There is a wake like atmosphere on Morning Joe. For those who can't stand to watch

[thepurpose]

No major Obama gaffes for them to play over and over. Mika, Willie and David Schuster. Joe is out probably working off the weekend bender.

[RNdaSilva]

1. Watching...

I'd like to see Rachel Maddow take over this time slot. Ship Joe to Fox.

[Skittles]

2. LOL

Obama's overseas trip is like a prescribed downer for them too :7

[Hissyspit]

3. Andrea Mitchell sucks.

[babylonsister]

5. Hey, you! Welcome back, or wherever you are!

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

8. Well, I was in Baltimore over the weekend, but mostly I've been at home right where I've always

been.

Between my summer cleaning of my office and bedroom and my laptop and internet problems, I haven't done any posting.

First week of August I'm off to Arkansas to see Dad.

[babylonsister]

11. Nice to see you, Hissy. Have fun in ...Arkansas?!

Give Dad a hug!

[thepurpose]

7. Their over all analysis sucks. In they are incapable of doing it.

These people are entertainers. Not reporters. Andrea is supposed to be a reporter, but we all know what a high salary and access to power does to your integrity. David formerly of Fox News is slowly slipping back in to the right wing style of Fox. I blame MSNBC for that because I think he tried to be good they just beat that crap out of him.

[EV_Ares]

21. Just as much as her husband Greenspan did and does as Fed Chairman, eom.

[Eurobabe]

28. Her complete disdain for anything "D" is over the top

I can't stand her lack of objectivity, but then again, why should I be surprised. Look who SHE shacks up with? :puke: :puke:

She must love him for his "beautiful mind" :rofl:

[babylonsister]

4. And there's Andrea, letting us all know just how darn safe it

really is over there, how great the surge has been, yadda yadda yadda.

[EV_Ares]

6. LOL, guess that is why the scar didn't show. Would have been hard for him

to have a good morning with Barack's visit. Hey, doesn't Schuster seem a tilted a little more to Willie and Scarborough than he used to be? For those who keep up with these guys.

[thepurpose]

9. Great minds think a like. When Daivd came over from Fox he was attempting

to be an actual reporter. I think MSNBC good old boy attitude beat that out of him real quick.

[anniebelle]

10. Wondered if it was only me observing Shuster's shift.

Seems like since he was sidelined because of his nasty remarks during the primary, he's come back with a chip on his shoulder and definitely tilting toward the right. Kudos to you guys that are able to stomach Joey the Scar's morning puke fest -- thanks for the report.

[EV_Ares]

17. You are right on the money, that is absolutely when he did a right turn. I especially

noticed in some interview he did a while back and was arguing with the Dem Strategist the way Scarborough does. He was doing Tweety's show I think and man he was not the Schuster I knew who was a little more fair and balanced.

[EV_Ares]

29. Wow have to give Schuster credit. He is the only one that corrected everyone

and including Bill Press who did not say anything about the fact that when they are talking about the surge, they have to be fair about Barack saying the surge is not working and that the surge is actually two parts. The troop part where the violence has gone down but the political part that was supposed to be part of it has not occurred yet.

[polichick]

12. Isn't there a single Democrat on that show??

[thepurpose]

13. Let me check. Wait for it..... NO!

[polichick]

14. What a bunch of losers! :)

[thepurpose]

15. Bill Press is coming up. If that's counts for anything.

[polichick]

16. They'll probably talk over anything he has to say...

Seems to be standard procedure for right-wing talking heads.

[polichick]

18. "What part of puppet do you not understand?" lol

[thepurpose]

19. Bill is the only one the show to tell me some thing I didn't know Maliki's own people did the

translation.

[EV_Ares]

22. Yeah, heard that and loved the puppet thing he said too, eom.

[WinkyDink]

31. He's as weak as Colmes.

[my3boyz]

35. Yup! He made it obvious during the primaries that he did not like Obama...at least to me. nt

[EV_Ares]

20. Well, Bill Press just came on as a guest, so that is the only physical presence of

one right now. I liked his question of wouldn't you have loved to been there when Maliki got the call from the WH and they said "What part of puppet do you not understand"?

[polichick]

24. I like Bill Press!

[my3boyz]

36. I used to in '04 but not so much since he seemed a bit cold towards Obama. nt

[polichick]

41. Was he a Hillary supporter?

[my3boyz]

43. I think so. He always took up for her during the primary coverage. nt

[thepurpose]

26. Bill is making of the 3 look like idiots with the questions they are asking. Mika is all over the

place and Willie is trying to slavage something for McCain by running the new ad and highlighting one poll number about McCain being seen as CinC.

[polichick]

39. Yeah, he was good today...

I didn't know he has his own show ~ what network?

[Eurobabe]

23. I'm TiVOing it so I can zap the commericals

I'll watch later. Good that Joey Scab is not on. :D

[GalleryGod]

25. Mika: Douchebag for Liberty !

Take a breath, Beyotch.

[thepurpose]

27. I just posted. She all over the freaking place. Asking a question, ignoring the response

and then coming back to the same bullshit point.

[EV_Ares]

30. She does that all the time. She talks right over people, As you say, asks

a question, they start answering and she starts talking so she doesn't even listen. Also, she really has no knowledge, doesn't know what she is talking about which is probably the reason when a repuke answers a question wrong, there is no follow-up because she doesn't even know when she gets a wrong answer.

[mwb970]

37. At least she looks good. /nt

[my3boyz]

38. She is pathetic. nt

[annabanana]

32. Her job is to do "ditsy".. . It's probably in the job description.

I used to think she had vestiges of critical thought facilities. Not anymore. Of course she's immersed in a toxic environment. Scabrough's dismissiveness of women is breathtaking.

[mwb970]

33. Even the phrase "Obama gaffes" is kind of strange.

mccain is a veritable gaffe machine, the gift that keeps on giving. Obama rarely or never says anything that I would consider a "gaffe". Obama doesn't talk about Czechoslovakia in the present tense, nor does he confuse Shia and Sunni. He doesn't say no more troops for Afghanistan, then yes more troops, then yes but they should be NATO troops, all in one day.

There is simply no comparison between these two men. None at all.

[Kahuna]

34. Yep. Oddly, the only bash remark was made by David Shuster..

In the beginning they played a clip of Obama on CBS yesterday. David accused Obama of being glib. That was it.

[ErinBerin84]

40. I didn't watch Morning Joe today...

Ok, I turned it on for a second, and then quickly turned it off. I really am trying to wean myself off that show, sometimes it was good for random funny moments, but it mostly ends up frustrating me.

Anyways, I just read a commenter's post the MSNBC first read blog, and they said that Andrea Mitchell was asked how Obama was being received by the troops, and she went off into a tangent about how "all of the footage they are being given to look at was shot by the military and not a journalist, so she cannot judge it." The fuck, did she really say that? The poster commented about how the Wright footage must have been good enough for her, even though that wasn't shot by a jouranlist. The poster then said that Andrea further avoided the question by lamenting about how the senators who are with Obama have been there MANY more times than he has, blah blah blah, the surge was a success, blah blah blah.

Mike Barnicle asked her a similar question the other day (what the troops thought of Obama) and she avoided the question again and said "Well, people probably have different opinions...but they REALLY believe in the mission and the SUCCESS that they have had, blah blah blah more surge propaganda." It's really funny how much she wants to avoid this question, and I doubt it is for reasons of journalistic integrity.

[BeyondGeography]

42. Mika was like the little girl whose clown didn't show up as promised for her birthday party

Oh, well, maybe next time...

[Bravo Zulu]

44. "You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"