Joe Scarborough: “I certainly will not do that. I am simply reflecting the views of the polls. But certainly Rivera and many other…”

“I certainly will not do that. I am simply reflecting the views of the polls. But certainly Rivera and many other journalists did not for one second see how anybody could be troubled by certain allegations against the President of the United States. So, on February 2, this is what Mr. Rivera on CNBC said: ``I don't want to be a brown racist, substituting for white racism here. But don't you think 13 guys, all of whom, you know, are not noted for any contribution to civil rights, I'm talking about the House managers, all of whom are born-again, all of whom are right-to-lifers, all of whom are, you know, anti-immigration, pro-English only, etc., etc., don't you think that when that face is presented, isn't that one of the reasons the majority, the vast majority of the American people support the President? When they look at the people prosecuting, some say persecuting him, and say, wait a second, those people wouldn't even let me into their home or their neighborhood or to work alongside them?'' Now, this is a classic sort of diatribe, not only from Mr. Rivera but from the extreme left, that has so dominated the media in the past few months. First of all we have reverse race-baiting, and I read the Democratic ads from Missouri, Mr. Speaker, that engaged in extreme race baiting. We have religious intolerance. If they cannot attack a conservative's position, then just say they are born-again, say they are right-wing extremists.…”