Joe Scarborough has had it. He just quit the Republican Party (VIDEO)

[egbertowillies]

It was just a matter of time before Conservatives realize that the Republican Party of yesteryear is now but a dysfunctional amalgamation of selfishness, bad ideas, and hate. The Republican Party may no longer be salvageable, and Conservatives are starting to bolt, currently in drips, but maybe a gusher soon.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/07/11/joe-scarborough-has-had-it-he-just-quit-the-republican-party-video/

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Joe is a moderate.

I am not totally sure he isn't setting up to run in 2020. I think he figures if Trump could win so could he, even with the baggage he has. I would guess is will run as and indy.

[LakeArenal]

2. What a hypocrite... Geeez...

[Orsino]

3. Don't worry. He'll be carrying some of their water again by next week...

...and when Trump is no longer president, Joe will be back. Perhaps sooner.

[emulatorloo]

4. People we can't reach listen to Joe.

Keep that in mind.

Additionally I sense his decision isn't just about Trump, it is also about the Republicans who defend every egregious thing Trump does and continue to deny Trump/Russia.

[OliverQ]

7. It's actually more so this than Trump

He's absolutely blasted Republicans and their cowardice and corruption over not standing up against Trump destroying the country and aligning with Russia.

He's fed up with how Republican leaders behave, more so than just Trump himself.

[Orsino]

8. He is not just an empty talking skull.

He is on the right, but doesn't like to be made to look a fool, and he sure doesn't like being blackmailed. There may be principle involved, but Joe is using his celebrity status for revenge against Trump as well as to try to get the GOP to look less stupid/corrupt.

Whether or not he ever gets around to changing his voter registration, he'll still be dining out with the same elites. Nothing much may have changed.

[emulatorloo]

10. He's a moderate not a freedom-caucus wingnut..

[misanthrope]

19. A "moderate" on whose scale?

The definition shifts greatly according to state, region and time period. Many of today's moderates would be right-wing Republicans decades ago because of the rightward shift in American politics since the 1970s.

[emulatorloo]

20. My accessment is based on the current political environment.

I assume that's pretty obvious given my reference to the Freedom Caucus.

I was alive and politically aware in the late 60's/early 70's so I'm fully cognizant of the rightward shift in America politics since then.

[misanthrope]

27. IMHO, true political moderates left the GOP a while back

The Freedom Caucus is a group that in universal scope are out on the fringe next to numerous groups being watched by the SPLC and federal agencies. Dollars to doughnuts plenty of their caucus members were sympathetic to the Bundy clan.

Ask someone from the European Union to point to an American moderate and it's likely their finger would fall on a politico who could be labeled Clintonian or Third Way Democrats. They might go so far as to nod to our last POTUS.

Scarborough's "moderate" bona fides are slim to none in my admittedly worthless opinion. If he really valued the things he claimed -- especially those which "broke the deal" for him -- it wouldn't have taken this long to chase him off.

I think he has a more selfish angle in this aimed at helping his public profile, furthering his media career or something of the like. I don't think he's suddenly had a "come to Jesus" moment and rediscovery of conscience.

[cwydro]

25. He helped get that orange pillock elected.

We will see.

[MineralMan]

5. You know that you can quote from your own blog, right?

I'd watch the video, but I'm not clicking through to your blog. Too many ads.

[emulatorloo]

13. Agreed. And video can be found elsewhere without the barrage of ads.

[Doremus]

22. I use Ad Block and didn't get any ads. nt

[MineralMan]

28. That's nice.

I use no browser add-ons, and am selective about the sites I visit.

[KG]

6. piss on Joe Scarborough anyway.

[Paladin]

9. Not even near good enough, to make up for all his trump pimping. (nt)

[MiddleClass]

12. They were bad, Don the Con came down the elevator, Joe and Mika fell to their knees in worship

I've been watching morning Joe, from the beginning, as a moderate,,,

Republican light is okay.

CNN I went.

[emulatorloo]

11. Your blog is bloated with ads. If you wish to interact with your fellow DU'ers please

post your content at DU. We are not your personal cash register.

[Doremus]

23. Use Ad Block. It cleans the page up considerably. nt

[emulatorloo]

24. The information's available elsewhere so I'm good n/t

[ConnorMarc]

14. A Day Late and A Dollar Short

He's a self-proclaimed Conservative, no different than being a Republican.

Don't fall for the okie-doke.

[Hoyt]

15. So he'll call himself an Independent (GOPer too ashamed to say he is one), or a Libertarian which

is even worse than a GOPer in a lot of respects.

Felt sorry for the guy last night, telling Colbert how being a musician has always been his dream. Then at the end of the show, with a big backing band, he sounds like a bunch of 12 year olds in the garage. Christ, he was awful.

[ConnorMarc]

16. As If So-Called Independents Are A Thing To Be Anyway...

Since the Bush II regime, fiasco and national embarrassment, "Independents" has largely been disgruntled Republicans who are ashamed to be associated w/the Republican party. Same mindset, same mentality, same ideology.

Joey is the same. He's worse, because he's a Bush-era Republican, aka Neo-Con, the worst of the worst.

I wouldn't spit or piss on him if he were on fire to save his life.

Yes, that is contempt you detect, because I find JS to be contemptible. Mika has wiggled her way into that as well, she's also contemptible at this point.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Wow - I read the entire post before the *&%* ads and click-bait bullshit was done downloading.

Fucking hell.

Never clicking there again.

[misanthrope]

18. Scarborough and his pompadour are full of crap

I noticed the web page on the link cut Scarborough's remarks before he got to the part where he said the GOP is no longer the party of Reagan because ol' Ronnie would never stand for racism or cooperating with our enemies. Those are both demonstrable lies.

Scarborough and his gal pal also tried to maintain Trump is now suddenly no longer the person he was for the last seven decades, a man they worked with in lockstep for the maximum amount of publicity for all involved. This is public relations garbage trying to maintain the momentum they got from their recent tiff with Trump.

[Ken Burch]

21. Best case scenario-they form their OWN party and go up against the Trumpublic presidentially.

n/t.

[Skittles]

26. fuck him

he was OK with misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, anti-worker, anti-science, but Trump, whom HE PIMPED FOR, is giving him the vapors? FUCK HIM.

[Golden Raisin]

29. Oh puh-leez. Rhett Butler said it best.