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During a "Morning Joe" discussion on how "the media is far ahead of the rest of America on gay marriage," MSNBC commentator Donny Deutsch said "the country is not caught up to New York and L.A." "There are other social issues about women, such as women in the workplace, and to your point, and I agree, the country is not caught up to New York and L.A.," Deutsch said on Wednesday morning.

Noman had not heard of Donny Deutsch before Friday: a Gucci-goo Bruce Willis look-alike and advertising executive who sidelines as a talking head on MSNBC. That station is General Electric's everyday advertisement for all things Left. On "Morning Joe," with Joe Scarborough, Donny said something that made him famous even among people who would rather gargle with castor oil than be subjected to MSNBC's programming. Donny opined that what Occupy Wall Street needed was a Kent State incident, "a climax moment of class warfare somehow played out on screen." Power on the people rather than to them. It's just what...

Appearing on Tuesday's NBC Today, advertising executive Donny Deutsch and psychotherapist Robi Ludwig both agreed that the American people should not stop being "shocked" by political sex scandals. Deutsch declared: "...we have to stop being shocked and amazed....when men who are conquerors by nature also chase women....we as a society have got to become a little more anesthetized to this." Moments later, as Duetsch one again proclaimed, "Let's stop being shocked at this stuff!," Ludwig blamed American moral values for the attention the scandal received: "We're a very puritanical country and so we're a little bit sexually repressed. So on...

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. FDR's "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Meh. Not bad, but nothing compared with Barack Obama's announcement last night of the killing of Osama Bin Laden . . . at least, apparently, in the eyes of Donny Deutsch. Appearing on Morning Joe today, Deutsch said of President Obama's remarks "I have never seen a more commanding Commander-in-Chief." View video here.

On Morning Joe today, ad man Donny Deutsch called Glenn Beck a "despicable putz." For good measure, Deutsch also described Beck as "a disgusting human being." Deutsch was reacting to a clip of Beck from yesterday confirming that he was indeed leaving his Fox News show. Deutsch was clearly proud of his epithet, regretting that Pat Buchanan didn't respond to it in his subsequent comments. View video here.

With the Hamptons beach season looming, has Donny Deutsch let working on his abs get in the way of watching what's going on in the White House? If there's anything like a consensus in America, it's that Pres. Obama has gazed at the various crises in the country and the world . . . and ordered a shaved ice. Despite mounting evidence that PBO would have to raise his leadership level some notches in order to qualify as "feckless," on Morning Joe Deutsch today declared, referring to Pres. Obama, that "we've got some damn good leaders in this country." View...

Joe Scarborough did invite folks to "rub it in my face if I'm wrong," and there will surely be many who would like nothing better than to oblige him . . . Today's Morning Joe saw considerable consensus around the notion that Sarah Palin's response to the Arizona shootings "probably ended her political career." Donny Deutsch was first to float the notion. Joe Scarborough embraced and elaborated on the idea, and Jon Meacham briefly signalled his assent. View video after the jump.

Talk about your strange bedfellows . . . Both Pat Buchanan and Donny Deutsch have advocated the arrest of Pastor Terry Jones to prevent his possible burning of Korans and the danger to US troops such act would threaten. The paleo-conservative and the New York liberal made common cause on today's Morning Joe. They were outnumbered by Mika Brzezinski, Dan Senor and John Heilemann, all of whom opposed the arrest-the-pastor proposal on First Amendment grounds. Buchanan and Deutsch expressed disregard for the First Amendment implications. Buchanan asserted that if Pres. Obama were to follow his advice, conservatives would support him...

Was Mark Halperin just mugging, or was he really turned off by Donny Deutsch's antics on the set of Morning Joe today? Check the video and be the judge. Here's the background: on the show's August 6th edition [a clip of which was played today and is seen in the video here], Deutsch turned up in a tight black T-shirt and proceeded to spend much of his appearance flexing for the cameras. He ended his self-promoting performance by doing a set of push-ups as the closing comments rolled. Deutsch, apparently doing sartorial penance, appeared in a three-piece suit this morning....

How clueless can a guy who lives in Manhattan possibly be? Discussing the Afghanistan war on Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch claimed "people weren't clear why we were there in the first place." Uh, Donny . . . Fortunately, the ever-affable Willie Geist was there to diplomatically offer Deutsch a brief history lesson. View video here.

That Donny Deutsch and Harold Ford, Jr. would jump to defend a Democrat who made a hideously impolitic remark, whereas they would have skewered a Republican saying the same thing, is altogether predictable. What's remarkable was that Mark Halperin called them out on it. It happened on Morning Joe today in the context of Dem PA Rep. Paul Kanjorski's comment yesterday that a housing bill he was advocating helped "good, average Americans" and not "minorities" or "defective people." Halperin was first to comment, and actually launched a pre-emptive strike against the double-standard, observing "this is one of those instances where...

Like tar balls on a Pensacola beach, doubts about Pres. Obama's leadership are beginning to accumulate even among his most avid supporters appearing in the MSM. Today's Morning Joe gave two prime examples of the phenomenon in the persons of Jeffrey Sachs and Donny Deutsch. Both men are self-described Obama supporters. Yet each expressed disappointment at the lack of leadership the president has demonstrated on the oil spill and other issues. Columbia U. professor Sachs went first, sounding like a serious candidate for a Zoloft transfusion. View video here.

Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, who was at the center of this week's dumping of Donny Deutsch storyline, is having his say. When the segment was over, so was Donny's career on MSNBC though the ax didn't drop until the next day. Rule #1 in MSNBC-land: Never say anything bad about Keith or Ed or allow a guest to voice an unflattering opinion about them no matter how widely shared across the country. And there we have the reason for MSNBC's dismal ratings. For most viewers interested in real, vigorous, entertaining debate about serious political issues built on sustained...

Someone should ask Chrissy Matthews what he now thinks of purges on the right after this little tantrum from Keith Olbermann: A week-long anchoring stint on MSNBC by Donny Deutsch ended abruptly on Wednesday, and four people briefed on the decision said the cancellation stemmed from an unflattering mention of that channel's No. 1 anchor, Keith Olbermann, a day earlier. Mr. Deutsch had labeled his hour on MSNBC "America the Angry," and Mr. Olbermann was shown briefly in a series of clips of media bloviators during a segment that pondered what role the media plays in fomenting the public's anger....

New conservative spectator sport: watching MSM liberals lock horns over ObamaCare . . . Today's Morning Joe offered a hugely-entertaining example. Larry O'Donnell, speaking from the Olympian heights of his omniscience of the legislative process, mercilessly condescended to Donny Deutsch. Ad-man Deutsch had earlier twice "guaranteed" that ObamaCare would pass. When O'Donnell appeared, he in so many words said Deutsch was so blissfully ignorant of the process that he didn't understand just what trouble the bill is in. View video here.

Compliments sometimes come from strange places, but you'll take them where you can get them, no? It seems that Fox News' March 10 "Glenn Beck" program, in which host Glenn Beck interviewed former Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., captured the attention of both the left and the right. And it may have even put to rest some of the misconceptions about Beck, which are mostly generated by outfits that operate with just out-of-context sound bites. "Let me tell you something," "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough said on his March 11 program. "[Beck] was not on his heels. He just - he...

Even though, the day after it aired on the Super Bowl broadcast, the consensus on the Focus on the Family advertisement featuring former Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow was that it wasn't as bad as the left had feared, at least one person that isn't going to let it go. On MSNBC's Feb. 8 "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough made the point that the TV spot played during the Feb. 7 game was inoffensive and painted the opponents of it as being upset about nothing. "One other thing too, talking about the soft touch - Focus on...

Surely no one would be foolish enough to defend Harry Reid's statement analogizing ObamaCare opponents to those who resisted the abolition of slavery, right? Um, may I introduce you to Donny Deutsch? On Morning Joe today, the ad man suggested to RNC Chairman Michael Steele that there was nothing wrong with Reid's analogy. When Steele didn't deign to dignify Deutsch's absurdity with a response, a nasty little stand-off ensued . . . View video here.

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Quite douchetastic, although I’m not sure why I feel that way. Is it because he’s directing this at a married woman and “I hope you get divorced” jokes simply aren’t that funny? Is it because he’s the guy who notoriously attributed her popularity to her sex appeal, which makes this feel less like flirtation than an attempt to belittle someone with whom he disagrees politically? Or is it because the dude just exudes A-hole for whatever reason? Speaking of media flirtations, my very favorite liberal has some relevant thoughts: I’m no fan of the former governor of Alaska, but as...

Are liberals less racist and/or more knowledgeable about racism than others? Donny Deutsch evidently thinks so. On MSNBC this afternoon, Deutsch asked a black academic to give him an example of racism he'd encountered because "as liberal as I am, I can't understand because I've never walked in your shoes." Prof. James Peterson of Bucknell was a guest in MSNBC's 4 PM EDT hour, during which Deutsch served as sidekick/kibitzer to host Tamron Hall. Peterson was in to comment on this evening's impending beer fest among Pres. Obama, Sgt. Crowley and Prof. Gates. View video here.

Daily Kos user aggregatescience reported that MSNBC / CNBC’s Donny Deutsch has called for a boycott of Glenn Beck’s advertisers due to Beck’s asinine claim that President Obama is a racist. Deutch announced the charge on his show, The Big Idea: DEUTSCH: He called this president a ‘racist’ and a ‘hatred of white people’, okay? This has to stop. Here’s the only way this stops. The reason this man does this, this Glenn Beck does this, is because it attracts viewers, it creates controversy… If you’re an African-American or white American who’s tired of this kind of talk, write to...

It's the kind of astute analysis you'd expect from MSNBC - the place for the politics. CNBC regular and MSNBC fill-in anchor Donny Deutsch solved the mystery behind the media's fascination with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. According to the former advertising executive, it has nothing to do with her stance on several hot-button issues - an advocate of gun rights, a pro-life stance on abortion, pro-exploration and drilling for oil and concerned about the fiscal policies of President Barack Obama. Instead, he contended, it is her sexual appeal that held the media's attention - and not just from a...

Here is video of MSNBC host Donny Deutsch today saying the fascination people have with Gov. Sarah Palin is because "she is the first woman in power who has sexual appeal. Men and women don't know how to process this." Deutsch was talking to three women and his co-host said it was "insane" to minimize Palin's appeal to "hotness." Nora O'Donnell said there are some men attracted to her only because of that, but she said her appeal goes beyond that. Deutsch was continuing the mainstream media's desire to diminish who Sarah Palin is. They will not accept that millions...

It's the kind of astute analysis you'd expect from MSNBC - the place for the politics. CNBC regular and MSNBC fill-in anchor Donny Deutsch solved the mystery behind the media's fascination with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. According to the former advertising executive, it has nothing to do with her stance on several hot-button issues - an advocate of gun rights, a pro-life stance on abortion, pro-exploration and drilling for oil and concerned about the fiscal policies of President Barack Obama. Instead, he contended, it is her sexual appeal that held the media's attention - and not just from a...

In the grand scheme of things, Donny Deutsch's radical prescription for health care might not count for much. Just a former-ad-man-turned-pundit spouting off. But let's consider. Deutsch is well-off and presumably harbors no electoral ambitions. He is free to say whatever's on his mind. And he is immersed in the liberal media-political culture. Is Deutsch giving voice to the radicalism that Obama/Pelosi/Waxman harbor but dare not fully express? Appearing on Morning Joe today, Deutsch offered a two-part plan for health care: 1. Make the rich pay for it: "I'm an extremist. I'm for redistribution of wealth." 2. "Outlaw tobacco." View...

VIDEO: Arianna Huffington and Donny Deutsch attack Sarah Palin for the Letterman Willow Palin rape jokes. Watch, http://www.butasforme.com/2009/06/12/huffington-blames-palin-for-letterman-rape-joke/

Hmm, I wonder what's changed? Former ad man turned pundit Donny Deutsch has proclaimed that "positivity" is the new in thing for the media—"the new black" as he puts it. Deutsch appeared with Tom Brokaw on today's Morning Joe. The former NBC anchor was touting his new USA Network series, "American Character Along Highway 50," featuring encounters with "real Americans" he enounters on the road. That set Deutsch off on his paean to positivity. View video here.

Want a little populist outrage? There's nothing like hearing it from a multi-millionaire advertising mogul with a spot on CNBC. Donny Deutsch, the host of "The Big Idea," a show the network has shelved, explained to viewers on the March 25 broadcast of "CNBC Reports" he wants measures put in place to keep prevent people he regards as "idiots" from making $10 million a year. "The issue is even now, with the new asset program, basically if it works, the taxpayer's taking up all the risk," Deutsch said. "God forbid it doesn't work, taxpayers are really going to take it...

DONNY Deutsch shouldn't expect much from Santa Claus this Christmas, if St. Nick really knows who's been naughty or nice. The advertising mogul, whose CNBC show "The Big Idea" was put on hiatus last week, has allegedly been fooling around with a married woman - and they got caught. Sources say hedge-fund manager Andrew Sandler, whose father, Harvey, founded Sandler Capital Management in 1980, grew suspicious of his wife, Lisa, with whom he has two children, and hired a private detective a few weeks ago. The private eye shadowed the attractive blonde until he was able to take surveillance photos...

Ann Coulter has again become the focus of controversy. This time she is in hot water for an interview with MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch, in which she claimed that Christians are perfected Jews, and that the country would be better if everyone converted to Christianity. The response was loud and immediate, and it came from all sides – even other conservative pundits such as Michael Savage (who is Jewish, but in his book The Savage Nation has defended the Catholic Church from charges of anti-Semitism) weighed in against her. I found a copy of the video and transcript here. Now, I’m...

The Anti-Defamation League strongly condemns Ann Coulter for her anti-Semitic comment that Christians "want Jews to be perfected" in an interview with Donny Deutsch on CNBC's "The Big Idea." During her October 8 appearance, Coulter suggested that Jews should convert, adding that, "we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say. … That's what Christianity is." Ann Coulter may be a political pundit but she clearly knows very little about religious theology and interfaith issues...

When my friend Ann Coulter came to see us in studio on Friday she mentioned the blind-siding that she had just experienced with Danny Deutsch of CNBC. In her own words, he led her down this path to ask her what the world would look like if she had the chance to be for sake of a better way of putting it Queen for the day. She relayed to me then that what unfolded she was truly taken off guard by. Ann had done Deutsch's show previously. They are philosophical opposites on almost everything yet had always maintained a healthy...

Political commentator Ann Coulter is taking on former President Bill Clinton's sexuality. In a taped segment on Tuesday night's edition of CNBC's "The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch," Coulter said that she believes the former president's behavior shows "some level of latent homosexuality."

Talk about appearing blindfolded before a kangaroo court. Then again, CBS newsman-turned-author Bernard Goldberg might not have recalled before appearing last night on CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" that the host was a lead member of the Clinton/Gore communications team in 1992. "I've been doing this a long, long time, and I have never, ever, ever, never -- I could say never and ever 10 more times -- experienced what I just went through," Mr. Goldberg told Inside the Beltway late yesterday after he taped the show, which is to air tonight, from Miami. "Deutsch disagreed with everything,...