Joe Scarborough: MSNBC’s Useful Idiot
Remember not long ago when Matt Lewis and Erick Erickson were praising Joe Scarborough as perhaps the most influential conservative voice in American politics?
First, listen to this short new audio of an Occidental classmate of Obama's claiming he wanted to see a genuine worker's revolution in America in his time.
Q: …John, you had told me before, and I'm reading from my book, that "Obama was already an ardent Marxist in the fall of 1980 when I met him. I know it's incendiary to say this, but although he said in Dreams From My Father that he'd 'hung out with Marxist professors', he did not explain in that book or clarify is that he was 100% in total agreement with those professors.
Then watch allegedly influential conservative Scarborough denounce McConnell for stressing the importance of limiting Obama to one term. The operative term for Scarborough is useful idiot. And those on the Right touting his influence might want to give more thought to who and what rhetoric they are propping up, whatever their reasons.
This morning, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough was floored by McConnell’s open admission that his single most important goal is to defeat Obama. “Mitch McConnell said that?!? … He admitted that on the record?!? That is embarrassing,” he said. “Can I just say for the record – that is pathetic.”
Well, I see what you are saying, but I do see his point too. Naturally, McConnell should want to defeat Obama, but for him to say that is his number one goal, his number one priority, seems a bit extreme, politically speaking. It’s just the way it sounds. It feeds into the meme Democrats have been touting that Republicans are “just the party of no”.
And by the way, I’m fine with Republicans being the party of no when it comes to this president and his policies, but they should do a better job at putting themselves across as the party of alternatives to liberalism and socialism.
I think that’s what Scarborough probably meant to say. Admittedly, he is probably something of a RINO but on this he has a point.
1980…
would it be safe to assume that this coincided with his ‘coke years’?
of course, my fondest memory of scarborough, was one recent election where he was broadcasting from home post back surgery, and under the influence of a significant amount of opiates.
i give him a lot of credit…
even in his drug induced stupor, he sounded no more retarded than usual.
McConnell should have said the #1 goal is to turn around the economy and the best way to do that is to Limit Obama to one term so he can’t do any more damage.
But although the idea that Joe is very influential is ardent nonsense, he does serve one important purpose. Morning Joe does on occasion provide MSNBC with the only thing resembling conservative ideas (particularity on the economic conservative side) that MSNBC viewers will ever get.
On Sarah Palin and the War yeah he’s way off.
ANY time a liberal/leftist says that someone is a conservative, my rule of thumb is to assume they aren’t.
Liberal/leftists LIE! They believe like the Muzzies do; any lie in their effort to control people is OKAY. They have NO morals, ethics or conscience. To them someone might LOOK conservative but they have no clue what conservatism IS!
Perhaps you recall the firing of Juan Williams last week?
Scarborough was just trying to avoid the same fate from MSNBC. Obviously, he should have little hope of eventually working for Fox.
Remember when Cramer endorsed Obama for president? That was AFTER Jeff Immeldt called him and others to a special meeting on corporate goals and objectives during the 2008 election. He of course recanted his endorsement but AFTER the election.
The people you see and hear on the boob tube are PAID performers. They are employees and as such can be expected to reflect the views of those who sign their paychecks.
The moral? Don’t waste your time on TV, cable, newspapers, or news magazines. The owners of such properties seek to instill their viewpoint through their product. The personalities that are presented as the FACE of their owners are just service personnel doing the owners’ bidding, much like the airport ticket agents who tell you that you’ll be boarding in 15 minutes and you don’t have to change flights to another airline, even as they know that your original plane will be hours getting off the ground.
I’ve never watched his show. I really don’t know anything about Scarborough. Is it possible he meant it was pathetic that McConnell outright stated it? Because that I can understand. It’s one thing for McConnell to recognize that as a strategic goal. It’s another to announce it. By announcing it he undermines his own case.
Of course Obama undermines his own case for re-election. So there you go.
Exactly what would Joe think a republican congressperson have as a goal during a democratic presidency?
It’s not like Obama is special or anything…
McConnell’s honesty can be taken at face value. Why do we need to bow to the PC format for phrasing things in just such a way? As Rush Limbaugh indicated at the beginning, he hoped Obama fails. No apology offered or needed.
I don’t know any Conservatives who listen to Scarborough and why Erick Ericksen would trust him is beyond my imagination to understand!
um according to his friends bush and bush only started the recession never mind the dems were right there prodding him to support TARP wich started the recession
Yeah I’d say Joe ought to look in the mirror when it comes to the pathetic label. For what its worth, my sister was a class-mate of Barry’s in 1980 when she took “American Culture” with him. She of course doesn’t know his grade, but certainly remembers him and the class, which was all about denigrating anything having to do with American Culture. She still has the class notes btw.
Brian: I, too, immediately thought of Rush when I read the above about McConnell. Smoked: So you are saying O is not unAmerican by birth, he is unAmerican by education. Yes and the great task ahead is explaining that to Republican and Democrat alike. The great Lean Forward would have continued had Obama not overplayed his hand.
I’d say limiting Obama to a single term is the result of a strong two years of a Tea Party Congress, not the goal.
If the GOP can’t prove itself on social, fiscal, judicial and governmental conservatism, then Obama may very well win because the Tea Party will leave the GOP behind.
Patrick, this statement: “Naturally, McConnell should want to defeat Obama, but for him to say that is his number one goal, his number one priority, seems a bit extreme, politically speaking. It’s just the way it sounds. It feeds into the meme Democrats have been touting that Republicans are “just the party of no”
is directly contradicted by this statement:”…I’m fine with Republicans being the party of no when it comes to this president and his policies…”
Are you the Roman god Janus? Besides, how is that “party of no” charge working out for those Dems?
“Naturally, McConnell should want to defeat Obama, but for him to say that is his number one goal, his number one priority, seems a bit extreme, politically speaking. It’s just the way it sounds. It feeds into the meme Democrats have been touting that Republicans are “just the party of no”
Holy cow, really, Leadership 101, first page: pick a goal;, and POUND IT INTO THE TABLE. Excoriate the enemy. NO MERCY.
Jeez, really, this is McConnel doing it right!