Mika Mouse Club's CPR Special

[H2O Man]

MSNBC is doing a special public service educational show this morning. The Mouseketeers are morphing into Mooseketeers, and performing CPR and first aid on the Sarah Palin campaign. $150,000 on clothes and hair? Oh, you guys just don't appreciate how hard it is for America's favorite hockey mom. The repeated mistake about the role of the vice president? Gosh, who really expects a vice presidential candidate to be familiar with the Constitution of the United States?

[VolcanoJen]

1. Watching. Ohhhh pooooooooooor Sarah, quit piling on!!!!

It's quite nauseating this morning. Especially considering that Joe Scarborough isn't even there.

[Eurobabe]

3. Hey there! I just turned it off in favor of a TiVO'd

Hairball episode.

[VolcanoJen]

4. Hopefully it was Tuesday's episode

A Hardball Classic!!! Enjoy watching Pat Hitler Buchanan try to explain away Sarah Palin.

[Eurobabe]

23. I'm catching up on Monday

had the misfortune of spending the weekend in Paris. :rofl:

:hi:

[VolcanoJen]

73. Oh BITE MY ASS!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

:hi:

[npincus]

2. yes, I feel like the 3rd wheel at a Republican coffee klatch.

Palin WASN'T talking TO 3rd graders, she answered a question from one... incorrectly. Is our children learning?- G.W. B*sh

[VolcanoJen]

5. Oh NOES Mika is getting very angry emails!

Well, Mika, that's what happens when you try to defend someone who spends $75,000 on clothing in one freaking DAY. "But, poor Sarah Palin, she'd be attacked for NOT being well-dressed!" is Mika's defense.

It must be really fun living Mika's lifestyle. Oh, and now Barnicle and the woman from Financial Times jumping in to defend POOR SARAH.

[H2O Man]

6. DUers are encouraged

to use "Mika Mouse Club" in their e-mails.

Mika also dislikes being compared to Sandy Duncan, in her infamous cracker commercials.

[VolcanoJen]

Oh Crap!

I only sent my first-ever email to them, and I wish I'd have used "Mika Mouse Club" in my communication!!

[H2O Man]

31. The MSNBC staff

makes sure that Mika is aware of that name for the show.

[CTyankee]

107. I remember those commercials faintly. What is the connection with Mika?

Tell, tell. I always love to dish on Mika. She was truly repulsive this morning and I turned her off.

[H2O Man]

120. She is

self-conscious about her appearance. Unlike several of the others on MSNBC, she got her job by way of her dad.

[CTyankee]

125. Still, what was the reference to Sandy Duncan about? n/t

[H2O Man]

126. Think in terms

of "mousy." Mika Mouse Club. Sore spot there.

[SuperTrouper]

129. They make me vomit. Can't believe this: I miss Joe Dead Intern!

:puke:

[Kahuna]

7. I've sent three emails already, calling Mika a shallow twit who should

never be taken seriously as a "newsperson."

[H2O Man]

8. Thank you (x3) n/t

[Kahuna]

9. Any time.

;)

[blogslut]

10. What's that email address?

Ima gonna fire one off

please?

[blogslut]

14. Pretty please?

I got pie

[VolcanoJen]

15. I had to go here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/

Scroll down, right-hand side.

I LIKE PIE!!!!!!

[blogslut]

18. Thanks Jen

:)

[H2O Man]

16. Here:

[email protected] <[email protected]>

[blogslut]

17. Thanks!

:)

[Kahuna]

88. [email protected]... Now I'm up to 6 emails!!!

[Heather MC]

86. We should bombard them with emails about talking about the

fact that FAILIN doesn't know the consititution!!!
that's far more important than the price of her make-up

[H2O Man]

89. Some of the e-mails

have been doing both.

[Heather MC]

92. I have missed some of the show taking my kids to school

So far I only heard one email read live
have they read emails about her ignorance of the constitution LIVE?

[H2O Man]

108. Yes.

One lady suggested the money should have gone to educate Sarah about the Constitution.

[Heather MC]

113. NICE! Did the panel comment or run to commercial?

:rofl:

I did get to see RFK jr School Mika on Voter Fraud vs registration Fraud
God I Wanted to punch her

[Kahuna]

90. This is an illustration of why we bother to view and email Morning Joe...

they actually do read and respond to the email consensus they receive. By setting them straight, we also work to set straight the important decision makers on that show and nip in the bud any ridiculous talking points that they could repeat later.

[ecstatic]

95. lol! She said her blackberry was exploding! Good job! nt

[VolcanoJen]

11. Willie: Sarah's bad polling has nothing to do with Sarah

Ummmm... okay, Willie. Thanks for telling me that my checking account is to blame for Sarah's shitty polling.

:wtf:

[Dennis Donovan]

12. She's catching hell for it via email...

$150K for (just shy of) two months worth of clothes. That's the price of the average starter home. That's around 2x the median income of your average middle-class family.

Sorry, Mika, but ya JUST CAN'T spin this.:thumbsdown:

[VolcanoJen]

13. Mika: My Blackberry is just going wild because of my Sarah Palin defense!!

She says that with a straight face while sipping from her Starbucks cup.

[Kahuna]

96. Mika about her Blackberry going off: "take it away..."

:rofl:

[mamalone]

Average starter home?

That's twice the purchase cost of the home I currently own... admittedly in a rural and economically depressed area of upstate NY.. but still. 150K for two months worth of clothing? The mind reels.:crazy:

[Dennis Donovan]

40. Not to pry, but are you near Malone, NY?

I only ask because I go there often and am VERY impessed with the wind farms.:hi:

[mamalone]

53. Sadly.. no.

Around here we have lots of signs in yards that say "No Wind Turbines." :( For NY state, it's a very backwards area... beautiful, but backwards.



edited to repair excess smilage.

[Dennis Donovan]

59. Some think the tubines are ugly... I think they're fascinaing and beautiful...

...as well as a step in the right direction.:thumbsup:

[mamalone]

67. I agree with you...

And even if one didn't find them beautiful... who could ever say they are worse than those awful high tension wires (or whatever they're called). Just looking at a field full of them makes me depressed.

[Dennis Donovan]

71. I'm sure people in the 1890's were all up in arms about telephone poles...

...now, they're not even noticed.:thumbsup:

[DangerousRhythm]

19. I wrote her just now.

"Oh, Mika. You get so defensive about Sarah Palin and it's really offputting, especially for ME as a woman -- and I KNOW how much clothing costs -- to see you defending her outrageous spending on her wardrobe. She's perfectly content to portray herself as a Walmart mom who just happens to stop in a store to pick up diapers for Trig... so why not wear their clothes or comparably priced ones? Are they not good enough? I don't care who bought her clothes. You act as if they send her through a machine, something out of the Jetsons perhaps, that automatically dresses her, as if she has zero input. Stop defending her, for the love of all that's holy. She's a big girl and can handle the well-deserved negative press herself, without your enthusiastic help."

[VolcanoJen]

25. Well, that's perfect!

And quite a lot less bitchy than the email I was about to send.

As I head out to the bus stop to take me to a job interview in a suit it took me a month of savings to afford.

[DangerousRhythm]

28. Haha, thanks!

I've written Morning Joe before and gotten VERY bitchy, so this was fairly toned down from my usual. ;)

And yeah, I certainly feel you on the savings!

[chatnoir]

47. Hope you sent that bitchy email anyways!

And good luck on the interview!

[VolcanoJen]

63. Thank You!

On my way now. To a bus stop. In my interview suit which Mika would laugh at.

[H2O Man]

33. Great!

Many thanks!

[DangerousRhythm]

37. Anytime... Mika was really working my last nerve this morning!

I HAD to write. :rofl:

[mamalone]

38. Excellent letter..

Seriously, very well said, succinct and humorous too.

A+ for you, m'dear:)

[DangerousRhythm]

74. Thank you!

I know the longer she talks about it and tries to defend it, the madder I get, haha. Yet I still watch... O_o

[mamalone]

100. Thanks for watching and reporting..

Thanks for takin' a tough one..so the rest of us wimps don't have to;)

[stanwyck]

20. Mika is really working my nerves this morning

Now she's asking how much Obama spends on his suits?
Meanwhile, we're in an economic crisis, two wars, our infrastructure is crumbling....and the conversation this morning is how unfairly Palin is being criticized for her clothing allowance.
Mika continues to disappoint.
But I still love her papa, Ziggy.

[Dennis Donovan]

22. The kind of man Obama is, I'll bet it's a far sight less than $150K in 2 months...

[VolcanoJen]

27. Considering that Michelle Obama's most famous and celebrated dress....

... the delightful summer frock she wore on The View that cost $148.00, I'll bet you're right.

Obama is the kind of guy who probably takes advantage of those TWO SUITS, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS sales at Joseph Bank. :-)

[Dennis Donovan]

30. Exactly! Of course, Mika brought up Obama's suits again...

...RIGHT AFTER back-peddling a bit and making the same point YOU made about Michelle's dress.:crazy:

[Kalyke]

124. LOL!!

My husband and I were commenting that every week Jos. A. Bank has a sale for two suits for two hundred for two days only.

Except, those two days are every week!

(And Mika was getting on my nerves this morning, too!)

[Skidmore]

35. Didn't Michelle and the girls razz Obama about not buying

new shoes in 10 years? And she said that he has the same few suits in his closet for years. I'm recalling this from that from maybe the primaries and that maybe that interview with that celebrity cable channel that the girls joined.

[Dennis Donovan]

42. Yes, and there's a great pic of Obama with his feet up and his shoes are VERY worn...

Mika can try all the moral equivication in the world - which she just did AGAIN with NO info to BACK IT UP!:grr:

[Skidmore]

48. Mika needs to receive a copy of that interview to chew on.

[vaberella]

98. Yup, I remember both posts. Mainly because it reminded me of my dad.

He would basically go without for years, to provide for us. It made me admire Obama even more.

[mamalone]

39. Where is that shot of Obama with his feet up on the desk...

that shows how worn out the soles are?? That would be the perfect thing to email her this morning:evilgrin:

[Kahuna]

94. Mine too. Six emails already today... I lost it today. I've called her

a shallow twit and an idiot. She earned it.
:grr:

[ejpoeta]

21. they decided to give her a pass on the claim that the VP is in charge of the senate.

I mean, because she was talking to kids. Umm... so it's ok to either not know the answer or to lie about it because you are talking to 3rd graders? and this wasn't her first attempt.... she has been misinformed about what her job would be for several months. I am not willing to give a potential vice president and potential president for that matter a pass on basic knowledge that any school aged kid would know from basic social studies.

[npincus]

24. shocking... would Mika give her own kid's teacher a pass

for this kind of civics lesson?

[H2O Man]

34. DUers should

"copy & paste" the material from my OP (last night) from Caro's book on LBJ, "Master of the Senate," regarding VP Johnson's attempt to rule the Senate. Send that to the Mika Mouse Show as a separate e-mail.

[PA Democrat]

26. I sent a comment to Mika to remind her that the VP's oath of office

states that the VP is to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies..."

I commented that in Palin's case, if she were to be elected, that the biggest enemy would be Palin herself due to her disgraceful and willful ignorance of the Constitution. I also remarked that for the millions of women who have achieved success through hard work, intelligence and COMPETENCE, Palin was an insult.

[VolcanoJen]

29. Oh, Snap!

Producer-Man is reading angry emails from viewers now. He says that the email box is exploding and they're all angry.... ANGRY. At Mika.

Pat from Ohio's comment was just read on-air. Which one of you sent that? ;-)

[VolcanoJen]

32. Huh. Mika is now saying that Joe Biden was put on the chain and not allowed to speak yesterday.

Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TmkyHpiPw

How bizarre is it that I miss Joe Scarborough's levity this morning?

[H2O Man]

36. Coming up next:

The Mika Mouse Club has been getting a heck of a lot of "angry e-mails" about their coverage of Palin's $150,000 clothing & hair gift.

[H2O Man]

41. Mika Mouse

is wounded.

[Skidmore]

45. Yes, she is. Now trying to imply that Barack's suits need to be investigated

because Obama has been running an opulent campaign. See my post above on this thread because there is a film clip somewhere in which Michelle and the girls discussed the fact that he's slow to purchase clothing for himself. I think it needs to be out there and viral.

[Dennis Donovan]

46. She keeps bringing up Obama's suits without info to back it up...

Not that I ever believed she was ever any sort of competent or ethical journalist...;)

[GobamaX]

43. Chuck going over how awesome Obama is doing in the polls

I think I've heard a small groan from Mika.

[VolcanoJen]

44. Mika really pushing the "But what does Barack Obama spend on HIS suits" line

In the interest of "balance," she said. :eyes:

I was surprised to hear the "Money Party" Guy push back, saying, "But Barack Obama isn't trying to market himself as a Wal-Mart Hockey Mom."

These emails are pissing the shit out of Mika. I think I'll send another one. }(

[Skidmore]

49. Remember, her hubby works for the McCain campaign.

[VolcanoJen]

52. What!!!!?????

Seriously?????

[Skidmore]

61. Ooops. Dennis orrected my error...it is her brother.

[Citizen Jane]

122. As Cicero said

Your husband, oh, I mean your brother...I'm always making that mistake (snerk!).

(Implying that Clodia was sleeping with her brother Clodius for those of you who aren't familiar with the Pro Caelio---important political figures from the end of the Roman Republic).

[Dennis Donovan]

54. Isn't it her brother?

I think her hsuband is a local TV reporter in NYC.:shrug:

[H2O Man]

55. It's her brother

who works for McCain-Palin.

[Skidmore]

You are right. Sorry about getting the relationship of family member wrong.

[Dennis Donovan]

65. To her credit (and about the ONLY credit I can give her)...

...she's disclosed this before. However, her father has been an informal advisor for the Obama campaign.:shrug:

[Supersedeas]

119. Mika's Brother works on McNasty's campaign--does he get the Neiman Marcus treatment too?

[H2O Man]

75. I've sent two.

I suspect I'll double that before 9 am est.

[DangerousRhythm]

76. Yeah, that guy surprised me!

I sent another email, myself. I can't resist when she's being so ridiculous, you know? :rofl:

[Kahuna]

93. I sent them an email directing them to paragraph 14 of the Political

article where is state that no similar spending was reported by Obama or the DNC. Then I said that Mika should apologize and STFU!!! :grr:

[blogslut]

50. Oh, give me a break, Mika

Michelle has said before her husband owns maybe two or three suits. And we all know about his shoes:

[H2O Man]

57. That photo

should be sent to Mika by 100 DUers.

[chatnoir]

60. Someone needs to email this to that shallow, silly woman

Wonder what she'd be doing in life if daddy wasn't Zbigniew. :eyes:

[Dennis Donovan]

51. I found the "worn" shoes pic:

[mamalone]

56. That's great!

I wish someone would email this to Mika... along with a very nicely worded letter of course!:)

[H2O Man]

58. Everyone should

send it to the Mika Mouse Club.

[mamalone]

68. You're right!

[Kahuna]

97. I just did. nt

[mamalone]

101. Thanks Kahuna...

I did too!:hi:

[PA Democrat]

62. Did you hear the excuse that the clothes will be donated to charity?

I guess that makes all OK, because everyone knows that every poor woman needs a $2500 suit.

[Dennis Donovan]

66. OMG! Charity??? MAYBE if they auction them off...

:crazy:

[VolcanoJen]

69. I mean, really

As if they'll ever be sold (they won't be). Sarah is enjoying her moment and you can bet she'll keep the swag.

Even if they were sold, it would be at some celeb auction, and the "winner" would put the article of clothing up on eBay, you know, like the Alaska jet. ;-) It's not like some poor woman would ever touch this clothing.

But, you go Sarah! Just a regular old Wal-Mart mama, aren't you?

[CTyankee]

114. You are right. As a former fundraiser for nonprofits the whole idea is to get LOTS of money

for an item. I'm all for it if the charity gets the $$$ but the clothes would go to the highest bidder.

P.S. I have regularly given my business attire to a charity that actually keeps a big "closet" for outfitting poor women for the workplace. The nicer pieces go there and the others just to Goodwill...

[DangerousRhythm]

70. Oh, that excuse burned my ass.

I wrote again.

"Mika: Who will ensure and confirm that those clothes are actually donated to charity? I don't believe it for a second, not until I see it. If she spent LESS on the clothing, if they were actually going to donate it to charity, lots more women could benefit, wouldn't you agree? So, ten women might benefit, as it stands, and might be wearing super expensive designer suits... how many normal work outfits could $150,000 get for women in shelters or women in need if they were bought at a place an average American could afford? Your defense of this is astounding and very telling.

The Obamas clearly don't spend that much on clothing. In fact, there's an interview out there, possibly for ET or Access Hollywood, in which Michelle talks about how Barack's closet is full of old clothes he's had for years, scuffed up shoes and all. Michelle herself wore a comparably inexpensive dress that an average American woman could (and many did) actually buy when she made an appearance on The View. I know you like to portray this as a "both sides do it" issue, but I couldn't disagree more."

[VolcanoJen]

72. Another perfect email!

If there were such a thing, I'd nominate DangerousRhytm for Mika Emailer Of The Year.
:yourock:

[DangerousRhythm]

77. Thanks! :D

She's really, REALLY working that last nerve, y'know? :rofl:

[H2O Man]

79. Mika Mouse

is getting a tad cranky herself.

Keep up the great work!

[DangerousRhythm]

83. "Frumpy"

"'If she wears frumpy clothes from Walmart or...'

So, are you telling all the women out there, and there's a LOT, who wear Walmart clothes that they're frumpy?

Good going, Mika!"


Another one fired off... :rofl:

[H2O Man]

82. I wonder if

her hair and make-up will be given to charity, too?

[Waiting For Everyman]

64. Obama only LOOKS like a million bucks in his suits.

I agree, that he's probably spending a lot less than she thinks.

[H2O Man]

78. Robert is doing well.

Mika Mouse disagrees with him, but is incapable of backing her position up.

Thanks, Robert, for bringing up Mickey Mouse.

[Dennis Donovan]

80. He kicked BUTT!

:bounce:

[PA Democrat]

81. I choked on my coffee when he said "Mickey Mouse"

considering the emails sent to Mika Mouse!

How aggravating though, was it to watch the willful ignorance about ACORN by Mika and the rest of the Mikateers? I wish RFK Jr. would have had more time to further explain the issue and get into how some states are discarding legitimate voter registrations due to exact match criteria.

[pdxmom]

84. I wonder if all those that buy clothes from Wal-Mart (or Wal-Mart itself) are

going to be offended that Mika Mouse thinks those clothes are "frumpy". That's pretty elitist, from my point of view.

[DangerousRhythm]

85. I JUST replied to that...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7555097&mesg_id=7555602

:rofl:

[H2O Man]

87. Poor Mika.

The strain is showing on her face. And her "frumpy" quip will really reel them in.

Pathetic.

[bklyncowgirl]

91. Now Bill Richardson's on--Mika trying to get Bill to admit Biden made a mistake. nt

[olegramps]

99. Why complain about her spending? Encourage her!

I hope she breaks the campaign and spends 150 million on clothes. Boy that would send McCain into such a fit he would explode. I could see him looking at the bill, red faced with smoke coming out of his ears and screaming you dumb C**t.

[DangerousRhythm]

102. Haha, well now THAT's a point...

Bankrupt the campaign! :rofl:

"I don't defend Sarah Palin getting $150k in clothing for 8 weeks of campaigning, but there are other sides to this..."

I'm loving watching her squirm about this, I must admit. Normally, Morning Joe makes me ill to watch and I tune out but today is actually fun. :rofl:

[H2O Man]

103. "Everybody hates me

this morning." -- Mika Mouse

[Kahuna]

104. We're kicking her elistist butt today!!!!

:grouphug:

[H2O Man]

109. Yep.

Mika Mouse is on the hot seat this morning.

[GalleryGod]

105. She's had a dangerous Girl-Crush on Sarah for 7 weeks!

Douchebag, Whiny, little Twit !
:spank: :nuke: :spank:

[Kahuna]

106. Yep. I used to email her about her girl crush on Sarah. nt

[DangerousRhythm]

111. Oh, she's catching hell, and rightfully so.

"Mika, concerning what people would say about Sarah Palin if she dressed differently... whether or not she dresses in a frumpy fashion has nothing to do with how much her clothes cost. Not to be mean because she seems genuinely nice, but look at Laura Bush and ask her how much HER frumpy designer outfits cost. Look at Michelle Obama... you can go to Target or The Gap and buy the same VERY stylish stuff she wears. Good fashion doesn't have to cost a bundle.

And I really wish you'd stop with the "Barack's suits must cost thousands of dollars" thing because guess what... you don't know at ALL and you're putting that meme out there. Go find that interview the family did with one of those tabloids, ET or Access Hollywood, where the kids were there and Michelle was talking about how he's had the same suits for years.

You can't make this an equivalent thing when it just ISN'T."

I just sent that to her. :rofl:

She says they got thousands of emails today!

[pdxmom]

110. Now Mika Mouse is saying how people shouldn't be picking a candidate

based on how they are like you or whether you can want to have a beer with them, etc.

But Mika Mouse has spent weeks and weeks talking about how she relates to Palin and how she wants her to succeed because she's a woman, etc.

Repukes have a real, real problem with hypocricy.

[pennylayne]

112. good grief

with that kind of money you would think she would have bought something besides black skirts..i actually thought she had like 1 black skirt and added (inexpensive) jackets to them..hell i have to dress up for work every day and i shop at catos and can get 4 or 5 outfits for $100 and can honestly say i look better then caribou barbie any day.

[GalleryGod]

115. Hope it didn't ALL go to Vic Secret thongs!

:nopity:

[ShortnFiery]

116. Mika shows herself to behave like a spoiled Junior High girl ... in far too many ways.

Save us from both Mika and Joe!

MSNBC, please replace these immature shills?!?

[vaberella]

117. What's crazy is that when her dad was on the show, he gave me the impression he was voting Obama.

n/t

[bulldogge]

118. I don't

understand why everyone is so upset don't most middle class hockey moms spend 150,000 or more on clothing? She is one of us remember....by the way I sent the Obama photo into Mika Mouse.

[H2O Man]

121. Yes. Why, I just

spent $125,000 on t-shirts and socks at K-Mart yesterday.

[H2O Man]

123. A big Thank You

to everyone who pitched in, and helped change the tone of the Mika Mouse Show this morning. It was obvious that they had something very different planned, and the grass roots changed it.

Mission Accomplished.

[CitizenLeft]

127. my biggest disappointment was that ScarJoe & Buchanan...

...weren't there to hear the bad news about Palin's poll numbers. For weeks they've both been screaming everybody down about how she's "electrified" the base, and how no other VP candidate IN HISTORY has ever been so beneficial to the ticket.

I didn't hear why they BOTH weren't there, but you can bet, a part of it was they got a whiff of those numbers yesterday. Cowards.

[CTyankee]

128. Chuck Todd's analysis was the "electrifying" thing today! He was saying that this is 1980 all over

again. His numbers and his analysis were brutal. It used to be that Joe would love to introduce "Chucky T!" in a big booming voice. He can't even croak it out now...

[VolcanoJen]

130. I would just like to say that in the seven years I've been here at DU...

... this was probably my favorite thread ever. :-)

Congrats, DU, for getting under Mika's skin!!!!!

[H2O Man]

131. Tomorrow

should be lots of fun, too!

It was an important thing for us to do today. The republicans have been whining about Chris, Keith, and Rachel for the past 72 hours. We topped them in three hours.

[VolcanoJen]

132. Did you see Mika on the afternoon version of "Morning Joe" today?

She wouldn't even talk about Palin's shopping spree... she told Mike Barnicle he had to talk about it, and he said to her, "Afraid you're gonna get in trouble again?"

:rofl:

[H2O Man]

133. I missed that.

I think she was rattled today.

[Greyskye]

134. Give her a break. She was still pissed at being busted w/ Vodka on the set

http://podblanc.com/mika-brzezinski-likes-her-vodka-even-her-morning-joe

Looks to me like she made herself a screwdriver to go along w/ that coffee/tea. And now we know she likes Skye Vodka. :rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

135. Linky no worky for me!!!

I wanna see this! Any other links??

[Greyskye]

137. Try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVrYa01zYw

[crazy_vanilla]

138. enjoy

no sound unfortunately, sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_N1kmnx7uI

[VolcanoJen]

139. Thank you!!!!

Hahahahahahaha!

[H2O Man]

136. "Well, I woke up this morning,

got myself a beer.
The future's uncertain,
the end is always near."
--James Douglas Morrison