Ed Schultz Badly Mispronounces ‘Schlafly’ in Segment Mocking Palin and Bachmann’s IQ
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz on Tuesday badly mispronounced the last name of Constitutional lawyer and conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.
Rather deliciously, this occurred in a segment wherein the pompous, know-it-all host was once again mocking the intellectual capacity of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
The segment began with Schultz bashing Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s “conspiracy theory” that liberals are responsible for American students’ poor knowledge of U.S. history.
After playing a clip of Santorum on the stump, Schultz sarcastically asked, “Liberals are the ones distorting American history? Let me remind you, sir, it was conservatives down in Texas who voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from their curriculum and add Phyllis [Sha-fly].”
Ain’t it grand?
In a segment wherein Schultz was trying to debunk Santorum’s “conspiracy theory” that liberals are reducing students’ understanding of American history, he actually pronounced Phyllis’s last name without the “L” after the “Sch” and with a strong “I” as in “fly” at the end.
Adding fabulous insult to injury, Schultz then showed clips of Bachmann getting the locations of Lexington and Concorde wrong, and Palin’s now famous Paul Revere pronouncement.
At their conclusion, Schultz said, “For Santorum to say liberals are intentionally keeping students in the dark about U.S. history so they can impose their agenda is delusional Psycho Talk.”
Well, Ed, at least these ladies know how to properly pronounce Lexington, Concorde, and Paul Revere.
The way he said "Schlafly," it suggests he doesn't even know who she is.
With idiots like this responsible for disseminating information to the public, is it any wonder they're so ill-informed?
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Perfect person for "Psycho Talk"
Submitted by MinneMike on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:30am.
But I'm sure he doesn't realize the irony.
While not many may know
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 12:42am.
While not many may know Phyllis Schlafly well, she has been a dynamo for conservative causes for many decades. She is an author, a former congresswoman, the president of the Eagle Forum, and an activist against the Equal Rights Ammendment. The Eagle Forum has been featured on Book TV (www.booktv.org).
Her son is the creator of the web site, Conservapedia (www.conservapedia.com).
The idea that Shitz hasn't at least heard of her well enough to pronounce her name correctly is hard to believe.
Below find some of her famous quotes:
Schlafly told Time magazine in 1978, "I have cancelled speeches whenever my husband thought that I had been away from home too much."
In March 2007, Schlafly said in a speech at Bates College, "By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape."
On March 30, 2006, Schlafly provided an interview for The New York Times in which she attributed improvement in women's lives during the last decades of the 20th century to labor-saving devices such as the indoor clothes dryer and paper diapers.
She has called Roe vs Wade "the worst decision in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court" and said that it "is responsible for the killing of millions of unborn babies".
According to an article in the March 28, 2007 edition of the Washington Post, "New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment," Schlafly was then working towards the defeat of a new version of the Equal Rights Amendment: "Today, she warns lawmakers that its passage would compel courts to approve same-sex marriages and deny Social Security benefits for housewives and widows."
Oooh...the mantle of Olbermann falls on Ed....
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:22am.
Let me remind you, SIR.......
If you're younger than 30,
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:39am.
If you're younger than 30, you can be forgiven for not knowing how to pronounce her name. However, Schultz is certainly old enough to know who she is. That he still screwed up Schafly's name says a lot about his level of knowledge.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
If you're younger than 30,
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:39am.
If you're younger than 30, you can be forgiven for not knowing how to pronounce her name. However, Schultz is certainly old enough to know who she is. That he still screwed up Schafly's name says a lot about his level of knowledge.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
No excuse
Submitted by dmntd1 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:52am.
This apparently drunken fool of a man should darn well know how to pronounce one of the best handcrafted beers produced in St Louis.
And the restaurant at the Schlafly Tap Room has some darn good food (albeit, it's a hippy joint with some odd things on the menu...)!!!!
http://www.schlafly.com/
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
Actually
Submitted by Falze on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 8:57am.
It's 'Concord'.
Ed must've missed the memo
Submitted by outamyroom on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:02am.
Palin was absolutely correct about Paul Revere.
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/137011636/how-accurate-were-palins-comment...
Ed's ignorance is not surprising though. After this NPR interview, the story all but disappeared from the LSM. Funny how that works, huh?
Lamestream media are so bent
Submitted by ROSIE RIGHT on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:14am.
Lamestream media are so bent on attacking two smart, America-loving, patriotic, and Conservative WOMEN, they show their own stupidity as a group (slathering mob). They WISH we didn't remember Schafly! Lol!
amazing...
Submitted by Orpheus75 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:28am.
Liberal morons such as himself, keep repeating the lie that Palin was 'mistaken' about Paul Revere and uses that as yet another sloppy Liberal volley of attacks to proclaim her lack of "intellectual capacity". Never mind that historians have proven her correct, Liberals keep making fun of her for it.
She's a ignorant moron to Liberals.
They keep proving that it is they themselves that are the ignorant ones, time and again.
The liberal party is a growing herd of [ignorant] narcissists [as well as true images of the Democratic mascot]. Their hatred for anything not of their own party beliefs and values has taken a life of it's own.
Here's an idea for Special Ed to improve his Comedy Hour!
Submitted by ironhead4099 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 3:44pm.
Well Special Ed is at it again, showing his STUPIDITY on national television. In all honesty he should be the subject of his "Psycho Talk" segment EVERYDAY ! This guy is such a moron that he could fill his whole hour with "Psycho Talk" with nothing more than his IGNORANT RAMBLINGS!