There he goes again. Joe Scarborough has once again taken to The Huffington Post for one of those look-at-me articles distancing himself from other conservatives: I’m so much less partisan! Our country is weakened by bitter partisanship, and I will not participate! In his article, titled "Thank You Mr. President," Scarborough takes the predictable tack of deeply thanking the Obamas for trying to bring the Olympics back to America. That’s a fine sentiment, even if you don’t have to get this treacly about it:
Nice try, President Obama. And thanks for taking time away from your young girls for the sake of your hometown and your country, Michelle. I know that's never an easy thing to do.
Scarborough lectures both sides about excessive partisanship. But wait – let’s recall how Scarborough showed his generosity to President Bush...or did he?
For 10 minutes, the talk show host grilled his guests about whether "George Bush's mental weakness is damaging America's credibility at home and abroad." For 10 minutes, the caption across the bottom of the television screen read, "IS BUSH AN 'IDIOT'?"
But the host was no liberal media elitist. It was Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman turned MSNBC political pundit. And his answer to the captioned question was hardly "no." While other presidents have been called stupid, Scarborough said: "I think George Bush is in a league by himself. I don't think he has the intellectual depth as these other people."
That’s the Washington Post delighting in how Scarborough typically drew attention to himself by saying something that would please his liberal MSNBC bosses, even semi-retired liberal Peacock advocates like Tom Brokaw. Get a load of Scarborough channeling Brokaw’s ridiculous notions on the Olympics debacle:
Today on Morning Joe, NBC News Legend Tom Brokaw remarked to Pat Buchanan about how the level of partisanship is even more intense today than during the depths of the Watergate crisis. Brokaw was commenting on Congressman Grayson's comments, but he could have easily been talking about Joe Wilson or death panels or the bizarre claim that the President "hates all white people."
Some of the rhetoric is dangerous. But what we saw from some conservative corners regarding the President's failed Olympics bid was just plain stupid.
Earth to Scarborough: are you really going to buy the notion that Michael Steele putting out a statement suggesting the president could better spend his time dealing with Afghanistan or the economy is somehow a new low in partisanship – a level of greater depth of bitterness than the Democrats impeaching President Nixon? Doesn’t that argument fall flat on its face after about five seconds?
Scarborough cannot fathom the idea that perhaps the Obamas did this for personal reasons, as Juan Williams suggested it would be a perfect "bookend" for the second term. Doesn't that suggest some personal arrogance, and that they were seeking this for more than patriotic reasons? Apparently, Juan Williams didn't get the Scarborough memo.
Scarborough’s lament that conservatives sought to "delegitimize" Obama over the Olympics suggests that any criticism of the President’s use of his office time isn’t fair criticism. Conservatives aren’t seeking to impeach Obama over the Olympics, and they aren’t suggesting he isn’t a legitimate president. Scarborough’s failure to figure this out suggests maybe he should consider the idea that he’s below George W. Bush on an intellectual scale.
If Strike-a-Pose Joe really believed the lines about "bitterness" that came out of his mouth or out of his keyboard, he wouldn’t have lowered himself to the bitterness of an "IS BUSH AN IDIOT?" segment. And answered the question with "hardly a no."
More on that and Joe's thin skin here.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Joe, if you think the Left
October 4, 2009 - 07:22 ET by NewsbusterbrownJoe, if you think the Left is going to give you brownie points for your
"bipartisanship," think again, buddy.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
For a good read on the
October 4, 2009 - 07:37 ET by motherbeltFor a good read on the left's idea of bipartisanship, take a look at this column by the late Michael Kelly; it's from 2001 (when the Senate split 50/50 and Republicans decided to share power). And not a darn thing has changed since then.
The money quote:
What we thought we'd do, in the spirit of bipartisanship, is this:
Whack you and whack you and whack you and whack you and whack you and
when we're tired of that, whack you some more.
Call them "mavericks" or "deviationists" or whatever; they will use you as long as they can, Joe, then chew you up and spit you out.
Ask John McCain.
And never forget: for liberals, failure doesn't matter. What matters is that at least he tried!!!
The "success" of bipartisanship
October 4, 2009 - 10:07 ET by KC MulvilleThe "conservatives" who were invited onto Meet the Press today were the ones that liberals are willing to stomach: Mike Murphy and David Brooks. Both made the utterly fatuous comment that the "right-wing noise radio whacko wing" didn't have any power, because they couldn't deliver the nominees. They argued that the real Republicans don't listen to real conservatives, and they favor the middle-of-the-road conciliators, like Bob Dole and John McCain.
By the way, those guys lost. So much for conciliators.
I agree, think McCain and
October 4, 2009 - 07:52 ET by USA4freedomI agree, think McCain and the NYT.
They like you when you are the useful idiot, then pitch you aside, when the real deal shows up.
Hey Joe can you give us a list of those great “so called moderates”
(After all because we the conservatives are plain stupid, there must be pages of brilliant famous moderates)
I was reading a little background on Joe, what happened?
You have turned into such a gutless wonder.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Scarborough and McCain....a matched set of "deviationists"
October 4, 2009 - 08:27 ET by motherbeltAnd John McCain is still at it.
Now that he doesn't have to play a conservative any more, McCain is back to doing what he does best: trying to make the Republican Party into Democrat-Lite.
Nothing like having a failed
October 4, 2009 - 09:09 ET by Gat New YorkNothing like having a failed candidate reshape your party.
MAVERICKS...
October 4, 2009 - 09:55 ET by danybhoyMaybe a certain "Maverick" needs a serious primary challenge? McCain does'nt understand that his wing of the GOP has never won a damn thing nationally, & someone needs to tell him. Same goes for his mouthy daughter who has been kissing @$$ on "The View" as well.
Would someone in the great state of Arizona straighten him out or primary the guy? He was a great military man, but is a below average politician.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
mb,
October 4, 2009 - 13:38 ET by R D HelmI hope Sarah's book nails McCain to the wall to the point he goes back to Arizona and is never heard from again.
McRino is one of the reasons (GWB was the other) that Obama is now in the WH and working feverishly to push this nation over the cliff as fast as he possibly can, and is much closer to succeeding than most people realize.
If McRino starts pushing for more RINOS to run for congress, the dims might just be able to retain control of the House next year.
If that happens, we're toast.
McCain needs to be put out to pasture before he becomes the republican Jimmy Carter.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
I agree, think McCain and
October 4, 2009 - 07:52 ET by USA4freedomI agree, think McCain and the NYT.
They like you when you are the useful idiot, then pitch you aside, when the real deal shows up.
Hey Joe can you give us a list of those great “so called moderates”
(After all because we the conservatives are plain stupid, there must be pages of brilliant famous moderates)
I was reading a little background on Joe, what happened?
You have turned into such a gutless wonder.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Does Scarborough still claim to be some kind of 'conservative'?
October 4, 2009 - 07:45 ET by Dan In SCDid this guy completely sell-out when he signed his MSDNC contract?
Is he a full fledged lib now, or is he just a member of the David Brooks, David Frum, Megan McCain, Colin Powell, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins wing of the Republican party
- which is to ask the question again, is he just a full fledged lib?
Hey Joe, how's that book thing working out for ya?
Joe Scarborough Is A Scumbag...
October 4, 2009 - 19:20 ET by unkeeafI'll never forget watching his Morning Joe show about six weeks ago. He had some liberal author on who was also a contributor to the Old Gray Piece of Crap. He was going on and on about what a negative impact conservatives had made on recent world history. At one point the author said the following: "Everyone knows that the worst dictators in history were bred from the right. Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini were all products of the right."
Any conservative worth his salt would have rebutted that comment with fact immediately. Joe? He said absolutely nothing and allowed it stand as fact. This is not the guy you want in the fox hole with you.
Since Joe is an egomaniac, it wouldn't surprise me if he read all of this. If so, I'd like to say, "Hey Joe, _____ you."
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
I have three wishes about
October 4, 2009 - 19:24 ET by Free StinkerI have three wishes about Sarah Palin.
Yes, thanks are in order
October 4, 2009 - 07:44 ET by txcoYes, I do believe we should all be thankful that President Obama went abroad and promoted America...refreshing change for SURE!
And Michele should be thanked too for being a PROUD American now.
They did all they could,,,it was Bush's fault.
Obama went abroad to promote himself
October 4, 2009 - 10:31 ET by OxyCon...and to attempt to stuff money into the pockets of everyone in his Chicago political sphere.
Mourning Joe
October 4, 2009 - 07:46 ET by GeneralAlJoe Scarborough is an example of a loser Republican along with Pat Buchanan. Any so called Conservative that would even consider being a part of MSNBC has no credibility in my opinion. Joe has no guts! He wants to be accepted by the libs over there and is willing to do it at the expense of his own "kind". That to me is an outright coward!
Uh, Scarry is right. There
October 4, 2009 - 07:57 ET by Mitchell BlattUh, Scarry is right. There were a lot of con-servatives trashing Obama for trying diplomacy with Copenhagen. Oh, no, Obama wasted 14 hours out of 4 years. Oh, no, Michelle told a stupid story. Gee, I wish BO wasn't promoting the Olympics and was doing what really mattered: giving a healthscare speech.
If Edison were to invent the light bulb today, the head- lines would read, '200,000 candle makers lose their jobs.'
No, Mitchell: it was more
October 4, 2009 - 08:26 ET by motherbeltNo, Mitchell: it was more like:
Gee, I wish BO wasn't promoting the Olympics and was doing what really mattered: worrying and developing a strategy for Afghanistan!
Diplomacy with Copenhagen??? Trying to snag the Olympics isn't diplomacy; it's a sales pitch! He could have just sent Michelle; after all, isn't she the Darling of Europe?
But in spite of what he says, it is always about him!
And let's be honest...would
October 4, 2009 - 10:28 ET by Kat Outta the BagAnd let's be honest...would either of the Obamas or Oprah have gone over there to if it had been Topeka, KS in the running for the Olympics? Yep, no hidden agendas there...no siree, Bob.
obama gives plenty of
October 4, 2009 - 10:43 ET by botgobama gives plenty of health-scare speeches already
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
obama gives plenty of
October 4, 2009 - 10:44 ET by botgobama gives plenty of health-scare speeches already
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Talk about being shallow!
October 4, 2009 - 07:58 ET by HockeyKidTalk about being shallow! Joe's just trying to make time with Bubbles, so what's that say about his depth of thought?
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
weasel
October 4, 2009 - 08:09 ET by 411thats what joe scarborough is. He even took his book title from a real conservative Dr. Bill Bennett. scarborough is arlen specter.
RB/411acrossamerica.com
I can't speak for anyone else...
October 4, 2009 - 08:29 ET by BKeyserunlike most liberals (and Joe the RINO) who routinely tells conservatives why we feel the way we feel and why we do the things we do- I can only speak as to why I am happy for Rio. I've done four photoshops now on this event and three deal with the unbelievable arrogance of the Obama camp, and the other with a mafia theme. None of them put down America. (Hey? Didn't the Libs make a similar argument about being about to support the troops but not the President?) I support our future Olympic atheletes, but not this President -so there.
For me, this about Obama's personal failure, not unlike the many who were trumpeting his personal acheivement during the campaign. "No father, poor mother, food stamps, Indonesia, blah, blah, blah." Hero-worship is what it was, and in one fell swoop, just as so many were trumpeting louder and louder again, he took one right in the belly by the IOC! It was a complete shock! CNN. Local Chicago news. Valerie Jarrett. David Axelrod. And the overachiever himself -Barry- all expressed a sense of 'well gosh, I didn't think that was gonna happen or I wouldn't have gone over there.' America didn't fail here- Barry failed. Chicago may not have had a chance, or only a slim one, but the "intelligence" (according to VJ) indicated Chicago was in the top two when in fact, it was 4th out of 4. Maybe the intelligence in the White House is the problem Joe, not mine!
And maybe, Joe, your inability to see poll after poll after poll of political movement trending right, and the sweeping referendum in Liberal Elitists' bastion of socialism -Europe- losing ground to conservative economic theory, is an indication that your level of intelligence is suspect. And going over to HuffPo to drum up ratings from the MSNBC ratings pool is what's stoooooopid! As for me, I'm happy for Rio, and I'm happy Barry was shown the door.
(Now if I just had an Edith-Ann "and that's the truth" wav I could link...)
Scarborough
October 4, 2009 - 08:32 ET by TexndocI saw his morning show the day it was leaked Governor Sarah Palin would be announced as McCain's VP choice. Let's just say that from the get-go he decided to not bite the hand (MSNBC) that feeds him.
He'd do a Full Tilt Tucker
October 4, 2009 - 10:59 ET by BlondeIn a heartbeat if Fox offered him a show....he'd make a U-Turn back to the right so fast it would make your head spin, and act like a true conservative instead of his squishy RINO MSNBC personna.
I watched Morning Joe for a while because it made me laugh at the absurdity of them (Joe, Mika, Chicky T, Andrea, and the Tingler) having a little circle jerk....and Joe occasionally metaphorically slap Mika upside the head (Bubbles!)....but how many times can that be amusing?
Even the banal F&F is better than that!
And I know a North Floridian here (Doug, where are you) who says Joe ran as a true conservative up there. My how things change.
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde/Real Joe
October 4, 2009 - 12:43 ET by Jerry MackI believe that we are seeing the real Joe. Once he got to Washington , he fell in line. Just would not admit it because he knew he would lose the next election. Choose not to run and take the gig at msdnc.
True Leadership
October 4, 2009 - 08:43 ET by HoosierEmWhat seems to be lost among all of these pundits - including Joe Scarborough - and politicians calling for bipartisanship is the fact that Obama is the president and leader of this country; a job he worked hard to get.
As the leader of this country, Obama and party leaders should be attempting to bring the people together, not further separate them with digs at and lies about the citizens of this country who disagree with him.
Joe Scarborough might do well to write that opinion piece.
Too right. Bipartisanship
October 4, 2009 - 08:49 ET by HockeyKidToo right. Bipartisanship was possible when the parties agreed on the major points: American sovereignty, individual freedom, property rights, etc., and disagreed on the points of implementation. Since the Dems have gone hard over to statism, bipartisanship is out of the question.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
When listening to his radio show
October 4, 2009 - 09:09 ET by FastEdyou'd get the impression that joey is very sophomoric - and I'm being nice. His idea of being "honest" is to ignore how stupid and childish he sounds with some of his remarks - "Micka had sex with - oh, I won't tell anyone . .", "When in college, who did you sleep with?". These types of remarks from someone who considers himself as a conservative - conversationsalist, not conservative joe. He also takes on the mantle of being a lib lecturer - "I'm going to say this again, listen to me . . " He's boorish and an amature - the kool aide must have been sold at a good price, or was included with the government cheese.
Proud member of the MOB - Move Over Barack, we want our country back!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Scareboro is completely out
October 4, 2009 - 09:14 ET by Gat New YorkScareboro is completely out of touch. If you watched something other than his own MSLSD he might have noticed that we have a few crisis including a war that needs immediate action.
More importantly, Scareboro probaly did not notice that while the elite Blacks from Chicago were all happy-faced in Copenhagon the majority of Blacks in Chicago were under a constant state of fear from increasing gang violence where they cannot leave their homes and record number of students were being killed each year.
Out-To-Lunch Joe
October 4, 2009 - 10:18 ET by GalvanicLike the Washington elite he once rubbed elbows with, Scarborough is out of touch with the real America.
A poll of Chicagoans before Obama's trip to Copenhagen foud that 43% wanted to win the bid, and 42% wanted to lose the bid. There were even groups of Chicogoans actively campaigning against their own city.
The majority of Americans could care less about losing the 2016 Olympic bid.
I don't know if Joe reads NBs but..
October 4, 2009 - 09:32 ET by Paul GJOE!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!! What happened to you? The last few years you turned into a RINO. Is it MSNBC? You need the $$? Your co-host is almost more 'right' than you. Is this a Letterman thing? Are you being extorted?
You know...
October 4, 2009 - 19:24 ET by unkeeafThat is a very reasonable question.
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
Oh my good
October 4, 2009 - 09:33 ET by Jack BauerOh my good Lord
Scarborough's finally gone
Outta his gourd
Why does anybody even
October 4, 2009 - 10:05 ET by seanrobinsWhy does anybody even listen to this fool anymore?
When he was Republican member of Congress, he had something to say and to listen to.
Now, Scarborough, is another of those wannabe "conservative" (NOT!) comentators who so desperately wants to be taken seriously by, and considered "fair" by the Left.
But no one takes these guys seriously: They alienate those with whom they formerly alligned (real conservatives), and are laughed at by those whose acceptance they seek (the lefties).
To Joe: Just please go away. Bye bye. Shoo!
sean robins
Not a conservative
October 4, 2009 - 10:27 ET by GalvanicScarorough is not a genuine conservative. He is a standard Beltway-Republican in the mold of John McCain and Bushes -41 and -43.
If anyone has doubts about this claim, go back and review all the crap he had to say about Sarah Palin during and immediately after the 2008 Election, even as she was rejuvenating McCain's rudderless campaign.
Hey, Joe
October 4, 2009 - 10:18 ET by sshuffield70Who the heck watches your show anyway? I mean if FNC's worst ratings from 3-4AM are higher than yours, that begs the question.
Thrill going up our legs
October 4, 2009 - 10:29 ET by OxyConThe only reason why anyone delights in Obama's Olympic failings is because we've all watched this guy being promoted and propped up by the media for so long, that it actually gave us a collective thrill going up our legs when a hard dose of reality finally hit him square in the face.
Because of all the special treatment and promotion the media has been giving him for years now, Obama arrogantly holds the belief that the mere power of his teleprompters and his voice can bend anyone to his will.
Well, the IOC has proven impervious to his teleprompter recital powers.
And as a side note, Obama's political ascension has tought many of us something we did not know previously, and that is that there is a very large base of anti-Americanism and bigotry in Chicago. We knew about the gangsters and epic corruption, but the hatred for our country and the bigotry was unknown to some of us. So this is a secondary reason why I personally am glad that Chicago went down in flames.
While I think its okay to have gripes about our government, openly despising our country is unacceptable to me, because for one, even the lowest among us have been blessed to live here. Our homeless people live better then the average third world person.
Political partisanship is good and necessary!!!
October 4, 2009 - 10:55 ET by KylerkPolitical partisanship is good and very much a necessity in a democratic society. Without it - corruption would be rampant because the side in power would go completely unchallenged. And this fits into the theme of this web site quite nicely - The media only condemns and demonizes political partisanship when it comes from the Right. That's because they're enablers for corruption by the Left.
- Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its useful idiot.
Scarborough lost me when
October 4, 2009 - 10:58 ET by G. MayScarborough lost me when Brezhinski the Elder was condescending to him about Israel. Joe responded with "...but I read the New York Times and the Washington Post..." in a dual effort to sound informed and show his street cred with a lefty.
The NYT and WaPo...those paragons of journalistic integrity...
If expecting a sitting President to lead the country during a time of economic crisis, a war, a military occupation, growing security threats at home and abroad, and a critical healthcare agenda of his own initiative, instead of going overseas on the taxpayers' dimes to lobby for games in 2016...if that expectation is stupid Joe, then it's only so because you're projecting.
Get lost Joe.
You must not have watched
October 4, 2009 - 13:58 ET by JerYou must not have watched the subsequent show[s]. Scarborough completely demolished Brzezinski's remonstrances.
Jer
"...and they aren’t
October 4, 2009 - 12:09 ET by RR GOP"...and they aren’t suggesting he isn’t a legitimate president."
Actually, many of us are.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Joe
October 4, 2009 - 12:18 ET by rpeeler42I have lived in Northwest Florida and If Joe had spouted this left wing crap as he is now doing, he would have never been elected to Congress. On a personal level I like Joe. However, he really seems to have drifted left since he got on MSNBC. Joe, come back to your roots, dance with who brung ya!
I used to kinda like Joe, and his pet cockatoo "Mika"...
October 4, 2009 - 13:30 ET by SickofLibs... until they inundated the AM radio airwaves in NYC for 3 hours every morning. At least I can switch to another cable TV channel. Driving and wanting to listen to talk radio without a subscription, not so much.
I suugest you never acquire a cockatoo
October 4, 2009 - 13:51 ET by JerI suggest you never acquire a cockatoo of your own. It would no doubt exact vengeance on behalf of all cockatoos around the world for that slur.
Jer
Scarborough Is a Whore
October 4, 2009 - 12:26 ET by BW222Scarborough has absolutely no scruples. He will sell out to the highest bidder.
Any dead women turn up in his office recently?
BW222
Scarborough is just another
October 4, 2009 - 12:27 ET by fitzfongScarborough is just another small-time loser like David Brooks, Kathleen Parker, Scott McClellan, Michael Gerson, David Frum, Mark McKinnon, Michael Medved, Steve Schmidt, John McLame and Lindsey Graham...desperate for the attention and (they delude themselves into believing) the following that come from pretending to be conservatives while "standing out" in opposition to the conservative base and the media heavyweights who articulate those principles. Scarborough has a dismally-rated television show, an anonymous radio show and a self-congratulating book that maybe 3 people purchased...yet he acts as if he is the leader of the next wave of conservatism. Even if that boast wasn't already destroyed by the fact that he has no credibility and no audience, he still has that dead secretary to explain.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
Earth to Mr. Graham: The
October 4, 2009 - 13:09 ET by JerEarth to Mr. Graham: The Democrats did not impeach Richard Nixon.
Moreover, Scarborough was clearly not referring to critcism of the Olympic trip--or at least not just the Olympic trip--by his reference to delegitimization efforts by the GOP. Rather, they are a continuation of a trend begun against Clinton, repeated by the Democrats against Bush, and now by the Republicans against Obama. [The persistent claims--sometimes whispered, at other times shouted, and too often countenanced by those who should know better--that Obama is an angry, racist, foreign-born black man who hates America and is determined to destroy it are a graphic manifestation of those efforts.]
Jer
Nice catch, Jer. I didn't
October 4, 2009 - 13:26 ET by fitzfongNice catch, Jer. I didn't even notice that.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
Hhmm
October 4, 2009 - 13:50 ET by general companyThen what is this?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
A photo of someone who
October 4, 2009 - 14:04 ET by JerA photo of someone who bears a striking resemblance to Dick "the Trickster" Nixon?
Maybe you should read the entire article general, before posting your "Hhmms".
Jer
I did
October 4, 2009 - 14:29 ET by general companyWhat caught my eye was:
Article 1: Obstruction
of Justice.
(Approved by a vote of 27-11 by the House Judiciary
Committee on Saturday, July 27, 1974.)
Article 2: Abuse
of Power.
(Approved 28-10 by the House Judiciary Committee
on Monday, July 29, 1974.)
Article 3: Contempt
of Congress.
(Approved 21-17 by the House Judiciary Committee
on Tuesday, July 30, 1974.)
That revelation resulted in a complete collapse of support for Nixon
in Congress. On Friday, August 9, Nixon resigned
the presidency and avoided the likely prospect of losing the impeachment
vote in the full House and a subsequent trial in the Senate.
Are you suggesting there was no attempt at impeaching Nixon? Now I relize they didnt actualy impeach him, but the writting was all over the place
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Not at all. But Nixon
October 4, 2009 - 14:33 ET by JerNot at all. But Nixon was neither impeached, nor convicted. The only two Presidents who have been impeached were Andrew Johnson and Clinton. Neither was convicted.
Jer
Ah, but there were convictions
October 4, 2009 - 14:38 ET by general companyFrom the same artical: A total of 25 officials from his administration, including four
cabinet members, were eventually convicted and imprisoned for various crimes.
And I will remind you that Ford pardon Nixon just 1 month later
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Nixon was never
October 5, 2009 - 02:38 ET by toneyukiNixon was never impeached.
He resigned before they voted.
Also a sitting president cannot be charged with crimes. He has to be impeached before the AG can bring charges against him.
Also a sitting president
October 5, 2009 - 10:05 ET by Dan The Man 2Also a sitting president cannot be charged with crimes. He has to be impeached before the AG can bring charges against him.
I do believe you are wrong in this as anyone can be charged with crimes. I do believe Clinton held the view that a sitting President should not be supeanaed and dragged into court. If there is a president or law saying so then link it.
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
A Chicago Olympics would have been the "Big Dig" on steroids...
October 4, 2009 - 13:45 ET by R D Helm...and everybody knows it.
-And we hapless taxpayers would have been left holding the bag once the dust settled, and everybody knows that, too.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
Honestly, I wouldnt mind
October 4, 2009 - 13:58 ET by general companyThe US hosting the Olympics, but this was an obvious attempt to throw his buds in Chicago a bone. Down right dispicable if you ask me. Also, how come we cant just use the venues we used before, like Atlanta or LA to host them? Or is it a prerequisite to bankrupt the host city?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
gc, The Atlanta Olympics went well due to Billy Payne
October 4, 2009 - 14:24 ET by R D HelmHe worked very hard at keepingt the city and county governments as far away as he possibly could.
Chicago would have been the exact opposite.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
Joe Scarborough gets PWND by Mika nearly every day
October 4, 2009 - 13:56 ET by Free StinkerJoe Scarborough, yes, the same man who gets PWND by Mika nearly every day, this same man (Ok, man-child) is lecturing us on what to do?
If we keep listening to him the GOP will run McCain II in 2012.
Another useful idiot,
October 4, 2009 - 15:58 ET by George S PattonAnother useful idiot, can't wait to see moron Joe on TV with Big Ed.
Unfortunately, the only thing that will change people's
October 4, 2009 - 19:17 ET by pahuberperception of GWB is another attack during BHO's tenure in office. I do not want any attack to happen, but if it did the public may wake up if even for a moment... 'till they fall back asleep, again.
That picture of President Bush, which was taken early in his
October 4, 2009 - 23:44 ET by Rush Fanpresidency, is a reminder of the toll the strains of the presidency can have on the officeholder. I would imagine that those strains were magnified for President Bush, who not only had the weight of two battlefronts (Afghanistan and Iraq) on his shoulders, but the stress of keeping us safe from the next Al-Qaeda attack. God Bless George W. Bush.
As for Joe Scarborough, I turned him off forever the day he ran the "Is Bush an Idiot" segment. In my opinion, Scarborough is just another Olbermann in sheep's clothing!
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“I don't know if these people know just how much they are embarrassing themselves. They not only have abandoned their professional responsibility here, it's almost to the point they have abandoned their citizenship.” ~ Rush Limbaugh on the media
Joe Scarborough is an
October 5, 2009 - 09:52 ET by checkinJoe Scarborough is an example of a loser Republican along with Pat Buchanan. Any so called Conservative that would even consider being a part of MSNBC has no credibility in my opinion.obama gives plenty of health-scare speeches already
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October 5, 2009 - 11:07 ET by sevenBush was awarded the Atlanta games that happened during clinton times. The Dems do not have a record of drawing the games. 1996
Say it is so Joe!!
October 5, 2009 - 12:33 ET by kengieFinally someone on the right with some sense!! Also finally, Steve Schmidt says that Sarah Palin could lead to a 'catastrophic' election result for the GOP in 2012. We are finally seeing some movement, hopefully a new right "World Order".
" Live long and prosper." ~ Obama
Finally someone on the
October 5, 2009 - 13:33 ET by Dan The Man 2Finally someone on the right with some sense
Joe leans to the right???? Since when? Palin in 2012.
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
Steve 'Shameless' Schmidt
October 5, 2009 - 13:39 ET by Jack BauerWell as McCain's brain, Schnidt is the world class expert on leading Republicans to catastophic election results. This is like the local stumble-bum critiquing Ali's boxing techique..
Entertaining, but stupid. You are a funny chap.
Scarborough is pathetic and is...
October 5, 2009 - 13:31 ET by PrairieSkyprobably terrified that he might lose his job as the token "conservative" at MSNBC (which is a laugh because he's nothing of the kind), so he'll say or do anything to try to stay in the good graces of the lib moron powers-that-be. Scarborough'd likely throw his own mother under the bus just so he can stay a member of the "club."
Scarborough's a loser and he makes me sick.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan