Scarborough Says 'Judge Not' . . . Then Calls Kyl And DeMint 'Un-Chris

Update: Joe denies judging Kyl and DeMint.  See video after the jump. Call it an episode of Short Self-Attention Span Theater . . . Mere moments after citing Matthew 7's instruction to "judge not, that ye be not judged," Joe Scarborough judged Jon Kyl and Jim DeMint to be "un-Christlike." Scarborough's strange self-contradiction came in the course of his diatribe against the two…

Nicolle Wallace: 'Heaven Forbid' Palin Becomes President

Suggesting that Nicolle Wallace engaged in feline fisticuffs might be called sexist. But when Wallace actually accused Sarah Palin of seeking to "claw" critics, illustrating her assertion with a cat-like hand gesture, well . . . It's no secret that Wallace is no fan of Sarah Palin.  But the former Bush communications director and McCain campaign aide perhaps took things to another level…

Spat! Scarborough Can't Halt Hurricane Vanden Heuvel

We won't try to weave too much political-cultural significance into the spat that erupted on Morning Joe today.  Just sit back and enjoy the spectacle as Joe Scarborough struggled to get in a word edgewise with Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation. Scarborough was seeking to cite statistics showing that by a ratio of about 40:20, more Americans identify as conservatives than as liberals.  That…

Larry O'Donnell: Bishop Who Banned Patrick Kennedy 'A Political Hack

Leave it to Larry to fan the flames . . . On today's Morning Joe, Larry O'Donnell called the Roman Catholic bishop who barred Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) from taking communion a "political hack."Interestingly, Mika Brzezinski had a totally different take, arguing the controversy was not about the Church but about Kennedy publicizing the matter in a play to his base. Though Bishop Thomas Tobin…