In my quest to gain current political information from different sources, occasionally I force myself to watch MSNBC. One morning, I flipped on to Morning Joe, and gosh, is it abysmal. The panel of five is an echo chamber. A topic is tossed around and, in total agreement, the panel members offer their two cents. No one ever displays any critical thinking.
A Fool’s Assembly
Joe Scarborough is the ringleader of this political nonsense. During the show that I watched, they were discussing Tim Johnson, the Speaker of the House. The panelists all agreed that Johnson is difficult to work with, under-qualified for the job, and not good for the nation.
One panelist called him an election denier, as if Hillary Clinton and countless Democrats did not deny the Republican victories for president in 2000, 2004, and 2016. How quickly they forget!
On this show, Scarborough went even further. He said that Johnson pushes for everything that Americans don't want. He then ran through a series of issues and could not have been further off the mark. For example, he said that the Republicans want to dismantle the FBI.
Republicans might want to dismantle the top tier of the FBI, reorganize it, or reconsider the funding. Everyone recognizes that an effective, impartial law-abiding FBI is necessary. We have not had one for nearly a score. On almost any issue, Republicans who have sided with Donald Trump potentially find themselves in the cross hairs of FBI stings and planted information.
One Size Fits All
Republicans do not want to do away with the FBI. They want an FBI that serves the nation as it was intended to do. Since the current FBI does not, that is their reason for disdain. Don't explain that to Joe Scarborough, however. His one size fits all Republican views doesn't allow for nuance.
Scarborough said Tim Johnson wants to dismantle education. Wrong. Johnson does not want to dismantle education, particularly in primary schools. He does not like to have children sexualized, be subjected to drag queen story hour, or stray from the path of learning the fundamentals including reading, writing, and arithmetic, as well as history and science.
In many jurisdictions across the country, what children currently are learning is questionable. The indoctrination which has been widely reported is disheartening. So, Mr. Scarborough, you're way off the mark again with your one-track assessment of what Republicans want. They do not want to dismantle education; they want a return to the fundamentals. They want American history, in perspective, to be taught correctly, and they want all forms of indoctrination of these young minds to vanish.
Yes, Let’s Weaken the Military
Scarborough claimed that Tim Johnson wants to weaken our military, which is incorrect. We need a strong military especially considering the turmoil in Middle East and in dealing with Iran and Syria, Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah, not to mention Russia, China, and North Korea. What Mr. Johnson does not want is a military overly focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as dictated by wokesters.
Not coincidently, the number one job of the commander-in-chief is to defend our country from enemies, domestic and foreign, and to safeguard American citizens. We need to defend Americans around the world. Is anyone willing to say that Biden and company are adequate in this regard?
Scarborough asserts that Republicans want to close our borders and keep us isolated from the rest of the world. Completely wrong. Republicans want a process at the border that actually works, like we had under President Trump. Nine million illegals have flooded our southern border since Biden took office: mostly single, military age men from China, Russia, the Middle East, South America, and Latin America.
Sleeper cells, gang bangers, cartel members, and sex traffickers are among the hordes. Republicans are tired of having the Biden scatter these illegals to remote places of the country and never having to show up at immigration hearings. Scarborough has no inkling of the situation because in his closed, myopic world, the border situation under the Biden administration is just fine.
Daily Diatribes
Scarborough eventually finished his diatribe, inaccurately portraying every single thing that Tim Johnson and Republicans want. Then his star-chamber panel, which ricochet ideas off of each other and feel intellectually superior to everyone else, raised no hackles.
Not one spoke up about Scarborough’s illogical statements. Rather, they agreed with him wholeheartedly, nodded, and proceeded to discuss his points as if he had been accurate to the penny. It was sickening.
Whoever funds this show has got to be as deranged as Joe. I could only bear to watch for about eight minutes. If I kept watching Morning Joe, I might barf my breakfast.
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