Joe Scarborough is about to reinvent the wheel
HuffPo: Scarborough Attacks Palin, Agrees To Help Launch Centrist Civility Group
Howard Fineman
WASHINGTON -- TV's Joe Scarborough, who today dismissed Sarah Palin as a symbol of "anti-intellectualism" with a "dopey dream" of being president, will help headline the launch next month of a new national group dedicated to restoring civility in politics.
Scarborough, a Republican, former Florida congressman and host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, will participate in the debut event of "No Labels" on December 13 at Columbia University in New York.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also expected to take part, along with an array of other self-described centrists, including retiring Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Sen. Joe Lieberman, (I-Conn.), former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn), Los Angeles's Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Sen. Deb Stabenow (D-Mich.), former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman (R-N.J.) and former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.)
Um, Joe, there already is a "centrist civility group." It's called the Coffee Party USA.
Full disclosure--I'm the maintainer of coffeepartyusa. Speaking of which, it's time for me to stop doing more than rejecting spam and banning spammers and start posting material relevant to the comm.
A slightly different version originally posted to Daily Kos. Hey, I'm an environmentalist. I recycle.
Howard Fineman
WASHINGTON -- TV's Joe Scarborough, who today dismissed Sarah Palin as a symbol of "anti-intellectualism" with a "dopey dream" of being president, will help headline the launch next month of a new national group dedicated to restoring civility in politics.
Scarborough, a Republican, former Florida congressman and host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, will participate in the debut event of "No Labels" on December 13 at Columbia University in New York.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also expected to take part, along with an array of other self-described centrists, including retiring Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Sen. Joe Lieberman, (I-Conn.), former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn), Los Angeles's Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Sen. Deb Stabenow (D-Mich.), former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman (R-N.J.) and former Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.)
Um, Joe, there already is a "centrist civility group." It's called the Coffee Party USA.
Full disclosure--I'm the maintainer of coffeepartyusa. Speaking of which, it's time for me to stop doing more than rejecting spam and banning spammers and start posting material relevant to the comm.
A slightly different version originally posted to Daily Kos. Hey, I'm an environmentalist. I recycle.