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oakville

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  1. I am stunned that she will consider re releasing this book. The deal was signed around the time Trump was attacking her about her facelift at Mar A Largo. It was good publicity for Mika, so why not re release the book. However, it was with a Harvey Weinstein owned company, which turned out to be a bad idea. However, the company got taken over, so it was now OK to re release the book. On the other hand, workplace relationships that start as affairs are not as popular now as they were in the pre Weinstein days. Also, Mika went on several rants about co workers socializing with each other after work. At the time of the original release of the Know Your Value book, I thought it was nice of Joe to give part of his bonus to Mika. Mika admitted to struggling financially when the show started. She was making $150K which isn't much for NYC after you pay child car expenses etc.. She wanted to give the money back, but Dr Z said to keep it. I think Joe was trying to be a father figure to Mika & protect her from the overlords at MSNBC. I also think Joe was doing this to get Mika romantically interested in him.
  2. There have been rumours of Joe cheating on his first wife with his intern who later died in his office or with his future second wife, Susan, who worked in Jeb's Bush's Florida administration.. I don't know if that's true or not. It's quite possible that they fell in love with each other over time, but Joe was after Mika since 2007. I think Mika looks silly trying to get outraged over Trump's affairs with Stormy Daniels & Bill Clinton's numerous affairs while he was governor of Arkansas etc. Focus on something else. Mika & Joe have to admit that they get to close to the politicians they cover & that it clouds their judgement.
  3. Agreed. The guests that the show was able to attract during the early years of Morning Joe is what attracted me to the show. There used to be a big variety of guests on numerous topics. I still remember buying a book in 2009 on how to teach your kids about how to use Facebook responsibly . They used to discuss personal finance, careers, economics, world politics etc. Now it's all Trump all the time. Both hosts are usually off doing their own pet projects. I am puzzled as to why Joe took his music off ITunes. I have downloaded several of his songs. I don't mind it but I think it's funny that he seems to have decided that he can be a Rock Star with so few downloads of his music. I am fascinated at how oblivious Mika & Joe are to how they are perceived by many posters in this forum. Joe calls us "Cheeto eating basement dwellers ", but he think's it's OK to run a cable news network show from his basement when he has access to NBC studious in NY & Washington. The fact that Joe has admitted to being infatuated with Mika since 2007 & hiring her to be a co host despite not knowing her is stunning. Joe is very lucky that Mika was open to his romantic advances . What would have happened if Mika turned Joe down? Wouldn't Joe have ended up like Mark Halperin? Mika's "Know your Value" tour has very little credibility now because her success at Morning Joe appears to be based on Joe's romantic interest in her. Would she have the guts to tell the women that attend her show that it's OK to cheat on your spouse & sleep with your boss to get ahead at your job? Would Joe have fired Mika if she turned him down romantically? I hope they are happy together, but it seems obvious that Mika & Joe's ex's & the kids have been affected by their relationship. I don't think anyone on this board would have sent death threats to Mika & Joe. We "snark" about them but don't threaten them. I met Barnicle in NYC in 2011 & he was very friendly. I would be very polite if I ever met Mika & Joe.
  4. Who is the Admiral? I agree with Joe about how friendly many television journalists are with politicians. Chuck Todd is one of the worst offenders. He wouldn't be allowed to interview politicians on tv without disclosing he & his wife's business relationships with the politicians they cover. I find it interesting that MSNBC didn't replay clips of Lamb's commercials with his AR 15. It would make him look bad to the anti gun viewers of MSNBC.
  5. Joe said its important for candidates to reflect the districts they represent. This is logical.
  6. Joe is forgetting his talking points. Joe's discussions about his legendary rise in Pensacola keep changing. The GOP gained 54 seats in 1994 led by Newt Gingrich. Many districts like Joe's flipped to the GOP. It's not like he won a seat in the suburbs of New York.
  7. Ha!. We have TV's everywhere in this house. I couldn't use the kitchen TV yet today because everyone in the family was getting ready for work & school. Heilemann said that Lamb's district i a populist. The tax cuts for the rich & corporations won't sell well in those district. Heilemann is trying to defend Nancy Pelosi. She is a friend of the show. Joe is bragging about his election victory in 1994 when he won in a Conservative Democratic District. Joe is forgetting that the Southern White Democrats have been shifting to the GOP since 1980. In fact, President LBJ predicted it would happen in 1964
  8. I like Heidi. She is very knowledgeable. She could be Kasie's! older sister. She is wearing a nice dark green dress. Conor Lamb could have run a a moderate Republican based on his interview. He was very careful not to trash Trump or his supporters. That's how you win a +20 GOP district. Willie said that in some districts this fall, it will be a competition between Democrats to see who can vote to Impeach Trump faster. I do think that Congress will work better with bi partisan support. Heidi admitted that she tried to get another democrat in Southern Illinois to go on the record that he would vote against Pelosi or Trash Trump.
  9. Wednesday Recap MSNBC has been restored to the main tv at 6 56 am. I was watching CNN earlier this morning. It was good , but I don't think Cilizza & David Gregory are sophisticated analysts. Camerota did an OK job interviewing Conor Lamb. She did not focus on his differences with the Democratic Caucus & Nancy Pelosi. It's nice of Mika & Joe to show up on the set together in New York. The abandoned studio is not professional. Mika is wearing a lovely turqoise scarf. Conor Lamb said it was inpolite to ask voters if they supported Trump. He is very calm & very polite. He made fun of tv pundits. He did the hard work of canvassing & meeting people in small rooms. He wants to work with Trump on infrastructure. I think he is a Blue Dog Democrat which used to be very popular in rural areas & the South. He looks like a young Joe Scarborough. Lamb said Pelosi & Ryan should be replaced next year. Recap to be continued. Heidi was rescued from the Library & gets to be on the panel. I have a real Natural gas Fireplace which is getting quite a bit of use this winter. I like the concept of a tv fireplace.
  10. Thanks!. The MSNBC channel is still not working in my house. The cable company said the outage is affecting our entire street. No effect on Fox News or CNN. I will recap from my kitchen tomorrow.
  11. Yes, it was. Joe must have been furious that his cover was blown by the New Yorker & Maggie Haberman. Joe had a chance to be a key advisor to Trump or a member of his cabinet. I suspect that Mika would not let him join the Trump administration. Mika would lose her $4 million salary. Joe could probably live off his savings for a couple of years.
  12. I like Fireplace Joe. If he moves the show to the Fireplace room, I will watch. We have a fireplace channel in Canada. I like it.
  13. According to Joe's analysis , Clinton went from the most qualified candidate in modern history to the worst candidate ever". The 65 million votes that Hillary received is pitiful:) LOL! Eddie is a good analyst & frequently said before the election that Hillary Clinton would not get the levels of support among African Americans that Obama did. IMHO , this cost Clinton Michigan & Pennsylvania & perhaps North Carolina & Florida. Joe's revisionist history drives me nuts. The Democrats have run candidates that have far less qualifications than Hillary Clinton.
  14. Where did you find that? I had to spit out a glass of wine..... It's only been a couple of years since Joe was allowed to broadcast from the Bunker. IIRC in 2010 or 2011, Joe tried to broadcast from his rental home in Martha's Vineyard. Joe was smoking cigars at 7 am. Mika was stuck in NYC in the studio.
  15. Joe forgets a lot of things. IIRC many of the early primaries had a "winner take all" system. Trump would get all the delegates from a state with 30-40% of the popular vote. The anti Trump moderates like Rubio,Kasich & Bush failed to form an anti-Trump GOP moderate opposition behind 1 candidate . Trump wins.
  16. Mika & Joe used to have an apartment in Manhattan. Why can't Joe stay there during the winter if there is inclement weather ? I prefer the fireplace studio when Joe is doing his Facebook live rants. Optics matter Joe!
  17. Tuesday Recap. Joe is in an abandoned studio. Mika is off. Katty Kay is the Designated Survivor of having to put up with Joe's long winded rants. Once again the cable box is acting up and refuses to show MSNBC for more than 2 minutes. Error Code s0200? I don't feel like recapping from the kitchen today. I have a cold. Dayquil will be my dink of choice for today. I watched CNN. Erica from NBC was there. It was interesting. Will Lamb beat Saccone in #PA18? Another North Easter coming!. Stormy Daniel goes after Trump. Betsy Devos gave a bad interview to Lesley Stahl.
  18. The prize winning is tax free in Canada. They also get furniture & some other stuff. The host , Arisa Cox began on a reality tv show in Canada called U8TV in 2001. It was like Big Brother without competitions. It was similar to the Real World with 24 hour live feeds. The guests learned how to host tv shows etc.
  19. This is the second engagement party that Mika’s daughters have missed. Joes kids are younger so they can be persuaded to show up. I am puzzled why a competing news publication is hosting a party for them. Is this a new thing in the media?
  20. Everyone at work is groggy & cranky. The Ford brother that won the election is sober. The election result was a split. The moderate female won the popular vote butFord won the Canadian version of the electoral college. It’s embarrassing that MSNBC can’t built him a full broadcast studio in his home:) Mika doesn’t even bother to show up at least 1 day at week That doesnt sound like Mika unless she had vodka & ambien
  21. I couldn’t sleep properly last night & ended getting up before the show started. I am tired & want to go back to sleep. It’s busy at work. I am also cranky because our province of Ontario just elected Doug Ford as the Conservative nominee for the election in June. HE is Trump lite. It was an upset. Some Americans might remember his late brother Doug who was mayor of Toronto. He admitted to smoking crack cocaine & made a fool of himself on a daily basis. He was almost impeached. He used to appear on Jimmy Kimmel. Back to the show talk. I couldn’t stop laughing at Joe being moved to a dark basement studio. Does he get a police escort? Rothman tried to defend school choice but got caught up in the horrible optics of the Devos interview. Joe used to defend Charter schools .
  22. Do they ask for proof of no college degree at a Trump rally? I doubt the teens who were in back of Trump hooting & hollering have a college degree. Do Democrats have similar rallies? The Trump show rallies are the same now as they were in 2015 IMHO. It's the same script. Joe changes his political analysis more than I change my socks. I would have appreciated a better discussion of Connor Lamb's credentials. Politico did good analysis. The district will be changed in the fall anyway, so it may not be as Pro Trump .
  23. Joe was mad at Trump over the North Korea meeting. Joe is finally off the show with a bad micropohone. The panel is piling on the evil Betsy Devos. She gave an interview to Lesley Stahl about school choice. The charter schools are being created & taking money away from public schools
  24. Joe said that educated voters are upset with Trump's behavior. Aren't uneducated voters also upset with Trump's antics? Joe is very condescending to people without education. I would like him to comment on Brian Williams & Chuck Todd's lack of a college degree. Does that make them less able to discuss politics? Joe said the media is in a bubble. Joe is in a bunker bubble. Joe said Trump is in a bubble. Joe said most voters are non ideological. Ignatius said Conor Lamb is a Scoop Jackson Democrat. Lamb does not support Pelosi. Luckily , the panel didn't mention that Lamb supported steel tariffs etc. One lady called him the perfect son. They sent Boy Campaign man Von to Pennsylvania, Saccone is a poor candidate who doesn't have events. Lamb is a dreamy war veteran.
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