On Morning Joe, historian and MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham, commenting on Romney's political revival after his strong debate performance twice mentions the anecdote of Mark Twain saying reports of his death are much exaggerated, but adds that Twain still died.
How utter was Mitt Romney's rout of Barack Obama tonight? In the post-debate spin room, a hopelessly muddled Martin O'Malley, Dem guv from Maryland and supposedly an Obama surrogate, wound up referring to "President Romney"!
On Morning Joe, Zbigniew Brzezinski claims to see the outlines of a "conspiracy" in the making of the anti-Mohammed movie trailer. Saying "it's not an issue of freedom of speech entirely," Brzezinski suggests that the makers of the movie could be held "liable" for the deaths of the US Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. He recommends that the United States "investigate and crack down…
When former Obama "car czar" Steve Rattner expresses support for Scott Brown over Elizabeth Rattner in the Massachussetts senate race, Mika Brzezinski tries to herd him back into line, asking him to agree that Warren is a "fantastic" person and candidate. Brzezinski adds that she is "very clear" about liking Warren a lot.
Joe Scarborough tells conservative bloggers "please do boycott" Morning Joe. Scarborough was angered by accusations from conservative bloggers that Morning Joe had doctored video from a Romney rally to suggest that the crowd had been chanting "Ryan" and that Romney urged them to chant instead "Romney-Ryan."
MarkF | September 25, 2012 On Ed Schultz'a MSNBC show, Howard Dean suggests that--in contrast with American teachers--the Koch brothers aren't "real Americans."
MarkF | September 24, 2012 On Morning Joe, Dr. Nancy Snyderman says that although "people bitched about a nanny state," NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed leadership in imposing a ban on the sale of large-sized soda drinks.
MarkF | September 24, 2012 On Morning Joe, Andrea Mitchell gushes over Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader turned President of Egypt. Mitchell enthusiastically reports that visiting American business execs found that he sounded "like a Western European leader," and Mitchell claims that "there's a lot of hope about what Morsi represents." Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations suggests that Morsi is…
MarkF | September 18, 2012 On Ed Schultz's MSNBC show, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, commenting on the flap over Mitt Romney's remarks about the 47%, suggests that Romney sees himself as one of the "ubermenschen."
MarkF | September 17, 2012 On her MSNBC show, reacting to a clip in which Rick Santorum tells the Value Voters Summit audience that "we will never have the elite, smart people on our side," Andrea Mitchell asks a former Santorum aide: "what does he mean by the 'elite smart people'? I think I should plead guilty."
