On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough calls Rand Paul a "daddy's boy." He warns Paul against getting into a fight with Chris Christie, citing a saying by his grandmother to the effect you shouldn't fight with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
On today's Morning Joe, Obama spokesman Jay Carney calls the IRS mess a "phony scandal."Joe Scarborough rips into him, calling Carney out for using "talking points" and telling him "I'm not somebody you talk down to from your podium." Scarborough reminded Carney that he hadn't told the truth when he initially claimed that the scandal was limited to low-level employees in the IRS Cincinnati office…
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski speculates that Liz Cheney asked Ed Rollins as a favor to call her a "bored housewife." Joe Scarborough says that whenever he imitates Zbigniew Brzezinski's accent, Brzezinski complains that he's making him "sound like a rabbi."
On MSNBC, calling the verdict in the George Zimmerman case a "tremendous miscarriage of justice," Jesse Jackson complains that Trayvon Martin was denied a jury of his peers. In fact, under the Constitution, it is the accused, not the potential victim, who is entitled to an impartial jury.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough proclaims "I love Hillary," and wonders whether the media will give her fair treatment in a 2016 presidential run. Howard Dean predicts the media will give Hillary a "rough ride."
On Morning Joe, Andrea Mitchell calls John McCain "heroic" on immigration reform. She scolds conservatives who want to focus on border security, saying "they should be ashamed."
On Morning Joe, Comptroller candidate and former Governor Eliot Spitzer,
responding to a question from Mark Halperin as to whether he believes
his having lied to New Yorkers about illegal activities disqualifies him
from office, says: "I think we all know that politicians dissemble all
the time about negotiations, on substantive issues, and probably about
personal issues as well."
On ABC's Good Morning America, guest host and legal analyst Dan Abrams says "I don't see, as a legal matter, how a jury convicts" George Zimmerman of murder or manslaughter. Abrams sees too much reasonable doubt to justify a guilty verdict.
On Morning Joe, historian Douglas Brinkley says that when it comes to foreign policy, President Obama reminds him of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
During a segment on the military coup in Egypt that ousted President Mohammed Morsi, "Today" features a photo of President Obama appearing forceful, extending a fist toward a tableful of aides discussing the situation.
