Ed Schultz is mad. Not because the MSNBC host’s ratings are in the garbage disposal compared to anyone on FOX News. And not because of those evil Republicans and ?tea baggers.? It?s because of President Barack Obama and Democrats.
Philip Klein enlightens us in the latest dead tree version of The American Spectator. Klein attended the annual Netroots Nation convention this year, and brought away some fascinating anecdotes from Big Ed:
?I know all of you on the campaign trail busted a** for Democrats,? Schultz hollered, clenched microphone in hand, pacing around the stage like a stand-up comic. ?And I know you were told that all we need is 60 votes. Then you got introduced to Ben Nelson.?
The crowd booed loudly.
?Then you got introduced to Joe Liberman.?
More boos.
?Let?s not forget Mary Landrieu.?
Another round of boos.
?And let?s not forget Blanche Lincoln.?
As the crowd continued to boo, Shultz screamed: ?Bulls**t! Bulls**t!?
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Schultz?s critique of the Democrats extended all the way up to Obama himself.
?They must have a war room at the White House,? he mused. ?I think they?ve got a sissy room, too.?
His grip of the moment was that the Obama administration had ousted Shirley Sherrod, panicking after Andrew Breitbart had posted an edited video of her speaking that portrayed her as a racist. But a broader grip was that President Obama didn?t give interviews to MSNBC in general and him in particular [David Bass’ take: Obama doesn?t want to be associated with a foul-mouthed blowhard who erupts in illogical tirades at whim. But maybe it?s just me.].
?I busted my a** for Obama,? he sadly recounted, like a jilted lover. ?President Obama, he don?t come to Ed. He comes to Bret Baier on Fox News ? in my time slot.? [DB’s take: That’s because he wanted someone to be watching].
Attendees of the convention should?ve been thankful that Big Ed didn?t threaten to torch the [bleep]ing place.
In his closing paragraph, Klein makes a poignant observation about the convention and the state of progressivism in general: if they?re not happy with what Obama has given them now, they?ll never be happy, because this is the best it?s going to get for them.
