In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Here’s the Real Deal: Joe Scarborough is a swaggering lying idiot
For those of you who don’t know him (and since his ratings show that only a few crickets are watching his show, that’s not surprising); Joe runs a show called Scarborough Country on MSNBC:
Every weeknight, former Congressman Joe Scarborough invites you to Scarborough Country -- a place where hard work and playing by the rules are the way of life, where politicians are held accountable, and where pork barrel spending is a Capitol Offense. It’s a place where Corporate crooks end up on the 'Most Wanted' list, and you'll always get the Real Deal. Scarborough Country, no passport required, just common sense.
But here’s the real deal on Scarborough. He is a sleazy ex-congressman lawyer who uses his show as a platform to boost his agenda, ego, and finances. Does this sound like a man who would hold politicians accountable?:
Two weeks ago, MSNBC talk-show host Joe Scarborough introduced an attorney to point a finger at the "Rat of the Week."
Mike Papantonio slammed a wood-preserving company called Osmose, saying it makes a dangerous product used in playground equipment and has "figured out how to poison our children and make a profit in the meantime."
What Scarborough didn't say is that Papantonio is his law partner and that their firm has filed a lawsuit against Osmose. Instead, Scarborough urged viewers to demand a government recall of the company's product.
After an inquiry by The Washington Post, the former Republican congressman said last night on his program, "Scarborough Country": "I should have known that Mike Papantonio was involved in that case and should have asked him that question, so you could have had the full story. ... I'll be the first to admit it: I made a mistake. And for that, I'm this week's 'Rat of the Week.' "
Phil Griffin, an MSNBC vice president, said the incident was "unacceptable" and viewers "were misled. ... That won't happen again."
Jim Hale, executive director of the Wood Preservative Science Council, which represents Osmose, said: "This is what happens when you put someone on with no journalistic experience. It's the arrogance of power. This guy thinks the rules don't apply to him."
Hey, I would be surprised if Osmose was an awful company. But come on, you have your law partner come on your show and have him talk about an evil corporation without saying these rather basic things:
1) The guy I’m interviewing is my law firm partner.
2) The guy I’m interviewing is starting a class action suit against Osmose
3) So basically a company I work for is suing Osmose
He didn’t mention any of these in the interview. His apology still doesn’t mention that Papantonio was his law partner, and the concept that Scarborough didn’t know that Papantonio was involved in a suit against Osmose has either got to be a blatant lie or proof that Scarborough is a complete dimwit. Either way that interview and its "apology" does prove that Joe needs to resign.
Anyway, here’s Scarborough’s take on Bush’s UN Speech:
The president of the United States went to the U.N. today, and he went there without apologies.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidates and French leaders alike both wanted to see George Bush bow and scrape in front of the U.N. bureaucrats. He once again let them down, and he did it for good reason.
President Bush has long considered his first responsibility to be protecting the American people, whether from Osama bin Laden or from Saddam Hussein. And this kind of thinking has long baffled the likes of Jacques Chirac and Howard Dean, who believe that police actions in countries where American security is not on the line is OK, like Kosovo or Bosnia. But he becomes indignant if our president wages wars that actually make America a safer place to live.
Where has Scarborough been for the last few months? Guess what Joe, bin Laden is running around the hills of Afganistan (or Pakistan) right as we speak so George isn’t being very responsible there. And it increasing looks like the war with Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place and according to a British report and a CIA report the war has made terrorist attacks against US interests more likely. And though it may be a news flash for you (not surprising as you work at a cable news channel) but Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. Secretary of State Powell said as much in 1991 before the PNAC convinced Rove that war was a good political gimmick. There weren’t any WMDs in Iraq either, just like Powell said, the embargo was working.
More from Joe:
But I ask this question: Since when did legitimacy come from a bureaucracy that selected a terrorist state like Libya as the head of its Human Rights Commission?
That’s not to say we don’t need the United Nations’ help. We do.
Here is a said fact, Bush is such a failure in diplomatic relations that the UN not only put Libya in charge of its Human Rights Commission, for the first time it its history it didn’t vote US a seat on the commission. It was a message from the world to Bush: We don’t trust you.
So you are proud that Bush was yet again a jack ass in front of the UN, but you admit we need the UN’s help. Why? Because if they help us many American lives will be saved, not to mention the monetary savings. But Bush’s performance you so loved so much has insured that international help will be minimal.
Way to go George. And Joe, please quit and go back full time to your small time lawyer job you have in Florida.
Links:
No WMD in Iraq, source claims
A Failed Address
Bush isolated as speech to UN falls flat
Powell On Saddam (2001): He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction.
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