Joey Scar's panties in a wad early this morning. The new Obama campaign ad has hit

[monmouth]

home and hard re Bain Capital. It is a tough and to the point ad with former workers and they tell the story of how Bain, under Romney, came in and dumped the company. Employees lost their jobs, etc. Joey is just so outraged that the campaign would select this story for an ad against Romney. It's capitalism and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and on and on. The ad is spot on, very powerful and made Joey very upset. I liked it very much.

[liberal N proud]

1. Republicans and their talking heads don't like the truth.

[zbdent]

20. or bright spotlights ... like cockroaches ...

[lunatica]

2. Did Scum look sour? Was that smirky squint-eyed grin wiped off his face?

If it was, then good. Any time he looks sour means something good is happening.

[Moosepoop]

4. He looked and sounded like he wanted to cry.

He was positively whining... and whining... and whining...

It was great.

[butterfly77]

7. He is really crying now.

he is about to blow!!!

[lunatica]

11. Well, that just made my day!

[Atman]

12. He's STILL whining.

He's SHOCKED! "What if Karl Rove did something like this? WHAAA!"

Uh, Joe, you fucking idiot...Karl Rove practically invented this. It goes back to Lee Atwater and beyond. Poor, poor Joe...Democrats are finally playing GOP-style hardball, and Joe is beside himself.

It's quite humorous to watch, because every one of the usual-suspect GOP panelists is telling him "get over it...it's politics." Mark Halperin even closed the last segment with a very sarcastic "let's just go down to the park and play beanbags."



Joe HATES getting beat up on his own show!

[TrollBuster9090]

25. If Karl Rove did something THAT honest I'd ask him if he was feeling alright, or if he'd

been standing too close to George W. on the golf course and been beaned by a stray golf ball.

No Jo, you can not draw a false equivalence between THIS and Rovian tactics. Feel free to draw an equivalence when Obama's operatives ask some billionaire asshole to start a SWIFTBOAT campaign against Romney, telling a bunch of lies, and then when his reputation is in ruins, appoint the son of a bitch to be Ambassador to Belgium during a recess as payola.

[Surya Gayatri]

32. Yeah, I especially enjoyed Halperin handing

Scar his ass on a platter.

Joe looked and sounded genuinely shocked that his usual coterie of sycophants (Geist & Halperin) would come down on the side of "all's fair in war and politics".

[monmouth]

40. OMG, Halperin said that??? I have a new respect for him. How delicious..n/t

[PatSeg]

56. I usually don't care much for Halpern

but he was spot on this morning. I was really impressed.

Meanwhile, Scarborough was acting like this was a new political attack, but its been around forever and he knows it. It was used against Romney when he ran for governor and again in 2008 primaries. Joe seemed to be very alone in his opinions this morning.

[monmouth]

62. Agree (Geez Pat, we seem to agree on so much..LOL). Halpern can be very wishy-washy

most of the time and carries water for the right, but I think they all tire of Joe's drama. I love when Donnie Deutsch is on, he gives it to Joe often and with a smile on his face..

[PatSeg]

64. Joe often acts like "Morning Joe"

is his own little boys club and treats Mika like she's a female infiltrator, putting her down or ignoring her. Meanwhile, she is the one who tries to keep the show on track. Joe is so lazy, he doesn't care if they have to go to break or introduce the next guest because he knows she will do it. Mika gets a lot of crap from viewers, but she is quite a different person when the bully isn't there.

Oh yes, the Deutsch/Scarborough face-offs are such fun to watch. Joe often walks right into it, forgetting he's not king of all he surveys!

Of course we agree a lot - we're the cool kids!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. They can dish it out but they can't take it.

The po widdo babies.

[newspeak]

59. yeah, well rove was atwater's protege

and the lies, the touched up photos and every other dirty trick, down to voter fraud, was on the table. So, joe, telling the truth what bain did is like those rovian tricks? I don't think so, but please go on about how rove, the mastermind of dirty, lying tricks is some honest, upright comparison.

[CTyankee]

75. a BIG effin crybaby is what he is! Man, if you can dish it out but can't take

it, well tough shit, buddy!

Did he know how LAME he sounded? It was kinda embarrassing...

[monmouth]

21. While he was ranting, Mika had her head down a little with a sly smile on her face. I think

that drove him over the brink after the ad. Halperin and Geist weren't much help either, both stating the ad was powerful. Poor Joey, and this is only Monday..LOL.

[Kahuna]

36. I love that little Mika smirk. nt

[BeyondGeography]

3. Plus the O campaign has the gall to vet

Rmoney's SuperPac donors.

What a whiny wuss he is.

[brooklynite]

5. Considering that the RW has already "exposed" my wife for HER contributions...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002621317

...I'm not losing any sleep.

[kentuck]

6. If Joe was angry about it...

Then the Obama campaign should spend another $25 million and run it for another month.

[Surya Gayatri]

33. +1! n/t

[uponit7771]

45. +1

[freshwest]

71. Video without GOP Joe whining:

[freshwest]

74. The ROMNEY-GEKKO video with Reaganesque theme music:

Ah, if only Americans had stopped Reagan. Going to be a hard road to turn this around. Don't give up, it's only the present and future you're fighting for...

[blm]

8. It's not healthy capitalism, Joe - it's PREDATORY crony capitalism.

Big effin difference.

How about doing an entire week of shows explaining the difference?

[cindyperry2010]

9. That is what I have always said

Teddy Kennedy did it to him in the senate campaig just use those ads. Killer stuff go for the jugular we aren't playing nice folks nor should we

[sufrommich]

10. He's also very upset that the super wealthy can't buy

campaigns without scutiny from other campaigns seeking to expose wealthy campaign buyers. The horror!

[JoePhilly]

13. The Obama campaign should run those ads during his show.

[Surya Gayatri]

34. YEEESSSSSS!

[freshwest]

70. Yes indeed!

[tabasco]

14. I can't believe that piece of dung is still on the air

Turn off the TV, folks. ALL OF IT is propaganda.

[daaron]

78. THIS! Nuf sed. nt

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

15. This is a great ad

Joe doesn't like the truth, wanted to see Rmoney on a yacht instead!!! He was also having a hard time getting any real support for his position. Hope the campaign continues to show the truth about Bain capital and the damage they did.

[monmouth]

22. Did you notice Mika with her head lowered and a smile on her face. Geist and Halperin were no help.

Poor Joe was pretty much on his own and Ratner was getting on his nerves. What a great Monday morning....

[avebury]

27. I also noticed that Mika was subtly rolling her eyes at one point as

she listened to to Scarborough.

[julian09]

73. Rat ner said the ad was unfair, I lost respect for him.

David Faber put him in his place when he said Wall Street insiders which was a reference to RATner, were out for themselves. Bain Capital is a success because, they made mucho money for themselves and stockholders, by looting companies. That is there primary job, not creating jobs.

[dash_bannon]

16. I think it's too early...

it's too early to bring out the weapons against Mitt Romney at this point.

It's May. Most people are thinking about the summer, cook-outs, summer movies, and trying to get jobs or about vacations.

Attacking Romney about his labor issues on Labor Day would be more effective.

[Surya Gayatri]

35. But, as somebody on Joe Scar said, now is

when the defining memes are being created.

Better to begin defining Rmoney in Dem. terms than to allow him to do it himself.

New and even more hard-hitting "predatory capiltalist" ads will certainly appear during the fall race to the finish line.

[uponit7771]

48. +1

[lark]

58. Americans for Prosperity is hitting Nelson really hard here in FL

I swear, that and a specifically anti-Obama ad are the almost the only commercials showing during prime time for this past week. My mute button is going to be broken from over-use if this crap doesn't slow down soon.

Bring some of that O Super Pac money to FL to fight the early Repug $$.

[newspeak]

60. yes, when I see "americans for prosperity"

knowing who's really funding the ads-I just tell everyone, those aren't really americans. corporate interested greedheads who'd go for hitler himself if it allowed them more piece of the dwindling american pie.

[Dawson Leery]

61. True.

If Rmoney and his hedge fund mafia are allowed to define Obama, Obama will have a hard time winning in this current climate.

[Pirate Smile]

38. The plan is to define him NOW. Don't let him define himself.

His business experience is supposed to be his strength. The Obama Campaign intends to turn it into his weakness.

Define Romney early and never let him off the mat.

The Bain Vampire Capitalist theme does fit quite well with the Romney as bully boy from last week.

Romney excels at preying on the weak and vulnerable and protecting the wealthy and privileged - along with enforcing conformity to what he finds acceptable.

Some US workers had hair that was "too long" - pensions too big, wages too high, union or worker protections too strong - so Romney and the Bully Boys at Bain Capital just held them down and cut their hair. Now they want everyone to call them heros for it. Not going to happen.

[mwb970]

47. No. You are suggesting giving Romney an inch.

He'll take a light-year if we do. Hit him early, hard, and often.

[uponit7771]

49. +1

[Auntie Bush]

53. Maybe even AFTER Labor Day

Labor Day they will still be partying... then involved getting kids off to school. Then it she should be perfect time.

[Occulus]

57. It is never too early to attack Republicans

N-E-V-E-R

[demgrrrll]

65. Don't worry, this is only the beginnning.

[Skidmore]

17. Uhh, Joey, why doesn't capitalism work for the finance industry?

Riddle me that.

I think we need a message that profit is not an entitlement for any business.

[butterfly77]

18. They are replaying it..

[pacalo]

19. Is this the ad?

[Ganja Ninja]

23. Yeah that's powerful stuff.

I'm sure the Obama campaign could make dozens of these and that's exactly what they should do. Hammer the bastard on his Bain record. He's got some nerve standing up there and talking about how he cares about the unemployed.

[monmouth]

24. Very, very powerful and truthful. Kudos to the Obama campaign, excellent job...n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. Yep, that's the one.

Hell, the Obama campaign doesn't have to PAY to have it shown on the show -- they're doing it for FREE!

When the company did well, Bain made money. Fair enough.

When the company did poorly, or went bankrupt, Bain STILL made money. That's where the dissonance comes in.

When Bain took control, they'd wind up taking out loans to pay dividends to themselves, first and foremost. Then, when the company couldn't deal with the debt load, Bain would just let it go bankrupt. Hey, they got THEIRS.

Romney the Parasite.

[tallahasseedem]

39. Thank you for posting!

I hadn't seen it until just now. Very, very powerful stuff!

[ceile]

54. Wow.

Powerful.

[fasttense]

26. If Mitt didn't want ads about how he and Bain destroy jobs, pension and entire industries for a buck

Then maybe he should never have done it?

Did he really think all the millions of people he and Bain impoverished and devastated would never say a word when he ran for political office?

[malaise]

28. Joe Scum spews the meme for the day

He was pathetic this morning - even supporting J.P. Morgan's madness.

[n2doc]

30. What? Isn't he Proud of Mittens?

Isn't this what they are all about? C'mom, Joe, be loud and be proud!

[Atman]

44. That was an entire other level of crazy!

"But...but...but...JP Morgan made $39 bil in profits...what's $2 billion? It's inconsequential.

Once again, you fucking idiot, Joe. It has NOTHING to do with whether or not the "loss" was X percent or Y percent...it was about that "teaching moment" you all said the Wall Street meltdown was, in the face of Wall Street lobbyists trying to eviscerate (and succeeding) any reform measures or regulations. So if that was a "teaching moment," what the hell were they taught? Looks like NOTHING...just try to be more secretive.

.

[Kalidurga]

31. I can't wait til it gets really heated up if this is how they come out swinging.

I didn't think Rmoney could do anything worse than the dog on the roof, but he proved me wrong. Cutting a classmates hair against his will, worse. This, this is so bad that only finding out that Rmoney had actually committed a homicide could top it.

[monmouth]

50. Leading that half-blind professor into a closed door and then giggling about it was disturbing.n/t

[snappyturtle]

37. I only caught the end of the program and Joe was

whining then. Wish I had seen the entire program....so glad
the President's re-election team put this ad out there. Up
thread it was mentioned this is too early in the campaign
to do this sort of ad. I say, "No". Go after Romoney everyday
and hard. There's that saying, "Give them an inch and they'll
take a mile"....no inches for Romoney!

[monmouth]

41. Especially for Independents and people not yet engaged or "in the middle." n/t

[riverbendviewgal]

43. One of the workers in the ad looks like

Bob Newhart....and everyone loves him in America

what a powerful ad.

[uponit7771]

46. That add hits home, man....wow...if you didn't dislike rMOney before that add it might change

...ones mind.

I can see why Joey Scar is whining

[AlbertCat]

52. Bob Newhart

Forget Bob Newhart! (well, actually, don't forget him. He's hilarious!)

The men in that ad look like REPUBLICANS. They look like the kind of people who sometime vote against their best interest. They ain't "bleeding heart libruls".

Good work.

[tilsammans]

51. Very powerful ad!

The Obama campaign needs to keep the ball rolling. I'm sure they could do ad after ad featuring folks whose livelihoods were destroyed by Romney's/Bain's greed.

[flamingdem]

55. Great to see them getting out ahead of Rmoney and his dastardly

plans for dirt slinging against O

[Honeycombe8]

63. I saw that. It was a VERY GOOD ad. It upset Joey. nt

[nxylas]

66. No transcript, sadly

I want to enjoy his suffering, but not if it means sitting through over 15 minutes of video.

[monmouth]

69. If you go to MSNBC.com and click on Morning Joe they very possibly have it up..n/t

[nxylas]

76. I did

They don't.

[monmouth]

77. Since Joe did look like an idiot, smarter heads prevailed...LOL.....n/t

[yellowcanine]

67. a supporter yelled out "Give 'em Hell, Harry!". Truman replied, "I don't give them Hell. I just tell

the truth about them and they think it's Hell."

Harry S. Truman would approve.

[Aviation Pro]

68. Here's the deal...

...the President brings the fight to the front, it's why he greenlighted the SEALs. Lurch the Fucking Stiff doesn't have backbone for this fight, which is why this is only the beginning salvo of what will be a landslide victory for the Obama campaign.

The fuckwit richie rich boy is a fucking coward and a walking asshat.

[Nevernose]

72. Joe's only attacks?

At least that I saw, his only criticism of the ad was "But that's how capitalism works! Someone's gotta get screwed!" and "Romney didn't do anything illegal!"

He seems to believe that saying "Bain Capital did x, y, and z" is somehow unfair. He also feels sorry for the workers -- not the ones that Romney fired, because, hey, that's just capitalism -- bit that they were "used" by the Obama campaign for cheap political "demagoguery."

His last screw is seriously loose.