Mika Brzezinski just said she "likes" Reince Priebus "a lot"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

And who wouldn't, because there's certainly a lot to like.



The comment was that she found his "Captain Schettino" comment to be "reprehensible," but she framed it by saying "Reince Priebus, who...and I'm sorry, I like him a lot, but..."

And she SAID this with Debbie Wasserman Schultz sitting two feet away. The camera stayed on Mika while she was saying this and didn't cut to Debbie for a reaction shot.

DAMNED Elite Liberal Media!

[babylonsister]

1. I think she felt she had to say that, but she obviously thinks he's a turd. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. You're probably right

It wasn't so much the idea that she said it and I felt she put 100% conviction behind it. It was more like "Why did you feel that you needed to say that?" It was almost as if she wasn't comfortable condemning the statement without praising its source.

[hlthe2b]

4. Mika is terrified of "unleashing" the RW hounds upon herself...

She always couches any criticism in such terms.

Thus far, she's gotten by with it, since most frothing RWers are a very shallow sort.

[Champion Jack]

3. I think if she ever sobers up she might re-think a lot

of her inane statements

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. She also likes vodka in her Starbucks cup

Or maybe she's moved on to rum.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. I've seen her many times when she's looked half in the bag

It wouldn't surprise me.

[redqueen]

26. I'd resort to drinking at work too, if I had to work with Joe. nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. The slurs on Mika are unwarranted

I think she's doing all she can do, in that situation.

Notice how Joe demeans and disparages her when she's allowed to focus on HER issues?

If Mika had her own show, I suspect it would be VERY, VERY different.

[noel711]

7. Uuuhhhh, what's she afraid of...?

She annoys me no end,
and I want to shake her.

She's a big girl, and she needs to stare down the frat boys
that daily sit on that panel.
but she flirts and plays along, and undoes any good that progressive
women have achieved so we could sit at the table with the big boys.

This is a waste...
do her best...? I don't think so.
I'm sure MSNBC didn't write her contract as 'eye candy..'
but I've been wrong before...

[11 Bravo]

10. Exactly. And in this instance Mika left no doubt whatsoever that she found Priebus's comments ...

to be repugnant, unacceptable, and flat-out beneath contempt.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. Yes, but like I said...

...why was it necessary to preface her flagging of his remarks as "repugnant, unacceptable, and flat-out beneath contempt" by saying that she "liked him a lot?" That's the issue I have here.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. I guess a steady paycheck keeps her in that situation

I just question what satisfaction she gets from playing Colmes to Scarborough's Hannity.

I'm not slurring her, either. I saw no valid reason for her to give Priebus props before condemning his comments. If she likes him a lot that's her business, I just question why she had to share that before addressing the "Captain Schettino" remarks. It was almost as if she was seeking permission or apologizing in advance...maybe both.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. She'd probably move on to wine

if she had her own show.

[pinboy3niner]

18. Hell, I'D move on to wine if she got a show

And I suspect you'd join me.

[pinboy3niner]

23. C'mon

I don't know where the allusions to alcoholism came from, but working with Joe--who could blame her?

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. They come from her acting drunk on the air

I rarely watch the show but she appears drunk every time I turn it on. That Starbucks cup doesn't have coffee in it.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. Whatever Mika's own "very, very different" show turns out to be, I bet it involves an 800 number.

[pinboy3niner]

22. If it involves honey and feathers...

...I'm down with it!

I'm joking, of course. I think Mika is smart and and talented and could do a helluva lot better show on her own.

[redqueen]

28. What does that mean?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. It means I imagine her hosting infomercials or segments on QVC or HSN.

[redqueen]

31. Ohhhh

thanks & lol

I thought you meant a call-in talk show, and didn't get the joke at all. Dur.

[Mira]

27. I don't watch Morning Joe because

I cannot tolerate Mika's sempering, obsequious, self-demeaning behavior all done for the sake of keeping the job and not be slapped down.
I agree with you she would be different if she had her own show.
I would respect her if she walked off the set and quit.
Like yesterday.

[WI_DEM]

9. Well who wouldn't like a rinsed penis?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. After this thread, I'm going to revert to the correct spelling of his name...

[MattBaggins]

12. Every thread about Mika

can be summed up with the comment "Mika is an idiot".

If not for her last name.

[AlinPA]

14. She is an idiot.

[Patrick_Bateman]

17. Tweety was interviewing her

and Joe yesterday. No doubt she is a bright woman but being a sidekick to Joe blow-hard she will never, never be allowed to grow. She will always be in Joe's shadow. Similar to Alan Colmes when he as on with whats-his-name on Fraud TV. In one of Al Franken's books, he referred to Colmes with the little "c".

So, she will be little "m" until she gets her own venue.

[hifiguy]

20. That guy is one of the skeeviest looking characters

I have ever laid eyes on. He looks like the sort of guy who trolls the bus station looking for runaways.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. He looks like he'd be that church deacon with the funny smelling crawlspace.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Did she mean Rinse Peenus?

[yellowcanine]

25. He looks a little like Tom Hanks, but more douche-y.