LMAO: Scarborough calls O'Lielly "GOP suck-up"

[edbermac]

On the January 4 edition of MSNBC's Scarborough Country, host Joe Scarborough responded to Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's attacks on NBC and MSNBC by asserting that O'Reilly was "way off base on MSNBC, on NBC, and certainly on me. And I challenge you to debate me anytime, anyplace, anywhere." Scarborough further challenged O'Reilly to "find one thing I have said on this program over the past year that is not consistent with the conservative congressman who was against military adventurism when I was in Congress, that was against exploding deficits, that was against reckless spending, and was against turning Congress into the type of swamp that we Republicans have turned it into over the past six years." Concluding, Scarborough stated, "That doesn't make me liberal, that makes me conservative. That may make you, though, a suck-up, if you defend the Republicans that have done that to this country and to our party over the past six years."

O'Reilly has recently taken to attacking NBC and MSNBC for what he perceived to be "Bush-hat" and "irresponsible" reporting of Saddam Hussein's execution. For instance, on the January 3 broadcast of his television show, O'Reilly asserted that "NBC News led the way" among the "Bush-hat" media because "elements over there" were "calling the execution a PR disaster for the USA." O'Reilly was presumably referring to a January 2 report on Saddam's execution by NBC News Middle East correspondent Richard Engel during NBC's Nightly News, in which Engel reported that the "execution wasn't just a PR disaster for the Iraqi government. The gallows were on a U.S. military base, and many in the region are blaming the U.S. for letting it happen."

On the January 3 Scarborough Country, Scarborough first addressed O'Reilly's remarks, stating: "Bill O'Reilly says NBC News hates President Bush and sides with Saddam Hussein or at least feels sorry for Saddam Hussein because some of us questioned how the lynch mob took over the execution scene." Scarborough then went on to say that "today, the United States government appeared to share our concern over the way that disgusting spectacle played out." Scarborough later addressed Saddam's execution, explaining that he was "concerned about the United States of America and our reputation" because "there was a lynch mob, people screaming al-Sadr's name while Saddam Hussein was being executed." Scarborough also said that the execution "was a debacle" and that " lot of people are embarrassed, and they should be embarrassed, " because this is "a guy, who I've loathed for 20-30 years," and he appeared to be "the most dignified guy there."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050011

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[Broken_Hero]

1. It was rather funny, actually...

I saw it very early this morning on msnbc on the repeat show...Joe was pretty, pissed off.

[malaise]

2. Scarborough's best rant to date

It was fall down funny.

[The Count]

3. Bush-hat in Oh-really's mind means hating *???

because I am now confused on the meaning of asshat..:shrug:.

[Eric J in MN]

4. I was planning to post this but you beat me to it. NT

NT

[Eric J in MN]

5. Regarding Joe Scarborough self-portrait, though...

"find one thing I have said on this program over the past year that is not consistent with the conservative congressman who was against military adventurism when I was in Congress."

Joe Scarborough ridiculed Janeane Garofalo for saying that if we invade Iraq, "we're doomed."

That is inconsistent with him being "against military adventurism."

[SunDrop23]

6. I prefer big mouth dirtbag, but I guess suckup will work too.

[babylonsister]

7. Video here for those who want to watch:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x11718

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. Joedeadintern was the biggest 'let's go-to-war' cheeleader

remember how he attacked anyone who questioned the decison even slightly? remember how nasty he was to garofalo?

this human windsock made his bed...

[TroglodyteScholar]

10. Exactly...he just jumped ship...

...a little sooner than most of the other rats.

The only way Joe's better than any of the others is that he acknowledges what a disaster the Republican party is today. Of course, he'd have you believe he's better than that -- even though he was in the freshman class that ushered in this era of dishonest and irresponsible Republican (NOT conservative) government.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Joe obviously has better political instincts than BO.

Joe jumped off in plenty of time so he won't be hurt when the train crashes. BO, though, appears to be shoveling the coal in the boiler, oblivious of where the train is headed.

[kevinbgoode]

9. The only thing O'Lielly is qualified to comment on

is a review of the latest edition of "Girls Gone Wild"

[LittleClarkie]

11. I don't care what you people say, I like him.

We may not always agree. But damn it, he still has his soul.