Dear MSNBC: I will not watch Michael Steele host any show. ever.

[oxymoron]

I already refuse to tune in for any show with Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough. MSNBC seems to be giving me plenty of reasons not to watch these days...

[dylan33]

1. I agree

what is going on with that??

[Miigwech]

2. Me too

Steele has softened, toned down, his obnoxious personality somewhat but I still remember him when he was supporting GWB as Republican Party Chairman. He and his ilk are some of the biggest lying sacks of you know what..... who needs to hear him anymore, haven't we had a belly full already?

MSNBC is getting desperate if they think Steele will bring in viewers. I suggest that they should combine Rachel and Lawrence on one show for a 2hour slot and cover more then news .... include culture stuff from around the US and more investigative journalism stories. Maybe even team up with the BBC or Canadian CBC on some things, giving the show variety of interesting news stories, instead of grinding away on the same stories over and over in each show.

[MrModerate]

4. Sadly, Steele is the closest thing . . .

To a sane Republican pundit you can find.

Which says more about the Republican Party in the 21st Century than it does about Steele himself.

[Chakab]

9. Steele seems reasonable these days because the rest of the party has gone so far over the edge.

It's just like when David Frum started sounding "reasonable." His views hadn't really changed. It was just that everybody around him went bat shit crazy, and he was embarrassed to be associated with them.

[calimary]

15. As erronis said. No, just an opportunist.

I wrote to NBC News about michael steele. And of course the first guest on his show was that smug, snarky john feehery. YUCK. ANOTHER republi-CON!!! I turned it off then and there. Didn't come back til the hour was over.

Hey, if I want to watch republi-CONS, I know I can go to Pox Noise. They are reliably like that. But I do NOT expect that of MSNBC.

Wonder how far their ratings dumped for that time slot yesterday?

michael steele isn't just an opportunist. I suspect his own party didn't want him. Can't have GOP'ing while black. And they probably regard him as a RINO. If he were considered a valuable ex-RNC chair or GOP figure at all, he'd be on Pox. Probably with his own show.

[abakan]

49. maybe but...

We don't need no stinking Republicans! I sane Republican is an oxymoron.

[erronis]

11. No, just an opportunist

As are most unprincipled politicians.

You need a mother? He's got one to sell.

[PCIntern]

3. …I checked to make sure I was on MSNBC...

and then switched to the Playboy Channel to see more realistic interpretations of existence than Steele's...

[rurallib]

6. I hate Tweety and I thought "no matter who they get it has to be better that Tweety"

boy was I wrong. I saw the face and hit the change button instantly.

No doubt Comcast helped select the replacement.

[TerrapinFlyer]

7. It is time to stop watching MSNBC all the time

a strong message needs to be sent.

[840high]

24. I've stopped awhile back.

[NorthCarolina]

8. Michael Steel is more like an Obama Democrat really.

Or a Reagan Democrat.

[Cha]

26. No, he's not.

[Enthusiast]

40. He's nothing more than lying Republican scum.

[Stellar]

41. Not even close.

NT

[BlueCaliDem]

52. In what universe?

[StevePaulson]

10. Sorry, I Like Michael Steele and Steve Schmidt

They are not scorched earth, psycho, lying Republican scum, like pretty much the rest of "their" party.

Just simply Republicans who are simply wrong about everything. Their "opinion" should still
be heard, as long as they are not fire breathing haters, like all of their friends.

Toned down? Maybe? Still they need to be heard, even if they are wrong, as long as they
can have a conversation without lying their asses off.

Neither Steele, or Schmidt has ever told a direct lie that I can remember, and I watch a lot
of MSNBC. They just spout discredited talking points...... Like those aren't lies, well......

Keep them on. We need to hear what the right wing has to say, as long as they are nice.

Hosting a show? Nah.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Steele may not initiate repub lies but he goes all-in, straight-faced defending them.

And his aggravation is palpable when he's challenged on it, like he senses the checkbooks closing when he's not putting up a big enough argument. He's a toady of the first order.

[Enthusiast]

39. They are lying Republican scum to the bone.

[obxhead]

12. MSNBC has lost me completely.

I can honestly say I've not watched one minute of it in months, not even on election day.

I'm done with a "news" source that allows ANY reporter to allow blatant lies without question. The worst offender in my opinion is Matthews. The right wingers have an agenda and I get that, but Matthews wants to come across as a real journalist, but only speaks over every guest so no question is ever actually answered.

Fuck MSNBC especially. I expect CNN and FOX to lie to me. I kept waiting for MSNBC to step up and be a real news source. They have failed. They continue to change lineups to support that failure.

[A Simple Game]

13. I always kind of liked Steele. For me he is so easy to read, just watch his face.

He comes close to laughing out loud at some of his own answers. You can see him holding back, I have no doubt that he knows what he is saying is all bull but he is paid well to say it so there it is.

I get the impression he is much smarter than he is given credit for.

[joetubes]

16. I stopped watching msnbc and all cable news

After the last go round with(the man what ate NJ). When the story was all about his big mouth and not about why he is sitting on 80% of all the recovery money. msnbc is more worried about ratings than the news. So I gave them a big F.O.

[ReRe]

17. Hear hear!

He's just substituting for Tweety thru the holidays, I hope. I always change stations when Michael Steele's face shows up, no matter whose show he turns up on.

[Enthusiast]

38. That's the way with me. When he shows up, the channel is changed. Automatically.

I would no more listen to a lying Michael Steele than I would a lying Limbaugh or Scaborough.

[ReRe]

53. There has really been...

... a negative reaction to his sitting in for Matthews. Stupid thing for either Chris or MSNBC to do, but they live in this little world of their own. They have no idea how the public will react to their decisions on subs. MSNBC lost a bunch of viewers over this. So be it. I just hope their lost viewers find the rich alternative news media that does exist now.

Happy New Year, Enthusiast!

[Enthusiast]

54. Happy New Year, ReRe!

[Docross]

18. I LOVE MSNBC!

And your alternative is..................................?

If you want to watch a station where everyone always agrees ...
then change labels and go to FOX..or CNN or...tune in to Limbaugh...

Michael Steele..trying SO hard to be a Republican.

[Enthusiast]

37. Every other channel is absolutely biased in favor of the Far Right.

They no longer even try to hide it.

So I say bullshit. If MSNBC is going to fill up the screen with Neo-Nazis I will quit watching completely.

MSNBC threw Olbermann, Cenk and Donahue off the air because they wouldn't push the official Fascist lies. History has proven those three were correct.

Yet MSNBC allows the Righties to lie continually.

[F4lconF16]

50. lol

This is literally the same thing that a certain Clinton supporter has been saying: "STFU and take it, cause it could be worse."

I mean, you've got the whole post just right, from the loud proclamation of support, to an immediate demand for an alternative (and of course, no response will come if one is given), and the whole "go get your own party then" bit after.



Well done, I say.



Addressing your post: you know, MSNBC could also just be real journalists and actually provide some decent news, like they say they do. I'm not interested in your defense of yet another corporate channel emerging.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

19. I'd rather watch paint dry,

or grass grow!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Don't you know Republicans won the mid-terms???

That means a majority of America has rejected the Left.

That's what Conservatives are saying.

[Enthusiast]

36. While the exact opposite is what actually happened.

[graywarrior]

21. I almost broke my toe running to the get the remote so I could change the channel.

[Cha]

28. Glad your toe made the remote dive, graywarrior!

[graywarrior]

30. My stomach almost didn't after seeing that stupid looking face on my TV

[Enthusiast]

35. I can sympathize.

[project_bluebook]

22. I'm canceling my cable tomorrow

Nothing worth watching or paying for.

[Cha]

29. Nobody cares but I cancelled mine in

Nov 2002.

[avebury]

23. Was he guest hosting a show or is

MSNBC giving him his own show?

[RebelOne]

45. He is filling in for Chris Matthews. n/t

[ecstatic]

25. All the hosts (except for Joe Scab and Tweety) are forced to play nice

and it makes for REALLY boring TV. And I agree, I will NOT watch Steele ever.

[bigwillq]

27. Haven't watched that channel in years.

I'm not missing much.

[brooklynite]

31. Dear MSNBC: I only want to hear voices who agree with me completely!!!!!

If FOX NEWS viewers can get that, why can't I?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

33. "Dear MSNBC: I only want to hear voices who agree with me completely!!!!!"

All you are going to get from micheal steal are talking points approved by rinse prebus!

[brooklynite]

42. "A Republican Hosts 'Hardball,' Still Bashes GOP on Race"

Is there a requirement for Republicans to host a show on MSNBC? Trash the GOP and you can anchor a program? Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Monday lectured his party about bigotry, wondering, "Is the Republican Party finally ready to confront the issue of race in America?"

Filling in for Chris Matthews (and sounding like him), Steele sneered, "In many respects, the party's clinging to an old Southern strategy that proved the basis for electoral success in the past but which gives them little chance of winning the White House in the future." Speaking for the GOP, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland asserted that "we still seem to have these vestiges within the party that cling onto the strategy where there's this focus, almost pull towards" a "polarizing moment where you're almost separated between whites and blacks."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2014/12/30/republican-hosts-hardball-still-bashes-gop-race#sthash.Y3F5Vl0y.dpuf

[krawhitham]

32. I would trade Joe (Dead Intern) Scarborough for Michael Steele in a heart beat

[TeamPooka]

47. or you could make a good trade.

[Enthusiast]

34. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

We accidentally watched him for a few seconds when the DVR got ready to play the Chris Hayes program. In those few seconds Steele was spewing pure Far Right Nazi Republican® propaganda.

MSNBC must think if we just listen to Michael we will become convinced. It. Will. Not. Happen.

Hey MSNBC, we will not watch this garbage!

[B Calm]

43. The last two nights when he came on I changed the channel.

[ellie50]

44. Could be worse

Could be worse. They could give a show to Luke Russert.

[TeamPooka]

46. Lock-Up, Caught on Camera and Paid Programming 24/7 is their best option at this point. nt

[arthritisR_US]

48. I thought he did a good job and his commentary

was thoughtful and reasoned

[upaloopa]

51. Yep better to watch home shopping channel

You might find a deal on shower curtain rings or a salad shooter