Blowhard Joe Scarborough's Twitter makeover isn't fooling anybody (not even a little)

"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

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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

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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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