Ed Schultz's apology was full, unequivocal and a breath a fresh air.
We wish Ed would have shown the same remorse when saying we should ‘rip out’ Dick Cheney’s heart, when he called Liz Cheney "shooter's little girl,” or when he said Republicans enjoyed watching people with cancer die.
MSNBC should have demanded apologies for the litany of offenses in Ed’s past.
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Comments
Well, it's nice to know that
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:44am.
Well, it's nice to know that MSNBC considers something beyond the pale....
Well, it's one way to
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:18am.
get attention, I suppose. Or, there's that other, "fair and balanced" way.
Chong, Oberman, Couric. . . Schultz
Submitted by JustAl on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:45am.
Ask not for whom the bell rings, dumbbell, it rings for thee. Are you listening Amanpour?
If Ed loses this job, where
Submitted by d1carter on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:50am.
If Ed loses this job, where does he go...? Comcast is the new sheriff in town...
Comcast might not make the best sheriff
Submitted by Par for the Course on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:58am.
Comcast might not make the best sheriff....
Comcast executive hosts Obama fundraiser in June
May 20, 2011
The fundraising merry-go-round stops briefly in Philadelphia on June 30, with President Obama showcasing a high-dollar dinner at the home of Comcast executive David L. Cohen.
[...]
In an email to a group of Obama supporters, Andrew Wright, a senior consultant for the Obama for America campaign, wrote:
"For those of you who joined us this past Tuesday at [Comcast Corp. Executive Vice President] David Cohen's office for our first host committee meeting and for those who could not join us, but are committed to the event, thank you for your commitment to THE Presidential campaign fundraiser of the cycle in Philadelphia on June 30th!"
[...]
I will blame Ed the Red...
Submitted by adamsmith on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:09am.
I will blame Ed the Red for any violence by the left until the next election. He is spreading lies on live air to people that are as mentally unbalanced as he is. Comcast should be sued if leftists commit any violence until election day. MSNBC is the moral equivalent of yelling "FIRE" in a crowded movie theatre. Maybe violence is what the left wants. I guess that's why Obamalinsky even said to "get in their face". The left is completely unhinged at this point, they are the Domestic Enemy within......
As part of his penance...
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:29am.
He should be required to intern on the Rush Limbaugh radio show so that he learns that conservatives are people too, just with a different set of values than his. Or maybe Glenn Beck so that he learns what research really looks like?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Sorry Mr. Bozell, but I'm not
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:37am.
Sorry Mr. Bozell, but I'm not buying into this so-called "apology." I don't believe it's sincere and I suspect it may have been written by others for Schultz to read on-air.
Exactly right
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 3:57pm.
As soon as I read the text of the "apology", I KNEW Sgt. Schultz didn't write it. There were no grammatical errors, and it sounded sincere and intelligent, traits that Schultz does not possess.
Give him his due....
Submitted by tjc-illinois on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:37am.
It was a straight forward, unqualified apology. No "Sorry if I offended anyone". Also it was a direct apology to Laura.
In an attempt to work off a few hours in Purgatory, I checked out the Huffington Post and read comments regarding Schultz's horrible comments about Laura. Not a single comment criticizing him and all criticizing Laura. Color me shocked.
Let's take the apology and move on.
'Well, to tell the family secret, my grandmother was Dutch." Bart
Probably more of an attempt to keep his job.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 1:32pm.
Why anyone would elevate this pile of excrement's apology to anything nobler than that is delusion.
For A While
Submitted by iveseenitall on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:12pm.
I believe Shultz' apology was sincere--for the moment. The media, of course, has already forgiven him. But, like the overgrown adolescent he is, he'll do the deed again when he gets the chance. Like most "liberals", manchild Ed can't help himself. Of course, if this were Rush talking about Rachel or Andrea or even Nancy, the lefties would be calling for his head on a plate. [Never,Never trust a "liberal" (progressive)]
The only way I can accept it
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:18pm.
The only way I can accept it as being sincere is if he actually changes his tactics to cease using such vitriolic speech on his radio and TV shows. Only time will tell.
I still. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:07pm.
don't believe it. . .
He only "apologized"
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:48pm.
If you could call it that, because Mess LSD hassled him after WE hassled THEM! Hed NEVER do it on his own-THATS why he said it in the first place!
It's a good thing this
Submitted by Bhaal on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:55pm.
It's a good thing this douche' isn't part of the Yakuza. He'd be down to all nubs at this point.
I teach my children
Submitted by MissMinPhx on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 1:02pm.
that bullies use name calling and inappropriate language either because they don't have the intellectual capacity to discuss things in a mature way or because something inside them is sad and broken. We pray for bullies like Ed Schultz. How can you not feel sorry for him? He is a sad man who will never be happy, never know a day of real contentment and never know inner peace.
The problem
Submitted by Lamdog on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 1:32pm.
This is what happens when you depend on shock instead of ideals to attact your audience.
I miss Ed. Since they put him
Submitted by Speedy1952 on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 2:35pm.
I miss Ed. Since they put him at 10 I can't find a funnier dude. Can't believe this network keeps trash like this around.
Don't cut this guy ANY slack!
Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 2:35pm.
Don't cut this guy ANY slack! The only reason he is contrite is he stepped in a pile of sh!t and doesn't know the difference between it and Shinola!
He keeps trying to pick it up
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 2:47pm.
He keeps trying to pick it up by the clean end.
Brent-sorry, this guy deserves a Louisville Slugger-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 3:15pm.
not compassion.
we have someone who is struggling with viewership-so lets do anything that garners attention.
HE CALCULATED, HE WOULD GET MORE PRESS THAN HE COULD CREATE BY BLASTING
LAURA.
Special Ed is a good actor.
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 4:05pm.
Special Ed is a good actor. Anyone who believes he is sorry should vote for McCain again. These people are never sorry, he is only sorry he got caught. People on the right believing these made for TV apologies are nothing more than useful idiots for the left.
schultz apology
Submitted by jerry lee on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 4:30pm.
he said what he meant to say knowing full well he would have to issue an apology for it in a day or so.in my book he is still a putz.and how dare him give sargent schultz a bad name.but he does kind of look like him.but sargent schultz was much-much smarter then him
Where was Bozell when these
Submitted by Giygas on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 5:41pm.
Where was Bozell when these fellow right wingers said even more slanderous insults?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e48cCPz3SZg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfwVRA7lz4
The same place Bozell was,
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 6:12pm.
The same place Bozell was, for example, when Savage screamed that "ugly" Madeleine Albright should be "hanged for treason": at work exposing bad behavior of liberals. There are plenty on the opposite side of the fence to expose the bad behavior of conservatives. That's not Brent's job.
Jer
Giygas---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 5:51pm.
You are a most tiresome liberal.
Have you ever heard the phrase "preponderance of evidence"?
But for the fact you are a liberal mook, I would ask - Surely you jest with these pitiful comparative examples?
MD