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Markos Wants Some Cheese

Posted on | July 8, 2010 | 39 Comments

To go with that whine:

In case you were wondering why you haven’t seen me on MSNBC recently, it seems that Joe Scarborough, he of the lowest rated morning show in cableland, has blackballed me. And Phil Griffin, the alleged president of MSNBC, is going along with it.

(Via Memeorandum.) Did Moulitsas ever mock MSNBC’s ratings before he got “blackballed”? I doubt it. So his opinions of TV networks are evidently based on whether they book him or not. He explains his alleged victimhood by quoting his Twitter to Scarborough about “a certain dead intern” — a reference to former Scarborough aide Lori Klausutis, about whom Kos had blogged in 2005. Kos quotes an e-mail from MSNBC’s Griffin:

Yes, after I became aware of the ugly cheap shot you took at Joe on Twitter, I asked the teams to take a break from booking you on our shows for a while. I found the comments to be in poor taste, and utterly uncalled for in a civil discourse. . . .
I just don’t know how one could reasonably expect to be welcomed onto our network while publicly antagonizing one of our hosts at the same time.

The key word there is “reasonably.” Exactly how reasonable is it for Markos Moulitsas to incite a war with MSNBC over a Twitter fight with Joe Scarborough in which Kos insinuated that the death of Lori Klausutis was a “scandal” for Scarborough?

BTW, I often watch “Morning Joe,” and Da Tech Guy is a huge fan of the show. And I’m not saying that because I want to get booked on the show, as all the stuff I’ve written about Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews would forestall any such prospect under the Phil Griffin Rule.

Strangely enough, although Rachel Maddow is as hard-left as Olbermann — and once invoked me in a cheap smear on Sarah Palin — I actually don’t mind watching Maddow so much. And my reasons are purely superficial: She’s got a nice smile. Bad politics, but good teeth.

The moral of the story: If you want to be on TV, think before you Tweet.

Category: Daily Kos

Comments

39 Responses to “Markos Wants Some Cheese”

  1. Virginia Right! News Hound for 7/8/2010 | Virginia Right!
    July 8th, 2010 @ 8:11 am

    […] Markos Wants Some Cheese […]

  2. Joe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

    Apparently if you want to be on TV, good teeth help too.

  3. Joe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 9:10 am

    Apparently if you want to be on TV, good teeth help too.

  4. DarthRove
    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:21 pm

    Apparently “gg” is some kind of intartubez shorthand for “annoying twat”. The things you can learn today…

  5. DarthRove
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:21 am

    Apparently “gg” is some kind of intartubez shorthand for “annoying twat”. The things you can learn today…

  6. Jeff Weimer
    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:38 pm

    And if you want to troll at TOM, think before you smear Stacy.

    Since when has that ever stopped you?

  7. Jeff Weimer
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:38 am

    And if you want to troll at TOM, think before you smear Stacy.

    Since when has that ever stopped you?

  8. goddessoftheclassroom
    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:45 pm

    Oh, gg, well done! You’ve only made three punctuation errors in five posts! See what a little hard work and determination can accomplish?

    You’re almost ready to start working on writing something worth reading.

  9. goddessoftheclassroom
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:45 am

    Oh, gg, well done! You’ve only made three punctuation errors in five posts! See what a little hard work and determination can accomplish?

    You’re almost ready to start working on writing something worth reading.

  10. JeffS
    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:54 pm

    Sounds like gg has a crush on Markos.

  11. JeffS
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:54 am

    Sounds like gg has a crush on Markos.

  12. Erich Madden
    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:56 pm

    gg:”And if you want to troll at TOM, think before you smear Stacy.”

    Why? Apparently it has not ever stopped you before?

  13. Erich Madden
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:56 am

    gg:”And if you want to troll at TOM, think before you smear Stacy.”

    Why? Apparently it has not ever stopped you before?

  14. Charles Johnson
    July 8th, 2010 @ 3:04 pm

    Keep up the good work hatchling gg. Don’t think your stint at the racist TOM site will not be forgotten by me or my gal friday Kilgore Trout.

  15. Charles Johnson
    July 8th, 2010 @ 11:04 am

    Keep up the good work hatchling gg. Don’t think your stint at the racist TOM site will not be forgotten by me or my gal friday Kilgore Trout.

  16. richard mcenroe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 3:09 pm

    One can only be in awe of an anonymous troll bravely criticizing bloggers who use their own names.

  17. richard mcenroe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 11:09 am

    One can only be in awe of an anonymous troll bravely criticizing bloggers who use their own names.

  18. richard mcenroe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 3:11 pm

    The reason I don’t care if Kos is on MSNBC or anywhere else is because the one time I did see him on a talk show he was about one thatrical laugh away from launching into Ethel Merman doing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”

  19. richard mcenroe
    July 8th, 2010 @ 11:11 am

    The reason I don’t care if Kos is on MSNBC or anywhere else is because the one time I did see him on a talk show he was about one thatrical laugh away from launching into Ethel Merman doing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”

  20. Jeff Weimer
    July 8th, 2010 @ 3:17 pm

    And a wingnut from Pittsburgh who uses Windows 7 and posts his online wisecracks under his real name while also showing incredible courage in calling out conserva twats like Sarah Palin is an unstoppable force in the right wing blogosphere. NOT.

    Who the heck are you talking about?

  21. Jeff Weimer
    July 8th, 2010 @ 11:17 am

    And a wingnut from Pittsburgh who uses Windows 7 and posts his online wisecracks under his real name while also showing incredible courage in calling out conserva twats like Sarah Palin is an unstoppable force in the right wing blogosphere. NOT.

    Who the heck are you talking about?

  22. Ben (The Tiger)
    July 8th, 2010 @ 3:27 pm

    Well, I’m a little surprised that Kos is banned from MSNBC. I mean, come on, if you’re pitching Olbermann and Maddow’s stuff, a prominent blogger twitting Scarborough about a dead intern is pretty small beer.

    Maybe Joe threatened to walk. And he’s the one semi-serious Republican willing to host a show there who’s able to do a good job with it.

    Morning Joe was my morning show from late 2007 to late 2009. (Got tired of their liberal guests. I’ll go back to Joe and Mika once the fall election stuff heats up, though. I enjoy their banter.)

  23. Ben (The Tiger)
    July 8th, 2010 @ 11:27 am

    Well, I’m a little surprised that Kos is banned from MSNBC. I mean, come on, if you’re pitching Olbermann and Maddow’s stuff, a prominent blogger twitting Scarborough about a dead intern is pretty small beer.

    Maybe Joe threatened to walk. And he’s the one semi-serious Republican willing to host a show there who’s able to do a good job with it.

    Morning Joe was my morning show from late 2007 to late 2009. (Got tired of their liberal guests. I’ll go back to Joe and Mika once the fall election stuff heats up, though. I enjoy their banter.)

  24. Right Wing Nut House » THE WAGES OF IDIOCY
    July 8th, 2010 @ 12:04 pm

    […] tweets of Kos and Ms. Nsar are the kickers. Moulitas evidently tweeted about the death of a Joe Scarborough intern as a “scandal” for the former congressman […]

  25. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 4:12 pm

    I’ve got nothing.

    I am too busy with pollsters taking me to the cleaners. What do they think, that they can lie on their polls and when they get caught not give me a refund? I paid good money for those polls.

  26. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

    I’ve got nothing.

    I am too busy with pollsters taking me to the cleaners. What do they think, that they can lie on their polls and when they get caught not give me a refund? I paid good money for those polls.

  27. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 4:25 pm

    Talking about polls…Jerry Brown!!! Woo Woot! Now that is the kind of new Democratic Progrssive leadership we need.

    Of course, this poll not so good. Senator Boxer may be on the ropes.

    I will chose to pretend that doesn’t exist.

  28. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 12:25 pm

    Talking about polls…Jerry Brown!!! Woo Woot! Now that is the kind of new Democratic Progrssive leadership we need.

    Of course, this poll not so good. Senator Boxer may be on the ropes.

    I will chose to pretend that doesn’t exist.

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    July 8th, 2010 @ 2:45 pm

    […] #2: You Know, now that McCain mentions it, this here is a rather funny Video clip from Morning […]

  30. Laura
    July 8th, 2010 @ 8:10 pm

    Kos getting banned from MSNBC is almost as funny as Keith Olbermann writing a GBCW diary and huffing away from Kos for a few days. ‘Course, he was there the following week to post his regular diary. Who else will publish what he writes?

    I’m a conservative who reads DailyKos and HuffPo daily. Couldn’t get through the day without a little liberal meta to keep me going.

    I especially love the chicken little diaries on Kos. There were two memorable ones this week. One diarist was claiming that evil right-wing Mengele like “Christianist” doctors were going to test all fetuses for homosexuality and if they tested positive, the mother would be given a drug called Dex, to make the baby normal. Needless to say, our highly scientific liberal friends were completely off the mark as to the use of the experimental drug and eventually the diarist figured out that she had made herself look like an idiot. Of course, no one mentioned the irony that the mother could have just chosen to abort or that it would have even been an option.

    The other one was a news report from Uganda or somewhere saying that one gay had been killed and another was missing. It went on to show that the head of the first victim was found in a latrine. Turns out that, yes, there was a murder, but the victims weren’t actually gay, so the diarist just apologized and nobody seemed concerned because the victim wasn’t gay.

    DailyKos needs the clicks, and the diaries are worth the laughs. People who can barely write a complete phrase are bashing the Tea Partiers for illiterate signs and wannabe Dem political consultants are postulating new memes to be spread about the GOP. Good times, GOOD TIMES!

  31. Laura
    July 8th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

    Kos getting banned from MSNBC is almost as funny as Keith Olbermann writing a GBCW diary and huffing away from Kos for a few days. ‘Course, he was there the following week to post his regular diary. Who else will publish what he writes?

    I’m a conservative who reads DailyKos and HuffPo daily. Couldn’t get through the day without a little liberal meta to keep me going.

    I especially love the chicken little diaries on Kos. There were two memorable ones this week. One diarist was claiming that evil right-wing Mengele like “Christianist” doctors were going to test all fetuses for homosexuality and if they tested positive, the mother would be given a drug called Dex, to make the baby normal. Needless to say, our highly scientific liberal friends were completely off the mark as to the use of the experimental drug and eventually the diarist figured out that she had made herself look like an idiot. Of course, no one mentioned the irony that the mother could have just chosen to abort or that it would have even been an option.

    The other one was a news report from Uganda or somewhere saying that one gay had been killed and another was missing. It went on to show that the head of the first victim was found in a latrine. Turns out that, yes, there was a murder, but the victims weren’t actually gay, so the diarist just apologized and nobody seemed concerned because the victim wasn’t gay.

    DailyKos needs the clicks, and the diaries are worth the laughs. People who can barely write a complete phrase are bashing the Tea Partiers for illiterate signs and wannabe Dem political consultants are postulating new memes to be spread about the GOP. Good times, GOOD TIMES!

  32. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 8:42 pm

    What is it with these damn polls! I think I need a drink.

    And gigi, I make plenty from advertising. I know who butters my toast. Thank heavens for liberal shills!

  33. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
    July 8th, 2010 @ 4:42 pm

    What is it with these damn polls! I think I need a drink.

    And gigi, I make plenty from advertising. I know who butters my toast. Thank heavens for liberal shills!

  34. Randy Rager
    July 9th, 2010 @ 2:32 am

    Markos? I feel nothing. Fuck him.

  35. Randy Rager
    July 8th, 2010 @ 10:32 pm

    Markos? I feel nothing. Fuck him.

  36. Estragon
    July 9th, 2010 @ 6:30 am

    Whoa, McCain! I thought you were the serious print journalist after the news . . . and yet you bring us the scoop that rats want cheese?

    Dude, at least soften us up with a little midweek Rule 5 material first!

  37. Estragon
    July 9th, 2010 @ 2:30 am

    Whoa, McCain! I thought you were the serious print journalist after the news . . . and yet you bring us the scoop that rats want cheese?

    Dude, at least soften us up with a little midweek Rule 5 material first!

  38. Kojocaro
    July 30th, 2010 @ 11:44 pm

    GG i did not know the short bus made drop offs today

  39. Kojocaro
    July 30th, 2010 @ 7:44 pm

    GG i did not know the short bus made drop offs today