Morning Joe v. Glenn Beck

[babylonsister]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-24/morning-joe-v-glenn-beck/full/


Morning Joe v. Glenn Beck
by Samuel P. Jacobs

Joe Scarborough called on conservatives to distance themselves from Glenn Beck—who’s punching back. Samuel P. Jacobs asked the GOP’s heavyweights to take sides. Mitt Romney did, sort of. The rest hid.


There’s a civil war going on between two big-shot conservative talk-show hosts and the Republican Party is caught in the crosshairs.

This week, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough called out Fox News’ Glenn Beck for hate speech. He gave 2012 hopefuls an ultimatum. “We’re going to have a conservatives’ honor roll on this show…,” he told the Morning Joe audience. “I’m talking to you, Mitt Romney, and I’m talking about anyone who wants to be president in 2012. … You need to call out this type of hatred.”

Beck’s camp responded later that day, saying Scarborough “couldn’t be voted dog catcher” and claiming “this loser can’t get any coverage.”

So are any of the Republicans’ leading candidates for 2012 responding to Scarborough’s call? According to a Daily Beast survey, not so far—and those who have are approaching the question very gingerly.

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Scarborough, a former congressman who’s been mentioned as a possible 2012 contender himself, said that standing by Beck is not a politically viable option.

“At some point they are going to have to answer the question. At that point we’ll see what their vision is of the Republican Party,” he said. “This is cut and dried. This is easy,” Scarborough said of the party’s need to separate itself from Beck. “And if these leaders don’t have the courage to stand up to this, do they have the courage to run the country? I don’t think so.”

[ErinBerin84]

1. "a former congressman who's been mentioned as a possible 2012 contender himself"

:rofl:



Plus, when did Mitt take sides?

[tanyev]

2. Don't look for Sarah to call anything out.

She's riding that gravy train.