"How could you possibly be so stupid?"
I don't know about you, but I always love watching when Joe Scarborough gets his ass kicked. His points of view aren't too far off of the other right-wing bobbleheads; it's just that he's such a hack. It seems like the whole job is to lift O'Reilly's talking points from the previous day and conduct a segment with a fellow wingnut and someone with an opposing viewpoint. Scarborough and the other wingnut then take turns shouting over the other guest every time they take a breath. It's two on one Hannity attacks, with Hannity's pitbull replaced by a pair of fearsome attack weasels.
So I really enjoy it when someone really shows up loaded for bear and gives him hell. Check out this exchange when the co-wingnut's technical expertise comes up a little bit light.
So I really enjoy it when someone really shows up loaded for bear and gives him hell. Check out this exchange when the co-wingnut's technical expertise comes up a little bit light.
DANIELS: Doctor, was a CAT scan -- Doctor, your critics would ask you, was a CAT scan used? Was an MRI taken? Were any of these tests taken?And of course, Joe gets his too.
CRANFORD: You don't know the answer to that? The CAT scan was done in 1996, 2002. We spent a lot of time in court showing the irreversible -- you don't have copies of those CAT scans? How can you say that?
The CAT scans are out there, distributed to other people. You have got to look at the facts. The CAT scan is out there. It shows severe atrophy of the brain. The autopsy is going to show severe atrophy of the brain. And you're asking me if a CAT scan was done? How could you possibly be so stupid?
CRANFORD: Absolutely. Maxfield said it was improved. And Judge Greer didn't buy it because the others said it wasn't improved. It was probably worse than it was before.
SCARBOROUGH: Is he a charlatan also?
CRANFORD: Yes. Maxfield is an HBO [hyperbaric oxygen], vasodilator -- look it up, Joe. See what vasodilator does. See what hyperbaric oxygen, see in these cases, and you tell me they are not charlatans. Just because you don't agree with me -- I don't call everybody a charlatan. I'm not calling Cheshire [who has argued that Terri Schiavo is not in a persistent vegetative state] a charlatan. I think he's a reputable neurologist. I think he examined her, he interviewed her. So, just because I disagree, I don't call them charlatans. But you have got your facts so far off that it's unbelievable, Joe. You don't have any idea what you are talking about. You've never been at the bedside of these patients. And this will come out in the next three to five years about this condition and starvation.






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It isn't Richard Cheshire, it's William Cheshire. Is that yours or your source's?
William Cheshire is a right-wing Christian activist, calls himself an ethicist, and I call him a charlatan in this case.
Thanks! The name was in the source material, and I can't tell for sure without a full transcript. (MSNBC hasn't posted it yet.) I've removed the first name, and I'll update it when MSNBC posts their transcript.
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