Way to go MSNBC

Is it true that Roger Ailles and Rupert Murdoch of Fox are the biggest supporters of the format at MSNBC? Is it also true that Ailles and Murdoch are sending scripts over to MSNBC? If that's true can you really blame Roger and Rupert? It's what I would do. Look at the ratings.

I also understand that MSNBC hosts; Matthews, Maddow, Perry, Sharpton, Schultz, Hayes, even Jr. college drop-out Toure, are all undergoing major facial surgery. They are all undergoing surgery to have their jaws and face cheeks enlarged. These surgeries are being performed to make it easier for these MSNBC hosts to insert their feet into their mouths.

I'm wondering why Comcast doesn't sell the MSNBC network to the HBO comedy network. In that way the hosts at MSNBC can join up with Pig Maher, and just maybe improve ratings. Of course Fox is thoroughly enjoying the scenarios at MSNBC.

Someone should tell Comcast that Howard Stern and Don Rickles are only people that can make a great living out of verbally attacking people. I guess Comcast believes the more ridiculous that the hosts of MSNBC become the more people will tune into their network. WRONG!

MSNBC has become the laughing stock of cable news. How bad is it when a network has to hire an "executive" whose sole job is to review the scripts of all BEFORE they go on air.  Now that should tell you how afraid Comcast is right about now.

It seems that all MSNBC does is apologize, suspend, and even at times fire their hosts. Olberman, Bashir, and Baldwin are the latest. Strong rumors are that Perry is already packing up her desk.

But let's give them some redeeming kudos. For me they are a source of humor and a good laugh occasionally. I can't wait for their 6:00 P.M. show with Al Sharpton.  He makes many of us just guffaw with laughter. Does he really think he's anything more than a good laugh?

I get a rise out of Sgt. Schultz too. He's under investigation for taking payouts from Unions, and he expects all of us to take him serious when he leans into the camera and spouts lies. Oh, yeah, he was suspended for firing a slur at one of Fox's hosts. Way to go Sgt.

But maybe my favorite is the infamous leg -tingle man Chrissy Matthews.  His career and his attitude both went down fast when NBC gave Tim Russert's job to Dave Gregory instead of Chrissy.  Isn't it something that he'll go down in news history as the man who gets a tingle in his leg when Obama speaks? 

And Fox is just loving this. Seventeen years ago the "experts" claimed that Fox wouldn't last six months. Today Fox has ratings higher than CNN and MSNBC combined, yes combined. Don't you guys at Comcast ever wonder why? Oh well, it's too late now.

On behalf of Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, and the entire Fox organization let me say a very big and heartfelt THANK YOU to MSNBC. Keep it up; you're doing great, and we appreciate you.

And that's Politics with Pete for today...God bless our country...and our troops