Joe Scarborough: Jon Stewart A "Very, Very Angry Guy," May Have "Napoleonic Complex"

Here's a great media feud for your Wednesday in June! In one corner, MSNBC's Starbucks-sponsored glee club, Morning Joe, and in the other corner, place-where-the-kids-get-their-news-these-days The Daily Show. See, it goes like this: Jon Stewart, as is his wont, made fun of the recent Morning Joe/Starbucks co-branding. And then Joe Scarborough got mad, because obviously their big show of Starbucks-loving was an over-the-top joke, of epic Del Closian dimensions, and surely there was someone at The Daily Show who could discern this. But Stewart and his writers chose to make sarcastic fun of Morning Joe again. It's almost as if the lesson here is that maybe if you go out of your way to set up jokes for professional comedy writers, they will hand you your ass, with humor!

Anyway, Joe Scarborough was on the air today "speaking out" on this again, because he's angry at Jon Stewart. Or maybe he's not! Maybe this is one big joke, and if you take it seriously, you're the big dumb jerk with no sense of humor! Who knows? There's an art to having it both ways, I guess. And, hey, for all I know, maybe this "feud" is all one big fake out like the Bruno-Eminem gag from the MTV Movie Awards. Maybe everybody on both shows planned for Jon and Joe to be taint-to-face at this very moment, for comedy. I know this makes me want to buy Starbucks coffee like it was going out of style, which it surely is, because of the recession.

Anyway, here's a video of Joe Scarborough calling Jon Stewart a "very, very, angry guy" with a "Napoleonic complex." Because he's short! Like Napoleon! The joke just works on so many levels. Truly, this is an evenly matched battle of wits.

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Comments

[Netizen]

Talk about projection ...

[Winthorpe]

I'm not holding it against Starbucks for trying to make an economical business decision.

I'm not sure why the quality of Starbucks coffee is relevant. As soon as another cafe gives me free Wifi, sells the New York Times and has hot women, I'm there.

[Bluedog12]

Joe needs to open his eyes...they are open... nevermind.

[DakotaMinnesota]

Projecting, Joe?

[wrencher]

Scarborough's book is about reinventing the Republican Party by getting social issues out of national politics. "I think we should be agnostic on those social issues. I'm still trying to understand what two gay guys do in Vermont have to do with my marriage in Florida."

On Hardball, Chris Matthews cornered Joe 2 days ago.

"What about two gay guys in Florida?"

Conservative Joe refuses to recognize that the individual citizen has Constitutional rights and protections no matter what state the citizen lives.

[learntofly]

No Starbucks for me either. Bad, Bad, Bad corporate decision to sponsor Morning Joe, Starbucks.

[Trittydi]

I always have a choice between Starbucks and Seattle's Best. Guess I know what to do.
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[pixit]

I watch Joe Scarborough reluctantly as it is--if he continues to go after Jon Stewart, I will never watch him again. I'm probably the only one that bothers, but makes me feel that my opinion just may count!

[MissingAmerica]

Jon Stewart is one of the two most factual people in the public eye.

[JakeMontero]

I saw John at an event two years ago. let's put it this way... he is not tall.

[Okieborn]

Sorry but Scarborough comes across as the real angry person !!

[Okieborn]

Jon Stewart 100% !!!
Joe Scarborough 0 %

[jennytaylia]

Sounds like he said this whilst looking into a mirror.......

[ignorantwillyharper]

Talk about a egotistical slob. Joe should have nothing more than a five watt radio show at the end of a pier in Pensacola Florida, giving out the fishing report and temperature.

[SiberianRat]

Joe is nowhere near Jon's league--not even close. I can't imagine why anyone would start their day with that blowhard and his lackies--yuck.

[Lexie]

Remember "Shoeless Joe"? This is "Humorless Joe." This is a big problem on the right - no sense of irony, no ability to laugh at themselves, and no real sense of humor. (They do laugh at other people's pain.)