Warms my heart to see them outside freezing their butts off.
Great idea.

Yeah, why are they always putting these media dorks outside in the freezing weather. It must be some passive aggressive action on the producers' part or something.

These putrid pundits don't get that their bullshit philosophy was thoroughly discredited throughout 2007 going into 2008. To this day, they delude themselves into believing that they are influential because the ratings show that there actually people watching them. Has it ever crossed their minds that many people watched as a gaggle of goofs ate vermin and fetid animal parts on Survivor and Fear Factor, respectively?

These "journalists" and political pundits must know that they are the equivalent of bewildered "reality" show participants, right? Of course they are fully aware attention whores, or whores, in generals, just happy that they still have a job that pays extravagantly. Their insufferable opinion-giving before the cameras makes them affected in a most foul display.

Never mind what one of these dorks say over another. They're too stupid to realize that they're doling out narrative threads telegraphed years earlier. If one cared to, they could anticipate each and every word coming out of their pundit pie holes.

However, "Morning Joe" is the absolute worse of them all. It is a show oozing with mawkish cultivation, banal formality, and wanton sophistry. They don't even understand how idiotic they all look before true critical thinkers outside the media circle they hobnob with. The show actually makes Fox & Friends' muttonheads look diligent, dutiful, and, dare I say it, debonair. It's a repugnant MSNBC showcase.

"Changes in latitudes,changes in attitudes..."

Reminds me of my Parrothead days. Heh.

Democrats are obsessed with polls. Nothing is more important then the almighty poll. God forbid you govern on principle, mob rule is the rule. Re-election at all costs. Principled governance is only a secondary consideration.

>>>God forbid you govern on principle, mob rule is the rule. Re-election at all costs. Principled governance is only a secondary consideration.

and that's about democrats?! oh upgrayededd, you're funny!

Republicans arent much better. The reason they are out of power is because they abandoned their conservative base in an effort to appeal to a broader base of centrists for re-election purposes, taking the base for granted. The base turned on them, and deservedly so. The Republicans certainly dont deserve to be in power, but the Democrats even less so.

Upgrayedd:

Wait just a minute here. We're supposed to believe that a party that made Sarah Palin its VP pick was trying to appeal to centrists?

You do remember that McCain was the Republican presidential nominee? He certainly wasnt a conservative. The VP pick is usually used to balance the ticket, as this was clearly the case with the McCain-Palin ticket.

I don't know what I'm more tired of: Joe's ignorance or Mika's constant defense of it.

Any time there is a guest on Morning Joe who can set the record straight, Joe just talks on top of them so that the point never gets made. I really wish Mika would do her job and keep Joe from stepping on the toes of guests, instead of enabling him by simply shushing him when he steps out of line. The whole "mommy" thing is getting too creepy for me.

LOL @ Upgrayedd

So John McCain didn't win because he wasn't conservative enough...?

That means, in your opinion, that a large chunk of the electorate went to the polls and said, "Oh no! McCain isn't conservative enough. I'll vote for Barack Obama."

Whatever.

"You do remember that McCain was the Republican presidential nominee? He certainly wasnt a conservative. The VP pick is usually used to balance the ticket, as this was clearly the case with the McCain-Palin ticket."
Uprayedd spoofs Republicans well, but this goes too far over the line between subtle and obvious IMHO.

Bob, I have one very simple desire. I'd like to see our government returned to Constitutional rule.

In talking about latitude given to this administration, mine was and always has been based on whether Obama would restore the Constitution and dump the extra-Constitutional powers of the Bush/Cheney cabal.

The President had the latitude to do whatever the heck he wanted in my mind, AS LONG AS and ONLY as long as he worked to recover what has been taken from us by fear.

Since the last few days show us he plans on keeping much of the Bush/Cheney agenda of FISA and Guantanamo HE HAS LOST ANY LATITUDE I was willing to give.

I now consider myself an ex-Democrat after 30 plus years of voting-booth support. My ideology is based on the Constitution and NOT on personality or HOPE!

The system is broken. Obama deserves our support ONLY if he is willing to PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND the Constitution. If he thinks his administration can be successful without restoring accountability I'd like to have what he's smoking.

If Republican's are the Party-That-Hates-Government then it's pretty obvious they don't deserve any respect and that their only valid position CAN BE obstructionism.

The real problem is the Democratic Party and their willingness to appease those that hate government. We can't change the taint of greed and biblical mythology from Republicans. But maybe, just maybe we can shame Democrats into once again supporting the Constitution?