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MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Is Obsessed With GOP’s Potential Impeachment Of Obama

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Now that the GOP has regained control of the House of Representatives, some are suggesting that the impeachment proceedings of President Obama are just around the corner (regardless of any evidence to support such a claim.) What’s more surprising is that the leading proponent of such an far-fetched narrative is none other than MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, who is nothing if not a fierce supporter of the president.

To be fair, Mr. Schultz is not the only national personality to discuss the impeachment meme. Tom Tancredo floated the idea in July, immediately earning derision from the Fox News host Megyn Kelly. And a recent issue of The New Republic featured an article by Jonathan Chait that reasonably suggested a GOP controlled House would most certainly try to impeach President Obama, regardless if the future offense merits such action or not.

But no one has advance this theory in recent days as much as Mr Schultz. Mark Finkelstein at the right-of-center Newsbusters writes:

I’m an official card-carrying member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, sitting in every morning on the super-secret nationwide conference call during which we receive our marching orders from the Forces of Evil. But unless I’ve missed something—and granted, maybe the extra-bold coffee doesn’t always kick in—not once have I heard mention of a plan to impeach Pres. Obama.

So what does Ed Schultz know that I don’t? He splattered his MSNBC show this evening with incessant dark speculation to the effect that the new Republican majority is plotting to impeach Pres. Obama.

Newsbuster’s edited together a number of moments in which Schultz brings up the impeachment meme in the last day and a half, in what ends up making the MSNBC host look a tad quixotic. To quote the editors at Breitbart.tv, “Seriously, why would the Republicans want to impeach President Obama? He’s energized the party better than anyone.”

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  • Big Eddie

    Ed is clearly a very wise man .

  • barthook

    Has anyone besides Ed brought up impeachment?

  • paulmdoro

    Far more interesting is the fact that Darrell Issa said he will be investigating President Bush in addition to Obama. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44648.html

  • paulmdoro

    barthook said:
    Has anyone besides Ed brought up impeachment?

    In general, or someone with credibility?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    Yeah, Ed Schultz is obsessed alright………

    If this guy does not already have a psychiatrist, he really, really should find one.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Eddie (Schultz that is), is a great example of what the left has become. An angry, out of his mind, baffoon. American’s are sick of that and that’s why they were slaughtered (can I use that analogy Jon, or am I offending cows now) on Tuesday. They just never learn. I say keep up the insanity!

  • tatboy

    barthook said:
    Has anyone besides Ed brought up impeachment?

    I believe it was batted around Tuesday night by all four of the knuckleheads on MSNBC…

  • paulmdoro

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Eddie (Schultz that is), is a great example of what the left has become. An angry, out of his mind, baffoon. American’s are sick of that and that’s why they were slaughtered (can I use that analogy Jon, or am I offending cows now) on Tuesday. They just never learn. I say keep up the insanity!

    Yes no one on the right is angry. At all. Or a buffoon. Talk about partisan blinders. And if you think that is why Americans voted the way they did on Tuesday, because of people like Ed Schultz (he has, what, 12 viewers?), I have a great deal for you on discount vacations.

  • Tony the Fist

    Nobody wants to impeach Obama, not really. Americans still like him for the most part, just not all his policies.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Raymond-Rheault/100000178128873 Raymond Rheault

    Go to World Net Daily & google “Obama impeachment”. It’s everywhere.
    Here’s Darrell Issa a month ago-
    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/darrell_issas_oversight_gameplan.php
    Ed knows these clowns don’t want to legislate; they want to take Obama down.
    Can someone tell me how Schultz has a bigger chip on his shoulder than Beckerhead, Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, and the other corporate media controlled RW bloviators?

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    “Heck, this is the truth channel, when it comes to defending the Obama administration and the progressive movement in this country. I haven’t done anything on this program that I am ashamed of”

    Eddie Schultz

  • paulmdoro

    Raymond Rheault said:
    Go to World Net Daily & google “Obama impeachment”. It’s everywhere.
    Here’s Darrell Issa a month ago-
    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/darrell_issas_oversight_gameplan.php
    Ed knows these clowns don’t want to legislate; they want to take Obama down.
    Can someone tell me how Schultz has a bigger chip on his shoulder than Beckerhead, Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, and the other corporate media controlled RW bloviators?

    World Net Daily is really out there though. I don’t think they’re taken seriously by too many people, politicians or otherwise.

  • Big Eddie
  • timzank

    Ed is just looking for the next “bogey-man”. He’s gotta stay on the air somehow, nothing more.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    As the gentleman from the VRWC is quoted: “That’s not in the cards.” This guy Obama is not a felon as Clinton displayed himself to be by perjuring himself ON VIDEOTAPE, no less. Of course, a lot of Demonrats are scofflaws, especially in the dope and drugs department, but a toke or a fix isn’t enough to send Obama to the House of Reps for any sort of Impeachment. No high crimes, just Chicago-style fixes and shortcuts and spending $200 million/day on 10-day junkets—-nothing to get excited about since China’s picking up the bill, according to Obama, that is.

    This clown’s presidency isn’t going to end with a bang, but probably a long high-pitched whine and then a whimper. It’ll be all over in 2013, January, when Mitt and his VP Marco will be sworn in on the Capitol Steps.

  • paulmdoro

    timzank said:
    Ed is just looking for the next “bogey-man”. He’s gotta stay on the air somehow, nothing more.

    True. This is something no one else is saying, so he can carve a niche and get his 300,000 nightly viewers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    Colby and Rachel Sklar are starting to lose the blinders that loyalty to the Donkey/Ass Party has imposed on them, but “a tad quixotic” is hardly the way to describe what seems to be clinical insanity. Schultz is sort of a flyover-specimen of the Ivy League splatter that Olberboyy, the kid no fraternity would ever admit at Cornell, specializes in. A sort of high-pitched squeal of resentment every day—fun to watch if you’re into specimens of mental illness or a true believer in the ObamaCon view of the world.

  • jooce81

    barthook said:
    Has anyone besides Ed brought up impeachment?

    Darrell Issa i believe is scheduled to be on the Panel of Real Time this friday, I’m sure he’ll be questioned about it,

  • JimBob

    Mr ED the Talking Horses ASS should be obsessed with trying
    to muster up enough will power to push his fat ass away from
    the table!
    As for the election coverage MSNBC got their asses waxed by
    not only Fox but CNN as well.
    What else is new?
    I will never understand a business strategy that doen’t seem to want
    to compete with beat their competitors, but it was out there for all to see!
    That had to have been the worst election night coverage in the history of
    television.
    As another observation, I would bet Rachel Maddow has a higher testesterone
    level than Tingles, Mr ED, Larry, and Olberdork combined.
    What a ratings ass whuppin’!! As Tingles would say–WOW!!!!!!

    Oh, and cin case no one noticed the lib nuts got their asses waxed also

    (_!_) Lean Forward

  • paulmdoro

    David Mangan said:

    This clown’s presidency isn’t going to end with a bang, but probably a long high-pitched whine and then a whimper. It’ll be all over in 2013, January, when Mitt and his VP Marco will be sworn in on the Capitol Steps.

    Mitt Romney? How’d that work out for him last time?

  • m

    Mediaite is too obsessed with MSNBC. Start watching Fox News and conservative talk radio, please.

  • The Real Royal King

    barthook said:
    Has anyone besides Ed brought up impeachment?

    There are a couple of rightist kooks out there who do so, just as there are a couple of leftist kooks who bring up impeaching Justice Roberts. We do have a few people who seem to believe it is an impeachable offense to disagree with them. I’m sure Michelle-in-Utah believe President Obama should be impeached because his worldview is not in strict accordance with hers.

  • The Real Royal King

    paulmdoro said:
    World Net Daily is really out there though. I don’t think they’re taken seriously by too many people, politicians or otherwise.

    You’re wise not to do so, but you do realize we have some really nutty people who regularly post here who cite WNT, Breitbart and NewsMaxipad constantly.

  • paulmdoro

    The Real Royal King said:
    You’re wise not to do so, but you do realize we have some really nutty people who regularly post here who cite WNT, Breitbart and NewsMaxipad constantly.

    Yes I realize that. There are a few kooks here. But they are the exception. I doubt many in the GOP pay much attention to what Newsmax and WND are saying.

  • RazorsEdge

    Schultz’s obesession with this makes me start to think he’s closer to being a Witch than O’Donnell!

  • Arkansas Steve

    What do you get when you combine:

    … a man who is desperate to be noticed
    … a man who thinks “the louder the better”
    … a man lacking in self-discipline
    … a man with a double-digit IQ

    Answer: the Democrats version of Christine O’Donnell, ED SCHULTZ

  • murf

    Sgt Ed still in the abandon fox hole pretending the enemy is coming.. Firing blanks

  • writer

    We should listen to the King. Don’t be intolerant towards people just because they disagree with you.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    Schultz is right up there with GBR on the insanity scale.

  • bigbrainbrad

    m said:
    Mediaite is too obsessed with MSNBC. Start watching Fox News and conservative talk radio, please.

    so MSNBC is biased and full of loons but Fox News and conservative talk radio is OK?

    btw, ed schultz is a wacko

  • WildMan

    That goofy, angry, fat Edie Schultz should just move-on. PMSnbc did NOT even want him at their 30 Rock studio so they sent him out to Vegas as a simpleton cub reporter. The problem with PMSnbc is they didn’t send that group of clowns, Chrissy, Keith, Nurse Rachet, Larry & Eugene Robinson to the South Pole or the Sahara Desert. PMSnbc’s coverage on Tuesday night had to be the very worst in the history of Television. When are the executives there going to get a clue???

  • notsofast

    LOL

    Ever Ed thinks Barry should get the hell out of Dodge!

  • felixw

    The only place I hear about the impeachment of Obama is on MSNBC. What do they know about him that they aren’t telling us?

  • NORBIT

    Who is this blowhard, Olbermann wannabe?
    ————————————————————–

    Where is the outrage over King Obama & his 3000 guests going to India at $200M per day taxpayer expense, using some inane excuse of improving trade?

    WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

  • Snidely

    Yeah. It will be a great idea to impeach a sitting president when his party holds control of the Senate.

    In 1929, Standard Oil’s legislative allies led an unsuccessful attempt to remove Huey Long from the governorship on a variety of charges, ranging from serious to comical. He was impeached in the House but avoided conviction in the Senate. Of the original 19 charges, eight items were passed in the House. When the trial moved to the Senate, Huey produced a document signed by over one third of the senators, stating they would vote against impeachment because the trial was illegal. With the two-thirds majority required to convict now impossible, Huey’s opponents halted the proceedings.

    I’m not sure that Senate Democrats would have the stones to make such a move, but the effect would be the same.

  • sarainitaly

    impeach him for what? sestak? that doesn’t seem like enough of a reason… i wish they would investigate it, but i don’t think it warrants impeachment. i can’t imagine anyone trying to impeach the historic first black president, either.

    if they do, for anything though, it should be for the $200M/day India trip! now that is outrageous!!

  • CarmanK

    The GOP (guardians of privilege) will find a way to harrass Obama just like they did Bill Clinton. Imagine impeaching a President of the US for lying to the American people over an illicit affair which was none of our business in the first place. They will find a way, they want Obama to fail, and unlike during Clinton’s era, the country was in pretty good shape financially, so they wasted time, but didn’t destroy the country or continue the decline of the middle class like they can now. Obama is in for a rough time. And so are the american people. The GOP can’t govern “people” because they are focused on what is good for BUSINESS, domestically and especially internationally. Rand Paul’s big salvo, after all can’t make rich people pay their fair share because we buy things from rich people. Rich people employ people. Except that rich people, especially the heirs, horde their wealth and do not create jobs. Rich people build one yacht at a time, not enough for gainful employment full time.

  • Cancon2

    This was old a day and half ago. Now it is just a village idiot in the corner drooling.

  • Liberty_Hound

    Noboby is going to impeach Obama. He, like several Presidents, got assassination and impeachment insurance when they picked their VP. Now even people on the left admit it. Who wants Biden as our next President? Besides if there is going to be grid lock in the form of Presidential vetoes then I just assume Obama does it. But I can’t wait unit the “House Committee on the Judiciary” , soon to be controlled by conservatives, start grilling the DOJ on why they dropped the voter intimidation case. Nice for them to be accountable for a change.

    As for Ed. It has been recently discovered by Media Matters that Ed Schultz is a paid FNC plant. There to encourage conservative to vote and perhaps boost FNC ratings. The latter objective on the sinister plot worked so well the form objective missed its mark. When ask most people have never heard of Ed. I ask, “Did to see the Ed Schultz show last night?”, They say “Who’s Ed Schultz”?, I say, ” You know that loud mouth on MSNBC”. They say “What’s MSNBC”?. I say, “Never mind, good point”. End of conversation!

  • Nahu Tuk

    Andy Lamb said:
    Yeah, Ed Schultz is obsessed alright……… If this guy does not already have a psychiatrist, he really, really should find one.

    It’s all that airplane glue that he used to squeeze on his fries.

  • Nahu Tuk

    Liberty_Hound said:
    Noboby is going to impeach Obama.

    For the reasons you gave, it would be good if Derigible Schmultz could read this. The guys a total nutcase…almost as bad as Grayson.

  • Nahu Tuk

    NORBIT said:
    Who is this blowhard, Olbermann wannabe?————————————————————– Where is the outrage over King Obama & his 3000 guests going to India at $200M per day taxpayer expense, using some inane excuse of improving trade? WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

    I agree with you…the $2 BILLION pricetag for this vacation could have gone a long way to help the US. Besides, why send an idiot to “investigate” things (like business) for which he has no understanding?

    What will you bet that there aren’t at least 50 representatives of labor unions on that vacation with him?

  • Liberty_Hound

    CarmanK said:
    The GOP (guardians of privilege) will find a way to harrass Obama just like they did Bill Clinton. Imagine impeaching a President of the US for lying to the American people over an illicit affair which was none of our business in the first place. They will find a way, they want Obama to fail, and unlike during Clinton’s era, the country was in pretty good shape financially, so they wasted time, but didn’t destroy the country or continue the decline of the middle class like they can now. Obama is in for a rough time. And so are the american people. The GOP can’t govern “people” because they are focused on what is good for BUSINESS, domestically and especially internationally. Rand Paul’s big salvo, after all can’t make rich people pay their fair share because we buy things from rich people. Rich people employ people. Except that rich people, especially the heirs, horde their wealth and do not create jobs. Rich people build one yacht at a time, not enough for gainful employment full time.

    Most of the heirs over time loss their money historically. But even if they are not themselves doing business of some kind (rare) they are investing that money in some way not just putting it under some bed. But those that want to start or be in business most take risk. Capital Gains in this country for all people are to way to high.

    If people would educate themselves on the Fair Tax maybe we might have a change of getting out this mess. I was surprised after learning more about how many left of center people actually liked it. Which made me suspicious but even they see the growth this tax system would create.

    Besides taxing the rich has never worked. NEVER!, for any length of time. The problem with socialism is that there is also another great program on the horizon or one already failing they most improve and more children to indoctrinate. There is never enough money unless in our case the power of a printing press. If need an example take a hard look at Europe. If they keep that printer press going our money will be worthless very soon.

  • TeresaTDB

    Colby Hall, I suggest you read your own articles before you “dis” another political news reporter. See your own article of October 25, 2010… http://www.mediaite.com/online/a-gop-house-will-lead-to-impeachment-claims-new-republics-jonathan-chait/ You know very well there has been a lot of talk about the Republicans “trying” to impeach President Obama. In fact, I heard one of the Senators, I do not remember which, (but my goal is to find that video and post it here after this), that senator said loud and clear that if the Republicans take the majority, they would first, before anything else, proceed to impeach President Obama. I remember clearly because it angered me so. President Obama has done NOTHING to be impeached for, other than being a target of the Republican voters and political party since the day he was voted as President. He is a man who does care about this country, whether you like his style, his party, or his color, THIS IS A MAN THAT CARES ABOUT THIS COUNTRY…. not just the rich, not just the poor, not just the middle class, but he cares about the U.S.A.

    I think all this jealous hate talk has divided this country in such an ugly, horrible way and I am thoroughly disgusted that you would now that the race is over, attack a political reporter on this issue. Yes, the Republicans said they were going to try to impeach the President over the years several times, and one time recently that I heard. This is why I voted Democrat. I will never vote for hate, and I am done reading your news too.

  • AlwaysRight213

    Ed Schultz aka PigEd. is now blaming Rep. James Clyburn for first bringing up impeachment during his interview with him. Even though it was Schultz who brought up impeachment.

    Clyburn needs to be careful how he easily gets manipulated by Schultz. It was Schultz who got Clyburn to claim Alvin Greene was a republican plant.

  • stevor

    Though I’m not a regular listener of Michael Savage, yesterday he was pondering why so many ships would be “following” Obummer on his vacation (oh, I mean trip). Michael thought that it might, somehow, be a show of force, though there was no good reason to do so.

    Well, if there is real talk of impeaching Obummer (or just putting him on trial for treason because he wasn’t really the president in the first place), could it be that the reason for “sending” him there is so he gets assassinated there?
    Think of the consequences. Would it start a war? If so, we’d sure be ready to fight it with all those ships.
    Would it cause riots in the streets of the USA? Would that lead to Martial Law? Would that “necessitate” the United Nations “helping” us and “deciding” that with the USA in chaos, THEY would have to “take over”?

    Hey, wouldn’t that be just the New World Order that Soros, Rockefeller and the Bushes (plus most other presidents in the last 100 years) have been promoting?

    Let’s see!

  • stevor

    Hey, another thought to follow up on the last one:
    So, would Obummer actually be killed or would he get to join Tim McVeigh on that tropical island as a “reward” for doing “his part” in the Power Elite’s agenda?
    Then, to get even more bizarre (just let the old imagination fly without any boundaries) what if Obummer “suffered a mortal head wound” and survived? (If that phrase doesn’t ring a bell, it’s the “sign” of the anti-Christ).
    If only I had time and the backing to create full stories, put them on TV, and make millions from them. Darn.

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