Ed Schultz is Kicking Ass today- Fighting for Vets, the Working Class

[radio4progressives]

and the farmers and the poor. And he's correctly reaming the Liberal Elite Bloggers for not getting into this issue today.

The Repukes are dismantling the Federal Government, completely defunding programs for those in need, and draining our treasury to feed the MIC and their own pockets as I write this.


Where the fuck is the OUTRAGE here on DU??

on edit: i must mention that I've been very critical of Schultz for a lot of reasons, and I don't generally listen to his show. I'm tuned in today because i'm curious about interviews and discussion on this subject and there it was and felt compelled to bring that message here.

[stepnw1f]

1. "Liberal Elite Bloggers"... Gee... Thanks Again Redneck! (nt)

[radio4progressives]

2. Talking Points Memo, Arianna Huffington et al

is who Schultz is talking about.

[TheFarseer]

3. I have to agree to a point

Alot of democrats seem caught up in trying to "embarass" the republicans with publicity stunts and political maneuvers. These people (repubs) wrote the book on publicity stunts and political maneuvers and our efforts look amateurish and pathetic by comparison. What we need to do is cut through that and focus on the issues. We own them on nearly every issue. It's time we remembered that. Don't fight fire with fire. Fight fire with water - or something like that.

[radio4progressives]

4. totally agree with what the Dems seem to think is "working". It is NOT.

this so called "We can do better" without attacking these budget cuts and tax bail out for the millionaires? huh? culture of corruption in Congress? yeah, sure it is but everyone knows that.. HOW THEY SCREWING US is what needs to be said.

(big sigh)

[blm]

5. I always railed against Alito's FASCISM - pro-powerful and anti-worker

and anti-consumer. That should have been the point that all leftleaning media should have made more extensively instead of sticking with peripheral things like college clubs.

[TheFarseer]

8. I blame the media for that mostly

but our senators could have done better also. There are so many issues besides and in conjunction with abortion but they always boil it down to that and only that. Why??? I guess because it's more contraversial, but also happens to be the republican's best weapon. Coincidence? hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[blm]

9. I absolutely blame the media - especially because the mineworkers' deaths

should have been a national discussion about workers and their rights and safety vs the corporate owners who dodge their responsibility, many times thanks to procorporate rulings by judges.

[radio4progressives]

10. Hear! Hear!

:applause:

[TheFarseer]

14. The media as usual missed the point on that one

Instead of focusing on the deaths of the miners and trying to find out why they died and how we can prevent this in the future, they go off on something about why they reported the story wrong?! I mean, does everything have to be about you? Sometimes I think the media is playing chess when they should be playing checkers by just reporting the news. They are thinking a couple moves ahead on how to make the news of tomorrow instead of reporting the news of today. A perfect example is how they are building up Hillary so they can tear her down and do endless analysis of what went wrong just like they did with Howard Dean.

[radio4progressives]

23. it should have been given a whole lot more mention and coverage...

[USA_1]

6. Today's show

He just interviewed a lady who has filed a lawsuit about machine voting and the corruption that its flaws engender. The guest complained that while many rank-and-file Democrats support her, she can never get any support from the Democratic leadership or the controlled news media.

I have to agree.

For the past 2 weeks I complained on this forum that if Democratic politicians stood up and applauded Bush in the SOTU speech, the effort to impeach Bush and to stop his destroy-America agenda would be over. And I was correct. Note how nobody is talking about impeachment now.

Now our efforts to stop Bush have been completely defeated, not by Republicans but by Democratic politicians.

[radio4progressives]

7. Impeachment hearing on monday night.

someone called in to radio talk show this morning, talking about impeachment, but the radio hosts Willie Brown (former Mayor of San Francisco, and a well connected Dem).. pooh poohed impeachment talk.

people are talking about it, but the party leadership DLC et al are trying to muffle, censor both impeachment matters and election fraud issues.

Wonder why?

[blm]

11. Willie Brown is very much a Bill Clinton style politician.

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[radio4progressives]

12. true but that doesn't answer the question...

why censor or pooh pooh impeachment and election fraud?

[blm]

13. heheh...yes it does answer the question. Clinton would do the same.

Clinton pooh-poohed the DSM on national television. He also wanted to let Bush1 have a peaceful retirement and said that was why he didn't want further investigations into IranContra and BCCI.

[radio4progressives]

21. Clinton pooh poohed the DSM??? OMFG

I missed that, krer yist.

[blm]

27. Letterman straight up asked him to talk about the Downing Street Memos and

Clinton acted as if he hadn't even heard of them and brushed off the question.

This was a MONTH after they were published and after Conyers and Kerry put out their letters of inquiry in the Congress and the Senate. NO WAY did Clinton not hear of them.

[snowbear]

17. You are right.. I hope everyone here listens to that interview!

INCREDIBLE ---------------- Just INCREDIBLE.

Please --- if you didn't listen to her interview --- TAKE THE TIME!!!!

It will piss you off, but maybe that's what we need.

[LaPera]

15. Ed, I believe has seen the light...I used to despise his moderate stances

But the more I listen...he's really getting there...Shit, 65% of Americans know BushCo is all about corporate fascism, (which means take away workers rights and fair wages & dwindling benefits)...Ed should be able to increase his share and kick ass in ratings, if he just pounds away at the right, HARDER!

[radio4progressives]

22. I do have to hand it him for his Full on Support for Labor and that's

REALLY IMPORTANT!! And his ability to keep Veterans issues on the radar screen is very important too.

[snowbear]

16. The ***BEST*** part of Ed today was the interview with Lynn Landes....

She's a free-lance journalist who has been busting her ass to get the voting machine debacle exposed.

Wow. :o She says some surprising things in the interview that make you realize why the voting machine story just isn't going anywhere..

Because she CAN'T GET ANY HELP FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!

When Eddie asks her why they won't get behind her, she responds with ..."because 60% of corporations are in the Republicans pockets, and 40% are in the Democrats"

I'm still wondering about that one though.. Sure, maybe "some" corporations; but everyone knows who Diebold has been backing.

So then WHY isn't the Democratic party concerned??

She also said that if this same thing was happening to Republicans (if Diebold was in it to get Democrats to win) that Republicans would be livid. In other words, you'd be hearing about it -- and big time.

She's already taking a case of "voting irregularities" in front of two separate courts (state and federal), and both times they refused to hear her case. One of those courts was where ALITO happened to be at the time..

Now she said that Alberto Gonzales has to notify her by February 24th whether she can get her case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

What do you think the chances of THAT happening are?!?

Her wish is that someone like Lou Dobbs would take up the story and run with it (yeah, right)..

It's sad to hear that the Democratic Party isn't giving her any support whatsoever. It just doesn't make a lick of sense. It sounded like even Conyers was slipping somewhat on this.

She's fighting a good fight, but she has no one backing her.

The interview is on Big Eddie's website.. Takes a couple minutes to load, then there's a few seconds of some funky music.. but it's on there:
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/dailyAudio/index.asp

She sounds amazing.. But she sounds like she needs HELP with this cause!! Howard Dean, WHY AREN'T YOU CONCERNED !?!?!? :(

[snowbear]

18. Did anyone else here listen to Lynn Landes today ???

Does ANYONE care???

Now I can see why Diebold will never be exposed. Sorry, but.. I can see why..

[blm]

26. EXACTLY.... if people here at DU can miss the import of this case, then

how can we even expect the average citizen to notice or care?

That is why I relenrlessly push the only TWO issues that really matter - media control and voting machines. No other issue CAN be heard fairly until those two issues are exposed.

[radio4progressives]

24. I missed the interview but I read an article on her today...

Said she couldn't get any help from Civil Rights Groups either.

So I'm glad she got an interview on AAR, hopefully others will be picking up her story and giving the air time it deserves.

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. I read Ed Sultz's book about a year ago or so

and I found that on economic issues he was actually extremely progressive pretty much to social-democratic levels. He's just a bit provential when it comes to social issues. If he is a DLCer, he's the only DLCer I've ever come across who quotes Chomsky.

link to his book on Amazon:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060784571.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060784571/ref=cm_aya_asin.title/104-0173435-8232758?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

[snowbear]

20. Well... when people have time, you should all listen to the interview

on his show today of Lynn Landes, and her lonely Supreme Court battle with Diebold. :(

Check my post a couple above for the link.

It makes me so sad :( and mad :mad: to learn that the reason the story isn't in the media -- is because they figure if Democrats are "ok by Diebold, it must not be a story"

I'm going to contact BlackBoxVoting or whoever-- to try to find out HOW on earth we can get our congressman and senators to wake up and smell the voting machines!!

It's DEAD serious --- and Lynn goes to court regarding Diebold this month --- with -0- help from the Democratic Party.

Howard --------------- WHY???????? :cry: :cry: :cry:

[radio4progressives]

25. Ed's Producer came on the Young Turks Show during the Filibuster 'Thon

and he praised all the great work folks were doing, he sounded really progressive - that was the first time i heard this guy.
So that gave me a heads up that maybe the show would be turning the corner more progressive, less DLC apologizing. Maybe the Filibuster fiasco opened his eyes. who knows?