Photo Credit: MSNBC
File this one under “awkward.”
The set of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” turned down-right testy today after co-host Mika Brzezinski accused Joe Scarborough of being “chauvinistic.” The former congressman was instantaneously taken aback, as he proceeded to respond to the “personal attack” with fervency. What resulted was a bizarrely uncomfortable back-and-forth worth watching.
In the minutes leading up to the on-air spat, BBC’s Katty Kay was on the show, among others, to talk about the lack of diversity in President Barack Obama’s cabinet. The “chauvinistic” comment was made after Scarborough targeted the overall lack of furor surrounding Obama’s monolithic inner-circle. Brzezinski disagreed with the tone that he used to address the issue — and that’s when the fireworks commenced.
“This is a ridiculous conversation…you’ve got nothing here,” Brzezinski said, after listening to Scarborough and other panelists debate the composition of Obama’s cabinet.
As the conversation progressed and the the former congressman became dismissive of those defending Obama, Brzezinski could no longer contain herself.
“I am afraid to use the word because it will not be good for you…you’re being chauvinistic right now and you need to stop — alright,” she said, with frustration clearly evident in her voice.
Photo Credit: MSNBC
Scarborough instantly fought back, defending himself against her claim.
“And you can attack me and be personal and make personal attacks against me,” he responded. “You’re calling the wrong guy chauvinistic.”
Then, he added, ”You can’t throw attacks around like that!,” as the rest of the panel remained silent.
Watch the awkward dialogue, below (the intensity begins around the 7:00 mark):
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (172)
DadRocked
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:20amJust another media brit spewing on America…
Gives those from the U.K. a bad name.
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naughtycal
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:15pmMika is a man hating wh*re and scarborough is fake Conservative….NEXT
For her to call someone sexist is like Holder calling someone a criminal.
Or Obama calling someone deceitful
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civilwarcometh
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:38pmHer parent’s are from Russia NOT the U.K.
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Mil-Dot
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:53pmMore crap about women being discriminated against. What a crock. Women and minorities in this country have twice the rights of any white man. The reason the young men of today are such losers is because of blatant discrimination and brainwashing that they are somehow the cause of all people’s failures. They have been beat down like dogs for the last 30 years, drugged up for being normal boys and the list goes on and on. Women have been coddled and encouraged while the boys were shunned. It is a disgrace.
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Mil-Dot
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:56pmMika Brzezinski is mentally ill. She is a freak of nature. Anybody that hates the males of her own race has serious mental disabilities. The women of this country have been preferred and coddled while the boys have been cast aside. That is the truth. She is sick.
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frust@ted
Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:23pmcivilwar,
I don’t think that he was talking about Mika. He was talking about the other woman who was reporting.
Usually the workd chauvanistic is thrown around nowadays when someone is acting superiod to ones gender. If Mika was trying to say that dinglefritz was being chauvanisitc too women that is just an example of a liberal throwing out a term to try to silence the conversation.
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Wedge
Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:04pmMil dot.. I totally agree, they tried putting me on drugs because I was VERy hyper.. and a ball of energy, If they had moved me up to the learning level I needed instead, I would have learned much faster. btw.. parents said NO to putting me on any drugs for being a normal, hyper boy that just needed to grow
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poorrichard09
Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:12pmThese lib tools can’t even get along with each other! Priceless.
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Lily82
Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:28pmThis is laughable and so typical of Mika-bika. Let’s recall her sex kittenish publicity pose last year with her legs up in the air. Yes, she’s a serious journalist.
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GeorgieJo
Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:40pmMeeka is stupid spoon fed polish princess with daddy (worked for carter) thinking she is relevant????
Is this stupid show still on?
Maybe they “plan” these little spats??
ANYTHING to GET NOTICED!!!!
my tv would never turn to NBC LSD anything.
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DadRocked
Jan. 10, 2013 at 3:58pmFrust@Ted – “I don’t think that he was talking about Mika. He was talking about the other woman who was reporting.”
You are correct sir!
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TheOriginalSquarehead
Jan. 10, 2013 at 4:16pmIf you think Poland is in Russia.
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SolitudeBliss
Jan. 10, 2013 at 6:01pmMil-Dot As a Veteran Business Owner WOMAN may I respond with a PLEAZZZZEEEEE !!!!!
Women globally are still subjugated, treated as property, raped and murdered (the horrific case in India is beyond horrendous), forced into prostitution, passed over for promotions, told what jobs they do and do NOT qualify for and the list goes on and on…. Women in the US have come a long way and we are not going to apologize if men are sore about having to share the field with women or that the laws in this country are (I really should say were….we are sliding backwards here) getting tougher in re. violence against women. I will, however, say against my sex that women have tried to equal the playing field in every aspect and the result is that most young women now act like young men when it comes to sex without a thought to the repercussion. Not only do we have women (like men) who are, apologies, whores not to mention all the kids born without fathers, ugh….
Wouldn’t it be nice if every application (i.e. college, job, group) if you simply had to list your qualifications and education and nothing else. :-)
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Jan. 10, 2013 at 6:23pmi’m listening to this as i type….Does this argument and the extreams it goes to make you want to laugh? I mean no matter the outcome nothing would be solved. The world is falling apart outside, and they are like…..it’s not fair there are more boys than girls…..waaaaaaaaa…..
Gender should not matter……No matter what private part they have, the ones who can get the job done and start solving things are the ones that should be there. If it ends up all males; sorry females, these were the best out of the bunch…..If it is all females; Same thing…these were the best brains in the bunch….
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frust@ted
Jan. 10, 2013 at 6:25pmsolitudisbliss,
mildot, did say in this country so i’m not sure why you bought up india(which you are corect on).
In your post you say “that the laws in this country are getting tougher in re. violence against women” shouldn’t laws just be tough in general against violence to anyone. It’s statments like that one, that are particularly frustraiting, That statement is an outright contradiction to the fight for equality.
You also wrote “Wouldn’t it be nice if every application (i.e. college, job, group) if you simply had to list your qualifications and education and nothing else.”. Yes it would, but yet our society continues to do it.
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Wisdom7
Jan. 10, 2013 at 7:38pm@SOLITUDEBLISS
You argue your point with pointing to women globally? The conversation is about this country and Mil-Dot is correct.
Jack Kammer published a book back in 2002 called “If Men Have All The Power, How Come Women Make The Rules?”. I’ll just leave you with some of his quotes.
“The most curious sexism in the world is women’s belief that only one sex is sexist.”
“Women define sexism. And they didn’t define it to refer to anything they ever think or say or do.”
“Womenfirsters count few women at the top of big companies and demand that we see only one possible cause: “male chauvinism.” They don’t count the women who have happily chosen other options.”
“We earn more money because we focus more on earning money. We need to buy things women don’t, like the love and affection of the other sex.”
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SendTheMeteors
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:47pmScarborough is a RINO and betrays his party and us – real men – every single day. I can’t believe you guys are taking his side. You’re getting soft fellas. You and the rest of the Republican party. You’re getting soft and squishy like Mika. So Scarborough, the communist, the socialist, is suddenly your hero because he slams a woman? Suddenly he’s a MAN?
No wonder Russia and China believe they will eventually conquer this country. A civilization that applauds a pinko like Scarborough putting down a woman has already declined to the point of impotence. To quote a real man, “If a man ever feels challenged by woman, he is no man.” As Ayn Rand might have observed, a civilization of such weak men deserves to be conquered. I’ve never read so many posts by so many p——- in my life. Go cry to your mother. You make me sick.
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Wisdom7
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:25pmWhere do you see anyone taking Scarborough’s side? He isn’t fooling anyone. By the way, did you hear Mika’s slip of the tongue there? She almost said Obama’s third term. Wishful thinking?
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Walkabout
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:36pmMSNBC’s Scarborough Unleashes on Mika Brzezinski After She Calls Him ‘Chauvinistic’ in Uncomfortable On-Air Battle
January 10, 2013 at 10:47pm
Calling Scarborough a chauvinist was throwing the sexist card.
Throwing the card is akin to a referee throwing the yellow flag during a football game. Scarborough was suppose to shut up & take whatever Mika said. And if he was meek enough she would have walked all over him & the management would have done so too afterwards.
Mika & Joe have been working together since April 2007 & she is only know realizing that he is a chauvinist or making the charge. Puh-lease! Naw it was just throwing the sexism card.
No wonder Russia and China believe they will eventually conquer this country. A civilization that applauds a pinko like Scarborough putting down a woman has already declined to the point of impotence. To quote a real man, “If a man ever feels challenged by woman, he is no man.” As Ayn Rand might have observed, a civilization of such weak men deserves to be conquered. I’ve never read so many posts by so many p——- in my life. Go cry to your mother. You make me sick.
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Walkabout
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:49pm“Suddenly he’s a MAN?”
No he is not The MAN. It is just nice that a spoiled rotten, stuck up daughter of a career bureaucrat, who thought that someone not born of the elite, should defer to her was verbally rebuffed.
In the end Mika gave a 1/2 a$$ed apology for her unwarranted attack. She temporized about how she was right but could not provide one shred of evidence.
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Anyway about Russian & China. Maybe you would not be so glib if you rubbed elbows with some of the UMC or upper class form Russian or China at say the opera house. I think then you would want to cross your Ts & dot your Is when it came to the defense budget, budget deficit & other policies.
You do get around. Get on the plane one more time & fly to Moscow or Beijing & check it out.
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Maji
Jan. 11, 2013 at 1:23amScarborough picking on the transgendered one!
Mika is more like a “Dika”.
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Maji
Jan. 11, 2013 at 1:24amwhats a 404 error??
Is it because mika is transgendered??
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bigdaddyt46
Jan. 11, 2013 at 2:23am@mil-dot
DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER.
only thing wrong was it has not been 30 years of this, but 40(since 1972) otherwise you just said the same thing i hav been saying since the age of 8.
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Skan
Jan. 11, 2013 at 8:05amI’ve said it before. Tell a “blond” joke–picture Mika B.
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Skan
Jan. 11, 2013 at 8:08amTell a “blond” joke, who do you picture in your mind,. I picture Mika B
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chingachgook
Jan. 11, 2013 at 9:59amMildot is 100% correct. This is part of the destruction of our nation and is not an accident. It has been purposefully orchestrated by the left. Your culture is what you teach the youth. The left own the schools. What do you expect. Sad days are ahead.
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woodyee
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:16amIf Mika had been performing on the BET network, she’d have been waving her fingure across Scarborough’s face and have sounded like this –
“Na-ahhh! You ain’ talkin’ ’bout MA-man like dat – mm-Mmm!!”
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OniKaze
Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:51pmhahaha
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Leonardoverse.com
Jan. 10, 2013 at 3:39pmThat was hilarious.
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wzanesdad
Jan. 10, 2013 at 3:51pmI hear ya mika…but first, get me a beer….oh, and rub my feet.
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Cavallo
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:12amI think NOW is still polishing it’s knee pads. As long as abortion on demand is advocated at all times and in all situations, they will tolerate any sort of degrading chauvinistic behavior. While they might once in awhile whimper from their corner they will whole heartedly support their supreme messiah.
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Free2speakRN
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:10amTouchy Touchy !
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TurboCat
Jan. 12, 2013 at 10:12amWhat really ails O’s cabinet picks is not some lame-brained idea of the perfect ratio of male-female-black-hispanic-white……but instead the content of their character. There is absolutely no one in his first term or second term choices who has any human decency. They are all contemptible people who have nothing good to offer this country.
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Eastinfection
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:10amJeez, Joe..
OF COURSE you’re a chauvinist!
You’re also a racist, a homophobe, an Islamaphobe, a greedy 1%er, a gun-nut, and a destroyer of the Environment.
Didn’t you look in the mirror this morning?
You are a white male!
Therefore you HAVE to be all of those things.
Some people just don’t get it.
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mzk1
Jan. 11, 2013 at 2:29amAnd yet her Dad was a white ethnic (Eastern Euopean) anti-semite. Liberal is the new Facist.
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savagenatn
Jan. 11, 2013 at 4:45amliberalism is a mental disorder and both of these ******** are clueless hacks. Joe claims he’s a republican. Yea and obummer is a moderate, American Christian
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Outfitr
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:10amWhat the heck?? Did I just hear a msnbc guy speak unfavorably about Obama? What is happening?
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:42amThe Keymaster has found the Gatekeeper, dogs and cats sleeping together, anarchy.
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willrhar
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:13pmIt was Scarborough MSNBC’s pet conservative.
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Harlleyflhrci
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:08amPerhaps Obama just wants the best people advising him that HE thinks are best people for the job. And they just happen to be white males. Whats chauvinistic or racist about that? Aren’t there laws that state you can not hire somebody based on sex, race or religion? The libs just don’t seem to see it that way.
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Harlleyflhrci
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:47amIsn’t it about the best person for the job?????
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searcher619
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:28pmIt’s idiotic that liberals claim to want people judged based on their ability not their skin color, gender, or sexual orientation then turn around and demand employers and the government hire people based on skin color, gender, and/or sexual orientation.
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CABERNETQHS
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:58pmSounds good, except he’s a puppet. The puppet master calls the shots.
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Mil-Dot
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:59pm“Aren’t there laws that state you can not hire somebody based on sex, race or religion?”
Yes, there are laws, but they are only in place to protect everybody EXCEPT the snowman. And don’t you forget it.
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Mil-Dot
Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:01pmSearcher619′s comment = ball hit out of the park.
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woodyee
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:08amThe video is ten minutes long, and if you sit through the entire vid, you’ll note that Mika had a chip on her shoulder for Scarborough. She is OBVIOUSLY in discomfort when he points out (what he thinks is) Obammy’s failings, baring her claws and growling like a cat ready to pounce, and then lashes out at him; only to realize she’s made a big mistake.
She looked like what I picture an infatuated Monica Lewinsky might have looked like, right after “the job” was finished, had another girl put down her man!
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RedinDenver
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:03amAt the very end of the video, after Scarborough ripped her for the personal attack on him (I wish he was as passionate about her unfair and untrue attacks on others) …. did you notice how Mika totally changed the subject from Obama’s appointment practices to the broader subject of gender equality? She had NO DEFENSE for Obama’s appointments or for her personal attack on Scarborough; so just completely sidestepped the issue by changing the subject.
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:25amMika is a disgusting, one sided, ultra biased idiot, this much is clear. She does worship obama, and she unfairly attacked Romney relentlessly. Its typical of leftists in the media. Her opinion has no value due to her over the top liberal bias.
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Cavallo
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:25amShe’s not used to needing a defense. Don’t worry, Bobo will buy her something shiny and she’ll shut up.
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RedinDenver
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:57amShe herself ADMITS and it’s been widely reported, that she ‘works with’ the White House. Gee …. I wonder if she did that when Bush was in office ….
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Eastinfection
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:03amSo Mika thinks the Old, White Men in charge should “open doors” for women to advance in society politically?
Sounds kinda chauvinistic to me.
This albino-Paris-Hilton wannabe never has her facts straight.
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SquidVetOhio
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:03amWow, I thought Joe Scarborough was a girl.
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RedinDenver
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:01amtest
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ds7
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:59amgeez, as long as joe scarborough has been hanging around liberals he didn’t recognize when they don’t have a point they instinctively throw out a personal attack as a natural reaction to someone calling them on their institutionalized idiocy?
they live in a world where if you disagree with a black president, it can only be because you’re a racist.
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RaydocX
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:57amso his decrying the lack of women in the inner circle and administration as a whole (with notable exceptions) is somehow CHAUVANISTIC?
do we face another revisionist definition prompted by the MSM?
Scarbrough is arguing that there are not as many women in the cabinet/ administration as simple odds would expect and somehow THAT is chauvanistic?
So I guess the next time someone argues that there are not enough women in a specific job or at a particular company THEY will be the chauvanist, not those ostensibly hiring fewer women…
what a ridiculous argument… an emotional attack without any basis in fact, in order to derail an arguement… and in my humble opinion an arguement that she could have made with facts of her own… it’s terrifying that the Left resort to bomb throwing even when it is not necessary…
and they say republicans are angry? at least we have good reason… Left talking heads are still angry and their man is IN the White House. In fact they will only stop being angry when everyone is assimilated and agrees with them, whereas we just want to let each person live their life with minimal necessary government interference…
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perry1980
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:55amI love it when Libs attack Libs. Do more of that!
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woodyee
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:52amI need a little help from the Blazers and the Blaze – I can’t watch a single Media-ite video featured on The Blaze, unless I go to their website. I have no problems with other video’s.
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patbarker
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:02amsame here Woodyee…I like The Blaze, they just have one wacky website!!!
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seanscythe
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:43amI can’t watch the latest video of Glenn’s program from last night. It just keeps spinning the loading thing. Tried two different browsers and downloaded flash. All other videos work fine.
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:50amYou have to love it when they start eating their own. And, yes. I know Scarborough calls himself a conservative. He probably wrote his own definition of the word, because he doesn’t fit the one in my dictionary.
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ddg7
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:49amOh, oh, someone needs to remind Mika about what happened to Lori Klausutis when she crossed Scarborough.
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bigbear_awake
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:46amsusan rice “ratted out” Loved it and Yes they are all RATS IN OFFICE
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bikerdogred1
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:44amMika,no man is looking at your brains when they are talking to ya,except an ex congressman or a gay.
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WAP
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:41amHa Ha…Mika must not have read her daily Media Matters\Huffpo\White House e-mail that instructs all robots to repeat a mantra today that the White House is diverse and that the staged photo op released proves it! The Emperor must be protected at all costs!
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Metallicat
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:40amI couldnt sit next to Mika Brzezinski everyday without wanting to slap her. She always has the look on her face like shes sitting on a 20 pound rotting tuna and the stink is making her sick to her stomach. I dont know how anyone watches liberal news networks with such harsh looking women that all sound like crazy left wing extremists.
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13th Imam
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:59amIt’s not a tuna. It’s her personal scent.
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DesertRose1960
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:03amFunny, Liberals on Media Matters often wonder how ya’ll can watch the bleached blonde bimbos of Faux Noise. Well, I’ve been told Gretchen Carlson is popular because she flashes her panties several times a year. Personally, I maintain that Steve Doocy is in a permanent state of semi-intoxication.
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Exidor
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:05amThis.
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Eastinfection
Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:15amDESERT ROSE…
Just for you..
Gretchen Carlson up-skirt montage… Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_aK9QQ9d0
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Zipit
Jan. 10, 2013 at 3:11pmEAST! That’s a little creepy!
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SquidVetOhio
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:39amWell, he chose his bed. Sleep in it pal.
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Stoic one
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:38amWho, again, are the POS people?
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SREGN
Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:36amThe Feminist Movement is really struggling. Maybe they should finally call in a man to run it.
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Mudd
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:16pmHilarious! There’s always truth in good humor.
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demsrtraitors
Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:27pmThat’s so funny, thanks for the laugh.
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