WORST OF 2021: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award
Today we present the WORST OF 2021: The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award.
Scarborough: Angry Democrats Pushing Manchin Into Arms of GOP
On Morning Joe, Scarborough expresses understanding of the Democrats' anger at Manchin, but warns them that they are pushing him into the arms of the GOP. He cites the precedent of Jumpin' Jim Jeffords, who left the GOP and joined the Democrats over his disputes with Pres. George W. Bush, thereby handing the Democrats the Senate majority.
Scarborough Urges Big Lawsuits for Big Tech for 'Killing Young Girls'
Joe Scarborough was back on his anti-social-media hobbyhorse again on today's Morning Joe. He and the panel were reacting to items in the news: the testimony of Instagram's CEO yesterday before a Senate committee, and an advisory from the Surgeon General warning about a mental health crisis among young people. Scarborough's solution was to hold social media companies like Instagram liable for…
Morning Joe: Hard to Subdue Ukraine — People Have a Million Guns!
On Morning Joe, Washington Post editor/columnist says of a potential invasion of Ukraine ordered by Putin: "He's also going to face a guerrilla warfare, extended partisan warfare in Ukraine. There -- I counted 400,000 people who've received some kind of militia training. There are a million guns floating around Ukraine. I mean, it's a place where it’d be hard to subdue the population…
MSNBC Loves Chris Murphy Trashing GOP 'Hypocrisy' on Guns, Abortion
In the aftermath of Democratic Senator Chris Murphy putting on the spectacle of accusing Republicans of hypocrisy in response to the school shooting in Michigan, several MSNBC hosts seized on the speech and used it to peddle anti-gun misinformation. In primetime, Chris Hayes and Joy Reid even had the Connecticut Senator on as a guest.
Scarborough: Republicans Have 'Testicles' In Trump Lockbox
Singling out Josh Hawley and Mark Meadows by name, on Morning Joe Joe Scarborough accuses Republicans of having their "testicle" in a Donald Trump lockbox.
Phony 'Conservative' Scarborough Makes Case AGAINST Overturning Roe
On Morning Joe, self-described "conservative" Joe Scarborough makes the case against overturning Roe v. Wade, in the context of the Supreme Court's handling of the Mississippi case regarding its law limiting abortions. Scarborough repeatedly cites opinion polls showing support for Roe. He also mentions the Court must remember that this is a constitutional republic. He also derides…
Pollyanna? Scarborough Echoes Trump In Predicting COVID Gone By Spring
When Donald Trump was president, Joe Scarborough ceaselessly mocked him for his overly-optimistic predictions at the beginning of the pandemic as to when Covid would be gone. Among other things, Scarborough endlessly repeated Trump's erroneous forecast that Covid would be gone "by April." Scarborough's repetitions of those lines became such a running joke on Morning Joe, that the show devoted…
From Waukesha to San Fran: Why Did Morning Joe Go Law & Order?
Morning Joe condemned "progressives," "permissive" prosecutors, and "latte liberals" for their soft-on-crime philosophy. The panel harshly condemned the low bail that led to the release of Darrell Brooks in Waukesha, Wisconsin, just 11 days before he allegedly killed five people and injured scores of others. The panel expressed similar outrage for the lax policies in cities like San…
Morning Joe Erupts in Happy Talk Over Heroic Pelosi, Biden's Bad Polls
Morning Joe to the rescue to lift Democrat spirits! Today's panel went out of its way to praise Nancy Pelosi as one of the "most successful" Speakers ever. This despite the prospect of her presiding, in 2022, over the loss of Dem House seats counted in the dozens. And Biden's catastrophic poll numbers? Happy days will soon be here again, assures the Morning Joe panel. Covid and inflation will…
Seething Scarborough—Dems Must Overturn Filibuster for 'Voting Rights'
Joe Scarborough's leftward lurch continues apace. We've documented Scarborough's support for a variety of liberal positions, with a particular emphasis on what the Democrats euphemistically call their "voting rights" bill. Last month, we noted Scarborough analogizing Republican opposition to the bill to George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough took…
Scarborough Whistles Past Biden's Pitiful Poll Numbers
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough takes a two-fold approach to covering for Biden's terrible poll numbers. First, he claims that the 17% of Democrats who have deserted Biden would "obviously...come home": i.e., vote Democrat, when the electoral chips were down. Scarborough's second move was to quickly pivot away from Biden's bad numbers, and switch to touting support for the recently-…
MSNBC on Rittenhouse: 'Extraordinarily Difficult' for Prosecution
On Morning Joe, former prosecutor Charles Coleman, and host Joe Scarborough admit that the prosecution is facing an "uphill battle" in attempting to convict Kyle Rittenhouse. Scarborough added that things were "going to be extraordinarily difficult for the prosecution."
Rittenhouse: CNN Calls Judge 'Bonkers,' But Expert Not Buying It
In the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, it's the second tough morning in a row for the liberal media, and good news for the defense. This morning, it was CNN's turn to be in the barrel. New Day tried to shift focus to what it described as the "bonkers" behavior of the trial judge, Bruce Schroeder. And repeated references were made to "criticism" that the judge had received. But the legal…
