Finally: Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC

04 Dec, 2013 by Duane Lester

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Hateful host Martin Bashir announced his resignation from MSNBC today.

Good riddance:

Martin Bashir has learned something Alec Baldwin already knows: Even a cable news host can say too much.

MSNBC announced Wednesday that Bashir, a commentator and host of the 4 p.m. hour, is leaving after an uproar over his remarks last month about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Disputing Palin’s position that compared the national debt to slavery, Bashir during an on-air segment called Palin “America’s resident dunce” and then suggested a slave-like scatalogical punishment for her.

Here’s exactly what he said:

Vile stuff.

Believe it or not, this was actually defended by Dana Milbank.