‘You Could Be Head of the AFL-CIO’: MSNBC‘s Matthews’ Idea of Paying Ed Schultz a Compliment
- Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:31pm by
Mytheos Holt
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On his show “Hardball” the night of the Wisconsin recall, MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews paid an odd compliment to his fellow anchor Ed Schultz, anchor of “The Ed Show.“ After Schultz rattled off his usual litany of attacks on Republicans for selling out working people in the name of the ”one percent,” Matthews said this:
“You may not like me saying this, Ed buddy, but I’ll tell you, if you weren’t doing this, and you’re doing a fabulous job as this colleague — you‘re doing better than we’re doing at Hardball, you’re doing great numbers — I gotta tell you something, you could be head of the AFL-CIO and they’d be better off for it.”
If it gets Schultz off TV, some people probably would like the idea. But for our money, Schultz is better as an annoying television anchor than as someone with actual power.
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sjohn70037
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 11:30amI agree. Special Ed is just as committed to progressive socialism as the current head of the AFL-CIO Trumka.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 7:26amAccording to a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal, 34,073 AFSCME members left the union in Wisconsin over the past year. The paper notes that most of that decline came from state workers deciding they no longer wanted to pay union dues. A provision of the Walker law eliminated automatic dues collection ….
Report Post ».so, when given the choice….workers have chosen NOT to pay union dues. They can earn their pay and spend it as they choose instead of it being ‘forcefully taken by unions’.
mharry860
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 1:40amSo they spend their time patting each other on the back, so the 200 viewers will watch the other show?
Report Post »alshere
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 12:08amIf Ed the talking head had a face any longer he would trip over it.
Report Post »matt708
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 11:30pmafter ed;s comment aboput Walker being indicted Walker should sue him and MSNBC fier liable and slander
Report Post »g.prunty
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 9:12pmoh my, he is kissing that behind hard
Report Post »Hepcat
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 8:50pmSchultz is already being paid by the unions.
“Ed Schultz Paid Nearly $200,000 By Unions in 2011, According to Labor Dept.”
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2012/03/09/ed-schultz-paid-nearly-200000-unions-2011-according-labor-dept#ixzz1wyC0fr95
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 8:54pmYes he is, and he would certainly be a great AFL-CIO President. Although I‘m not sure he’s ever murdered anyone like Richard Trumpka. So that might disqualify him. Anyone who has never heard about Eddie York, just google it. Murder is ok if you’re a union leader.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovzRxR4PI0
cruzinbill
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 8:35pmif they only had a brain.
Report Post »BigSky
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 4:33amIf leftists had brains, they would be beyond scary, they would be dangerous.
Report Post »Fitzzz
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:53pmEd Shitz’s idea of a fun date
Report Post »Beer, pretzels, and head cheese
progressiveslayer
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:47pmRequirements for union boss
1.A diagnosis of downs syndrome
2.Must be an alcoholic
3.Lazy
4.Greedy
5 Fat
Yes Ed you‘re qualified and you’re hired and oh yes you can’t be fired.
Report Post »Hepcat
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 8:57pmThat’s your idea of slaying progressives? Saying they have Down’s Syndrome. I lib troll couldn’t do a better job of discrediting conservatives than you just did.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 9:19pmEr, ah, skip the Downs Syndrome part of it. Democrats don’t allow those to even be born.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:34pmDid you see that the AFL-CIO are sending out Jese Jackson talking vans to push people to vote, check it out: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/june/aflcio_deploy_jackson.html
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:41pm…gin up the black folks…it’s so pathetic the way they use blacks…no sense of shame at all.
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:31pmOnce again Chris Matthews is late to realize things, I thought he would have been good for that position about 2 years ago, I just don’t think coming from me it is a compliment.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:13pmOle pig eyes and ‘slobber tingle boy’ are such chaff. Oh, I tune in once in awhile just to remind myself of how hard I must work to change this administration.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:37pm“Ole Pig Eyes”….I like that…I can picture his cooked, naked rump on a platter with an apple in his mouth.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:45pmAh gee, thanks for the visual. LOL!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:10pmI saw that on TV while also watching The Reel News on the Internet and almost fell off my chair laughing.
The cats ran off quicker than a Quadro Cat Copter…
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:52pmThe AFL CIO already has a fat drunk union boss to exploit their membership,they don’t need another fat drunk.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:47pmhe sure is piggy enough…yeah ..i say make the ****** the head of some progressive group….that pig would be great…he,s fat,he,s stupid,severly retarded and a progressive slave..cant ask for a more.. qualified ******..
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:45pmEd’s IQ is less than room temperature and thus makes for a good AFL-CIO candidate. That fact that he is a fat ass who perfers no physical activity (like work) adds to his credentials.
Report Post »Joe Bonham
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:45pmWhat‘s wrong with saying that he’d be a good union leader?
Oh right, Neo-Cons hate unions. Got it.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:35pm…yeah, we generally don’t care much for communists, thieves and murderers…you should join us.
Report Post »mike119
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:42pmcomments violate blaze policie… so let me try again.. these two people are the brown stuff that comes out of the north end of a south bound dog.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:37pmWell, Schultz is certainly fat, obnoxious and stupid enough to be head of the AFL-CIO.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:45pmLOL Trudat! I sure hope Wisconsin can throw the cheatin’ union bums out tonight!
Report Post »mike119
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:36pmturds.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 6:35pmlol now thats funny
they are going to give us a show tonight , then in november get the popcorn ready
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on June 5, 2012 at 7:43pmPOPCORN?
I’ve already stocked up
NOVEMBER cannot come soon enough!!!!!!!
OMG 2012
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