On Wednesday's edition of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough declared, "Al Gore wins." Referencing a story in the New York Times on how global warming is dividing the 2008 GOP field, the former Republican congressman predicted that by the next election, all candidates would adopt Gore's agenda. He conceded, "Yeah. We called him an idiot in 1992, we Republicans, and about 16 years later, we agree with him."
Liberal co-host Mika Brzezinski, the daughter of Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was only too happy to pile on. In addition to calling Republicans "slow" for dismissing global warming, she claimed it "takes you guys a while" to come around. Scarborough could only reply, "You know what the good thing about being a Republican is? Never having to say you're sorry."
As Mark Finkelstein noted in NewsBusters in September, Scarborough also conducted a gushing interview with Hillary Clinton in which he enthused, "You've opened your heart even more." Additionally, the cable host lamented the suffering that the former First Lady suffered during the 1990s.
A transcript of the exchange, which occurred at 7:23am on October 17, follows:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: [Holding up copy of October 17 New York Times]: "And on the other side, you've got Republicans who are split now on global warming. It looks like it's inevitable soon enough. I think by the next presidential campaign, every candidate will be saying global warming is a phenomenon. Al Gore wins."
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: "I think so. We're getting there."
SCARBOROUGH: "Yeah. We called him an idiot in 1992, we Republicans, and about 16 years later, we agree with him. It's the great thing about being a Republi--"
Brzezinski: "Yeah, there you go. Well, it takes you guys a while."
SCARBOROUGH: "You know what the good thing about being a Republican is? Never having to say you're sorry."
BRZEZINSKI: "A little slow. Right."
SCARBOROUGH: "We'll be back with more 'Morning Joe' in a minute."
BRZEZINSKI: "You just don't, do you?"
SCARBOROUGH: "No. Not at all. Should I? Of course not."
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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Joe Scarborough is a joke
October 17, 2007 - 15:47 ET by candanceWhere does he get off with his crazy self? I don't care how many GOP candidates support Al Gore. I do not.
card holding member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
Hey, Joe
October 17, 2007 - 15:49 ET by NoMoreClintonsYou're no Republican.
Nobody is winning or
October 17, 2007 - 15:51 ET by MidAmericaNobody is winning or losing anything yet. It's all pre-game show for now. Wait till the lefties start hitting people with taxes and killing jobs. 'Idiot' will be one of the nicer things that people will call gore.
Scarborough has as much
October 17, 2007 - 15:51 ET by fitzfongScarborough has as much claim to being a Republican as Al Franken does. I think the left must have something on him with the dead secretary thing, he's sold out as if he needs to be looking over his shoulder. The less said about that bimbo Bubbles, the better.
I am so glad I missed my
October 17, 2007 - 15:57 ET by bigtimerI am so glad I missed my mornin' Joe today.
Just go away would you... you beady-eyed RINO...take Mika with ya...go play in a sand box.
Joe - Ya need to stop
October 17, 2007 - 15:57 ET by drillanwrJoe -
Ya need to stop letting Mika make the Kool-Aid ...
Joe's smoking something and
October 17, 2007 - 16:03 ET by rbosqueJoe's smoking something and it's not a Camel.
Al Gore is an IDIOT and anyone who subscribes to that fool's agenda is an idiot too.
Oh, please, Joe. Pretty
October 17, 2007 - 16:04 ET by danboOh, please, Joe. Pretty please. Get Al to run.
He won't be able to hide from debates then. And everyone will have top go at his weak spot. His science.
Please get him to run.
BTW He's still and idiot.
Out of curiosity. Did you guys also feel for the pain Juanita Broaddrick went through?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Scarborough also sucks up to Olbermann and Matthews
October 17, 2007 - 16:06 ET by RJHey Joe, tomorrow on your show tell the audience the NewsBusters have you pegged as a RINO and Bubbles' contributions about as valuable as those of a gum-popping Valley Girl.
A COUPLE THINGS...
October 17, 2007 - 21:50 ET by danybhoyWhy all the fuss over the Morning Schmo? Think about this folks, this show has maybe 40,000 viewers nationally on a good day, nobody is paying attention to them. The reaction by other media outlets like FoxNews & website like MRC/Newsbusters or HotAir give these clowns more exposure then they can earn on their own.
The only thing MSNBC outrates are The Game Show Network & test patterns, but at holiday time I would dare say the Yule Log that is shown on TV draws a higher number. It's only a matter of time before the abortion that is MSNBC shut down. Steve Balmer of Microsoft, the MS in MSNBC said in hindsight that getting involved with this network was a mistake. Most news networks have websites, their is a joke going around that MSNBC is a website whith it's own news network. Outside of that, MSNBC is the real joke, I just wish GE stockholders would put an end to this.
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
DC Media cesspool
October 17, 2007 - 16:13 ET by mattmJoe has been corrupted by the decadent DC media culture...
We called Algor an idiot in 1992...and he's still an idiot, it's just that he's recruited a few more idiots into his clique...
Well Joe, that's the rub
October 17, 2007 - 16:46 ET by dscottWell Joe, that's the rub isn't it? Is Al Gore an idiot who can't decide between cause and effect or is Al Gore a very devious person (a con man) who set out to hoodwink all the environmentalists into supporting nuclear power by making CO2 the boogey man????? Is it malice or stupidity Joe, come on, decide which it is... http://bp1.blogger.com/_A8Lz4YhxMmM/RuR82mHtBPI/AAAAAAAAAho/3A5cGaIdj5A/s1600-h/Gary-Larson-The-Far-Side.jpg
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
NYT isn't reporting anything
October 17, 2007 - 16:20 ET by JayTeeThe NYT isn't reporting any republican Divisions, they are trying to "Create" divisions, AKA Hillary's plan for her Fifedom.
And Joe can't speak for Republicans anymore, the "Elected" republicans speak for the Republican Voters that elected them...you know, the people who never appear on MSM.
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
Good News
October 17, 2007 - 16:42 ET by Gat New YorkIronically Scaraborough is pointing to The NY Times. He better start looking elsewhere for reading material.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aY9iww4X.01g
Morgan Stanley has dumped its stake in the NY Times sending the Times stock down 63% to its lower number in 10 years: from $0.48 to $0.18 a share.
The end may be near either for the newspaper or its family owners.
This should be of no surprise since Morgan Stanley has been the largest institutional investor and has been demanding board seats which the Sulzberger family has declined.
Also it is worth noting that this is the newspaper most culpable in the slandering of three Duke lacrosse students which they have showed no remorse for at all. The chairman of Morgan Stanley, John Mack, is a Duke graduate and he hired one of those lacrosse students Dave Evans.
"Yeah. We called him an
October 17, 2007 - 16:55 ET by Newsbusterbrown"Yeah. We called him an idiot in 1992, we Republicans, and about 16 years later, we agree with him."
Funny, but I agreed with Joe in 1995. 12 years later, I call him an idiot. Weird, huh?
Yup
October 17, 2007 - 17:13 ET by MCPO AirdaleNewsbusterbrown hits it outta the park with a single swing!
Crappy Headed Joe
October 17, 2007 - 20:24 ET by BarkerJoe Scarborough must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome....MSNBC-style.
Scarborough needs to learn some Science
October 17, 2007 - 22:36 ET by PopularTechJoe Scarborough is an embarrassment. The problem with conservatives like him who don't understand science is they are afraid to be embarrassed about not knowing and will cave to repetition of lies. O'reilly is another scientific illiterate who is not capable of scientific debate thus capitulates.
Maybe Joe should do some research, he can start with:
UK Court finds 9 Inaccuracies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (The New Party, UK)
The Case for Skepticism on Global Warming (Michael Crichton, M.D. Harvard)
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Video) (1hr 14min)
Al Gore Is a Greenhouse Gasbag (Robert Giegengack, Ph.D. Geology)
Economist Bjorn Lomborg: Global warming is not a priority (Video) (17min)
CO2 & temperature: ice core correlations (Luboš Motl, Ph.D. Theoretical Physicist, Harvard)
QUOTE (Luboš Motl)
"The temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrations have been correlated but
we know for sure that the temperature was the cause and the
concentration was its consequence, not the other way around. If you
look carefully at the graphs, you will see that the carbon dioxide
concentrations lag behind the temperature by 800 years."
How not to measure temperature (Anthony Watts, Meteorologist)
Book: Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (Dennis T. Avery, S. Fred Singer, 2007)
Australian TV Exposes 'Stranded Polar Bear' Global Warming Hoax (NewsBusters)
Polar Bears Not Going Extinct (Dr. Mitchell Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, Department of the Environment)
QUOTE (Dr. Mitchell Taylor)
"Of the 13 populations of polar bears in Canada, 11 are stable or
increasing in number. They are not going extinct, or even appear to be
affected at present."
"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities (Wm. Robert Johnston, M.S. Physics, B.A. Astronomy)
QUOTE (Wm. Robert Johnston)
"Arctic Ocean pack ice = 0.01 % Fraction of world ice - The melting of floating
ice will not change sea level: the mass of this ice is equal to that of
the water it displaces (watch the water level in a cup of floating ice
cubes as they melt)."
QUOTE (Wm. Robert Johnston)
"Based on what we know now, in the next 100 years a rise in sea level of 0.1
meters (4 inches) would not be surprising; those predicting changes of
0.5-2 meters (1.5-7 feet) are using flawed models.
Glaciers - The Woes Of Kilimanjaro: Don't Blame Global Warming (Science Daily)
- Global surface temperatures have increased only about 0.6°C in the last 100 years. (IPCC)
- Global mean sea level has risen only about 6 inches in the last 100 years. (Based on tidal gauge data) (IPCC)
- Global mean sea level rise is in the range of 1.0 to 2.0 mm/yr. (Based on tidal gauge data) (IPCC)
- No significant acceleration in the rate of sea level rise during the 20th century has been detected. (IPCC)
- 20 feet of sea level rise would take 3048-6096 years. (Based on tidal gauge data) (IPCC)
The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource
Joe Scarborough:
October 17, 2007 - 23:27 ET by ChriswelLJoe Scarborough: "Integrity? What integrity? I work for MSNBC! Me rock the boat? Why would I want to do that?"
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