Video: David Shuster wonders whether Massachusetts voters have lost their minds
posted at 2:40 pm on January 18, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Because nothing says “objective journalism” like the assumption that supporting a Republican is a symptom of mental illness, via Newsbusters:
Maybe they’ve just recovered their wits, Mr. Shuster. Perhaps Massachusetts voters don’t want to have their choices dictated by the Kennedys, Barack Obama, Washington DC, and media outlets with axes to grind such as yours. That’s the sign of a healthy mind. The signs of an unhealthy mind? Dismissing the upsurge in anger among American voters in reaction to the radical Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda with giggly middle-school references to oral sex, and then getting shocked to discover that the only people you’re fooling is yourselves.
In any case, MS-NBC should really change their logo at the top to read “The Place for Democratic Party Politics.”
Blowback
Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.
Trackbacks/Pings
Trackback URL
Comments
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2
thank goodness he left fox…ultimate tool, can’t stand his voice…
cmsinaz on January 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
ROFLMAO!!!
capejasmine on January 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Victory can be won in many ways.
I’m a Con living in the most liberal part of Buffalo: the Allentown district.
I meet all kinds of people, most of whom are liberal for one reason or other, and get to enjoy an occasional conversation. It takes time, and I don’t always manage a new persuasion, but I find being one-on-one with another Citizen works well.
Gays, blacks, and everyone else likes the same thing we do: Being left alone and accumulate wealth where we can.
My last line is to remind Dems oppose that.
Liam on January 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Very good! Isn’t it amazing, the lowest rated networks making fun of others! We’re so smart, nobody watches us.
PatMac on January 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM
I put the slapdown on our friend, KY Jelly, King. I wasn’t even on the damn thread and he couldn’t help attacking me.
Pass the booze….and the cigars…..and the bacon flavored popcorn~we are going to CELEBRATE tomorrow night!
HornetSting on January 18, 2010 at 3:31 PM
+1
Al in St. Lou on January 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Maybe that should be “The Place for National Socialist Democratic Party Politics.”
Chip on January 18, 2010 at 3:36 PM
All with, in my view, better ideas.
We’re not going to win by attacking Obama. We’re going to win by attacking him and his ideology. We do that by offering a better set of ideas.
If we beat Obama, a thousand other Obamas will follow. If we defeat Obama’s ideas, he will be defeated and all of those other Obamas will be defeated as well.
Our opponent is the ideology of Obama and not Obama.
The reason the left smears us and their opponents is because they can’t win on the battlefield of ideas. If we get in a smearing contest with the left, the idea battle is lost and they win since they’re better at smearing (they have the press to facilitate it).
For those that want to call me a “concern troll”, so be it. All of my concern is defeating the left. If we don’t, this country is lost.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 3:36 PM
HornetSting on January 18, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Yeah, I had the displeasure of his company this morning. He got mad and left.
kingsjester on January 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM
LOL, what a tool.
Midas on January 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM
Shuster is a typical lib: Getting frantic when called into question.
Again, I say to revel in this time.
Liam on January 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM
No David the good people of Mass. have not lost there minds but what they have lost are there jobs,homes,half or more of there IRA,there children’s collage fund and trust in there elected reps.
thmcbb on January 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM
No, Brown can use the additional funds to lawyer up and staff up in every potentially problematic precinct tomorrow and for the likely legal challenges or efforts to delay his certification.
I expect we’re going to see an attempt to Franken him, even if he wins the raw vote tomorrow (as Coleman did in that race).
Otherwise I agree completely with your sentiments.
TXUS on January 18, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Those bastards at MSNBC – THE OBAMA CHANNEL – sold their souls for Barry. Now they can taste the ashes. And the lowest cable ratings of all.
GarandFan on January 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM
On your side, in full.
+1000
Liam on January 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Dear Mr. Shuster, we remind you that words mean things:
1. “Yes We Can”
2. “Change” versus “More of the Same”
3. “Vote for Change”
4. “Change We Can Believe In”
5. “Our Time for Change”
6. “It’s about Time. It’s about Change”
7. “Stand for Change”
8. “Organize for Change”
9. “We are the change we’ve been looking for.
10.”Change in America doesn’t start from the top down. It starts from the bottom up.”
Sincerely,
The People
Oopsdaisy on January 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Yes, by all means, insult the voters.
That should be good for another 2 points added to Brown’s polling numbers.
The Ugly American on January 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM
You know it’s bad for Coakly when the voters haven’t even gone to the polls yet and the media is calling the people of Mass. angry, grumpy, and they are wondering if they have lost their minds.
They always say the people have a temper or a tantrum when all we do is simply vote our conscious, yet they are the ones who are literally having the tantrums by yelling and wondering if people have lost their minds because they don’t fall in line.
MobileVideoEngineer on January 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Actually, MS-NBC should really change their logo at the top to read “The Place for Former Insane Asylum Inmates Who Are Now Hosting Our Daily One-Sided-Screw-Being Fair-And-Balanced Talk Shows.”
pilamaye on January 18, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Oh, I kicked the stinking pile~check it out~thanks for having my back when someone stabs it w/o me even being there, King. :)
Time to break out the good liquor soon!
And, I hear there was a possible humpbot sighting~he was stretching his hips and groin muscles. :)
HornetSting on January 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
You don’t agree with me? You’re crazy dude!
Someone get Shuster his binkie.
fogw on January 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Brown Win Tuesday Causes Huge Stock Rally As Investors Celebrate ‘Pelosi Politburo Emasculation’
J_Crater on January 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
I agree…. That is why I get tired of stupid questions like how are the Republicans going to reach out to ______ voters? (Insert race, sexual persuasion, religion, etc.)
I have known gays that voted for Bush until he tried to change the constitution on marriage. They liked Bush economic policies. I’ve knwon blacks that will agree with me on most issues, until I say I’m conservative or I usually vote Republican. We need Reps who will run on one word… FREEDOM. Freedom to earn what you want, live how you want, drive what you want, buy what you want, eat what you want, etc. And that the govt should stay as far out of our lives as possible.
And then exlplain to anyone who is against gun ownership, that they have the freedom not to buy one if they don’t want to.
jeffn21 on January 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Mr. Schadenfreude!
Paging Mr. Schadenfreude!
drjohn on January 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Lost their mind? Of finally found it? hmmmm
WyoMike on January 18, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Concern troll?
I’ve now put you into the permanent troll category. Your harping and whining is more appropriate over at HuffPo.
Knucklehead on January 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Probably not, since Ed Morrisey seem’s to be the only Conservative watching this hack…
Just kidding Ed, be merciful.
Hog Wild on January 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Tired of being insulted by the Pres, the Speaker and the Media. The backlash is coming.
kringeesmom on January 18, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Kennedy got smacked so hard his legacy felt it.
James on January 18, 2010 at 3:55 PM
You work your side of the street and I’ll work mine.
Good luck. You’ll need it.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 3:55 PM
I’m guessing its whoever hired this guy.
flyoverland on January 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Your side of the street lost the election in 2008, ‘maverick’.
It’s time for bold colors, not pastels.
HornetSting on January 18, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Meh – defeat him and defeat his ideas – there’s still a thousand more out there ready to try again and ‘do it right this time’.
I think you’re making a distinction without much of a difference.
Midas on January 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM
People with better ideas win. Like Brown and McDonnell.
And Reagan.
There’s no need to attack Obama just because the left did it to Bush. It just doesn’t work. History shows that.
The left’s ideas are harmful and dangerous. Just show how they are to the public and we’ll win.
Those who want to attack Obama are welcome to it. I’ve never said they can’t or attacked them as “trolls”.
I just said it won’t work.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM
Does Shuster know that in order for NBCU to pay off Conan O’Brien, the money has to come from some where…….
Dr Evil on January 18, 2010 at 4:09 PM
I think the Dems of 2006/2008 would heartily disagree with your premise as to whether it works or not. *shrug*
Midas on January 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM
I don’t know about you but I got tired of being told to use my inside voice when I was ten, max.
Cindy Munford on January 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM
SteveMG, who do you think SAID that phrase~’It’s time for bold colors, not pastels’?
I’m paraphrasing~but, maybe you need to study it further~we need to fight, come out with both barrels blazing.
The time for ‘getting along to get along’ is over.
We are fighting for our country here~if someone’s feelings get hurt in the process, that’s the price of doing business.
HornetSting on January 18, 2010 at 4:12 PM
For crap’s sake, a blog isn’t a campaign. I like to hear what people have to say, stop telling people to shut up.
Cindy Munford on January 18, 2010 at 4:12 PM
The signs of an unhealthy mind?
1. Dismissing the upsurge in anger among American voters in reaction to the radical Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda with giggly middle-school references to oral sex, and
2. then getting shocked to discover that the only people you’re fooling is yourselves.
I couldn’t agree more, Ed.
Perfection defined.
TheAlamos on January 18, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Put down the KoolAid, trollboy. We’ve kept our mouths shut for far too long, been called racists, right wing extremists, teabaggers, rednecks, Bible thumpers and all the rest.
It’s time to stand up and make our voices heard.
BTW, are you getting holiday pay for posting these Axelrod talking points?
Knucklehead on January 18, 2010 at 4:15 PM
I haven’t told a single person here to shut up, madam.
As I just said above, people can work whatever side of the street they want.
If you don’t understand what that means, Madam, I suggest you look it up.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 4:16 PM
SteveMG –
You mean like the same factual attacks used against President Bush to bring his poll numbers down? Or the same factual attacks used to keep Rush Limbaugh from being a part of a NFL Ownership Group? Conservatives have been Alinskied far too long with out saying a mumblin’ word. It is time for righteous indignation. No, Mr. Shuster, voters in Massachusetts have not lost their minds…just their money and their jobs.
kingsjester on January 18, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Kennedy who?
Ted’s legacy: A young woman drowned.
JFK’S legacy: A nuclear crisis.
God bless their souls!
TheAlamos on January 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM
+ 1 Trillion
Knucklehead on January 18, 2010 at 4:19 PM
Is that how Brown is winning? Or how McDonnell won?
Everyone here is congratulating Brown but ignoring how he campaigned.
People here are talking about how we should defeat the left in elections. Not just bloviating on a blog.
They’re advocating tactics and not just posting at a blog.
I think those tactics won’t work. I think Brown’s tactics and McDonnell’s tactics will work.
Believing in promoting ideas is not being wishy-washy. Calling your opponent names or attacking them simply doesn’t work.
Brown knows it. McDonnell knows it. That’s why they’re winning.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Exactly. This Regime is so “taxing” to the people in so many ways.
Might as well get rid it! Go MA! Protest this corrupt Chicago regime! Vote Brown for Senator!
TheAlamos on January 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM
This is amazing. Some posters here are telling me to be quiet, to go away, and I’m the one trying to silence the discussion.
I haven’t told a single person to be quiet. Anyone can state whatever they want pending approval by AP or Ed.
I have told people what I think will or won’t work in a campaign. And the topic here is how to defeat the left in elections.
Because if we don’t defeat these nuts, this country is forever changed and I don’t think 4 or 8 years from now we can fix it. As Neal Boortz said, this is for all the marbles. If we don’t stop this now, we won’t ever stop it.
SteveMG on January 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM
your missing the point. it’s many registered Democrats that are voting for Brown. That is what they are foaming at the mouth about. So, these idiots are smearing their own party. I know, I was a registered Dem for 25 years-voted Republican last year and changed to an indepndant. I, along with my Dem friends are Tea party protesters. Pelosi, Reid and their fellow asshats are whatfinally turned me from being a Dem to voting Repub. and changing my voter affiliation.
What’s the best way to turn a blue state red?
What’s the best way to turn a registered Democrat into voting Republican?
For Elected Dems and their toadies in the media to smear, insult and froath at the mouth about the people that belong to their own party but differ on who to vote for–Keep at it lefties, your bleeding your own party of voters. The sane, normal people that are Democrats, not the whack jobs that are liberals and lefties
Call them a Nazi, evil does, crazy aryan right wing nut case
Niteowl45 on January 18, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Didn’t see how McDonnell campaign.
But I personally saw Brown speaking to a crowd early in December.
Brown is like a dragon! His words against Obama and Obamacare are like FIRE that could burn the entire Bay State!
TheAlamos on January 18, 2010 at 4:27 PM
True enough you haven’t told anyone to shut up but you consistently chastise and school people on what you consider proper decorum. Most of us are adults. You opinions are valid but presented as criticism, don’t be surprised that it isn’t accept with joy.
Cindy Munford on January 18, 2010 at 4:28 PM
I couldn’t agree more, Ed.
Perfection defined.
TheAlamos on January 18, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Ditto.
NebCon on January 18, 2010 at 4:33 PM
Uh…
DarkCurrent on January 18, 2010 at 4:36 PM
I must correct your usage here, Ed. Obama is the “last Kennedy brother”, so it is redundant to refer to him and the Kennedys in the same sentence.
ya2daup on January 18, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Mr. Shuster: voters for Scott Brown are exercising their minds. On the other hand, you continuously exercise your mouth, disconnected from any thought altogether.
ya2daup on January 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Read further, I amended my remarks.
Cindy Munford on January 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Yes, I saw that after.
I’m not understanding why SteveMG seems to be under attack here. As far as I can tell he’s just stated his opinion regarding tactics.
DarkCurrent on January 18, 2010 at 4:51 PM
the place for DEMOCRAT party politics, not “Democratic”
thedude on January 18, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Uh…are you on drugs, son?
2006 ring a bell? How ’bout 2008?
BlueStateBilly on January 18, 2010 at 4:56 PM
You mean people actually get a chance to choose?!
We can always use something like the Egyptian ballot:
___ Mubarak
___ Mubarak
___ Mubarak
Think Shuster would be happy then?
Dick Turpin on January 18, 2010 at 4:56 PM
If it was an isolated incident I would join your confusion but it’s not. What he says about running a campaign is absolutely spot on but when people here start expressing themselves, um….shall we say without constraint, he is johnny on the spot. Now, now children!! Now, there are things said here that can curl my hair, that I couldn’t say in a million years but I love to read it. So basically by griping I am being selfish.
Cindy Munford on January 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM
You’re not being selfish, he’s been harping on his agenda for the past 24 hours. He sounds like a broken record.
Knucklehead on January 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Miserable
Stupid
Nincompoop
Bobble-head
Cabal
DSchoen on January 18, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Sh*tster has lost its “mind”.
bill30097 on January 18, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Shuster is a real weirdo.
A real delusional, biased, joke a “reporter/journalist”.
therightwinger on January 18, 2010 at 5:40 PM
People didn’t lose their minds voting for the socialist democrat agenda. They were LIED to. Now they realize their error and they are correcting it.
Mojave Mark on January 18, 2010 at 5:43 PM
At what point does this sort of ‘reporting’, Sorry ‘Commentary’, get recognized as an in-kind contribution?
Seems to have past that point long ago for MSNBC.
OBQuiet on January 18, 2010 at 5:48 PM
I wish everyone would stop calling Democrats – democratic! They are nothing of the kind.
Sporty1946 on January 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM
The people of Massachusetts are clinging to their religion and their guns because they oppose health care for babies or something.
Sharke on January 18, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Win or lose, Mitt’s getting some credit for Brown’s big MO: http://mittromneycentral.com/2010/01/17/win-or-lose-mitts-getting-some-credit-for-browns-big-mo/
dnlchisholm on January 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
This quote “Massachusetts voters have lost their minds” comes from a man who is mentally challenged.
afotia on January 18, 2010 at 8:34 PM
It’s the DEMOCRAT PARTY…. NOT the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!
afotia on January 18, 2010 at 8:35 PM
how appropriate, the revolution starts in Mass..
stlpatriot on January 18, 2010 at 9:27 PM
Was this like a Wayne’s World broadcast or something? Is this an actual media channel? Must be some start up – I am sure their rating will improve given some time.
Huckabye-Romney on January 19, 2010 at 6:35 AM
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2