Mika Brzezinski’s Dad Cancels Morning Joe Appearance, Rest of Panel Laughs

[jakeXT]

Mika Brzezinski had hoped to bring her father, renowned foreign policy expert and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, to Morning Joe to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine Euromaidan riots, only to be informed that he canceled on her at the last minute.

This led to a solid round of mockery from the rest of her Morning Joe panelists, including Andrea Mitchell, who pointed out to a surprised Mika that her father was on the The Daily Rundown earlier that week.

It seems to be a sore point for Mika that she can’t get her own father on her own show to share his Eastern Europe expertise, Joe Scarborough pointed out. “Your mom send you e-mails for attacking you for not having your father on the show,” he said, “and then your father won’t come on the show and talk to us.”

Apparently, Mr. Brzezinski’s been overloaded with interview requests. “I think he’s on SpongeBob right now,” Scarborough added.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mika-brzezinskis-dad-cancels-morning-joe-appearance-rest-of-panel-laughs/

[Boomerproud]

1. Mika always looks depressed when I tune in (which isn't often)

If she's that miserable why is she on there? Also, Joe Scarface and Mrs. Greenspan can shove it.

[jakeXT]

2. She wanted to quit after a year, because of the money, but it seems she got her raise

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has revealed she almost quit the show after just a year because she was earning far less than her male colleagues.

The 44-year-old said she discovered she took home 14 times less than co-host Joe Scarborough - so little she struggled to make ends meet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384769/Morning-Joes-Mika-Brzezinski-reveals-quit-gender-pay-gap.html

[John1956PA]

3. The 02-20-2014 Daily Show showed a clip of Miki the day before discussing corporal punishment.

Here is a transcript of that clip from the 02-19-2014 "Morning Joe" show:

2/19/2014:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Your parents ever spank you?

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Oh God, yes.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: My parents spanked me.

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Oh, with a hairbrush on the side of the road.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: In my dad, it was one motion. Belt, thwack! Pow!

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Really. Side of the road.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, you didn't want that happening.

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Humiliation, it was part of it.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: No, it wasn't humiliation, it was just sheer corporal punishment. And I must say, it was effective.

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Yeah.

The source of the transcript is http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/21/1279276/-Jon-Stewart-looks-again-at-our-meth-labs-of-democracy-state-level-legislation#