Joe Scarborough: Paul Krugman Influential To Bloggers Still Living In Mom’s Basement

This morning, MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough mocked New York Times writer Paul Krugman and, because why not, took aim at bloggers as well.

The article that had Scarborough all riled up — “The Centrist Cop-Out” — was published yesterday and attempts to deconstruct what Krugman views as misleading rhetoric promoting balance and avoiding to lay blame, in this case, on Republicans involved in ongoing debt discussions. Writes Krugman:

So what’s with the buzz about a centrist uprising? As I see it, it’s coming from people who recognize the dysfunctional nature of modern American politics, but refuse, for whatever reason, to acknowledge the one-sided role of Republican extremists in making our system dysfunctional. And it’s not hard to guess at their motivation. After all, pointing out the obvious truth gets you labeled as a shrill partisan, not just from the right, but from the ranks of self-proclaimed centrists.

Scarborough, after joking that “I am shocked Paul Krugman would write that editorial” and ignoring co-host Mika Brzezinski’s insistence that “this is not about Paul,” opined that the columnist is basically a broken record:

If you write the same column for a decade and blame everything including earthquakes halfway across the world on Republican extremism, at some point, somebody could look at an op-ed and go, “Eh. Perhaps there’s a seed of truth to that.”

Then, because it is a universal truth that bloggers are pajama-clad mutants writhing in their own filth and discarded Cheeto packets (all true), he took a jab at Krugman’s possible fanbase:

Let me just say, he is influential because if you’re a blogger, and you’re still living in your mom’s basement, and you got Cheetos all over the keyboard, you type in your underwear, unlike Alex Trebek, then yes…

Brush the Cheeto dust off your Star Wars action figures, virgin, and have a look at the segment, via MSNBC: