"I will offer NBC a bit of friendly advice: When you find yourself in an embarrassment hole, stop digging," said Media Research Center's Brent Bozell in a statement released today regarding the MSNBC cable network's reported negotiations to hire left-wing radio host Ed Schultz.
Schultz has a long history of obnoxious on-air comments and behavior. Just this past Friday, Schultz called Republican Senator Jon Kyl a "spineless scumbag" for daring to criticize President Obama's joke about how his bowling was so bad it was "like Special Olympics or something." On March 2, he likened a speech given by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh to conservatives at a political conference to Adolf Hitler addressing a Nazi rally.
Last November, he called Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama "a terrorist on the American worker. He is a terrorist on wage workers" and said ""the progressive talkers, you know, we lefties with microphones, we were never invited to the White House. Never got a chance to even urinate on the yard. You know? None of that."
Mr. Bozell's full statement appears below:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓NBC appears to have found in Ed Schultz another embarrassing Leftist to bring on board the network crazy train that is MSNBC. This is like having your batty family living in the attic, and the last lunatic uncle shows up and you invite him in too.
This is eerily reminiscent of MSNBC’s Michael Savage experiment. Savage is crazy Right, and Schultz is crazy Left; the only thing they have in common is that MSNBC hired them both. Savage’s on-air flame-out caused MSNBC to fire him. Do not be surprised to find MSNBC humiliated yet again
“Do you really want to add Ed Schultz, NBC? The terrible and terribly liberal MSNBC line-up is already incredibly damaging and a nightly embarrassment to your news division. Yet you somehow look at it and say ‘What we need is another angry Leftist to round out our evening programming.’
I will offer NBC a bit of friendly advice: When you find yourself in an embarrassment hole, stop digging.”
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Thank you for your STRONG voice, Mr. Bozell!
March 25, 2009 - 16:52 ET by Cape ConservativeIt helps those of us without one maintain some semblance of sanity ;-)
MSNBC is never (refuse to add to their numbers or poison our minds) on at our home, we just let you monitor them for us.
A BIG thank you from a conservative household (and MRC supporters)! Yes, conservatives do exist in this bluest of blue states - though we feel like the lonely little petunia in an onion patch ;-)
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
Well, my new tag-line
March 25, 2009 - 16:53 ET by bigtimerWell, my new tag-line couldn't fit a more appropriate blog post than here...fits msnbc & crew perfectly.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
BT
March 25, 2009 - 17:02 ET by RukusIIIIIIIIIII like it!! Now I gotta get used to seein' ya with a tagline. : )
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
Howdy Ruk... I have
March 25, 2009 - 17:09 ET by bigtimerHowdy Ruk...
I have usually always had one...just have been giving it a rest for awhile...especially while I was having some issues with my computer for a couple of months. ;-)
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Big/Ruckus...
March 25, 2009 - 18:08 ET by Georgia GirlBig: Love your tagline. But don't get me started on taglines! [See Ruckus, if you want to know about my lack of computer skills...I'm a girl without boxes.^_^]
Ruckus...I found ya! In answer to your question, the "Track" box is to the far right (right above the "Girl" part of my "Georgia Girl" name), just like you said. It's a light-grey box, so I clicked left of that, like a maniac in search of a box! Funny note: my husband misunderstood & thought I was looking for a REAL box and brought me one from our garage. LOL. Anyway, I had my clicking-to-look-for-a-box seizure, but nothing came of it. At least I know there is supposed to be a box or two more there, thanks to you! I guess I am two boxes short. Is that similar to having a screw loose? LOL. But thanks again, for trying.
Well, even if I have no "boxes" to make buddies, I feel like I have lot of nice friends on here, i.e., like somebody who would be so patient with my computer incompetency (CL, too -- wherever that girl is!).
I'll be around!~
Hey Georgia
March 25, 2009 - 19:23 ET by jdlybrandRest assured you aren't the only one here lacking in computer skills. I have been rescued more than once by my NB brethren. I still don't know how to add links to my posts; yet when I was challenged by a certain unmentionable troll on the site to back up what I was saying, lo and behold two NB posters came to my rescue. I don't think the troll has been seen since.
"And the truth shall set you free"
~Stay right there!
March 25, 2009 - 19:37 ET by choselife3xi'm PMing you to tell you how to do links.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Thanks
March 25, 2009 - 19:51 ET by jdlybrandMy other rescuer. Uhhh, tell me what PMing is while you're at it. God, I feel so stupid sometimes. I am not a trained professional.
~Hahaha
March 25, 2009 - 19:56 ET by choselife3xClick on "my inbox" under your screen name on the right side of the screen.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Good evening chose
March 25, 2009 - 20:01 ET by cocodrieI saw you laughing. I thought you were laughing at pi claiming to be a man.
Jesus Loves You
~Coco darling!
March 25, 2009 - 20:12 ET by choselife3xI did laugh at that post, just not with my fingers. Pie is struggling in Cool's jaws and it seemed cruel to poke him under the circumstances.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
chose
March 25, 2009 - 20:18 ET by cocodriepi's got it coming for all the droppings he spread on the whole site.
Jesus Loves You
→ good evening coco
March 25, 2009 - 20:20 ET by Cool ArrowTastes like chicken.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Good evening Cool
March 25, 2009 - 20:28 ET by cocodrieBeen enjoying the show and trying to avoid the shrapnel.
Have a blessed and successful hunt.
Jesus Loves You
→ Actually coco
March 25, 2009 - 20:36 ET by Cool ArrowI'm done with him.
I couldn't get him to give an opinion on Bill Clinton's use of torture versus our Post-9/11 use of waterboarding. Seems like a slam-dunk moral judgement to me, until you factor in that it's really not the issue with libs.
The issue with libs is smear. Not right and wrong. It's all situational ethics based on who is taking the action.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
§ Coco, Cool!!! Hey...LOOK!!!..
March 25, 2009 - 20:40 ET by TheSter....A Chicken!!!
That Chicken is Pecking at TOTUS's Power Cable!!!
STOP HIM!!!
Ster.
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
§ Chose!! <runs around...gets DIZZY...falls over>
March 25, 2009 - 20:10 ET by TheSterHappy...Happy...
Joy...Joy...
Ster.
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
~Ster my dear
March 25, 2009 - 20:14 ET by choselife3xC H A T ;-)
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Jdylbrand...
March 25, 2009 - 21:42 ET by Georgia GirlRest assured, no matter how computer clueless you are, I am the worst! Everybody on here is so good at whipping around and handling everything~then I ask them things like: "What is a buddy list?" and then: "OK, where is the buddy list?" Now it's that I can't get my buddy list, PM-thing or anything to come up/do anything. I'm hopeless! (I tell myself this is because I am a magazine writer, and I'm just not used to techie stuff. My excuse anyway) :(
I heard about the troll. CL told me, and she let me read some of the stuff he wrote her (if it is the same troll). He was horrible and scary. He was attacking CL, and with the stuff he said to her, I felt the need to put her in the Witness Protection Program! I hope he stays away, but we'll all handle him together, if he comes back. :)
~Stop right there!!! Georgia Girl!!
March 26, 2009 - 09:45 ET by choselife3xFreeze!
I saw you're logged in, there is no escape. Front and center!
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Cl3x
March 26, 2009 - 09:46 ET by sherylsimsHey there! What are you doing on this old thread?
~Trying to get ahold
March 26, 2009 - 09:56 ET by choselife3xOf that Georgia Peach so we can fix her computer problem. She can't figure out how to enable her PM's or activate her buddylist. We gotta fix this.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
~Cl
March 26, 2009 - 09:59 ET by sherylsimsWhen I couldn't use mine I couldn't post either. Has she posted anything recently?
~Alright GG
March 26, 2009 - 12:30 ET by choselife3xClick on my screen name, go to my profile page, click "Contact" and write me a message. It will go to my e-mail and I'll be able to e-mail you back.I think, put your e-mail addy in there to make sure. We'll fix this without taking up more space on the thread.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Here again!
March 26, 2009 - 12:27 ET by Georgia GirlCL,
OK, I left another message for you, so this is actually message #2 (so this doesn't get confusing...listen to me, like this isn't already confusing! LOL!).
I am trying one more thing, with my buddy list. Wish me luck...now I will check back on this page again later tonight sometime, just in case we miss each other again! Anyway, my habit is to check and then I usually wander off and do stuff. Sometimes I log out, but usually I just leave myself where I am, until I move off the site for good. USUALLY, anyway! I have to sit and think about what it is I actually DO.
Anyway, I'm trying to work out this buddy list thing. Now if I get the buddy list fixed, what will that do? Does that solve everything after that???
I'm here!
March 26, 2009 - 12:22 ET by Georgia GirlCL,
I'm here! Now where are you??? I logged in early today, to see if you left a message, but nada! So here I am...where are you? Wait, I see the time on your thing. That is probably when I logged in and then back out...this is simply too funny. Anybody reading these messages will think we are ONE person because we are never in one place at the same time -- you can't make this stuff up!!OK, I will sit here for awhile...and see if you appear. Sometimes I log onto a page and then go off and do stuff & just leave my computer...do you do that, too? Maybe that is the problem.
Anyway, I will just blag on and on for a bit, and maybe when I get done, you will be here. Current status on my "Buddy List" is that I have had 4 people request me as buddies, which was more than ever happened before (in that I GOT a notice), but when I clicked on the thing, nothing happened. So I have no idea if I am automatically a buddy or what! (?)
All right. I am going to read on, to see if you left me other messages.
~Stay there
March 26, 2009 - 12:23 ET by choselife3xThat high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
We're not the same person!
March 26, 2009 - 12:30 ET by Georgia GirlOh, thank the good Lord. For a minute there, I was starting to wonder if we WERE the same person and I just didn't know! Okay, good, you are here...and I'm still here, too! I was about to try the right-hand side of my page again...but, I am still on this page. I will not move...I will try the buddy thing, and then see what other messages you leave.
I am laughing my head off, as well!
~Did you see my message above?
March 26, 2009 - 12:33 ET by choselife3xClick on the little 'Contact' button at the top of my bio page.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Back again...did it work?
March 26, 2009 - 12:42 ET by Georgia GirlCL,
OK, I got three people to come up, when I clicked on the righthand thing this time (somehow, only 3 people, not the 4 I got notices on, but hey, it seemed to be working for the first time, on my end -- and my husband even tried that several times for me, and he is an engineer, for heaven's sake!).Anyway, I was asked to "accept" or "reject" buddies...said yes, etc. So can you tell if it worked???
As for PM, my husband thinks he knows why that is not working, and he said he'd keep working that aspect for me, so we're making progress!
Are you still on here? Am I talking to myself?...Hello? Hello? Wow. The NB site managers must be laughing at me.
Hey chose
March 26, 2009 - 16:25 ET by RukusMaybe we could start a forum thread, I have some more ideas about this issue myself. I think it might be easier to communicate. What'cha think? This has turned into a mystery and I really am curious as to what is going on.
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
~Hey Gary
March 26, 2009 - 17:21 ET by choselife3xShe got the buddylist working. Now if she'll contact me we'll see about enabling her PM's. If it doesn't work I'll get one of the admin's in on it.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Good deal
March 26, 2009 - 17:42 ET by RukusI'm starting to think it may be the java script setting in her browser, I looked at my page source and it does have quite a few references to java. We'll see.
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
~Paging Georgia Girl! Paging Georgia Girl!
March 25, 2009 - 19:48 ET by choselife3xClick on your buddylist link under your account link on the right side of the screen.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
CL~cracking me up!
March 25, 2009 - 21:32 ET by Georgia GirlOh my gosh -- I've missed all the fun on here this evening. Then I saw your "paging" message to me and just started cracking up. I did one last check before I hit the hay~but not before I go check out the BuddyList thing (and I can't remember her name, but there is some dear girl on here, who ran into Troll Boy, who is having as much computer trouble as me).
I am crossing my fingers...but I do know there is one place I have SEEN the Buddylist thing (not on my page) that I tried, and I saw stuff, but it still didn't do stuff! I'm a mess, Lord help me!
Going to check...and if I am still hopeless, you know I will eventually see your messages!:) This it too funny!~
Let them dig
March 25, 2009 - 17:03 ET by general companyThe dirt is falling in on them
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Schultz!
March 25, 2009 - 17:05 ET by blazermaniacMaybe PMSNBC should sign this idiot. Get this guy and hopefully, this network will dissolve. It should, anyway.
Hey, do you think he will
March 25, 2009 - 19:13 ET by motherbeltHey, do you think he will make an appearance on MSNBC by being the subject of David Shuster's next Hypocrisy Watch ???
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
We should start betting on
March 25, 2009 - 17:12 ET by MANstreammediaWe should start betting on how long this guy lasts (probably not long).
Maybe we should start a pool - anyone have a spare whiteboard?
March 25, 2009 - 17:25 ET by Cape ConservativeIf 'the one' can make headlines with one, so should we ;-)
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
→ Sorry Cape
March 25, 2009 - 17:33 ET by Cool ArrowI loaned my whiteboard to Karl Rove.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
darn - maybe Barack will lend us his after he LOSES
March 25, 2009 - 18:23 ET by Cape Conservativewith his Final Four picks - I can only hope - not knowing a thing about the teams ;-) I just want HIM to lose!
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
Whiteboard????
March 25, 2009 - 19:14 ET by motherbeltIs that a racist comment?!?!?!?!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
→ Definition
March 25, 2009 - 17:21 ET by Cool ArrowMaybe it's not widely known, but the "scumbag" originated as slang for "condom"
Would that Schultz had been trapped in one.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Yukky poo ;-( Again, more than I need/want to know ;-)
March 25, 2009 - 17:26 ET by Cape ConservativeIt is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
whoa
March 25, 2009 - 17:24 ET by katainkentremind not to board a boat with NBC execs on board. I'd hate to see their version of 'bailing' should the ship start to sink.
_____________________________________________________
Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.
Kat
March 25, 2009 - 19:30 ET by jdlybrandPlease see my reply to georgiagirl above. Thanks for the 'bailout'!
Get's you wondering don't it?
March 25, 2009 - 17:53 ET by HeavyChevyI guess MSNBC think (man that's a stretch!) he would be a good counter to Glenn Beck? If it's true...good luck with that, chuckles will need it.
"Savage is crazy Right, and
March 25, 2009 - 18:33 ET by Chris Norman"Savage is crazy Right, and Schultz is crazy Left...Savage’s on-air flame-out caused MSNBC to fire him.
Yeah, but Schultz's ace in the hole is that he is "crazy left" - this alone should innoculate him from Savage's fate.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
this guy will last as long
March 25, 2009 - 18:50 ET by jacktheripperthis guy will last as long as DL Hugly (sic intended)
MSNBC put Savage on their
March 25, 2009 - 19:00 ET by jdhawkMSNBC put Savage on their network to hold him up as representative of what nut jobs conservatives are. Then, they waited until he called a gay man a sodomite and that he wished he would get AIDS and die. He was promptly fired for his comments.
ESPN did as much to Rush Limbaugh. What Rush stated about football player McNabb was that the sports press had investing in him when he didn't deserve it, but the defense on the team did. The liberal sports writers and then, several presidential candidates banded together to throw him under the bus.
Note, when Hollyweird makes a movie depicting the assassination of President Bush, it is A-OK. In fact, it is lauded as art!
Regardless of what Shultz' antics may be in the future we have already learned a la Predident FUBAR that it is just "teachable moments."
→ I remember that
March 25, 2009 - 19:05 ET by Cool ArrowI don't wish AIDS and death on sodomites. That's not a decision that's mine to make.
And since Barney Frank called Justice Scalia a homophobe, I think it's OK to call sodomites homos again.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
I'd suggest that the digging continue
March 25, 2009 - 20:29 ET by FastEdin order to hold all the loons who will be hiding their heads when (but probably IF) they learn that there is nobody behind the suit in the oval office. Other then the prompter, there is nobody speaking with one voice, nor with logic of smarts - the media cowards will push the agenda, without thinking of what the conseqeunces might be, even when dirt they throw comes back to bury them.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Adolf Hitler probably had
March 25, 2009 - 21:05 ET by RR GOPAdolf Hitler probably had more people listening to him than MSNBC has viewers.
That's pretty ballsy comparing Rush to Hitler.
Someone on the Free Republic posted a brilliant set of pics during the campaign...one B/W pic of young German girls crying and swooning at the site of Der Fuhrer and a recent of one of young American girls crying and swooning at the site of Dear Leader.
That and the Obamopolis set reminiscent of the centerpiece rally in Triumph of the Will are pretty damn scary comparisons.
Yeah, one was a national socialist and the other's an international socialist, but other than that, two peas in a pod in many ways.
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!?).
First "Family Guy", Then "South Park", Now Ed Schultz?
March 25, 2009 - 22:27 ET by The7SticksAre you trying to wreck my mood? At least Big Eddie's not nearly as left-wing as that moron Mike Malloy. If it were that idiot, then I would be worried for the future of MSNBC.
As for the comparison of Rush Limbaugh to Nazis: Michael Medved comparing crowds at Dennis Kucinich rallies to Nazi rallies doesn't invalidate that point? Both liberals and conservatives will always try to slime each other with comparisons to Nazis and Commies no matter what they say. The only thing I can say to that is: Grow a pair.
If I didn't know any better, Big Eddie seems to sound like the liberal equivalent of, I don't know, Bill O'Reilly? It sounds like what O'Reilly might say on his radio show if he were a liberal. Oh wait: He doesn't have a radio show anymore. He was beat by Big Eddie in the ratings, Ba-ziiing! And now he's in his sixth year on the national airwaves.
I so totally ba-zinged you.
CL/success!
March 26, 2009 - 12:48 ET by Georgia GirlCL,
OK, on my end. It SAYS I have the 3 buddies. I am heading OFF this site now -- taking my son to an activity...but please leave me a message on this page to let me know if it shows I am one of your buddies now!
I will check on here later tonight. And for all of you reading these silly messages between CL and myself, I apologize. I was having major computer problems. But I'm okay now, really. Don't worry about me! LOL.