Mika: Shut. The. Hell. Up.

[PCIntern]

Listening to her incredibly insipid defense of Joni Ernst's presentation brought forth memories of her defenses of Christie, W., Christine Todd Whitman after 9/11, and every other miscreant who has sullied our airwaves with horrifying bullshit coupled with incompetent delivery and lies.

She is a disgrace to liberated women, to educated women, to successful women inasmuch as her ascent to the co-anchor of a minimally-watched but very influential in its own right program is infected wtih that pseudo-wide-eyed wonderment and outright infatuation with anything, frankly, right-wing and Truman-show-fake. It is utterly repulsive. I give Scarborough credit to the extent that he is simply a RW whore whose attempts to be bipartisan are so transparently false that you just laugh at him but at least his forthright presentation is marginally palatable. She is utterly without depth despite her posturing. Her father must shake his head daily, but be impressed at the size of the check which she cashes each week.

[leftynyc]

1. She used to defend Sarah Palin also

She did finally kind of admit the woman was dumb as dirt but I can't remember what specific event turned her around. You have to wonder where she'd be, what she'd be doing if Zbieg wasn't her father.

[BlueCaliDem]

11. Yep. Under the guise of "defending women" when Palin herself would disrespect women's rights

without even thinking about it.

I defend women who stand for women's rights, not defend those who seek to undermine them.

[leftynyc]

12. Same here

I'm completely on board with the quote from Madeline Albright - there is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women (I think I got that right - if not, it's damn close).

[BlueCaliDem]

13. Thanks for the Albright quote. I'd never heard of it before.

[leftynyc]

14. I had to go back and

make sure I got it correct in case you want to use it and I did remember it.

“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

(Keynote speech at Celebrating Inspiration luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, 2006)”
― Madeleine Albright

[BlueCaliDem]

16. Thanks leftynyc. Bookmarked! eom

[markbeilskyte]

2. Hey

lol..

[Sherman A1]

3. Easy fix

the remote allows one to change channels or to turn off the TV.

[oberliner]

6. Some of us have to put bread bags over our remotes

Makes it very difficult to change channels, but such is the sacrifice we make.

[DawgHouse]

24. You are breaking my heart!

[livetohike]

4. I have never heard her criticize anyone. I think she's afraid to lose her job,

so she just acts like she doesn't have the ability to apply critical thinking. It's been working for her for many years.

This fawning over Joni Ernst is sickening.

[vlyons]

20. She had Nina Totenberg on this morning, who said that

Joni Ernst "didn't embarrass herself" and so was successful. ewwww When asked what she thought of the president's speech, Totenberg made a disgusting face like she just found a worm in her breakfast. When Mika announced her almost all Republican line-up for guests, that's when I changed the channel to Bill Press. Let's face it folks, the RWers are going to rant and rave about how POTUS is lawless, waging class warfare, blah blah blah forever. They are all a bunch of selfish sociopaths.

[Cha]

5. Anyone defending Joni Baloney Phoney is as phoney as she is.

[iloveObama12]

7. All i Wanna Know Is...Was This Ernst Lady Wearing A Wig?

tell me that it wasn't just me that wondered this

[RKP5637]

9. At minimal, lots and lots of hair spray! n/t

[DawgHouse]

25. I confess to wondering the same thing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. To me, Mika is just completely void of knowledge. So, she is easily swayed

by almost everyone. She offers zero to the show and zero to the liberal cause. She can
never call anyone out because she never seems to study up on anything so therefore
can not debate.

Equally annoying is her prudishness.

Joe, on the other hand, is a conservative republican who has glimpses of sanity every once in a while. No, not enough, but more than many. IMHO

[RKP5637]

10. Just Mika's posing and preening makes the show annoying to watch ... then, they speak.

And then we have Joe.
Ugh!

[MissDeeds]

15. You nailed it

She seems to be so aware of her appearance at all times; I can't stand to watch her. That and the fact that she never has anything insightful or informative to add to the conversation.

[Ilsa]

32. She is completely obsessed with herself based

on her posturing and those stills. I cannot bear to watch or listen to her. And yes, she defends women, even if they are traitors to the US or gender.

[mfcorey1]

17. What disgust me with MIka is that all the promo pics they do for the

show have her standing behind Joe or minimized in the picture like a Steford wife. Some of the stills, like the one with her leg provocatively in the air, are laughable, as she tries to appear sexy. Is that why Joe's wife took a hike?

[One of the 99]

18. Mika is not a real liberal

She only plays one on TV. Her role is to be the liberal foil for conservative Joe, so he parrots GOP talking points and she agrees; he can say 'even a liberal like Mika agrees with me'. She is an pro-life conservative and always has been.

The show is a pathetic Faux and Friends wannabe. This morning is a prime example with guest line-up heavily weighted to GOP officials and conservatives (including Paul Ryan, Carly Fiorina and Rience Prebus) none of whom were seriously challenged for the BS they spouted.

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. I found it interesting that ...

Mika mentioned that Joe Scarborough was out with the flu ... IOWs, taking advantage of the ACA and the paid sick leave, he most certainly would have poo pooed.

[blm]

21. She can be seen nodding her head in agreement with utter RW nonsense more often than not.

Few are willing to upset the flow of pro-fascism banter that Jack Welch designed. They might lose access to that camera.

[pangaia]

22. SO...just turn it off.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. god I hate comments like that. It's like if someone complains about

the bad air "stop breathing", about TV "stop watching", you might
as well say "stop living"

[pangaia]

35. I do not think it is the same as all.

Breathing is necessary for life.
Watching TV is not.


Engaging in something that results in negative emotional reactions is destructive, can cause all manner of physical and emotional problems, and is life destroying..
I don't know why anyone would choose to do it.

Stay healthy.

[ashling]

26. This brings to mind a quote I saw yesterday

it may not exactly apply here, but it is good nevertheless:

A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated.
I said, "for a man you're kind of ignorant."

~ Anne Hatheway

[Enthusiast]

27. And they want us to believe MSNBC is a liberal channel.

[AndreaCG]

28. Stopped watching that show

Feel a lot better not getting incensed in the morning.

[RKP5637]

33. I switch it off too. Often I switch to CNN, not that I love CNN, but the

Joe and Mika show gets to me. Then, there is AJZ. I just want something on in the background while I work and/or surf the net.

[kentuck]

29. she has become an embarrassment

So artificial

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. yes. but, she's probably a product of her overbearing father who

she seems genuinely scared of. It would be a far better show to get
a real liberal woman with a brain. But, bet Joe wouldn't go along with that and
as he points out a lot - it's his show.

[cwydro]

34. Have you ever seen the interview she did with Russell Brand?

I couldn't stand the guy until I (recently) heard of that interview. It was last year or before, but he absolutely makes a fool of her and her co-hosts, or whoever they were. (I don't watch her at all.)