Is It Me, Or Is Ed Schultz Being More Of A Jackhole Than Usual?

[wellst0nev0ter]

Today he is criticizing Howard Dean's comments about Republicans being a party of white Christians, not because it's not true but because he sees it as somehow "dividing" the country.

Unless I missed Bush's regular appearances at NAACP meetings or the Texas Republican platform did NOT in fact stipulate this country as a "Christian nation", then all he's doing is withering under the usual Scaife-funded smear campaign. So either grow a backbone or I'm petitioning my station to switch to Randi.

[Rick Myers]

1. This just in!!!

Randy Michaels, the asshat that destroyed radio as the imperious leader of Clear Channel has just BOUGHT the show!!! Randy is a Bush dandy from Texas. :grr:

[KoKo]

4. Do you have a link about this or More info. I thought Jones Network owned

the show. Did this Michaels dude just buy Jones network?

[Rick Myers]

17. I get the news in a radio business email alert.

I'll get you the link!

[Rick Myers]

18. Jones simply 'reps' the ad sales

http://www.insideradio.com/topheadline.asp?ID=339034&PT=Today%27s+Top+Stories

Randy Michaels is a complete asshat!!!

[KoKo]

23. Thanks for the link ...bad news indeed........n/t

[Langis]

2. Schultz seems to get worse every day...

I can't even listen to him any more, I end up getting pissed and I have to switch to NPR... bla.

[Pirate Smile]

3. He has himself in such a pissy fit about Dean lately he is doing

a great job of helping the Republicans. He is being completely counter-productive. What a dumbass. I'm switching to Randi.

[DURHAM D]

5. I just had to turn him off - no matter how many times he

claims to be a lefty and progressive he just simply is neither. What an ass.

[Mojambo]

6. I've noticed a bit of a sea-change with Schultz

He's always been a moderate, but it seems as if the recent ascendency of the left within the Democratic party has gotten his hackles up.

He really shut down a bunch of people on the Marijuana legalisation topic the other day. He seemed very unwilling to listen to the facts.

He's an establishment honk.

[K8-EEE]

10. Yeah The MJ Thing Was Ridiculous

You say you smoke weed? Would you smoke weed with your kids? Oh brother...

[barbaraann]

7. I noticed that, too.

I had to turn the sound off for a few minutes it was so bad.

[K8-EEE]

8. TURNED IT OFF AFTER 2 MINUTES!

"LIKE IT TOLD YOU....THE LEFTIES...THE RIGHTIES..." This guy is such a mental midget.

[wellst0nev0ter]

11. I Like Him To Explain To Dean How He Is "THE LEFTIES"

especially when he's a governor of a state that had balanced budgets every year, got a 100% rating from the NRA, etc, etc.

[Roxy66]

9. I only listen to RANDI....I wont listen to Ed

Randi speaks my kinda truth...

[MindPilot]

12. He's at it again?

I decided I wasn't going to listen to him anymore after the last time he torn into Dean. Looks like Shultz is DLC all the way.

[Pirate Smile]

13. Yeah, well it isn't like Bush has f@#ked anything up lately that Schultz

could talk about instead - Downing Street Minutes; changing scientific documents; Bolton; social security; the new ABC/WP poll; Iraq; Tom Delay; Coingate; Gitmo; Chainsaw murderer getting into the US; military recruiting; etc.

[sabra]

14. is that all? :-)

[Protagoras]

16. that kinda puts it in perspective

and explains why I've begun flipping over to music or even NPR during Ed's block of time on our local AAR channel (which he continually points out he is NOT a part of)

[annerevere]

15. Sorry guys, I'm with Schultz on this one

Howard Dean did himself and the party no good by name calling the Repubs. This stuff is street corner antics. I'm tired of this. What does it accomplish? Let's get serious and get some work done, namely in Dean's case, raising $$$.

[NYCGirl]

19. What does it accomplish? First of all, it's not name calling. It's the

truth, which the GOP wouldn't recognize if it came up and bit them in their respective asses.

Street corner antics? Well, our party's been having a little Democratic afternoon tea party for a number of years now, and we've lost everything.

We did make a lot of money during the last election cycle, though. And a fat lot of good that did us.

[wellst0nev0ter]

20. Dean's Not A Politician, I Believe He Has A Right To Be Partisan

especially when he's talking about the giant elephants in the room:

From page 8 of the Texas Republican Party Platform:

"The Republican Party of Texas affirms the United States of America is a Christian Nation ..."

and what Laura Ingraham said the other day:

INGRAHAM: Well, I think it's interesting that people like Zuckerman would be saying this now, coming off of an election where President Bush was elected with middle-class support, Bill , from about $23,000 to about $50,000 bracket for annual salary. Bush won by six points in all Americans and 22 points in white middle-class voters. So the Republicans are clearly connecting with the regular people, where the Democrats aren't.

[Pirate Smile]

21. What does it accomplish for him to be on the air bitching about

Dean? Focus on BushCo.

It is the circular firing squad, eating our own, call it whatever you want but it is extremely counterproductive.

He doesn't have to agree with Dean but he also doesn't have to FOCUS on Dean.

[jean]

22. Name calling was not involved. You're getting the wrong info from Ed

It was Ken Mehlmann the RNC chair who responded to Dean's comments with ""We gotta get ourselves beyond this point where when we disagree about politics, we call the other guy names," he said." http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=830758

Why is Ed repeating the RNC frame, that Dean name-called? Dean did not.

Dean made a statement this week saying the RNC is mainly white and Christian. He came back today to add even more clarity: that the RNC has the agenda of the Christian conservatives. He also said by focusing on him the press and the nation ignores what the bush admin is doing and what we need to do.

NO NAME CALLING.

It's the right wing characterizing it as such and Ed is apparently their tool on liberal talk radio.

Also, Dean informed Ed during last week's interview that the article Ed cited (with the false info about Dean's fundraising) was faulty and yet Ed still cites it and today said Dean needs professional fundraisers.

To do what? Dean is bringing money well ahead of last year's pace, a prez election year.

Chairman Howard Dean has no fundraising problems - that's pure right wing propaganda and Ed is repeating it even today.

Why is that?

Whose agenda is Ed working?

Certainly not ours if he uses right wing smear and right wing frames to defame our chairman.

Here's the latest msnbc article trying the frame Dean:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8142785/

Ed Scultz can't see the forest for the trees and keeps bashing the bright star of our party. Why is that?

He says Howard Dean needs a handler...Howard Dean needs to be more like Prez bush... Howard Dean needs professional fundraisers...Howard Dean needs to stay on message...

I think not. Ed Schultz is the one staying on message this week and morphing into a right wing mouthpiece, right before our ears.