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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Scarborough Joe Scarborough Joe Scarborough Early life and education Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Scarborough graduated from Pensacola Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida (although he is not a Catholic). He received a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1985 and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1990.[1] He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991.[1] Scarborough taught high school and practiced law in Pensacola.[2] During this time he wrote and produced CDs with his band, Dixon Mills.[3] In 1993, Michael F. Griffin’s family requested that Scarborough represent him at his trial for the murder of abortion provider Dr. David Gunn. As a young civil law attorney, Scarborough wasn’t qualified to defend him in that case but he did help them find a criminal defense attorney and helped shield the family from the media exposure, pro bono.[4] Scarborough’s first major foray into politics was assisting with a petition drive in late 1993 opposing a 65 percent increase in the City of Pensacola’s property taxes. During the drive he made numerous contacts which would prove valuable in his upcoming congressional race.[2] Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida’s 1st district In office January 3, 1995–September 5, 2001 Preceded by Succeeded by Born Political party Spouse Profession Religion Earl Hutto Jeff Miller April 9, 1963 (1963-04-09) Atlanta, Georgia Republican Melanie Hinton (div.) Susan Waren Attorney, currently television host Baptist Congressional career In 1994, Scarborough won the Republican Party nomination for Florida’s 1st congressional district, which came open after the incumbent Democrat Earl Hutto did not run for reelection. He defeated the Democratic candidate, Pensacola attorney Vinnie Whibbs, son of well respected former Pensacola mayor Vince Whibbs, with 61 percent of the vote, becoming the first Republican to represent the 1st since its formation in 1903 (it was the 3rd District from 1903 to 1963), as well as the first freshman Republican to represent part of the Florida Panhandle since 1879. The 1st had turned into one of the most conservative regions of the state. It has not supported a Democrat for president since 1960, but conservative Democrats won most offices well into the 1990s. As a measure of how conservative this area of Florida had become, Charles Joseph "Joe" Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is an American cable news host and former politician. He is currently the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, and had previously hosted Scarborough Country on the same channel. Scarborough served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 as a Republican from the 1st district of Florida. Biography 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scarborough was reelected with 72 percent of the vote in 1996. In 1998 and 2000, he was opposed by only a write-in candidate. Like most freshmen Republicans elected during the 1994 Republican takeover of the House led by Newt Gingrich, Scarborough was regarded as a reliable conservative. He was a part of a small group of Republican congressmen the National Journal said possessed a surprising amount of power given their youth and lack of years in Congress. He received a 95 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union.[5] He signed the Contract with America. Scarborough served on the Armed Services, Judiciary, Government Reform, and Education committees. In 1998, he was named Chairman of the Civil Service Committee. Scarborough was one of a group of about 40 freshmen Republican legislators who dubbed themselves the "New Federalists" after the Federalist Papers. Scarborough was elected Political Director of the incoming legislators. The New Federalists called for sweeping cuts in the U.S. government, including plans to "privatize, localize, consolidate, [or] eliminate"[6] the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy and Housing and Urban Development, but were largely unsuccessful in their goals. Gingrich tapped Scarborough to head a Republican task force on education, and Scarborough declared, "Our goal is to get as much money, power and authority out of Washington and get as much money, power and authority into the classroom as possible."[2] Scarborough supported a number of prolife positions while in Congress including legislation that made it a crime to harm a fetus during the commission of other crimes. Scarborough sponsored a bill to force the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations after a four-year transition[6] and voted to make the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "self-sufficient"[7] by eliminating federal funding. He also voted for the "Medicare Preservation act of 1995,"[8] which cut the projected growth of Medicare by $270 billion over ten years, and against the "Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996,"[9] which raised the minimum wage to $5.15. Scarborough had a conservative voting record on economic, social, and foreign policy issues, but was seen as moderate on environmental issues and human rights Joe Scarborough causes (including closing the School of the Americas and Lori Berenson).[2] [US Congressman Joe Scarborough] heard about Lori Berenson on an NPR broadcast. He went to Peru and spent a day at her second trial. He watched the prosecutors and the judges working together, heard the evidence and decided that she had done nothing that would have convicted her in a U.S. court. Even a repentant terrorist, who was to have been the strongest witness, said Berenson was not a member of MRTA and gave no help at all. Scarborough thought the court had to conclude she was not a terrorist leader.[10] While in Congress, Scarborough received a number of awards, including the "Friend of the Taxpayer Award" from Americans for Tax Reform; the "Guardian of Small Business Award" from the National Federation of Independent Business; the "Spirit of Enterprise Award" from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the "Taxpayer’s Hero Award" from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste; and the "Guardian of Seniors’ Rights Award" from the 60 Plus Association. Scarborough resigned before completing his fourth term in Congress. Recently, Scarborough has been approached by Republican Senators who want him to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Florida Republican Mel Martinez. Scarborough, who refused Senate Republican offers in 2006 to run for Senate, says he is not likely to run. However, he has not ruled out a political career in the future.[11] Committee memberships • 104th Congress[12] • Committee on Government Reform and Oversight • Committee on National Security (formerly Committee on Armed Services) • 105th Congress[13] • Committee on National Security • Committee on Government Reform and Oversight • Committee on Education and the Workforce • 106th Congress[14] 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Committee on Armed Services • Committee on Government Reform • Committee on the Judiciary • 107th Congress[15] • Committee on Government Reform • Committee on the Judiciary Joe Scarborough newspaper "The Florida Sun" in 1999. The paper later merged in 2001 and is now known as the "Independent News."[24] In April 2003, he embarked upon a television career with the launch of Scarborough Country on MSNBC, until he began hosting Morning Joe full-time. His 2004 book "Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day" predicted the collapse of the Republican majority and US economy due to his party’s reckless spending. Scarborough briefly hosted a three-hour radio show in 2005. The show aired in a competitive time slot (10am–1pm US ET) and struggled to gain affiliates; those few that did carry the show usually carried it in the noon–3pm US ET slot or in late nights instead. After a few months, Scarborough left the show to focus his time on other priorities. (After being vacant for over a year, the slot was filled by Dennis Miller’s radio show in 2007.) In August 2005, Scarborough confirmed reports that he had been asked to consider a challenge to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator Bill Nelson’s reelection bid. However, he announced later that month that he was renewing his contract with NBC.[25] In July 2006, former aides to Harris’s 2006 Senate campaign claimed that Harris had called potential Scarborough supporters and raised the death of an aide in his home district office as a means to prevent his entry into the race.[26] Scarborough, who had never intended to enter the race, initially considered suing Harris but decided to let the incident pass. He later told Nelson that drawing Harris as an opponent in the race made Nelson "the luckiest man in Washington."[27] Lori Klausutis Controversy On July 20, 2001, one of Scarborough’s aides, Lori Klausutis, died after hitting her head on a desk when she fainted while alone in Scarborough’s Fort Walton Beach, Florida, office.[16] According to Scarborough, soon after her death allegations "spread all over the Internet" that he had been involved,[17] although there was no evidence of foul play. In 2003, he joked about the incident with Don Imus on Imus’ radio program[18] and, in 2004, it was the subject of a public spat between Scarborough and filmmaker Michael Moore.[19] Broadcasting career Scarborough is the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, a show Time magazine calls "revolutionary" and the New York Times ranked as the top news show of 2008. Morning Joe features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians, in-depth analysis of the day’s biggest stories and is described by the New Yorker as "appallingly entertaining." Previously, Joe hosted "Scarborough Country" a primetime news show the San Francisco Chronicle called "must-see TV." Joe and Mika Brzezinski also recently launched a syndicated talk radio show called the "Joe Scarborough Show" on ABC Radio Network. In late May 2001, Scarborough announced that he would resign from Congress on September 6 to spend more time with his children[20]. In his announcement, Scarborough also speculated about possible future presidential appointments and legal and television work.[21] He officially resigned on September 5, 2001.[1] After leaving Congress, he joined the law firm of prominent Florida attorney Fred Levin. He practiced law with the firm Beggs and Lane,[22] the oldest firm in Florida. He was appointed to the President’s Council on the 21st Century Workforce in 2002.[23] While still serving in Congress, Scarborough founded the free weekly Pensacola-area Morning Joe As of May 9, 2007, Scarborough became one of the rotating hosts auditioning for the slot vacated by Imus in the Morning on MSNBC, as host of Morning Joe. Morning Joe won the slot permanently in July 2007. According to Nielsen Ratings, Morning Joe generally comes in third to Fox and Friends and American Morning, though a recent Washington Whispers article noted that Morning Joe had reached a viewership of 547,000 viewers[28]. He has also appeared on other MSNBC shows as a commentator or panelist, primarily Hardball with Chris Matthews and Race for the White House. 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On November 10, 2008, Scarborough made headlines when he said the word "fuck" live on his show. In discussing the Obama transition team, Scarborough contrasted the reputation of Clinton era staffers with Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel by saying "These were decent steady men who don’t go around flipping people off or screaming ’fuck you’ at the top of their lungs." The comment was not bleeped out, and while Scarborough’s guests and cohosts reacted with shock and amusement, he continued with his point, apparently oblivious to what he had said, until co-host Mika Brzezinski broke in and informed him of his mistake. Scarborough apologized for his mistake, saying that he thought he had only "said the letter, not the word" and commented that "my wife’s going to kill me." As some bloggers have noted, Scarborough has, in the past, been a vocal opponent of profanity and indecency on television.[29] Morning Joe has subsequently been broadcast with a 7-second broadcast delay.[30] Joe Scarborough In October 2001, Scarborough married Susan Waren, a former aide to Florida Governor Jeb Bush and a former congressional committee staffer. References Radio On December 8, 2008, Scarborough and Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski began hosting a two-hour late-morning radio show on WABC (770 AM) in New York City.[31][32][33] He hosts the 10 am to noon time slot after Imus in the Morning.[34] As of February 2, 2009, his show can also be heard on KABC (790 AM) in Los Angeles.[35] Personal life In 1986, Scarborough married Melanie Hinton. They had two sons, Joey and Andrew,[36] and divorced in 1999. His younger child was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. While interviewing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in June 2005, Scarborough expressed concerns about the possibility that one of his sons may have suffered vaccine damage, perhaps attributable to the sharp increase during the 1980s in the amount of thimerosal injected into infants: "My son, born in 1991, has a slight form of autism called Asperger’s. When I was practicing law and also when I was in Congress, parents would constantly come to me and they would bring me videotapes of their children, and they were all around the age of my son or younger. So, something happened in 1989."[37] [1] ^ ""Scarborough, Charles Joseph"". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/ biodisplay.pl?index=S000106. Retrieved on 2006-03-18. [2] ^ Michael Barone, Richard E. Cohen, The Almanac of American Politics, National Journal Press, 2002, pages 374–76. [3] liner notes "Dixon Mills" CD 1992 SRS records Inc. [4] Bill Kaczor, "Abortion an Unmentionable Issue in District Hit by Anti-Abortion Violence", Associated Press, November 2, 1994; Laura Griffin, "Area lawyer hired in clinic killing", St. Petersburg Times, April 13, 1993. [5] 2000 U.S. House Ratings [6] ^ Not Dead Yet (5/1/95) www.GovernmentExecutive.com [7] http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ getdoc.cgi?dbname=104_cong_bills&docid=f:h2979i (pdf) [8] http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1995/ roll731.xml [9] http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/ roll398.xml [10] Mary McGrory (2001-07-01). "Captive Parents". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wpdyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A29236-2 [11] Jeremy Wallace (2009-02-09). "Morning Joe or Sen. Joe". Sarasota Herald Tribune. http://www.heraldtribune.com/ article/20090209/COLUMNIST/ 902090340/2257/ NEWS?Title=Question___Morning_Joe__or_Sen__Joe_ [12] Designating Majority Membership on Certain Standing Committees of the House (House of Representatives — January 04, 1995) [13] Election of Majority Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House (House of Representatives — January 07, 1997); Election of Majority Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House (House of Representatives — January 09, 1997); Election of Majority 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Scarborough Members to Certain Standing scarboroughs-morning-joe-is-hotter-thanCommittees of the House (House of imus.html Representatives — January 21, 1997) [29] http://www.salon.com/opinion/ [14] Election of Majority Members to Certain greenwald/2008/11/10/scarborough/ Standing Committees of the House — [30] Moore, Frazier (12 November, 2008). (House of Representatives — January 06, "MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" Goes On 1999); Election of Majority Members to 7-Second Delay". Huffington Post. Certain Standing Committees of the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/ House — (House of Representatives — 12/msnbcs-morning-joe-goesMarch 11, 1999) o_n_143206.html. Retrieved on [15] Election of Members to Certain Standing 2008-11-12. Committees of the House — (House of [31] "Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski Representatives — January 06, 2001) Begin Radio Show Monday". TV Newser. [16] McLaughlin, Tom Examiner: Klausutis’ December 5, 2008. death was accidental Northwest Florida http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ Daily News, August 7, 2001 msnbc/ [17] Lisa Osburn, "Scarborough ready to get joe_scarborough_mika_brzezinski_begin_radio_show_ back home", Pensacola News Journal, [32] Stelter, Brian (December 5, 2008). "TV September 6, 2001 Decoder: ’Morning Joe’ Hosts Add Radio [18] James Wolcott, "MSNBC’s fox hunt: to Routine". The New York Times. management and marketing strategies", http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/ Vanity Fair 518 (Oct 2003): 140(5) 2008/12/05/morning-joe-hosts-add-radio[19] Judy Bachrach. "Moore’s War", Vanity to-routine/ Fair (March 2005): 240; Scarborough ?scp=3&sq=mika%20brzezinski&st=cse. Country, June 14, 2004 [1]. [33] "Tom Brokaw is Joe & Mika’s First Radio [20] Denis Wright, "A Death in Guest". TV Newser. December 8, 2008. Congressman’s Office," American Politics http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ Journal, August 8, 2001 msnbc/ [21] Lisa Osburn, "U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough tom_brokaw_is_joe_mikas_first_radio_guest_102691.a Trading House for Home: Congressman [34] http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/ ready to be a full-time dad," Pensacola abc-radio-networks-launches-the-joeNews Journal, May 26, 2001. scarborough-show,646892.shtml [22] Charles Joseph Scarborough [35] Lycan, Gary (January 30, 2009). "KABC [23] Members Of President’s Council on the adds Scarborough, puts Levin on 21st Century Workforce Announced afternoons". Orange County Register. Council To Provide Information, Advice http://www.ocregister.com/articles/indieTo The President On 21st Century radio-music-2295262-don-station. Workforce Issues [03/21/2002] [36] CNN 1998 Election Biography [24] "Independent News". Pensapedia. [37] A coverup for a cause of Autism? http://www.pensapedia.com/wiki/ Morning Joe - MSNBC.com Independent_News. Retrieved on 2009-04-20. [25] ’Scarborough Country’ for March 9 • Official Site Morning Joe - MSNBC.com • Morning Joe — MSNBC [26] "Story of ’Joe’s dead intern’ began • Biography at the Biographical Directory of Harris’ slide, insiders say", Miami the United States Congress Herald, July 14, 2006 • Voting record maintained by The [27] "Harris’ Attack on TV Pundit Started Washington Post Campaign Slide, Insiders Say". The • Campaign contributions made by Joe Miami Herald. July 14, 2006. 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[28] http://www.usnews.com/blogs/ washington-whispers/2008/11/9/ External links 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States House of Representatives Preceded by Earl Hutto Joe Scarborough Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Succeeded by Jeff Miller from Florida’s 1st congressional district 1995–2001 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" Categories: American bloggers, American political pundits, American political writers, American talk radio hosts, American television personalities, Florida lawyers, Florida Republicans, Members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, MSNBC, People from Pensacola, Florida, People from Georgia (U.S. state), University of Alabama alumni, University of Florida alumni, Baptists from the United States, 1963 births, Living people This page was last modified on 21 May 2009, at 16:14 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) 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