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New MSNBC Ad Shows ‘Common Sense’ Ed Schultz Railing Against ‘Top 2%’

After recently employing his networks new “Lean Forward” slogan to campaign for Democrats on air, MSNBC is featuring Ed Schultz in a new ad promoting its marketing campaign.

In it, Schultz wonders aloud if “common sense” and “reason” are dead, and asks “Why are we letting the top 2% of the population win over the other 98?” He gives an answer while walking on to the set of his show, complete with dramatic music and slow motion:

The class warfare overtones of Schultz’s ad are clear to NewsBusters:

In Schultz’s mind, there is a war out there.  The top 2% can only “win” by defeating the others.  The pie is only so big.  The fat cats can only get rich by impoverishing their fellow citizens.

In fairness, Ed might be on to something.  During the promo, he also asks “why can’t America find solutions to its problems?” And there’s little doubt that if the redistributionist “solutions” Schultz has in mind were ever adopted, the pie would indeed shrink, and government would determine all winners and losers.

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  • Mr.Nick
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:55am

    Its become blatantly obvious these leftists have become absolute tyrants and are – in fact – unAmerican and HATE freedom.

    What the left wants is a totalitarian personality cult [much like North Korea] that worships government while the elitists eat cake and drink fine booze while exploiting us little guys as slaves in their Marxist industrial hub.

    And fools like Schultz, ACTUALLY believe they have a place among the elites in the post-constitution era [Marxist America], either that or hes stupid.

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  • conservativeme
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:40am

    This Bozo is a nobody. There would not have been 500 people at his DC rally if the unions had not forced their members to go and paid for the busses . . . And did you see how trashed the place was when he was done? Ed Schultz gets more air time here on The Blaze than everywhere else on earth combined many times over. Ignore the dope!

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:32am

    87% of statistics are completely made up.

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  • yportbill
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:18am

    ED WHO, gone next year!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • LukeAppling
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:47am

    I would think that Schultz himself is in the top 2%. Biden, Obama, Schumer, Reid, Pelosi and most in Congress are in the top 2%. I would also bet most of the MSNBC, CBS, ABC, FNC, NBC, Pharmaceutical company leaders, doctors, Lawyers, Hollywood-ites are also in the top 2%. I also know the government will accept all the tax dollars that Soros, Fonda, Turner ,and all the people who complain about others not paying enough taxes they want to pay, please do not let me hold up your tax payments and run them all the way to 98% of your income if you wish. When you are at the 98% rate let me know how pleased you with the results.

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  • Fedupinpa
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:33am

    The sad fact is that Mr. Ed & his like actually think people revere their words. They think they speak for many, but they are wrong. The only real showing they get is on sites like this. They do provide great material for serious writers and fantastic belly laughs for real people.

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  • Flagwaver
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:25am

    So, 2% of the voters is all it takes to elect someone into office? Wow, I thought it was 50% plus 1?

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  • djeffcoat
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:24am

    Who cares what this bloated windbag has to say. He is irrelevant.

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  • timej31
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:19am

    Wow he buys paper news! Save the trees!!!

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  • DannoDog
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:13am

    For the guy who draws the Peanuts characters, he’s a pretty sour individual…

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  • Johnnyp1958
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:13am

    Mindless Ed Schultz ponders the question, why don’t Americans want to live in a communist America and give up there freedoms like in North Korea, Venezuela , China, Russia, Cuba and countless dictatorships? What’s wrong with these people?

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  • nojoke
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:11am

    He needs to step back from the cool aid bowl and see everybody in his party lying on the ground.

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  • SnapTie
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:58am

    I sure want to see how this Nimrod was awarded the millions in stimulus money for his construction company.Wish i could get in on some of Obama’s stash.

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    • Frameman
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:09am

      I haven’t heard this about ed before. Is it true he owns a construction company which received stimulus money?

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  • Hefsmaster
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:53am

    If you have one 5 gallon bucket and one 3 gallon bucket. How many buckets do you have?

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    • janddjohnson
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:19am

      two

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 11:59am

      Here is the Progressive answer to your questiom:
      “Just give me the biggest bucket so that I can put all of my free government goodies into it, you oppressive, racist, hate-mongering, Islamophobic, homophobic, woman-hating, free-market capitalist, conservative, bible-thumping, anti-immigrant, bigot!”. P.S. “While your at it, give me the little bucket too, comrade! I need something to sit on while I attend another ‘Show me the money!!!’ rally!! Leap…uh, I mean Lean Forward.”.

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  • GodfatherofBlog
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:51am

    Ed WHO~!!!

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  • BreeZee
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:48am

    It’s time to boycott MisNBC, GE, ABC (Disney) and all their sponsors. Boycott all the lame street media. All non-progressive/ liberals need to contact these companies and file a complaint.

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  • Ivan459
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:47am

    Here’s an idea. Why don’t we take 2/3 of Special Ed’s salary to pay for a bunch of people who are “poor” and on welfare? I‘m sure he wouldn’t mind since he is for the “poor, little guy”.

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    • drajhil
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 1:15pm

      Ed doesn’t represent the poor as much as he does union workers and other middle class folk, who work every bit as hard as you do, and probably much harder, in order to support themselves and their families. The image of evil leftists redistributing wealth to the idle poor is simply right wing boilerplate designed to keep you in the fight against people like yourself. If you weren’t such a mindless follower, you’d understand that the top 2% of the country are nothing like you. They live in a separate world to which you have no admittance. Tto them, you’re just another useful idiot, another fool who can be persuaded to cut off his own genitals while chanting libertarian slogans. Yeah, I know. You really want to emasculate yourself. It shows how free you are.

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    • landman1
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 3:52pm

      Drajhil, Ed is the blowhard that said ” if he lived in Massachusetts he’d vote ten times to beat Scott Brown. We will cheat if we must to win there”. That’s all I need to know about Mr. Ed. I switch over to his show during commercials of Fox News and bet my wife that he will bash a conservative within the airing of the commmercial. I am 100% thanks to Mr. Ed Rightous. A very dangerous guy. Do not take him lightly.

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  • adifftake
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:46am

    Why does MSNBC say they want to increase thier ratings, and still keep the same people who give them poor ratings? “Things that make you go MMMMM.” ( Arsenio Hall )

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  • matinva
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:45am

    Memo to clueless Ed:
    It’s because they CHOOSE to succeed over the other 98%. You are where you are in life because that’s exactly where you choose to be. When you don‘t want to be ’there’ anymore, you’ll get off your ass and do something about it. I did.

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  • Easyrunner
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:45am

    Do you think Ed really believes this message or is it simply a chess game being played between networks? Clearly their ratings are not helping create ad revenue so they feel pressured to go out on a limb. Oh wait…can this limb support Ed?

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  • clockwatcher
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:43am

    Why doesn’t Sargent Schultz donate his pay to the government? Does he take any tax deduction? If he gets a refund does he rip up the check and allow the IRS to keep his refund. It is easy to give other peoples money away. Lean Forward and jump off the Obama bridge.

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    • BreeZee
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:51am

      Have ya noticed, all those against capitalism have made pretty good money due to CAPITALISM! If they were not hypocrites they would donate all there money to the Gov’t,,, thats what they want us to do.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:42am

    OMG if they want to play triumphant music while the hero strides forward determinedly into the studio to fight the forces of the evil conservatives who have worked hard and earned their success, they simply MUST find someone who looks more like Chris Reeve. It’s a total letdown watching Ed try to walk that walk!

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    • Frameman
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:05am

      I think ed is carrying his lunch (McDonalds) in that big a** bag, not his computer

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    • drajhil
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 1:00pm

      “Worked hard and earned their success”? You mean like the Koch brothers, who use their entirely inherited wealth to undermine the middle class? Or Richard Mellon Scaif, who uses his inherited wealth to the same end? Or Steve Forbes or … The list goes on and on. Your vision of wealthy conservatives who fought and clawed their way to the top, thereby earning your obsequious respect, is pure nonsense. But, of course, to realize this you might have to do some minimal fact checking instead of slavishly absorbing whatever you’re told by the noise machine. Seriously, Dude, doesn’t it bother you to be gulled so mercilessly? The people you listen to on the radio make tens or hundreds of millions of dollar a year. Do you think that they give a rat’s rear end what happens to you or your family or anyone like you? This IS class warfare and you’re not only losing, you’re fighting for the wrong side against your own interests!

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:37am

    So many of Ed’s questions are self-answered and obvious.

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  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:36am

    “Lean Forward”…NUDGE, NUDGE… Once again, other than this site, nobody is watching this fool.

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  • M31Sailor
    Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:36am

    I know nothing, I see nothing

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:46am

      I always thought Ed was in that 2%.

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    • missbosslady
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 8:59am

      Ed isn’t in the 2%, but he wants to be, that‘s why he’s so angry.

      Considering his ratings, that 2% goal is unobtainable for Ed.

      Expect lots more anger.

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    • Steve Smith
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:36am

      PLEASE, for the love of God, STOP with the Shultz, Olbermann, Matthews stories. I mean, who gives a crap what any of these 3 IDIOTS have to say about anything? They are completely irrelevant. Please stop drawing attention to these morons. Nobody cares what they have to say.

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    • drbage
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:40am

      If his vilified 2% followed the European model like the left wants the US to do, they would be moving out of the US to a tax haven where their money could not be taxed and the burden would fall on the remaining 46% to pick up the tab for the 52% who don’t pay taxes at all. There are already hints of that with people such as Oprah and E-Gore having homes in CA, but counting the number of days they are there so that it is just a home and not a residence. And, by the way, Mr. Schultz isn’t your paycheck cut by a member of that 2%? If you feel so strongly that they should pay more, perhaps they would be willing to pay you less to make up the difference!

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    • anOpinion
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:47am

      Pretty simple answer, Ed thinks he has “common sense” and “reason” but has the actually the opposite.

      He’s kind of like the guy driving the wrong way on a freeway, he’s thinking “Why are 98% of the cars going in the wrong direction?”

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    • elfinmagic75
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:47am

      Steve, it is always important to know what the other side has to say. I would much rather see stories about keith, ed and other liberal commentators to make an informed decision then to be like MSNBC followers and just blindly follow not knowing any of the facts.

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    • Diane999
      Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:47am

      Ed Schulz is irrelevant. Keith O is irrelevant. MSNBC is irrelevant. They never were relevant. Move on.

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    • FIRED UP FREE MAN !
      Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:35pm

      Mr. SOROS is an international criminal. Any government official taking money from this monster or those he supports should be brought up on treason charges. Anybody who takes money from this monster has sold his soul and our government to HELL ! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE LIGHT OF DAY! For only TRUTH and the light of day is what this country DESERVES. Democrats seemed to have been infected by this DEADLY parasite and his minions. This country will NOT rest until SOROS is in prison orange and handcuffs standing in front of a military tribunal in Guantomino Bay, Cuba

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