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Guess Who Just Praised Rick Santorum by Comparing Him to Obama? Ed Schultz

First, before we get too far in this story, let’s point out that while Ed Schultz did praise Rick Santorum, he did temper it a little — first by making it clear that he (Schultz) is no conservative, and second, the praise was veiled in a comparison to President Obama.

Mediaite has the quote, which came as Schultz defended Santorum’s loss as in incumbent senator:

“I mean, there was a sea change that was coming. Nancy Pelosi was on the way with the gavel in her hand. I mean, he got wrapped up. There were four Senate seats that went down in 2006 that the Republicans should have won. It was Montana, John Tester. It was McCaskill in Missouri, it was Sherrod Brown in Ohio and it was, of course, Santorum. So he got kind of caught up in a whirlwind. Not that I’m a conservative in any way, stretch of the imagination, but having seen Santorum on the stump, he is as good as President Obama. I mean, he is a good retail politic guy. He gets in that crowd and those people are believing what he is saying. He’s got a very unique quality and he connects with people; he is not a bus stop kind of candidate. He gets in their face, answers their question, gets away from the bullet points and gets very explanatory. There are qualities about him that I think conservatives would really gravitate to.”

Yeah, you read the right. Now watch it:

Being compared to Obama may not seem like the greatest compliment. But considering that the comments were aimed at Santorum’s demeanor on the trail — something conservatives and liberals have recognized as an attribute of Obama’s — that’s still quite the comment coming from Schultz.

Comments (62)

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  • BillnGA
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:47am

    A little psychology from DA

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:57pm

      (Repost)

      Rick Santorum is a big government guy.

      See here.

      The Rick Santorum Scam
      http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2011/05/09/the-rick-santorum-scam/

      “Whether free markets and individual freedom saw any love during his tenure is arguable, but Bush’s massive “broadening” of government programs, budgets, and power is not, making Bill Clinton look conservative in comparison. During that time, Santorum was every bit as much the poster boy for big government as the president, and if Obama and the Democrats now triple the size of government, that growth is constructed on top of the statist groundwork laid by their Republican predecessors. Throughout Bush’s debt doubling agenda—No Child Left Behind, Medicare Plan D, you name it—Santorum was fully on board. And for that entire period, the Republican Party was completely off course.”

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:03pm

      (Repost)

      And for those who want more of a Reagan type of President, you need to see this.

      See here.

      Ron Paul’s Reaganesque Foreign Policy
      http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/09/09/ron-pauls-reaganesque-foreign-policy/

      “… when Republican hawks wax nostalgic for the Gipper’s “bold” and “muscular” foreign policy, most of what they remember is fantasy — as Reagan’s characteristic aversion to committing troops was far closer to Paulian prudence than Bushian recklessness.”

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:08pm

      (Repost)

      Also, in 1998, BEFORE the 9/11 attacks, Ron Paul said this about Clinton’s illegal bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan.

      See here.

      Ron Paul Predicted 9/11 a Decade Ago!!!!!!!!!!!!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJTisovvjc

      “… it has nothing to do with national security. Matter of fact, our national security is more jeopardized by permitting this to happen, because we’re liable to start a war. We’re liable to have our military men killed. We’re liable to have more attacks on us by terrorists …”

      And for those who mistakenly think that Ron Paul thinks that the deaths of our civilians are our own fault, watch the following video.

      See here.

      Ron Paul on “Letters of Marque and Reprisal”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSP9NteApqI

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:19pm

      (Repost)

      And further still, consider HOW MANY TIMES the statists in our government have gotten America into wars for their statist, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, agendas.

      See here.

      Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?
      http ://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan198.html

      And here.

      Rethinking the Good War
      http ://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance181.html

      And here.

      The Real Significance of the ‘Civil War’
      http ://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance181.html

      Statists have always destroyed our country, and they are trying to do it again as we speak by trying to force us into war with Iran.

      They’re blocking the Strait of Hormuz because we put sanctions on them! And we put sanctions on them because we are NOT holding to our constitutional principles;

      Military interventionism is a PROGRESSIVE foreign policy, folks! The Republican Party didn’t used to believe in it. They have been co-opted by Progressives.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:29pm

      (Repost)

      Also see here.

      HUGE: ANOTHER Mossad Chief Agrees With Ron Paul: Nuclear Armed Iran NOT Inevitably A Threat to Israel
      http://www.dailypaul.com/198088/huge-another-mossad-chief-agrees-with-ron-paul-nuclear-armed-iran-not-inevitably-a-threat-to-israel

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  • George Patton
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:53am

    So schultz says santorum is like obama and then lists all the qualities they share….except he is wrong, obama has none of the qualities he listed….so santorum is nothing like obama.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:13am

      Just looking who is sitting at the round table, I know I would only be able to stand about 2 seconds of the discussion. So I refuse to even watch it..
      Besides, I just read the story and Ed Shultz is a mental case..

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  • taksavillage
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:14am

    THIS IS A DISCUSSION PANEL ON MSNBC?????????
    Is this a spoof? Who cast this crew??? The least left-leaning toad on this panel is a radical socialist… or maybe it’s a “reverend” that tried to frame and destroy a police officer with what he knew to be false rape & torture charges!!!!

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  • Brontefan
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:20am

    Is this the low-life guy who said horrible things about S.E. Cupp? Like he has any credibility. The Media has been trying to run our lives for years… and only when Obama arrived on the scene [Marxist in the WH] did they stop the hypocrisy and come out openly with all the bias and lies and distortions. If you want to see one terrific journalist on the LEFT… look at Couric! She won some award for distorting and slamming Sarah Palin. The Dems knew they couldn’t win against her the old fashioned way—so they adopted the Chicago way.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:52am

      Didn’t Eddie Schultzee call Laura Ingraham a “right wing slut”???
      ED you are a LOSER!!!

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    • SEPARATENOW
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 9:40am

      When Ed Schultz called Laura Ingraham a slut that was it for me. I emailed him and invited him to meet me, anywhere he chose, and I would whip his ass and leave him a cell phone to call 911 if he could. No response from Eddie the Commie. What a shock.

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:11am

    1. ANY panel with Al Cocaine Sharpton is immediately bogus and looney.

    2. Ed Schultz: The buffet table is calling – again – for the 47th time.

    3. Fatso Eddie is “stumping” for Sanitorium as he knows Soetero can whip him come November.

    4. About 20 people watched this live. Blaze members swamped those numbers.

    5. Meanwhile, Soetero is spending more.

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    • LibsFIB
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:41am

      Liberal endorsement can’t be good for santorum. RON PAUL 2012!!!!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:57am

    2006 was the “Year of Pelosi”! How soon the MSM spins the past. Forgetting her countdown to take over the House; Which semmed to be on the MSM everyday. Pelosi also complained about the “high gas prices” and that she “was going to clean the swamp”!
    That what defeated the Republicans, and Santorum in 2006, and this stuff came from between my ears!

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:28am

    ““I mean, there was a sea change that was coming. Nancy Pelosi was on the way with the gavel in her hand. I mean, he got wrapped up. There were four Senate seats that went down in 2006 that the Republicans should have won. It was Montana, John Tester. It was McCaskill in Missouri, it was Sherrod Brown in Ohio and it was, of course, Santorum. So he got kind of caught up in a whirlwind. Not that I’m a conservative in any way, stretch of the imagination, but having seen Santorum on the stump, he is as good as President Obama. I mean, he is a good retail politic guy. He gets in that crowd and those people are believing what he is saying. He’s got a very unique quality and he connects with people; he is not a bus stop kind of candidate. He gets in their face, answers their question, gets away from the bullet points and gets very explanatory. There are qualities about him that I think conservatives would really gravitate to.”
    It’s called charisma–Hitler had it. Not to say that Santorum is anything Hitler, just that charisma is not a reason to elect a President or politician and can serve the cause of evil as readily as good, though charisma often sways people to vote for someone.

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  • Santorum2012
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:16am

    BREAKING NEWS: ROMNEY ONLY BEAT SANTORUM BY 8 VOTES ( http://url2it.com/lcdn )

    That is quite the surge for Santorum. Good Job to both.

     
  • suz
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:09am

    PEOPLE: it‘s very possible bho’s camp registered as republicans to get into these caucuses to vote. you can do that on the day of and schultz’ glee over santorum tells you just that.

    remember when bho won iowa. well, i went on to a bill maher site and queried, “maybe all those people didn’t vote for bho” inferring that bho stole that race. after all, “iowans are too white and evangelical,” according to andrea mitchell.

    well, i was soon after banned from the site.

    the point is, once you win in iowa americans start looking more closely at the winner and this gives them a “bump” in the poles. this is just what bho needed four years ago and this is just what he needs now which is to split republicans’ enthusiasm for one candidate. this way he’ll fair better going up against santorum — no question about it. WHY DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS A BILLION BUCKS?

    you don’t think those people who caucus for three hours for bho will do that for free do you?

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    • suz
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:43am

      …and come the general election, all those newly registered republicans quickly REregister democrat.

      ain’t democracy great!

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:18am

      Why do that when they accept democrats and their votes, in all these caucuses ??
      They don’t have to do anything but show up and give their name.. THEN VOTE..

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  • ultra
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:53am

    Rick Santorum FTW

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:30am

    I care what Ed says about as much as I care what BillO says.

    Report Post » OperationNorthwoods  
    • Ruler4You
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:36am

      Ed Schultz is so close to the last person I would ever listen to for anything that saying this is relative at all stretches the realm of reality to the breaking point.

      Report Post » Ruler4You  
    • TheePolitinator
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:41am

      Right Ed who?

      Report Post » TheePolitinator  
  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:17am

    Rick S. did well. He put that Paul fella where he should be….OUT!

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:41am

      Oh, sure. That 4000 votes is going to make SUCH a difference in the end. Or not. Of course, he forgot to tell his supporters to volunteer to be delegates to the county convention in March, so it seems Paul will have the leg up on him anyway. Whoops! =D

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    • OHSundevil
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:31am

      Another war must sound pretty good to you as well…

      Report Post » OHSundevil  
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:49am

      OHSUNDEVIL a kook with a nuke must sound good to you….

      Report Post » RepubliCorp  
    • justangry
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:58am

      Come on guys leave Tron alone. He’s just another one of those do gooder social conservatives who gets a cheap thrill when the TSA agent touches his junk.

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    • newguy1
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 7:54am

      Yep! He sure did! Now we will get what we always got. Mitt, Rick, Barry, all the same as far as the statis quo. Oh, there will be slight differences… They will nibble around the edges in a slightly different way but you can bet the war/welfare state will be in full effect.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 8:16am

      Republicorp-

      There are already lots of Kooks with nukes. Want to attack them all? Iran will have a nuke no matter who gets elected. Not one of them can or will stop them. It is a simple and plain fact. If you are so worried, join a mercenary group and go take care of business personally.

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    • OHSundevil
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:11pm

      REPUBLICORP, Iran doesn’t have a nuke, and neither does a lot of other countries. I suppose you support war with anyone that doesn’t want to be a third world country?…and hey that’s cool if you do but I suggest you put on a uniform and go do it yourself. I’ve been down this road and there is nothing to gain.

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  • CatherineAnn
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:53am

    I just heard Rick speak and I have hope. He may just be what we need. I will vote for him. I think we are going to get a Romney/ Santorum ticket.

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    • db321
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:09am

      Santorum – great speech! Came from the heart. The Next President of the United States.

      Romney – I though he was selling Amway!

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    • teacherbil
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 3:58am

      You are kidding, right?

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:25am

    I wipe my backside with Ed Schultz’s opinion everyday. My suggestion to the rest of you is to do the same….

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:09am

    This sounds like something Schultz or a Paulistinian would say.
    Both very confused people………………….

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  • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:04am

    Rick Santorum is a big government guy.

    See here.

    The Rick Santorum Scam
    http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/2011/05/09/the-rick-santorum-scam/

    “Whether free markets and individual freedom saw any love during his tenure is arguable, but Bush’s massive “broadening” of government programs, budgets, and power is not, making Bill Clinton look conservative in comparison. During that time, Santorum was every bit as much the poster boy for big government as the president, and if Obama and the Democrats now triple the size of government, that growth is constructed on top of the statist groundwork laid by their Republican predecessors. Throughout Bush’s debt doubling agenda—No Child Left Behind, Medicare Plan D, you name it—Santorum was fully on board. And for that entire period, the Republican Party was completely off course.”

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:10am

      And for those who want more of a Reagan type of President, you need to see this.

      See here.

      Ron Paul’s Reaganesque Foreign Policy
      http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/09/09/ron-pauls-reaganesque-foreign-policy/

      “… when Republican hawks wax nostalgic for the Gipper’s “bold” and “muscular” foreign policy, most of what they remember is fantasy — as Reagan’s characteristic aversion to committing troops was far closer to Paulian prudence than Bushian recklessness.”

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    • Scaz
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:59am

      Yes we know Doc, Ron Paul is the only way, everyone else is a “Big Government Guy”. Geesh, get over it. Ron Paul’s time to shine was tonight and he finished third. Time for him to go home and have soup.

      Report Post » Scaz  
    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:11am

      Also, in 1998, BEFORE the 9/11 attacks, Ron Paul said this about Clinton’s illegal bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan.

      See here.

      Ron Paul Predicted 9/11 a Decade Ago!!!!!!!!!!!!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJTisovvjc

      “… it has nothing to do with national security. Matter of fact, our national security is more jeopardized by permitting this to happen, because we’re liable to start a war. We’re liable to have our military men killed. We’re liable to have more attacks on us by terrorists …”

      And for those who mistakenly think that Ron Paul thinks that the deaths of our civilians are our own fault, watch the following video.

      See here.

      Ron Paul on “Letters of Marque and Reprisal”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSP9NteApqI

      Report Post »  
    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:24am

      And further still, consider HOW MANY TIMES the statists in our government have gotten America into wars for their statist, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, agendas.

      See here.

      Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?
      http ://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan198.html

      And here.

      Rethinking the Good War
      http ://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance181.html

      And here.

      The Real Significance of the ‘Civil War’
      http ://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance181.html

      Statists have always destroyed our country, and they are trying to do it again as we speak by trying to force us into war with Iran.

      They’re blocking the Strait of Hormuz because we put sanctions on them! And we put sanctions on them because we are NOT holding to our constitutional principles;

      Military interventionism is a PROGRESSIVE foreign policy, folks! The Republican Party didn’t used to believe in it. They have been co-opted by Progressives.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:36am

      Also see here.

      HUGE: ANOTHER Mossad Chief Agrees With Ron Paul: Nuclear Armed Iran NOT Inevitably A Threat to Israel
      http://www.dailypaul.com/198088/huge-another-mossad-chief-agrees-with-ron-paul-nuclear-armed-iran-not-inevitably-a-threat-to-israel

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:30am

      @A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right.. Who the hell is Jack Hunter ? I bet YOU don’t even know nor ever heard of him..

      Report Post » demint.disciple  
  • Rayblue
    Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:00am

    Beware of Greeks bearing tweaks.

    Report Post » Rayblue  
  • neocon1
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:59pm

    Bwaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha

    the LONG KNIVES are already coming out for Santorum.

    Report Post »  
    • CatB
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:53am

      Those who would like to help Rick ….

      https://transaxt.com/Donate/QP3427/RickSantorumforPresident/

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    • Scaz
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:03am

      not sure about that. Newt is going to launch a massive attack against Romney kind of like a sinking battleship getting off one last volley before going under. Perry and Bachmann will probably drop out and I think at least Bachmann will throw her support behind Santorum.

      Report Post » Scaz  
  • sandy21957
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:54pm

    This was not a meeting of the minds but a convention of idiot savants in search of an area of specialty. Not one of these simpletons has found their strength. Give them each a phone book and let them go somewhere to read.

    Report Post » sandy21957  
  • love the kids
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:47pm

    You have done a lot of things to destroy GOP canidates, but comparing him to Obama may just be the worst thing ever.

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  • BIGJAYINPA
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:47pm

    All right. What the He** is this fat POS up to now?? When this slimeball says something nice about a Conservative you know something bad is coming. STFU Eddie boy, crawl back under your rock with Alan Colmes and let the adults take over……Just sayin’

    Report Post » BIGJAYINPA  
    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:21am

      But for The Blaze, I would know absolutley nothing about Ed Schultz.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:47pm

    He followed it up by doing some “Santorums Momma so Fat” Jokes. It was funny, MSNBC Def Jam.

    Report Post » Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra  
  • TXPilot
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:43pm

    Schultz just finds a man wearing a sweater vest, to be very attractive.

    Report Post » TXPilot  
  • JustMel71
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:43pm

    And Obama will win because of this.. Probe reveals feds pressuring agents to rush immigrant visas – even if fraud is feared.

    http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/01/03/010312-news-immigration-strife-1-3/

    God help us.

    Report Post » JustMel71  
  • Glenn is my hero
    Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:43pm

    I could care less what fat Ed has to say. Just another loud mouth liberal. Rick is NOTHING like Obamination.

    Report Post » Glenn is my hero  
    • pamela kay
      Posted on January 4, 2012 at 2:21am

      GLENN IS MY HERO, I agree. The big question is can he beat Obama? Heck, can anyone? I don’t think we realize the depth that the progressives have gone to assure that they stay in control. It is frightening to think that this country could ever come to this.

      Report Post » pamela kay  
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