Statement from MSNBC:
Mark Halperin's comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable.  We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.
Statement from Mark Halperin:
I completely agree with everything in MSNBC’s statement about my remark. I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate.
Again, I want to offer a heartfelt and profound apology to the President, to my MSNBC colleagues, and to the viewers. My remark was unacceptable, and I deeply regret it.
Video of what Halperin said:





MSNBC should fire Mark Halperin and Joe
PEOPLE POWER PRICE CONTROL
Posted on April 15, 2012 by jcarroll
You can help bring down the price of gasoline with out any effort if we stand together. A barrel of oil is 42 gallon, but only about 25 % is made into gasoline. There are hundreds of products made from oil. The oil corporations get more per gallon for some products than a barrel of oil cost. They don’t have to change prices of gasoline every day, no matter what OPEC does. Just an excuse to rip you off and mess up the economy.The oil corporations are to blame for high gasoline prices. These collectives monopolies fix prices which is a violation of the law. A collective monopoly is one in which 10 or fewer corporations control over 90 % of a good or service in one industry.
You can help with little or no effort by buying your gasoline across the street or down the road-just pass up Exon-Moble. We can bloody this giants’ nose ; the rest will get the message. Target the giant.
Help build a People Power Price Control organization. We don’t have to take it. Send five dollar to People Power Price 2201 Southern Shade Blvd. Knoxville Tennessee 37932. Every penny will be used to get the message out. Send this message out by any means possible.You can help control prices of these collective monopolies. There are three we can easily target: big oil, big supermarkets, and big banks. They are the three ripping us off with a price marker and calling it inflation which is an euphemism for theft. Ask your friends to visit the Internet Free Press and send the message to your friends and family and the News Media.
Small businesses have to compete; the collective monopolies fix prices on top of the bridge. They don’t even have to get under the bridge. Next day gasoline prices are post on the internet every day for the next day price changes.They all change in lock-step.
Don't let it happen again or your fired. That's what you get for letting Joe goad you into this. Joe is bad news don't let yourself be polluted by his extreme intolerant conservative Republicanism.
I am a 60 yr old female, and I am appalled by the lack of respect people have for each other and the lack of respect for the Office of the President of the United States. What has happened to our world? If you do not like (and apparently some of you even hate) the person who was elected into this office, at the very least respect the Office and what this Office/person represents. Where has taste, human dignity, manners and respect gone? Whomever disgraces the Office of the President should be ashamed of themself. I am ashamed of you - and us.
MSNBC fire Mark Halperin and Joe.
Wow, what happened to calling it like it is, maybe a little to bold but none the less, the truth! Obama doesn't have a clue on what to do, he relies on Reid to do his dirty work and he just wants to be in front of the cameras. Why is it just OK to go off to do publicity and not STAY in Washington to get this done!!! Run chicken little run... that's his motto! He is a spending freak and has no idea that WE - meaning AMERICA must live within a budget - something that has not been done for FOUR YEARS.... wouldn't it be nice if we could all spend like our government does.
Mr. President - it is not okay to not get serious about our budget and spending. STOP IT and grow up and take care of BUSINESS. Start working for those people who voted for you and not caring enough about those who didn't. I am truly sick of all the camera time you get and bashing everyone else... John is a serious man and he is being way to kind to you because he respects the office of the Presidency. I on the other hand have lost so much respect for you and the fact that you are a one way person and have no clue on what compromise truly is... There is so much that you are failing on that I could write a book or two about it. Take for instance Benghazi, another publicity appointment you choose to keep in Vegas instead of protecting our people.... shame, shame, shame and you threw Susan Rice under the bus on that one, and you say talk to you about it.. really, then why haven't you come clean. We know what you did or shall I say didn't do... the main stream media is silent just for you, but we there are so many other ways to get our news! Oh and what about New Jersey and New York, what about all those folks you have left out in the cold - shame, shame dude....four years can't go by fast enough!!!
If anyone should be ashamed of their behavior it should be Obama, the Pubicity Hound in Chief! Aren't we still in America and do we not have free speech! Or are you wanting to be like a socialist country?
Take your blinders off you have been watching to much Main Stream TV... all they are about is fluffy NEWS!!!
Didn't he become elected as a socialist, fundamentally change the country? It's very different when it happens to you, instead of to your neighbor.
I just gained more respect for him, and this show, he said what we are all thinking, and I have said that about Obuma as well, way to go.
Mr. Obama truly, is the one who should be embarassed & the one suspended from the Presidency of the United State of America, indefinitely. I am not right nor left, I simply want our leaders to build a strong (through financial strength), safe (through strong & effective defense) & a morally focused country, where respect is prevalent & greed & the need for power is diminished. Mr. Obama sadly, is the poster child for both of these and unfortunately, the most arrogant, self-serving president who possesses no leadership qualities or skills (no economic background, has never lead a corporation, hired/ terminated, balanced a budget, served in the military, and the long list of other skills or qualifications needed to manage the most precious country in the world.....). So very sadly he has only demonstrated day after day, he only knows to rudely blame everyone BUT himself. He should have had the comments, opinions & analysis unleashed on him, that were targeted on Mr. Bush. He should not be flirted with & "carassed" in his few, totally unprofessional press conferences, he should be made to account for Fast&Furious, Bengazi, the devastation our county will feel as his ObamaCare is implemented and as the $16.5M debt continues to rise under his watch. While Mr. Halperin may have been more respectful, what MSNBC is really doing is not allowing free speech, penalizing for someone actually daring to express the truth, and as always, protecting Mr. Obama from what he should understand about himself. Mika simply is the most unknowledgeable host, gawks at Joe throughout each broadcast, becomes insensed if ANYTHING is ever said about Mr. Obama that she does not agree with, & is as arrogant as her hreo, Mr. Obama. Her primary contribution is: "We need to have a conversation about this...", she has no valuable or credible information to add to any topic. The TRUTH, MSNBC, instead of doing the best for our country, protects what is hurting it the most, that being Mr. Obama, who simply is totally unprepared & unqualified to be president. Perhaps Mr. Obama should consult with Dr. Benjamin Carson, to assist him in the writing of and delivery of the SOTU tomorrow night. For the sake of our children & grandchildren, let's get to a place where the Leader/CEO of our nation is a man/women with wisdom, possesses a broad spectrum of life expriences, vast knowedge, skills, qualities, surrounds him/herself with a group who bring vast life experiences (and not simply "yes" individuals) and above all, examples respect & a deep love of the history of & the future of America. Hearing the truth during a Morning Joe broadcast is incredibly refreshing/needed & sadly, Mr. Halperin receives a severe punishment & is made to apologize for the truth. Way to go MSNBC & Morning Joe, exactly what would be expected.
Mark Helperin, you showed your true colors, one thing we can not hide is our true inner self, sooner or later it will come out and you sir were totally unprofessional, lacking all human values; character, integrity, thus demonstrates and conveys an unfavorable image of self, totally lacking respect for the MSNBC Morning Joe's cast, and the millions of people that watch Morning Joe every morning as I do. All the money and knowledge in the world will never hide who we really are. You sir truly showed your colors. Mr. Helperin, you should refrain from ever being an analyst. Respect the office of the President if you hate him so be it. You sir are not a leader you are a want to be. You were totally insubordinate and serves you right to be fired. As a counselor you have mental issues that need to be addressed now not tomorrow. I happen to believe that you would do well at Fox News, I'm sure they will take you!!!
Mark Halperin may have made a poor choice in language but it is slowly becoming apparent that Mr. Obama is a liar. He is working on reversing his poition on all the promises he made. This monsanto support is reprehensible. By the way, I voted for him twice. In retrospect, I would probably vote for him again, as the lesser of two evils. But he is closing the gap with the Republican "Dicks". PREDATOR NATION IS WHAT IS ALL ABOUT. The question is, how can we return honest men to government? How can Americans reclaim representative government?
When the first human baby is born with a corn cob where the penis should be maybe we will understand the implications of gentically modified food.
Too many Republicans have great hatred for the President of the United States.
Mr. Obama is a genuine american and an exemplar politic man, that is trying to conduce our country to the best place. Mr. Obama had committed errors as President? Sure, as all human beings but always, let me repeat it always has the character to recognize it and take the route to amend the error; this the best that a politician must do for the people and it's not a common characteristic in our political people since I have memory and I'm 67 years old! So Mr. Mark Halperin it's hurting himself with the comments about Barack Obama, it's hurting the credibility of MSNBC and, finally, it's hurting the people of our country with that conduct, please!!!