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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Look, I'm not a fan of Scarborough and I'm still skeptical of his transformation into "enlightened conservative", but the real reason the Lori Klausutis didn't gain more traction in 2001 was because Scarborough was not even in Florida when she died. He was in Washington.
Besides it's not like Republicans don't turn on their own whenever they get a chance. Remember the race-baiting against McCain in South Carolina in 2000? Predictably, the Harris campaign in Florida has tried to drag out the Klausutis story to scare off Scarborough but it seems to have backfired on them: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15034557.htm
Joe Scarborough is shifting turning his claws in the direction of the Bush administration, just like the rest of the population. And he's being interviewed in Salon, and competantly expressing himself as a fair and thoughtful conservative. Presumably, we fair and thoughtful Salon readers will start tuning in, too. The whole thing sounds oh so premeditated and effective. Bravo, Mr. Scarborough, bravo. Your cynical acts are being executed with nimble panache. You do your job very well.
If I am wrong, however, and if Mr. Scarborough and other honest conservatives are truly appalled by what is happening, let this be a lesson in the dirty tactics and following reallignments of the democratic process. This is a world that Joe, et. al., have created. The fact that none of these transitioning conservatives bemoan these tactics leads me to think that they're doing the same thing they've always done: attacking the weak and newly exposed underbelly of the Bush administration, because they CAN.
He's still a pompous ass.
...Just a reminder.
You mean, like a casserole recipe? Another chickenhawk willing to expend other people's blood to test a ludicrous political hypothesis.
Scarborough is no better than any of the other conservative ranters, and shame on Salon for seeing his "Is Bush an idiot?" routine for anything other than what it is: pandering to a base of increasingly frustrated conservatives. Not frustrated that Bush is stupid, or criminal, or shameless, or incompetent, mind you--just frustrated that he's become so unpopular.
That's the only real "principle" conservatives have: Rape the environment, steal from the middle class and poor to give to the rich, get on your back and whore your head off for corporations and special interests, use other people's kids as cannon fodder, but for God's sake keep your image and your approval numbers up. Bush hasn't done that, and they've turned on him. And now they're trying to look smart by dissing him. Too late for that, guys. He's your albatross--you fed him, propped him up, and fobbed him off on the country--and you're stuck with him.
I would be much more impressed with Joe's integrity, intellect, and patriotism if he were demanding consequences for Bush's "idiocy," instead of simply viewing it as a harmless quirk. I, too, think that Bush is an idiot, a dickless frat boy who is playing at being a president on TV. When left to his own goofy devices, we have him choosing goats over terrorists, vacations over duty, Meirs & Brown over - well, just about anyone else, really.
Yet when handled effectively, he's also a photogenic mouthpiece for corporate barons and warmongers (oops, I repeat myself) and the voice of absolute wealth and power. He has no idea what a nation is, much less how to lead one. He has never in his life held a job he got for himself. He cannot even recognize a complexity, much less parse one. And yet the Joes & Anns & Bills & Rushes proudly deemed him more than fit for office. Twice. Now Joe is rethinking his former devotion. If Joe is serious, and not simply another of those hypocrites he so smugly derides, he must take this to its logical conclusion.
It's not a quirk to be an idiot president. George II is not just a joke. He is a criminal. If Joe really thinks George is unfit for office, he should be agitating to get him out, as well as calling for his administration's accountability. Not just because omigosh he's not really a fiscal conservative, or because he's using his office gasp illegally and unconstitutionally, or because he sold our energy policies hee hee to the highest bidders, or nudge nudge wink wink is stacking our judiciary with one trick ponies, or has chosen to abandon our smirk citizens in the Katrina disaster. He also decided to kill 2,600 Americans and over 40,000 Iraqis in a counterfeit war, and his death toll continues to rise.
Bush is worse than incompetent: he's a traitor and a mass murderer. Or would reality hurt Joe's ratings?
Magoo wrote an editor's choice letter saying, "Hey, Bush is no dumber now than he was five years ago. Scarborough's just a rat jumping off the sinking ship." Second sentence: no doubt whatsoever in my mind. First sentence: maybe not. Crooks&Liars has some video footage comparing Bush the debater in 1994 and Bush the debater in 2004. There's a big difference. The younger Bush was confident and coherent. He may have memorized his lines, but he memorized them well.
Whether it's presenile dementia, hitting the bottle, or something less dramatic, Bush is clearly not the man he was 10 years ago.
"I'm not a fan of Scarborough... but the real reason the Lori Klausutis didn't gain more traction in 2001 was because Scarborough was not even in Florida when she died. He was in Washington." -- kb3edk
What, people have to be present to have someone offed for illegitimate love-prgnancies? Last I remember, Condit was at home in bed with his wife AND we weren't even sure a crime was committed (no body!) but that didn't keep the so-called liberal media from jumpin' all over that one. Are your Klausutis facts from the Florida media which you just blindly accept? Don't you see a problem with that?
Try reading up on it. It's not as cut-and-dry as "Joe not in same state".
If I wanted to read interviews with liars and hypocrites, I'd subscribe to the New Republic or the National Review. Nothing Joe Scarborough has to say can be believed or given any credibility, until he comes clean about Laurie Klausitis (the young woman that was found dead in his office about the time Gary Condit was getting pummeled by Chandra Levy speculation).
And even then, I would not give him any respect. He is a scumbag, and should be stomped on.
Who's next, Joe Lieberman? Keep it up, Salon, and you will force me to cancel my subscription.
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