The Ed Show
Schultz Endorses Grayson 'Die Quickly' Slander
August 4th, 2010 9:49 PM
Did you think that, with the perspective that time tends to impart, Alan Grayson would have backed off his unhinged allegation that Republicans wanted sick people to die quickly? Trick question! I did say Alan Grayson. On the evening's Ed Show, the dippy Dem congressman from Florida emphatically stated that his ugly assertion, made on the floor of the House, was "the truth."Grayson was…
Ed Schultz: Sarah Palin's 'Cojones' Remark About Obama Was 'Sexist
August 3rd, 2010 12:03 AM
Warning: Readers are strongly advised to remove fluids from their mouths as well as from proximity to their computers before proceeding any further!Ed Schultz on Monday accused Sarah Palin of making a sexist remark about President Obama.As NewsBusters previously reported, the former Alaska governor on Sunday said, "[Arizona governor] Jan Brewer has the cojones that our president does not have to…
Schultz Insists Higher Tax Rate is Not ‘Tax Increase,’ Claims Heri
August 1st, 2010 2:13 PM
During the past week, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz had trouble acknowledging that allowing a tax cut to expire, in effect, is a tax increase, as he debated on the Ed Show the issue of whether the tax cuts passed during the Bush administration – due to expire at the end of this year – should be extended beyond 2010. On Tuesday’s show, even while noting that the top marginal rates would increase from 35 to…
Schultz Slams ‘Wicked Witch’ Schlafly; Winstead: Heidi Harris ‘T
July 31st, 2010 2:33 PM
On Friday’s The Ed Show on MSNBC, host Ed Schultz trashed conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, repeatedly mispronouncing her name as "Schafly," for linking being a single woman and having a greater likelihood of depending on government programs, as she noted at a recent GOP fundraiser that 70 percent of single women voted for Barack Obama. At the top of the show, Schultz teased: "I`ve got some…
Schultz Sees Soup Lines
July 30th, 2010 8:03 PM
Hey, it's Friday night. Time to kick back and enjoy some—unintentional—humor, courtesy Ed Schultz.Big Ed sees soup lines around the corner if we "continue to follow the Republicans" [sic]. His solution to stave off disaster? The extension of unemployment benefits. . . . "endlessly."Say Ed, are you aware that FDR's New Deal socialism failed to dent the Depression?
Schultz’s Confused Logic: Rips Bachmann’s Public Visibility; Featu
July 29th, 2010 1:38 PM
Perhaps it's the proximity of North Dakota, Ed Schultz's home state, to Minnesota but the MSNBC host has an identifiable fixation on a certain conservative Republican congresswoman from Minnesota. On his July 29 program "The ED Show," Schultz once again attacked Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. This time this wizard of smart attacked her for loving to get "her mug out there." But if that's a…
Bret Baier Rips Howard Dean for Saying Chris Wallace Lied About Sherro
July 28th, 2010 9:59 PM
Bret Baier took on former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean for accusing Chris Wallace of lying about Fox News's coverage of the Shirley Sherrod affair.As NewsBusters previously reported, Dean pointed his pathetically biased and accusatory finger at FNC while a guest on "Fox News Sunday" only to have it marvelously slapped down by Wallace.The following day in the friendly…
Howard Dean Suggests Chris Wallace Deceived on Sherrod Video, Insists
July 28th, 2010 2:28 AM
Appearing as a guest on Monday’s The Ed Show on MSNBC, former DNC chairman Howard Dean renewed his discredited claim that FNC had played clips of former USDA official Shirley Sherrod before her forced resignation, and suggested that Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace had deceived him in denying that there was FNC coverage before her firing. Dean: "I happen to like Chris Wallace, but he was…
Stephanie Miller Fantasizes Drunks With Baseball Bats Beating O'Reilly
July 23rd, 2010 7:33 PM
What is it with liberals and their violent fantasies? The Journolist has given us a public radio producer imagining herself laughing with glee as Rush dies a painful death, while other members want their political enemies thrown through plate-glass windows.This evening brings us "comedian" and liberal radio talk show host Stephanie Miller fantasizing about Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Geraldo…
Ed Schultz: I'm Sorry Beck's Going Blind - It's A Travesty He Won't Se
July 23rd, 2010 6:07 PM
MSNBC's Ed Schultz on Thursday said he's sorry Fox News's Glenn Beck is going blind because "I think it's a travesty he's not going to see the country he's trying to destroy."As the keynote speaker of the opening festivities of the ultra-liberal gathering known as Netroots Nation in Las Vegas, the "Ed Show" host also bashed President Obama. "They must have a War Room at the White House. I think…
Media Touted Distorted Claims Texas Conservatives Removed Slavery from
July 22nd, 2010 10:15 AM
As the Texas State Board of Education worked to complete its once-every-ten-year revision of the curriculum for the state’s schools in May, much of the mainstream media promoted complaints and distortions from the left – many originating with the left-leaning Texas Freedom Network – about the nature of the changes in the guidelines and how they would effect textbooks that might end up in other…
Schultz Says Breitbart 'Nutjob, Makes Me Sick' But Whines Won't Come O
July 21st, 2010 8:21 PM
Hey, it's been a long day with all this Sherrod stuff. So let's kick back and enjoy some—unintentional—humor, courtesy Ed Schultz. On his MSNBC show this evening, Ed advised Dems not to go on Fox News because they'll "beat you up." Schultz then unleashed a torrent of venom on Andrew Breitbart, saying among—many—other things that Breitbart is a "nutjob" who "makes me sick."But Schultz began…
Dallas Tea Party Calls Olbermann, Matthews, Schultz and Ratigan Racist
July 16th, 2010 12:31 PM
The Dallas Tea Party on Thursday accused MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, and Dylan Ratigan of racism.Since January 20, 2009, all four of these men have criticized Barack Obama for one reason or another.As MSNBC has been one of the strongest proponents of the despicable concept that anyone critical of this president must be a racist, DTP's founder Phillip Dennis believes…
Muy Macho: Harwood Tells 'Whining' Obama Business Critics To 'Man Up
July 9th, 2010 7:10 PM
When it comes to picking a moderator for a game of ¿Quien Es Mas Macho?, somehow John Harwood doesn't spring to mind. But there was CNBC's chief Washington correspondent on The Ed Show this evening, twice accusing Pres. Obama's businessmen critics of "whining," and instructing them to "man up."Schultz set the stage, playing a clip of Mort Zuckerman describing Obama's White House as "the most…