Kurtz Seems to Condone Schultz Calling Limbaugh 'Drugster,' Palin 'Caribou Barbie' and Christie 'Fat Slob'
Howard Kurtz on Tuesday published a surprisingly glowing piece about one of the most hate-filled commentators on television.
In "Rush Limbaugh's TV Nemesis" posted at the Daily Beast, Kurtz even seemed to condone Ed Schultz's disgusting pet names for Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Chris Christie:
He savages his targets in a nightly “Psycho Talk” segment, calling Rush Limbaugh “the drugster,” Sarah Palin “Caribou Barbie,” and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a “fat slob.” Rather than merely attack their ideology, Schultz says things like: “C'mon, Rush! Let's get it on!... Get away from your drugs. Go see the doctor and get some hearing. Maybe you could pick up a 19th girlfriend. Maybe you could try marriage again.” He has even said Limbaugh looks like Hitler.
One might have expected as a media critic, Kurtz would come down strongly on a television news commentator attacking fellow Americans this way, especially political officials.
Not so, as here's what immediately followed:
Turns out the Rush grudge is personal. After the Today show did a story on him in 2004, Schultz recalls Limbaugh dismissing him as a $4-an-hour Fargo guy who would never make it. But in constantly carping on Limbaugh’s past addiction to painkillers, Schultz can sound as intolerant as any opponent.
That's it? He can sound as intolerant as any opponent?
Talking about a man's past addiction to painkillers, his hearing problem, his love life, and comparing him to Hitler goes far beyond intolerance.
And what about Schultz's references to Palin and Christie? Didn't those deserve some of Kurtz's attention?
I guess Howard wasn't bothered by that. Quite the contrary, he allowed Schultz to get the last word:
One thing is certain: The hunter remains loaded for bear. “Not to get too grandiose about it,” he tells me after demolishing dinner, “but I really believe I’m saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.”
Does Kurtz think a lot of Americans want commentators on cable news networks to routinely refer to Limbaugh's previous drug addiction, or demean former and current political figures with idiotic nicknames?
If he doesn't, maybe he should have offered some criticism concerning this childish behavior from a TV news commentator rather than giving him the last word thereby implying he either agreed with Schultz or really wasn't offended by such invective.
All in all, this was an extremely weak piece from Kurtz that he should be quite ashamed of.
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"One thing is certain: The
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:09pm.
"One thing is certain: The hunter remains loaded for bear" Loaded for bear? This inconsequential buffoon isn't even loaded for butterflies. If Schultzy's a "hunter", then he's Elmer Fudd."Be vewy, vewy, quiet...I'm
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 10:49am.
"Be vewy, vewy, quiet...I'm huntin' bwain cells...." -- "Spechul" Ed Schultz
John Bannerman did a wonderful job
Submitted by dadyer on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 8:45pm.
of portraying a fat, bumbling, comical, not too bright, prisoner of war camp guard in Hogan's Heroes on TV. MSNBC has managed to come up with its own version in Ed (Sgt.) Schultz. Only one difference: Bannerman was acting...
dadyer
Submitted by well99 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:04am.
Good point.
Rush today
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 8:55pm.
Was commenting on how SI or someone who wrote the article, mind you this was back whe. rush was a fill in for NBC sports I believe and Rush commented on Donavan McNab and how he was over rated and today someone referred to this 8 yr old comment Rush had made and turns out back the. Rush was ridiculed for making but now 8 hrs later and he was apparently right on in making that statement. now we have Special Ed. Continuing on with his rhetoric and where's Kurtz or better yet, where's Sharpton whose been out there on the airwaves daily saying Rush is gonna have to answer to the FCC for his racist remarks ect.....ect....ect.... But Sharpton, Kurtz or anyone else isn't jumping on Special Ed. meadow, Mathews or Olberman for that matter on all the racist, idiotic remarks they make daily. they better learn to live off Happy Meals cause come Jan 5th, 2011 there not going to have these cushy jobs they live off of today for much longer and instead of Rush, Beck, or Hannity coming before the FCC it will without a doubt be all these yahoo's having to answer to the FCC !!!!NBC sports That was ESPN.
Submitted by Martin2717 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:07am.
NBC sports
That was ESPN.
I stand corrected, I Knew it
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:30am.
I stand corrected, I Knew it was one of them, couldn't remember Thank's !!!
Once again, Kurtz has been
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:38am.
Once again, Kurtz has been one Rush's biggest defenders, especially over the racist charges. Kurtz's criticism of Schultz was far stronger than any criticism of Limbaugh.
Jer.
NB 2.0 strikes again!
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 12:40pm.
putz deleted...
"biggest defenders"
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 12:40pm.
OMG! Is there more than one of him?? I'm pickin' at ya buddy. Defender! Not defenderssssss. LOL! He is still a putz, even a broken clock, yada yada yada. I'm a putz too, but I'm a nice putz... ; )
Poor Ed
Submitted by donabernathy on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 8:57pm.
he outta be glad he got a job after Hogan's Hero's
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KMjHfqqmal8/SUWuggbPlwI/AAAAAAAAAzk/7cygdBvNwv...
roflmao
I've got a pet name for
Submitted by Average_JoeMN on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:02pm.
I've got a pet name for Howard Kurtz: Idiot.
I don't waste my time thinking about idiots like him.
Methinks Kurtz is a wee bit
Submitted by Captain Repus on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:05pm.
Methinks Kurtz is a wee bit bitter about getting canned by the Washington Post. His next stop will be cancellation of his liberal circle-jerk Reliable Democrat Sources on CNN.
And the house cleaning is just beginning.
I know notttttthhhhhhhing.
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:06pm.
I venture to say ON CABLE, there is no more of a hateful show than this one (Behar a FAR second).
I dive for the remote after Matthews, but sometimes I can't find it (my children lose it, hide it......) and I have watched nothing but hate from this fat bastard.
The left say that Hannity is one way, nope, not EVEN close as far as hate and at least Hannity has a panel where all voices can be heard.
When fatboy disagrees with someone, they are not welcomed back, their mike get's cut and they become "the worst person in the world" eventually.
Progresive have far better spokespeople than this worthless and cluess a-hat.
But PLEASE keep him on, he is helping the "cause".
I noticed the attacks have
Submitted by Van Halen on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:07pm.
I noticed the attacks have started again on Limbaugh. The Left had backed off him for a bit, focusing on Beck and Palin instead. But now with Sharpton, Van Jones and Soros all hammering the FCC to get Limbaugh censored, he's front and center again. Let's all do our part to demand the new Congress DEFUND the FCC. Oh, and don't forget to demand the CPB get defunded too.
Kurtz and Schultz
Submitted by NVRAT on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:31pm.
Well it looks like Kruddy Kurtz and Shi#y Schultz is at it again two asses licking each other. Sounds like the MSM Liberals are trying to corn hole each other to get some attention. No one really cares what they have to say.
Golly, gee whiz
Submitted by KyWriter on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:31pm.
I am so surprised.
Kurtz on Schultz. How
Submitted by Edhenry on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 9:53pm.
Kurtz on Schultz.
How narrow an audience is one looking for?
"The Daily Beast"?
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 10:42pm.
I visited there via the link and it seems a little more pathetic than HuffPo. Driving audience with "The ten best and worst dressed stars!" ???
Rush has been KING for about 25 years now. Ed Shultz is an insect.
Well, the fat Fargo fart is
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:59pm.
Well, the fat Fargo fart is probably making more than $4/hr....................but he's still irrelevant and has a miniscule audience.................and he's so minor-league - intellectually and professionally - that he woudn't even qualify to carry Rush's pill bottle when Rush WAS on Oxycotin - which he DID admit to and go to rehab for!!!
I don't know if the Sarge is on any kind of drug, but he is so filled with hate and venom and bile and putrified puss that I figure he must be chronically constipated................
Not insect...microbe.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 10:50am.
Not insect...microbe.
schultz
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 10:56pm.
Wonder if that wanna-be TV star schultz will threaten to burn down the FCC if Rush doesn't get called on?? Rush has not said a word about the situation so, figure, he is not bothered by anything sharpten or the back end of Mr. ed says or does.
Kurtz has been a longtime apologist for Limbaugh
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:09pm.
Schultz is a pig, and Kurtz explicitly and properly called him out.
Limbaugh engaged in outrageous personal attacks against Tom Daschle and Kurtz ran cover for Rush..
Jer
Schultz is a pig, Kurtz is a---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:27pm.
horse's ass, and Daschle is a typical lying, thieving, tax evading liberal Democrat.
Daschle is such a creep that anything said about him could only build him up.
See Jer; except for a few minor points, we almost agree on something.
MD
You obviously are unaware of
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 12:02am.
You obviously are unaware of the respect for Daschle on both sides of the aisle.
Jer
By whom??? Some wimpy-ass
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:40am.
By whom??? Some wimpy-ass RINO's??? Some typical follow-the-leader queebie Dems?? I don't know anybody in MY world who thinks that Daschle was, or is, anything more than just another smooth-talking phony ass lib who will NEVER be able to fool the American public again in THIS lifetime..................
I'd say that having 'respect from both sides of the aisle' is probably NOT something that ANY politician with ethics and principles should aspire to..........because it would mean that they have 'compromised'.........or gone 'bi-partisen'..............and, in my not-so-humble opinion, that is NOT what ANY common sense forward thinking person would WANT to do in this day and age!!!
Daschle was a lot like Bob
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:48am.
Daschle was a lot like Bob Dole, who was the Rebublican Senate majority leader...Dole was principled, passionate, but a gentleman and a statesman.
Jer
Bob Dole???
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:02am.
Bob Dole??? Yeah.............you're right about that, Jer. I guess he was fine in the Senate, where they are ALL 'gentlemen and statesmen', right?? Well...........most of them, anyway. But what the hell do they do??? Would you want to walk down some dark alley with ANY Senator????
Principled??? Daschel??? OK...........you're a lawyer and a lib............so I guess I have to give you that one...........
Passionate?? Daschel??? Jeez Jer.................you've GOT to be more animated than that dullard!!! I've read your posts.........you actually have a pulse once in a while!!!!!
Tell you what, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:54am.
All your apologizing for, sticking up for, explaining for, cleaning up after and siding with, liberals and Democrats, aside, since that is not only your right but your apparent avowed mission in life---
I neither care overly much for, nor pay much attention to, the one-note tune you continuously play on your liberal Democratic harmonica.
Your desire to be a factotum, a forever fervent fan of and flag-bearer for political weasels and people I thoroughly despise just confirms on a daily basis how much I appreciate having you around to dispense such blatant silliness as though you actually think I might be either impressed, moved, or converted by it.
What you attempt to pass on as truth carved in concrete, I see as partisan bullsh*t.
You say I am obviously unaware of the respect for Daschle on both sides of the aisle.
Are you kidding me?
That is like saying rattlesnakes respect the potential danger represented by the venom carried by another rattlesnake.
That weasels are attracted to the musky, but oh so heady scent of the rest of their species.
That polecats respect one another because no one outside their group thinks they are worth either cultivating as friends or looking up to.
Tom Daschle having the respect of other politicians doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot to me other than underlining the phrase "birds of a feather flock together."
Daschle is a despicable, lying, tax cheat, like, unfortunately, so many of his ex-brethren.
Just how many character letters bespeaking Daschle's nomination for sainthood do you actually have in your possession, Jer?
Or was your post just another example of spraying perfume to mask a stench?
MD
You seem to be devoting quite
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:35am.
You seem to be devoting quite a bit ot time and word count addressing a one-note tune you neither care about nor pay much attention to.
Jer
Once more, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:47am.
I am retired and have tons of time on my hands.
I get to decide how I spend it, where I spend it, why I spend it, how I spend it, and upon whom I spend it.
Does it not occur to you that you are questioning my doing basically the same, except opposite, of what you are doing?
You spend your time genuflecting towards, praising, and bowing to both the altar of liberalism and the godheads of your Democratic Party.
I spend most of my time telling you that liberals are weird and that while all politicians suck, Democrats hold the franchise on venality.
Life is good.
MD
He commands lots of respect
Submitted by NL207 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:21am.
down at the IRS, too. Daschle is a stinking tax cheat just like that little puke, Geithner. He was seriously delinquent on his taxes to the tune of $100,000. Anybody in the Senate who respects that needs to be shown the door.
Just to put that in perspective, what do you suppose would happen to Jer if he were 3 years delinquent on $100k in back taxes? Do you think a little vacation to Club Fed might be in his future? Or maybe some men with guns might show up and padlock his office?
Wo wo wo wo..............hold
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:38am.
Wo wo wo wo..............hold on a minute............he's a principled and passionate, gentlemanly statesman!!!!
I remember Puff Daschel when he WAS in the senate.........what a wimpy-ass little psuedo soft-spoken phony.............I think Harry 'the weasel' Reid probably patterned himself after Tom the twerp......................and wasn't his wife some sort of high-powered lobbyist for some big airline??? Hmmmmmmmmmm...................can you say PHONY once again???
Delusional morons.............
PS..........calling Howdy Doody Geithner a little puke is an insult to vomit...............
Shall I put you in touch--if
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:53am.
Shall I put you in touch--if he is willing--with a conservative member of NewsBusters who is personally acquainted with Tom Daschle and will disabuse you of your absurd mischaracterizations of the ex-Senator? Or would you prefer to just engage in further character assassination based on your stupid misconceptions?
Jer
Go for it..............what
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:58am.
Go for it..............what did I mischaracterize??? I know a lot of libs who are 'nice' too....but that doesn't mean that they're NOT libs..........and I wouldn't go into any dark and dangerous alley with them.......but I guarantee that they would follow me in.
I'm in the mood to be 'disabused', so be my guest. I wouldn't hire Tom Daschle to take out my garbage....................and I HAVE had the IRS all over my ass for a hell of a lot LESS than that cheat ever owed!!!
Look killa...attack his
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:13am.
Look killa...attack his policies, his liberalism, his personal tax problems...don't go into a dark alley with him if you'd rather not, but to slam the guy--whom I am reasonably sure you don't know at all--as a "pseudo wimpy ass phony" along with other choice invectives is really unnecessary.
Jer
killa---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:19am.
Jer is right.
Daschle isn't a "pseudo" wimpy ass phony.
He is an actual wimpy ass phony.
But, just to show Jer that I can see both sides of the issue, I'll bet Daschle's mother thought Tommy was a cute little bugger.
MD
I don't know the guy at
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 4:00am.
I don't know the guy at all...........and I'll tell you something - I DON'T want to know him either!!! And forget the lame excuses................tell me who the 'conservative' is here on NB who 'KNOWS' ol' Puff Dashcle...........I'd like to talk to him!!!!
As far as being a wimpy ass phony.........yeah..........that's EXACTLY what I said!!! Do you think I'm going to retract it??? Can you separate a 'public figure's' stance from his 'private life'???? If the answer is 'yes'............then he IS a friggin wimpy ass phony!!!
So just let me know who I'm going to talk to next................and if the guy can school me about this subject, I'll be willing to accept it............I'm NOT a wimpy ass phony!!!
Unsure if you mean me or killa, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:05am.
but I'll jump in---
Just because you prostrate yourself before the tin gods of liberalism as presented by modern day tin pot dictator Democrats, don't expect me to fall under their spell.
Daschle is a piece of crap.
Period.
Any stories about his magnanimity, his kindness to old ladies, his manifestly upright character, impress not.
Odd that you would accuse someone of character assassination when Daschle himself performed the very acts that gave him a bad name.
Absurd mischaracterizations, my ass.
Why don't you hook us up with Michelle, who is personally acquainted with Barack, so she can confirm forever that he is a truly intelligent and wonderful fellow, thereby putting the lie to horrendous conservative referrals to his inane performance as prez?
MD
It was addressed to
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:14am.
It was addressed to killa.
Jer
Well then,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:21am.
Never mind.
(h/t Emily Latella)
MD
Ahhhhhhhhhh c'mon MD!!! Arf
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 4:02am.
Ahhhhhhhhhh c'mon MD!!! Arf Arf!!! You KNOW that I'm your little lapdog!!! U NO DAT!!!! I need all the back up I can get!!! Don't leave me hanging out here!!! C'mon man, GET MY BACK!!! I'm really in trouble here!!!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
killa---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 4:06am.
Got your six, surfrider.
MD
Ohmigod...not the return of
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 4:13am.
Ohmigod...not the return of the lapdog.
Killa, are you tagged?...I'm calling animal control on your a$$. :-)
Jer
Yeah..........I'm back!!! I'm
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 4:36am.
Yeah..........I'm back!!! I'm trying to remember who called me MD's lapdog?? Was it you or that veteran of 1001 self-imposed psychic wars???
Anyway.........it's late here.........Jeez.........it's got to be really late where you guys are???
Good night to both of you.........and have a Merry Christmas!!!!
aloha..................Da Killa!!!!!
I confess...it was the
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 5:16am.
I confess...it was the Vet.
Nah, it was me...Big Mistake. I take it back.
Hope you and your family have a great Christmas too. Not much chance of a "white" one on the islands, but I'd love to be where you are.
aloha...
Jer
The you go again. Taking swipes at me.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 7:18am.
What pathological deviation is it that drives you to insult me every single time I turn my back? You do it. We argue. You do it again. We argue. We have a conversation in PM. And we agree not to bother each other and here you are SNIPING away again like some little COWARD.
You don't have the nads to respond to me in a post I make. No, you got to insult me when you think I am not looking.
KNOCK IT OFF YOU PISANT LITTLE COWARD. I ain't said one negative word about you since our PM. Like an idiot, I even put in some good words. KNOCK IT OFF.
You can't say something nice, just shut the frell up you back sniping little snit.
What I need this? I got that little snit Dead Zippers calling me a murdering terrorist and I got you, supposedly on the same side, stabbing me in the back EVERY SINGLE TIME I TURN AROUND.
Sincerely,
That Vet, the one that doesn't like YOU making fun of ME or MY TAGLINE when you keep promising over and over you would stop.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......get over
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:56pm.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......get over yourself, Vet................I think you need to grow a sense of humor!!! In fact, I was feeling a little 'left out', because you haven't blown up on me in quite a while!!!! And I have 'got your back' on a couple of other posts I've made in the past................so I wasn't really trying to make a snipe at you, or 'make fun' of anything. Actually, I was exalting your tag-line!!!
Have a Mele Kalikimaka and a Haouli Makahiki Hou - which, as you can probably guess, means Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sincerely, the fun-loving Killa
A pathetic tale
Submitted by KC Mulville on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 2:47am.
According to the piece, Schultz was a jock conservative, until the first time he met poor people. Then he became a liberal.
I mean, how stupid can you get?
Did he not know about poor people? What did he think conservatism was all about? What did he think Reagan was talking about? The whole point of conservatism is that when government spends your money instead of you, they don't spend it on you.
Liberalism isn't a cure for poverty. What do you think makes those people poor? Is it some sort of personal defect that they have? Is it because poor people are morally bankrupt? No. Most of the time, it has little to do with the workers themselves. They're poor because there aren't enough jobs. And the only people who can create long-term, steady, well-paying jobs are people who have money and are willing to invest it. That's where the jobs come from.
The only way to generate jobs is to give them a place to spend that money. And if it means that they make four bucks for every two you make, well, it's better than neither one of you making a dime. But if you want to wallow in the "egalitarianism" of liberalism, spiting those rich folks by not letting them have more money (and forcing everyone's money to go to the government), then kiss liberalism hello and your freedom goodbye. Great. You're showing your compassion at the expense of your brains.
He was a conservative until he met a liberal and she introduced him to poor people. How pathetic is that?
Progressives can never argue
Submitted by Cowboy on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:35am.
Progressives can never argue actual issues, so everything becomes a ridiculous, personalized attack...
Increasing 'failure will be the success' of Progressives
Submitted by Retired Geek on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:48am.
In the simplest of terms, Liberal Progressives needs a constant NEW supply of 'Victims' to replenish those that become middle class.
IOW, Barack Obama and his Liberal Progressive Supporters are trapped in a 'Dialectical Conundrum' or the struggle of the opposites.
While their 'Victims' struggle with the paralyzing oppression brought on by Liberal Progressive policies, they must create NEW victims for fuel to keep their policies relevant.
The 'Barack Obama Perfect Government' is about rewarding incompetence and punishing success, for the successful can't be successful unless the failures fail, hence Barack Obama must increase the failures for equilibrium
Barack Obama and Liberal Progressives know that increasing 'failure will be the success' of his Administration and Policies.
Eddie Schultz is a Yutz, for sure
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 9:33am.
But I'm sure there are no complaints in these parts when Mark Levin calls Hillary her thighness or a sitting sentator Little Dick.
Lets face it, there's nothing more ironic than having a the ultimate uber-conservative like Rush be on his fourth marriage and have a drug addiction.
Are we to care here little bsny trollie?
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 9:49am.
No one complained when we called you the bag stretching nut yank (bsny). Someone even changed it to your screen name.
Now why do they call you that? Ahhh. Beause you let out little whines and post them here when it happens.
You are proof
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 11:48am.
stupidity is NOT the exclusive domain of the left wing.
Another whine.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 1:01pm.
Somebody is awful busy with the yanking today.
Looks like somebody got yanked.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 9:50am.
I see he let out a little whine again.
Hypocrisy: Schultz leads by
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 10:53am.
Hypocrisy: Schultz leads by example.
Schultz still is an inconsequential Fargo guy who still hasn't "made it" (lowered expectations?)...he's just making a bit more that $4 per.