"The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
~Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 20, 2016
It’s been a long, painful divorce for Joe Scarborough and Donald Trump. And it’s not over yet. The ex-lovebirds are still going at it.
@HillaryClinton is targeting key swing states today while Trump starts his day obsessed with cable news hosts while channeling Gawker. SAD!
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 22, 2016
Tried watching low-rated @Morning_Joe this morning, unwatchable! @morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2016
Neurotic and not very bright?
Look in the mirror. https://t.co/FPaqGW9JWv— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 22, 2016
Thanks for watching.
Morning Joe is enjoying it's best ratings ever thanks to obsessed fans like you. GLAD? https://t.co/FPaqGW9JWv— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 22, 2016
But Joe’s the bigger man and knows how to rise above all that:
The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost, for one, is super-impressed by Joe’s opting to take the high road.
And by “super-impressed,” we mean “rolling his eyes back up into his brain”:
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767810184999739400
Unfortunately for Joe — but happily for the rest of us — Cost was just getting started:
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767811257210724354
I remember that part of Mockingbird where Atticus moved to Connecticut and got himself a cable news show.
— Dean Clark (@earldean71) August 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767812420622487556
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767819424111947777
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767819674264494081
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767820351539732480
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767821159534657536
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767822269359984640
Hard to argue with that. But Scarborough’s giving it the old college try:
You're offended by Atticus Finch? Who's offended by Atticus Finch? Should I have a Kardashian up there instead? https://t.co/tfU77MD2Fg
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 22, 2016
Well …
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767826639078166528
Aw, snap.
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767828558056189952
Boy, can it! Wonder if Joe’s self-aware enough to realize how many people are mocking his latest attempt at self-righteousness.
We’re gonna go out on a limb and say nope. Not even a little bit:
dude
— 'seth (@toetyper) August 22, 2016
.@JayCostTWS I enjoy @JoeNBC's newfound moral outrage at Trump btw.. Joe was lathering him up for a year before the nomination
— Mike (@mike4libertyCA) August 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/andyndelaney/status/767812037162463233
if Atticus prosecuted Tom for half the trial and then switched sides when things got unpopular, then yes, this is apt.
— C. Richardson (@cmricha81) August 22, 2016
Everyone wants Atticus as their dad. I've never heard anyone say they wanted @joenbc for their father.
— Melanie (@supermod_l) August 22, 2016
A picture of Atticus? Really? LOL! "SAD!"
— JenBrooks (@JenBrooks727) August 22, 2016
@JayCostTWS Finch is respected by all. Certainly cannot say the same anymore about Scarborough. At minimum, Joe is no Atticus.
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/767837811219243013
Welp.
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/767827048228356096
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