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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1060403" data-attributes="member: 1246">If a Right wing person had made this kind of joke, there would be big repercussions....The lib PC enforcers would go nuclear if a conservative cracked a gay joke about a Democrat.Via <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/john-heilemann-makes-lindsay-graham-joke-on-morning-joe-edited-out-of-8am-reair_b156605" target="_blank">TVNewser</a>:Just after 6am, on “Morning Joe” this morning, Joe, Mika and guest John Heilemann were talking about yesterday’sNew York Times article about “the three amigos” Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, who have bonded over the last decade through international travel putting themselves at the center of the foreign policy debate at home.

With Lieberman leaving the Senate, McCain and Graham have brought in another “amigo” SenatorKelly Ayotte. That prompted Heilemann to make a bad joke, at the expense of Graham:
“Heilemann: They need a third amigo at all times. So now they have — now two of the three are women — now at least one of the three are women.”

That drew hysterical laughter from Scarborough who had to turn his chair around. Mika Brzezinski took over and brought in Andrea Mitchell as Scarborough and Heilemann composed themselves.

The line was edited out of a re-air at 8amET.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=5w8pzMH6r98" target="_blank">MSNBC 11 28 2012 06 05 16 1 - YouTube</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1060403, member: 1246"] If a Right wing person had made this kind of joke, there would be big repercussions.... The lib PC enforcers would go nuclear if a conservative cracked a gay joke about a Democrat. Via [URL="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/john-heilemann-makes-lindsay-graham-joke-on-morning-joe-edited-out-of-8am-reair_b156605"]TVNewser[/URL]: [INDENT]Just after 6am, on “Morning Joe” this morning, Joe, Mika and guest John Heilemann were talking about yesterday’sNew York Times article about “the three amigos” Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, who have bonded over the last decade through international travel putting themselves at the center of the foreign policy debate at home. With Lieberman leaving the Senate, McCain and Graham have brought in another “amigo” SenatorKelly Ayotte. That prompted Heilemann to make a bad joke, at the expense of Graham: “Heilemann: They need a third amigo at all times. So now they have — now two of the three are women — now at least one of the three are women.” That drew hysterical laughter from Scarborough who had to turn his chair around. Mika Brzezinski took over and brought in Andrea Mitchell as Scarborough and Heilemann composed themselves. The line was edited out of a re-air at 8amET. [/INDENT] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5w8pzMH6r98]MSNBC 11 28 2012 06 05 16 1 - YouTube[/url] [/QUOTE]

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