Msnbc suspends Joe Scarborough

[21]

An epidemic of campaign contributions. Pretty soon it's going to be Al Roker and a maintenance man alone in an empty studio.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45411.html

 

[doctorx]

They'd better be just as tough on him as they were on Olbermann.

 

[21]

Two days without pay, back on the air Wednesday.

 

[terrier]

You know the folks at Faux who were screaming bloody murder that Olbermann should be fired will now be saluting Scarborough as a free speech martyr.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

What a bull**** organization!

 

[YankeeFan]

Two days without pay, back on the air Wednesday.

Howard Kurtz reported that Olbermann ended up getting paid for his days off:

There have been attempts to lower the temperature. Price apologized to Griffin for shouting during one call. And the network decided that Olbermann would be paid for the days that he was kept off the air.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-14/keith-olbermanns-civil-war-with-nbc-executives-over-campaign-donations/full/

If these guys are smart, they'll game the system like MLB players do. You know, they appeal their suspension and then drop it when it best suits them.

I'm thinking you donate $500.00 bucks to your favorite candidate and then cop to it Christmas week.

"Hey, four day weekend!"

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Saw a quote from someone that said he got in trouble for donating to friends and family members running for bull**** state legislative and county races. This is so small potatoes and none of those guys are going to be showing up on his show anytime soon. To Olbermann's discredit he was at least donating to people who appeared on his show. It looks like MSNBC is overreacting to me.

And the worst part is, as a Morning Joe viewer, that means Mika is going to be going to be running the show. She's just unbearable. She is in real life the rich snob that's mocked in comedy movies. Just unbearable and brings nothing to the table.

 

[imjustagirl]

And the worst part is, as a Morning Joe viewer, that means Mika is going to be going to be running the show. She's just unbearable. She is in real life the rich snob that's mocked in comedy movies. Just unbearable and brings nothing to the table.

This.

 

[Point of Order]

Scarborough is pro-torture, btw.

 

[YankeeFan]

And the worst part is, as a Morning Joe viewer, that means Mika is going to be going to be running the show. She's just unbearable. She is in real life the rich snob that's mocked in comedy movies. Just unbearable and brings nothing to the table.

This.

Is it me or is she becoming more unbearable?

I know the guys can be sophomoric sometimes, but she gets so upset if they kid around.

And while kids should eat better, she's over the top on things like kids' nutrition. I have no doubt that she would put McDonald's and Coca-Cola out of business if she were queen for a day.

 

[YankeeFan]

Scarborough is pro-torture, btw.

What does that even mean, and how does it fit into this conversation?

 

[Point of Order]

Check him out at the 40-second mark.

 

[YankeeFan]

Check him out at the 40-second mark.

Yeah? I watched the full 10+ minutes. If you polled his statements, you'd probably get 75% of the US public agreeing with him.

We have nuns & 3-year-olds getting groped at the airport, but we shouldn't deprive an Al-Queda murderer of sleep? Sure. How many people do you think agree with that?

We waterboarded three people. It was ended before the end of the Bush administration. What did Joe advocate in that clip that would be contradicted by the current administrations actions?

What has changed?

Besides, it's silly to say someone is "pro" torture. You would object if I said that someone who is pro choice is "pro" abortion.

Recognizing that something has value and might be necessary is not the same thing as being "pro".

Lastly, given the right circumstances, I'm sure you'd be "pro" torture. If it would save the life of someone you loved -- a wife, daughter, parent -- would you object?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Scarborough's all too chummy with the slippery-slope of civil liberties abuse, as are so many
of the nation's shortsighted rightists who love to use the ACLU as a prime target of their scorn.

So many of them just can't stand it when the Constitution is rightfully held up as a legitimate
shelter from illegitimate abuse -- because some of the people who refer to the Constitution
under those circumstances don't embrace the righties' barely-submerged social agenda.

This country's waterboarded people on occasion since Teddy Roosevelt's time. It's a borderline
practice. For a slob like Cheney to deliberately not classify it as torture is personally convenient for that
joker. Having said that, there's legitimate grounds for debate about the use of the procedure. And so it goes.