Discussion: 'Morning Joe' Piles On Scarborough On Day Two Of Israel Freakout

system1 · February 10, 2015, 1:17pm

Discussion for article #233077

kendyzdad · February 10, 2015, 1:34pm

> “Why do you want to silence the leader of Israel?” Scarborough demanded of his co-host.

What is it that Netanyahu can’t say in Israel that he can say in Congress?

dr_coyote · February 10, 2015, 1:38pm

Meaningless. Scarborough’s only talent is for situating his outsize ego within arguments in which he has no other role. He’s doing it again here.

thunderclapnewman · February 10, 2015, 1:42pm

Scarborough is a total dick.
That is obvious to even a casual observer.

The question is why MSNBC wants to give a total dick a platform for his dickery.

srfromgr · February 10, 2015, 1:43pm

This article is written like a long non-sequitur or word salad. I guess you had to be there…and even if you were watching this awful show, I doubt you’d be any more informed.

rssrai · February 10, 2015, 1:56pm

I think that Joe is tired of MSNBC and is looking for a gig on Fox News. He is almost there. Maybe Fox News has come up with an amount for Joe to leave MSNBC, but he wants more, and is showing how crazy he can be to win Fox over.

truegrits · February 10, 2015, 2:01pm

I must agree. I actually watched the segment and this article had me wondering if we were watching the same thing!! Word salad is right.

trumpdog · February 10, 2015, 2:02pm

OMG Seriously?

Why was this visit so secretive in the first place?
Why was protocol breached?
Why does Netanyahu have to make this political by addressing members of Congress, even after questions about this visit has been raised?
Why is it so necessary for Netanyahu to come here, at this time?

Those are the questions Joe should be getting his panties all bunched up about. Instead, he acts like we should bow to Netanyahu, give him the run of the place no questions asked. And if you do question, you’re “silencing the leader of Israel”. Oh and we hate Jewish people. WTFuckityF???

Shameful. But not surprising given how MSNBC has allowed this bratty child get away with constant meltdowns, tantrums and bullying on camera for so many years.

I’ll take Brian Williams over Joe any damn day.

mickeyg · February 10, 2015, 2:02pm

I’m sure you are familiar with the Teabagger’s interpretation of the First Amendment; “if you don’t agree with me, you’re depriving me of my Constitutional right to free speech !”

enon · February 10, 2015, 2:04pm

i wonder who’s behind this… because that certainly wasn’t his position earlier. did he callout abe foxman, the former mossad chief, or former ambassador as anti-semites wanting the destruction of israel.
he’s such a lying, dissembling scumbag.
fortunately, the viewers of that program barely register in the ratings.

khaaannn · February 10, 2015, 2:05pm

Must be tough on Joe’s knees to be blowing AIPAC so hard each and every day.
No wonder he is pissed at Mika.

rudesan · February 10, 2015, 2:08pm

Hey, Joe! Congress was in session for only 113 days last year. I think Boehner could have managed going to the South of France every other weekend. Although in this case, maybe every Other other weekend.

crackerjack · February 10, 2015, 2:18pm

Well, I can answer that one for ya! Backing down now would make Bibi look weak right before the election. He has officially placed himself between a rock and a hard place. So damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead

toughguy · February 10, 2015, 2:18pm

But what about the dead intern, Joe?

mazs · February 10, 2015, 2:34pm

And yet MSNBC canned Olbermann for being divisive. There are a lot of enormous (insecure) egos over at Fox—Joe would fit in perfectly.

bp · February 10, 2015, 2:35pm

This is a reference to Mika whose family holidays in the South of France. I guess Joke is jealous! This show is awful. I am surprised that Halperin and others raised the question of U.S. interests. Morning Joke is a bore: I now see bit of it when TPM comments/reports. What is Barnicle doing there? And Ford? It is a home for retirees and retreads and assorted gasaholics.

george_c · February 10, 2015, 2:40pm

Ouch. But correctamundo.

lonewolf_93 · February 10, 2015, 2:41pm

Dickery lol Love that word, is it new?

zrx1100 · February 10, 2015, 2:42pm

Condescending, arrogant prick. Brzenski needs to end all pretense and walk off. She repeatedly lets this prick get away with this and she will never be respected if she doesn’t make it clear that she will be treated with respect and as an equal or she will not participate. MSMBC needs to rein in this clown.

sniffit · February 10, 2015, 2:44pm

“Why do you want to silence the leader of Israel?”

Classic hyperbolic mischaracterization of what people are saying…the forever last refuge of the conservative who has been cornered and has no arguments left against what everyone is actually saying. Dude makes me want to crack his forehead with a pipe.