Morning Joe: A Good Show Gone Bad

I used to enjoy Morning Joe.  Their guests, though leaning a bit to the left, were reasonably well balanced regarding their political views.  In other words, one could hear both sides.

But, then two things happened.  They started inviting as a guest the notorious Al Sharpton; correction, the notorious Reverend Al Sharpton, generally recognized as a racial extortionist, a man who'll clear you of charges of racism despite your seeming to hire remarkably few African Americans in your business, if you make a generous donation to one of the "charities" he operates.  I was still watched Morning Joe except when Sharpton appeared. When his face came on the screen, I changed channels.

Mika, always a bit odd, was tolerable until she began abusing the production staff.  I didn't see this myself, but a friend, whose veracity is beyond question, told me of a show where crulnuts (some sort of combination of crullers and donuts filled with some sort of delicious, but highly caloric filler) was brought on the set.  When invited to do so, the stage hands ran over to the crulnuts and took some.

This seemed to incense Mika.  How dare they enjoy baked goodies that might lead to obesity.  She ran over to the crulnuts and turned over the tray.  But that didn't stop the stage hands.  They slipped pieces of the baked confection out from under the tray and kept eating.

Mika flipped her cork.  She dragged over an industrial waste container and then slid the tray, pastries and all into the garbage.

Who can possibly want to watch such a woman.  And, of course, her father the genteel, anti-Semite, Prof Zbigniew Brzezinski is no prize either.

Goodbye Joe Scarborough.