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Joe Scarborough Melts Down on MSNBC
- Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:27am by
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Tuesday on Morning Joe, during the opening segment, Joe Scarborough appears to “lose it” — meaning he yells “tell the truth” and flails his arms — while discussing Medicare reform and Paul Ryan’s viability as a Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate. Harold Ford Jr. gets caught in the crosshairs.
They are not serving decaf on the set of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
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Rickfromillinois
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08amJoe was right. Like it or not we cannot sustain Medicare or Social Security at the present rate. The “terrible” plan put forward by Ryan basically is that everyone 50 or 55 years old or younger will have to wait until they are 70 until they can start getting benefits. The Democrats response is the “throw granny over the cliff” commercial and demagoging the whole thing. If you listen to them all that has to be done is raise taxes on the “rich”. That is what they mean by “means testing”. It would be entirely possible that the ones who have paid into those programs the most would get nothing back. It also means that if you have a retirement plan from where you work it will be deducted from whatever you are entitled to from Social Security. This will include 401k plans. The end result is that if during your working life you have put as much as you possible could into your 401K you will be penalized for those who put aside nothing. We already live in a society were nearly 1/2 of the workers pay Federal Income Taxes and the other 1/2 do not. Here’s a shock, how about taking at least a little responsibility for supporting yourself. Stop expecting someone else to cover for you. Unfortunately we have the Democrats who are much more interested in getting political gain then they are in trying to solve a problem that very well might lead to the collapse of our economy. That is one of many reasons I view liberals and Democrats with such disdain and disgust.
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:15pmExactly, means testing for social security will be the final nail in the coffin. If by saving in my 401k I reduce the return I might get on my social security taxes, it‘s certainly tempting to simply stop contributing to my 401k and spend what’s there now. Then I’ll get my social security, of course it will fail and we’ll all get nothing. Just like more taxes on the rich…and middle class. I work hard to barely have more than the guy next to me who doesn’t work at all. When they come for more of my money with even higher taxes, my solution will be many worker’s solutions; We’ll just stop working and stop pulling the wagon and jump on it instead. The entitlement society is the death of us all.
Report Post »jim
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08amAt least he’s melting down in favor of Ryan. Ryan’s plan is the truth. If we don’t embrace entitlement reform, nobody will have it.
Report Post »LinP
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:15pmI don’t see any meltdown. I see a man with a strong point of view, and I agree with him and Ryan.
Report Post »Something needs to be done and now.
jb.kibs
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:05amtruth hurts when you’re guilty.
Report Post »sophmorr
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:02amas with every lily-white host on msnbc, their awareness of race is right below the surface of their white skin. he could not help himself from holding up his hand of testimony to a black man and telling him “ the truth shall set you free” (brother).
Report Post »Marker12
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:14pmSoph.. you must be a disciple of Wright with your hatred spewing all over. So sad and boring.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:00amIf they could dance naked on the tables for ratings they would!
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:59amIf Joe keeps talking like this, he won’t be working for MSNBC much longer. Obama will see to it.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:04amit’s Ubama now. they changed O‘s to U’s .. didn’t you get the memo? :P
Report Post »kerf
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:59amMy question is how did the Blaze find out about this “meltdown”. I don‘t even know anyone that’s ever watched MSNBC.
Report Post »Aiser
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:54am“ The Truth will set you free ”. Looks like Joey here has been keeping tabs on catchy Glenn Beck quote. :D. Unfortunately Joey does not apply that quote to himself.
Report Post »BuckRussell
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:52amI agree that was a little kooky, but hands down Mika is the biggest jacka** on the show.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:45amI don’t get to watch Fox or MSNBC where I live, I just CNN International and BBC. You do realize that the rest of the world equates Fox News / Glenn /Rush, etc, with the Jerry Springer Show, right?
Report Post »conversationcanwork
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:56amThat’s because the BBC is real news.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:00am@BAIKONUR
You do realize that you are one data point out of 6 billion plus data points right? I high doubt your voice represents “the rest of the world”…
Report Post »psst
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:01amWho gives a rats’s $$$ what the rest of the World thinks?
Report Post »Only leftists who believe US must please the UN and even the Turd World’s behind.
Not to worry though, US will soon be a Turd World country and then we’ll really be a part of the Jerry Springer community of nations.
You do realize don’t you that Bangledash, Somalia ,Zimbabwe (where only CNN is allowed)even the bush people in Africa and the Amazon region are part of the World.
The Bush people can only get PMSNBC, this is why tehy are so educated.
Bushie
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:03amThat‘s interesting how do you explain that Beck’s show has RECORD amounts of viewers. He beats CNN and MSNBC together. It must be you have your head up your ***.
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08amhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/as-glenn-becks-future-is-announced-overnight-ratings-reveal-he-can-still-draw-a-crowd/
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:14amWell, we learned to really value their opinion about the 44th president when we saw the “european love affair tour before he was elected”. Surprising how they talk about him now……..seems the blush is off the rose…………..so to speak.
Report Post »margret hamilton
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:07pmBaikonur’s comment: “You do realize that the rest of the world equates Fox News / Glenn /Rush, etc, with the Jerry Springer Show, right?” —— Actually, no I did not realize that, but thanks for the information. On another matter —– You do realize the rest of the world (and the USA) are mostly filled with agnostics and lukewarm Christians who live their lives as though God does not matter? You do realize there is a heaven, hell and purgatory, too right? You do realize when you die all your “brilliant‘ political ideas for changing world and saving us all from sorrow won’t amount to nothing more than a pile of sand, and how you lived your life will determine EVERYTHING for how you spend eternity? So when you tell me that Europeans or whomever think Fox News is no different than Jerry Springer, it says to me these Europeans are missing the boat on the more important things in life altogether —- like who is God and why are we here. And that makes me feel very sad, if not frightened.
Report Post »Marker12
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:09pmBaikonur… that explains all your goofball posts. You need to widen your perspective if you have the courage. BBC is Al Jazeera lite and CNN is an obama mouthpiece ( or advisor lol ).
Report Post »hobbitfellow
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:45amDid I miss the meltdown? Where was it? There wasn’t enough heat there to endanger butter.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:18amI agree
Report Post »WHOSYOURMAHDI
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:45amOnce. Just once I’d like to hear a liberal explain with detail how the current Medicare/Medicaid systems are more viable in the long run than Ryan’s plan modeled after the insanely popular Part D system, which is one of the few, if not ONLY, gov’t program to come in 41% UNDER budget projections. Details, not demogoguery.
Report Post »bigjack940
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:37pmIf you want to see how well oblama care is working out, look at nancy pelosis district in caliscornia. 31 of the largest businesses in her district have applied for and gotten waivers, so they don’t have to institute oblama care. Tell anyone anything. I wonder just how far up oblamas ass she really has her head?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:43amNot one of the people on that show should have a job.
Report Post »Can’t stand Scarborough but dislike Ford Junior even more, if it’s possible.
rightwingheroes
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:41amIs it me or does Mika wear the same thing every time there is a video posted about their show?
Report Post »SLR Cameras
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:11pmYep. I think that you are correct.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:41amtypical msnbc blabber
Report Post »Pokerjoe
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:41amLittle Joe, You gotta go there?
Report Post »Logic77
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:40amNot a meltdown, and he’s right.
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:40amah shucks..Joe just got all wee-wee’d up.
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:40amWhen you have a guy who is even a nominal republican treading water for years in a pool of left wing bile, he’s bound to snap. Democrats almost become physically ill when faced with the prospect of spending cuts on entitlements.
Report Post »spirit of freedom
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:11pmthe more i look at and watch all these progressives, i am convinced that in order to call yourself a democrat with any conviction you have to be mentally challenged in the first place. it has become a mental disorder. “and thats all i have to say about that”- forest gump.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:39amYAWWWWWNNN….. Dont care
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:38amThe whole network melted down years ago as far as I’m concerned.
Report Post »penismightier
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:33amHey, where’s my comment? In case it got nuked, I said that most Americans are dumber than meat birds, which explains why Obama got elected.
Report Post »psst
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:51amI thought the same thing when Joe Coffee said “Americans are smart” w/o qualifying that his statement excluded ameriKan democrats and those idiotic republicans who voted for Barry Soetoro.
Report Post »hud
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 4:24pmI thought they were dumber than tree rats, but chickens and the like are really stupid, and you can’t cure stupid.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:32amToken crazy Republican goes crazy on leftist network while ranting about an unelectable clown who is only known for a faulty plan that has been rejected.
And nothing of value was lost.
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:51amya Ryans plan is real bad. they want to give me 15k to go out and buy a health plan. I can get a real good plan with 15k. now just think if almost everybody in america get’s 15k to buy a plan the cost will come way down, just like in car insurance.
Did you dorks ever talk to anybody in medicare? the gov’t pays hardly nothing if you have a 100 dollar bill they may pay 15 to 20 bucks you still need another plan to help pay the diff. and that is costing seniors big money cause they are not getting anything from the gov’t.
wake up you liberal suck asses and smell the truth.
Report Post »Colcibolca
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:56pm@Seabee
Report Post »Medicare pays 80% of the cost of Part B services, which covers Doctors services. If the service was $100, Medicare pays $80, you (or your supplemental insurance ) would pay $20. Some doctors do not accept Medicare rates as full payment and charge up to 15% more than what medicare deems as full payment. In that case you or your insurance would be responsible for that.
Mperiod
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 2:55pm@Seabee79
Report Post »My assumption is you are what 32 years old? Please go find a health care plan for a 65 year old for 15K a year, look at the price, and fix your opinion.
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:32amNot a fan of him or the channel.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:06amBet that is because you KNOW that 2+2=4!!! :-)
Report Post »LittleLordFauntleroy
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:49pmA lib talking about telling the truth? Maybe Harry Camping is right about it being the end of the world.
Report Post »penismightier
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:28amJoe Scarborough must have caught what Glenn had a while back when he was melting down on the air.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:34amAn MSNBC host melting down? Good. Let the people of the nation see just exactly what the media of MSNBC is really about and how unstable they have become in the beliefs of their own distortions of what is reality.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:49amhe actually makes a pretty good point… surprisingly enough… I love that he freaked out too! LOL
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WhiteRNedu
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:52amThank God. Hope more people can melt down before the next election. About time we melted down and stop “Taking IT”
Report Post »schlol7
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:01ami love the deer in the headlight looks… the passion really scared them.
Report Post »bjc535
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:04amFeels like the “truman show to me”…..lol. I can imagine a bunch more lame stream hosts start arguing on behalf of the right to make them seem credible…..and at the same time making them (the right) look silly…. It’s just a job to them, and even better…they get to live their childhood dreams of being actors….
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:08amOne of the few times Joe has looked like a conservative on this piece of crap show.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:10amJoe is correct here. ALL of our politicians should be this upset over not only the state of medicare, but the entire government and our economy as they are precariously close to complete collapse.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:30amThis is spooky. I agree with the Joe. Why they haven’t been slowly incrementing the retirement age over the last 20 years is the big question. And this goes for the public sector workers, too!
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:36amIt is scary that no matter how much it is shouted from the mountain top that we are RUNNING OUT OF MONEY there are those who still believe we have an endless supply and never stop to think about where it actually comes from.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:37amI see no melt down, I see a guy speaking the truth and politicians like Ford playing games.Joe Scarborough was telling it like it is,that is what people with at least half a brain understand and respect.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:39amI think it is good that the truth is starting to leak onto/into the mainstream…..perhaps they are starting to smell the fecal matter thrown on the walls by this administration?
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:39amScarborough is right. If you’re going to stake your ground and tell the truth that entitlements are growing at rate that is far greater than the economy as a whole, and that the rate of growth must be slowed, then you have to be ready to defend and explain that. When you run and hide as soon as a Dem predictably decries that you want to steal healthcare from Seniors you‘ll look like you’re stealing healthcare from Seniors. Even Dick Morris came running out that Newt was right and Republican Pres. candidates must also run from Ryan to avoid scaring Seniors. When did Seniors transform from “The Greatest Generation” to scared, frail people too uneducated to understand anything.
Ryan’s Plan preserves the current Medicare System for anyone currently 55 years old or older. It also provides for an alternative system to help 54 year olds and those younger with premium subsidies for private Insurance Plans that have yet to be designed. Insurers will have 10 years to write and design plans and compete with one another for the business of every American. This IS the type of plan Republicans have been calling for. State Mandates would fall away and insurers would only need to comply with Federal Mandates (the way Medicare does today) which are less demanding than State Ins. laws. This system could work. There is time to perfect it. But that is only true if our guys are willing to fight the fight and win the argument.
Report Post »Timbotim
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:56amI cannot BELIEVE that I actually am 100% behind what a MarxistStatistNBC host said! Joe is spot-on here. Scary. He seems to be WAY too “Fair and Balanced” for his current job. Next stop, Fox @ 5p?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:04pmGawd, Someone at MMMMsn actually see’s the Light !!
Blondie didn’t like what she was hearing, she was squrming..
Tingels, OhDonald, Madcow and PigEd won’t like this !!! LuvIt..
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:20pmOK…. I get it…. You really like your penis….. But mightier than what? Methinks, you must be really lacking in the manhood department. Just judging by what you put out there……
Report Post »cktheman
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:24pmI think it means “Pen is Mightier” as in the “Pen is mighter than the sword”.
It still looks funny all squashed together.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:28pmwhat is say to Joe and his idiot sidekick is LOOK IN THE MIRROR stupid!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:29pmNo I think he is referring to his organ; otherwise he would write something worth listening too.
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:41pmEither that bleach-blonde hag crapped her pants or she was really uncomfortable with what was happening on her Socialist show. Squirm, baby, squirm.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:55pmI’m concerned, and confused. Morning Joe Scarborough seems to have taken the crash course “Glenn Beck 101”, and Fox news was reporting on tap dancing grannies? This is dangerously interesting.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 12:59pmpatriot308
Report Post »At a glance the first word I saw was penis, after actually looking at it, it clearly is ‘pen is’ . I immediately realized my mistake and got over it, deciding my mind must have been in the gutter for a second. You are adding nothing to the conversation by making immature statements.
banjarmon
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:03pmI pray that the Conservative candidate we have to be passionate and stick to the issues that will recover the greatness the nation once had.
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:32pmWhen did he finally wake up? His meltdown is three years too late—does he actually think his viewers are going to listen to some cold hard facts all of a sudden? Especially when he advocates cutting entitlement spending. Hilarious!
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 1:46pmIf Senator [NAME] voted to cut Medicare and Medicaid benefits, would that make you more or less likely to vote for him, or would it make no difference to you?
Ohio (Sen. Sherrod Brown): 15% more likely, 65% less likely, 20% no difference
Missouri (Sen. Claire McCaskill): 10% more likely, 64% less likely, 25% no difference
Montana (Sen. Jon Tester): 16% more likely, 60% less likely, 24% no difference
Minnesota (Sen. Amy Klobuchar): 17% more likely, 57% less likely, 26% no difference
What was it you clowns were saying about “The Will of The People” last year? Ryans’s plan will never pass The Will of The People test.
Report Post »BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:11pmJoe and The Truth are simply incompatible.
Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvRDmM5Zx4
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:21pmJoe wouldnt know the truth if it bit him in the nose.
Report Post »LittleLordFauntleroy
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:45pmI don’t know about that Penis.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:53pmblah…blah….blah Joe go eat your freaking fat off your steak
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 4:26pmI am actually impressed with Joe on this one. He finally gets the truth.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 4:53pmWhy does he even bother having guests? It may as well have been a solo radio show. All he did was run his mouth. Didn’t hear much from the guests.
Report Post »hud
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 5:05pmEven a broken clock can be right twice a day.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 5:16pmWhat a drama queen!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:17pmHe completely discredited himself and his opinion. He sound like Shaun Hannity shouting down his guests. He made every one realize how stupid the idea is.
Snowleopard, next time watch the video before you comment. Trying to be helpful here.
Report Post »bombshelterbob
Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:59pmJS can’t spell the truth, can’t define the truth, and couldn’t find the truth if you stapled it to his fat and flabby A** and let him use both hands to search for it with. I’d vote for Ryan just to see if it would help stroke out this sorry waste of space.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 9:04amMy, my! Has Joe seen the light? Years ago I liked and appreciated him, but when he changed, I couldn’t watch his show anymore. That witch blond woman did her level best to stop his rambling, but I’m glad he said his piece. He played the liberal game to keep his job and lost most of his audience who is sick & tired of the liberal stance which is going to bring us to our knees
We’re going broke folks. How many have traveled and observed what poor really is? That‘s where America is heading if we don’t turn it around. We have a chance with Republicans if we all get on the same page and not split our votes. Glenn is right, food will be more valuable than gold (I think.) We’ll be like 3rd world countries looking for scraps of food wherever we can.
Follow the Tax & Spend programs and cut nothing and we’ll soon see what it is to be hungry in America. Too many living off the free fat of our land instead of working. We’ve all heard the stories.
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on May 25, 2011 at 1:08pmto UNTAMEABLE-KATE for sticking your usual nose where is doesn’t belong…… BITE ME
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