Scarborough-Holbrooke Tension Convention

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Let's take a break from the tedious MSM spin on the latest polls, and settle back and enjoy the televised spectacle of two people who patently dislike each other going at it on live national TV.

Former UN Ambassador/current Obama backer Richard Holbrooke was a guest on today's Morning Joe.  Observing Holbrooke over the years, he's struck me as someone with, shall we say, a deep and abiding appreciation for his own acumen and importance.

Holbrooke and host Joe Scarborough repeatedly clashed over a host of issues from Biden's latest gaffe to Osama Bin Laden. But beyond the substance, it was the unvarnished animosity between the two that makes this must-see TV.

View video here.

Let's hear from readers with their favorite moment from this match that, if perhaps not quite steel-cage worthy, exuded a level of mutual antipathy rare for these televised parlor games.

By the way, the screencap shows the insincere kiss-and-make-up handshake the two exchanged at interview's end.  We'll have to check with Joe to see if he might have been palming one of those prank buzzers.

Holbrooke on Soros Payroll?

Looks that way.  Holbrooke works for Perseus LLC, which as Little Green Footballs has uncovered, clearly seems to be a Soros entity.


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Mark, I saw a segment of the

Mark, I saw a segment of the Holbrook appearance this morning. Holbrook called Joe a name...a "political (something-or-other)" What was the name? I can't recall. But, Joe shot back. That was my favorite moment. I thought to myself, as I was putting my makeup on,"Holbrooke has always been an annoying, self-important hack, and he didn't disappoint this a.m." Just when I think ol' Joe has become a "sellout", he surprises me with a reaction that invokes a cheer from me...

Exactly, marpel.  Holbrooke

Exactly, marpel.  Holbrooke called Joe a political animal, and the latter took umbrage, telling Holbrooke not to call him an animal and he would return the favor.

That's right....thanks for

That's right....thanks for clearing that up. I think Joe was in a good mood until that exchange. :o)

Holbrooke did a good job of

Holbrooke did a good job of spouting the Democratic talking points, but Biden didn't say that any new President would be tested.

He said  Mark my words,.... it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.”

Mr. Holbrooke, which part of that did you not understand?  Is "Barak Obama" a synonym  for "a new US President"?

Hey, I said from the beginning that Biden would provide the entertainment in this election.  It's not only his own bloviations, but the verbal acrobatics the others have to do to defend him!

I do wish Joe would have

I do wish Joe would have pushed him on this. The suggestion that Biden meant it generally about whoever gets elected is pure nonsense. Biden actually specifically mentioned 'youth and inexperience', I believe. Now, is Holbrooke going to sit there with a straight face and pretend that McCain would fall under that description?

"I wish it had been

"I wish it had been Mika"????? Is Mr. Holbrooke becoming a dirty old man? 

I have always found him soooo condescending.  To think that this guy might be our Sec. of State.

Yeah, that was creepy and

Yeah, that was creepy and inappropriate. Isn't Holbrooke married to Jennings ex..or am I thinking about someone else?

Kit

Yes. Kati Marton, Peter Jennings ex.

Well, looks like Holbrooke

Well, looks like Holbrooke is bucking for Sec of State. His last chance at becoming a household name like Condi. 

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Running for Secretary of State

Holbrooke is definitely running for Secretray of State, just like Powell is angling for the job of Secretary of Defense.  By the way, why was Obama meeting with retired military officers?  Does he think they can deliver the military vote like a bunch of union bosses?   If so, he is sorely mistaken.  And why were retired military officers meeting with him?  Were they standing in the Obama Administration employment line behind Powell with resumes in hand?  The whole spectacle is disgusting.

A good question Joe should have asked Holbrooke is why Biden isn't doing any interviews to explain his remarks and instead letting surrogates do it for him.   

I was struck by Holbrooke's contention that Bin Laden is the most serious threat the U.S. faces.  Maybe he hasn't seen the news reports that Iran is contemplating a first strike on Israel.  Is this what Biden was refering to when he said there would be an international crisis in the first six months of an Obama administration?  Either way, Obama has an opportunity to prevent such a crisis by forcefully stating that the United States will defend Isreal against attack by any other nation. If he doesn't make such a statement, he risks making the same mistake of another President, Harry S. Truman, which effectively gave the green light to North Korea for its invasion of South Korea.

Wow! You weren't kidding!

Wow! You weren't kidding! That was delightfully cringeworthy goodness. I'm going to watch it again. These two hate each other somethin' awful. Love it. 

One strange bit there-unrelated to the love fest- was Joe claiming bin Laden wanted McCain to win? Please, put the crack pipe down Scarborough.  

Holbrooke. HUD, not Sec of State or UN

The dirt is on Richard Holbrooke - will the MSM protect him, as they have all the others? From Angelo's Many Friends - Portfolio.com - Aug. 08. Countrywide Financial, and it's shady dealings play mightly into the current mortage/credit crisis. Countrywide is a household name, synomous with hate and greed on mainstreet; the MSM made sure of that, but along the way they carefully censored how much they shared. This, they did not share:

Richard Holbrooke, who was an adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, also garnered V.I.P. loans, as did his family. Countrywide waived at least 1.25 points, or $15,000, on Holbrooke’s $1.2 million loan in 2003 to refinance a vacation home in Telluride, Colorado. “Per Angelo this loan is to be at zero points,” Perry wrote.

Holbrooke’s wife, author Kati Marton, borrowed a total of $1.4 million to refinance two properties. “These loans are incredibly important to Angelo and as such they are incredibly important to us,” Perry emailed Feinberg. Holbrooke’s son, David, received a half-point discount, or $2,800, on a $559,500 loan when he and his wife refinanced their co-op in a Brooklyn, New York, high-rise, and five-eighths of a point, or $2,600, off when they bought the floor above it.

For more on Democrats connected to this financial mess:

 

Angelo's Friends - slide show

Angelo's Fannie Pac - Some former Countrywide cronies have found comfy jobs at Fannie and Freddie

Angelo's Many "Friends"

Observing Holbrooke over

Observing Holbrooke over the years, he's struck me as someone with, shall we say, a deep and abiding appreciation for his own acumen and importance.

mark -- you offer yout ususal level of civility.

Feeling no constraints, let me say that the times I've seen this jerk Holbrooke on TV, he struck me as someone with an ego the size of a planet.

Unfortunately it's a dead planet. No intelligent life has ever existed on Planet Holbrooke. And none will ever evolve.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

Tenuous Holbrooke

I find it amusing. In fact, I'm finding this whole election cycle amusing. McCain-Palin 08.

Holbrooke tried to lie

At the beginning, Holbrooke tried to lie about what Uncle Joe Biden really said and Joe wouldn't let him. Way to go Joe!

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