I had to turn Morning Scum off

[avebury]

They have truly drunk the Rethug kool-aid. Democrats have lost their steam heading into mid-terms. Masses think they over reached in trying to take down Kav. They will tell their children that they did their job by just reporting the news. I was so pissed off.

I am taking the evening off today from watching the news to go see A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga. I can't wait to see the movie.

[donkeypoofed]

1. Yeah, they've been pissing me off over Kavanaugh, too

To the point where I may stop recording the show soon. It's like they started leaning Right a little bit - and I do not enjoy that!!

[monmouth4]

2. I did the same. I hope MSNBC starts to notice how many viewers they lose when he starts

that crap. I'm outta there all day..

[RandiFan1290]

3. It's a republicon show

They helped to elect him. Mika and Joe are just mad that they aren't invited to Mar-a-Lago anymore.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. They were talking about a single poll and said as much...

[Meadowoak]

5. Joe is right, were not going to win by hoping the repukes just stay home, they won't! We have more

Voters on our side, if we GOTV!

[FromTheAshes]

11. Maybe they have some points to be made this morning..but by calling this over reach when

the guy is a partisan hack liar is BULLSHIT. You wanna stick to just reporting the news then report that Joe crew.

[OnDoutside]

13. +1000

[Atman]

29. They aren't journalists. It's not a news program.

Morning Joe is a heavily Republican-leaning OPINION program. It has never been a “news” program.

[RDANGELO]

6. I'm not too woried.

The Democrats have been consistently over performing in special elections, above the margins in the polls.

[malaise]

7. Same here

Sickening

[OnDoutside]

14. I turned it off too. I switched to

James O'Brien on LBC in London, who has been brilliant at sticking it to the Brexit idiots.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/national/radio/player/

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/james-obrien-the-perfect-sentence-to-sum-up-brexit/

[oberliner]

8. A Star Is Born's Notorious Producer Has Been Sued for Sexual Harassment at Least Five Times

When famed Hollywood producer Jon Peters allegedly exposed himself to his former personal assistant Shelly Morita and her two-year-old daughter, it was the final straw.

“I was a single parent, I was nervous to quit,” Morita told Jezebel by phone Monday about her tenure as the assistant of the movie man with the Midas touch, who produced such blockbusters as 1989's Batman, Rain Man, Flashdance, and Caddyshack. Peters hasn’t had producer credit on a film since 2013's Man of Steel, whose set he claims to have been banned from. But that will change when the hotly anticipated latest remake of A Star Is Born, featuring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, lands in theaters in October.

https://jezebel.com/a-star-is-borns-notorious-producer-has-been-sued-for-se-1828957531

[EffieBlack]

30. Hunh?

Did you accidentally post this on the wrong website, Boo?

[FromTheAshes]

9. I had to as well. Promptly at like 6:02 couldn't take the BULLSHIT being spewed today

over there. They are all forgetting apparently that KAVANO IS A FUCKING PARTISAN LIAR. So report that Morning Joe Crew. I rarely turn the channel with such disgust....but this morning not only did their conversation fully rouse me from my slumber but I could turn them off fast enough.

So basically I woke up in a rage........again.

[standingtall]

10. I do not believe Trumps approval rating is 41

and absolutely do not believe his approval is 2% higher among registered voters at 43% republicans almost never win in polling among registered voters unless there is a bad sample.

[Raster]

12. I'm up early and like to watch for the guests...

...I do, however, freely tweet my displeasure over their lack of impartiality: "Careful @MorningJoe, your Rethuglican* bias is showing."

I have no doubts: Joe Scarborough is a dyed in the wool Raygun* ConserviPublican. He may give the impression he's an independent and left the party, but he's currently just a non-practicing Rethuglican because of tRump*. And I certainly do not forget the months of free airtime @MorningJoe gave to tRump* and the absolutely fawning and kowtowing Joe and Mika did... that is until tRump* turned on them.

Sure, Rethuglicans* are digging in... that was to be expected.

[global1]

15. Convenient Excuse For Russian Interference In The Midterms.....

The Repugs & Trump will do anything to hold on to Congress and their power base. I wouldn't put it past them to solicit help again from the Russians. The only way they could win is by suppressing votes, stealing votes and cheating. They need some background story in case they do win so it doesn't look suspicious. So 'the Dems overstepped in trying to take down Kav' looks like its the story they are going with. Unless the Dems GOTV in historic numbers (more voters voting in the Nov 2018 Midterms than any other election in the U.S. ever) the Repugs have a good chance of retaining their control.

We have to have a cushion of votes more than they can cheat their way to win.

If the numbers are close - the Dems could still be shut out.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

33. That's exactly right. This is the strategy. "Favorable Polls" early for repubs plausible deniability

for an election steal. It's the same formula.
Start lying and use some jacked-up poll(s) to make it "sound' like the tide is turning, so when they steal the election, they can say...we were warned and 'didn't get our voter base out'. The second part is to say the 'race is tightening.' and they follow it up by lecturing the voters on 'why they lost, and better luck next time." Don't fall for it. Get mad by getting yard signs in. GO GET THEM TODAY AND GET THEM IN YOUR LAWNS. Have a good weekend folks.

[dem4decades]

16. It's basically a show of Republican shills. And if Mika

Speaks up, Joe interrupts her. So fucking Republican, have a nice life together.

[delisen]

17. Watching that particular show always leads to discouragement

for Democrats. It is designed to mislead-to give then take away hope, to manipulate. Apparently it is addictive because its viewers keep returning
Any democrat's time can be more productively spent, even on phone calls.

Watching that show is a form of self-imprisonment and offering oneself up to be deceived and brainwashed as though one is a prisoner of war when in actuality the cell door is unlocked and you are free to leave.

We are in a civil war we did not start. People have already been killed. Others are committing suicide while locked up in ICE prisons, children are still being ripped away from their families and physically and psychologically abused, adopted children are being taken from families and returned to countries they do not know-----please turn the filthy propaganda off- "Mika" and "Joe" are there to induce anxiety, glue people to a screen, and let the mayhem continue unopposed.

Might as well watch a show featuring Josef Goebbels.

[Cosmocat]

19. I have been screaming here and my other liberal connections to boycott the show

You hit the nail on the head.

Scar is a dishonest, intellectual lightweight - a lesser profile Trump, Childish and petulant.

He is a republican POS, he was in congress in the 90s, and he is full on board with the party as a whole.

[MountCleaners]

23. I'm boycotting

It's such a bummer to watch Rachel and Lawrence before bed, then wake up to this crap.

I watch my DVR of last night's Colbert instead.

[Cosmocat]

28. Yeah

I have watched probably a few segments a handful of times over the last half decade, plus.

I LOVE Nicole Wallace, for pure Trump and GOP haterade, that show is the best. I DVR Rachel, she is brilliant, but watching it late at night puts me to sleep. I DVR LO, and can watch him at that point because he does not go as deep in the weeds.

[brooklynite]

18. Translation: "why can't they just tell me things I want to hear?"

Recent polling supports the assertion that republican base voters are more energized than before. ignoring election trends because you don't like them is dangerous campaign strategy.

[Stare Decisis]

20. Not holding true to the defense of women

a dangerous campaign strategy.

The Dems win both houses if they keep their spine. Marist is showing exactly a one point gain for Republicans since the beginning of this mess. If that is all a temporary bounce gets them they are in worse electoral trouble than even thought.

[brooklynite]

22. Consider that the AVERAGE voter doesn't care about Kavanaugh...

They care about healthcare, jobs, education and retirement. And if they think Democrats aren't focusing on those issues because they're spending their time talking about Kavanaugh, they're less likely to vote.

[standingtall]

25. almost 40% of respondents of this poll were in the south

the republican base it's not trust worthy.

[brooklynite]

26. We're running Phil Bredesen, Beto O'Rourke and Bill Nelson in the South.....

[standingtall]

27. Yes but this was a national poll

Last polling I saw bredesen was ahead,O'Rourke was gaining steam and even ahead in a couple of polls and Nelson in a pretty close one right now.

There was a 15% gap between the south and the west. About 10% of the nations population lives in California

A 20% gap between the south and the northeast pretty sure New York is the largest city in the country and the state is pretty large too.
A 17% gap between the south and the midwest pretty sure Philadelphia is one of the top 5 most populated cities in the country.

This polling sample skews towards republicans because of the geography of the respondents.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. "A 17% gap between the south and the midwest pretty sure Philadelphia is one of the top 5"

Please don't put my East Coast city that is 55 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Midwest.

[EffieBlack]

31. I wonder when was the last time Joe and Mika talked to any actual voters - at least anyone their

producers didn’t screen, select and plop down at one of their phony “conversations in the heartland” broadcasts.

In the real world voters are interested in all kinds of issues, can keep two different thoughts in their head and are listening to and interacting with Democratic candidates who are talking about their concerns.

[maxrandb]

36. The only voters they've talked to

we're focus groups of Donnie Fungus Dick voters, sitting around drinking warm PBR and bragging about how good their sisters are in bed.

Retrumplicans have that demographic nailed down!

[brooklynite]

38. Well I'VE talked to people who HAVE talked to voters...

about 50 of our House, Senate and Gov candidates. And NONE of them say voters want to talk about Kavanaugh...or Trump.

[Cosmocat]

21. I did not have to watch to know this - Joe is perfectly fine with Kavanaugh

Yes, the idiot nominated him.

But, Kavanaugh is a LONG time "star" for conservative insiders.

Joe was in Congress and cheering Kavanaugh on when he was one of the leads in the Clinton witch hunt. Joe liked his work as a ruthless partisan operative in the W admin.

Liberals cheer his petulant attacks on 45, but he is PERFECTLY fine with all the other republican fuck wittery, and will ALWAYS show his true colors when the chips are down.

[mfcorey1]

24. Now they are returning to being rethuglican shills. What has amazed me is the

revelation of so many news people who are rethuglicans/conservatives. Many have tried to hide during this crisis in America under an independent blanket or sought consolation from we democrats. Some were easily recognizable but a whole lot of them faked neutrality. It deepens the understanding of their reporting during the administration of President Obama.

[Cary]

34. I speak to lots of Democrats who feel sorry for Kavenaugh

Oh wait. No I don't. I have never heard that from any Democrat.

[snowybirdie]

35. Joe is terrible lately

I think the network doesn't want a boring old one sided vote. They want a fight so viewers will be sure to tune in. That way they make more money. It's not about correctly informing us any more.

[Scruffy1]

37. What did you expect?

I can't figure out why anyone would watch any of the TV news let alone this asshole.