Finally! Morning Joe Blames Newt And Grover For Our Broken Government

[TheBlackAdder]

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Scarborough led with the famous quote from Grover Norquist.

"He said 'I don't want to abolish government, I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub," he said.

"Well, that's exactly what's happened with NIH. That's exactly what's happened with the pandemic task force. That's exactly what's happened, again, with that 12% of the federal government, the domestic discretionary spending part, that small part of that pie that republicans have only had the political will to cut. Of course, expanding the defense budget at record rates, passing record tax cuts, being fiscally reckless, and then gutting the small part of the federal budget that actually would be saving lives right now, Mike."

"Well, Grover, who grew up about 15 miles from where I'm sitting here right now this morning, should be pleased with his efforts because they have been quite successful. And I can know that -- you know that they're quite successful when you talk to emergency room nurses or doctors or people in hospitals who don't have enough protection equipment, who don't have the kind of gloves, the kind of masks that they've needed now for months because government has been so inefficient in delivering these things," Barnicle said.

"And I might remind Grover to go around to a hospital and talk to these people at the appropriate distance, of course, and then ask yourself, is this really the United States of America? Are you telling me in the United States of America, in the year 2020, that we cannot provide nurses and doctors with personal protection equipment needed to combat this virus without putting their lives on the line every day, which they do? But this is the United States of America 2020, thanks to the efforts of people like Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich who began this whole thing, in my estimation, in the mid 1980s, and this is where we are today, Joe."

"I'll tell you, Mika, I am a small government conservative. I've been fighting for small government and balanced budgets my entire life, I'm still a small government conservative," Scarborough said.

"But you've got to keep the part of the budget that actually helps the American people. And, again, it's something I've been warning about for a decade now. It's something that other conservatives have been -- small government conservatives have been warning about for a decade now. You can't jack up defense spending to record levels. You can't jack up tax cuts that end up not helping the economy in the long run.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/finally-morning-joe-blames-newt-and-grover

Right Joe! Except a Small Government Conservative, is just a fringe of fabric away from Grover's position.

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[ck4829]

1. And the ironic thing is that today's right HATES Grover Norquist, but for a dumb reason

He's a "secret Muslim" according to them.

Really.

Really.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Couldn't Happen To A More Appropriate Target

Now, nobody listens to his idiocy.
Good!

[ck4829]

7. It is good, it's unfortunate that's the "other side of the aisle"

He is discredited to them, not because his ideas have no merit, but because he has a Muslim wife and because he has... a beard.

It shows how truly unworthy of an opponent that today's right-wing truly is. They should not be our counterpart.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. As Long As He's Being Ignored...

...I'm tickled.

[ck4829]

11. I suppose

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Think About It, CK

This guy has no real credentials, other than going to Harvard.
He had the ear of a president & was constantly in the press.
Now he has no audience.
Gotta be killing him to be irrelevant. He deserves it.

[olegramps]

22. He is only desperately attempting to justify the unjustifiable.

He and his policies are a failure and deadly like his intern.

[The Magistrate]

2. As the Marine On The Bon Homme Richard Is Said To Have Growled

When hearing John Paul Jones famous cry 'I have not yet begun to fight!"...

"There's always some sonuvabitch slow to get the word."

[True Blue American]

40. What's more We never will!

[dalton99a]

3. That Kock whore wants more corporate tax cuts:

[librechik]

16. Nobody remembers what never happened. Except for cons like bathtub bozo.

who are happy to blow a little gas at you when it looks like you are waking up.

[struggle4progress]

5. I wonder if Grover is overweight because he's afraid of being drowned in the bathtub

[pat_k]

6. The idiocy of "small government conservative"...

But you've got to keep the part of the budget that actually helps the American people.

That is the ONLY part of the government ANY of us want. We ALL want a government that serves us as a people. No More. No Less.

There is no right "size" -- we need it to be the size we decide we need it to be.

[padah513]

8. Why does he always act like he wasn't a part of all that?

Look at his voting record when he was in Congress. I bet he'd still be there if it wasn't for the intern incident.

[Midnight Writer]

29. Exactly. Morning Joe was a "Young Gun" conservative Congressman who sat on Newt's team.

[UpInArms]

10. The Wednesday meetings ...

Grover Norquist

Norquist's national strategy has included recruiting state and local politicians to support ATR's stance on taxes. Norquist has helped to set up regular meetings for conservatives in many states. These meetings are modeled after his Wednesday meetings in Washington, with the goal of creating a nationwide network of conservative activists that he can call upon to support conservative causes, such as tax cuts and deregulation. There are now meetings in 48 states.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Pffft!

He was boycotted at CPAC & liberals consider him Satan. Nobody actually listens to him anymore. Recent tweets be damned.

[certainot]

23. he and gingrich owe most of their 'success' at destroying democracy to limbaugh, like trump

and putin, and limbaugh led 2 months of shouts of HOAX! in the national COVID theater, reaching 50 mil a week from 1500 radio stations. the owners of those stationss need to lose their licenses and should have already aaafter 30 years of "THERE IS NO MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING! IT'S ALL NATURAL! WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! BUY A BIGGER TRUCK YOU DUMBFUCK!"

morning joe is a cityfied joe who like most city dwellers in media and politics they either have no clue about talk radio or like joe seems to have forgotten how important it was in getting him through elections. morning joe 'ex repubublican needs to give limbaugh and sons (now fed increasingly by putin) a lot more 'credit' instead of going after tools like norquist, and he should know.

[tblue37]

28. Limbaugh is still claiming cv-19 is being unnecessarily hyped by the media. nt

[certainot]

32. yes and all his stations need to lose their licenses

they're going to hide behind the excuse that they're just trying to save the economy, trying to get more control to local govts to help them save jobs - that's what he's selling now

[Hekate]

12. KnR

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Got to blame somebody, after all, trump won't take responsibility.

[marble falls]

39. Trump did not do it by himself.

[crickets]

17. I call fibber!

it's something I've been warning about for a decade now. It's something that other conservatives have been -- small government conservatives have been warning about for a decade now.

Nope! NOPE! You can't claim that and have anybody take it seriously. Nice try. Glad to hear it now, but don't even think people don't realize that you've started saying it once the reality of small government bites you in the ass. It was just fine with you as long as everyone else's rear end but yours was on the line.

[rickyhall]

18. May both of those dicks get the virus & die the most painful deaths imaginable.

[DEbluedude]

19. Joe's bullshittin' again.

"Well, that's exactly what's happened with NIH. That's exactly what's happened with the pandemic task force. That's exactly what's happened, again, with that 12% of the federal government, the domestic discretionary spending part, that small part of that pie that republicans have only had the political will to cut. Of course, expanding the defense budget at record rates, passing record tax cuts, being fiscally reckless, and then gutting the small part of the federal budget that actually would be saving lives right now, Mike."

AND:

"I'll tell you, Mika, I am a small government conservative. I've been fighting for small government and balanced budgets my entire life, I'm still a small government conservative,"

What Grover said is exactly what these fucks have been having wet dreams about for 40 years.

Scar is trying to act like the grown-up in the room. Fuck him.

[ouija]

21. Yup and for all to see

[ancianita]

26. +1000

[not fooled]

20. All these crackpot libertarians own a share of the death toll

which should weigh on their consciences except that sociopaths probably don't have consciences.

[JHB]

24. Great! Give that man an "I participated" trophy...

He's about 25 years late with it, but glad he's finally aboard (at least until it's opportune for him to jump back with his old buddies).

And Joe: Remind is how many times Newt has been on your show, and please make sure that's
the end of it.

[turbinetree]

25. This "guy" was around when the country finally had a balance budget............Clinton

but on the other hand.......................his former record speaks volumes...................


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/joe_scarborough/400608

[MarcA]

27. grover, newt and their ilk should be Permanently Quarantined. n/t

[Midnightwalk]

30. Fuck joe scarborough

He is an accomplice in the dismantling of america and worse in electing trump. How many millions of free air time did he give trump.

It only took a pandemic and the likely deaths of 100k Americans for joe shmuckhead to fail at expressing any remorse.

Note that he still brags about being a small government conservative. The same band of shit heels who brought us to this sorry state. They worshipped norquist for 40 years and now want to pretend it was all norquist’s fault?

Fuck them all.

[marieo1]

31. My Opinion

They all just need to be drowned!!! My opinion!!

[Sloumeau]

33. That Joe can still call himself a small government Conservative

means Joe still doesn't get it. It was Reagan's call for tax cuts and small government that put us in this mess in the first place. It was small government Conservatives who pushed for things like firing the pandemic team, cutting the CDC budget, cutting taxes, killing Hillary's healthcare bill in the 90s, and killing Obamacare in the 21st Century. Joe is still not admitting his part in this.

[orleans]

35. agree! n/t

[aggiesal]

34. When Small Government Conservative citizens are asked, which part of government should we cut? ...

Their answers are always parts that don't affect themselves.
Cut Social Security? NO
Cut VA? NO
Cut Law Enforcement? NO
Cut 1st Responders? NO
Cut Public School Spending? NO
And mostly "Keep your damn government hands off my Medicare"!

Everyone wants to cut my income tax, cut my property tax, cut my sales tax, cut my DMV fees, ... Cut, Cut, Cut.

Everyone wants the services, but nobody wants to pay for them.

[orleans]

36. "Except a Small Government Conservative, is just a fringe of fabric away from Grover's position"

absolutely right!

[Boomerproud]

37. Total fail Scar.

Hell, when I saw "Joe" in the title I thought you were talking about Biden.

[Progressive Jones]

38. Norquist, Gingrich, and Co. should have been "victims" a long time ago. nt

[kskiska]

41. Joe makes me dizzy.