The specter of ObamaCare's demise has so unhinged Ed Schultz, the nation's top-rated liberal radio host and what passes for a political analyst at MSNBC, that Schultz can't string together sentences without contradicting himself.
Latest example? Schultz on his radio show Tuesday, enthusing about President Obama's speech to school children and one of its core messages -- which Schultz promptly undermined with cheap-shot allusions to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck (click here for audio) --
SCHULTZ: We've read the speech. Obviously it was released online. Gosh, this is some really lofty stuff, isn't it? The president telling students to take responsibility. How damaging is that? Maybe if some of these right-wingers who used to be drug addicts took responsibility, they'd have a better life than they got right now. Maybe if somebody had talked to them about their personal lives and how they'd gotten their selves in order, they wouldn't have had some of the problems they've had, you know?
'Go to class and listen,' he says. 'Don't let failures define you.'
"Don't let failures define you" -- which Limbaugh and Beck, both recovering from substance abuse, have clearly not allowed to happen. Nor, for that matter, has Air America Radio host and unabashed liberal Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also a former addict. But Schultz is too puny to understand that addiction, and struggling to overcome it, extends across the political spectrum.
That Limbaugh and Beck enjoy more success and influence than Schultz also fuels his resentment. Here's an example of Schultz's toxic bellicosity, never far from the surface, once again from yesterday's radio show (audio here) --
SCHULTZ (to listener who praises his MSNBC show; transcript starts 48 seconds into clip): ... So, Patricia, I appreciate you saying that and it's launched me into this shameless ask of, look, if you believe what I'm saying, if you believe that I'm on point, the best thing you can do is support the programs and TiVo the show and DVR it 'cause we get credit for that on ratings and let's go kick their ass!
Schultz is content to let unhinged anger define him. I hope for his sake he finds the strength to recover from it.
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Why is it?
September 9, 2009 - 20:22 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonI keep calling him 'schultz for brains', and he keeps proving it?
http://gjresult.com
Laugh-out loud funny!
September 9, 2009 - 21:43 ET by Jack Coleman... and right on the money
Boost ratings
September 9, 2009 - 20:24 ET by American.Patriotby TiVo and DVR?
If that's the only way you can show ratings success for your program you are severly disturbed.
That's like the state Democratic motto where I live, "Vote early, vote often"
Sounds like John Kerry and soldiers in Iraq.
September 9, 2009 - 20:32 ET by JWFIf'n you don't listen in school, you might end up like the the $400 million dollar man or the guy that has ratings 26 times higher than mine.
Pumpin' up the stats by gaming the system? Record my show and play it for your hamsters so I get the credit. Please. Oh, gawd please. I beg of you. You don't have to actually watch or nuthin. I need the money. Please.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
SPECIAL ED...
September 9, 2009 - 21:22 ET by danybhoyThis guy may very well be the lowest of all the hanging fruit. I actually don't understand the point of Ed Schultz the radio host, or MSNBC host.
He's just noise people tune out while tuning in to someone else. Ed is poorly prepaired for his shows, he really ain't that strong at debating the issues, & ends up getting pissed off at callers/guests. He does'nt impress & he must be working on the cheap. That is the only thing I can think of that can allow GE/NBC/MSNBC to keep him in the TV lineup. Because he sure as hell does'nt pull in viewers, the ratings tell us that. He must be the cheapest option they have knowing they will never win in the ratings.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Ed who?
September 9, 2009 - 22:01 ET by BeukeboomEd who?
What a face,,,,,,,
September 10, 2009 - 00:05 ET by Bruce_in_KCIs it just me, or does it look like Mr. Ed is in the middle of crapping his pants in that photo?
"I KNOW NOTHING! NOTHING!"
September 10, 2009 - 05:39 ET by CrashIf people put that much stock in the actions of politicians we'd all be addicts. I wonder if Schultz truly believes that a teenager really listens to adults. As far as taking a poke at people addicted to LEGAL substances, perhaps he should attack all of the potheads in California who do nothing except contribute to California's engulfing debt.