# Joe and Mika, sittin' in a tree...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857 "2017-05-04T14:59:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/1 "2017-05-04T14:59:59Z")
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
Wow, I had no idea. I watch their show periodically when I wake up early and can’t get back to sleep (it’s on 3-6AM on the Left Coast). Story here:
[Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged, NBC confirms](https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-scarborough-mika-brzezinski-engaged-nbc-confirms-115744236.html)
I wonder if he’ll let her get a word in edgewise at home! 🙂
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/2 "2017-05-04T15:53:32Z")
Didn’t see it coming but I wish them the best. For a Republican, Scarborough isn’t that bad.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/3 "2017-05-04T19:09:22Z")
Yeah, he’d be an odd duck in The House these days. Which is a shame!
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/4 "2017-05-04T19:12:30Z")
Last week they were both MIA, rumor was they were having some sort of fight. They re-emerged a couple of days ago and didn’t look blissful to me. I’m thinking someone was demanding a ring in exchange for nookie.
Mika got divorced fairly recently and then the stories came out about her and Joe. I doubt it’s a coincidence.
Also, he’s way taller than her, I wonder how they have anal sex?
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/5 "2017-05-04T19:21:00Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Also, he’s way taller than her, I wonder how they have anal sex?
You should start a thread!! 😃
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### Author:  [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/6 "2017-05-04T20:23:34Z")
HuffPost made the embarrassing error of announcing this as “Joe and Mike”… but it’s the 21st century, so no one noticed.
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### Author:  [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/7 "2017-05-04T20:41:19Z")
I don’t think Mika would put up with that.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/8 "2017-05-04T20:47:34Z")
Puts a whole new spin on Reverse Polish Notation!
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### Author:  [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/9 "2017-05-04T22:36:52Z")
Mika is gratingly obnoxious on ‘Morning Joe’. That’s all I know.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/10 "2017-05-04T22:46:07Z")
She’s there so the boys don’t get TOO out of line.
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### Author:  [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/11 "2017-05-04T22:50:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> She’s there so the boys don’t get TOO out of line.
Yeah Joe reminds me of Chris Matthews in one way: he talks over _everybody_.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/12 "2017-05-05T14:05:36Z")
Joe is a narcissist and Mika is a neurotic rug. They’re perfect for each other.
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/13 "2017-05-05T15:16:24Z")
This is basically an Aaron Sorkin show become reality. So, we can expect a lot of behind the scenes drama, tortured speeches about freedom of expression, embarassing public squabbles in which Scarborough just realizes he said something totally inappropriate on camera when read out of context, Brezinski having some kind of angry fit hat turns out to be not at all what she claimed it was ostensibly about, a sage elder giving a “The only thing you need to do to make me happy…” speech, someone making chicken noises to goad another into action, an underling refusing to acknowledge suppressed trauma causing her to act in bizarre and unprofessional fashion, a paranthetical reference to _All About Eve_, and premature cancellation requiring a rushed, all-too-neat resolution to the tangled mess of unresolved plot threads. [Here’s the supercut of the inevitable future of their relationship.](https://youtu.be/S78RzZr3IwI)
Yet another reason to avoid MSNBC like the pneumonic plague.
Stranger
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### Author:  [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/14 "2017-05-05T15:28:14Z")
I’ve always wondered why Mika was still on that show. I guess she’s more entertaining off the air than on. What? Too soon? 😃
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/15 "2017-05-07T06:32:50Z")
Ha! Just watched SNL, and they did the cold open on this subject.
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### Author:  [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/16 "2017-05-07T17:08:16Z")
I’m glad to see they finally announced, I’ve suspected they had something going for years. Since the engagement, I’ve read that it’s been the best kept secret in television.
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/17 "2017-05-07T17:55:01Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Ha! Just watched SNL, and they did the cold open on this subject.
McKinnon nails the [air of smug disdain and insouciant pretentiousness](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZXNqic_Zi8) of Mika Brzezinski down to the smallest mannerisms. I’m seriously torn between her or Tracey Ullman as the greatest working female impressionist.
Stranger
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/18 "2017-05-07T17:57:43Z")
She is amazing. And yeah, her Mika was spot on!!
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-and-mika-sittin-in-a-tree/785857/19 "2017-05-07T18:07:46Z")
> [@Dusty\_Rose](#):
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> I’m glad to see they finally announced, I’ve suspected they had something going for years. Since the engagement, I’ve read that it’s been the best kept secret in television.
I kind of thought it was sort of an open secret, but I mentally filed it as a non-story since they were both single. Although I’m sure there was some drama about why they both became single.
I’m I the only one that remembers Trump threatening to “spill the beans” on Joe and Mika?
And I think Mika’s ex James Hoffer is way better looking than Joe.