Live And Direct: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Tells His Critics “Kiss My Ass”

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by Mark Joyella | 3:26 pm, December 7th, 2010

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe makes a point about being delightfully unscripted–and it sure lived up to the bill Monday. In a discussion of extending the Bush tax cuts, Joe Scarborough spoke quite clearly off the cuff, looking directly into the camera and advising those who “made fun of me a year and a half ago for saying this was going to be 1994 Kiss my ass.” Yes!

Even better, though, was Mika Brzezinski‘s reaction: a startled “oh!” She then wrinkled her nose ever so nicely and shook her head in disappointment at her potty-mouthed co-host. “Terrible, that wasn’t very civil,” she said.

“No, it wasn’t,” conceded Scarborough. “I’m sorry.”

Efforts by Scarborough to write the KMA moment off to a Morning Joe writer quickly went nowhere:

I said it jokingly. It was a punchline. It was in my script. Oh, I’m sorry, we don’t have scripts.

Watch it, from MSNBC:

The light moment led to a political point by Scarborough, reflecting on his own time in Congress in 1995, and comparing it to the precarious political position President Obama faces today:

“We Republicans came in thinking we owned the world. Thinking that Bill Clinton was finished, thinking that we had him cornered. Very arrogant about how we were going to push him around. And he punched us in the face. He pushed us back…We were disciplined and smart. We continued and continued and continued through August, September, October, shut the government down. It was a staring contest and Bill Clinton didn’t blink. This president is blinking in December.”

joe scarborough, kiss my ass, Mika Brzezinski, morning joe

Atticus Draco

Live And Direct: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Tells His Critics “Kiss My Ass”

LMAO!
And many critics you have nutjob
juan

Who is Joe Scarborough and what is MSNBC?

LoL
Atticus Draco

juan said:
critics

I would suggest,,
it’s a place where it has MORE critics than viewers?
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Joe is proving to be a idiot.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Heckman/1446404196 Scott Heckman

gordonbloyershow says:
December 7, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Joe is proving to be a idiot.

As said by the King of The Idiots……
Scarborough should run for President, much better that anything the Repugnants have to offer.
Atticus Draco

Scott Heckman said:
gordonbloyershow says:
December 7, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Joe is proving to be a idiot.

As said by the King of The Idiots……
Scarborough should run for President, much better that anything the Repugnants have to offer.

said the wannabe liberal strategist
Kathleen Parker as his VP?
skyfet

You all know who you are, he is telling ya to enjoy it while the offer is open.
Atticus Draco

skyfet said:
You all know who you are, he is telling ya to enjoy it while the offer is open.

the regular leftest MSNBC viewer?
‘Coz most ‘right’ minded individuals dont give a chit what Joe says,, lol
nor keep up with his blather
The Real Royal King

gordonbloyershow said:
Joe is proving to be a idiot.

He’s always been a hack, but ‘fess up Marceaux, I mean Blower. The ass kissing language titillated you.
Just4thefax

Fact: Some around here would say he doesn’t know how to debate! Shit I always say it straight as he did. Joe should not care what the mama’s boys have to say about it. Only he was wrong and he looked bad doing it. Clinton was the republicans bitch but it’s to soon yet to say it completely about Ozero. It would of been better to say this Joe; Kiss my ass liberals!
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Scott Heckman said:
As said by the King of The Idiots……

This is from the winner of the Village Idiot award ten years in a row.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

Like most liberals, the rules he lays out are meant for everyone BUT him. The man wants to desperately to be loved by Democrats and the left. I’m not sure why he continues calling himself a Republican when he spends all his time trashing them. I think hes going for the “I’m a right winger who trashes the right” angle like Kathleen Parker and David Brooks.

Are there any left wingers out there who made a name for themselves by bashing the left?
Dave Richards

gordonbloyershow said:
This is from the winner of the Village Idiot award ten years in a row.

Don’t be so hard on the guy. He’s probably off his meds.
WildMan

MSNBC should just clean house. They have lagged behind FOX News by such a large margin and for such a long time that it is time for a multitude of ‘host/talking head’ turnover. MSNBC has become known as the ‘Clown Network’! I mean, c’mon…when your highest rated joker can’t even get one third of Bill O’Reilly’s viewers on FOX News and is laughed at by nearly everyone who has ever seen a segment of Lead Clown Keith Olbermann’s excuse for a show about ??? then it is time to sweep the place clean and start over with quality people that also happen to be mature adults.Send Chris ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews, Ed ‘Fat & Angry’ Schultz and Keith ‘Goofy Wacko’ Olbermann to CNN or Comedy Central. Hopefully Comcast will set heads a rollin’ and make MSNBC an adult cable network…!
WildMan

Ooooppps, NO edit button? Joe Scarborough should be included in that list I just posted. After all the column was about him. He is a loudmouth blowhard who thinks he knows more than everyone else on the planet. The good news is after about 30-40 seconds you can switch channels. His show is about the lowest rated show on TV…numbers around those of the worst show on cable, Parker/Spitzer. That says it all.
ChrisNH

Media hacks have such thin skin. They can’t stay away from mirrors and they can’t stay away from comments sections that refer to them. The nicely coiffed Scarborough obviously shares both traits. I love it when they display signs of rage and anger, because it’s a sign that their lost power and influence is ‘getting to them.’
SarahP

gordonbloyershow said:
This is from the winner of the Village Idiot award ten years in a row.

No problem Gordon, you win the “I avoided military service just like my hero Rush Limbaugh award.”
Rusty Shackelford

Joe is really creepy with those squinty eyes. You could blindfold him with dental floss.
WildMan

Damn, Joe…I forgot…

Kiss My Rosey Red Ass, ya goofball…………!!!
Seeing 2012 From My Window

Joe, like all of the A-MESS-NBC’ers want more than anything to just be relevent and they aren’t. Give it up, Joe! No one cares what you think!
Just4thefax

SarahP said:
No problem Gordon, you win the “I avoided military service just like my hero Rush Limbaugh award.”

Fact: Liberal stalker on the loose warning to all watch your wallets!
Alz

juan said:
Joe Scarborough

Yea, exactly who watched this show?
Georgia999

Morning Joe—the only show on MSNBC that gets (some) ratings. Why not show those rating on here occasionally, Mediaite? Could be interesting !