A giddy, gleeful Ed Schultz delights in Mark Sanford's shame . . .
Boasting "I have no mercy here," the MSNBC host opened his show this evening with a five-minute dance on what he presumes to be Sanford's political grave.
View video here.
Excerpts from Schultz's unseemly display:
- W-e-l-l-l! Another Republican sex scandal. [Said with lip-smacking delight.] Governor Mark Sanford cries and says he's sorry. I say he's a hypocrite using taxpayer dollars.
- W-e-l-l-l, what do we have here? The Tabloid Party strikes again. Gosh: we've got another Jimmy Swaggart moment coming from the Republican party.
- I have no mercy here.
- He had this personal bombshell announcement: he's got girlfriend problems. [Said with absolute mocking glee.]
- I think the people of South Carolina should stand up tonight and call for the resignation of their governor, Mark Sanford.
- He's hurt a lot of families [by opposing PBO's stimulus]. And I'll go so far as to say this guy can't even take care of his own family.
- If you think that I'm piling on tonight, oh, listen to you Ed, holier than thou. No, no, no, no, no. It goes with the territory.
- Stanford [sic] served in the Congress and was part of the Newt Gingrich revolution in 1994. Looks to me like he took a lot of good notes from the Newtster on this issue [alluding to Newt's affair.]
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Gee, Ed. We are so surprised that you do not want to show any
June 24, 2009 - 19:48 ET by pahubermercy. /s
Although I don't approve at
June 24, 2009 - 19:53 ET by Radical1979Although I don't approve at all of Sanford's personal issues, the thing that disturbs me is that Sanford took off without informing his staff of his location. That is the legitimate debate that should be focused on. Schultz's tirade is completely in character of a child watching another child get caught in a misdeed. This is who MSNBC gives air time to?
You are correct and that is
June 24, 2009 - 20:04 ET by pahuberYou are correct and that is a concern, as well. He probably may have just damaged his oportunity that he had for running for POS.
My concern is how and why did everybody know he was 'missing' so soon amongst other questions.
My concern is how and why
June 24, 2009 - 20:08 ET by Radical1979My concern is how and why did everybody know he was 'missing' so soon amongst other questions.
Remember when Clinton used to "sneak" out of the White House to hook up during the middle of the night? It took quite a long time for that to hit MSM. Different political parties, different rules for the press.
I just love how the msm runs
June 24, 2009 - 20:12 ET by pahuberI just love how the msm runs cover for their own.
If Sanford were a Democrat
June 25, 2009 - 06:55 ET by gmaniac1If Sanford were a Democrat he's be head of the pack. Some stupid liberal journalist would probably allude to the fact that she would want to run off with him.
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
Just wondering, as we watch "dancing with the dopes"
June 24, 2009 - 20:01 ET by FastEdWhat kind of dirge did he tip-toe when he heard of Mr. Edwards, or Mr. Spitzer? - Just wondering.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
The GOP keeps loading the
June 24, 2009 - 20:03 ET by Dan DiegoThe GOP keeps loading the guns for these idiots and if you give an idiot a loaded gun it usually doesn't end well.
This is the only time a
June 25, 2009 - 06:56 ET by gmaniac1This is the only time a liberal would be willing to use a loaded gun of any kind. If it's against our true enemies they normally hide behind the rhetoric of appeasement.
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
I think the people of South
June 24, 2009 - 20:03 ET by fitzfongI think the people of South Carolina should stand up tonight and call for the resignation of their governor, Mark Sanford.
I think the people of South Carolina should stand up tonight and call for Ed Schultz to go f*** himself. Who should give a rat's a** what this bloated never-was thinks?
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
Hi fitzfong,
June 24, 2009 - 20:06 ET by pahuberI love your post and concur wholeheartedly!
fitz, Ed is not sufficiently equiped to service himself
June 24, 2009 - 20:09 ET by R D Helm-Dave
Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof-Herman Cain
Just another morally bankrupt politician
June 24, 2009 - 20:19 ET by Joe CamelNo one cares anymore. This happens so much with these folks, people don't even care. As long as the children get to soccer practice, little Johnny and Amy get their cell phone calls, life goes on. I am so tired of these people, all of them. If there were ever a way to start over and clean house, this is the time. Just think if we could get them all gone, new people, no party ID...man, would that not be something to behold.
I think America is ready for it
June 24, 2009 - 20:40 ET by SeftonI've seen on a few occasions where comments alluded to yours, Joe.
My favorite: "We need to take a two and a half inch high pressure fire hose to each house of Congress and start completely over."
On Schultz and his baby antics - I'm sure all 9 of his national audience were pleased also.
Ed's got problems.
June 24, 2009 - 20:36 ET by GregEEd's got mental problems.
I knew there was something wrong
June 24, 2009 - 20:35 ET by Delsawhen his wife said, "I don't know where he is". huh?
He was selfish and got what he deserves.
I didn't vote for him.
He didn'd disappoint me or hurt me.
He hurt his children, his wife, and himself.
Sad but stuff happens.
and
June 24, 2009 - 20:37 ET by Delsawho said he was our presidential candidate?
Shultz is going to need love someday.
Too bad!
Schultz
June 24, 2009 - 20:41 ET by ForbusDirections to the Ed Schultz Show:
1) Go right till you smell it.
20 Then left till you step in it.
First let me say...
June 24, 2009 - 21:05 ET by PrairieSkyfor the record, that Ed Schultz is an idiot.
That said, Mark Sanford is a lying, hypocritical, adulterous moron. To disappear for a week so he can jet away to be with his Argentine bimbo, and then lie to EVERYONE about where he is, is absolutely unforgiveable.
It's bad enough that he had an affair and has torn his family apart...But, Sanford leaves the country for a week, and tells everyone that he's hiking in the Appalachians...This man is the governor of a state! He lied to his family, he lied to his staff, he lied to the Lt. Governor, and he lied to the citizens of South Carolina, all so he can jet off for a rendezvous with his mistress? What kind of judgement is this? What would have happened if there had been some type of statewide disaster while he was gone? No one knew where he was...How could anybody have reached him? Sanford was derelict in his duty as governor. This was absolutely disgraceful, and Sanford should resign, and if he won't, he should be removed from office.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
I absolutely agree Prairie.
June 24, 2009 - 21:05 ET by RESTLESS 1I'm growing weary of these elected public servants forgetting who they work for.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
RESTLESS...Me too...
June 24, 2009 - 21:18 ET by PrairieSkyI have had it up to here with these pompous, arrogant, hypocritical frauds pretending to be something they are not, and as you said, they all seem to forget what their job is, and who they work for...What is it about elected office that makes these people think that they can get away with crap like this? Now one of the big questions is who paid for these trips to Argentina? The press is working on that now...If one red cent of South Carolina's taxpayers money paid for ANY of this, he should be immediately impeached. I have no sympathy for this jerk...He's made his bed, and now he has to lie in it.
I feel very sorry for his wife and children...What a mess he's dragged them into. Sanford's a disgrace, and if I lived in South Carolina (I used to, and still have family there), I'd want him out of office now...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
the only thing i would like
June 25, 2009 - 00:14 ET by red_dragon311the only thing i would like to add to your outstanding posts is...he also made fools of us all....i mean who else out there DEFFENDED the asshole just 2 days ago...then to find out THIS is the real story????????
f*** him and the horse he road n on, it was sayd he was our next big thing... going to run for president ...i am glad we were able to weed this jerk off out this soon.....i don't care if his piss cures cancer....i don't like being made a schumk
FINALY A REAL CANDIATE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!
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red_dragon...That thought occurred...
June 25, 2009 - 01:47 ET by PrairieSkyto me, also...So many have lauded Sanford as a standard bearer for the conservative "cause," and then to have this happen...This situation is just another reminder of what a mess the Republican Party is in right now...Between Sanford and Ensign, this has not been a good couple of weeks. It's hard to know who any of these people really are...It is discouraging.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Yeah, unfortunately I cautght this
June 24, 2009 - 21:02 ET by RESTLESS 1The second interveiwee, I forgot his name, mentioned how ed showed a little too much glee in this, to which ed responded, I'm paraphrasing here, "but the left doesn't hang its hat on family values". Funny how liberals are so proud that they don't have values. Says much about them.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Another MSNBC Idjut
June 24, 2009 - 21:13 ET by AllRightyI couldn't sit through it. Ed has one of those loud liberal ignorant things going on.
Oh, and, there are more Dems down here in the South than anywhere I've ever seen, so someone let him know that the conservative Republican movement did not begin down south in the Bible belt.
I just feel badly for Sanford's family. The MSM is going to milk this as long as they can...
BTW, Sanford shouldn't have, but I have a feeling his wife will make him pay...
Well I'm not sure if he was a big morals guy
June 24, 2009 - 21:13 ET by shawn228the type to point fingers at other sinners like Mark Foley or a hypocrite like Elliot Spitzer. I don't have a major problem with it. Temptation got the better of him. As long as he does a good job in office, no biggie.
He had my vote
Sinners have been pointing at sinners
June 24, 2009 - 21:45 ET by nwahsSinners have been stoning ( burning, sexually mutilating etc.) sinners since there was anything resembling man. That accounts for my "affection" for stoners (in the Biblical sense, not the marijuana sense). It's man's rebellion against man ( I think).
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The fact that he was
June 24, 2009 - 21:34 ET by Radical1979The fact that he was unavailable to anyone in his state government tells me he is not doing a good job in office. In his position he needs to be available in case of emergency 24/7 or designate the next in power to fufil his role. For me, that was why I would have difficulty ever voting for him.
Putting his wife and children through the embarrasment that he has doesn't speak well to me of his character. He should have manned up before it became an affair and worked on his marraige or separated.
According to Politico
June 24, 2009 - 21:39 ET by nwahsHis staff knew where he was.
"Joel Sawyer, Sanford’s communications director, said from the beginning
that Sanford “let staff know his whereabouts and that he’d be difficult
to reach,” but it took an unusually long time for the governor’s staff
to issue a vague, and ultimately wrong, statement on his whereabouts."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/
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The statement was wrong or
June 24, 2009 - 21:44 ET by Radical1979The statement was wrong or it was a lie. If it was wrong then Sanford lied to his staff. If it was a lie it was inexusable. When someone is elected to public office they have a responsibility to the public. It's not a lie to protect the public, it's a lie to protect Sanford. Either way, the correct thing to do would have been for Sanford to tell his staff he was taking some personal time and designating who was in charge of the state should there be some type of emergency since he would most likely be unreachable.
Yeah Radical I agree
June 24, 2009 - 21:50 ET by shawn228He was extremely irresponsible about his job. He deserves every bit of scolding for his carelessness as far as his job goes. I'm more forgiving in the area of infidelity.
"He should have manned up before it became an affair and worked on his marraige or separated."
In a perfect world yes, but its not easy having the cojones to face your wife and family while you are having an affair. Same thing happened to Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and Rudy Guiliani and all of went on the have a successful career in politics even after they were outed. Make no mistake, I would not defending this guy I found out or find out that he is a hypocrite. I have not defended Ensigns at all because he called Larry Craig a disgrace.
He had my vote
The lack of responsibility
June 24, 2009 - 21:55 ET by Radical1979The lack of responsibility toward his office is what I find most distrubing and why I would never vote for him
The affair I find abhorent on a personal level, of course it isn't easy to face up to your mistakes. No matter what mistake we make. I always taught my kids to tell me right away when the messed up because we'd deal with it. But if the school called me and they didn't tell me what they did when they had the opportunity, all hell would break loose. Just my way of trying to teach them to right their wrongs.
Shawn,
June 24, 2009 - 22:06 ET by RESTLESS 1Of course it isn't easy. Doing the right thing rarely is, but it makes the man in the mirror easier to look at.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Agreed Restless
June 24, 2009 - 22:20 ET by shawn228Sometime it is good to clear your concience, but honestly speaking look at what he had to lose except for his reputation. A wife and 4 kids, he did not want to put them through that. I am not saying it was the right thing to do, I am saying I understand on why he kept it a secret and I am more concerned about how irresponisible he was by not telling anyone where he was going
He had my vote
The deriliction of duty concerns me as well
June 24, 2009 - 22:26 ET by RESTLESS 1And I would buy the sparing of feelings argument if it had been a one time thing, and would never happen again. Suffering silently over a one time mishap might be admirable, but only if it never happens again. Then I would say its between oneself and God, but to keep an affair going and not come clean is just cowardice.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Restless~
June 24, 2009 - 23:15 ET by Georgia GirlLeft you a message at the "healthcare/Spock" blog, regarding the show.^_^
G'night!
I find people who clear
June 24, 2009 - 22:31 ET by Radical1979I find people who clear their conscience tend to do it to make themselves, not those they have hurt, feel better.
I agree
June 24, 2009 - 23:06 ET by nwahsDr. Phil calls it salving guilt.
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I'm thinking
June 24, 2009 - 21:21 ET by nwahsI'm thinking those YouTube porn videos got to him.
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Ed Schultz
June 24, 2009 - 21:52 ET by KellyRis an ignoramus. I can't wait until someone puts out an embarassing story on him. Oh, wait . . . his ratings are an embarassment every day of the week. T**d-head.
I have no sympathy for
June 24, 2009 - 21:54 ET by Tom PaineI have no sympathy for Sanford. He brought this on himself and he deserves whatever happens to him. However, what ever happend to the "what he does in his private life has nothing to do with how he does his job" mantra the liberals were chanting during the Clinton administration.
I have a friend
June 24, 2009 - 22:03 ET by nwahsThere's this guy I grew up with that I know for a fact was screwing around on his wife for the first 2 years of their marriage and before their first child. One of my greatest pleasures ( guilty pleasures) is watching this pius friend of mine, rail on the sinfulness and irresponsibility of adultery. I guess he thinks I have Alzheimer's, because he can look me dead in the eye while doing it :) I do marvel at his speeches. Half of the gray hair in my head is from having an affair. I don't believe any man that says it couldn't happen to them- or more accurately, they are immune to lust. I'll give you this. Once you see the consequences and feel the guilt, I do believe those that say "NEVER again." Well I do believe they try much harder anyway.
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That post is so sad...
June 24, 2009 - 22:14 ET by Radical1979That post is so sad...
Yep,
June 24, 2009 - 22:18 ET by Paragroupersad...
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George Patton Jr
Whats sad is we don't have a conversion switch
June 24, 2009 - 22:30 ET by nwahsBack when 90% of our offspring would perish, God put in man, this nagging urge to procreate 6 times a day. There should be a conversion switch on man, to adjust for the discovery of penicillin and the decline in the infant mortality rate. Well the eternal damnation is a good deterrent.
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You get your switch
June 24, 2009 - 22:33 ET by Paragrouperfixed if you want to--I like mine the way it is!
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George Patton Jr
Brain = conversion
June 24, 2009 - 22:35 ET by Radical1979Brain = conversion switch
Ever notice how we seem to be finding more and more sexually transmitted diseases, or links between some cancers and sexual transmission? Maybe God, or nature, is trying to tell us something.
he also says
June 24, 2009 - 22:08 ET by spmcintyre..."you have to be credible, and you have to be accountable"
Since when has any politician been credible and accountable, especially libs
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman..."
ask Sen Kennedys girlfriend, oh, nevermind, he killed her...
what about that cash found in the Louisiana freezer right after Katrina, what was that guys name again???
how many purple hearts did Kerry give himself?
PBO never heard what his pastor was saying for 20 years? and has not been influenced by an admitted murdering domestic terrorist?
I believe the most recent incedent involving a dem sex scandel, we were told to mind our business, its a personal matter, ok, is there a serious doublestandard here?
I agree he should not have gone out of the country and all that nonsense he did, but omg it is so obvious there is a doublestandard, when it comes to reporting these issues of accountability
there is no spoon...
Just a fact
June 24, 2009 - 22:18 ET by nwahsThe cash was found before Katrina. Now what did happen during/aftermath of Katrina, is "Dollar Bill" Jefferson used a Louisiana National Guard convoy to help him retrieve a briefcase from his New Orleans home.
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This will go own and own...
June 24, 2009 - 22:20 ET by slickwillie2001Now we will have to listen to bad jokes from the late-night liberal aholes for the next six months about Sanford. Or, just don't watch. I've been watching the Lou Dobbs rerun at midnight as an alternative to the Lecherman/O'Brien garbage.
Kings of Compassion
June 24, 2009 - 23:31 ET by nkviking75W-e-l-l-l, what do we have here? The Tabloid Party strikes again.
Gosh: we've got another Jimmy Swaggart moment coming from the
Republican party.
Well, what do we have here? Another example of liberal classiness. When a Democrat sleazebag is exposed, it's nobody's business. When it's a Republican, we should wallow in it. It helps that the media gatekeepers can blow up one scandal and sweep another under the rug. The Kings of Compassion strike again.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Now if Sanford had gone
June 25, 2009 - 05:34 ET by RR GOPNow if Sanford had gone down to Argentina to visit his novio Julio the Gaucho on La Montana Quebrantado...I'd think there'd be a different take on this by the media and the Libtards.
Especially Barney Frank and Perez Hilton.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
jessieH
June 25, 2009 - 09:50 ET by jessieHjessieH The moral to the story is " The govt. has no morals". WE need to stop voting for the rep. party AND the dem. party. WE need an AMERICAN party.