Video: Scarborough wonders, does Fred’s wife “work the pole”?
posted at 12:22 pm on June 4, 2007 by Allahpundit
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It’s not absolutely clear what he means by that, but given that there are only two obvious interpretations and the more charitable one involves stripping, it’s safe to say it’s an insult. The boss wonders if this is just his attempt to ape Imus or if “ho” humor is mandatory for the MSNBC morning time slot.
If Fred’s so-crazy-it-just-might-work Internet strategy pans out and he does snag the nomination, expect a whole lot more of this from the proud progressive feminists of the left during the campaign. Not the mainstream parts — they’ll want to do it but know they can’t get away with it — but among our friends in the nutroots. It’ll be vicious and relentless and eventually one of them will go too far with their little photoshop habit and we’ll hammer them into a watery blue paste over it. Omri Ceren called it six weeks ago. Prepare yourselves.
Update: The Boston Herald’s already starting:
Perhaps Fred’s wife “Jeri” – yes, with an “i” – helps Fred with AARP, Viagra-ed up men: “You still got it goin’, Fred, you dirty dog.”
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Really. Stupid.
mesablue on June 4, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Mitt may not have a bright future as a stand up comic. But anyways… Go Mitt!
Zetterson on June 4, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Now we know why Scarborough could only find work on MSNBC . . . what an idiot.
rplat on June 4, 2007 at 12:36 PM
I thought it was humorous, mesa. Geez, you mean we disagree on something?
PattyAnn on June 4, 2007 at 12:36 PM
This is going to backfire on Scarborough like “Dick Cheney’s Daughter is gay!” did for the Democrats in 2004.
see-dubya on June 4, 2007 at 12:36 PM
I guess it depends on which pole Scarborough refers to…
Hey oooooohh!
Sorry it had to be done.
Schweggie on June 4, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Scarborough is a tool. This is the same clown who was ripping Imus and saying he had to send his wife and kids out of the room every time Imus came on the air.
He’s such a sanctimonius little twerp.
JackStraw on June 4, 2007 at 12:40 PM
I hope Joe has the decency to apologize for that. I understand laughing about the age difference, but that was over the top.
Matticus Finch on June 4, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Stupid, ignorant, dishonest, insulting …
Isn’t this also proof of pure professional laziness? Too lazy to research who Fred Thompson is and what he believes, to discuss his positions? It’s astonishing how much money lazy, uninformed people get to hog up our airways with nothing more than verbal spam. The guy who frames pictures downtown here for a living is better informed and erudite, able to discuss and query with far more depth than these fools. I’d rather listen to this average guy than those over paid preening birdbrains – I’d learn more and be more engaged.
The producers are cool with this – they want the radio/media time globbed up with nothing so no one learns anything about anyone they don’t the public to know about.
Can’t see the forest or the trees because of the strangling media kudzu.
naliaka on June 4, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Mitt is awfully fidgety in that clip. He looks VERY presidential, though.
SouthernGent on June 4, 2007 at 12:42 PM
Yeah Mitt keep the door open..the VP door that is! GO FRED
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on June 4, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Scarbrough should know better than to make jokes about people’s personal lives…anyone who did a little digging into his divorce records would find that his personal life has been found to be less than admirable.
Jack M. on June 4, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Joe just wants to know if Fred’s wife and him have something in common…….Because Joe certainly works the pole……
doriangrey on June 4, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Here in
Bangla-colaWHOOPS! Make that PENSAcola, we fondly refer to our former Rep. as Joe ScrewYourBorough. Don’t much care for the man, no sir.tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Hey, Joe, no matter how much Kool-Aid you drink, they still won’t shut up about the dead intern.
rw on June 4, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Why is joe turning into such an idiot?
msipes on June 4, 2007 at 12:53 PM
No. Class.
geoff on June 4, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Dang, MITT!, love ya, will vote for ya, but put your hands in one place and keep them there. Have never seen him that fidgety.
Like I said last week, I’m for a MITT!/FRED! ticket…Beauty and the Beast! And both with very attractive wives. Heh.
Brat on June 4, 2007 at 12:57 PM
I so saw this coming….and it’s gonna get
betterworse.Tru2my2 on June 4, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Future News:
“Joe Scarborough found dead at 44. Cause of death is pending, but a note was found by the body that said: ‘I’m Fred! and I approved this message.’”
ScottMcC on June 4, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Fear of The Fred! is palpable, isn’t it.
franksalterego on June 4, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Scarborough sold his soul to keep his job.
A few years ago, he put a lawyer on his show who was hysterical about the lumber industry poisoning childern with pressure treated lumber which is used in many playgrounds.
long story short, Joe never disclosed the guy was his law partner and they were trying to sue the lumber industry in a class action.
Joe had to do a major mea culpa and from that point on he towed the MSNBC line.
TheBigOldDog on June 4, 2007 at 1:02 PM
What a complete jerk. Is he that scared of beautiful, intelligent women?
heatherrc77 on June 4, 2007 at 1:03 PM
One wonders what the reaction would have been if he had made this statement about Obama’s wife.
William Amos on June 4, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Scarborough provides the perfect example of a “beta male” juxtaposed against Fred Thompson’s “alpha male”. The contrast between the two could not be more stark. Even the pictures of the two, on Hot Air’s front page, speak volumes.
Fred on June 4, 2007 at 1:17 PM
The ten-second Fred Response video:
“Let me simply thank the former Congressman for the kind words he said about my wife. I appreciate that very much.”
see-dubya on June 4, 2007 at 1:18 PM
That was absolutely despicable for Scarborough to say.
ITA William Amos.
Jodella on June 4, 2007 at 1:19 PM
Mike Papantonio. He’s big buds with RFK Jr., not to mention being our home grown Air America/”Ring of Fire Radio” sponsor. The law firm ScrewYourBorough joined right after jettisoning his newly re-won Congressional seat ostensively to “spend time with his children” (vice “I was W’s Florida pitbull and didn’t get no cabinet seat/cushy job, so I’m leaving these ungrateful bastards”) is Levin-Papantonio.
ScrewYourBorough’s ‘conservative’ credentials only lasted until the next best offer.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Scarborough used to actually be somewhat conservative, but his employment at MSNBC just proves the old adage “you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.”
thirteen28 on June 4, 2007 at 1:21 PM
I have a thought about this:
The MSM will go out of their way to talk sh*t on Fred!’s wife – they know that he’s going to be a viable threat to any Dhimmicrat in the national election. So, if they disparage his wife and lob personal insults toward his family, it might convince him NOT to run, which would be good for the dhimmicrats.
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Once again, back to the racists remarks. The Polish people are honorable (and probably a little tired of being made the brunt of all these jokes), and I am sure they are insulted by the insinuation that they are being “worked”. This is what got Imus fired, being a racists…
right2bright on June 4, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Don’t know what he was laughing about. That wasn’t any where near funny! More like rude, crude, and socially unexceptable! What a slimey perv!!
ChrisIansNana on June 4, 2007 at 1:31 PM
Someone call Websters. They can now add a video clip next to their definition of ‘Penis Envy’….
CrazyFool on June 4, 2007 at 1:31 PM
No reaction; it would never be spoken because it’s one of their commandments:
PMSNBC shalt nevereth slandereth a Democrat spouseth.
But he could say the same thing about Kucinich’s wife, eh?
Brat on June 4, 2007 at 1:34 PM
Me thinks Scarbrough has a little penis envy.
Kini on June 4, 2007 at 1:36 PM
I’m confused as to why Scarborough did this.
Was there some bad blood between Thompson and him from their days in Congress? Did Thompson support Harris or something? Otherwise, it makes no sense.
From everything I’ve read, Mrs. Thompson is an extremely capable media expert who is also a Republican Party insider.
I don’t know, but Scarborough may have set himself up for his own auto de fe.
As for the nutroots getting vicious about the Thompsons, well, that’s how they operate.
georgej on June 4, 2007 at 1:36 PM
I think they’ll try, but I have a feeling it won’t work.
Not to mention the serious potential for backlash.
thirteen28 on June 4, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Crap crazyfool beat me to it….. beat me….., ah shucks….. not again….
Kini on June 4, 2007 at 1:37 PM
He clearly fears the Vah-jay-jay!
TBinSTL on June 4, 2007 at 1:40 PM
There, fixed it for ya.
TBinSTL on June 4, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Was just thinking the same thing.
nukemhill on June 4, 2007 at 1:43 PM
This is a non-issue. freddie boys got to answer for his own baggage. The classless dressing of a potential presidential candidates wife will only be mentioned as an additional potential problem averted, and only after his defeat in the primaries. We had slick willy denigrate the office of president and no one cares, so I doubt anyone would care if the first lady walks around with her jugs hanging out.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 1:44 PM
mesa, I should clarify, I thought the Mitt vid was humorous. I thougt the other was repulsive.
PattyAnn on June 4, 2007 at 1:44 PM
My husband thinks Fred is the man just because of his wife but looks aside, I’ve heard she can hold her own with others as well. Why did Scarborough do this, it’s really quite simple, he’s a simpleton working in a we love dims all the time network so guess he has to keep up the smear tactics.
Catie96706 on June 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM
ScottMcC, good one!
As for Scarborough, you’ve lost it completely…
Bad Candy on June 4, 2007 at 2:14 PM
I think Scars has some real issues…this is now on MSNBC…I think someone is greasing the poles.
tomas on June 4, 2007 at 2:23 PM
Mitt – Yes, a bit fidgety, but very human. That clip does him no harm at all, IMO.
Scarborough – Brainless, clueless, classless. Quite the trifecta.
Question: What happened to the Left and the Right when Scarborough switched positions?
Answer: The average intelligence of both sides increased.
Local mudslinging troll – Couldn’t bear to keep his hands clean, even when a lady is involved.
Freelancer on June 4, 2007 at 2:48 PM
I had no idea that Fred!s wife was in the public eye prior to following these links (thanks, AllahP), much less a target of nutroots attack.
I must say — as a straight man, I am confused about the issue here. A man gets divorced (bad, but common). He stays single for a while, and says “I chased girls and girls chased me.” So far, so good. He dates a relatively well-known country singer, who goes on to say nice things about him on the record years after their break-up. Very good for avoiding the jealous ex syndrome. Finally, he courts and marries a beautiful, accomplished, and younger woman. Due to the intervening realtionships and elapsed time, there is no possibility that she had anything to do with the initial divorce. Now you’re telling me that the angry left will try to make an issue of “Mrs. Fred!s” large breasts?
See, in the reality I inhabit, smart beautiful women with large breasts are always a good thing. I think most of America is with me here — even the female half, barring a few unhappy jealous types.
So really — what’s the strategy here?
I see you followed the same link I did, csdeven. It was a ball gown — fairly daring, but still within full-dress-ball standards. Fashons come and go. Go to a museum sometime and check out the decolettage on some very proper Elizabethan gowns. I’m sure Mrs Fred! knows how to dress formally and modestly when required.
Anton on June 4, 2007 at 2:59 PM
So he isn’t talking about a polling place? She won’t be talking to voters on voting day?
:rolleyes:
Tim Burton on June 4, 2007 at 3:07 PM
I’m hoping so, but so far, most of the pics I’ve seen she has those babies on display for all to see.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 3:25 PM
Awwwww. Ain’t it cute when someone gets their pantie’s all buncheded up. Tell me, have you framed and hung your signed pair of fred? skivvy’s yet? Or perhapes you would rather correct some punctuatsion or grammmer?
hahaha.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 3:28 PM
If you work for MSNBC, then you should be considered suspect regardless of any claim to being conservative. That includes Scarborough, Buchanan and the preppy twerp with a bowtie.
Phil Byler on June 4, 2007 at 3:35 PM
I did some math – if they have a 6 month old (according to that article), she was either pregnant or nursing – both of which enlarge the breasts considerably. She could also just be one of those lucky women who happens to be well-endowed. In either case, if you got ‘em, flaunt ‘em. I wish they were mine…
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2007 at 3:36 PM
True that!
KelliD on June 4, 2007 at 3:39 PM
If I had looked that good a few months after either of my kids, I would have been flaunting “the girls” to high heaven.
KelliD on June 4, 2007 at 3:41 PM
That’s fine for a Washington insider, but does it really speak well for a potential first lady to be that superficial about her body? Those aren’t the conservative values of the party that Reagan built. But, times change, and if the clenis can completely shame the office and no one cares, what harm can she do with her tits hanging out?
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 3:53 PM
That’s fine for a Washington insider, but does it really speak well for a potential first lady to be that superficial about her body? Those aren’t the conservative values of the party that Reagan built. But, times change, and if the clenis can completely shame the office and no one cares, what harm can she do if the first lady shares her breasts with the world?
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 3:55 PM
cs, you can come down off that high horse anytime.
KelliD on June 4, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Spare the group the strawman argument and explain how the first lady showing her breasts to the world is in sync with conservative values and is good for the image the office of president to the world community. Really, if you’re going to defend it, defend it.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 4:08 PM
CS
Your reference to Mrs. Thompson sharing as the first lady says you have accepted it as fact that Fred! will be Commander in Chief. ’bout time….
News2Use on June 4, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Did they replace Imus with this perve?
Betcha ScarredBorough (scarred by working for NBC) wishes that Mrs. Thompson would “work his pole.”
Joe S.=never gets laid anymore and has to pay for it from lap-dancers
Jen the Neocon on June 4, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Fred should go get up with that idiot face to face. Speak crap about another man’s wife on TV is personal. I’d be more than angry.
gary on June 4, 2007 at 4:15 PM
That’s a nice try. You get a C for effort. :-)
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Mrs. Thompson did not take out her breasts and slap ‘em on the table, cs. Even Mrs. Bush shows a bit of cleavage on special occasions
KelliD on June 4, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Typical Scarborough Country”
“I tell ya, it just makes me sick that the media are focusing on such trivial matters when this country is coming apart at the seams. We have to take a break, but when we come back, we’ll have all the latest celebrity coochie shots from Hollyweird.”
John from WuzzaDem on June 4, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Oh great! Now we are going to create some type of relative argument comparing Mrs Bush to Jeri Thompson? ROFLMAO!!!
Please, PLEASE! Do yourself a favor and do a google image search on Laura Bush and then Jeri Thompson. Out of the first 4 pages for Laura I didn’t see ANY breast, yet EVERY pic of Jeri had her jumblies on display for all to see.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Look, you want to make the argument that showing that much breast is a good image for a first lady and the image of this country, please make it and stop the relativity.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 4:42 PM
oh, puh-leeze. Since when is showing a little cleavage a conservative or liberal value? I think I’ve heard/read it all, now.
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2007 at 4:50 PM
You know, there’s a lot to be said about a smart, successful woman who doesn’t cater to stereotypes and who isn’t afraid to dress like a woman (unlike Hillary in all her dumb pantsuits and years of bad hair and glasses.)
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2007 at 4:52 PM
Frankly, it would be refreshing to see such a woman occupy the position of First Lady. Young, hip, smart, successful and conservative.
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Thanks,pullingmyhairout. I think that about sums it up. But you know there is just no pleasin’ some people. Fred!’s kids will be in the cs site next.
KelliD on June 4, 2007 at 5:02 PM
It’s called clevage…not that big of a deal.
heatherrc77 on June 4, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Boy, what a gutter mind and even lovelier descriptive powers. Every picture I saw of her on that same Google search had some gorgeous gown, or other glamorous damn outfit on. You’re talking like she’s channeling Christina Aguilera or Carmen Electra, for God’s sake. I’m also thinking most of those pics were taken at industry functions, so anything remotely Hollywood is suspect?
That’s about some stoopid stuff you’re spouting. Sounds more like ‘cover the catmeat’ claptrap to me.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 5:15 PM
You’re kidding right? We’re talking about the image that a conservative first lady is expected to project. This isn’t the Clintons we’re talking about.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 5:19 PM
I like Fred! But I am also concerned about the “First Lady” too. I know. I know. Doesn’t mean a thing. BUT…. I think its trouble. As to theis quote way up above:
Right On. Mitts the one. His wife would would be a class act for the White House and a whole lot more.
auspatriotman on June 4, 2007 at 5:21 PM
Still waiting for you to defend the image of a first lady showing her breasts to the world. I’ll understand if you can’t do it, but at least admit your error.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 5:22 PM
OK, would it be alright for a first lady to dress like that on a regular basis?
Remotely Hollywood? hahahahaha! Priceless! Gorgeous gowns? With her breasts hanging out? So, the gown can’t be gorgeous if her breasts aren’t on display for all to see? I’d put up any modest gown that Laura Bush wears against any other gown that exposes a womans breasts any day of the week, and Laura’s would be head and shoulders a more classy and beautiful gown. ESPECIALLY for a first lady. Jeeze, does the fred?-mania have ANY bounds that aren’t up to be cheapened? It’s okay for fred? to lie to us and barely covered breasts are a sign of class?
And spare the group your strawman catmeat argument. Jeeze. How childish.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 5:33 PM
Ok, you are going to have to link me to some of these photos because I can’t find one yet that I would object to. I consider myself on the prudish side but so far I haven’t seen any pictures that have a set of boobs hanging out. SO, I will reserve my opinion and when did Fred LIE to us?
ChrisIansNana on June 4, 2007 at 5:49 PM
csdeven, could you post a few of those links? I would like to do some more … how do you say?… political research on the subject.
Thank ya!
Anton on June 4, 2007 at 5:51 PM
Still waiting for you to back up your statements. So far all I’ve seen is a handsome couple. So GO FRED!!
ChrisIansNana on June 4, 2007 at 6:02 PM
The original post was about a no-class comment by Scarborough, improperly attributing the behavior of either a stripper or a prostitute to a man’s wife.
I appreciate you accepting your proper title. How did you know I meant you?
Freelancer on June 4, 2007 at 6:09 PM
I think we can count cs as the first diagnosed case of Fred Derangement Syndrome.
thirteen28 on June 4, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Talk about childish…
And ENDLESSLY, mind-numbingly repetitive to boot. I’ll be scrolling past anything related to csdeven from now on.
REALLY sick of it.
techno_barbarian on June 4, 2007 at 6:19 PM
You’re assuming she would. And, like I said ~ and the astute ChrisIansNana also pointed out ~ I haven’t seen anything of the startling, lurid, quasi-pornographic images you keep referring to that proves she ever did.
And ‘catmeat’ wasn’t an argument, obtuse one.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 6:27 PM
I have already explained why I think her breast exposure is not first lady-ish. Still waiting for YOU to explain why it is in sync with the conservative values expected of a first lady and how it creates a statesmanlike image the office of the president requires.
YOU may not have a problem with it and this kind of stuff is subjective, but you don’t set the watermark for class that has been established by conservative first ladies. She is well outside the norm and I am waiting for to justify the lossening of standards.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 6:37 PM
PROMISE?
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 6:37 PM
You’re kidding right? You groupies are as transparent as the day is long. Hair renting usually goes hand in hand with trying to force others to take up the role of the bad guy so you can ignore freddie boys weaknesses. You can call me all the names you want, but fred? still has a very poor record and is going to be expected to answer for it.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 6:44 PM
Whose average age is what? 50 at the very least? She’s only 40 years old at this moment. Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush? And Laura, bless her heart, is TWENTY YEARS OLDER than Mrs. Thompson. I’m sure the pics that have you in a foaming fury were taken even five years ago, or earlier, making the poor woman a very young mid-to-early thirties. I would hope to GOD she isn’t dressing like a MATRON yet. (Which is EXACTLY what all those beloved, estimable first ladies ~ with the exception of Laura ~ were.) Women of a certain age and a certain generation dress a certain way. It’s a truism. Someone born in 1946 like Laura Bush has a whole different sensibility. And, at the 54 years old she was when she became First Lady, Laura was well past the babe-i-licious/glamour gal stage ANYWAY. Elegance KNOWS no generational boundaries, but fashion does. Would you suggest swathing her in volumes of fabric until she reaches her dotage to satisfy your need for a wealthy grandmother’s silhouette? Get a grip ~ it’s 2007 and I believe Mrs. Thompson might have a clue, even as you so obviously don’t.
Cover the catmeat.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Knock it off in here. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that I was reading a nutroots thread. Western Civilization is being flushed downed the toilet right before our eyes, and all you nimnuls can do is debate the merits and drawbacks of bodacious ta-tas. PATHETIC.
CyberCipher on June 4, 2007 at 7:07 PM
This one’s a keeper. Welcome, sis.
techno_barbarian on June 4, 2007 at 7:22 PM
So it’s ok to show your breasts as the first lady because you’re young? Is this because she has it to flaunt or because she isn’t mature enough yet? I suppose Laura Bush displayed her breast for everyone to see while Bush was the Gov of Texas? I don’t think so.
Uh, girlfriend? Leave the discernment of class to others because you obviously have a lot to learn.
csdeven on June 4, 2007 at 7:31 PM
Sounds to me like Scarborough is just jealous. No offense to Mrs. Scarborough, just saying.
ctmom on June 4, 2007 at 7:49 PM
Thank you, techo_barbarian! What a lovely thing to say.
And gosh! I would be childish if I responded to your doltish provocation, so I won’t. But I will leave you with a little history which, if you had a shred of perspective about your burqua brain, would make my point. The prow on this battleship belongs to Mary Todd Lincoln, this exposed bosom to Mrs. Taft and Dolly Madison is about to pop out of this elegant number. It’s called ‘the fashion of the time’. Oh! AND it WAS considered tres scandeleuse that Betty Ford had been a …gasp…modern dancer in her…you know…previous life. ‘Cause we all know MODERN dancers are basically whores, because they’re…well…modern. Right?
But you’re a prudish dolt and ScrewYourBorough is a classless pig.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 7:52 PM
That was unkind of me and I apologize to you.
tree hugging sister on June 4, 2007 at 8:27 PM
Sounds that way to me. Still rude!
csdeven
You still haven’t provided me with proof of lies or over exposure!! I don’t know, if I was 30lbs lighter and had on a mega bra that could bring these knockers back up to where they’re supposed to be, I might show a little clevage. But again no proof yet that her boobs are on display.
ChrisIansNana on June 4, 2007 at 9:33 PM
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