Joe Scarborough, the token “conservative” on MSNBC, published a column on the Politico that called on Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio conservatives to see Palin as he sees her. It was an attempt to make himself relevant in a party that he feels has up and left him.
If it has, that’s a good thing. Mornin’ Joe has never been too big a conservative, and compromising conservative values is how America got in the state it is today.
But don’t let that stop Joe. He’s one of the few MSNBC hosts yet to fill their anti-Palin diatribe quota for the year:
Why did he add the “mother of five” part in there? Is that supposed to be included in the things for which she should be looked down upon? Or is Joe suggesting that she should just stay home where she belongs and fix lunch for the kids?
And having a reality show is supposed to damage one’s credibility? The current president bragged about scoring blow when he had enough money, but being on TLC is a bridge too far?
Gimme a break.
The fact Joe thinks there is anyone on the planet who could make Obama look like Churchill shows how detached from reality Scarborough actually is.
As for his claim that Palin was disrespectful to Reagan, it’s a complete mischaracterization of what she was saying. She was saying that Reagan’s background was also attacked as being thin and vapid, but he was an excellent president.
Are there concerns about Palin? Show me a candidate you don’t have concerns about. When you find a candidate you don’t disagree with, you’ll find yourself voting for yourself.
But Joe wasn’t to worried about citing his concerns with professionalism. He was snide and condescending. He was very liberal-esque.
This is a Republican that is so left wing he couldn’t even defend McCain on his own talk show:
In the same show, Scarborough—who formerly campaigned for Bush, even serving as a point man in Florida during the 2000 recount—says the McCain campaign’s problem is “they’re strapped to the Bush administration.”
In fact, the only time Scarborough musters a defense of the current Republican nominee comes when another guest mocks McCain’s alleged love of Abba.
“‘Waterloo,’” he says. “Great song.”
Yeah, the Republican party needs to be taking advice from this guy.
However, he’s right about one thing…Waterloo is a great song:
If Joe Scarborough really has political ambition instead of sweeping Palin’s porch he should tend his own and that would mean first he would need to resign from MSNBC.
Being the only “Conservative” on that channel is like being the nihilist in a party of existentialists…he’s there to represent a subtle divergence on specific issues but, nothing contra to the whole.
He has obviously bought into the elitist (speaking of both parties) talking point of Palin leaving her post as governor mid-term when any truly concerned person that could not devote the majority of their time and attention to the post should do the same and she obviously couldn’t due to her own choices and the overwhelming amount of legal detritus thrown her way by the left. I appauld her for turning it over to the Lieutenant Governor …it’s not like she abandoned the state without a leader.
I’m also amused by all the talk of intellectual curiousity. Who really thinks what they do in Washington requires intellectual curiousity or great intellect for that matter?
Call me a populist but, I would far rather have someone in office that agreed with my ideology on what America is and should be and how best to insure that be maintain that someone with an impressive law degree or from an appropriate ivy league school. Someone unafraid of standing up for their beliefs and accepting of their shortcomings instead of someone narcisstic enough to believe and promote their own press above taking care of the country.
I’m not saying I would vote for her today but, I’m very impressed with her abilities and multi tasking while under a bigger microscope and with far less protection than Obama or Scarborough.
She takes her shots from both sides and just keeps moving forward always with an expressed purpose. America’s best interest. One might not agree with her ideas but, one must admit she adheres and expresses them and that’s sorely missing from most sidewinders in politics.
One shouldn’t even address their snide references to her family as if she was nothing more than a glorified housefrau. Of course, she’s conservative so there won’t be any uproar from traditional feminist but, everyone who lives in a famial grouping should realize what she and her husband have accomplished and be amazed.
Keep trashing her folks, it only adds focus to her rise. If she continues the course she’s on for another two years under the most scrutiny I’ve ever witnessed, taking it all in stride with a wink and a nod to her detractors and coming back stronger I might forgive her the fact that she doesn’t read Couric endorsed magazines.
“conservative”. Like the two q%**#s, Andi and Chuckie are “conservatives”.
Please spare me.
I have no idea what that means. What in the world are you talking about?