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Scarborough Accuses MSNBC’s Fill-In Hosts of Running ‘Marxist Variety Hour’ in His Absence

Sep. 13, 2012 2:10pm

Although some accuse MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough of leaning too far to the left to be considered a “true conservative,” at least this much can be said about him: He has a breaking point when it comes to over-the-top comments made by those truly in the liberal fold.

For instance, MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle on Wednesday suggested the Department of Justice should prosecute inflammatory Florida pastor Terry Jones because he’s somehow responsible for the recent attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

“Given this supposed ‘minister’s’ role in last year’s riots in Afghanistan, where people died, and given his apparent or his alleged role in this film, where, not yet nailed down, but at least one American, perhaps the American ambassador is dead, it might be time for the Department of Justice to start viewing his role as an accessory before or after the fact,” said Barnicle.

Because if a crowd riots and murders four people, a guy who may or may not have made them angry is pretty much responsible too, right?

And if you think that’s silly how about this: “Who is the more dangerous player on the world stage right now, the supreme leader in Tehran or Bibi Netanyahu?”

Really? Barnicle wonders if Netanyahu is “more dangerous” than the supreme leader in Tehran? If any of this sounds silly, you’re not alone.

During a Thursday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Scarborough in a discussion with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a severe dig at Barnicle.

“Well, Senator, as you know, when Mika and I are off the show, ‘Morning Joe’ turns into the ‘young Marxist variety hour,’” said Scarborough. “So we cannot be held responsible for anything that was said here yesterday when people like [Mike] Barnicle were running the ship.”

Wow. Well. It’s not everyday you see an MSNBC host calls out his co-hosts for saying something that seems really quite silly.

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  • silquin11
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:22pm

    I thinks it is laughable when Scarborough calls himself a conservative. He makes and idito of himself everyday he poses as one…to whom? not to the viewers for sure! He reallly sounds pathetic when we all know he will SAY ANYTHING ON THAT SHOW and TRASH EVERY COSNERVATIVE OR GOP POLITICIAN for a fistfull of dollars$$$$$$$! Scarborough is pitiful and pathetic just like 70% of his guests

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    • ChildOfTheKing
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 6:02pm

      True conservatives KNOW BETTER and Scarborough does not know better.

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    • forthepeople
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 6:22pm

      All 38 of them ( viewers ).

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    • jzs
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:57pm

      Joe Scarborough is a Marxist! At least by TP standards.

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    • Amarath01
      Posted on September 14, 2012 at 9:15am

      Romney would have done everything the same as obama … heck obama is just ruling using Romney’s playbook. The only thing that differs between them is their rhetoric and skin color; both things that don’t count for junk.

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  • getitgotitgood
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:20pm

    Hey JOE, just go Postal that’lll show em

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  • DeathRattle
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:20pm

    Silly liberals, guns don’t kill people, Islam does.

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:09pm

    Joesy should suspend his program for a month and work toward getting some credibility. I’d say getting some credibility back but can’t miss what you never had. He’s going down with the rest of them…

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  • blackyb
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:42pm

    If my neighbor disagrees, mocks or makes fun of God we do not kill or destroy him. God does not need our help in disciplining idiots. Now why do the idiot Islamists think they are supposed to take up their “god’s” slack if he is so awsome. Our God does not need us, we need Him. Now if Islamists had a real god, they would not need to be covering his back, now would they? Who are they trying to impress being so wicked. It certainly is not the One True God Almighty, the Alpha, the Omega, the beginning and the end.

    What we do is spread the Word and those who are willing and want to, can accept or reject God. The rest is in God’s turf.
    Islam is not a faith, it is a cover for a dictatorship of the worst kind. It is an excuse to bully, kill and maime those weaker. Our God teaches us to help others, they are making out like they have to do these horrific crimes so their god will like what they do? They worship DEATH. They have no true faith. They are deceiving themselves to hurt those in their own families they care about and disrespect the life the One True God gives people. They have nothing but wickedness and desire to supress people who have God given rights under a regime that uses their labor to benefit the few elites who kill and maime to get into power. Now these people have had a chance, too many to be exact, so they better back off, because Obama is not going to be where he is by reason of notbeing re-elected or arrest. All of them better back off and back off qui

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  • elosogrande
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:36pm

    Joe, I’m chockin’ on your smoke screen! Are you or the people who run MSNBC going to try and tell me that you didn’t know Barnicle is a far left radical? Turn around, Joe, and count up all of the anchors and their fellow travelers who are clogging up the MSNBC cess pool. It’s no accident that they’re all there. It must be what the boys at Comcast want,…or all of the biased buffoons would be gone.

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    • horsehockey
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:13pm

      You nailed it, Joe is crying wolf when he is the first who ought to know what MSNBC is. Joe is one of the MSNBC buffoons. Joe, what about that dead girl in your Pensacola office?

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    • Kathleen3
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:28pm

      Bingo! Comcast’s Brian Roberts sold his soul and whatever morals and ethics he possessed to the Progressives in return for the Obama administration approving the buyout of NBC/MSNBC which, in turn, was to become the Democrats’ Network.

      Scarborough, in turn, sold his soul and whatever morals and ethics he possessed in return for a paycheck and to feed his inflated ego by appearing on TV, regardless of the format or mission.

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  • SadButTrue
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:28pm

    Silly? It’s not silly, it’s inflammatory and MSNBC has a significantly larger audience than Terry Jones. If anything happens to Terry Jones, then butthead Barnicle should mmediately be arrested and Charged. How do you like THAT logic, Barnicle??

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  • pandora
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:28pm

    So let me get this straight. If something Mike Barnicle says on the air makes me so angry that I go out and kill four people, Barnicle should be arrested for the crime? Sweet! Now that is justice! LOL

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  • csense
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:19pm

    OK Mikie! You made your point! It is nonsense! Why not make a valid one, who is more dangerous, Obama or Holder?

    Is not Holder an accessory to murder in the death of hundreds of Mexicans and our border agents who were killed with guns supplied by the US government? By law, anyone providing a gun to someone (know killers) and that person kills someone with that gun he is guilty of being a accessory to murder.

    If the crime does not rise to Holder, someone down the chain of command is guilty.

    Obama is dangerous to the health, wealth and freedom of the country, is he not. The evidence is overwhelming!

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  • lizaz
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:13pm

    Gee, I thought Joe was a marxist!!!!

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  • MignonMallon
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:09pm

    Poor Joe Scarborough: The personification of political Stockholm Syndrome. He’s so confused. One day he’s carrying the flag for conservatism on his show, the next day he sits silent and allows Chris Matthews verbally assault the Chairman of “HIS PARTY” (as he likes to remind us). When he is present on the set he sits in a defensive position with his arms crossed, like an observer of his own show. Most of the time he appears in a box ‘mailing it in’ from a remote location. I hate to see such Rhino abuse!

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    • horsehockey
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:18pm

      Joe Scarborough is a clownish buffoon–if that’s redundant, it’s purely intentional.

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  • BODYBAG
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:52pm

    Im not one of the 9 people who regularly watch the RAW: LOCKUP – ATTICA channel

    I figure a real news channel can come up with enough programming to fill its airtime
    without running continuous regurgitations of prison inmate & caught-on-camera shows.
    And that stuff is actually BETTER than being forced to watch Al Sharpton & Ed Shultz
    both butcher the english language beyond recognition.

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  • ldonnell
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:48pm

    now that we’ve held out our hand,and had it severed,what now mr obama?

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  • little big man
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:41pm

    REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines

    Marine blogs say U.S. embassy did not authorize service members to carry ammo

    U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.

    Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit U.S. Marine guards to carry live ammunition,” according to multiple on U.S. Marine Corps blogs spotted by Nightwatch. “She neutralized any U.S. military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.”

    U.S. officials have yet to confirm or comment on the reports. Time magazine’s Battleland blog Thursday “Senior U.S. officials late Wednesday declined to discuss in detail the security at either Cairo or Benghazi, so answers may be slow in coming.”

    If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.

    “She did not defend U.S. sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office,” the report states. “She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.”

    While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning

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  • who_is_john_galt_in_RI
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:41pm

    RINOjoe and MINNIEmika what a team…

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  • woodyee
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:39pm

    “Well, Senator, as you know, when Mika and I are off the show, ‘Morning Joe’ turns into the ‘young Marxist variety hour,’” said Scarborough. “So we cannot be held responsible for anything that was said here yesterday when people like [Mike] Barnicle were running the ship.”

    A Quote which must never be laid to rest. It is an admission that MSNBC is an organ for marxist views, and words which the Leftists posting on this website can not deny.

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  • Mandors
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:36pm

    What do you expect from a halfwit, Boston, WTP, blue collar marxist who was kicked off the Boston Globe for plagiarism?

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:30pm

    Joe gets the RINO of the year award,McCain gets the RINO of the century award.

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  • MrKnowItAll
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:28pm

    Mika wasn’t with Joe on that Statement. She is not bright or fast enough to think of a Negative response so she Giggles.

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  • kalli
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:28pm

    Why don’t we start prosecuting this admin first for it’s spitting on American values, ripping up American rules of law and its Constitution and replacing them with sharia laws, and dumbing down of Americans in general, like this barnicle fool. As a matter of fact, throw him into the prosecution lineup for trying to destroy an American’s right to free speech. If I want to burn a quran, I have that right and also the approval of God! These communists who call themselves Americans are the despicable.

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  • John White
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:21pm

    And in related new, MSNBC informed former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough that his services on their network would no longer be needed.

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    • JRook
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Ah yes but the trade off is the cast of clowns on Fox & Friends who spent the morning trying to put a spin on Romney’s idiotic statement regarding something the PRESIDENT didn’t say. But then again who understands idiotic statements better than the brain trust on Fox & Friends. All 3 are a joke.

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:43pm

      You sound like a media matters staffer, eyes always glued to Fox News with pen and paper in hand, searching for ways to take a conservative out of context.

      Do they let you guys take breaks, or do they subsidize your catheters?

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    • RETIREDUSAFDEFENDER
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:25pm

      @JROOK: Why dont you crawl back into the liberal MSNBC cesspool from which you came? Go Away F*cktard!

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  • gyro
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:20pm

    How low must MSNBC ratings go before this fellow needs a new job?

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:41pm

      2, when it hits 2, then everyone gets fired. But I think when it gets that low, that means even the film crew isn’t watching the show. Plus, everyone knows there biggest audience is 4 Galaxies away, on the planet 48Zykqut. As you know, it takes Millions of years for the television signals to get there, so the population that will love Morning Joe, hasn’t been born yet, but when they are, Morning Joe will be the biggest show on the planet. But the planet loves Seinfeld, and all shows about nothing.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:20pm

    Joe, you are known by the company you keep.

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  • Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:18pm

    conservatives trotysyites—— democrats—- leninists

    conservatives are just as communistic- as democrats

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:18pm

    Good ole ‘conservative’ Joe is back! He’ll straighten those punks at MSNBC out in a jiffy! Who are you kidding Joe? Your credibility is as low as the rest of that obnoxious crew.

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