Is something wrong with Joe Scarborough?

[Funtatlaguy]

Today was the 9th day in a row that he has missed.
Mika just says he “is off” each day or says nothing about him.
Usually they say where either one is or when they will be back on days they don’t host.

I just find it odd.
Maybe he has Covid and they don’t want to go public with it?
He and Mika do live in Florida where there are many outbreaks 😷.

[kentuck]

1. He's burned out and exhausted?

Like the rest of America?

[malaise]

2. I noticed that

He may have issues with one of his kids

[dem4decades]

3. I thought he lived in CT. Maybe he took two weeks off to be with his kids?

[Funtatlaguy]

8. I thought they moved from Connecticut to Florida after marriage.

[madaboutharry]

4. I think they live in Connecticut and normally work in the NY studio.

He wrote an editorial that was in yesterday's Washington Post.

I think he's fine, maybe he is doing something with his sons at a vacation home or something like that.

[PJMcK]

5. Of course there is something wrong with Scarborough

He's a Republican! Look at his history and you'll see his partisanship goes back decades.

His recent anti-Trump position is the result of Trump's attacks on him and his wife and, more importantly, because it brings in viewers.

Scarborough is a loud-mouthed bullshit hack. That's what's wrong with him.

[dem4decades]

16. The enemy of my enemy is a friend for now. Yes he'll go back to being a REpublican soon but

he still trolls Trump with the best of them.

[PJMcK]

18. Yep, you're right

The same with the founders of the Lincoln Project.

I love reading Rick Wilson's skewering of Trump.

I'm in awe of Steve Schmidt's patriotic attacks on Trump.

I'm even impressed with Mitt Romney's stance against Trump.

None of them will be our allies once Mr. Biden becomes president.

Let's get rid of Trump. Then the real war will commence.

[doc03]

6. Maybe he is as sick of talking about the

latest Trump outrage as we are about hearing it.

[oswaldactedalone]

7. The above two posts

are both accurate.

[Mike Nelson]

9. I think...

... they are both taking contracted vacation time. Opening with "...is off this morning" is BS. Willie did it all last week. It is a deceptive statement, because they know it's not just "this morning." They could say Joe and/or Mika are taking contracted days off, but they don't want viewers to stop tuning in every morning.

[lindysalsagal]

10. It's always possible they've soured on each other....

Not smart, airing your marriage publically like that. Can't either of them get reassigned or change networks? Is Mika only a 2nd chair to this fool? Can she navigate the tv news business herself?

[PCIntern]

12. That thought went through my mind but

She’s in a pretty good mood actually, given the news cycle. I think if they’re married were on the rocks she would be more visibly upset. She has real trouble concealing her emotions.

[JHB]

11. That's a trick question, isn't it?

Specifics may vary, but the answer is always "yes".

[JI7]

13. It's summer, don't they usually go on breaks. Especially around national holidays

like July 4th they would often take off for a week or 2 or longer ?

[ecstatic]

14. They do this all the time. Lol. nt

[Funtatlaguy]

15. 9 straight days off is quite a break.

[Captain Zero]

19. In America, yes.

nt

[quickesst]

17. I love these types of threads....

It's like karaoke night replacing sing alongs with goofy speculation. This does not apply to all respondents, but there are enough to make for a rather hilarious bit of entertainment. Bookmarked for future giggles as new theories arrive.

[Hortensis]

20. That they're not giving a day for return does suggest life is

doing its thing in some way(s), but he might be combining that with some time off.

After all, both conventions are coming up and all will need to be in their chairs then.

[Srkdqltr]

21. And he might have been beamed up on the latest alien ship. 😂😂😂😂 never to be seen again.