Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Scarborough Recognizes Liberal Media’s Vile Rhetoric

posted at 9:03 am on July 14, 2011 by Rovin
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While former “Conservative Republican” Joe Scarborough sits around with his liberal “journalist” pundits on his Morning Joe program, (nodding his head in agreement with almost every word), he’s slipped in an opinion piece at Politico that is basically lambasting the liberal media.  Joe leaves out the word “liberal“ when describing the vile rhetoric of his brethren, choosing “media elites“, similar to the way the liberal media can’t find the “D” (for Democrat), on their keyboards if a story’s even a bit negative.  Mr.  Scarborough also points out, (correctly in my opinion), that the Republican‘s refusal to raise taxes in this Debt Ceiling debate is completely justified:

“The reviews are in, and it’s safe to say that most media elites won’t be voting for Republican candidates in 2012. Of course, most of them voted Democratic in 2010, 2008 and in every other election in modern political history. But if you’ve scanned editorial pages and news shows in recent weeks, you know that this time conservatives have really, really offended the national press corps by their refusal to raise taxes.  At issue is the GOP’s handling of the debt ceiling negotiations. Washington pundits are shocked and offended that conservatives refused to cave in to President Barack Obama’s demand to raise taxes.

……..The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen thoughtfully described the Republican position on fiscal matters this way: The GOP “has become a political cult” and its presidential field is “a virtual political Jonestown.”

The New Republic’s Jonathan Chait employed the type of subtle style that makes his articles sing when he made reference, in a Daily Beast column in late May, to his fondness for a former Clinton administration official’s description of the conservative base of the GOP as the party’s “Hezbollah wing.”

As media types blast away at their barbaric Republican opponents, it is worth noting that just last year the GOP won the largest nationwide landslide victory in modern history based in large part on its pledge to oppose tax increases. Over 230 members of the House signed the no-tax pledge while 40-plus Senate members also signed to oppose tax increases.

It is interesting to see politicians savaged by the mainstream media as hostage-takers, members of Hezbollah and deranged cult leaders for doing no more than following through on a signed campaign pledge. Wasn’t keeping one’s word to voters once seen as a positive political characteristic instead of a personal moral deficiency?

Of course, keeping one’s word to the voters was once seen as a virtue, and it still will be when 2012 rolls around. Republicans who vote to raise income tax rates in 2011 can expect to be sent home in 2012. Period. End of political career……….”     Joe Scarborough   LINK

Surprisingly, even Scarborough understands that the commitments made by the Republicans in the House of Representatives leaves little room for “compromise” when it comes to tax increases, yet Joe omits a serious promise that also got them elected—namely to put an end to the spending spree.  It leaves one wondering why/how the liberal media look into a pool of water and can’t see themselves as the “deranged cult leaders”.  With over 63% of Americans saying this nation is on the wrong track, (and I would submit they’re mostly talking about this liberal progressive big government “experiment”), we can expect the liberal media to ratchet up their ugly rhetoric.  They’re far too invested in their own mania to turn back now.

Update: Breaking!  Scarborough goes ballistic on his own show this morning, asking his mostly liberal panel, “name one vote, (or piece of legislation) in the past year where the Democratic Party voted to reduce the deficit or even produce a budget”???  (paraphrased)  Can’t wait to get the video on this one……the blank stare on every face on the panel is simply priceless.

Update #2: The full video is here and you can skip to about the 10:40 mark for “the good parts” or I’ve got a shorter version at my “little blog site”.

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