Joe Scarborough Awkwardly Reminds Us Why MSNBC Has a Vacancy In the First Place.

Last week, we related how things were looking up for Joe Scarborough as far as becoming the Don Imus' official morning-radio replacement. Good numbers and positive reviews had made Joe the seeming heir-apparent.

Of course, that was before this morning, when Scarborough, holding forth on the topic of potential Presidential candidate Fred Thompson's young wife, dropped in a little off-color metaphor that may work against the attempt to class up Imus' old digs. Please to listen to the relevant portion by clicking the above image.

As Hamlet might ask: Do we think he meant Scarborough Country matters? We don't know. That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs.

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