Ed Schultz: Obama‘s First Two Years ’Far Better‘ Than Reagan’s
- Posted on December 22, 2010 at 8:20am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Yesterday we reported that MSNBC president Phil Griffin said he has had to scold an “over the top” Ed Schultz multiple times, even admitting Schultz has “crossed the line” on several occasions. I wonder if Schultz claiming Obama’s first two years are “far better” than Reagan’s first two will prompt such a scolding?
I’ll leave the retort to Noel Sheppard over at NewsBusters:
Consider that in Reagan’s first two years, he ended the air traffic controllers’ strike, enacted the largest tax cut in history, and signed into law the Job Training Partnership Act which helped get America working again.
By contrast, Obama’s signature piece of legislation, ObamaCare, just had a key element found to be un-Constitutional by a federal judge possibly leading to its eventual demise.
As for his efforts to get the economy going, his first stimulus package in February of last year was such a disaster that he and former President Bill Clinton recently told the American people that it was necessary to extend the Bush tax cuts in order to avoid further economic damage.
Lest we forget the shellacking Obama just took at the polls whereby he lost more seats in the House than any President since Truman in 1948 while losing six seats in the Senate.
By comparison, Reagan actually gained two seats in the Senate adding to the Republican majority in his first midterm elections while losing only 28 seats in the already Democrat-controlled House.
Add it all up, and you‘ve got to be on something really special to think that Obama’s not just had a great first two years in office, but also he did a far better job than Reagan during the same time frame.
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Comments (119)
microace
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:25amHe’s right, affecting more peoples lives…unfortunately no one wants the things affecting them.
Report Post »STUBBYK
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 6:58pmHe should of said infecting instead of affecting. That would be more factual.
Report Post »powjen
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:22amStupidity at a level that can not be explained!
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:18amEvery time this guy speaks, he’s wrong. At least he’s consistent.
Silversmith
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:35amA clock is_____ well, you know the rest .. :~)
Report Post »123abc
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:09amHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! This guy is on dope. No other comment.
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:03amEarth to Ed ,Earth to Ed I can tell from babbling that your grasp on reality is tenuous at best but even progressive blog speak like this confirmed you are not an American it is doubtful you are even an Earthling. I am no Reagan fan but to conclude that Bobo`s done a better job is delusional. Try looking under the sofa you may find what is left of your brain.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:33am????? You don’t like me ??? :~(
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:57amNot Ed, his wife.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:53amThis boy is definitely smoking something funny! Obama and his commie brethren have done more damage to this country in the last two weeks than all of our enemies combined.
Report Post »Beckaj
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:50amIf by “better”, you mean “more destructive” Ed, than I agree with you.
Report Post »sapper
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:49amCome on guys, leave Corky alone……..I mean really, he thinks Carter was the best President ever………….
Report Post »Tractor
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:46amWhat else to expect from this ignorant fat face?
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:38amBut, the difference is marked – most people adored Reagan, while most people loathe Obama.
Reagan was a true American hero. Obama is an empty suit that has one talent – organizing the least productive people in America. That‘s not something I’d be very proud of.
A better comparison is the eerily similarity between Carter and Obama – both are complete and utter fu#$-ups and both are despised by productive persons.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:31amWOW !!! Excellent post, my friend.. Excellent…
Report Post »SJJB
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:36amThe liberal media will continue to try to make Obama into something he isn’t..
Report Post »msoldano52
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:33amSadly, I agree with Ed. Obama made more overall changes to this country beyond legislation. Net neutrality, start treaty, obamacare, appointment of 2 judges, and many behind the veil changes to this country jammed into stimulus bills, bailouts and other spending bills. So Ed was right. He moved this country further back than reagan moved us forward. Hopefully we get our act together and elect our next Reagan 2.0…!!
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:29amThis relentless comparisons to Reagan, usually made without much thought, are too messy. It’s a little off track. Reagan was a Democrat. Then he was a Republican. He was bi. Get over it.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:27amAffecting peoples’s lives is hardly the measure that should be used. Enhancing liberty and freedom are the true measures. Draw your own conclusions.
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:37amWell, if getting 3 million people unemployed, then yes, I guess Obama is doing much better than Regan in affecting peoples’ lives.
Report Post »IntrepidSI
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:23amAnd MSNBC is a the best network, has the highest ratings and I am the bestist newscaster in the whole wide world! People love me, they really do! Liberal Ideas are the greatest! The American people want more Democrat ideas! If they don’t agree, well they are just stupid! Stupid!
Report Post »Sounds like the rantings of a paper hanger deep in bunker in Berlin in April of 1945, just before the gunshot.
Marylou7
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:15amHis ratings are as low as they are because he tells the truth. He is expected to lie.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:49amhe wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him in the butt! The guy is a bad, marxist joke. There is a reason Stalin called guys like him “useful idiots”.
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:55amNo Marylou, When you tell the truth you have ratings like Fox!
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:28am@ marylou… Huh???
Report Post »Right is right. Left is wrong.
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:14amYikes! Is that icon Ed Schultz?
Report Post »vetswife
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:11amAnother idiot speaks.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:08amGet that disgusting icon out of here.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:07amWell…freedom of speach…though I do not agree what Ed says, he is free to say what he believes. That is why the United States is such a great country! God Bless America and may America Bless God! Merry Christmas!
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:26amGeez Rick, we ALL know THAT, we didn’t need to be reminded… No one here said anything about stopping him from speaking .. In fact they encourage the FCC to let him keep going .. The more people that hear this crap the more people wake up… Sorry, not trying to be mean, just wondering why you can’t come up with something different.. Cheers…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:06amObama coudn‘t carry President Reagan’s jock strap.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:04amWonder where Ed buys his crack??
Report Post »RealityCheck
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:33amFrom the Masons of coarse.
Report Post »Montana Made
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:38amHe makes his own. Must cut it with something bad cuz its frying his brain…
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:03amThis idiot is REALLY delusional!
When Obama is thrown out of office with one of the largest defeats in 2012
I am sure it will be the stupid electorates fault for not recognizing genius!!!
What a pathetic lap dog fool
Report Post »IntrepidSI
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:30amThey have a name for folks like that, they call them Colaberators. When it’s all said and done, they are usually the first ones put against the wall with a blindfold.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:48amWhat elsr can you expect rrom MSNBC! Who watches it enough to collect these tidbits of assinity?
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:57amHow can Obummer be stupid? They say Harvard grads are smart but with his records sealed no one can prove it.
Report Post »The American
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:02amWow, I didn’t realize the damage that progressive pink Kool aid could do to the human brain!
Report Post »Right is right. Left is wrong.
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:13amDoes anybody actually watch this guy? Anytime I’ve ever seen him, which is totally by accident when he has been thrusted into a news clip, he is just an angry pathetic little human being.
Report Post »nuttyvet
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:23amThe progressives and ******** are absolutely blinded by their self importance that the facts stated in this article mean nothing to them.
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:33amThis is the same guy that says he gets better ratings than FNCs broadcast in the same time slot. But if your viewer only see propoganda, that is what they will believe.
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:42amIt looks like Ed is just working on his next heart attack. Please FCC, let this piece of trash continue to speak and show the world how stupid the left is. The only requirement for talk shows on MSNBC is to have only 2 viewers a night. I could get more ratings doing the dishes and mowing the lawn on tv. Oh yeah, Reagan won easily in ‘80 with a Dem Congress and won with the biggest landslide in history 4 years later since the people got it and realized that peanut farmers and “Great Society” nutcases were out of touch and unrealistic. Thanks Ed for showing us how not to do it. Keep up the good work and stay on your Prozac.
Report Post »jeffersonreborn1743
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:44amhe is right…obama has effected more people… because regan didn’t say “Mr. gorbachev tear down this wall”.
Report Post »SmokinBugsy
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:46am“AFFECTING MORE PEOPLE LIVES” yes the last 2 years have affected more people, BUT not in a good way. I have talked to our older Americans and they told me they are more scared now than they ever have been. Some of these people have went threw the great depression and the cold war! And they are more scared NOW! GOD help us ALL!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 9:55amThe only time he gets any viewers is when there is a clip on Blaze. No one want to watch this imbecile and his angry ranting.
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:06amWatching my dog crap is “FAR BETTER” then watching Ed Schultz
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:12amYep, frED Shultztone your are right…. RAMMING ALL THAT PROGRESSIVE S# IT DOWN
Report Post »THE AMERICANS THROAT… Good job …
whywonder
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 10:59amEvery comment on here is the same. As Einstein said “if everyone thinks alike then someone isn’t thinking.”
Report Post »JESUS-IS-LORD
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FreeThinker2010
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 11:43am@WhyWonder
Actually George Patton said that. But Einstein did say “The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.” ~Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 30 July 1932
What a lunkhead Ed Schultz is.
Report Post »Inuyasha
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 12:25pmYeah, progressive kook-aid with a little crack sprinkled in it.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:08pmWell he’s right.. MORE people are effected TO BAD it’s NOT a good effect.. coming from Obama
Report Post »time4termlimits
Posted on December 22, 2010 at 1:19pmEd is a complete and total loser. Astounding there are even people who give him a public, nationally broadcast platform. He is a whack job.
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