On MSNBC, Michael Eric Dyson claims he doesn't like to "demonize" opponents but then accuses Republicans who oppose amnesty of being hypocritical Christians.
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski rips panelists who defend Hillary Clinton's "dead broke" comment, Brzezinski accuses them of being "afraid" of Clinton, of tiptoeing around her, and of giving Hillary passes in the hopes of getting an interview with her.
On MSNBC's Up With Steve Kornaci, Mark Jacobson suggests that opposition to the Bergdahl deal arises out of his religion and politics, and asks "if I had been captured. Do I want someone to say this nice Jewish kid over in Afghanistan, a little bit liberal, not really sure if we're going to go get him. Absolutely not."
On Morning Joe, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson claims that the release of five senior Taliban members is likely to have a "negligible" impact on the war. Joe Scarborough and Steve Rattner disagree vigorously.
On Morning Joe, David Gregory defends President Obama over the Bergdahl deal. He downplays the significance of Dem senator Dianne Feinstein's criticism of the lack of consultation, and twice cites the principle that a Commander-in-Chief should always rescue a soldier from the battlefield, regardless of the circumstances.
On Morning Joe, Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg defends the Bergdahl deal, saying "the President managed to get five guys out of Gitmo."
On Morning Joe, former Dem governor of Montana Brian Schweitzer declines to call the five Taliban members released from Gitmo in return for the release of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl "terrorists" or "war criminals." Schweizter also repeatedly alludes to Ted Cruz's birth in Canada.
On Morning Joe, the Huffington Post's Sam Stein asks if "liberalism or progressivism is the right thing" at the VA, given that the additional money spent on it by the Obama administration has not yielded results.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough tells guest Walter Isaacson that being interviewed by himself rather than by Mika Brzezinski constituted "sloppy seconds."
On the merged ending/beginning of Way Too Early/Morning Joe, producer Louis Burgdorf, in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, dances across the stage in a sombrero while chugging from a pint of tequila.
