Joe Scarborough: “I could not help but be reminded, after hearing the gentleman from Arizona, about the press' criticism of this…”

“I could not help but be reminded, after hearing the gentleman from Arizona, about the press' criticism of this revolution of sorts that took place this year. I could not help but be reminded of an article that I just saw this past week in the Washington Post Weekend section, when they were trying to explain the revolution that took place from coast to coast and explain this hyper-democracy. To describe the American people, this columnist wrote, "We are nostalgic, we are susceptible, we are poorly informed, we are alienated, we are fearful, we are confused." Well, excuse me, Mr. Speaker, if I am not mistaken, the American people had more access to information on this campaign than they have ever had in the history of the Republic. Between the rise of talk radio and CNN and C-SPAN and other media outlets, this was a truly open political process. To write, as this columnist did, that this revolution happened because we are poorly informed, we are alienated, we are confused, is absolutely inexplicable.”