Saint Robert of Hyannisport?
Could happen—if Joe Scarborough were somehow granted the power of canonization.
On Friday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough chatted with ex-MSNBC host Chris Matthews about his latest book on the Kennedys, focusing on Robert F. Kennedy Sr. After proclaiming that Bobby “has long been one of my heroes,” Scarborough continued:
“His brother [JFK], you know, cool. Some would say cold, detached, cerebral. But but again, as far as relations with people, you know, he was, he was cold.
“Bobby was so much like, you know, Peter, who Jesus built his church on. Peter was the crazy man who loved love, who loved, who loved Jesus so much. But he was always outside of himself. He was always overmatched.”
Matthews agreed: “Well, that’s true.” Scarborough cited Peter rashly cutting the ear off the high priest’s servant, and trying to walk on water with Jesus.
Scarborough also oddly said:
“What else I loved about [Bobby] that I think people miss so much with politicians today, because everybody’s trying to be so careful in absolutely everything that he does.”
Donald Trump, hello? Don’t recall Scarborough ever praising Trump for his freewheeling style!
In seeking to endear himself to his liberal audience and, as of tomorrow, the MS NOW suits, can Scarborough possibly grovel any lower than analogizing a liberal icon to the rock on which Jesus built his church?
Who knows? Perhaps before long, Joe will take the next logical step and compare some other liberal to . . .
Note: In seeking to learn more about Robert Kennedy’s life, I ran an AI search that ended with this line: “He was widely considered the most faithful of the Kennedy brothers.”
Talk about a low bar.
Here’s the transcript.
MSNBC
Morning Joe
11/14/25
6:01 am ETMIKA BRZEZINSKI: Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews. His new book, Lessons From Bobby, 10 Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters. It’s out now.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: And, and Chris Matthews, this book, it’s such a, it’s such a great book, such an important read, especially now. I know the reaction you’ve gotten to it has been really, really special.
As you know, Bobby has long been one of my heroes, not because he was perfect, but because he was so human. The, the evolution that he made, a from being that tough, hard-nosed attorney general to being a guy that went to South Africa, as we talked about, a guy who understood earlier than most that he was wrong on Vietnam, a guy that continued to grow up until June the 6th, 1968, when he was tragically cut down.
. . .
You know what else I loved about him that I think people miss so much with politicians today, because everybody’s trying to be so careful in absolutely everything that he does.
You’ve talked about it in this book, that his brother [JFK], you know, cool. Some would say cold, detached, cerebral. But again, as far as relations with people go, you know, he was, he was cold.
Bobby was so much like, you know, Peter, who Jesus built his church on. Peter was the crazy man [chuckles] —
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, that’s true.
SCARBOROUGH: — who loved, who Jesus so much, but he was always outside of himself. He was always overmatched. He was a guy that, you know, remember, you know, cut the ear off the guard in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was a guy that said to Jesus, let me walk out on the water! And then he got out on the water and he goes, help! I’m sinking, Jesus.
But he was all too human. And that’s the same with Bobby, who would get really angry, get really angry. But underneath that, he had the compassion also on the other side of that to see people where they were and to love people where they were.
And that’s why the ’68 campaign still, for people who haven’t read it and haven’t read this book, it remains one of the most extraordinary moments, I think, in modern American history.
