Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Brzezinski: Democrat's Affair 'Not Pressing,' No Objection to Vitter Coverage

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Religion, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salinas, Morning Joe, Msnbc

  The reporter and "Morning Joe" regular showed off her famous sense of journalistic integrity while filling in for host Joe Scarborough on Monday morning. In the first half hour, Brzezinski played a video of a journalist trying desperately to get an interview with Antonio Villaraigosa, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles.

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• Brzezinski Reverses on Villaraigosa Story: 'That Story's Important'

  Published: August 7, 2007, 12:42 pm

  Tags: Animal Rights, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salina, Morning Joe

  prostitution scandal. "Morning Joe" viewers will recall the hours of discussion centering on the disgraced Republican senator and his alleged hypocrisy (for being politically pro-family as well as a frequenter of prostitutes). While "Morning Joe" guest and Hollywood screenwriter John Ridley was the harshest in his attacks

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• On MSNBC, Crowley called Edwards a "metrosexual," "the prettiest one of the Democrats"

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:34 pm

  Tags: Monica Crowley, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, John Edwards, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  7 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, MSNBC political analyst and nationally syndicated radio host Monica Crowley referred to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as "the metrosexual in the race" and said he is "the prettiest one of the Democrats." In response, co-host Mika Brzezinski said: "I think he and [Republican presidential

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• McCaffrey Mocks Barack's Pakistan Plan: 'Simply Nuts'

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:39 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Afghanistan, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Barack Obama, Barry Mccaffrey, Hillary Clinton, Willie Geist, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Video

  fray. But guest-hosting for Joe Scarborough on today's "Morning Joe," Geist let the curtain down enough to make clear his pessimism about the Iraq war and desire to have the US exit post-haste. At the same time, retired General Barry McCaffrey made no effort to hide his contempt for Barack Obama's foray into foreign policy regarding

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• Pat & Willie Warn: Don't Cross 'Mean Schoolteacher' Hillary

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Foreign Policy, Middle East, War On Terrorism, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mika Brzezinski, Pat Buchanan, Willie Geist, Morning Joe, Msnbc

  mean schoolmarm. On "Morning Joe" today at about 6:55 A.M. EDT, the pair were discussing the way in which Clinton has cuffed Barack Obama around for his ill-considered statement that he would invade Pakistan under certain circumstances. Geist has been guest-hosting for Joe Scarborough this week. Buchanan hypothesized a situation in

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• MSNBC Panelist Speculates on Hillary's Sexuality

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:33 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Sexuality, Brad Luna, Chuck Nice, Hillary Clinton, Mika Brzezinski, Tucker Carlson, Human Rights Campaign, Morning Joe, Msnbc

  what happened on MSNBC this morning. Chuck Nice is a comedian, after all, so perhaps his comments should be taken with a grain of salt. Even so, the panelist on today's "Morning Joe" twice ventured into territory that would normally be considered verboten. Brad Luna of the Human Rights Campaign was the phone guest, discussing the

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• Scarborough falsely claimed "Obama's people are saying, 'We don't want to debate anymore' "

  Published: August 20, 2007, 12:58 pm

  Tags: Joe Scarborough, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  during MSNBC's Morning Joe on August 20, host Joe Scarborough asked, "Any news out of the debate yesterday other than [Sen.] Barack Obama's [D-IL] people are saying, 'We don't want to debate anymore'?" Obama's campaign, however, has not said that Obama "do[es]n't want to debate anymore." Rather, in an

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• Scarborough: Military groups, like the VFW, give the GOP "standing ovations" but are "very cool" to Dems

  Published: August 23, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: Joe Scarborough, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections

  23 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, in discussing President Bush's speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) convention, host Joe Scarborough stated that "you always have the VFW, and you always have military groups, giving Republicans standing ovations and being very cool to people like [Sen.] Barack Obama [D-IL] and [Sen.]

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• 'Morning Joe' Shout-Out: 'Call NewsBusters Now!'

  Published: September 6, 2007, 2:27 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Media Bias Debate, Fred Thompson, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Mrc Nb News, Video

  I've never called the "Morning Joe" but typically email Joe items I've posted about the show]. What's his name? CHRIS LICHT: Mark. SCARBOROUGH: Mark. Hey Mark, that was for you, buddy. BRZEZINSKI: That wasn't bad. I'm just saying . . . SCARBOROUGH: You've got something to do this morning, Mark. Glad to oblige. And many thanks to Joe

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• 'Morning Joe' Peeps Perplexed OBL Pop-Ups Help GOP

  Published: September 7, 2007, 7:38 am

  Tags: 2008 Campaign, Democrats, Republicans, War On Terrorism, Bill Clinton, Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, John Edwards, Matthew Felling, Osama Bin Laden, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Video

  sentiment on today's "Morning Joe." At 6:40 a.m. EDT, reacting to the news that OBL is planning to release a new video to mark the sixth anniversary of 9-11, Host Joe Scarborough expressed his perplexity to NBC News political director Chuck Todd. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Hey Chuck, we see Osama Bin Laden is appearing again, coming to a

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• Media continue to tout Democrats' campaign finance issues, but not Republicans'

  Published: September 9, 2007, 1:23 pm

  Tags: Craig Crawford, Joe Scarborough, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton

  6 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough said that Norman Hsu -- a Democratic contributor and fund-raiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) campaigns -- was "on the lam again," referring to Hsu's failure to appear in a San Mateo, California, court on September 5 to address charges pending against him.

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• Hitchens falsely claimed that Clinton "suddenly decide[d] that she's a person of faith"

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Msnbc, Morning Joe, 2008 Elections, Duncan Hunter, Government Elections

  12 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens asserted: "The Democratic candidates are all pretending to be as pious as they possibly can be. You see Mrs. [Sen. Hillary Rodham] Clinton [D-NY], looking like the dog being washed, and talking about how her faith got her through the impeachment crisis with

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• Mark Levin vs. Morning Joe: Arianna Allowed to Slash Petraeus

  Published: September 13, 2007, 11:19 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Arianna Huffington, Joe Scarborough, Mark Levin, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Blogs

  Mark Levin laid into MSNBC's Joe Scarborough over a Thursday morning interview with Arianna Huffington. (He calls the host "the Morning Schmo.") Scarborough had no answer for Huffington when she stoutly defended the MoveOn.org ad bashing Gen. David Petraeus. She added: "And again and again, despite the administration's best efforts

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• Flip-Flop: Matthews Now Says Discussing National Security Not Petraeus's Job

  Published: September 13, 2007, 8:20 am

  Tags: Flip Flops, Iraq War, Surge, Chris Matthews, General Petraeus, George W Bush, John Kerry, Hardball, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Nantucket, Video

  appearing on today's "Morning Joe" at 7:35 A.M. EDT, Matthews had a sudden change of heart. CHRIS MATTHEWS: It's President Bush that brought a non-political person, a serving field commander, into politics* by asking him to defend the policy, which is in fact the president's policy. It's not the policy of people who have sworn to

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• NewsBusters Notwithstanding, Mika Says 'Misleading' Bush Speech Made Her 'Mad'

  Published: September 14, 2007, 7:09 am

  Tags: Democrats, Iraq War, Surge, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Nancy Pelosi, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Mrc Nb News, Video

  opened today's "Morning Joe" with an intrepid assault on President Bush, undaunted by the rhetorical fire she knew it would draw from NewsBusters. View video here. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Not a lot of fans, though, in the Democratic party, about what the president said last night. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Well, I think first of all, I was

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