Shameless Joe
by digby
Even Chuck Todd got creeped out by Morning Joe’s hideous character assassination this morning:
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough got into a shouting match Thursday on “Morning Joe” over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s father in a heated debate that ultimately centered around the host’s own parenting skills.
The exchange began with Scarborough talking about a photo of President Obama with Bergdahl’s parents.
Todd tried to steer the conversation away from from the father, Bob Bergdahl, contending that the POW’s parents shouldn’t be subjected to a pundit’s scrutiny, but Scarborough wasn’t having that.
So when Todd objected to Scarborough’s characterization of the elder Bergdahl as a “man who’s reaching out to pro-Taliban forces [and] talking about killing Americans,” the show’s namesake reacted the way he usually does when he’s interrupted.
“Wait,” Todd pleaded.
“Who wants to wait me here?” a visibly angry Scarborough shot back.
Shameless. But then, what else is new? Nothing is sacred to the warmongers. Remember, they went after NYC Firefighters who whose health was destroyed from cleaning up the WTC collapse. They went after 9/11 widows. They went after Pat Tillman’s parents. Anyone who thinks that any victim of anything is off limits in America should think again.