Morning Joe 4/16/2012 -- Democratic Party Patsies

The hosts, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, and 99% of the guests, of Morning Joe are Democratic Party patsies. I started watching this program because I was interested in MSNBC's twist on "fairness". MSNBC billed the Morning Joe show as a rightwing balancing act to their hardcore progressive defense of Democrats and statist government. At first, Scarborough would go off on some rants that at least put forward some limited government positions regarding less government intervention in the economy, but then I noticed that Scarborough supports liberal/statist positions on a regular basis.

Now, Scarborough is defending Obama and trashing Romney. With someone like Scarborough, you never know if it's selfish political reasons or if he really thinks Romney is that bad. Joe and Mika are treated well by the Obama WH, and they wouldn't get the time of day from a Romney administration. I think a lot of Scarborough's rhetoric and actions are motivated by political ambition, not necessarily running for office, although I think he dreams of the WH, but, rather, being important in the political realm, anyway possible. Joe and Mika enjoy their powerful connections a little too much, I suspect, and they don't realize they are patsies. It's paying off for the WH, because Joe wouldn't even talk about the SS agents cavorting with prostitutes as it might be another faux slam on Obama. But any faux slam on Romney will do, such as the claim Joe made this morning that he would have canceled plans to build a large house with a car elevator if he was in Romney's shoes. Chuck Todd was on and he told Joe that the plans had been put on hold, and that someone leaked the plans, but that the construction has not been started. Joe has been talking as if the Big House With Car Elevator is being constructed. Joe doesn't even research his slams against Romney, but he's worried that the GOP unfairly smeared Obama with Hilary Rosen's comments when it's been documented that Rosen visited the WH 36 times and met personally with the President 5 times.

It was also reported this morning that Bill Maher defended Rosen's remarks and said Ann Romney might work hard as a mother but she never gets her ass out of the house to see the real world. Joe said that Obama has distanced himself from the comments, but, if Maher, who is a million dollar donor to the Obama campaign, and Hilary Rosen, who has visitied the WH 36 times, can do Obama's dirty work, then the distancing looks phony. Scarborough is becoming even more of a hypocrite as he has been in the past as the campaign heats up and Romney is taking the lead. This will smoke Scarborough out, and we'll see to whom his heart really belongs. I think, like David Brooks, Scarborough has seen the crease in Obama's pants.

Even on the Buffett Rule, neither Joe nor Mika will state unequivocably what it is -- a political gimmick. If Scarborough really believed in "small" government, then he would realize that any money confiscated by government beyond what it takes to pay for basic government services which are needed to keep society from turning into ruthless criminals coercing the peaceful is wasted. Joe would see that taxing millionairesandbillionaires just to create the perception of fairness is a wast of money and that this money would be better used invested in the economy by the ones who made the money. Joe believes the progressive narrative of evil businesspeople who screw the little man unless benevolent government leaders protect the powerless from the powerful rich bastards. Why, the Buffett Rule is needed to stop the rich bastards from hoarding all the wealth! I heard it in college, and now it's all over cable news. 

It is true that government has lured some Big Corporations into the public sphere with promises of protection. This public/private partnership/enmeshment/cronyism is designed to keep the small businesses at bay and prevent disruption from open competition, but this problem needs to be addressed by limiting the power of the government, not giving government more power to simply take money from rich people.

American people react

It appears that the Information Age, which has just started taking effect this election season, has created something which is confounding the Left. For a long time the Left could start a smear campaign, or push a piece of propaganda, and with the help of media they influenced public opinion. Now, the smear campaigns and propaganda appear to work for a short time, then once information is put forth to refute the smear campaign and propaganda, there's a shift in public opinion, and the Left is taking it on the chin over and over.

The most recent example is the Democrat/media manufactured War on Women. This has backfired on the Left, and what should have been a 24 story regarding Hilary Rosen's comment disparaging Ann Romney for being a stay at home mom is now becoming a prolonged backlash against those who think smearing and lying are substitutes for intellectual content.

Morning Joe 4/13/2012 -- But, but, what about Allen West?

Joe Scarborough showed his true colors this morning. The topic was Hilary Rosen saying Ann Romney knows nothing about the struggles of women because she "hasn't worked a day in her life." This comment caused the Whitehouse to quickly distance themselves from the comment. It's been reported that Rosen has visited the WH over thirty times and met with the President on more than a couple of occasions. Media outlets are making a lot of the comment, although liberals are claiming it's really no big deal, that Rosen is just a talking head and doesn't represent the views of liberals, even though Hilary Clinton and John Kerry's wife made similar disparaging comments regarding stay at home moms, especially Republican stay at home moms. There were also lots of demeaning comments from liberals toward Sarah Palin regarding this issue of GOP moms with strong family values.

Not only self-proclaimed liberals are dismissing Rosen's comments as no big deal -- the liberal in denial, Joe Scarborough, also said it's not a big deal, that he is good friends with Hilary Rosen, and that he also has visited the WH under Obama over 30 times and has met with the president -- what's the big deal? Obama distanced himself, so what's the fuss all about. Scarborough took it further and implied Romney is a hypocrit because he hasn't distanced himself from Allen West's comments reagrding up to 81 communists in congress. Peggy Noonan was on Morning Joe, and she said Joe is looking for trouble by connecting the two.

I could write for another thirty minutes listing all the over-the-top accusations liberal congresspeople have made about Republicans as racists, nazis, and accusing them of wanting the old, young and sick to suffer, and, recently, that the GOP is actively waging War against women. Has Obama distanced himself from each of these comments? Have any Democrats distanced themselves from the comments? No. Maxine Waters, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi -- they've all made over the top claims. Even Obama has made over the top claims against Republicans, accusing them of social darwinism, which is accusing them of not caring if people suffer and die, and actually promoting policies that lead to suffering and death. Scarborough is off mark -- he's the hypocrit, and it's not surprising since he's been to the WH over 30 times.

I've often wondered how a person who calls themselves a libertarian-leaning conservative can work for MSNBC, but now I know. I've always suspected Scarborough maintains the modern liberal mideset, but now there is no doubt. Scarborough is a phony, acting as if he's counter to the parade of liberals on Morning Joe, but he's simply one of them. It's very dishonest.

Hilary Rosen: Angry loudmouth or liberal hit-woman?

Another problem with liberals is rank hypocrisy. While liberals praise their own women who go through hard times, when it comes to successful Republican women who've overcome obstacles, liberals are vicious in their attacks. The strong GOP women who arose around 2012, Nikki Haley, Michelle Bachmann, Meg Whitman and others were savaged by liberal media and liberal operatives for the Democrat Party.

Ann Romney is a woman to be admired, yet Hilary Rosen said she's never worked a day in her life and implied she doesn't know anything about real life. This should be an easy one for both sides to condemn, and some liberals have said they don't agree with Rosen, but this is nothing new -- ask Sarah Palin.

Politics should not infect every area of our lives, and it seems that women should praise female success and strength wherever it happens. I could never understand the Left's hatred of Ayn Rand. Yes, I can see where liberals would disagree with her ideas, but she represents everything feminists admire in other women -- strong, intelligent, independent, successful. I don't get the anger and rage.