Scarborough asks Rubio if he condemns Beck for calling Obama a racist, comparing him to dictators
February 19, 2010 8:03 am ET
From the February 19 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
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Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck of FOX News are bringing their "Bold & Fresh Tour'' to Tampa on Friday, and volunteers from Marco Rubio's campaign for U.S. Senate will be ready and waiting.
According to a campaign e-mail, volunteers will be "spreading Marco's message in the parking lot at next Friday's Glenn Beck/Bill O'Reilly two shows in Tampa at the USF Sundome. With both shows sold out (15,000+ capacity), that's 30,000 like-minded Marco-friendly audience members we can reach...Friday will be a lot of fun, and Marco's campaign is 100% supporting this outreach project."
But at least Scarborough asked. Slight redemption after cutting off Lawrence O'Donnell as he schooled Marc Thiessen last week.
fail.
but look, what a convenient entrance! "well, i haven't heard those statements, however? what you just said is mad. it has no place in political commentary. that said, let's move on now."
wouldn't that be cool?
Both parties do not want to offend or seperate themselves from the fringe portions of the group. It's common sense. You people who act like its a one-sided coin make me laugh.
And I love how they accuse Dems of utilizing attack politics to destroy the opposition.
And you honestly think that is a fair statement? Lets be real here IRONY. You have people on the left who call the troops murderers. You have groups on the left who spit on troops when they get off the plane in aiports - happened to my own father coming home from Vietnam (which he was drafted, btw).
To act like this is a one-sided coin is ridiculous. Both sides use politics to oppress the opposition - its a tactic, that unfortunately, works. But don't make sweeping statements that bear little to no truth, and that you have no way of proving to be fact. In fact, what your statement is doing is nothing more than what you accuse them of doing....using politics and ideology to destroy opposition. I believe your ideology right now is being used to trump other Americans beliefs.
I don't doubt you are right, edgewater.
Republicans' regain to power, WILL be at the expense of the American people. They show you what they are willing to do (lie, distort, misrepresent) and they show you how devious and childish they are (make up things and name-calling).
The media is guilty of legitimizing Republicans nutcases by giving them a platform to criticize and attack the president, even though it is un-patriotic and un-American. The media is also guilty of ignoring and overlooking those who are caught lying to the American people. The media is doing a great dis-service to their profession AND the American people. You don't let a known liar believe it is alright to lie without a challenge or reprisal. This is what Republicans are getting away with.
Everyone- meaning.. ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS should be offended by Republicans behavior. No way on God's green earth should they ever be in a position of power.
My question is, what do his fans think of him when they hear him answer in this way? Do they really WANT to support someone who says he's with them when he's in the same room with them, but won't stand up for them when he's on TV?
He's a hypocrite! Read below.
The Club for Growth/Teabagger candidate for Senate in Florida, who’s challenging the NRSC’s Charlie Crist in a primary, apparently thinks we should forcibly deport 14 million people from the country.
As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP’s conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty. [...] The son of Cuban exiles born in Miami says he opposed the proposal spearheaded in 2006 by former Sen. Mel Martinez — whose early retirement triggered Rubio’s 2010 campaign — that would have allowed illegal immigrants to work toward citizenship. Crist supported the bill.
Indeed, Rubio recently smacked Crist for that position on the stump.
“He supported cap and trade,” Rubio said of Crist. “He supported the stimulus package. He supported amnesty for illegal aliens. These are all major issues that are going to be coming up in Washington.
So how did Rubio’s parents, who fled Castro’s Cuba in 1959, get in? Yep, they were granted amnesty.
Shortly after Castro won control, some elite Cubans fled to Miami. As the flow grew, Presidents Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson used the parole power to admit them. From 1959 to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, more than 200,000 arrived.
Once again, IOKIYAR — or in this case, IOKIYACR.
glenn "ed wood" beck has been railing about the same stuff for over a year. how rubio could keep a straigh face like that and lie is just beyond me and insulting to any florida voter stupid enough to buy into his lie.
Good for you, Joe. Keep asking these wackos the tough questions. But be prepared to be attacked by them. You aren't conservatard enough for them.
I will give him props for asking the question, but as was stated on the thread above, any real journalism would have called him out for 'I never heard him say it...'
Btw, we emailed Joe on Morning Joe this morning telling him and his Republican friends to STOP with their "lies" and "falsehoods" about Pres. Obama and Democrats while "praising" the SAME old tired Republican Party (GOP) that almost brought America to the brink of Depression. Hmmm, Republicans sure do know how to stay on top by their "ATTACKS" and "DISTRACT" games. Just pathetic, LOL.
That's about the best description I've ever heard of the rude dog, Scarborough and his acolyte audience. Very apt. I guess his handsome (if you like that type) and neat appearance, and the fact that he says something sane once in a while gets him over with the blank slate (no ability to extrapolate or use abstract thought) crowd he caters to every day. It's like he gets forgiven by a priest every night and is absolved of everything, only to forget his transgressions the next day and start anew with the the idiocy.
And one of the things that's always turned me off about the guy is his bullying and strident attitude. Not to mention that shrill voice of his. Oy.
And they all seem to prescribe to the same smug, sarcastic mean spiritedness, and then dare to call liberals condescending.
Look, I never said I always agreed with what Joe says. Yes, he's a jerk. But there are jerks on the left, too.
IMHO, in contrast to the retards that are the "voice of the GOP" today, Joe looks almost liberal.
Regardless how anyone interprets my posts here, I don't reject all conservatives.
Sorry to disappoint some who thought I was a raging liberal. I'm actually a moderate.
Hi SRLTX,
That's the main crux right there. The sticking point, the rub ;-)
I for one am not comparing him to the others to ascertain an opinion of him being reasonable. I judge him on his own terms. And too often he's just a guy that seems to have no ability to draw correlations, extrapolate things from one day to the next and doesn't draw on the abstract. IMHO, he's a dummy. But he says something reasonable once in a while and is good looking (if you like the type), and facile and glib.
Let's say I have no use for him....;-0) And I refuse to applaud him when he says something halfway cogent once in a while, because he'll be back the very next day with more BS talking points.
They're really starting to come out of the wood work now. You don't like Congress now, just wait'll you see Nov. of 2010 and 2012!
I you for real or is this a comedy routine you have brought on here to amuse us?