On Morning Joe, Ron Fournier, formerly of the Associated Press, now with the National Journal, recounts a story of visiting former President Bill Clinton with his son, who has Asperger's syndrome. Fournier says that after Clinton went on a long monologue about Teddy Roosevelt, clearly unaware that he had lost Fournier's son, Fournier wrote a note "is he an Aspie? Is B.C. an Aspie?"
On Morning Joe, asked by substitute host Willie Geist how much of the tough talk by Republicans and Dems over the fiscal cliff was posturing, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele said that 80% was posturing, then added "a lot of it is, let's see how big yours is compared to mine."
MarkF | November 28, 2012 A PSA for Hurricane Sandy relief, aired during Morning Joe on MSNBC, features a star-studded cast including Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Whoopi Goldberg urging people to "join Governor Cuomo."
MarkF | November 26, 2012 On Morning Joe, Joe Klein offers a vigorous defense of the Obama administration's position on the Benghazi attack, saying Susan Rice's talk points were accurate, that it was a spontaneous demonstration and that al Qaeda was not involved. Joe Scarborough concludes by saying Klein was gobbling Obama admin talking points like Thanksgiving turkey.
MarkF | November 24, 2012 On the weekend edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-host Dan Harris calls Black Friday "an orgy of capitalism."
MarkF | November 21, 2012 On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, claiming that tax hikes are going up on the top 2%, tells John Boehner "think about it, over your turkey and stuffing. And by the way, you can put some gravy on that--and you know the rest of the sentence."
MarkF | November 21, 2012 On Morning Joe, President Obama's Small Business Administration head, Karen Mills, when asked to state the cost per worker of Obamacare, ducks the question and winds up talking about how last year, she bought blueberry jam at a farmers market in Maine as gifts for friends.
MarkF | November 20, 2012 The Morning Joe panel criticizes the potential decision of Senate Republicans, notably John McCain and Lindsey Graham, to oppose the possible nomination of Susan Rice as Secretary of State.
MarkF | November 16, 2012 On Morning Joe, David Gregory says "to Romney's credit, Romney I know wanted massive immigration reform before he started running for president and they couldn't reach an agreement, and so he then had to go into this primary process where he had to keep moving to the right on immigration."
MarkF | November 15, 2012 On Morning Joe, adman Donny Deutsch and conservative pundit S.E. Cupp clash over the need for the Republican party to "re-brand" itself.
