Thursday, May 26, 2011
Ed Schultz Comment About Laura Ingraham.
One thing you know for certain at MSNBC. Like a rowdy bar in a bad neighborhood, it's just a matter of time before somebody has to call the cops. Such is the situation at MSNBC, who can't put on a credible news program because they are constantly having to suspend or fire their commentators. Now "Butter and Egg Man" Ed Schultz has been suspended for a week after going on a rant yesterday calling conservative commentator Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut", which he repeated several times for emphasis.
What can one say about this? There is no worse word you can call a woman, and to do it publicly on the air is beyond disgusting. Of course, I am an ideological fan of Ingraham and a foe of Schultz. I have seen and heard Ingraham on TV and radio countless times. She has always conducted herself as a lady using common sense arguments to back up her views. Yes, she can be sharply critical of certain politicians and public figures, but I have never heard her stoop so low as to engage in that kind of attack. Ten Ed Schultzes couldn't make one Laura Ingraham.
Schultz is a vicious attack dog who can barely reign in his anger when he appears on air. He is a clown, but at MSNBC, clowns reign. Schultz is just one more piling out of the Volkswagen.
If MSNBC had any class, they would fire him for this outrageous episode. A one-week suspension is a joke. Not that I have any desire to silence Mr Schultz. Listening to him is the best argument for the conservative point of view. Yes, he has properly apologized, but given the reality of what he said, what else could he do? It is just a question of time before the Olbermann-type demons come out again and Schultz is once more in the headlines.
People like Schultz and Olbermann are poster boys for the success of the blogosphere, which they greatly lament. (You know, the "every man with a computer is now a journalist" argument.) Yet, when you look at what passes for journalism at places like MSNBC, you see why people are turning to blogs for their news.
One thing is for sure. Ed Schultz brought TV commentary to a new low yesterday.
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Besides, there are so many incisive, accurate, pointed, criticisms that can be made about Laura Ingraham. Why are the airwaves dominated by people with a knee jerk reflex to shout out the first name that comes to mind?
Ed Schultz: the Miggie of the left.
(No, Miggie knows some history, when he cares to stop the tirades and present it. Maybe Ed does too -- I only know about Ed because Gary talks about him.)
"Liberal" and "left" are two distinct and generally antagonistic political philosophies. Fifty years ago, I might have said, that a Fullerton taxpayer's ignorance on this subject could be excused, on the grounds that neither one had ever been seen in Orange County. However, Gary assures us that is no longer the case.
Liberals believe in a free market, unlike conservatives, who want heavy handed government intervetion to prop up politically well connected business ventures.
Left is technically the part opposed to the government in power. More commonly since the 1830s, it cover a wide range of social-democratic, socialist, communist, and occasionally (if inaccurately) anarchist philosophies and political positions.
Comfortably middle class politically correct political culture vultures who vaguely oppose "oppression" of anyone or anything from scorpions to millionaires are none of the above.
Break your addiction to maintstream media formulas and name-calling, offer some real substance, and you might have something to say. Meantime, you are merely the flip side of the Ed Schulz coin.
siarlys, wrap your brain around the terms denote and connote
I'm familiar with them, but I can't devote my entire mind (IQ somewhere between 70 and 145 according to four tests administered by public schools) around two words out of the entire English language. I congratulate you on improving your vocabulary. Now, let's see you use them in a sentence, and maybe we would have something to talk about between intelligent adults.
siarlys, simply look up denote and connote's definition then extrapolate within the context of our discussion, genius. Here is another phrase you may or may not be able to grasp ; it is ad hominem
Siarlys--you have confused me again, which I guess must be my usual state.
Are you talking about all of the conservatives, rather than liberals, who currently want heavy handed government intervetion to prop up politically well connected ("green", e.g.)business ventures??
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