MSNBC‘s Ed Schultz Uses ’Republican-Hating’ Dog to Defend Obama
- Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:43am by
Billy Hallowell
- Print »
- Email »
Another day, another political drama. With Republicans like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticizing the White House Christmas card as well as President Obama’s recent trip to a local PetSmart with his dog, Bo, at least one liberal commentator is hitting back.
MSNBC Host Ed Schultz came to the rescue Thursday night, as he defended the Obama — and Bo (critics are wondering if the presidential pooch was flown back from Hawaii where he was allegedly “vacationing” to take part in the curious presidential photo-op).
To assist him in addressing the political drama, Schultz brought in Rex, a beagle from a local dog shelter in New York City. “Some Republicans are taking a stand against dogs, like Rex,” Schultz said, as he carried viewers through the recent controversies over the Christmas card and pet store trip (both controversies involve Bo).
It wouldn’t be a proper Obama defense piece without George W. Bush’s name popping up in the monologue. So, Schultz wasted no time in airing an old White House video featuring Barney, Bush’s dog. Each year, “Barney Cam” videos were created to commemorate Christmas:
“So, it was okay for President Bush to spend time making movies with his dog, but President Obama can’t take Bo to spend some money supporting American businesses?,” Schultz rhetorically asks.
After the host sifted through his defense of the president, Rex began barking. As Mediaite notes, the MSNBC host tried to console the dog by saying, “The Republicans are gone.” Of course, the pooch wasn’t reacting to GOP criticism of the president; he was howling and barking as a result of seeing other dogs on the screen.
“He’s a pretty good watch dog against Republicans,” Schultz contends, following Rex’s response.
Watch the video, below, to be introduced to the pooch that Mediaite dubs “Republican-hating:”
(H/T: Mediaite)
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 707 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 560 Comments
‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 376 Comments
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 367 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 363 Comments
Faith
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 367 Comments
Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 376 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
- President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 296 Comments
- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 149 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 302 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 367 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (140)
BODYBAG
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:42amThis was irresponsible and careless on the part of MSNBC to allow Ed anywhere near this Beagle. Someone should call the animal abuse hotline and give them Ed’s info. The locals where Ed’s from know him well for shooting his own dog on a hunting trip. His wife left him too although it is not clear if the 2 incidents are related.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:55amI would like to know what NOW happens to the pound dog? .. just take it back? .. or put it on the streets? I refuse to watch Eddie video .. don’t know if he addressed this … God help the little dog if he has to live with this idiot.
Report Post »fargond
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:22amI have heard the same story about ED shooting his hunting dog.
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:53pmI heard that afterwards, Old Sgt Schultz gave the dog to a North Korean family for the holidays.
Report Post »” I KNOW NUTHING!!!”
walrus808
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:39pmEd actually shot his own dog in his own back yard if I remember correctly. I grew up listening to that blowhard as the sportscaster for WDAY. He wasn’t that good at that job, and he‘s really terrible at what he’s doing now. What a crock, not one Republican has said one thing about the President taking the Bo to the local pet store. What many were concerned about was if the dog was flow back from Hawaii for a photo op, which is ridiculous if it did happen. Ed, please retire to your resort and spare the country your lies and deception!
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:40pm…at which point the dog promptly pooped in Schultz’s lap.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:16pmThat was a dog? I thought it was his wife.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 4:08pmWhy oh Why do you waste ink and space on this non-entity? All he is looking to do is get noticed.
If you ignore him he will go away because without you assistance he will fade to the nothing he really is.
OMG
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 4:12pmEspecially with the military repeal of the bestiality law , does that give the MSM hosts the same “rights” to the animal kingdom ? That would increase Ed’s chances of a date exponentially
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:40pmand the rest of us use little birds to identify the poisen air that people like Ed Schultz blow out of their filthy sewer holes………bahahaha!!!!
Report Post »BWH
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 7:24amEd Schultz owns a gun? better not tell MSNBC, they will kick him off the air. Wow, this is incredible to learn.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 1:20pmJust another “dog and pony show” from MSNBC.
Report Post »Since they couldn’t find a self-respecting pony to do it, they feature a jackass instead.
The10thAmendment
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 1:43pmAll leftists are equal in deranged thought. We should remember, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) went to dogs for advice and direction too. No big surprise the mentally impaired would peddle out their masters for clarity.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:41amObama uses children, bridges, wounded vets, anything that can benefit him as photo props. Why should Bo be any different?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:54amJust like Clinton … what do you think the dog was for?…. they didn’t have one BEFORE the White House.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:00amClinton’s dog was dead a year out of the W.H. , hit by a car. You can tell how much he cared for it. I think Democrats should stick to goldfish.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:30amThey should stick to fishsticks.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:41amJust like Reagan, the Bushes, even Nixon. All Presidents do this what is your point?
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:26amEncinom makes a good point, don’t think this is the first President to use photo ops.
Report Post »JJStryder
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:25pmHey Ed! My dogs bigger than your dog!
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:06pmI would have gave real mony to see that dog raise his hind leg and let ol Shultz have it during that segment, Oh to dream, to dream.
Report Post »buzz211
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:34amThis is an insult to Beagles everywhere!! I Bet old Rex was returned to the shelter one hot minute after Dead Schultz was done exploiting him! Or maybe old fat Ed ate him, HAY Marxist Socialist National Broadcasting Company STOP exploiting beagles!!!!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:18ammsnbc should keep the dog and return Lardass to the shelter.
Report Post »Last Crusader
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:33amEd said it all in the beginning, PSYCHO talk. Ed, Mathews,Maddow are all socialists, communists, liberals, and down right horrible people. This might be why only 250,000 watch Ed , while 12 million watch O’Reilly in the same time slot. I already changed my cable company from Comcast and told them why I was leaving and that was MSNBC NBC and such. Hurt Comcast in the wallet and they will fire these jokers. You know, when MSNBC started out they actually did news and it was well balanced. Now they may as well just call themselves…MSDNC
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:33amMy God, do you really think republicans hate dogs? What a moron. I think the topic was how “untraditional” the Christmas card was. Shultz is a waste of human flesh.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:41amHe is probably playing the Dog in the Crate Card which Gail Collins, NYT, writes to lambast Mitt Romney…oh, about one column per week since last year ! Am sure if he is the chosen candidate, Gail will do a daily column hoping to get Peta involved! The Left Media Machine is on the Support Obama Campaign Trail…. tirelessly..endlessly.. marching …
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:23am.
Bestiality at MSNBC Oh MY!!!!!……
Ed take the collar off Debbie, or is that Michelle?……
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:34amGot a great idea. Keep the dog, send that fat a** Sgt “See nothing/Know nothing” Schultz to the pound. And make sure he doesn’t go to a “no kill” shelter so when he doesn’t get adopted he gets what all liberals should get, a nice nap…….Just sayin’
Report Post »Maji
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:57pmFrom the “angled position” of the dog, we know which end he’s prone
to speak too!
One “ Ed” to another so to speak!
Report Post »jriv88
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:21am“…Obama can’t take Bo to spend some money supporting American businesses?,”
Last time I checked PETCO was a corporation…I wonder how that will fly with his OWS supporters, you know, the people who are the reason ‘he ran for office’…
So does Obama like or dislike corporations? It’s so tough to keep up
Report Post »Fitzzz
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:13amEd Schutz is the original Cheesy Head
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:13amAnother person who lost his job and a homeless animal? Good job BO maybe the dog can get food stamps?Why is that not the story?I will crawl over broken glass,walk over a bed of nails,and fight any black panther at the poles to send this idiot packing,he can take muchell and his little dog too!
Report Post »str8blues
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:13amSomeone needs to put a muzzle on his mug. But I’ve been saying that for years about Ed Schultz. Schultz owners (DNC & MSNBC) refer to him as RED. Come here Red. Here Red……..come here boy……..When asked how they came up with the name RED for their overweight rescue commentator……they said they named him after Red Hair Dye #415 by Lancome.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:43amCome here Red! Here boy, here boy. Come and get your arsenic laced red meat. Just joking!
You do want to shut the mouths of these lame brained gooks, but actually there stupidity and the diarrhea of the mouth with the accompany drivel that flows therefrom actually does more harm for them then good. The American people are much smarter than these idiots give them credit for. That is a large part of the MSNBC commentators and the various programs continue to tank and lose viewers. They will continue to self destruct. Just ignore them. That is what many of their formerly regular viewers have done. It’s called good rid-dens to bad rubbish. Don’t know if there is such a thing as good rubbish, but, if there is, Fat Eddie and his kind are below that.
Report Post »JR1984
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:12amI got the following in an e-mail.
MY DOG
My dog sleeps about 20 hours a day.
He has his food prepared for him. He can eat whenever he wants, 24/7/365. His meals are provided at no cost to him.
He visits the Dr. Once a year for his checkup, and again during the year if any medical needs arise. For this he pays nothing, and nothing is required of him.
He lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than he needs, but he is not required to do any upkeep.
If he makes a mess, someone else cleans it up.
He has his choice of luxurious places to sleep.
He receives these accommodations absolutely free.
He is living like a king, and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever.
All of his costs are picked up by others who go out and earn a living every day.
I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a brick in the head…
My dog is a Democrat !!!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:36amYes ! And he Occupies your home …..
Report Post »dogue
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 7:59amMy dog is a conservative,he has a job.He keeps a close eye on my house.He works hard at his job 24/7.Tiny weighs 145 pounds and he thinks criminals need to be punished severely!
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:12amWe don’t have a problem with the dog, Schultz–it’s the possible spending of money to fly him from Hawaii to Washington for a stupid photo op!
I guess Schultz couldn‘t use his own dog because he likely doesn’t have one. He’s a phony just like Obama, who always looks uncomfortable with “his” dog. It’s all for show.
At least Bush seemed to truly care about his dogs. They weren’t just props.
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:10amAnd to think ol Ed was in a group of “progressive personalities” that had a private meeting with Obama just earlier this week.
Report Post »TxSon
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:07amThese moronic defenders of Obama don’t seem to understand that the contriversy is whether or not the dog was flown from Hawaii for the photo op, not the photo op itself. And interestingly, I’ve not seen anyone comment of the narcasistic fact that Barry named his dog after his own initials .. BO
Report Post »georgepatton
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:03amTypical Dick Ed!
Report Post »mikee1
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:02amThis liberal is dumber than WHOOPI GOLDBERG.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:45amThat’s pretty dumb!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:02amAh, such good taste. Such class. Such in depth political analysis. This guy needs to be kenneled and muzzled . The Lefties are Master Media Manipulators . This guy is a classic example.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:11amYep, why even give this idiot any press Blaze??? He’s got about 287 viewers a night! He’s a typical left wing HACK with no education and a tingle in his leg for anything Marxist, Socialist, or communist…………….
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:53amJust another one of the liberal lame stream media jackass es, sorry to insult the jackass, that are paraded nightly by MSNBC for viewing by the American public. The poor dolts at MSNBC have yet to realize that the American people are far more intelligent than MSNBC’s commentators and can see through their attempts to re-manufacture and sabotage the nightly news.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:00amOK, I have to say this to the higher-ups at the Blaze. Again.
STOP MAKING YOUR INTERNS WATCH THIS GARBAGE!!!!
It’s Christmas, for crying out loud! Don’t you EVER give them a break?? If it wasn’t for you guys and Brent Bozell, PMSNBC would have only 18 viewers! Please, in the spirit of the season, PLEASE cut your poor interns a little slack. Turn off the TV and let them enjoy Christmas without having to view that drivel. That is all.
Merry Christmas to all of you and your families! God bless.
Report Post »Tinwoodsman
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:57amWhat an incredibly stupid dog, and that beagle doesn’t look too bright either.
Report Post »shortafoot
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:05amNow that’s funny, I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!!!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:12amWow…….don’t get out much????
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:57amHey Schitz, apparently you don’t remember but, Bush hasn’t been President for 3 years now. It’s time to give the “Bush bashing” a rest….
Can’t you Liberal morons come up with any new material? Oh, wait. That would explain why Hollywood keeps remaking old movies or using old comic strip characters…
Liberals have NO imagination at all…………….
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:54amEd will probably casually shove the dog in a burlap sack and too him off the Brooklyn Bridge,when he is done using the little cutie. Exrepublisheep like Ed are used to discarding useless constituents when no longer useful. Much like Barry‘s Death Panel’s will do with Seniors when they get long in the tooth..
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:53amHe‘s not camera shy Ed he just got a whiff of you breath that’s why he was trying to scram ,idiot..
Report Post »BIONICBLUEBERRY
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 4:08pmLol..
Report Post »kfogs1957
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:52amThis guy makes himself look like a clown at least once a week and he just doesn’t get it. Imagine the audience that watches and listens to this guy. Schultz, Sharpton, O’Donnell,
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:47amAnd, has he been trained to say “Row”, too?
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:46amToo bad the dog didn’t take a piss on this fat head.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:54amAin’t that the truth!
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:08amYeah and a nice ‘ol steaming pile of schitz on Schultz too…..
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:08pmI just wish Ed would quit humping the dogs leg.
Report Post »