Scarborough: 'I Hope Palin's Proud Of Herself' For Killing GOP Senate Majority
If only Sarah Palin hadn't promoted the likes of Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell, Republicans would be on the verge of winning the Senate majority. That was Joe Scarborough's thesis on Morning Joe today, culminating in Scarborough saying that he hopes Sarah Palin "is proud of herself" for having killed the GOP's chances.
Scarborough sought to inoculate himself against criticism from the right, insisting he would have wanted to see a "mainstream conservative" in the Nevada and Delaware races. Warned Joe: "right-wing freaks, don't email me going 'you're a RINO.'" View video after the jump.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: If there had been a mainstream conservative--conservative--candidate [in Nevada]. So let me put it this way: right-wing freaks don't email me going "you're a RINO, you're a RINO." . . . The fact that Republicans put Sharron Angle up is the only reason this race is within 10 points. Delaware: we know, Mike Castle, right now Mike Castle would be measuring curtains and we would be talking about a Republican majority in the United States Senate. I hope that Sarah Palin, and other people--Pat [Buchanan] is laughing--but I really hope that Sarah Palin is proud of herself. I really hope she is. Because let me tell you something, Pat. When Barack Obama selects his next Supreme Court justice, and Democrats are in charge by one, and it's Pat Leahy that's going to be running the Supreme Court nomination processes, I hope social conservatives like you are staring at Sarah Palin and saying "thank you, Sarah Palin, because you just made sure the person running this committee would be Pat Leahy from Vermont instead of someone from the Republican party."
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Votes v. seats
Submitted by KC Mulville on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:42am.
What you might lose in the committee. you make up on the floor.
The tea party might mean you lose one or two seats, and that keeps the committee in Democrat hands. But if the price of getting the committee is to depend on a handful of RINOs who vote to confirm Obama's candidate anyway, what are you actually losing?
The tea party isn't about anger in elections. It's about honesty while governing. If you lose a couple seats that you might have won, so what? You win votes that you had lost before.
KC, GMTA...
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:44am.
See below, and check the time stamp. LOL
LOL
Submitted by KC Mulville on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:52am.
Is it that we're thinking alike, or is it that the answer is so obvious?
Well, OK, we're not that
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:57am.
Well, OK, we're not that smart. ;-) I know it's obvious, to everyone except Joe, that is.
What does that say about him? Whose Kool-Aid is he drinking?? Answer: the Media's.
I think he's been in the media too long, and has absorbed their "Compromise and moderation are the key for Republicans" attitude.
Right, Joe...the important
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:42am.
Right, Joe...the important thing is to have a Republican majority who are willing to crawl...er....reach across the aisle to work with Obama and the Democrats.
freaks? Poor Joe is so owned by MSNBC!
Submitted by merly1 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:59am.
The Juan Williams firing must have really made Joe subserviant........better to NOT be in the majority, than get there with Dem plants.
Maybe
Submitted by SamC on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:47am.
Maybe Joe could have highlighted the Republican candidates in a positive way instead of tearing them down every day, every conversation.
Maybe we'll all have Joe to thank if the Republicans don't win the majority.
Nah, Joe doesn't have that much pull with conservatives.
Apparently all that matters to Joe
Submitted by katiejane on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:52am.
is having Senators with Rs after their name. I guess it doesn't matter if they're all Snowe, Collins & Graham types who will be hard to distinguish from Democrats.
As for calling Joe a RINO - he should be happy if people still think he's a Republican of any kind.
Mike Castle, right now Mike
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:00am.
Mike Castle, right now Mike Castle would be measuring curtains and we would be talking about a Republican majority in the United States Senate. BIG. FAT. HAIRY. DEAL. This, from RedState rang a bell (emphasis mine): Have these people learned nothing about the policy and politics of the Republican Party over the past 16 years? What is the purpose of winning back control of both houses of congress if it will lead to the same results as last time? In other words, we will have a slim majority that is held hostage by RINO Senators, in which we will receive the blame for wrongheaded policies that result from initiatives that are anything but Republican! Then we will get crushed in the next election and keep repeating the vicious cycle that was 1995-2006. Aside: I hate to sound bitchy, but is formatting in the comments ever going to get fixed? Why is it fine sometimes (see my comment sabove) and then turns screwy like this???I have noticed the same thing
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:03am.
whenever you copy and paste it does this. I just type it out and put in quotes.
I don't have the time or the
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:21am.
I don't have the time or the patience to do that.
To avoid the run on you first
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 3:03pm.
To avoid the run on you first clik in the box and hit enter creating a new paragraph line. Then you paste what you wish in teh forst para line. This lease teh formatting alone in teh second para line and when you hit enter for a new para it will work.
Morning Schmoe gives himself
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:02am.
Morning Schmoe gives himself away with these comments. .He's about "the party" and not about principle. Granted, most of us already knew that.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
You scan tell when Joe is
Submitted by Captain Repus on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:13am.
You scan tell when Joe is pretending to be a Republican - his eyes squint You can tell when Mika has an intelligent thought - I will have to get back to you on that oneMika leads an intelligent comment with "A man once told me"....
Submitted by nonncom on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:52am.
LOL....
Don't worry Joe
Submitted by IgnatzJFahrquar on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:08am.
I wasn't going to email calling you a RINO. I have far more descriptive words for you and your ilk.
No RINO
Submitted by Caringwhiteguy on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:16am.
Joe is NOT a RINO. He is beyond that. He's a social climbing Upper West Sider who really needs attaboys from those people who sit around his Morning Joe table. He's Bill Clinton lite.
Don't let the moron distract you.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:16am.
The big worry folks is voter fraud and it's happening now. If we don't do something about it (monitor, call for investigations), the thieves will rob is again.
Having SEIU "configuring" and manning the voting machines is absurd and must be stopped.
He is Absolutley, 100% Right!
Submitted by JustAl on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:18am.
Don't email him calling him a RINO.
Email his sponsors calling yourself (and meaning it) a former customer.
Joe has sold his soul
Submitted by Seashell on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:27am.
to MSNBC. When the show first started he wasn't like this. Slowly but surely he has gone over to the dark side, and I'm sure it's all for $. Not only has he turned into this left-leaning RINO, but he has become so egotistical, self-aggrandizing, and pompus you just can't watch. To bad- used to be a good show.
It was RINO's from the
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:36am.
It was RINO's from the last Republican majority that led to obama being elected.
there was a time i really
Submitted by sometimesright on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:48am.
there was a time i really thought joe was the voice of reason on that show. now i'm not so sure whose side he's on. there's a word for a conservative you're not sure about anymore, oh yeah.....RINO
Last night Mark Levin read an
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:03am.
Last night Mark Levin read an comment by Nate Silver claiming if the whole Senate (not just 1/3) were up for re-election, the GOP would not only have a FILIBUSTER PROOF majority, but they might even get a VETO PROOF majority.-
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Story discussing Silvers remarks can be found here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/full-senate-grabs-gop-win-filibusterp...
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Joe dosn't know what he's talking about. The GOP may not get control of the Senate, but that has more to do with the fact that only 1/3 of the Senate is getting re-elected and that the GOP establishment isn't supporting O'Donnell or clamping down on Murkowski than the crapola coming out of Joe's Mouth
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Politico article
Submitted by jcrapes4 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:32am.
I read an article on the politico website which was linked from hot air basically stating from Joe that the midterms dont matter. So if the midterms dont matter who cares if the GOP gets control of the senate. He really needs to start taking meds:)
'Mainstream Conservative'?
Submitted by ML Stovall on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:38am.
Joe would have liked a more 'mainstream conservative', like, say, Arlen Specter. Cat's outta' the bag, Joe Blow. You can quit with the pretending to be a Republican, much less a conservative, now. Idiot.
Run Joe Run!!
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 11:48am.
We need you guy. No radio show, book sold four copies, infomercials with higher ratings than your MSDNC gabfest. How does "Senator" grab you? Those who "can" do, those who "can't" have talk shows. I'd love to see it.Right wing freaks...
Submitted by stage9 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 12:00pm.
Warned Joe: "right-wing freaks, don't email me going "you're a RINO."JOE! We would never even THINK of privleging you with such an illustrious title. You're a liberal, no one denies that.
A confused and disturbed liberal at that.
You claim to have wanted to see a "Conservative" in Deleware and Nevada - yet you lash out at "right wingers".
Perhaps the drugs you're receiving in the coffee at CiNN are having a hallucinogenic effect on your brain.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
That's precious!
Submitted by theprofessor on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 12:11pm.
...and a bit more than ballsy. Joey spends 364 days a year bashing Republican candidates and then blames somebody else for the lack of enthusiam for Republican candidates.
I guess Joe's too stupid to
Submitted by RefudiateObama2012 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 1:39pm.
I guess Joe's too stupid to know that Palin didn't endorse Sharron Angle in the primary election. Also, why isn't Joe also heaping scorn on Jim DeMint?
Joe is not a RINO...
Submitted by jdripper on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 2:18pm.
Joe is an idiot liberal. I guess when Joe was doing his arithmetic he forgot all about Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, Kelly Ayotte, Ron Johnson, Scott Brown, and the rising stars in SC, TN, IL, all of whom owe their existence to the tea party movement of which Sarah Palin is only a titular head.
Jack
Joe get out now...
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 2:56pm.
Joe for your sake and the future of your children get out of NYC now -- today!
You're going down the John McCain drain. John McCain thought he was a clever, funny, intelligent and handsome man because that's what leftists told him and then the rug pullers came into the room and now he's the butt of leftist jokes -- even his daughter Meghan thinks following daddy's example is a winner. She's the next Cindy Sheehan.
Flee Joe while you have even a tiny chance -- flee!
Whew! Now that I have that out of my system I'll just advise you Joe to reregister as a Democrat like you used to be and like they say in the antique car collecting business "match the numbers." Register how you vote Joe and stop worrying about being a RINO. Nobody believes you are even close to being a Republican anymore -- that includes your mother.