Relax folks. The planet is back on its axis. The momentary blips of genuine journalism are over and MSNBC is back to toeing the leftist line. Case in point is the evolution of Morning Joe’s token “conservative” host Joe Scarborough.
For the past few broadcasts Scarborough found himself balancing the wild outbursts of his co-anchor Mika Brzezinsk, who labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech a “disappointing and possibly horrifying....hostage situation” and claimed that “Senator Tom Cotton either wants to help out Iran...or he doesn't understand politics...and foreign policy.”
In reaction to her hysterical commentary, Scarborough thoughtfully countered with the observation that:
There are those of us who believe this is the gravest threat Israel has faced since 1948. If you asked me to talk about what's the gravest risk to America, comparing ISIS to Iran, the epicenter of terrorism since 1979, and put that on the scale, I would say ISIS is more like a JV team compared to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the epicenter of terrorism since 1979, having a nuclear weapon. A nuclear weapon that not just Israel and the United States fears, but a nuclear weapon that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the entire Middle East fears.
Scarborough also rightfully condemned Brzezinski’s comment on Senator Cotton as “deeply offensive” and noted that "Democratic Senators and House Members who went on to become Senators [wrote] letters to Nicaraguan Communists, apologizing for Ronald Reagan.”
But now it seems ol' Joe has undergone a perceptible shift in rhetoric, tacking significantly back to the left. While still reminding everyone of the previous Democrat letters to America’s enemies, his tone is barely recognizable:
[I]f you just asked me about Netanyahu, I’d say "it's happened before. He can show up." The letter, if you ask me about the letter...I’d go "the letter, you know what, freshman do stuff like that. It was stupid"...But there's something about those two actions in tandem together a couple of weeks apart that I must agree with a lot of really smart writers at...The New York Times that taken in together...I do think it has a really toxic mix about how dysfunctional the United States of America is right now.
Joe’s flip-flop was so apparent that Brzezinski could not hide her glee, "I was waiting for you to agree with me, but that’s okay."
The former Congressman's pride would not allow him to give an inch on that point, "No, I won't agree with you....But you should read these columns. They were really smart."
Now if only his pride could keep him from caving to the political echo chamber that surrounds him.
