When I first started watching Morning Joe it appeared that he was trying to play it right up the middle. He did bash Bush. But after they picked up his show, he reverted to true form. His bashing Bush to gain credibility was ingenious. This made him look bipartisan, while suffering no downside. After all, bashing an unpopular president that will not run again will hardly hurt McCain. He never mentions McCain unless he points out that he was a POW.
He starts off every day bashing Obama. He cherry picks polls, to highlight Obama’s supposed weaknesses. Even if the poll shows him ahead-which most of them do. He frames it in the narrative of "why isn’t Obama ahead more?" He also inserts snide comments that portray him as effeminate or playing for the other team. He then looks for anything that he can point to highlight divisions in the Democratic party. Finally, he always draws false equivalences. He usually makes shit up about the American people supporting the positions he is advocating.He never mentions the fact that McCain is behind in the polls. The following is a typical show:
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