Liberal talk radio host Ed Schultz on Tuesday went absolutely berserk on a Democrat Tea Party member that didn't approve of how President Obama went back on his campaign promise to make healthcare reform hearings open and transparent.
"My reason for being with the Tea Party is is this whole healthcare stuff," said a caller named Jason who claimed to be a Democrat.
"I remember hearing President Obama talking about how it was going to be open and transparent, it was going to be on C-SPAN, we were going to know what's in the bill, and that's just not the way it worked."
This sent Schultz into a hissy fit of epic proportions concluding with him saying, "God, go pick up your gun and march if it makes you feel better because you're too stupid to read" (YouTube audio follows with partial transcript and commentary, h/t Radio Equalizer):
CALLER JASON: My reason for being with the Tea Party is is this whole healthcare stuff. I remember hearing President Obama talking about how it was going to be open and transparent, it was going to be on C-SPAN, we were going to know what's in the bill and that's just not the way it worked.
SCHULTZ: Oh, you're an idiot, Jason.
CALLER: How am I an idiot?
SCHULTZ: Because everything you just said is wrong! MY GOD, I'M LOSING MY COOL! I'M SORRY, I'm sorry, I'm acting like this right now! My God, he had an open meeting! It was all over the Internet! Did you pick up the damn bill and read it?! YES OR NO?!
CALLER: Did you read the bill?
SCHULTZ: YES, I READ TWO FREAKIN' BILLS!
CALLER: You read the bill ...
SCHULTZ: My God! I cannot (crosstalk), everything you just said to me is false! Everything, everything you just said to me is false! Get this idiot off my radio show! My God, I mean, sooner or later you gotta call these people out! President Obama couldn't have been any more transparent!
He couldn't have been any more open! He brought these nitwit Republicans in for a televised (pause) shindig at the Blair House. Or did you miss that?
God, go pick up your gun and march if it makes you feel better because you're too stupid to read!
Wow. This is the "tolerant left" for you.
And this guy actually has a one-hour television show on a so-called cable news network.
I'm sure the good folks at General Electric and NBC are so proud of their employee.
Exit question: Would Schultz clearly qualify as one of the left-wing media extremists that Salon's Joan Walsh couldn't name on "Morning Joe" Tuesday?
