NBC’s Curry Chides ‘Disrespectful’ Republicans Not Attending Obama’s Speech
Talking to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry fretted over a handful of congressional Republicans declining to attend President Obama's upcoming jobs speech to a joint session of Congress: “At least three Republicans are not going to be in the audience….is this disrespectful to the office of the president, Joe?” Scarborough responded: “I don't know if it's disrespectful. I don't think it's very smart ….Americans want to see these two sides working together. Now, that may not excite the base, but that's exactly where middle America is.” Curry turned to analysis of Wednesday's Republican debate and wondered: “Did Rick Perry say what he needed to say to maintain his momentum, as he's now currently the leading candidate?” Scarborough gave a harsh review: I don't think so. I think Rick Perry's biggest problem is going to be the Social Security issue. He keeps calling it a Ponzi Scheme. Now, if you want to say Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme and this is what we need to do to fix it, that's fine. But he doesn't do that….I don't care what primary you're running in, I don't care how powerful the Tea Party is, that's going to spell problems throughout this election cycle. Later, Scarborough went so far as to predict the downfall of Perry's candidacy: “The question is, does Rick Perry survive a month or two? I don't know that he does. I think Mitt Romney's people are very happy with where they are right now.” Here is a full transcript of the September 8 segment: 7:13AM ET
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