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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough denounces Glenn Beck and right-wing 'hatred,'

MSNBC morning show host Joe Scarborough went on the attack against right-wing "hatred" Tuesday and declared he would be putting together a "conservative honor roll" to reward GOP politicians who denounce the rhetoric of commentators like Fox News' Glenn Beck.

"You cannot say that the President of the United States ... hates all white people," Scarborough proclaimed. "You cannot call the President of the United States a racist. You cannot wallow in conspiracy theories -- as [Beck] did for about a month -- suggesting that FEMA might be setting up concentration camps and going on Fox & Friends and saying. 'I can't disprove it.' ... You can't stir up that type of hatred ... and then say, 'Oh, I'm just a rodeo clown.'"

Scarborough pointed out that Peter Wehner -- a writer for the conservative magazine Commentary who ran the White House's Office of Strategic Intiatives for some time during the Bush administration -- has declared that Beck's inflammatory rhetoric is hurting the conservative cause.

"Only recently have I watched portions of [Beck's] television program, as well as interviews with him, and heard parts of his radio program. And what I’ve seen should worry the conservative movement," Wehner wrote in an article published Monday. "I say that because he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American 'imperialism.'"

Wehner concludes: "[T]he role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality. My hunch is that he is a comet blazing across the media sky right now — and will soon flame out."

Added Scarborough: "You cannot stir up things that could have very deadly consequences. I was in congress in 1995, I know where this can end."

Scarborough was a Republican House Representative from 1995 to 2001. His statement about "deadly consequences" and 1995 appears to refer to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, for which the far-right extremist Timothy McVeigh was convicted.

"We're going to have a conservatives' honor roll on this show," Scarborough continued, referring to his show, Morning Joe. "And trust me, you want to be on this honor roll. I'm talking to you Mitt Romney, and I'm talking to anybody who wants to be president in 2012 -- you need to call out this type of hatred. Because it always blows up in your face.

"Conservatives who don't call him out are responsible," Scarborough said. "I don't care if right-wing nuts get upset with me, that's just the reality."

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  • "You cannot call the President of the United States a racist. You cannot wallow in conspiracy theories -- as [Beck] did for about a month -- suggesting that FEMA might be setting up concentration camps and going on Fox & Friends and saying. 'I can't disprove it.' ... You can't stir up that type of hatred"

    Why not? That's what liberal media outlets did with President Bush for a couple years after Hurricane Katrina.

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    • When Beck famously called President Obama a racist two months ago, he cited the President happily putting up with Jeremiah Wright's sermons for twenty years, his thoughtless accusation of police of stupidity for arresting Henry Gates, and his hiring of black nationalist Van Jones to an important administration post.

      If President Bush had done anything even remotely analogous, such as, say, condemning all Islam for bombing the World Trade Center (which he took great pains to avoid) or joining More..

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  • It's not about hate. It's about LOVE! Love for our country. Love for our culture. Love for our history, good, bad ALL of it.

    Contrary to what so many conformists today say, It is really okay be an American and to love America.

    Posted Sep-23-2009 By 

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  • Beck has huge ratings. MSNBC has low ratings. Is tihs just plain green envy? Do they think if they get Beck off the air that more people will watch them? If they want ratings, maybe they should rethink their love affair with the President and stop defending him. I didn't know it was a news agency's job to totally defend a President no matter what he does.

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    • Throwing around ratings as proof of efficacy or truth doesn't work for me. All one needs to do is look at the sales of popular music in this country to realize that Americans are not fickle in their appetite for trash.

      Beck is a menace and a borderline lunatic. He says some truth from time to time, but that is what makes him dangerous. If everything that came out of his mouth was as crazy as the concentration camp lie, then it would be easy for even the wingnuts to see what he is all about More..

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    • And what do the ratings prove?

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    • "In fact, when a particular news organization makes it their stated point to either support or denounce any form of politics, they should lose their broadcast license as "news."

      Your proposal is to therefore replace the entire mass media with what, bulletins from the White House, perhaps?

      So, Chavez is behaving in an appropriate manner, by closing down ALL news outlets, except those managed by him?

      Sure, okay LOL

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    • It usually means more people affiliate themselves with whatever agenda is being presented by that form of media than the others. Make no mistake they all have overt or hidden agendas. Look at the line-up of MSNBC and FOX. Chris Matthews stated it was his goal to support this current administration in everything they do. This being a news channel? And FOX, well, it speaks for itself. They seem to go the other direction 24/7.

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  • So, Beck was wrong....!!

    Van Jones is NOT a radical, racist marxist and ACORN is really an ethical, impartial organization fighting for the rights of ALL the oppressed.

    Well then, MSNBC must feel compelled to denounce such falsehoods. It must be time to galvanize their enormous viewing audience, obama needs them.

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  • only left wing hatred is allowed.LOL

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  • Joe who?

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  • What a RINO.

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  • Wow , thats actually a very very good idea!

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  • All people, including Joe Scarborough, have said things that they may regret, are exaggerated, or is hyperbole for effect. I am sure Glenn Beck fits into this category as well. Scarborough is throwing Beck under the bus to boost his pathetic ratings.

    You can't take everything that everybody says literally, or interpret it the way you want, otherwise EVERYBODY could be severely criticized.

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  • Pathetic coward and the ratings show it.
    If you are going to attack those fighting socialism and not fight socialism yourself stop calling yourself anything but a "Progressive" and FUCK OFF.
    How does he expect to be taken seriously as a conservative?
    He must have done some hard number crunching to determine this was the best way to keep or attain new viewers.
    Desperation.

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  • In the tank.

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  • Gotta love the republican fools who bash Joe Scarborough when hes thinking about running for prez....under the republican ticket

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    • Scarborough can think about running for president on a republican ticket all he wants.

      He can think about bouncing to the moon on a pogo stick, too.

      Both will get him about as far.

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  • the difference here is that even though far-lefties were spouting off hatred, the Democratic politicians denounced. THe far-right are spouting off the hatred but the Republican politicians are goading them instead of denouncing them.

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