Ed Schultz: Republicans are 'Bastards Who Want to Destroy the American Dream'
MSNBC's Ed Schultz on Wednesday called Republicans bastards that want to destroy the American dream.
Apparently recognizing that he might have gone too far, the "Ed Show" host apologized moments later (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ED SCHULTZ: It’s all about taking down President Obama. They don’t want to create jobs. They’re not about that at all. And I’ll guarantee you, if you do see the numbers change, which I believe they will, you won’t hear Boehner or any of these new righties give one ounce of credit to the last Congress for fighting like hell for a jobs bill. This is an ideological war. I say it on camera tonight here on MSNBC. I will fight these bastards every night at 6 o’clock because I know what they’re up against. I know what they want to do. They want to take down American workers. They want to outsource jobs. They want to destroy the American dream. Concentrate the wealth to the top, and control minorities. That’s what they’re about.
About four minutes later, after interviewing Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wa.), Schultz apologized:
SCHULTZ: It is going to be a very passionate fight, and I just, no I haven’t had anybody in my earpiece since I started tonight, and management’s not saying I’m over the top. I just referred to the Republicans as a term I probably shouldn’t have used, but, I know what, they just infuriate me. I don’t think they’re honest brokers. I think they’re out to destroy unions. I think they’re out to destroy the working folk of America. I think they have nothing on the table for middle-class, the middle-class Americans out there who haven’t had the breaks that the top two percent has had. So, if I offended some of you by that term I used a few moments ago, I apologize. Maybe I’ve had too much TV.
Schultz was obviously referring to a December 20 piece by the Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz:
“There are times I tell him he goes over the top and that TV is different than radio,” [MSNBC President Phil] Griffin acknowledges. “A couple of times he’s crossed the line. I said, ‘Ed, you ran down the field 100 yards and you spiked the ball. Don’t spike the ball!’”
Makes you wonder if someone did indeed mention something in Schultz's earpiece instructing him that he was over the top and needed to apologize.
After all, saying on national television that Republicans are bastards wanting to destroy the American dream seems a bit inflammatory even for the consistently inflammatory Schultz.
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Funny, as I didn't realize the 'American Dream' was to exist...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:31pm.
...in a Marxist/statist sh*thole brought about by a communist-raised Kenyan Muslim former community pisser-offer.
Somehow I must have missed that part in all my not a little extensive reading of American history.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Well, Dave, apparantly you're
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:44pm.
Well, Dave, apparantly you're still reading the history that hasn't gotten around to being 're-written' yet..................but don't worry, if they can pull it off, they'll get OUR heads 'straightened out' in the same way that they've got the Fargo Fatass' head straightened out!!!
Hey.......at least he's a self-admitted socialist/progressive..........so I've got to believe that he's being true to himself. It's just that he's 180 degrees WRONG!!!!!
And.......oh.........last I checked, the Boy Blunder REGIME, coupled with the Ms. Botox/ Harry the Weasel Congress..............don't have a whole lot of bragging rights about doing anything positive about the 'job' situation, unless you want to count useless and meaningless government jobs, or those unemployment checks, which are so beneficial to the economy!!!
killa,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:23pm.
Yep, the victors get to write the history.
Let's all hope these goobers never get near a keyboard - and they won't if we can stop them.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Well, RD, speaking of
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:03am.
Well, RD, speaking of rewriting history.........I had Bagdad Bob Gibbs on the TV this morning while I was getting ready for work (hey.......I actually have a job!!!) talking about what an honor and blablabla it was to have 'served' Boy Blunder...........and being in the White House, and the historical impact, and more blablabla....................Jeez............I felt like vomiting, and it wasn't even 7 AM Hawaii time!!!
I wonder how they will top this clown??? He was VERY good at lying and covering for Boy Barry, without any regards to his own non-credibility..............and he was also quite smarmy and condascending and nebulous.........a very good lib mouthpiece!!!! Personally, I don't think I could find a 'position' for Gibbs, if someone asked me to give him a job............maybe cleaning maggot-infested garbage cans???
Dave, apparently your history
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:58pm.
Dave, apparently your history books misled you.
We never had an American dream.
The Obama is in the process of creating it now.
When his health care bill passed, he declared it "another stone in the foundation of the American dream."
Don't ask me what the heck we've had for the 200+ years up to now. But isn't it nice to know he's laying the foundation of the American dream for us?
Of course, he means HIS American dream....
"Of course, he means HIS American dream...."
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:59pm.
There's nothing American about this dream.
mb,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:36pm.
Funny you mention foundation, as I posted somewhere today (it might have been here at NB) that Obama was rapidly ripping the blocks out of this country's very foundation.
The scary part is that the should repubs in the House wuss out over the next two years even a little bit, Obama will still be in the basement ripping out the blocks the entire time. At some point, the whole structure is going to collapse.
I am praying that this congress has the stones to stop Obama cold, else the next congress will be seated amidst a smoking pile of rubble.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
The American Dream is Evil
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:49pm.
According to mamabear,
Part of our love of the American dream is the flip side which must believe that everyone who fails to achieve it did something to deserve their failure, which then absolves us from our responsibility to care about them. Unless we feel like it.Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/12/30/ej-dionne-if-insuring-32-million-more-americans-isnt-enormous-social-#comment-1408401#ixzz1ADus9EWo This is what liberals really think of the American Dream.
Don't ask me what the heck
Submitted by MrShy on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:31am.
Don't ask me what the heck we've had for the 200+ years up to now.
No, we certainly won't ask you, Doofusbear, because you haven't a clue.
You are just another liberal that thinks there's a "prettier girl" around the corner than the one you've had for 200+ years (okay, not the greatest analogy :p) and you completely take for granted the amazing and very pure individual liberties an American is granted.
This socialist, make-us-all-pay healthcare "reform" bill HAS. NOTHING. TO. DO. WITH. AN. AMERICAN. DREAM.
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And this fool is still on the
Submitted by Rikki_Doxx on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:30pm.
And this fool is still on the air?
Strike 3!!!
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:33pm.
I've always predicted this loon would be MSNBC's first pink slip. Yep, Special Ed - "too much TV", see you on your 3 or 4 radio outlets.
Hometown
Submitted by SnapTie on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:26pm.
Special Ed's radio show in his hometown of Fargo,N.D was canceled after the first year. You can only hear him in one city, Rugby, N.D.Population 9,000
He says he is gonna fight
Submitted by golfman on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:37pm.
He says he is gonna fight them every night at 6:00, Why do i doubt that will be the case much longer. Its just a matter of time and this idiot is gonna go way to far over that liberal line. When a lib tells you, you went to far, thats something special.
I was actually one of the three that saw this
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:40pm.
Left it on after Tingles and this is what we get.......................
I give you one of the liberal mouthpieces of TV and radio lore, a hateful, disgusting, vile and barely coherent look through the prism of their real thoughts about regular americans.
Obviously he holds us in low regard as WE the people voted the "bastards" in and we are just to stupid to know what we are doing.
Opinion is one thing, but his mistakes and outright LIES are as commonplace as tears from Boehner.......... (a slight dig I know).
He makes Hannity appear to be partisan, but remember, at least Hannity has on Liberals and Dems.
Make it Hannity saying this and.......
Never mind.
The only.................
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:40pm.
bast*$%d I see is the fat blowhard on the screen! ! Time to get off the stage Special Ed!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
Just another reminder that any Republican Member of Congress
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:42pm.
who appears on MESSNBC is a fool. I am excluding, of course, No Label RINOs like McCain, Graham, etc. who require the love and adulation of the media above all else.Who said just the other day...
Submitted by jimbo297 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:46pm.
...that GENBC isn't as far left wing as FOX is right wing? These retards all sound the same to me.
sorry ed, you've got it completey bass-ackwards.
Submitted by puredmashie on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:15pm.
if the american dream is about acquiring a job, then this is an inheritlantly republican and conservative core principle. big government liberals don't realize that the government does not create jobs and wealth, but instead stands in their way.
obamacare, cap and trade, excessive regulation and others make it more epensive to do business and create jobs in this country and as a result, less business and less jobs will be created in this country will be created. it's that simple.
i have no more affection for rich people than anyone who reads this, nor do i aspire to become rich. but the fact remains that rich people do all of the hiring in this country, and if rich people are doing well they will hire more, create jobs, and create wealth in the process. anyone who thinks otherwise is denying basic fundamental economics.
Special Ed is eating Special M again!
Submitted by neutron on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:52pm.
Special K wasn't nutty enough for Special Ed, so he skipped Special L and went straight to Special M (for Marxist) COMPLETELY missing the point of the last election.
Since the Republicans swept the US House and gained in the US Senate, and captured control of many state houses where redistricting will hurt the Democrats even more, and gained power down to city and local elections, it seems THE AMERICAN PEOPLE believe the Republicans are more trusted to represent the AMERICAN DREAM than the Democrats.
Put a cork in it, Eddie-boy, until you are at a backyard vegetarian BBQ, surrounded by your drug and alcohol addled buddies -- after you finish off your 1st keg of Old Mil -- when you can scream and blather on to people who believe your drivel.
Wrong Again Eddie.
Submitted by TCinAZ on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:16pm.
Wrong Again Eddie. Republicans are 'Bastards Who Want to Destroy Your South American, Tin Pot Marxist Dictator, Banana Republic Dream' x 50.
Or 57 with one left to go, depending on whom it is you ask. That's all they're looking to do.
I mean, it ain't exactly Brain Surgery, Schultzy.
YES! Ed is furious! We're on
Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:30pm.
YES! Ed is furious! We're on the right track! Go TEA Party!
Hey Ed...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:36pm.
Is this the "American Dream"?: 10.8% unemployment, 3 more trillion dollars in debt since your beloved idiots took power? Destroy unions and the "working folks"?? Well, you dumbasses have managed to destroy the working folk just fine. News flash moron: if the working folk go down we all go down! Even a no account blowhard like you!
Don't get me started!
The Missing Link
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:38pm.
Ed Shultz is the Left's best example that Man evolved from monkeys.
Wow
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:41pm.
And this is what msnbc and GE want on the air representing them?? This idiot is either drunk on the air or so dam ignorant it is a crime. Did he realize how many American's he called basterds whom all want what is best for America and in the process, get rid of the present leaders?? No more GE products for me......and I don/t ever watch/listen to this poor excuse of a human.
Democrats have been the
Submitted by tampamom25 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:45pm.
Democrats have been the majority in Congress for about 46 of the last 60 years (that would be since 1950). The Senate has been controlled by the Democrats for about 40 of those 60 years. The Democrats have controlled at least one or the other of the 2 branches over 50 of the 60 years. The Democrats have controlled both Houses since 2007 - Exactly the period of the current economic collapse from an all time "high" in July 2007. So tell me Ed, who exactly is the problem here???? You're a typical liberal, not at all interested in facts. No coherent arguments or proof of any position you take, just loud name calling...... Oddly enough, you accuse Republicans of being exactly what Democrats are:o)
My American Dream..........
Submitted by GeneralAl on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 6:57am.
You reference the Democrats taking power in 2007. Well, thats the year my American dream was destroyed! We have a small business affected by the housing industry. As the incompetent fools made all those Fanny and Freddie loans leading to the meltdown in 2008, by 2009 we were forced to close our doors. So, special Ed, the words Bastard, Democrat, Liberal, Obama, Reid, Pelosi are all interchangeable. For that matter, we can include Schultz too! So have a great day, you rotten Obama!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
Apology NOT accepted.
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:20pm.
Apology NOT accepted.
What a disgusting person. The
Submitted by Rousse on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:32pm.
What a disgusting person. The only person more disgusting than Ed Schultz is Phil Griffin for letting Ed stay on the air.
Hi, my name is Chris
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:46pm.
Hi, my name is Chris and I'm a bastard who wants to destroy the American Dream.
FCC
Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:50am.
Isn't this the same fool who wants Rush Limbaugh off the air? What ever happened with him and sharpten complaining about "whitie" talk show hosts to the FCC?
If the American Dream is to
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 1:49am.
If the American Dream is to sneak across the border illegally, pop-out multiples of babies, collect government benefits, insist that teachers learn Spanish so they can teach our kids, etc. then I guess I AM trying to destroy that dream.
If the American Dream is the government telling me everything to do, from what I can eat to forcing me to purchase health insurance then yea, I am against that dream.
The American Dream was never for the government to bailout those who couldn't pay their debts. People like Schultz are in the wrong country. He wants the old U.S.S.R.
I would have NO PROBLEM with any of the above Democratic Party antics if they weren't constantly raising my taxes to achieve it.
You are right, Shortbus
Submitted by Captain Repus on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 1:57am.
You are right, Shortbus Eddie, you have done far too much tv - methinks a solution is just around the corner.
DiarrheaOfTheMouth Ratigan, Manlove Matthews, ShortBus Eddie, BathtubBoy, Mr. Maddow and Lawrence of Stupidia - All-Star Lineup of morons.
I had to think about
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 2:09am.
I had to think about BathtubBoy and who that was but the other's were obvious :)
Who Is This Imbecile?
Submitted by DaMama on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 2:12am.
What a ridiculous thing to say. Leftist liberals are the ones destroying this country. Their knee-jerk reactions to everything from healthcare to climate change have made them look like ridiculous loons. They don't think of things in the long run - they want immediate action NOW, regardless of what the facts or the truth is about a given situation. They don't want to research, find out what is really true or needed - they just want something done NOW.
Conservatives want people to be responsible for themselves, not relient on government. Conservatives want people to be able to get jobs and create jobs, not make more government jobs that do nothing but waste time and money. Conservatives want a good strong foundation which includes morals and boundaries.
Schultz is such an ignorant fool. Why does he even have airtime?
Restore the American Dream...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 6:06am.
...stop the nightmare of the big government takeover.
Remember!
Submitted by Cyborg 0427 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 6:39am.
The worse they get the bigger our victory. the more and worse names they call us, the more they hound us, the louder theyrant the bigger the victory we have. Remember this is their way, their way of doing business, how they roll. The worse they get the better I feel, well, I feel bad about voting for Richard Burr but I can fix that next election.
First
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 7:15am.
I'm a bagger, then i'm a bigot, then a nazi and now i'm a bastard... hmmm!
It's amazing to see the left say these things about the reps/conservatives and yet no one says a word. If the right says something like this... we're racist?
Ahhhh, the hypocrisy fills the air with a stench only a liberal could make.
"Ed Schultz: Republicans are
Submitted by Cowboy on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:29am.
"Ed Schultz: Republicans are 'Bastards Who Want to Destroy the American Dream'"
If by 'Dream' you mean 'big brother socialist state'
Time to go after Ed's Advertisers
Submitted by coolfl33 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 10:39am.
Instead of just posting comments, it is time to go after Ed's Advertisers.
We always just sit back and do nothing. It is time we give them a dose of their own medicine.
This man is dangerous. Rick Sanchez gets fired for calling John Stewart a name while Good Ole' Eddie boy threatens to burn down MSNBC's studios but he's still on the air. Does that seem right?
So, what do we need to do?
Ronda
Fat Eddie
Submitted by coolfl33 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 10:56am.
And we all know that despite what he says, MSNBC Management is in his big fat ear.
Why else would he say something like that? He was completely caught off guard. As he has probably never been called out.
I am going to get a list of his advertisers.
Everyone that attended or watched Glenn's Restoring Honor Rally needs to contact Ed's advertisers and MSNBC.
There are plenty of people
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:43pm.
There are plenty of people who say this is the American Dream and that is, but I doubt any of the leftists much less Ed know what the dream is.
If the American Dream is...
Submitted by cranky1 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 3:02pm.
If the American Dream is to force millions of people into totalitarian social programs then it's time to wake up.