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Hidden Gem: Ed Schultz Calls Local Radio Show, Gives Host Hell Over Bin Laden Criticism

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by Tommy Christopher | 8:27 am, May 23rd, 2011

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MSNBC host Ed Schultz came under fire from Keith Olbermann recently over Schultz’s criticism of Michael Moore‘s “hand-wringing” over the killing of Osama bin Laden. Liberal columnist and local radio host David Sirota got in on the act last week, slamming Schultz over the remarks. Schultz got wind of it, and called Sirota’s show. A fiery exchange ensued, in which Schultz told Sirota to “Go to hell,” and ended with Sirota muting Schultz, who was then disconnected.

Even as Osama bin Laden was just beginning his eternal journey from the bottom of the oceanic food chain, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore began a drone attack of irksome, knee-jerk statements about how America “lost something of our soul” in killing bin Laden instead of giving him a trial, how the celebrants at Ground Zero offended both his Old and New Testament sensibilities, and that bin Laden “was executed.”

Schultz then denounced Moore’s “hand-wringing” on The Ed Show, quite effectively arguing that this is what we (liberals) elected President Obama to do, that he has been promising to do this very thing for almost four years, now.

It is important to note that neither Ed, nor I, ever suggested that Moore, or anyone else, should not question the government. That’s important, because that was the accusation that Keith Olbermann made of Schultz, obliquely calling him a “supposedly liberal commentator on a supposedly liberal network.”

It’s an attack that Sirota picked up, falsely accusing Schultz of “screaming at other people not to ask questions of their government.”

He then plays an out-of-context quote of Schultz saying, “The fact of the matter is, the intellectual liberal hand-wringing needs to stop in this country.”

Schultz’s statement was made in the context of demonstrating that Michael Moore’s statements were based on a complete ignorance of the facts. The problem wasn’t Moore’s questions, but rather, the answers he pulled out of his ass. Bin Laden wasn’t “executed” or “denied a trial,” he was killed in a military operation that offered almost no chance of capturing him safely.

Sirota and Olbermann would have been right to defend Michael Moore’s right to be wrong, but instead, they chose to attack Schultz for pointing out that he was wrong, and they did so dishonestly.

Sirota is a well-respected figure on the left, but his performance here was yellower than a canary in a taxicab. Schultz’s nationally syndicated radio show follows Sirota’s on Colorado 760AM, and as Schultz hilariously explains, he “doesn’t listen to” Sirota’s show, but when some locals called Schultz to tell him Sirota was “ripping” him, he called in to fire back. Things heated up quickly, as Schultz tried to explain that questions had been asked, and answered by the Attorney General, at which point Sirota accused Schultz of the Nixonian attitude that if the President says something’s legal, that makes it legal (Schultz said no such thing). Sirota elected to “put (Schultz) on hold,” after which Schultz was “gone.”

This isn’t the first time that Schultz has been attacked by fellow liberals, and it won’t likely be the last. Olbermann and Sirota are members of the prevalent “smarter-than-thou” segment of the left who think outside the box, but only at prearranged coordinates. This sometimes clashes with Schultz’s more working-class, red-meaty brand. While Olbermann is already a proven commodity, this exchange demonstrates the key to Schultz’s growing success: agree with him or not, he wears the fire in his belly on his sleeve.

Colorado 760AM, David Sirota, ed schultz, keith olbermann, Michael Moore, Osama bin Laden

Barack Must Go

Schultz was disconnected long before this phone call.
Moderate

Just a big ploy on everyones part to get free publicity on Mediaite.
ProObamaAgenda

why am i not suprised that you would defend ed shultz, tommy, youre a smart guy, smarter than most of the dumbass wingnuts that hang out here, you realize that the professional left is closely aligned with the republican party, you love the way people like shultz and richard tumpka blast on the President, you also understand that these same leftists handed the republicans a seat in the US Senate (Arkansas) and helped the republicans take the House with all their demands on the president and their encouragement for Dems to sit out the vote in the midterms, it was only in the days b4 the elections that shultz realized how influential he was and started begging democrats to show up at the polls….by then it was wayyyyyy too late
THE REAL ROYAL KING

I dislike advocacy journalism, whether it be the O’Beckerhead/Bill-o/O’Hannity/O’Van Susteren or Matthews/O’Donnell/Maddow/Schultz sort.
Jerps

Olby dishonestly attack someone? Clutch the pearls!
Moderate

He then plays an out-of-context quote of Schultz

The left are using Media Matters tactics on each other.
http://www.facebook.com/people/William-G-Abraham/1741063132 William G. Abraham

Calling Ed Schultz “influential” is possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever read on this site.
And that, friends and neighbors, is saying something.
Barack Must Go

ProObamaAgenda said:
why am i not suprised that you would defend ed shultz, tommy, youre a smart guy, smarter than most of the dumbass wingnuts that hang out here, you realize that the professional left is closely aligned with the republican party, you love the way people like shultz and richard tumpka blast on the President, you also understand that these same leftists handed the republicans a seat in the US Senate (Arkansas) and helped the republicans take the House with all their demands on the president and their encouragement for Dems to sit out the vote in the midterms, it was only in the days b4 the elections that shultz realized how influential he was and started begging democrats to show up at the polls….by then it was wayyyyyy too late

Sounds to me like you are suffering from ” delusions of the opposite of grangeur “, yet as debilitatingly psychotic.
Liberal Tormentor

ProObamaAgenda says:

Michelle, shouldn’t you be getting Sasha and Malia ready for school?
skyfet

Barack Must Go said:
Schultz was disconnected long before this phone call.

As you are.
skyfet

Liberal Tormentor said:
ProObamaAgenda says:

Michelle, shouldn’t you be getting Sasha and Malia ready for school?

You wish!
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Liberal Tormentor said:
ProObamaAgenda says:

Michelle, shouldn’t you be getting Sasha and Malia ready for school?

No one need worry about these delightful, intelligent, disciplined young ladies. Momma, Daddy and Grandma are all dedicated care givers.
Jackie_Treehorn

Barack Must Go said:
Sounds to me like you are suffering from ” delusions of the opposite of grangeur “, yet as debilitatingly psychotic.

You referred to a 16 year old child as a whore…..there’s no one more psychotic than you.
writer

Schultz criticized Michael Moore for criticizing Obama, so Olbermann criticized Schultz. All the far left knows in all this is that they have to be angry at someone.
Fused

Ed Schultz vs guy who thinks Michael Moore is a ‘great journalist’.
I don’t know which side to take…Maybe neither.
Barack Must Go

Jackie_Treehorn said:
You referred to a 16 year old child as a whore…..there’s no one more psychotic than you.

No I didn’t.
Barack Must Go

writer said:
Schultz criticized Michael Moore for criticizing Obama, so Olbermann criticized Schultz. All the far left knows in all this is that they have to be angry at someone.

Oh, these left wing bomb thrower circle jerks are so entertaining.

A word of advice though, just like at a Gallager show ‘ never sit in the first three rows.
Harry Flashman

bin Laden was the leader of a miltary faction that has attacked and will continue to attack America and kill its citizens. He was therefore a legitimate military target, the same as any general in any attacking foreign army would be.

What is so hard for the left to understand about that?
ProObamaAgenda

Barack Must Go said:
Sounds to me like you are suffering from ” delusions of the opposite of grangeur “, yet as debilitatingly psychotic.

as expected you said something delightfully stupid…..its you i was referring to when addressing tommy….whenever i toss a rock, whoever gets hit hollers ….once again its you…conservatives are even starting to turn on you….assholes like you ruin it for all decent republicans who may just have policy differences with the president…..you sir are a nutt
JasonMays

ProObamaAgenda said:
why am i not suprised that you would defend ed shultz, tommy, youre a smart guy, smarter than most of the dumbass wingnuts that hang out here, you realize that the professional left is closely aligned with the republican party, you love the way people like shultz and richard tumpka blast on the President, you also understand that these same leftists handed the republicans a seat in the US Senate (Arkansas) and helped the republicans take the House with all their demands on the president and their encouragement for Dems to sit out the vote in the midterms, it was only in the days b4 the elections that shultz realized how influential he was and started begging democrats to show up at the polls….by then it was wayyyyyy too late

Wow, you’re even dumber than I thought before. You can’t make this stuff up.
JasonMays

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
No one need worry about these delightful, intelligent, disciplined young ladies. Momma, Daddy and Grandma are all dedicated care givers.

Make that “private school”. Something President Food Stamp wants to deny other black children in the country.
got a grip

Interesting how Olby has passed from an actual person (Ok turd) to an adverb, as in “Olbermann-like” behavior…… all the greats like McCarthy, Nixon, etc. do.
tatboy

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
I dislike advocacy journalism, whether it be the O’Beckerhead/Bill-o/O’Hannity/O’Van Susteren or Matthews/O’Donnell/Maddow/Schultz sort.

Good for you…
TfT

Hidden Gem?

really, gem and Shultz inthe same story, not to mention hidden…..
Oregon Conservative

Yawn!

TC you are such an ass to cover such an ass.
BatBoy

Lefties fighting Lefties….it still will not get any ratings

But good ole Tommy could figure out a way to write a column on it.
cjd ohio 1

glad tommy and ed agree, the attorney general said it was legal case closed, and the previous attorney general said enhanced interrogation techiques was legal case closed
lonestar77

“Schultz then denounced Moore’s “hand-wringing” on The Ed Show, quite effectively arguing that this is what we (liberals) elected President Obama to do, that he has been promising to do this very thing for almost four years, now.”

Give me a break. There wasn’t a single liberal in this country who cast a vote in favor of Barack Obama over anything having to do with OBL. Well, except for those of you who though GWB blew up the buildings.

Your statement is ridiculous.
Colorado_Conservative

Gotta luv it when the liberal drama queens start bitch slapping one another…..I’ll bet Tingles and little Larry feel left out.
LOGICandREASON

LMAO
Dem4Ever

These guys are ridiculous.
Tommy Christopher

BatBoy said:
Lefties fighting Lefties….it still will not get any ratings

It got you, didn’t it?
Johnnie Dorman

I agree with Schultz, I would have shot the creep even if he were at the time sitting on his toilet wiping his…
TucsonTerpFan

What did this radio host have that Schultz didn’t? Even if it was only Schultz, “a listener.’

This is a case whan that old line about never arguing with an idiot applies.

Yes, it’s a toss-up!
Montecore

I am a democrat and am sick and tired of that idiots like that fat chickenhawk michael moore questioning how that pile of walking feces should have been dealt with! He was an enemy of this country and responsible for thousands, maybe millions of lives he didn’t deserve any compassion! The only problem I have with the way that he died is that it ws too quick. I am also one of those who celebrated his death the next day by flying this country’s flag and am proud to have done so! Would I have done the same if it obl was killed under bush’s watch? Hell yes would! A few months ago I was counting the days off until keith olbermann returned and now I never want to see his ugly face again! I would much rather watch Ed Shultz than that whining punk olbermann any day of the week.
Vietnameravet

This is the very kind of thing that gives liberals a bad name.. Michael Moore does not represent me and neither does Keith Olberman who has fallen from grace, as far as I am concerned. Ed Schultz represents good liberal principles and not some hand wringing insanity. If conservatives think Micheal Moore represents our point of view, then I dont blame them for being angry at liberals.

Ed Schultz is the kind of liberal that I like and if he is reading this then I say “Go Ed” and thank god Olberman is gone.. Keith you are just a once great has-been that ought to quit giving the rest of us a bad name..
X-3

What’s with these damned pop-up ads MediaLite? I don’t come here to get the latest ad for -0′Dummel and the other libtard creeps. Your ads will not persuade me to watch the fools on MSLSD.
david r

Schultz is right on this one. Let’s see him and Steele together. Might be some good TV.
purveyor

I guess I listened to this a bit late to Post, however, Given Mr Schultz’s behavior lately, I suspect he will be looking for a new job.

PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC
Anonymous

LOL ……..it sure is……. just switch … influential and stupidest… would be the truth….