Comments on: Joe the Potty Mouth http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:46:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bobbynorwich http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720554 bobbynorwich Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:37:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720554 <p>Joe’s saying “fuck you” on air — and not realizing it — is just his sliding down the slippery slope of profanities he regularly uses on Morning Joe. Every week he litters his comments with words such as “damn,” “hell,” “Jesus,” “ass,” “crap,” and “bullshit” — language which is just as offensive to many people, not just those with children watching. </p> <p>This is the same ‘law and order’ Joe Scarborough who mounted a vigorous public campaign for stricter FCC decency regulations after the Janet Jackson mishap. It’s a fine idea to give Joe a little of his own right-wing medicine by filing an FCC complaint (google: FCC complaint).</p> Joe’s saying “fuck you” on air — and not realizing it — is just his sliding down the slippery slope of profanities he regularly uses on Morning Joe. Every week he litters his comments with words such as “damn,” “hell,” “Jesus,” “ass,” “crap,” and “bullshit” — language which is just as offensive to many people, not just those with children watching.

This is the same ‘law and order’ Joe Scarborough who mounted a vigorous public campaign for stricter FCC decency regulations after the Janet Jackson mishap. It’s a fine idea to give Joe a little of his own right-wing medicine by filing an FCC complaint (google: FCC complaint).

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720263 RevBev Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:33:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720263 <p>Obviously, this is way late, but I hope someone notes Ingraham’s unrelenting stuff that seems incredibly distorted and always contemptuous/put-down/not helpful. I’d love to see her replaced very soon.</p> Obviously, this is way late, but I hope someone notes Ingraham’s unrelenting stuff that seems incredibly distorted and always contemptuous/put-down/not helpful. I’d love to see her replaced very soon.

]]> By: james http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720185 james Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:32:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720185 <p>Didn’t old Darth Cheney tell Leahy to “go F*ck yourself” on the floor of the Senate?</p> <p>Why should Scarborough lose his job? Not that I’m a fan of his but doesn’t this weaken our argument that the FCC should be a bit more, er, tolerant of language?</p> <p>I’d rather see Coulter be banned from the public airwaves for her hate speech.</p> Didn’t old Darth Cheney tell Leahy to “go F*ck yourself” on the floor of the Senate?

Why should Scarborough lose his job? Not that I’m a fan of his but doesn’t this weaken our argument that the FCC should be a bit more, er, tolerant of language?

I’d rather see Coulter be banned from the public airwaves for her hate speech.

]]> By: Philo http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720176 Philo Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:19:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720176 <p>I was watching when it happened.</p> <p>It will be one of those events, like the moon landing, that people will remember where they were when they saw it.</p> I was watching when it happened.

It will be one of those events, like the moon landing, that people will remember where they were when they saw it.

]]> By: ScrewBush http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720170 ScrewBush Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720170 <p>I had to watch this on tape because I would never watch Joe’s awful morning show, who would. </p> <p>Hey MSNBC, I can’t tell you how much I’d enjoy waking up every morning to Catherine Crier’s face doing the morning show — HINT, HINT. She’s even an admitted Republican so you wouldn’t have to feel all dirty for putting her on the air. However, unlike Joe, she has a brain, she’s polite, truly witty at times, and best of all, and this may infuriate others at MSNBC, she is fair.</p> <p>Joe Sucks!</p> I had to watch this on tape because I would never watch Joe’s awful morning show, who would.

Hey MSNBC, I can’t tell you how much I’d enjoy waking up every morning to Catherine Crier’s face doing the morning show — HINT, HINT. She’s even an admitted Republican so you wouldn’t have to feel all dirty for putting her on the air. However, unlike Joe, she has a brain, she’s polite, truly witty at times, and best of all, and this may infuriate others at MSNBC, she is fair.

Joe Sucks!

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720111 dmac Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:19:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720111 <p>i like the part where he says ‘IF’ i said it….huh? people falling apart around you? huh?</p> <p>i thought ‘potty mouth’ comes from ‘toilet/potty’..</p> <p>it’s probably on here somewhere, but i’m not diggin’…origin of idioms Q&A<br /><a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/2581" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/2581</a></p> i like the part where he says ‘IF’ i said it….huh? people falling apart around you? huh?

i thought ‘potty mouth’ comes from ‘toilet/potty’..

it’s probably on here somewhere, but i’m not diggin’…origin of idioms Q&A
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/2581

]]> By: demi http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720109 demi Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:19:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720109 <p>Ah…well that could be.</p> Ah…well that could be.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720102 Elliott Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:10:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720102 <p><strong><a href="http://digg.com/politics/Joe_Scar_the_Potty_mouth" rel="nofollow">digg</a></strong> it.<br /> and <strong><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/7cgbo/joe_scar_the_potty_mouth/" rel="nofollow">reddit</a></strong></p> digg it.
and reddit

]]> By: Beerfart Liberal http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720100 Beerfart Liberal Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:07:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720100 <p>I thought it was Irish. Like Paddy.</p> I thought it was Irish. Like Paddy.

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720099 Ann in AZ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:07:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/joe-the-poddy-mouth/#comment-1720099 <p>Jane’s <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/the-case-against-lieberman/" rel="nofollow">new post</a> up: The Case Against Lieberman</p> Jane’s new post up: The Case Against Lieberman

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