MSNBC Scarborough Slams Republican Sharron Angle as a 'Jackass'

MSNBC Scarborough Slams Republican Sharron Angle as a 'Jackass': "On Tuesday's edition of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and his panel discussed the 2010 midterm elections and trashed Republican candidate Sharron Angle as a 'mental patient' and a 'jackass.'

The conversation, which included Chris Matthews and Mike Barnicle, began with MSNBC contributor Mark Halperin claiming Angle is 'vulnerable' in the race because 'she has extreme positions that are out of step with the mainstream.'

Barnicle asserted that Angle was 'embarrassing' to the residents of Nevada and 'sounds like a mental patient.' After this incident, Chris Matthews began to quote Angle's radio interview with Lars Larson asserting, 'She understands why people think of and resort to Second Amendment solutions to the Democrats in Congress they don't like.'

Here's the remark in full: