored your principles to the unprincipled, Joe. Shame on you.
In the dead intern case the cause of death was never released. It's an intriguing mystery.
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/lori_klausutis.htm
And I stopped listening to Laura Ingraham during the same time period. They were absolutely pathetic.
Joe's still a politician, telling them what they want to hear.
Mr. Cheney did not know Joe Wilson went to Africa for months, so it would be a little far-fetched to believe he knew about Plame sending him. Based on many reports and articles the evidence suggests Cheney found out about Wilson's trip when Wilson wrote the op-ed, and then discovered his connection to the very area in the CIA that sent him on the trip.
"Joe's still a politician, telling them what they want to hear."
True - and in this case, the "they" are his NBC masters, as Joe desperately tries to cling to his failing MSNBC show.
I am beginning to think that is so. He played the conservative part so well back then. Maybe he should have been a actor.
And he looks like Jughead.
Liberal Republicans are fawned over, but conservative Democrats are ostracized by the lib media.
Un-gag the Able Danger people and let the country hear what they have to say.
If I see that pompous little Lord Fauntroy, General Wesley Clary on Fox once more spewing his erroneous dim witted views on all of these things, I will know Fox is anything but fair and balanced! Wilson and Clark are birds of a feather and Perky Katie coos over them – just sickening.
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