Ed Schultz Bashes Michele Bachmann for Doing Same Thing Obama Did in 2008
Just how ignorant of politics and recent history is MSNBC's Ed Schultz?
Well, on Friday, he attacked Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for giving a competing response to the upcoming State of the Union address even though presidential candidate Barack Obama did the same thing in 2008 (video follows with transcript and commentary):
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to THE ED SHOW, the "Battleground" story tonight: Da Bears. No, that`s coming up later. Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is setting herself up for a presidential run. She`s in Iowa tonight speaking at an Iowans for Tax Relief event, and she`s meeting with the top Republicans in the state. Bachmann has been floated as a potential challenger to Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar in 2012, but folks, look, she wants something bigger than that. She wants it all. She wants the Oval Office.
Today, the Tea Party Express announced that Bachmann will give her own response to the State of the Union address. I think this is unbelievable. Has anybody else ever done this? Not only is Bachmann trying to put herself on equal footing with the President of the United States, she`s undermining her own party. Lots of loyalty there, huh? The Republicans already chose someone to give the response and that`s budget chair Paul Ryan, but Bachmann is going to rogue. I guess, you could say she`s going rogue.
As the folks at The Blaze reported Saturday, the official Democrat response to George W. Bush's final State of the Union address on January 28, 2008, was made by then Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius.
However, then Sen. Barack Obama gave his own response at his campaign website.
The Huffington Post even reported the news that evening with a full transcript of his comments and the video:
As the Daily Caller reported Friday, Bachmann's response next week will be broadcast online. As such, what makes it any different than what Obama did three years ago?
I guess that answers Schultz's question, "Has anybody else ever done this?"
Nice job, Ed. Your employers must be so proud of you.
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Old Schultzy
Submitted by ripper58 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:24pm.
knows he is on the way out...might as well go out swinging
I like this better:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:10pm.
Barack Insane Nobama Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.
More like going out stepping
Submitted by kg on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:07pm.
More like going out stepping on his you-know-what.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Ed's really Bob
Submitted by tvhall on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 11:19pm.
Maybe Ed should go back to his movie carrer. He was the charter Bob in Monsters Vs. Aliens.
Bob was the ugly (but harmlessly cute) massive blob without a brain. At least I think it was him, Ed and Bob could have been seperated at birth.
To quote the inimitable Dandy Don...
Submitted by C-townGiant on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:32pm.
"Turn out the liiiiiiiights, the party's oooooooover! They say that allllllll, good things must end!"
We are witnessing the last halcyon days of the FatEd Show on PMSNBC. Like Olberdouche and the Passenger Pigeon, it will soon be extinct.
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Congratulations
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On the new one. Boy/Girl?
Thanks, rick!
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Little girl, 8 pounds, 8 ounces, 22 inches long, and looks just like her mommy (thank you, God!)
I haven't held a baby in
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I haven't held a baby in 2-1/2 years. Enjoy her now because she is going to grow up fast.
Too true...
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This is number 7 for us. We have two in college. Definitely can't cuddle them anymore.
Welcome back
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And congratulations.
I'm having my 6-yr old grandson over tonight.
Life is good!
Many thanks, CA...
Submitted by C-townGiant on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:29pm.
Although I have not posted, I was keeping up as much as possible. As usual, your posts often kept me in stitches. Good to be back.
Peggy Noonan doesn't even
Submitted by Hunter12 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:31pm.
Peggy Noonan doesn't even have to hear the speech to tell you it will be unusually good. In her words, "Why? Because he's showing signs of understanding that if you say something simply, clearly and sparingly, it can stick." Maybe she's on to something, keep it short and don't following your usual tendency to fall in love with your own voice, Barack. My prediction is it will be a long droner, beating up on the Republicans for an Audacity to Vote against his legacy.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Many Republicans/
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 2:33pm.
Many Republicans/ Conservatives from the speaker of the House all the way down to us here on NB will be offering our unsolicited rebuttals.
How does Bachmann exercising her right as an American equate to going rogue, even in the mind of an imbacile like Schultz, whether or not the Ass Clown did the same in the past?
Barack_Must_Go.....
MOVE OVER PALIN
Submitted by baseballdoc on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:00pm.
.....BACHMANN will become the newest target of the left ...I like BACHMANN and would support her for President ...
I think Mickey Mouse could beat OBAMA regardless what the pundits and experts say OBAMA is the PIED PIPER leading the Kool_Aid drinkers over the cliff.
Another swing and a miss
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:06pm.
Poor Braindead Ed. Another swing and a miss. As suggested, (MS)NBC needs a laughtrack.
The Drunkard Show will be comedy gold next week!
Submitted by Diesel on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:07pm.
They better tape this morons show in the AM 'cause if they let this alky go live @10pm, all hell's gonna break loose.
Who knows.....more than likely, he'll piss himself & pass out during his opening monologue, then they can cut to the prison documentaries for the remainder.
Where's the OT for today?
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:21pm.
This is such an unusual sight I want my friends here at NB to see it. The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is snowed in. There is no snow here but portions of the NC coast are getting more than they have seen in a while. My daughter is on her way up here from Havelcok. She said they had about 2" on Cherry Point. They are having to take to slow on US 70 because it is covered.
Wanted to see it, but a link
Submitted by Outback Jon on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:57pm.
Wanted to see it, but a link to a webcam doesn't do much good at night. :(
Put your parachute on, Eddie.
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:10pm.
Put your parachute on, Eddie. You're about to be "Olbermanned".
"Organizing For Amerika" hosting SOTU "Watch Parties" ...
Submitted by Jayke on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:13pm.
... hand me a barf bag:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/SOTUWatchParties?source=HQB#mapLevel
This kind of thing is scary.
What is there to party about? The SOTU currently sucks
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:20pm.
And it's getting worse with each passing day.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Who was it that posted that
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:22pm.
Who was it that posted that SOTU means S(*& Obama Tells US?
It doesn't take much to get these ZOMBIES excited.
Submitted by Jayke on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:35pm.
Only rotting-brain eating O-ZOMBIES can get excited about the SOTU. If this isn't cult like behavior then I don't know what is. The scary part is that the focus of these "parties" is to craft strategy in support of DEAR LEADER. What kind of strategy could that be?
These SOTU "parties" are also being used as...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:15pm.
grass roots organizing meetings for the election. There is one being held at the university where I live, which concerns me because the local Dem party is hosting it...This is a public, taxpayer supported university, and as such, a clearly partisan, political event should not be taking place there. I am going to call the university president's office Monday morning to inquire as to why this is being allowed on campus and to tell him about my objection to it...I am also going to contact my local Repub party to find out if they know about it, and what their position is.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
That map is pretty useful to
Submitted by Diesel on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:29pm.
That map is pretty useful to keep an eye on the commies in our midst! Also, law enforcement could probably pick up quite a few fugitives at these "parties" and get some scumbags off our streets.
There is one in Jacksonville,
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:50pm.
There is one in Jacksonville, NC. i wonder if we could mobilize the Marines.
Fat Ed
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:14pm.
Just how ignorant of politics and recent history is MSNBC's Ed Schultz?Very!
Ed...
Submitted by Scott Trent on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:29pm.
Is there anybody on tv or in print even that is so hate filled - ugly in his tv show as Ed Schultz. And the fact hat he put his foot in his mouth with this Obama doing the same in 2008 shows the man really is not very bright. Maybe Comcast will FIRE Ed like they did Olbermann. That would be great!
"Ed Man Walking!"
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:31pm.
Your time at MESSDNC is drawing short, Sgt. Schultz. Soon you will be back enjoying the balmy winters of Fargo and terrorizing local law enforcement.
I have been pontificating on MSNBC's new direction
Submitted by gopcongress on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:35pm.
Obviously, the business model for MSNBC is completely broken. By any interpretation of business metrics, the network has to completely retool. In a three-network race, they are constantly in last place, or in second place. So unless it remains subsidized by G.E. (and everyone who has brains should divest from this dinosaur in the next two years), it has to significantly move to the right.
And not just to the center. They need to get some real conservatives on that network. Unless they can create a block, say, of Limbaugh, Levin, and perhaps Coulter, Bozell, or even Drudge, they will never compete against Fox News.
Of course, considering the Newsweak sale for a buck to someone to keep the editorial content on the same par as the cold war Pravda news syndicate, I don't see GE moving to the right anytime soon. They may try to get a couple of token conservatives, or more RINO's (or even fake RINO's like Joe; yes, it's a redundancy, but it's appropos here), but unless they structure their entire news department, they will fail to make any headway.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Yo Ed
Submitted by JPP on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 3:37pm.
Ed the front office is sending some empty boxes down to your office.
When they fire Schultzy and
Submitted by golfman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 4:45pm.
When they fire Schultzy and Maddow, they will be able to split rent with olbermann, 3 ways. Although having all three of them in such tight quarters may actually cause a black hole of ignorance and destroy all of man kind.
What's with this trend?
Submitted by jfhdsiu on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 4:55pm.
I usually only learn of these people's existence when they are on their way OUT! They must be unusually unimpressive tv personalities........ What? They're from MSNBC? Oh! THAT explains EVERYTHING! Never mind. "A 'waste' is a terrible thing to mind", so I don't!
Schultzy Did not Get the Memo About Olbie's Departure...
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 5:18pm.
Schultzy; slow down dude. Check your q's & p's before you go on the air, specially now that all of you at MessNBC will have a new boss. Bashing M. Bachmann on a daily basis is Chissy's job not yours.
Guess the puppet masters at the White House realized that these progressive liberal talking heads on this network are a liablity, as they get ready for the 2012 election.
I pressume that Larry O, Chrissy and Eddie have already contacted their lawyers, in case of an unplanned separation from MessNBC. Rachel is a "protected class" citizen (he/she/it); therefore, she will stay on for as long as she wishes.
That leaves Mika, Joe & the rest of the clowns that are on that stupid "morning joke" show.
You can't expect the Fargo
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 5:38pm.
You can't expect the Fargo Fatass (with apologies to all of the normal people in Fargo!!) to know the facts when he opens his big angry mouth. I KNOW NUSSSSSSSSEEEEEEN!!!!
And I'll bet that Bachman delivers her speech a lot more fluidly and naturally than Boy Blunder did - without the teleprompter and the head bobbing and wooden delivery. I'll tell you, I have yet to figure out how this dullard ever got the reputation for being some kind of historic orator!!! He is tedious ON a teleprompter or prepared speech, and torturous when he tries to be 'extemporaneous'.............
No offense taken here about Ed...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 5:55pm.
I live in North Dakota, although not in Fargo...I'm 4 and a half hours northwest of there...But I can tell you with confidence that Schultz doesn't have a great deal of fans or supporters in the state...North Dakota is generally a very conservative state, although Fargo is the most liberal city, largely because of its proximity to Minnesota, which is right across the river, and because North Dakota State University is located there. Most North Dakotans consider Schultz to be an asinine leftwing loon...He is not a native North Dakotan...He was born in Virginia and came to this state for college, and had a pretty rocky tenure here...He has burned most if not all of his bridges here, and now, thankfully, lives in New York.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
I'm figuring that most of you
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:12pm.
I'm figuring that most of you people are straight up. I was on 'the mainland' for a couple of years when I was right outta high school, and I hitchiked around and caught a couple of Trailways and Greyhound buses (the REAL America!!!) to see the country, and I did make it up to the Black Hills for a while - I even got a job at that Game Lodge in the middle of the forest on the way to Mt. Rushmore. I met some cool people, including some Indians (or I guess I'm supposed to call them 'native Americans' now, saw some buffalo, enjoyed the scenery........but I never got to North Dakota. Of course..........that wasn't during the winter!!!
I gotta say.............Shultz is a piece of work, for lack of a more descriptive word!!!
"Piece of work..." You're too kind...I was thinking...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 7:20pm.
that Schultz is a piece of something else other than work, if you get my drift...lol!
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Simple answer.
Submitted by Ashrak on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:12pm.
What makes it "different" is the "progressive fact" that Obama can do no wrong and Democrats can do no wrong while everybody else can do right if their actions are outside what they are told to do by Obama and Democrats.
Comcast
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:30pm.
Keeping writing Comcast to rid themselves of this complete idiot. Now with bathtub boy gone we might get civility on TV and getting rid of schultz, matheews, odonall and madcow wil all add to the trash to be hauled
Big Dumb Ed.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:22pm.
Re-do.
The minute someone posts "Ed Schultz said...", it is equivalent to "...in another psychotic rant...".
He has as much credibility as a gossip columnist on a Monday morning--to paraphrase my mom.
Ed
Submitted by Emma Grump on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:31pm.
Looks like PMSNBC is movin' Sgt. Schultz to the 10PM slot opposite Greta on Fox, whose show already has twice as many viewers as his. I predict Ed will be following bathtub boy shortly.
Ed Schultz is awe inspiring
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 1:09am.
Ed Schultz is awe inspiring for his sheer base stupidity.
Just plain funny.
Submitted by Speedy1952 on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 9:14am.
Don't know what to do now. They are moving Ed passed my bed time (yes I have a job). Can't remember a funnier show that The Ed Comedy Hour. I guess it's back to re-runs of the Three Stooges.
Love You Ed
ps. I signed up for "We Got Ed" but somehow my comments are being ignored. I wonder why ?