Joe Scar just said he went into politics because he was inspired by Bobby Kennedy.

[tavernier]

I just can’t believe that. If that were true, he never would have become a republican. The republicans hated the Kennedys.

[deminks]

1. Morning Jerk is an opportunist. Much like his galfriend.

Tomorrow, he have owed his entry into politics because of whoever's birthday it is.

[SharonClark]

19. K&R

[unblock]

2. i've certainly found the horribleness of nixon, reagan, and other republicans to inspire me

to pay more attention to politics and to get involved where i can to oppose their hatred and cruelty and stupidity.

[PearliePoo2]

3. Yes, I've heard him talk about his love for Bobby for years.

I don't get it either. How can he love a Kennedy and worship Bobby as his hero and then become a Republican?

Scar did dump the Republican party (finally) and says he's now an Independant.

[underpants]

5. Yes he backends it with his love for Reagan

which makes no sense at all

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. It's as incongruous as Chris Christie worshiping Bruce Springsteen.

[Hortensis]

4. 25 minutes into the show, no mention of elections!

Morning Joe started with mournful memorials to D-Day and then RFK, and a declining America since (filtered through a sad, post-Tuesday morning Joe).

And then, still ongoing, it's a very lengthy discussion of the Eagles' non-visit to the WH, and more woeful, post-Tuesday declining America.

For a supposed RFK admirer, Joe is one sad conservative this morning, too distressed to even talk about what happened yesterday.

[Cha]

7. Thanks for that, Hortensis..

[Hortensis]

9. :) Conservative hypocrites that they are,

they're still far better than the Fox competition entrenched on CNN. When I left to check Joe, Camerata and whatshisname were still spinning continual noise about Democratic Party worries even as they were forced to report Democratic victory after victory.

[Cha]

10. See.. I haven't seen tv

M$M for 16 years but I know that already.. they can't stand for Dems to be Winning.. especially after doing everything in their manufactured, both sides do it, power to dampen it.

[Hortensis]

13. Smart you, and fortunate, not seeing what CNN has become.

This first morning show getting people before they head off to work is now toxic, filled with Fox-type spin and outright lies, toned down but presented constantly.

Monday Camerata was trying to imply separating children from parents was reasonable and humane and tried to undermine Senator Merkley's account of visiting that camp where the children were held. "I understand why they wouldn't let a strange man in,..." "Well, look, I understand that you think this is overly punitive and cruel ..., HOW-EH-VER, in terms of having to take care of undocumented and unaccompanied minors showing up,..." She goofed when she thought he hadn't actually seen children in cages because he wasn't let in and pounced on that, though, because he'd visited another camp the day before.

Despicable. I don't believe for a second Jeff Zucker's claim that NBC's and CNN's promotion of Trump was about profits.

Making you gladder than ever you don't spend money on this stuff, i'm guessing. I don't normally turn either on (I do record Joe in case some segment mentioned here makes me curious), but I wanted to see what they were saying about these elections.

[tavernier]

12. Ah, just mentioned it is coming up.

Kornacki with the elections breakdowns.

*editing for my spelling of Steve K.

[Ilsa]

6. I think he must have bought into Reaganism, and

the anti-Carter bullcrap, and his conservatism took priority over his innate values. Must have been some severe cognitive dissonance.

[mfcorey1]

8. Joe is stuttering so much today as he tries to merge his conservatism

with the NFL issue and not appear to be the fake that he is. Today, he admires Bobby Kennedy and next week he will throw shade at the Kennedy legacy. Well, at least today he is not fixating on Bill Clinton like he always does.

[deminks]

11. I'm sure we will have the daily clinton-hate segment.

At the very least, a snide under the table comment from Mika mouse.

[tavernier]

17. Oh yes, lots of talk about how Clinton lied a lot.

Funny how he never mentions Bush and the weapons of mass destruction and Iraq. But of course that was only the death of thousands... no titillating sexual tidbits for his audience.

[BootinUp]

14. So does that mean he was Sirhans

Co-conspirator?

[JHB]

15. Joe was 5 years old in 1968. Everything he knows is second-hand...

TV clips, people recounting how he inspired them, etc. Even documentaries have what goes into them filtered through the filmmaker.

Those, deliberately or not, tend to enhance the image, the inspiration of the public, the external stuff, with actual policies and ideology trailing behind.


Segue to 1980: Joe is 17, and Mr. Image is running for president.

Who had more real influence?

If I had less faith in Joe's ability to fully believe contradictory things, I'd think he was just saying that because he has a New York social circle these days.

[BluesRunTheGame]

16. Tweety mailed Joe a 6-pack of Coors Lite and a copy of his Bobby Kennedy book.

Before that Joe had never heard of Bobby Kennedy.

[OnDoutside]

20. Thankfully I wasn't eating at the time he said that, I would have spewed.