Joe Scarborough just displayed a dazzling display of utter bullshit on Morning Joe.
Is anyone watching Morning Joe right now?
Scarborough starts off by saying that the media is trying to push Hillary out of the race. First of all, that's bullshit. Leahy brought it up, and pretty much all of the coverage I've seen over the weekend has been pundits saying she shouldn't drop out. Scarborough then proceeds to say that this kind of talk is gonna effect the polls. They then show the recent Gallup poll, which shows that Obama is up by 10 points. Get this. Scarborough's like "See!", and claiming most of that has to do with the media saying Hillary should get out of the race.
Then they bring up the Bosnia story. Scarborough tries to downplay it like it's no big deal, and shouldn't be a big deal. Mika says that she actually think that has a lot to do with the recent poll numbers. Scarborough gets very sarcastic with her, like that's implausible and ridiculous.
He then brings up Rev. Wright, and continues to pound away at that as that being an example of something that really hurts a candidate. Meanwhile totally ignoring the fact that Obama has obviously weathered that storm. So in Joe's world, a boldfaced lie that Hillary herself told, should be far less damaging than guilt by association in Obama's case.
Watching the way he's desperately trying to spin all this is unbelievable. I about fell out of my chair when he said the recent poll numbers were due to the fact that the media is telling Hillary to get out of the race.
He's so much like Buchanan. He gets a narrative in his head, and refuses to shake from it. Like how Buchanan was convinced from day one that Obama would be "the black candidate". Scarborough was convinced Wright would sink Obama, and he's convinced (or more likely, trying to spin the fact that) the Bosnia thing isn't a big deal. Despite the fact that all evidence is to the contrary, he won't let go of his alternate reality. He's gonna push his narrative for all it's worth.
UPDATED:
Apparently, on top of being an obnoxious jackass, he must have nude pictures of everyone in the media. The fact that a dead girl was found in his office under suspicious circumstances and it was barely reported, is very troubling.
Thanks to gaiilonfong for providing that link.
UPDATED AGAIN:
Here are some more links, thanks to Pandorasbox, gaiilonfong, and RenaRF.