MSNBC moron: Republicans not supporting the Olympics is like Jane Fonda supporting the Vietcong
posted at 8:27 pm on October 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
An almost poignant moment here as one of the many leftists who spent the past six years wrestling with his schadenfreude over setbacks in Iraq finally gets an outlet to project his guilt onto conservatives. Truly, celebrating the fact that the Daley machine will have to find another trough of taxpayer money from which to feed is precisely the same as Hanoi Jane sitting on a VC cannon and mimicking shooting down American aircraft. Thanks for confirming every last horrible conservative stereotype about MSNBC, Ed. If they ever move the modern-day Murrow out of the anchor spot, you’re a shoo in.
Stick with the clip to the bitter end or else you’ll miss Jan “Trojan Horse” Schakowsky blaming the entire debacle on Bush. Click the image to watch.
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I’m not watching, but I have to ask…
How does this blow-hard have a show on a cable news channel?
Yes, that’s rhetorical for MSNBC.
Enoxo on October 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
no surprise that it took less than twelve hours for the Libs to start blaming Bush.
Red State State of Mind on October 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
bashing the Viet Cong is racist.
A voice of reason on October 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Could have bet money on it.
HornetSting on October 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
They can say whatever they want… Obama is the one going to bed tonight with the big “L” on his forehead.
behiker on October 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM
So now they think Jane Fonda was wrong..
the_nile on October 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM
There really is no point on watching the vid.
Apologetic California on October 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM
There are some ugly u-tubes out there showing people cheering when the news came in that we lost.
It didn’t reflect well on conservatives. I frankly don’t understand it.
But this kind of backlash is what you get when you make a big story out of a small one.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
hmmmmm…. Chicago didn’t want the “O” games.. and yet it is the conservatives fault.
alrighty then, the alinsky rules aren’t working this time.
upinak on October 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Mr. Ed, the talking jackass.
ICBM on October 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
The James Warren (ex Chicago Tribune managing editor) clip on “Ed Show” was instructive also.
Basically he said “Chicago was a LONG SHOT all along” and also “IOC was overwhelmingly old, mostly Euro, white, male, etc”.
They don’t even know who to blame…they’re just like a unmanned firehose spraying haphazardly all over the place.
aquaviva on October 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
So, he’s a lib and he’s saying he doesn’t like Jane Fonder? The Vietcong were actually evil?? I’m confused.
JellyToast on October 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
You’ve been summoned a few times on the Palin thread to discuss the reason that Todd left the North Slope….if they quit for the winter…..
HornetSting on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM
This is getting ugly.
artchick on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Morons will be morons. I take it this bozo was hoping for a terrorist attack too.
Opportunities lost, boo fricking hoo hoo.
Spiritk9 on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I’m waiting for the spin that blames Sarah Palin.
Something like, “Sure we [the World] love Obama, but you Americans are so schizoid, for all we know you’ll elect Sarah Palin in 2012, and she’d be in charge in 2016,and she’ll be like having everyone read the Bible at the opening of the Olympics, and ban Muslims and gays and atheists and stuff. At least with Rio, we can be sure that Lula will still be safely ensconced for decades to come.”
notropis on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM
So, is he saying he’s OK with it, then?
Russ on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Wait…I’m confused…I thought lefties are all about Hanoi Jane expressing her ‘patriotic’ political dissent. So…our laughter at Ogabe blowing his foot off to help Hizzoner Mayor Daly slosh some more pork around town is actually the same as that sweet, sweet Jane Fonda anti-American support of a blood-thirsty communist regime? So that’s good right?…wheels within wheels, my friends…wheels within wheels.
AUINSC on October 2, 2009 at 8:35 PM
When you think the left can’t get any lower – they surprise you once again.
johnnybgood on October 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ! I am a TRAITOR !
nagee76 on October 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Like many Vietnam vets, if he would have made the comparison in front of me, I would have decked him.
Star20 on October 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
What else is new?Rush had them pegged all along and once again he was right.They are coming out of the woodwork with excuses for bho.
ohiobabe on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I don’t think people think of this story as the Daly machine. They think of it as America. And watching Conservatives cheer when we lost was odd. So, in my opinion, those cheering the loss carelessly bought this criticism.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
We didn’t lose today.
Chris_Balsz on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I’m also confused. Is Hanoi “urinal cake” Jane still alive?
Dhuka on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Like many Vietnam vets, if he would have made the comparison in front of me, I would have decked him.
Star20 on October 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM
////
Go ahead,make my day:)
ohiobabe on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Truly, these are the most despicable bunch of morons on cable news.
WisCon on October 2, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Wow. Thats the first time ive ever actually clicked a video link from that guys show. That guy’s terrible.
ernesto on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Nope. Couldn’t do it. If you’ve heard one fat, liberal bastard, you’ve heard them all.
HornetSting on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Next on the agenda……
“The racist’s didn’t want the Olympics”
brought to you by Keef Overbite.
I. Am. So. Sick. Of. This.
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Barry, Michelle, and their hometown corruption capital cost America the Olympics, not the right wing. Nobody on the right was rooting against America, but it’s the apogee of patriotism to root against Barry.
anXdem on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
A horse’s ass is a horse’s ass, of course, of course,
And no one can talk sense to a horse’s ass of course
That is, of course, unless the horse’s ass is the infamous Mister Ed.
Go right to the source and ask the horse’s ass
He’ll give you the answer that you’ll reject.
He’s always on an unsteady course.
Talk to Mister Ed.
Ed will yakkity yak a streak and waste your time of day
And Mr. Ed will always speak even if he has nothing to say
A horse’s ass is a horse’s ass, of course, of course,
And this one’ll talk ’til his voice is hoarse.
You never heard of a talking horse’s ass?
Well listen to this: “I’m Ed Schultz.”
aquaviva on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
This is the same gal who bragged to her constituents about how democrat healthcare reform is “not a principled fight” right?
Twit.
Ah yes, Ed, in the absence of a credible and supportable point, just blame bush. what a d-bag.
GopherCon on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
That’s redundant.
I’m just curious though. How is not supporting Chicago’s bid to get the Olympics the same thing as not supporting the Olympics?
We watched eight years of liberals and Democrats working against the best interests of the troops in harm’s way. We saw Durbin call the troops no better than the Pol Pot regime. We saw John Kerry call our troops stupid. We saw Jay Rockefeller agonize when to leak stuff from the Intelligence Committee to the NYT in order to help the Kerry Campaign. We saw Dan Rather fake memos in an attempt to bring down a President by false propaganda. The bottom line is that Democrats and liberals including the filthy lying coward in the White House spent eight years trying to tear down this nation (a legacy the filthy liar is continuing from the Oval Office).
For this reason, I can’t get too upset with those happy that the filthy liar fell flat on his face and his cronies in Chicago will not be able to use the Olympiad as an excuse to bilk billions from the Federal Government.
highhopes on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I’m glad Sarah hasn’t participated in this nonsense. It’s interesting how some who claim to be moderate and claim that she leads the “ugly” base types are actually the ones egging this stuff on. Meanwhile, she’s staying clear of the fray.
Hmmmmmm*
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
“ugly u-tubes out there showing people cheering when the news came in that we lost.”
No, AnninCA, that’s not an ugly youtube. Ugly is when planes fly into the Twin Towers and people on the streets of Palestine cheer. Ugly is when a liberal college professor, on the verge of the war in Iraq, wishes for “a million Mogadishus.”
Cheering that Valerie Jarrett and the whole crowd of Daley crooks and thugs can’t find an excuse to skim yet more billions from public and corporate sources does not make for an especially ugly youtube moment.
notropis on October 2, 2009 at 8:38 PM
no they aren’t quitting for the winter. Winter is the biggest time of year for drilling and North Slope jobs.
Everyone needs to think…. differently.
upinak on October 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I walked away from the computer . . came back . . and saw this moron’s face on the computer screen. That was my cue that I needed another drink. So, if you’ll excuse me . . .
KickandSwimMom on October 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Dear Ann-in-a-Can.
I think this does not reflect well on Hussein Obama.
Who made this a big story other than the What House?
Dhuka on October 2, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Yeah, he’s worse than KO. Which up until recently I didn’t think was possible.
BadgerHawk on October 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Well we know the facts, it would cost money and finance criminals.
the_nile on October 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
jackassery
rob verdi on October 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
You know what the MSNBC morons are really trying to say right? If America isnt totally miserable then they are not happy.
canditaylor68 on October 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I’m sure it’s been said dozens of times, but I was away from a computer all day and couldn’t read the 2,000+ comments.
Do guys like Big Ed not realize that half of President Obama’s home city, by the left’s logic, are now ‘anti-American’?
BadgerHawk on October 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Chicago, rot in your own vile, putrid stew pot. This is a victory on several fronts but to name only two: The beat-down of Obama and the Chicago mob and a denial of my money to fund the Chicago bail-out. I am so relieved. It’s an encouraging start to our take-back.
PaCadle on October 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Sorry, to me it was ugly. They cheered. It was a conservative group meeting, and it really was tacky.
That type of junk leaves this Independent cold. It’s just ridiculous to so dislike the other side that even something like the Olympics becomes a moment for cheering that Chicago lost.
Debate it, fine. Have a few chuckles about Obama’s ego, fine.
But watching people cheer? Sort of undid a lot of the arguments I’ve been making, anyway, that people are NOT unnecessarily ugly about this presidency.
Again, I’m Independent and far more in the center than most here. But it wasn’t anything attractive to watch.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Oh my God! Next thing you are going to suggest is that the few cheering the fact that Obama suffered a political meltdown today is akin to those scenes of Muslims cheering the 9/11/01 atrocities. You really are that far off base with your comments.
BTW. Half of Chicago didn’t want the Olympics. Half of Chicago isn’t conservative so there has to be some supporters of the filthy lying coward in that mix.
highhopes on October 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
No reason at all to give him even a web hit to count as some sort of ammusing bafoon.
I think this ED fellow is about to be canned. His ratings are bad even by msnbc std’s.
Freddy on October 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ed+schultz%22+%22jane+fonda%22+interview+-olympics
ninjapirate on October 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I used to listen to him every day, just for some balance. His time slot on Air America was right after Rush’s on another station. He was Air America’s ‘heavy hitter’, which speaks volumes as to why no one listens to their programming.
BadgerHawk on October 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
He is an idiot. He threw a fit one morning before the election and walked out on a interview with Fox and Friends. The putz ripped off his microphone and ran off the set because Brian, Gretchen, and Steve were such brutes to him.
TXMomof3 on October 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Since when has the left been logical? I’m in Chicago and far from anti-American.
This was all about Daley for those of us here.
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Half of Chicago didn’t want it , because they know what would happen. It was a victory.
the_nile on October 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Nobody cares.
AUINSC on October 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Is Obama just a DOG that the international chickens kick around!!?
Those liberals just can’t take it.
(better without annotations)
jaime on October 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Since he’s so concerned about the “young people,” let me spell it out for him: we don’t give a sh!t about any of this. Maybe some kids in Chicago are sad, but the rest aren’t even aware Chicago was in the running to host the Olympics.
Emily M. on October 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
If imbecile Ed represents the “best” the left has going on their talk-radio dial, it’s no wonder they’ll NEVER gain an audience.
Haunchie on October 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Seconded.
HornetSting on October 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
This was not only about the Daley machine stealing from the people of Chicago, it was also about Obama funneling federal tax dollars into a bottomless pit of Olympic cronyism.
Hence the cheers for this boondogle to simple go away without stealing any more money from hard working people. And yes, conservative people are for law and order. Period.
Freddy on October 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Once again, you are clueless in California. Please walk towards the sunset and don’t stop until your hat floats away.
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Well, I think this is going to be the first of several very negative stories about the “hate-filled” conservatives.
Buckle up.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Since when did the libs have a problem with Jane Fonda supporting the Vietcong? They always make excuses for her whenever it’s brought up.
mizflame98 on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I’m in Madison. The fact that we would have gotten the biking events was being used as a major talking point in the County’s push for a rail system (even though we don’t have anything even remotely close to the population density required to make it profitable). That was reason enough for me not to want Chicago to win.
The fact that President Obama just pushed all in with a 2-7 off suit is just icing on the cake.
BadgerHawk on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Many of us cheered today when Chicago lost in the first round because it means that Obama’s cronies will have to devise another way to steal taxpayer dollars to enrich themselves. Ahem, let me be clear, Obama and Bride of Obama made the trip to Copenhagen to sell Chicago not to help the general population of Chicago, but to line the pockets of those to whom they are indebted.
What sacrifices they had to make to fly to Copenhagen on luxury jets, stay in luxury hotels and eat gourmet food. The taxpayer cost for their trips alone would provide health care to 100 families for a year.
Bride of Obama has obviously been coached by the best on how to appear open and warm. Apparently, even the best that money can buy can’t make her palatable. My guess is that Chicago lost the bid because of her pathetic poor-me speech.
maryo on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Make it a trifecta!
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
At a point – the Libbies become so pathetic – we don’t even need to respond anymore because every thinking American sees how ridiculous they are.
HondaV65 on October 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I know, we’ve lost the chance to pour billions into Chicago hacks and Union thugs, darn.
I don’t get why people think the Olympics is some pseudo-holy event. It’s a joke. The best athletes money can buy, who can afford to train with every technological and pharmaceutal advantage possible to win. Wow, inspiring!
reaganaut on October 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
For the sake of my fellow Hot Air Commentors and Allah’s hard work, I watched the video…
… now I have to go defecate.
This Ed Schultz chap needs to keep talking and talking…
… I predict the quickest “Jump the Shark” moment in history by blaming Conservatives for Obama getting ‘byatch slapped’ on the world stage.
Seven Percent Solution on October 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Remember when the Olympic competition we were supposed to get behind, was athletes competing in sports? I miss those days.
Chris_Balsz on October 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I still hold to the theory that the way guys like this get their own news shows is that MSNBC cases some of the more seedier looney bins out there, make it a point to visit the Violent wards, and will choose the first raving, foaming at the mouth, straitjacket clad wackjob they find bouncing off the walls of his padded cell and ask him if he would like their own TV show. They then keep him off his medication until he is ripe and ready, then place him in front of the camera and the end result is pretty much what you have posted here.
pilamaye on October 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Nice dye job there, Ed.
Only his hairdresser (and everyone else) knows for sure.
DamnCat on October 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Well, I think this is going to be the first of several very negative stories about the “hate-filled” conservatives.
Buckle up.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
So what’s new about that? I think we’ll be able to handle it.
ZeeMI on October 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Because the media pushing negative stories on “hate-filled” conservatives will be new or something.
Emily M. on October 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Everywhere you look this week — rainbows.
Terry_Dyne on October 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Oh dear, I don’t think I’ll recover from that.
reaganaut on October 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
What are you, a glutton for punishment? There have got to be better ways to get some balance!
ernesto on October 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
The unions lost and the Chicago grifters/politicians lost, but America will simply wait its turn, without opening a fire hydrant of blame on everyone around her.
pedestrian on October 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
If you knew anything, you’d know that we’re used to it after all these years.
hawkdriver on October 2, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Hate filled stories that are lies, you moron. I live here in Chicago and I’m surrounded by moonbats just like you, and they were cheering this morning.
They didn’t want the Olympics here either, so bug off toots.
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Yes I kind of felt the same way when the libs did this.You may want to read this. My daughter who is a registered independent agrees that the crime and corruption in Chicago and the world infamous joke that Chicago has become in politics disqualifies them from holding the Olympics. America doesnt need any more embarassment than it already has.
canditaylor68 on October 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Ditto. Go away, troll. We don’t care.
GrannyDee on October 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Were they all wearing shirts which said “Conservative” on them or are you guessing on affiliation? Get a grip.
Bishop on October 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
F#$% off and die, douchenozzle.
Ted Torgerson on October 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
On the contrary, it was Obama who made a big deal out of it. Not tending to domestic or foreign policies i.e. hellthcare and Iran, instead goes off to try and win the Olympics for a city who is so-so in wanting the Olympics in the first place. We conservatives are laughing at the fact that he put his ego ahead of him, thinking he would get the Olympics simply for be there, and still failed.
FontanaConservative on October 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
It seems strange to me that someone from another state can tell a (chicagoite)that this was not about daly and jarrett and whoever else had slums to sell.
I think they have a better perspective than any of us out of towners.I am overjoyed that o got it handed to him today.
ohiobabe on October 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
This one will have a clip that will turn off people and is indefensible.
But I wait to see you guys muster an argument. (Not me, you’re on your own on this one.)
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
AnninCA please return to your news site, Media Matters.
maryo on October 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM
First off,what is with the eye pops and head be-bops,
a person can get sea=sick just watching him,or Nancy,
or Obama for that matter with their side to side head
sweeps!!
So,Republicans are no different than Jane Fonda
spread-eagle,and poised on a NVN Anti-Aircraft Gun
that was busy shooting at F-4′s,Buff’s(B-52′s)and
other US Airforce aircraft!!
And,WTF,the Liberal Party are running the show,and
bipartisanship was dead on arrival after Obama’s
second swear in,piff,blame the RIGHT,-IDIOTS!!
This is actually a great spin,its beyond assine,
but hey,your watching a Liberal in action,and in
their world, up is down,and everything else is *ss
backwards!!
canopfor on October 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Yes there were…
… they were from Rio.
Seven Percent Solution on October 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Alas, the group’s name was on a big ole sign, with the word Conservative in the title of the group.
*arrgghhh*
They looked like a roomful of mean suits clapping for the failure of America. It’s on the Huffington Post blog if you want to go look.
And boy, the comments are ugly.
AnninCA on October 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Knucklehead on October 2, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I know businesses here on MI lakeshore were looking forward to possible tourist $$, but the majority of us here did not want it to be on the backs of taxpayers.
ZeeMI on October 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Come on folks, we can do better than Ed ‘moron’ Shuster (is that his name?)
How about “Left’s support for the Chicago Olympics is like Bernie Madoff’s investing of grandma’s life savings.”
Dusty on October 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Trust me, no one would turn to you for help forming a coherent argument.
Emily M. on October 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
The filthy lying coward didn’t completely lose. The big story tonight and through the weekend news cycle is going to be what an idiot he was for jetting off to Copenhagen. It pushes the fact that one in 10 Americans is unemployed below the fold.
What we need to be doing is to connect the two facts. The filthy liar jetted off to Denmark despite of all the pressing problems he should have been dealing with. He was hanging out with Oprah and the international athletic set instead of caring about the economy, the GWOT, or any of the other problems he was hired to deal with. It is a gross dereliction of his oath of office. Elections have consequences, so too should treason.
highhopes on October 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Nowhere near the first. And there will be far more than “several very negative stories” to come.
It’s been going on for years, with or without provocation, with or without ugly youtubes. It’s something conservatives have gotten used to a long time ago; and there’s nothing conservatives could ever possibly do to make the negative stories about “hate-filled” conservatives stop. Nothing.
notropis on October 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I cheered this decision by the Olympic committee, but not because it was a slap at America as the lefties would like to suggest. As they well know, today’s decision was a solid, unequivocal repudiation of Barack (and Michele) Obama’s unchecked narcissism. It isn’t un-American to be pleased that your vain, preening, self-absorbed president and his let-them-eat-cake wife have been denied the spoils of their inglorious self-promotion. It would, in fact, be un-American not to applaud the repudiation of such tragic flaws in one’s political leaders.
Rational Thought on October 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Know what’s great about Hot Air? There will be more people leaving comments in this one section than watch this revolting pig’s show!! Gotta Love It!!!
Robbya on October 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Were they all wearing shirts which said “Conservative” on them or are you guessing on affiliation? Get a grip.
Bishop on October 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Bishop: I bet those were orange t-shirts!!:)
I wonder if these are planted,seeded
Liberals posing as the RIGHT,because
so far, the Left has been caught doing
this!:)
canopfor on October 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
- Dan Quayle
MB4 on October 2, 2009 at 9:00 PM
lol I can’t stand that Ed guy
Spathi on October 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM
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