Ed Shultz Was All Over Obama Today About The Comfortable Shoes Speech........

[global1]

Listening to Ed Schultz's radio showgram today - he played a few times the snippet of one of Obama's speeches where he said he'd put on his comfortable shoes and walk with the people. Ed kept saying 'words mean something Mr. President'.

Ed - instead of harping about this - you work at MSNBC - you rub elbows with Chuck Todd - Chuck Todd sits in on daily Press Briefings at the White House. Why don't you ask Chuck Todd to ask the White House spokesperson to justify Obama's comfortable shoes comment and why he hasn't put them on.

Or better yet - get an audience with the President yourself and ask him.

If you're not willing to do either of these things - quit using this to drive up your ratings.

You have more access to the President and the White House than any of us people out here - use your position and bully the President into answering for himself.

Then come back and tell us 'what his words mean'.

Sorry folks - I'm just tired of all this criticism of the President - without the President getting a chance to explain or defend his actions for himself.

I'm sure the President has a good reason to do or not do what he's doing. Somebody please ask him so he could answer for himself.

[montanacowboy]

1. Don't blame the messenger

nt

[Tx4obama]

6. Ed is 'guilty' of bashing Obama and this isn't the first time.

Btw: The Dem14 said that President Obama was very supportive and that they were happy that Obama did NOT go to Wisconsin.

And until there is a 'strike picket line' - Obama has not broken his promise to join 'the picket line'.
Everyone seems to forget that there was NO strike.

[Tx4obama]

2. K & R n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I don't want Obama in Wisconsin

Then it will be about him, and not the workers.

Besides if he really wanted to support labor, he'd work to get EFCA through Congress. His failure to do that speaks volumes.

[Poboy]

4. Poor Obama. He can't answer for himself.

:cry:

[rug]

5. "I'm sure the President has a good reason to do or not do what he's doing."

Good enough for me. I'm off to pick my brackets.

[Bandit]

16. Right and of course you will believe everything he says from now on as well.

Words do mean something and Obama sure plays loose with them..

[lamp_shade]

7. HEY ED....

[howaboutme]

8. When the press asks uncomfortable questions

of Presidents, etc eventually those on high will find a way to get them, and then the media will eat their own. Helen Thomas and others have experienced the gotcha from the back stabbing media.

The news media, press corps, punditry is more about going along to get along, and not about finding real answers especially if the answers make people squirm. Their role is not to discover and disclose corruption or incompetence but to keep the masses docile and ill-informed.

Chuck Todd is just one of many conditioned in the same mold, so don't ever expect him to rock the boat. As far as pundits I rarely listen to any of them.

[gateley]

9. Obama has done what's right in many of these situations, even though we've been

screaming at him to do something different. I don't think we need to second-guess him on stuff like this. You can be sure he considered it, but for reasons decided against it, and as someone else posted, those in WI are glad he didn't make an appearance.

I don't think Ed is doing this for ratings, I think he passionately believes that is what should be done, what HE would do if he were in Obama's 'comfortable shoes', but it might be the wrong move, albeit made for the right reasons.

[Poboy]

11. I can' be sure' of no such thing. What I can be sure is that he will not

fight for us. What I can 'be sure' of is that he will leave us to die in the field of battle while he rubs elbows with Jeb and tries to kill public education. Thats what I can be sure of.

[gateley]

19. And I can be sure that I disagree with everything in your post. One of us is right,

one is wrong. I'm not in it to prove I'm right, it's just what I believe, as you believe the opposite. Time will tell.

[Newest Reality]

10. The President has a power few of us do ...

he can call a press conference or give a speech when he chooses to. He can explain his stance and talk to us. He could be transparent and open about why his or isn't doing this or that.

It's not like current events and the Republican blitzkrieg are at all insignificant for his party and the Left. Some carefully chosen, occasional words of support or understanding could even be energizing. We are not hearing much.

I am not so much into leaders, per se. However, that is one of the things they do, ey? Lead?

What's stopping that? Well, politics and maneuvers, perhaps?

[JoePhilly]

12. ED should go to WI and explain why he told Dems to not vote in 2010.

Ed helped make things worse. He told democratic Americans to stay home and not vote to send Obama a message.

Ed forgot to tell those Americans what the GOP would try to do in the aftermath. And now we all know what they are trying to do.

Big Ed needs to get on the radio and TV and explain why he advice was WRONG. Real Americans are being hurt in part because of his efforts. He should say so, and refocus.

[mmonk]

13. I'm with Ed. I'm tired of words that essentially have no meaning.

[Modern_Matthew]

14. Don't criticize our President. It is our duty as Americans to shutup.

:sarcasm:

[global1]

17. I'm Not Saying Don't Criticize The President........

I'm saying if you are in a position to get a response directly from the man or his spokespeople - then ask them directly. But as someone else posted here

"The news media, press corps, punditry is more about going along to get along, and not about finding real answers especially if the answers make people squirm. Their role is not to discover and disclose corruption or incompetence but to keep the masses docile and ill-informed."

Ed has a chance to make Obama squirm. He has the platform with which to ask the President directly or the President's spokespeople directly.

Instead of doing that - he just throws out these sound bites of the President and lets his listeners get riled up about it. I want Ed to get an audience with the President and put the question directly to the President as to why he hasn't put on his comfortable shoes. Let's get the answer out of the President once and for all and not just keep sniping at him day after day without him getting a chance to answer for himself.

If Ed can't ask the question himself because he doesn't have access - let Ed's colleague Chuck Todd ask the question at a Press Briefing. If they don't have the guts to do that for fear they will be blacklisted by the WH - then they should stop the sniping.

I would really like to hear from the President himself or one of his spokespeople the answer to that question as to why he hasn't put on his comfortable shoes and walked with the people.

But if no one asks that direct question when they have an opportunity to ask it - I guess we'll never know.

The President is a big guy. He's fielded tougher questions than that. I'm sure he'll have a reason - good or not - to that question. So Ed - ask him - don't keep badgering him day after day on your showgrams. I know it provides good entertainment value - but it really doesn't fulfill your obligation to inform us.

[tularetom]

15. Ed is kind of a self promoter

I like Ed but he spends an awful lot of time telling us how much he does for us.

That said, I'd like to see a stronger show of support by the President for public employees who are under fire in a number of states.

[global1]

18. I Too Would Like To See The President Have A Stronger Show Of Support For Public Employees And .....

the middle class in general. Maybe the President is waiting for someone in the Press to ask him this question - but they are all afraid to ask him. I got to think that he has a rehearsed answer to this question. I'd like to hear it.

So Mr. President - if you are a lurker here at DU - here's the question: Why haven't you put on your comfortable shoes and walked with us like you said you would while you campaigned for the job.

See was that hard to ask Ed?

Ed - I like you and listen to you. I'm not picking on you. I want to help you. Put your money where your mouth is and ask the President directly. Any way the President answers that question - will get you ratings - guy.

[howaboutme]

20. Every pundit is a self promoter

that's why I rarely listen or watch them. They are entertainers trying to woo an audience so they get paid big money, and they work for a media that has an overriding agenda. While I may agree with Ed and others on many issues I don't need them to tell me how to think or vote. I figure that on my own.