Scarborough: 'Screw' GOP if I'm booted for defending mosque

[Stuart G]

Source: Raw Story,

Scarborough: ‘Screw’ GOP if I’m booted for defending mosque

By David Edwards
Monday, August 16th, 2010 -- 1:29 pm



At least two prominent Republicans are going against the bulk of their party to say that Muslims have every right to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero.

Monday morning, conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough found himself agreeing with former Bush advisor Mark McKinnon that Muslims have a right to build the controversial mosque.
Scarborough pointed to comments potential GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made earlier that morning accusing President Barack Obama of "pandering" to Muslims. The president had spoken out Friday in favor of the right to build the mosque, though he also noted the strong feelings opponents have against it.

"Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington," Gingrich said on Fox News. "We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There is no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center," he said.

Reflecting on Gingrich's comments, Scarborough didn't know where to begin. "To suggest that someone trying to build a -- a tolerant center for moderate Muslims in New York is the equivalent of killing six million Jews is stunning to me," he said.

"It's stunning and it is so contrary to our country's principle and the Republican party," McKinnon agreed, then added, "I'm glad to see we're together on this and unfortunately I think we may get our membership revoked at the Pachyderm Club."

"Screw 'em," interrupted Scarborough.

"I agree," said McKinnon.


Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0816/scarborough-gop-membership-revoked-mosque-screw-em/

[CTyankee]

1. A little late, Scar baby...

You made your bed with these pukes, now lie in it...

[Phil The Cat]

14. Growth is impossible

Once a repug, ALWAYS a repug!

Lock 'em ALL up so they won't hurt anyone else!

:sarcasm:

[AlbertCat]

2. Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington

They don't?

What country does Newty think he lives in?

[Stuart G]

3. Newt lives in his own country...where he is right....

all the time, and everyone else is always wrong........screw him too....

[oldhippydude]

4. hell

they just go in shooting!!

[laughingliberal]

9. I'm wondering which 'they' you are referring to.

It's not at all clear from your post.

[GReedDiamond]

22. I think the poster is referring to the gunman who stormed...

...the Holocaust Museum, killing a security guard. The gunman was a right-wing freak in his 80s, IIRC.

[spanone]

5. joe the broken clock

[gratuitous]

6. Take it easy, Squinty

You know as well as I do that by Labor Day these nitwits will have ginned up a whole new controversy. Try to get the word early this next time, though; it's awfully tough for you to disagree with the Dimwit Brigade, so try to be on their side for the next one, mmmmkay?

[KamaAina]

7. "We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor."

News flash: Visitors to the Arizona Memorial are about equally divided between Americans and Japanese.

[NC_Nurse]

8. Amazing. A completely uncharacteristic show of principle from Joe Scar...

I'll be damned. :-0

[Stuart G]

10. I recall that Scar called Bush an idiot ...

He can show principle once in a while..

[Arkana]

11. Newt's a moron. The Nazis and the Japanese were not religions

and therefore did not own land next to either one of these things. The people who are building this thing own the fucking land and are allowed to do with it what they like. It is their Constitutional right to exercise both freedom of speech AND religion, no matter how many old white Republicans pee their pants.

[savalez]

13. Hear Hear Arkana! But Newty and others like him don't seem to believe in the Constitution anymore!

Plus, they are quick to demonize entire populations for the acts of a few. That is, except when it comes to atrocities and acts of terror by Christians - then it's an isolated incident, of course. Bastards.

[DonCoquixote]

12. Red Alert

Considering his fried Charlie Crist looks like he has the Senate seat sewn up, think Joe could be pondering an independent run (i.e. we are ex republicans, but still love business)

[totodeinhere]

15. Crist does not have that seat locked up.

Where are you getting that from?

Republican Marco Rubio has nudged ahead of independent Charlie Crist in Florida's nationally watched U.S. Senate race in a hypothetical three-way matchup with Democrat Kendrick Meek, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Saturday.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-mason-dixon-senate-20100814,0,5966173.story

[bigbaddan]

16. I like Joe for one thing.

He refuses to take part in the GOP white trash issues like this.

[John Agar]

17. He's doing a lot better than Harry Reid on this one.

Up is down, down is up.

[kentuck]

18. Scarborough cannot be trusted on this issue.

He is playing the devil's advocate in order to keep an issue burning which he believes will harm Barack Obama and the Democrats. He is "pretending" to support the President, knowing that by taking the President's side on this issue will keep the issue going on right-wing media and mainstream media. In my opinion, he is intentionally playing this issue the way the way he is not out of principle but out of a political opportunity.

[scheming daemons]

20. Bingo. n/t

[DirkGently]

19. Credit where it's due. Scarborough (gulp) is right.

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. Sounds like Scarborough isn't planning on running for office any time soon