# Joe Scarborough drops F-bomb on live air **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030 "2008-11-10T13:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/21 "2008-11-10T15:15:11Z")
Ah well, if it’s a censorship-loving Republican then I can savor a bit of irony. But not to the point where it becomes a _tu quoque_, because what I’d really like is a world with more freedom in the airwaves, where tender-eared adults are expected to put on their big-girl panties and grow the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/22 "2008-11-10T15:16:46Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > An excellent example of argument from ignorance. While you give him points, he is working hard to undermine gay rights, opposition to the war, and Obama’s pending administration. Oh, there simply aren’t enough :rolleyes:s in the world. I don’t know enough about the man to form an opinion either way. What the hell value do you think my “points” are worth? Hint: nothing. I’m just saying that it’s nice to see someone who doesn’t give a fuck about such things as, well, fuck. [QUOTE=Simplicio] As to the issue, MSNBC doesn’t seem to care, Scarborough doesn’t seem to care, the feds don’t seem to care, the only person who gives a damn about this seems to be the OP. [/QUOTE] Exactly. Must be a slow news day. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/23 "2008-11-10T15:18:31Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > He runs a light morning news show. Like Imus in the morning except slightly more highbrow and current events oriented. Nothing like O’Reilly. Indeed Joe comes across as pretty moderate in the show (though I haven’t watched it in months), I don’t know if he’s moderated his views since his congress days or if he just tones it down to keep with the lighter tone of the show. > > There’s also kind of a creepy dynamic where he and the other male co-host constantly flirt with ex-NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter, who is also a co-host. Aside from that ,I don’t really get the hate for Scarborough. He’s certainly less nutty then most other conservative cable news guys. > > As to the issue, MSNBC doesn’t seem to care, Scarborough doesn’t seem to care, the feds don’t seem to care, the only person who gives a damn about this seems to be the OP. So that’s where Nyka(?) comes from, and Willie reminds me of my brother. I cant believe I missed it! I like to watch MJ, and SquawkBOx. Fox and Friends has the big mouth who almost said Asshole today (he must’ve been up on joes bomb) and made a funny, with Gretchen trying to hide her thighs, those gals are always twisting on the couch in their short skirts, Robin meade is cool too, but she is solo and whips her weather boy all the time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/24 "2008-11-10T15:20:52Z")
Joe on Reverend Wright, day after frigging day: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/itQJesu5Rmc/hqdefault.jpg "Morning Joe to Obama: START TELLING THE TRUTH") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQJesu5Rmc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1ehRrX7c41U/hqdefault.jpg "Morning Joe - Barack Obama LIES AGAIN " The View "") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ehRrX7c41U) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZX8qktblw) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/25 "2008-11-10T15:22:45Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Hey, **Lib** , looks like we were comparing notes there. 😃 Yeah, we see it pretty much the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/26 "2008-11-10T15:27:19Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Well, enjoy. I hope you’re a Republican who supported McCain and loves Sarah Palin, because if you’re not, Joe hates you. That’s all well and good, but this thread is about him saying “fuck” on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/27 "2008-11-10T15:29:27Z")
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > I don’t know enough about the man to form an opinion either way. Then why don’t you ask questions, or else leave the conversation to those of us who do know him? I mean, what’s the point of elbowing your way in just to complain about me putting this in the Pit? Is it your Pit or something? Anticipating reactions like yours are exactly why I put it here. So why don’t you just fuck off? More likely, you’ll respond with some self-righteous and ignorant slam. But either way, if you’re not interested in this, there’s no point in trolling the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/28 "2008-11-10T15:31:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > That’s all well and good, but this thread is about him saying “fuck” on the air. No, it’s about hoping he gets canned for saying it. Hence: “Fuck you, Joe. And here’s hoping the FCC fines you a million dollars, and MSNBC sends you and your butt-lickers to Fox News where you belong.” ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/29 "2008-11-10T15:36:29Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Then why don’t you ask questions, or else leave the conversation to those of us who do know him? I mean, what’s the point of elbowing your way in just to complain about me putting this in the Pit? Is it your Pit or something? Anticipating reactions like yours are exactly why I put it here. So why don’t you just fuck off? More likely, you’ll respond with some self-righteous and ignorant slam. But either way, if you’re not interested in this, there’s no point in trolling the thread. My mistake, I thought the subject of this thread was “Joe Scarborough drops F-bomb on live air,” not “Joe Scarborough is a douchebag, and here’s something he did this morning that no one except me cares about.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/30 "2008-11-10T15:38:19Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > The “f-bomb”? I thought it was an evil new weapon, like the a-bomb or n-bomb. Turns out it was just some dude saying “fuck”. fuck fuck fuck. Who gives a fuck? _You shouldn’t say ‘fuck,’ no, you shouldn’t say ‘fuck,’ fuck, no!_ -SP:BL&U As best as I can recall, “the F-bomb” worked its way into U.S. broadcast parlance in the early part of the decade, as a way of referring on air to someone having said ‘fuck’ without having to say ‘fuck’ whilst pointing that out. I agree that it’s a pretty stupid expression. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/31 "2008-11-10T15:40:44Z")
someone needs to mix in a little decaf. I don’t necessarily agree with his politics, either, **Lib** , but I can still appreciate a good f-bomb. Apparently, it wasn’t the first time, either. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l6ES4P2QgkQ/hqdefault.jpg "Scarborough Drops The F-Bomb") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ES4P2QgkQ) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/32 "2008-11-10T15:46:15Z")
Wasn’t \*\*Lib \*\*trying to tell us the other day how the right wing is always manufacturing outrage? I guess they have some company. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/33 "2008-11-10T15:54:26Z")
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > My mistake, I thought the subject of this thread was “Joe Scarborough drops F-bomb on live air,” not “Joe Scarborough is a douchebag, and here’s something he did this morning that no one except me cares about.” Yeah, no one else is talking about it, other than everyone from Huffington Post to Daily Kos. > [@Great Dave](#): > > I don’t necessarily agree with his politics, either, Lib, but I can still appreciate a good f-bomb. Apparently, it wasn’t the first time, either. Yep. My favorite vid is Rachel Maddow ripping him a new asshole. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g4v7Yu1-kGY/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/g4v7Yu1-kGY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque I think that clip highlights his passive-aggressive style. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/34 "2008-11-10T16:03:36Z")
at 1:12 or so into it, right after he called a timeout and Nyka is saying come to mommy, did he say he may have been the one on ambien? And why is he worried about his wife killing him and someone said she is worse than the FCC? they run a very loose ship that is why its fun to watch! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/35 "2008-11-10T16:04:15Z")
I love hearing Maddow say “President-elect Barack Obama.” It will only improve after Jan 20. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/36 "2008-11-10T16:13:30Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Proof that “Fuck you” really can leave a Scar. Mike Barnacle’s reaction was hilarious. Disappointing, in my opinion. I expected him to respond with list of six other words Joe shouldn’t say on television. The man is slipping. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/37 "2008-11-10T16:26:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > No, it’s about hoping he gets canned for saying it. Hence: “Fuck you, Joe. And here’s hoping the FCC fines you a million dollars, and MSNBC sends you and your butt-lickers to Fox News where you belong.” Yes, but isn’t criticizing someone - even someone you don’t like - for something you don’t necessarily disapprove of a little disingenuous? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/38 "2008-11-10T16:32:38Z")
I get that he’s a douchebag…but I don’t care about this. I don’t want him to suffer _for this_ because I wouldn’t want Keith Olbermann to suffer for it if he let it slip. I think we should agree that after all, they are just words. So we shouldn’t roast him for this. We should roast the fucker for all the other stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/39 "2008-11-10T16:33:15Z")
I must be a bad Democrat, because I thought it was funnier than fuck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/40 "2008-11-10T16:36:25Z")
> [@chela](#): > > at 1:12 or so into it, right after he called a timeout and Nyka is saying come to mommy, did he say he may have been the one on ambien? Yeah. It’s an inside joke on the show. Whenever Mika says anything nice about Obama, Joe blurts out that she’s “in the tank” for Obama and has been mixing ambien with vodka. > [@Alessan](#): > > Yes, but isn’t criticizing someone - even someone you don’t like - for something you don’t necessarily disapprove of a little disingenuous? The point isn’t to criticize him. The point is my delight in seeing someone who spent a whole year trashing Obama (and his wife, I might add) fucking up in such a manner. Remember when a fatigued Obama mentioned going to all 52 states? Joe yakked about that for two days. If you don’t share in my joy, that’s okay. But I don’t know why you would begrudge it, especially since Joe would hate you if he knew you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030.md?page=3)