ThinkFast: April 2, 2009
ThinkFast: April 2, 2009
MSNBC announced that it has hired liberal radio host Ed Schultz to anchor its 6 pm hour starting on Monday. The current anchor, David Shuster, will co-host the 3 pm and 4 pm hours with Tamron Hall and substitute as host of Countdown With Keith Olbermann.
Working with the public relations firm that was responsible for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign, wealthy conservative Rick Scott is crusading against health care reform. However, as the former head of Columbia/HCA, Scott was at the center of “the nation’s biggest health care fraud scandal.” “He hopes people don’t Google his name,” said John E. Hartwig, a former deputy inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Israel’s new “hawkish nationalist” foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, declared yesterday that Israel “would not be bound by a U.S.-backed understanding to work toward establishing a Palestinian state.” In a “blunt and belligerent” speech, Lieberman said “those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong, it is the other way around; it will lead to more wars.”
Gen. David Petraeus said yesterday that “American commanders have requested the deployment of an additional 10,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year” and that he is awaiting President Obama’s final decision. Petraeus acknowledged that the troops-to-population ratio is “significantly lower than the 20 troops per 1,000 people prescribed by the Army counterinsurgency manual he helped write.”
9: Number of American troops killed in Iraq during March, the lowest monthly total since the war began, according to icasualities.org.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) is today introducing legislation “to set up a permanent federal commission on women just weeks after President Barack Obama created an interagency council to focus the government’s policies towards women and girls.” Women Count, which has a petition urging Congress to support Speier’s bill here.
President Obama, who is attending the G20 summit, “is enjoying a 61% job approval rating at home for handling foreign affairs, up seven points since February.” Obama’s economic approval rating “has slipped slightly, from 59% in February to 56% today.”
At the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s spring dinner last night, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said that “Republicans shouldn’t oppose President Obama as a reflex and should praise him when he succeeds.” “I also think its important for us to nod to the president when he’s right. He will not always be wrong,” Romney said.
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) told The Hill yesterday that “he intends to approach Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) on the Senate floor this week to see” if they can craft an alternative to the Employee Free Choice Act, which Specter effectively blocked last week. “I see this time now as really an opportunity for compromise or for a new approach on addressing some of the issues that revolve around that issue,” said Pryor.
If Al Franken is still ahead after Norm Coleman exhausts his options in Minnesota State courts, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) “will have a choice: sign the election certificate that will allow Democrats to seat Franken in the Senate or play to the Republicans whose support he’d need in 2012 by withholding the certificate while Coleman challenges the election in the federal court system.”
And finally: President Obama’s limo is “nicknamed ‘The Beast’, and it seems it was designed for wide American roads.” Yesterday, administration staffers struggled to “park the Cadillac outside Downing Street for the President’s meeting with the Prime Minister, eventually managing an unwieldy three-point turn.” Watch the tricky maneuver here.
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I have nothing against Ed Schultz but I hope MSNBC isn’t going to give Schuster the boot. Schuster has done a great job in that time slot. He has not been afraid to point out to guests when they are lying and his Hypocrisy Watch is terrific. MSNBC shafted Dan Abrams and now it seems like the same fate is going to happen to Schuster.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:05 amWorking with the public relations firm that was responsible for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign, wealthy conservative Rick Scott is crusading against health care reform. However, as the former head of Columbia/HCA, Scott was at the center of “the nation’s biggest health care fraud scandal.”
Scott represents the epitome of why we should rid our nation of for-profit healthcare. That he is now getting paid to work against reform says it all.
PEACE
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 amOn his first day as s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman said that “those who want peace should prepare for war.” -NYT 4/2/09
Is this Joe’s brother?
WTF?
Pair this with recent news from Israel that soldiers’ reports of mayhem, violence & killings of women & children in Gaza this winter have been ‘dismissed’ by ‘Natantheyahoo’ as false and you begin to see that Peace is just another dirty word to today’s Israeli army.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 amWorking with the public relations firm that was responsible for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign, wealthy conservative Rick Scott is crusading against health care reform.
Why don’t these same people ever complain about the military being socialized? Because it works? These morons will vote against their own best interests over semantics…. Sheesh!
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 amThe £250,000 Beast is equipped with rocket-propelled grenades, a night-vision camera and pump-action shotguns. Built from titanium, it is capapble of withstanding a chemical attack, and its 5 inch glass windows are rocket-proof.
Should its tyres be punctured, the car can still drive at up to 60mph
Pretty cool. I want one of those….. i guess all I need is 250,000 bucks… the NRA assault gun folks will certainly back my personal need for the rocket propelled grenade launcher. And I’d like to request a turret, please…
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 amAfter the last court decision in favor of Franken I would think that Coleman is done.
Not enough pressure on Pawlenty to do the right thing and certify this contest. Pawlenty is holding the whole process hostage.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 amI’m super excited for The Ed Show, but why not put him on at 6 as a lead-in to Keith instead of re-running Hardball? Or, if you want to re-run Hardball because a lot of people miss it because they’re still at work, why not put on Eddie at 10 ET instead of re-running Countdown? I, too, really enjoyed Shuster on 1600.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 amWell, your strategy you’ve been using for decades has worked out well in that department so far, eh?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 amIsrael’s new “hawkish nationalist” foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, declared yesterday that Israel “would not be bound by a U.S.-backed understanding to work toward establishing a Palestinian state.”
Another unnecessary and dangerous Lieberman…
Time for Obama to fire Isreal’s CEO too ;)
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 amHey cagey you need closer to $500,000 for a Beast of your own. And for the record “The Beast” does not have rocket launchers it is equipped to withstand attack from rocket propelled grenades.
I’m excited about Big Eddie getting a shot at the bigs. According to Keith Olbermann last night the line up is going to be Schuster from 3-5, Ed @ 6, Tweety @ 7, the Keith followed by Rachel @ 9. I’d love to see MSNBC put Stephanie Miller on at 10p.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 amI went to college with Ed & have known him for 30+ years.
Those of you who listen to his radio show know what to expect.
For those of you who haven’t, be prepared for a new profile in news analysis. Ed will call a spade a spade, regardless of Party. He’s not afraid to question authority. He’s not afraid to ask the tough questions in an interview.
Congratulations, Ed. You’ve worked hard and long for this opportunity. America needs multiple voices & viewpoints. Ed will give us this.
I don’t always agree with Ed, but I’d rather listen to someone pursuing the truth than Hate Radio & TV Terrorism.
Wouldn’t it be great to see him go toe to toe with Hannity?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:24 amWell, this ought to send the right wing cowards off into a whole new series of apoplectic fits
Which, of course, is a good thing
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:26 amFaux News and the righties will get their knickers in a twist over Ed Schultz – but so what? At least one channel is leaning left, compared to all the others who continue to be far right, and leaning right (CNN hires too many former Bushies, in addition to their own rightwing advocates.)
David Schuster will be on with Tamron Hall for two hours in mid afternoon, followed by Hardball, followed by Schultz, followed by a Hardball re-run, then Olbermann, then Maddow, and a rerun of Olbermann after that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 amCongrats to Ed Schultz. I’ll be watching. While some may bemoan David Shuster’s switch to other time slots, we should remember that Shuster made the comment about Hillary Clinton “pimping out Chelsea,” not exactly his finest or most accurate moment. David’s usually pretty good about taking politicians to task who deserve it. Hope there’s room for both.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 amI was working in the medical field when HCA took over a local hospital — it was abysmal — totally profit driven — health care was simply the facade for corporate group think.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 amDr. Moth Matt Says:
Krauthammer: “It’s a little early to declare a presidency failed-although I would like to do it”
Look…they are so ‘fair and balance’!
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This is the sort of comment that tends to draw the trolls in droves, so let’s float this little bit of information out there first.
They love to scream “you libs are just getting a taste of your own medicine. It was oaky-doaky when folks did it to poor Geo W Botch… blah… blah… blah…”
There was point at which Botch had a 90% PLUS approval rating… one of the highest, if not THE highest. of all time. NINETY-F’in-PERCENT.
People DID NOT go after poor Georgie the way Krauthammer wants to go after Obama right out of the gate. It was only after folks realized a turnip had been installed in the WH that his rating dropped.
So when the trolls show up and start sneering and taunting, just point at that 90% plus approval rating and asks, “What’s up w/ that?”
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 amMarie Says:
I was working in the medical field when HCA took over a local hospital — it was abysmal — totally profit driven — health care was simply the facade for corporate group think.
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And greed, marie… along w/ the corporate group think, don’t forget the GREED.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:32 amKrauthammer: “It’s a little early to declare a presidency failed-although I would like to do it”
WTF — this guy is an insane ideologue. In less than 100 days, he wants to declare Obama a failure? Obama has 46 more months to go — and I hope there are 48 more after that — he’ll need all that time to get the Bush/neocon mess cleaned up. And that’s being optimistic.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 amI compare Obama to Hercules who had to clean the Augean stables after years of neglect.
These are some sick puppies.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 amOf course Fox News is fair and balanced. They had Alan Colm….BWAHAHAHHAHAH sorry I couldn’t say it with a straight face.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:37 amSome news articles do say (correctly or not) that it is equipped with rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6014891.ece
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 amThere are three things about Ed Schulz I dislike:
1) He’s dumber than dog-shit. He flaps his yap without knowing what he’s talkingabout. He’s very often ill-prepared.
2) He wants to be the “Rush” of the Left, without having the sense to realize that the Left neither wants or needs a “Rush” to tell us what to think.
3) He’s no ‘liberal,’ and he’s no progressinve, either. He’s a right-centrist. Out there in the middle, there’s only yellow stripes and dead critters…
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 amThis shold prove very helpful:
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:40 amIsrael’s new “hawkish nationalist” foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, declared yesterday that Israel “would not be bound by a U.S.-backed understanding to work toward establishing a Palestinian state.” In a “blunt and belligerent” speech, Lieberman said “those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong, it is the other way around; it will lead to more wars.”
The £250,000 Beast is equipped with rocket-propelled grenades, a night-vision camera and pump-action shotguns. Built from titanium, it is capapble of withstanding a chemical attack, and its 5 inch glass windows are rocket-proof.
Should its tyres be punctured, the car can still drive at up to 60mph…
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… Ruthlessly crushing all in its path?
Well either the Timesonline is wrong, or it DOES come equipped w/ RPGs…
Cool… are flame throwers optional?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 amI smell a Fox television series coming out of this… but ONLY w/ a an heroic conservative President… kinda like “The West Wing” for righties…
“The Adventures of SuperCar…” kinda like the Green Hornet and Kato, driving the streets at night in the Presidential limo, shot guns blasting, flame throwers flaming, solving crimes on behalf of the American People…
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 amtokin librul Says:
There are three things about Ed Schulz I dislike:
Yes, he’s going to piss people off. I remember when he was basically a Rightie. The story of how he turned progressive is worth the time to listen to.
I don’t agree with your Rush analogy, but I’m not here to argue with you about Ed. You have every right to your opinion.
My point is that alternative points of view are finally coming to TV.
That fact is more pertinent than Ed or any single issue.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 amklide Says:
Hey cagey you need closer to $500,000 for a Beast of your own. And for the record “The Beast” does not have rocket launchers it is equipped to withstand attack from rocket propelled grenades.
I just copied from the article. But its not worth any real discussion. I think the comment on the rocket launchers may be inaccurate, but it sure is James Bondsey – cinematic in its indiscriminate violent potential.
At the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s spring dinner last night, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said that “Republicans shouldn’t oppose President Obama as a reflex and should praise him when he succeeds.” “I also think its important for us to nod to the president when he’s right. He will not always be wrong,” Romney said.
They didn’t tar and feather him for
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 am1) opposing the gNOp policy of obstructionism
2) claiming that a Democrat cound be ‘right’ about anything
3) clearly stating a standing republican secret order to “oppose President Obama as a reflex”
and
4) making a comment that Limbaugh does not agree with
and
5) making a comment that Limbaugh does not agree with (important enough to say it twice)
Mr.Scott will throw everything but the truth about health care at the public and all of the Reich will be backing it with their lies and half truths starting with either Canada or Europe’s worst case scenarios that are lies and half truths.Mr.Scott is so GREEDY he doesn`t give a damn about sick people young and old.F him and his pre existing conditions.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:55 amThis is why TP needs a retraction for the UPS thread. If TP doesn’t address its misrepresentation of the comment by UPS, it doesn’t have the moral authority to criticize campaigns like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Krauthammer: “It’s a little early to declare a presidency failed-although I would like to do it”
Ah… leave an “out”, so that your comment cannot be pinned down one way or the other. He can say that he did not “declare a presidency failed”, yet he can also say that “I would like to do it”. Have your cake and eat it too?
Making the comment itself seeds the idea, regardless of his teetering qualifications, thus perpetuating and even supporting Rush’s comment, while being able to declare that he does not support it, thoguh he would like to (and, thus, DOES support it, in theory at least).
Oh, what a tangled web we weave (and in so few words… bonus bingo points!).
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 amMarie Says:
I was working in the medical field when HCA took over a local hospital — it was abysmal — totally profit driven — health care was simply the facade for corporate group think.
Marie, this is what happens when you juxtapose “hospital” and “corporation” and then make that your name!
Greed + deregulation + consolidation = corruption in any industry.
PEACE
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 amThe Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity Says:
I smell a Fox television series coming out of this… but ONLY w/ a an heroic conservative President… kinda like “The West Wing” for righties…
“The Adventures of SuperCar…” kinda like the Green Hornet and Kato, driving the streets at night in the Presidential limo, shot guns blasting, flame throwers flaming, solving crimes on behalf of the American People…
Crushing the righteous fundamentalist right wing gun toting “real Americans” under its socialist fascist marxist liberal WHEELS OF DOOM. (This IS a FOX production, you know). Plenty of sexual perversions (to appeal to the FOX audience) gratuitously interspersed with the violence. Lots of manga style camera angles. Quite entertaining stuff, in a base-emotion pureile fashion.
And “Brought to you by our sponsors….”
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:02 amRichard Scott of Columbia HCA incentivized doctors and executive teams with pay for performance. That motivated fraudulent billing and a record fine.
http://www.forbes.com/2000/12/15/1215disaster.html
President Obama wants the poison of pay for performance to solve the ills of health care and education. It will create more problems, causing people to focus on maximizing pay instead of doing quality work.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 ambackdoorman says:
This is why TP needs a retraction for the UPS thread.
Shaddup…You can ask TP to retract its statment after you urge Billo to retract his statements regarding TP’s “attacks on rape victims”
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 amspencers butterfly mom Says:
Marie Says:
I was working in the medical field when HCA took over a local hospital — it was abysmal — totally profit driven — health care was simply the facade for corporate group think.
Marie, this is what happens when you juxtapose “hospital” and “corporation” and then make that your name!
This is also what happens when an industry, whose sole purpose is humanitarian (to help people who are ill), is based entirely on a for-profit business model.
Humanitarian and “for-profit” are mutually exclusive, if one expects positive results, anyway.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 amYes, he’s going to piss people off. I remember when he was basically a Rightie. The story of how he turned progressive is worth the time to listen to.
I don’t agree with your Rush analogy, but I’m not here to argue with you about Ed. You have every right to your opinion.
My point is that alternative points of view are finally coming to TV.
That fact is more pertinent than Ed or any single issue.
What pisses me off is that he’s stupid and a tongue-laving sycophant to power. Just exactly like every other sycophant in the CorpoRat media.
His ‘conversion’ story is so much horse-puckey. He was a rightie Rushbo wannabe, but he couldn’t find traction because there was a Rus- wannabe on EVERY frequency, and he wasn’t gonna make any money–which is the ONE and ONLY thing Fat Ed gives a reeking pile of crap about. So he switched his schtick to the left.
You don’t have to agree with me about my “rush” analogy. It is obvious in his delivery and his attitude: he wants to be left-talking-point central.
And I’ll say that another sycophantic centrist tongue-laving the powerful prostates over the media is NOT an “alternative” viewpoint…It’s more of the same old same old…
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 amIsrael doesn’t want peace and its new government is bizarre. Rightist-Nationalist-Center Left? Bibi and Avigdor love violence as a method of problem solving, nearly as much as Bush.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 ambackedup sure does his part to help increase TP’s hit count and revenue stream
please continue helping the ‘libruls’ defeat the right wing cowardly BS coming from FOX “news”
backedup must be a secret closeted liberal
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 amBobwurst Says:
backdoorman says:
This is why TP needs a retraction for the UPS thread.
Shaddup…You can ask TP to retract its statment after you urge Billo to retract his statements regarding TP’s “attacks on rape victims”
I’m generally the last person to either agree with or defend backup, so give me a second to compose myself.
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OK. First of all, bobwurst, that’s the same sort of false equivalence that we get stroppy about with trolls — including backup. If TP did something wrong, it matters not at all whether O’Reilly did as well.
I’m also in reluctance agreement with backup about the UPS post, and this is not the first time I’ve observed and criticized this kind of hyperbole from TP, along with occasional deliberate or inadvertent misreading of a statement by some politician or pundit. Absent a clear statement from an advertiser that “we are pulling all ads from The Factor because we are disgusted by O’Reilly’s behavior”, TP has to be very careful about attributions — and they have not been careful at all.
Excuse me, I need to go lose my perfectly good breakfast.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 amMeh, it’s about time for the USA to start asserting its authority over Israel. So long as we pay the bills, we should call the shots. If they don’t like it they can start turning down the money.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:27 amMarie Says:
I was working in the medical field when HCA took over a local hospital — it was abysmal — totally profit driven — health care was simply the facade for corporate group think.
Marie, this is what happens when you juxtapose “hospital” and “corporation” and then make that your name!
Reminds of a quote from the movie, Sweet Land:
“Banking and farming don’t mix.”
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 amMatt. you don’t know where the statement is, because it’s hidden here:
http://thinkprogress.org/oreilly-campaign-responses/
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 amMarie relates ?her? experiences with Columbia/HCA. I used to live in their home town (well across the river, same metro area).
HCA is the epitomy of the MBA takes over healthcare and squeezes every dollar from the healthcare and makes massive profits for the non-medical executives. The epitomy of the healthcare fiasco of “managed care” spawned in the Reagan years.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 amAlright, Matt. Then explain why Susan Rosenberg feels compelled to clarify her statement and describe TP’s impression as misinterpreted?
You can stick to your guns. The problem is that when future information is presented here, people will wonder: Is this accurate information or ‘misinterpreted’ information?
The retraction is important.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:45 amAnd, Matt, just one more and I’ll give you a break. I tried to make this point a week ago, and here was your response:
I thought it was over the top at the time. But, I’m sure you’ll stick to your guns on that, too.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:48 amI haven’t listened to Ed Shultz in for a couple of years (the local Air America affiliate went 24 hour sports). But when I did listen I thought he was weak. He always seemed behind the curve on issues and regularly got trounced by right leaning guests. He’s also got a Rush sized ego and always wandered off into a hissy fit about how he wasn’t getting the respect he deserved. Maybe he’s tightened up his act in the past two years, but I still think he’s a poseur.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 amDr. Moth Matt Says:
Here’s the TP’s original post: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/27/ups-oreilly/
There’s no need for a retraction. They did not do anything dishonest or necessary for retraction. TP put their the entire UPS on their website. More fake outrage from the radical right. Reich-wingers, continue to obsess over the Queen’s iPOD. You’ll only look marginally stupid.
It’s the misleading headline, Dr Moth Matt.
BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show
UPS said they had “no plans to continue advertising.” A weasel statement, which could as easily have been “we have no plans to continue or stop advertising.”
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 amgummitch. you’re right about the comparisons to O’Reilly. I don’t think TP wants to be using his misrepresentations as a benchmark. I respect that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:53 amIt’s a matter of semantics.
UPS: At this time, we have no plans to continue advertising during this show.
TP: BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show
Are these two statements equal? Maybe. Should TP have been a little more careful in their blog post headline and summary sentence? Maybe. However, TP DID POST the entire UPS statement so that the reader could make up their own mind. But reading only a headline and going off half-cocked with faux outrage is what the right-wingers seem to do best.
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:03 amGood Morning Youngsters,.Nice posts, thank you …..Noticed once again Israel leaders are rearing their ugly head’s and rattling saber’s…Seem’s to me nothing will stop this madness except for her benafactor’s (us) stop supporting this madness..The day the USA stops sending all the military and financial might to Israel will end their insane killing of their neighbor’s for land and oil…..
The day all war’s end will be the day tax payer’s revolt and with hold their support to our own administration’s folly….Peace is the answer….Blessings
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 ambackup Says:
The problem is that when future information is presented here, people will wonder: Is this accurate information or ‘misinterpreted’ information…
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When one considers the source of this statement, one can ONLY reply…
Oh… The Irony…
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:44 amBobwurst Says:
Shaddup…You can ask TP to retract its statment after you urge Billo to retract his statements regarding TP’s “attacks on rape victims”
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Or comparing “protesters who use the Internet” to child molesters.
On the other hand, when O’Reilly feels compelled to stoop that low, you KNOW this is getting on his nerves.
Keep up the good work, fellow insects!
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:49 amGo Gitem, Big Red Ed!
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 amCongratulations to Ed Schultz fans. I am just not one of them.
Schultz is unimpressive in terms of his fund of knowledge, and his debate skills are elementary. He will make great fodder for right wing talking points.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pmDavid Shuster, will co-host the 3 pm and 4 pm hours with Tamron Hall and substitute as host of Countdown
Substitute as host of Countdown ?
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pmI hope Keith is just going on vacation or has to go to the dentist or something. Surely it’s not a permanent substitute.
Just because Ed Schultz calls himself a liberal doesn’t make it so. This is the same guy that promotes “clean coal” and talks about how he thinks the internet should be taxed. If anything that’s a Blue Dog/DLC’er.
He’s a great radio show host but let’s be honest on this one. He’s a moderate with an out of control ego.
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pmKrauthammer: “It’s a little early to declare a presidency failed-although I would like to do it”
Hmmm….Nolies: “it’s a littlee early in the day to shove a baseball bate up Krauthammer A-hole, although I would like to do it” NOW!!!
F***en IDIOT Krauthammer.
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmRomney missed his kool-aid ration. What would happen if all the righties thought for themselves, for just one day?
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pmI don’t know if anyone caught this, but a new Pew Research Survey came out showing approval of Republicans at its lowest in 15 years of their surveys:
http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=745
Sure makes the right-wing rhetoric seem like… well, obviously no one is buying it.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:22 pmHow many layers of corporafornication will the Treasury public-private partnership plan offer?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1yQ6SYGfUqo&refer=home
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pmObama’s Blackwater? Jeremy Scahill on Triple Canopy, the New Lead US Mercenary Force in Iraq and Israel
The Obama administration has confirmed the hiring of mercenary firm Triple Canopy to take over Blackwater’s contract to protect US diplomats in Iraq. Part of the firm’s job will be to protect the “monstrous” US embassy in Baghdad.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/2/obamas_blackwater_jeremy_scahill_on_triple
The military used to protect diplomats. Contracting out function after function is what incapable managers do.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:34 pmThis is great to have Ed Schultz getting TV time.
But instead of booting David Shuster to the lesser hours as a cohost, I’d prefer to see him move into Hardball and cohost with Chris Matthews instead.
David Shuster is gutsy and tenacious and Chris Matthews needs adult supervision. I can’t bear to watch Hardball most of the time.
But the Ed Schultz thing… excellent!
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 pmTP didn’t report on:
Israel FM rejects Annapolis deal
Israel’s new ultra-nationalist foreign minister has said it is not bound by a US-sponsored 2007 agreement to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.
“The Annapolis conference, it has no validity,” Avigdor Lieberman said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7977002.stm
So far, no comment from new PM Bibi Netanyahu.
But TP did post on Ann Coulter’s latest manifestation of mental illness.
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