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Scarborough Doubles Down on Incorrect Romney Chant Video: Mitt Looks ‘Goofy…Without Our Help’
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough doubled down this morning on a video tape he aired on his show “Morning Joe” last week that turned out to be something other than what he said it was.
The tape in question shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan at a campaign event. The crowd is chanting what we’ve since learned to be “Romney! Romney” when Romney says “Romney-Ryan, Romney Ryan!” Subtitles on the Morning Joe version of the tape showed the crowed actually chanting “Ryan! Ryan!” The panelists mocked Romney, suggesting he was being overshadowed by Ryan.
Here’s the clip from MSNBC:
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A closer listen to the tape shows the crowd is indeed chanting “Romney!” and several people who attended the event confirmed as much to TheBlaze.
“So this weekend, a website started the weekend suggesting that our staff had doctored a tape to invent a story that would make Mitt Romney look goofy,” Scarborough said today. “Well, we didn’t. And to to tell you the truth, Mitt kind of looks goofy when he’s campaigning without our help.”
Scarborough went on to explain the controversy, which he addressed on Twitter this weekend. “So this is how some people spent their weekend: Running two seconds of tape … through audio filters to figure out if people are saying Romney or Ryan in 1.8 seconds.”
Here are the tweets Scarborough fired off:
Note: TheBlaze didn’t run any clips through audio filters and we’ve been unable to locate any clips that were. Furthermore, we never accused MSNBC or Scarborough of “doctoring” any clips. We’ve requested comment from MSNBC and will update if they respond.
UPDATE: The National Review Online does have a video clip of the Romney rally in which the audio has been tinkered with to boost the crowd chant and minimize background noise.
Scarborough then played the clip his show aired last week, this time without the subtitles.
“I heard Ryan there,” Scarborough said. “It’s all awkward. And by the way, when [Romney] says, ‘he’s quite a guy, isn’t it?’ It just looked goofy. That’s what I was laughing at.”
Scarborough then played C-SPAN’s own video from the same event. Here it is:
“You’ll notice in both clips, Mitt looks just as goofy which caused me to react in mock horror,” Scarborough said after the clip.
He continued:
“People there heard Romney. Other people heard Ryan. Our staff heard Ryan in the clip that we get fed from NBC, unfiltered. We ran it. Politico heard ‘Ryan’ as well and they reported it that way around 5:30, after the event, which was what our staff followed. Later the New York Times wrote that the crowd was chanting ‘Romney,’ then they followed with a correction that it’s kind of hard to figure out what it was. Anyway, this began the great debate among the Cheetos brigade as to whether I, a man who has declared that he’s voting for Mitt Romney, is trying to throw the election by doctoring a tape and cracking a joke. Really guys? Your conspiracy is getting out of hand. …”
Scarborough then cited a blog post on the conservative blog Hot Air that defended him.
He finished with a final jab at his detractors: “Guys if you want to help Mitt Romney get elected, put down the Cheetos, get out of your mom’s basement and call your friends. Tell them why Mitt Romney should be president. Because these conspiracy theories aren’t helping Mitt, Paul or the Republican party. And at the end of the day, it just looks silly.”
Here’s the full segment from today’s “Morning Joe”:
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fooltx
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:04amscarbo is still in the kiddie pool of journalism, and we know what kiddos do in the kiddie pool.
theres a reason he is still on the does anybody care network,
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sndrman
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:27amjoe is token rino,liberal,soicalist republican on a network run by commies and radicals………
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GilbertAcct
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:50amAnyone who claims not to hear “Ryan” in these two clips is being blatantly dishonest with themselves. From the various reports it seems obvious that some people were chanting “Ryan” and some people were chanting “Romney”. This camera’s mic was obvious catching the “Ryan” chants, while other people who were there were in the “Romney” chanting section. It is very normal for crowds not to be chanting the exact same thing in unison. Knowing Romney to be a decent guy (and seeing Ryan’s body language), he was probably hearing the “Romney” chants and asking people to include Ryan.
Scarborough was simply reacting based on the clip he saw, which was obviously in a “Ryan” chanting section. His reaction is well justified because it would be pathetically absurd if Romney heard “Ryan” chants and then forced the crowd to include him. This was just some bad luck for Romney.
This, by the way, is quite different from Fox News intentionally placing a mic in a “booing” Romney crowd when Ron Paul won CPAC and was overwhelmingly cheered. Fox was caught red-handed and had to issue an apology. Fox also reported the DNC telepromter text ad nauseam (“the yays have it”), but completely ignored the exact same thing happening at the RNC.
Let’s try living within the realm of reality, folks. It’s not that difficult.
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All This For A Damn Flag
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:12amPerhaps, instead of mocking Mitt Romney, Joe should spend more time explaining what happened in 2001 when his aide, Lori Klausutis was found dead in his office. Autopsy never confirmed if Lori was pregnant, and if she was, who was the father. She was found to have a head injury, and Joe immediately announces that Lori died from a heart arrhythmia, even though she was a distance runner. The inconsistencies go on and on, and *SURPRISE* Joe is divorced and gone from politics, and now he’s a “journalist.” Check these sites, then ask Joe to explain why this poor girl was treated like garbage, thrown away, and her family left mourning for her.
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html
http://www.allhatnocattle.net/congressman_joe_scarborough.htm
http://brendancalling.com/2010/07/07/did-joe-scarborough-murder-lori-klausutis-reflections-of-a-guilty-conscience/
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Bluebonnet
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:27amAnd you know what kids do in kiddie pools! For Joe Scarborough: Pizzz on you, and this one’s for the horse you rode in on. Many years ago, I liked Joe, but in the last 10+ years I find him to be nothing more than a liberal pawn and that blond creepy lady with him is disgusting, with her nose in the air about everything. She’s one of those biotches you want to slap, but you’d have to look at her so you don’t miss that disgusting face always wrenched in a prissy pose.
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FREEDOM-N-JEOPARDY
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:41amThe thing that gets me the most about this whole thing is Joe Scarborough himself. He pretends to like Romney and claims he is going to vote for him, which absolutely contradicts his behavior on his show. If Romney is his candidate why does he mock him, manufacture controversies around him and make him look incompetent? He sits there and agrees with his FAR LEFT OBAMA WORSHIPPING panel, while they spin every failure of the president into a positive. Then when called out on it, Scarborough doubles down and makes himself look like even more of an a$$. Morning Joe may have just celebrated five years on the air but they are irrelavant as a credible news source and Scarborough is their clown. Please Joe, stop trying to convince the audienece you are a conservative, 53% ARE PAYING ATTENTION !
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UNALIEN
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:25pmYeah, Joe is suffering from “modern liberal disease”
he just can’t see the facts and clings to contextual distortions aka propaganda
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:02pmWho give a flying fk about Morning Joe?? Who even watches it, outside of New York? I could care less about these two less than important characters named Mika and Joe.
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Government_Goodies
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:10pmJoe is an actor hired to play the role of a conservative. He doesn’t do that job very well, however.
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DarkJello
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:26pmJoe has LESS credibility than Ahmadinejad!! Wow!!!
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:05pmJoe doesn’t know much, but mika knew all the time,te,he,he !!
OBOZOMSNBC.. still got that “TINGLE” after 4 years ??????
DISGUSTING !!!!!!!!!
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anOpinion
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:22pmWhen I saw this live on Fox news and you could very clearly hear them chanting “Romney! Romney!”
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smokeyridgerunner
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:26pmI quit watching MSNBC and NBC, I do not trust them.
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KevINtampa
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:59pmQuick, Mika! To The Scarman Marginalization Machine! It says we should call this a shoddy conspiracy theory and dodge the actual fact we constantly change context!
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 3:20pmI wouldn’t classify ANY of these obama bottom feeders
as Journalist. ..They are ALL obama tools !!!!
American Journalism has LOST all creditability … All
bought and paid for………….SAD…
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:28pmIn today’s world, with the instant verification available and the millions of people who are connected to the web and know how to do research… What is wrong with these ARROGANT LIBS? How foolish are they?
The only thing any person has is their REPUTATION; their CHARACTER. Once that is gone (even once) it is impossible to bring back. A “talking-head” on TV can only get hired if he can attract an audience. Why would anyone tune in to watch LIARS? Seriously. SO then, why would someone who needs to work on air to make an income – to raise their family etc – why would they RISK their career by backing this looser in the WHITE HOUSE? Compare the careers of GLENN BECK and Joe Scarborough. Both about the same age. There is no comparison. ONE lied to please his superiors and is faux “family” of reporters…the OTHER exposed lies and was unafraid to speak the truth. ONE owns his own NETWORK now and has the love and affection/support of millions of Americans. Joe is a laughing stock. ALL because of one thing: ONE tells the TRUTH, the other lies.
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calebjim
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:44pmThe people that view MSNBC usually have a low IQ and they think that this is news. As for Joe, who ever told him that he was a news reporter must have been out of their mind. He was a looser in the congress and in his present job.
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kenboo1
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:46pmJoe – you have no credibility – You work for a corporation known for “doctoring” tapes, WTF!!! And you have no room to call anyone goofy… Talk to the 12 people still watching…
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13thCousinOfTheAntiChrist
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:37pm@GILBERTACCT Strange, I listened to the clip, both the one from MSNBC and CSPAN and it is clear that the crowd was chanting “Romney.” Anyone who hears otherwise, that no one is chanting “Romney,” is deaf, stupid and blinded by partisanship. Is it possible that some in the crowd were chanting “Ryan?” Perhaps. It’s also possible they were chanting “Bigfoot” or “Obama” too.
BTW, the only audio filter I was using was the grey matter installed between my ears at conception. It is clear from the pattern and rhythm what was said, and no surprise, MSNBC is lying.
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 6:58amWhen all else fails, then Deny Deny Deny! Joe is so busted while lying about this tape. The truth could be standing right in front of him and he would still say that he heard Ryan. I just can’t stand to watch these idiots, so I choose not to. I think that you should stop watching as well.
May God Bless America and Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan!
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Formula382
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 7:47amThat dude next to Scarborough looks goofy!
J[bl]oe Scarborough is a complete scrote and so is his troll side kick. They’re both a complete joke in teh world of journalism. They too will be part of teh 99ers in short order.
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LibsFIB
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:58amI have deleted all those liberal channels from my remote.
msnbc especially!!! cnn nbc abc cbshln pbs should be ashamed
of the tripe they expel.
scarborough and his tramp sidekick are beady eyed LIBERALS!
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iampraying4u
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:48amIts not who you are going to vote for its who you are not
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Displacedsoutherner
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:34amOn the contrary I find it illuminating to see first hand the spin applied to virtually every story on PBS/MSNBC. It gives me first-person ammunition to argue with Libs whose only knowledge of conservatism, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, et al is what they’ve been fed through their own misinformation sources.
I’ve found that virtually 100% of the Libs I know get ALL their info from left slanted media and refuse categorically to listen to or watch any programming source that doesn’t toe the party line.
A friend who believes that PBS and NPR are “balanced” had never heard a word about Eliz Warren’s long running affirmative action scam in MA because NPR/PBS chose not to cover it.
The other night I watched about 10 minutes of Laurence O’Donnell with my wife in the room and she was shocked at the level of hate, dishonesty and disdain in his every word; no surprise to me but good to know how the enemy thinks.
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Blazed_and_Confused
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:13pmI won’t deny that MSNBC is partisan. But The Blaze is way worse. Just admit it and get off your high horse.
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SavvyCowboy
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 5:26pm@blazed and confused – head back to huff-n-puff PO or back to the cave from which you came. If you like the **** we’re in right now and love obungler THAT much, move to SPAIN you ignorant slothe! You sir are depriving a village from their idiot – take beerock with you too.
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calebjim
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:48pmMe too. If I want to listen to fiction, I use my Kindle.
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TWO BITS
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:55amIt is gratifying to ignore Juvenile Joe’s morning play dates, and I’m relieved that Governor Romney does not meet his standards.
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encinom
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:10amRomney appears to meet the standards of very few Americans, given the polls. It looks like RNC would have been better off nominating the chair Clint Eastwood shared a stage with.
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oneshiner
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:25amThis is one of the easiest votes I can do in November.
It’s one of two, a decent man who can do arithmetic and run businesses or a communist.
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FREEDOM-N-JEOPARDY
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:47am@ECINOMOM
you forget that empty chair already is our president and morons like you voted him in there
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fxmulder
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:29pmyou’ve got a great point..Joe and BHO seem to be stuck at the hip; did Joe help with Fast and Furious??
wouldn’t doubt it…
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calebjim
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:52pmDo you mean, Joe has standards?
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culpeperminuteman
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:46amWhat a douche bag. Nothing like insulting the 6 viewers that actually watch your show, Joe.
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sy212
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:48am6? Oh-oh, viewership is increasing…..
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drattastic
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:51amAnyone not being paid to watch msnbc is to stupid to be insulted.
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DoGooder
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:07pm5 of which have a free obama phone…
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culpeperminuteman
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:44amI watch “Morning Joe” for the simple reason that it’s good to know your enemy. And I can honestly say that not one single person on there, especially Joe Scarborough, ever left me with the idea that they would even consider voting for Mitt Romney. If you are going to vote for someone in an election, why in the world would you call him “goofy”? If that’s your idea of support Joe, you need help. Besides, MSDNC would NEVER allow you to give Mitt Romney one ounce of support. That would be tatamount to being a traitor on that network.
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forthepeople
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:09amAmen : it does get old and tiring .
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USALOVER2011
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:58amAhhhh Joe was caught red-handed, and denies it…Typical liberal brat!!!
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:42amScarborough is a paid ‘obama propagandist’ – nothing more.
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calebjim
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:56pmProbably a low scale of pay if based on talent.
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D-Fence
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:30amHe holds up his service in the House of Reps as some altruistic benefit to society where he fought the good fight with truth, and principles. Joe, I don’t eat Cheetos, and am a small business owner struggling to survive in a climate of class divisiveness. Your characterization of Mitt Romney is anything but the truth. You’ve parlayed your House service into a lucrative private enterprise contract with a “News” station that tells anything but the truth. You should be ashamed for not telling the truth, for not doing your homework on Mitt Romney, and the stories that you and your host create. I say host because you’re a parasite to the beast, and ultimately care nothing about the country and the principles it was founded on. Continue to fade away.
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WashingtonIsMyHero
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:09amCould not agree more. Is Joe still touting that tired, old “Hero of the Republican House” story? That was ages ago when Joe still had a soul.
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Blambo
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:30amWow scarborough, Wasn’t he a Cuban drug lord living in Miami during the 80′s?. I guess things haven’t changed much since.
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:29amJoseph Goebells’s says that “if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” They thrive on disinformation to keep enthroned the biggest lie to transform America in it’s history- Barack Hussein Obama.
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betsyyoung
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:39amAmen!!!
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SimpleTruths
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 2:15pmWell if that’s true then Romney/Ryan are Goebells scholars.
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chickenfried
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:25amI thought he was the news anchor on Sesame Street. Shows how little I know about BSNBC.
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Dirty Harry
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:13amScarborough is still on the air? I haven’t watched him in years. No reason to.
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Truth and Justice
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:11amOK but does anyone watch this show that Scareborough is on?!! I think not!
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apojoe69
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:53amRerunning a video for your own lame stream to decide if they or you were biased? Really. Really? A real profile in courage. The only thing more amazing would be if you get Obama re elected and then you like what he does to you and the country in the next four years.
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johnjamison
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:12amb;ow scarborough keep proven everyday how he is NOT A CONSERVATIVE just merely lying saying he is be project an illusion that MSNBC is but 1000% liberal network.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:49amWho is this person?
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welovetheUSA
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:47amWhen educated grown men act like this they are usually taken out of of the public eye…I expect this to continue till Romney is president and then people will complete ignor the news media…once we know our country is safe, we will have no need to watch the news..not that I ever watch MSNBC..CNN..ABC..NBC..CBS..HLN… SO let the idoits act like they do….no one cares that matters.
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MadenNZ
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:47amHis goal was simple, to publicly ridicule the Republican Brand & Romney. But Joe’s too stupid to realize what a ‘dipshiiiiit’ he has made himself look.
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GETLIFE
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:45am“Guys if you want to help Mitt Romney get elected, put down the Cheetos, get out of your mom’s basement and call your friends. Tell them why Mitt Romney should be president.”
No. Tell them about the outrageous dishonesty of Scarborough and the rest of the corrupt press who are not telling us the truth. Tell them about the Gallup poll showing a MAJORITY of Americans do not trust the press. Msm believers are now in the minority. Let them know THEY are in the minority if they believe what the msm is spinning. Suggest other news sources.
The public doesn’t need to know what is up with Obama and Romney as much as they need to know what is up with the media. Romney and the GOP better get off their BUTTS and start calling them out –or they WILL lose.
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Madison2012
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:45amScarborough do conservatives a favor and stop your name calling and start talking about how Barack Hussein Obama is destroying the country. BTW, The person who looks goofy is you.
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sta
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:45amAll 12 people that watch MSNBC believe Joe.
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:39amYes, and 11 of them are related to Joe and Chris Matthews. Obama is the 12th.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:42amThe sheer hubris of MSNBC is incredible; time after time after time – they show the fulfilling of the old tale of ‘tell a lie long enough and loud enough, until it finally becomes accepted as the truth.”
This is what they are attempting, in addition to all the other MSM spin, fabrications, and lies being told by all of them across the board. There is so much spin being done on the media, polls, and almost all other formats its harder and harder to get the truth to people.
God help us if Obama gets another term; we will be fortunate to survive as a nation, let alone as any kind of coherent society.
Understand something clearly – recently I have a feeling Obama is preparing for a ‘zero option’ in which, given his insanity and his knowing the fall is coming, he is preparing the nation to self destruct no matter what Romney does.
No one trusts the media, or the government, and society is being torn asunder step by step; Obama keeps pushing harder and harder, and thus the ‘zero option.’
Pray people, pray hard and in sincere faith; for we are in the end game, and the final minute is fastly ticking down.
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jerrywalters
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:54amPray to what? You may be more crazy than you want to paint President Obama out to be.
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Stelex
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:16amJerry, slamming people for there belief’s makes you a very, very little person. Sad pathetic little person. You have my sympathies.
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woodyee
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:18amJerry, rather than condone or oppose the merits of SnowLeopards comment, you attack her religiousness. That demonstrates a stronger desire to pursue an agenda rather than for debating the topic. In essence, you were projecting onto SnowLeopard what you probably feel about yourself.
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13thCousinOfTheAntiChrist
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:42pmSadly, God won’t help us if we elect my cousin to a second term: we will get exactly what we deserve and the way will be paved for the harvest.
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jodi
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:41amReally how about all the people that where there,these reporters wouldn’t know the truth if they tripped over it, how is standing up against bad reporting ,bad for a candidate? They just don’t see truth,you have to know truth to see truth. I’ve always noticed people who are dishonest assume everyone is dishonest,
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jerrywalters
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:41amI really do wonder how often Joe thinks of his assistant that was found dead in his congressional office in Florida just before he decided not to run for office again?
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:39amI used to like Joe when he had Scarborough Country. Now that MSNBC has given him a lobotomy, we just as ignorant as Chris Matthews. Sorry Joe, you are a complete moron now. When faced with indisputable facts that you were WRONG, instead of manning up and apologizing, you do an “obama” and double down on your lie.
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Pokerjoe
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:36amBest one yet. Little Joe will double down on a 12. Thats very bad. You know I dont know when all this changed. I think there is way too much T.V. We here are all for doing the best we can. G.B. has opend our eys so much. If we had the time to do things we would like to do we would ring people like little Joes neck. I think hes in a fog and cant get out of it. Little chris is the same way.
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KingCanon
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:38amIt appears Scarborough has God-like syndrome.
Oh the shame of it all.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:05am“Blasphemy!”, says Obama……Obama thinks that is his job.
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Sharon Rose
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:33amLame stream media at it again
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