Scarborough on Beck: "You can't stir up that type of hatred..then say, 'Oh, I'm just a rodeo clown'"

[jefferson_dem]

VIDEO - http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200909220001

[Ivan the So-So]

1. K&R

And you know Glenny Boy would be right there with his crocodile tears if anything terrible were to happen!

[Tracy_in_NC]

2. Good for Joe

I say kudos to Joe for being one of the few Republicans to call out Beck. Not only does he call him out, he outright mocks him. I also appreciate it when Joe spoke out against the school speech hoopla and death panels. Of course, he always qualifies his criticisms by saying that the Left does the same thing or worse...but still, he is willing to go against the party line on some issues, which is very rare these days.

[JamesA1102]

49. Listen to his radio show.

He is as bad as Beck on the radio and admits that he has to be more moderate on MSNBC. And since he's on the same network as Rush, he'll never call out Rush the way he did Beck. The guy is a hypocrite.

[rsmith6621]

3. Joe Is Only Looking For Ratings

......No beef in that statement...

[sellitman]

4. But you can off your assistant and then get your own TV show.

:puke:

[phleshdef]

8. Stop it with that shit. I don't like Joe S. at ALL, but he didn't kill anyone.

[DavidDvorkin]

19. Google Lori Klausutis.

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. This is still (barely) America

...where people are presumed innocent until convicted. Yes there is a scandal, and that by itself is bad enough. All else is speculation.

[phleshdef]

25. I know the damn story and there was NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY!

We can't sit around and complain about the other side pushing unfounded conspiracy theories like when they tried to say the Clinton's murdered someone or that Obama wasn't born in America and all that shit if we are going to do the EXACT SAME THING and that is, give credence to unfounded rumors that have no merited evidence to back them up at all.

[ieoeja]

26. Actually, the Clinton "murder list" started life as the Reagan/Bush murder list.

The two largest groups of aledged murders on the list concerned the DOJ "stealing" the ANSLAW software and the CIA smuggling drugs; both when Reagan was president. Back then leftwing conspiracy theorists composed a list because:

1. a bunch of men in their 60s and 70s dying of natural causes was suspicious, and
2. we all know that drug dealers would never kill one another if the CIA weren't involved, right?

Once Clinton was in office, rightwing conspiracy theorists jumped on the fact that the CIA smuggling operation was based in an Arkansas airport to link it to Clinton. They left the rest in there figuring 99.44% of the readers would never stop to wonder what ANSLAW was. And, of course, proceeded to add Clinton related nonsense.

So, really, the lunatics on our side started that idiocy. They just don't have as large an audience for their wackiness.

[noiretextatique]

36. not exactly true

the medical examiner was a quack who lost his license in missouri and despite scarbourgh's claims, lori had no history of medical problems. given that reality, it's hard to buy that she got a 7 inch gash in her head by hitting it on a desk after suffering a heart attack at 28 years old. the case is troubling, to say the least. it's nothing like the ridiculous birther, deather, teabagger claims.

[phleshdef]

39. It doesn't matter, Scarborough was in Washington at the time of her death

[noiretextatique]

40. i didn't say he killed her...i said the case was and is troubling eom

[phleshdef]

48. Thats fine, my whole point is to call people out for accusing Joe S. of being a murderer.

I don't care what people think about the case itself. We just shouldn't go around accusing someone of something horrible like that, regardless of how we feel about said person's political positions.

[Tom Rinaldo]

41. Yes, troubling...

And I think Joe will not run for office again because this would all become a hot issue again. But even if one were to take the extra leap of logic to conclude that she was murdered, that does not in any way prove or establish who murdered her, regardless of where her body was found. The burden of proof is much higher than that, for damn good reasonss in my opinion. So any flat assertion that Joe S. is a murderer is gossip of the worst order; the Rush Limbaugh school of truth in journalism.

[noiretextatique]

42. i agree....calling him a murderer is stupid

but i think it's fair game to compare and contrast the treatment gary condit got (chandra levy) and the treatment he got when lori died in his office. also there are many unanswered questions about lori's death.

[DCKit]

51. No evidence.... HTF do you fall down and sustain crushing blows to both sides of your head?

Sorry, but you'll have to forgive some of us CSI fans for not buying it.

[PearliePoo2]

5. "You call out this type of hatred because it always blows up in your face."

I'm talking to you, Mitt Romney and anybody that wants to be president. You call out this hatred. You cannot preach hatred. It can have DEADLY consequences. I was in Congress in 1995, I know where this can end.
Barnicle adds, "This is a short fuse to violence."
Wow...they really really ripped him to shreds. (deservedly)

[Tracy_in_NC]

6. I think part of it has to do with Mika...

They keep referring to when GB told Mika to "Shut up"--when did that happen? Anyway, they've always been amused by GB before but they've really been going after him lately.

[PearliePoo2]

7. here's what Mika said about beck a few days ago.

Brzezinski said, “Well, and I think that obviously a lot of people have different reactions to Glenn Beck, and he has a huge following. I will say that my reaction is one of real concern, and I think it is because I feel like the conservative voice isn’t being well represented, and he is tapping into something that may not be so constructive in terms of raising the bar of the conversation and representing the conservative voice in an elegant way.”

So, later on his show, Beck mocked Mika and her name (Disney cartoon caracter) and then screamed, "Just shut the HELL up. Shut the hell up!"
Since then, the war is on.

[Tracy_in_NC]

10. Thanks, PearliePoo2!

[katandmoon]

23. I wonder why Mika gives a shit whether "the conservative voice" is "well represented" or not

She is such a ninny of a weathervane who points whichever way Joe's wind is blowing. As much as I loathe Glenn Beck, I have to laugh that he actually told her to shut up.

[Cha]

30. Muchias Gracias,

Pearlie Poo! :bounce:

[Jakes Progress]

9. Like rodeo clowns

beck's milieu is a corral of bullshit. He reeks of it.

[SIMPLYB1980]

11. Calling Beck a rodeo clown is an insult

to hard working rodeo clowns.

[Cha]

31. Precisely..bech is maggot who

along with the rash limpbaughs are the real danger to America.

[Czar One]

12. Wow

Sometimes Scarborough actually isn't an idiot!

[lunatica]

13. No. Scarborough is always an idiot

Glen Beck just makes him look good in comparison.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. I concur...and how these assclowns ever got the gigs they have is...

beyond understanding.

[goclark]

43. Maybe he is trying to get more listeners

He was acting as crazy as a bat in hell and I turned him OFF.

[uponit7771]

14. Yeap, Image of KKKons = Glenn Beck\LimBowels\Savage. Image of Libs = Obama....

...they're getting the message that their image is takign a nose dive

[Cha]

33. Excellent

point.

[Mr. Sparkle]

16. It's pretty sad when Scarborough is a voice of reason. n/t

[Critters2]

20. My thought exactly. nt

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[AzDar]

17. I'm thinking Joe is bending over backward to appear moderate to prepare for his 2012 windmill tilt.

[Mike Daniels]

18. What's he going to do? Run as an Independent?

I don't see Joe having the backing of the base if he were to decide to run. The brain-trust at FR considers Joe a RINO almost exclusively because he calls out the Republican leadership from time to time.

[tsuki]

22. He quit Congress in the middle of his term, has Lori Klausutis questions to

answer, and is not beloved by the base. What would he run for?

[PearliePoo2]

27. Later on the show

they were discussing why none of the "contending" RePukes has called Beck out. It was suggested that everyone was afraid and didn't have the nerve.
Scar called on an "Honor Roll" of conservatives to do it...starting with Romney.
BUT......there's a little known fact among the Knuckle-dragging Baggers/Birthers that BECKY BOY is a Mormon. Is Romney going to call out a fellow Mormon for his hate mongering?
Doubt it.

[Mike Daniels]

29. I think Joe started with Romney because Romney is probably the real front-runner for 2012

I guess the pundits can have fun hoping for the circus that would occur if Palin were the nominee in 2012. More likely, after the earth has been scorched during the Republican primary it'll be Mitt still standing instead of the religious wing's darlings (Huckabee and Palin).

[Hansel]

32. He has also called on Tim Pawlenty recently as well.

He has said before that those aspiring to be leaders of the party and presidential candidates need to stand up and call these folks out.

[Cha]

37. And, the reason they don't, imv, is bc

they need those votes and the corporatemediawhores think the village idiots are such a valuble addition to the discourse.

Why don't the the cmw call them out?

[Cha]

35. There was a quote not too long ago that

palin:silly: thinks bech is great..paraphrasing.

[uponit7771]

44. LOL....Knuckle-dragging Baggers/Birthers...Can I reuse? Thx

[PearliePoo2]

47. Be my guest! It just came off my finger tips and on to the series of "tubes" it went

It does have a nice ring to it!
:evilgrin:

[RamboLiberal]

28. Peter Wehner column Joe S. referenced

Unlike others associated with Time magazine, David von Drehle is a skilled, careful, and perceptive writer. So I was interested in his cover story on FOX News’s Glenn Beck, who is considered to be a red-hot commodity these days.

I don’t pretend to be an expert on Beck. In the past I assumed he was a typical figure in the pundit and cable-media world. Only recently have I watched portions of his television program, as well as interviews with him, and heard parts of his radio program. And what I’ve seen should worry the conservative movement.

I say that because he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American “imperialism.” (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.) Some of Beck’s statements—for example, that President Obama has a “deep-seated hatred for white people”–are quite unfair and not good for the country. His argument that there is very little difference between the two parties is silly, and his contempt for parties in general is anti-Burkean (Burke himself was a great champion of political parties). And then there is his sometimes bizarre behavior, from tearing up to screaming at his callers. Beck seems to be a roiling mix of fear, resentment, and anger—the antithesis of Ronald Reagan.

I understand that a political movement is a mansion with many rooms; the people who occupy them are involved in intellectual and policy work, in politics, and in polemics. Different people take on different roles. And certainly some of the things Beck has done on his program are fine and appropriate. But the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality. My hunch is that he is a comet blazing across the media sky right now—and will soon flame out. Whether he does or not, he isn’t the face or disposition that should represent modern-day conservatism. At a time when we should aim for intellectual depth, for tough-minded and reasoned arguments, for good cheer and calm purpose, rather than erratic behavior, he is not the kind of figure conservatives should embrace or cheer on.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/wehner/100152

Good for Wehner & Joe S for calling out this lunancy. And I feel the same as Wehner that Beck is going to soon flame out. At least I hope so. I don't see him having the staying power of Limbaugh or Hannity.

[jenmito]

34. Gotta give him credit. He called Repubs. & Faux hosts out on the "death panel" claim, too, saying

he hopes they enjoy their high ratings-they're ruining the Repub. party.

[Cha]

38. Whoa!

.."he hopes they enjoy their high ratings-they're ruining the Repub. party."

A-bout Time..the other networks went after faux' propaganda machine..now faux can whine that the other nets aren't so factual, either.:)

[jenmito]

46. He said the same thing about the same people who got on Obama for

speaking to students!

[Mike Daniels]

45. I guess Joe and company are following the Olbermann/O'Reilly model

Pick a host on a competing network to start a feud with and "hopefully" create a back and forth the viewers will tune in to see.

Truthfully, it sounds like Beck threw the first groin punch by going after Mika vs. Joe so I'll support anything Joe, Mika and the Muppets (Buchanan and Barnicle) do as far as verbal blowback is concerned.

[PearliePoo2]

50. Looks like a battle between the two shows is escalating.

The boys on Morning Joe suggested a duel. Scar could defend Mika's honor.
Joe said, "Duel with Beck? What...in a dough-nut eating contest?" :rofl:
Wee Willie offered meeting "Pillsbury Dough-boy Beck" out in the parking lot.
Love it.

:popcorn: