Among those most overwrought about alleged illegality by the Bush White House in not informing Congress of a covert CIA effort to kill al Qaeda operatives is liberal radio host and MSNBC pundit Ed Schultz.
The implications of such rank criminality are profound, Schultz told his radio listeners on Tuesday (click here for audio) --
SCHULTZ: I was absolutely astounded today listening to Liz Cheney on MSNBC. Let me, this is one of my favorites right here. She makes the declaration that there were no laws broken. Here we go --
CHENEY: Laws were not broken and I think that you've got a real problem here, because the potential prosecution that we're talking about now from the attorney general is of CIA operatives. Now the president of the United States himself stood in the White House and issued a statement saying, you know, I'm going to release the details of the enhanced interrogation program but we aren't going to prosecute the people who carried out the program. People can get this statement online. The president said that himself.Story Continues Below Ad ↓
Now you've got the attorney general saying, well, maybe we will. You know, that has not happened before in American history and it's a real, very dangerous precedent to set, that somebody comes into office and begins to treat policy differences with a predecessor as criminal differences.
SCHULTZ: She's forgetting that laws potentially were broken because there was not full disclosure. You can't allow people in power to just go do whatever they want to do. Unless you want to be like Khrushchev. Unless you want to be like Castro. Unless you want to run a dictatorship.
The fact is is that, where there's smoke there's fire. And the fact is is that Liz Cheney is trying to make this a political issue, as if Nancy Pelosi has got something to do with it. Nancy Pelosi has just said, look, I was given inaccurate information, so the Right makes her a target. And now they're trying to claim now that Leon Panetta has come out and said, look, there was a program out there that you weren't briefed on. Now they're trying to claim that, well, he's doing that to give political cover to Nancy Pelosi and I'm saying, for what?! For who?! This is crazy!
Yet while Schultz was condemning dictatorial repression on Tuesday, he was advocating it on his radio show the day before (click here for audio) --
Now I have a theory. If things get tough for Obama, if he can't get health care by the end of the year, if the job creation doesn't turn around, and if he sees any momentum whatsoever being gained by the Republicans, he can go this route and play the card and put the hammer down on Cheney and remind the American people just how foul the Bush administration was.
How about that -- excoriating the tactics of Khrushchev and Castro while calling on Obama to emulate them. Not that I couldn't hear White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel say the same thing. Difference being, Emanuel wouldn't say so publicly.
To his credit, Schultz is more transparent than most liberals, who are adept at hiding their true beliefs behind the amorphous mush of political correctness. Not so with Schultz, a veritable id of the Left. Curious about what liberals think but few say aloud -- listen to Ed!
In fairness to Sgt. Schultz of the '60s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," whose photo is shown in the post, he wasn't enough of a Nazi to go along with what Ed Schultz is suggesting.
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You're right..he's the perfect Sgt. Schultz
July 15, 2009 - 20:35 ET by jefflebowskiHe knows NOTHING! This Schultz guy is going to end up on The View if he keeps talking that nonsense!
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I nearly hesitated to make comparison
July 15, 2009 - 20:42 ET by Jack Coleman... out of fondness for Sgt. Schultz ... "jolly joker!"
Punishment
July 16, 2009 - 09:58 ET by nadadhimmiThe most effective form of punishment for Obamas detractors is to look them in a room with Schultz and 1 ham sandwich!
Just like Sgt. Schultz
July 15, 2009 - 20:38 ET by jdlybrand"I know nothing!"
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Ed...you dumb pluck....I
July 15, 2009 - 20:47 ET by bigtimerEd...you dumb pluck....I double dog dare you to have Liz on against you in a debate about this or anything else...she will leave you eviscerated, you won't even know what hit you...she'll slice and dice the likes of you...you complete arsehole.
Pelosi is using this to divert attention from her outright lies about the CIA, when and what she was informed of...everybody knows it who follows politics...
What fools these people are making of themselves anyway...what part of this don't they understand...the American people are glad the CIA had plans to kill al Qaeda and their leaders etc etc etc....how simple are these slugs?
Pelosi and her crew, Holder always wanting this anyway along with the O-Team, can play dumb all they want, we know what they are doing, The Church Commission come to mind to anyone?
Destructive filthy enemy within...hard at work as always.
People better wake up out there with what all is going on to us...all over the place...we are being circled...and they've just begun with their slow strangle.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
You can shoot me later, but
July 16, 2009 - 06:41 ET by kangarooYou can shoot me later, but I went to huffnpuff to see about the mommys pants of the prez to see what they were saying LOL, and there was a headline, shultze challenging Rush to a debate, now that is something I would love to see,
Re Puff Ho
July 16, 2009 - 09:59 ET by slickwillie2001I can translate that suggestion from Liberalese: 'Please, please let me come on the Rush Limbaugh show which has 1,000 times the listeners that my show does, as it will help rescue my failing career.'
He's already fat, stupid,
July 15, 2009 - 20:52 ET by fitzfongHe's already fat, stupid, bitter and belligerant. If Schultz doesn't cool it, he's going to give himself a coronary. That'll be no great loss.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
I'm only asking this last time...
July 15, 2009 - 21:00 ET by MightyMouthWho the HELL is Ed Shultz?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Who is Ed Shultz?
July 16, 2009 - 01:10 ET by KerrvillianBloviating wind bag from the prairie.
Think Prairie Home Companion with less sense of humor and more Rachel Maddow.
He claims to represent the working class but only winds up representing those who support unions even when they are in bed with the Dems. He NEVER has a bad word for liberals.
He lies about supporting gun rights. Never has a single show focusing on the topic. He lies about supporting working people. Never has a show focusing on how a single payor health system will affect working people.
Frankly if his lips are moving he is lying. He is a blowhard, through and through.
Jeez Ed must have a 3 second memory like the knat
July 15, 2009 - 21:03 ET by general companyUnless you want to be like Khrushchev. Unless you want to be like Castro. Unless you want to run a dictatorship.
He didnt realy say that did he? They kiss Castro's butt, and would like the privledge of licking Khrushchev boots. This man truly disgust me.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
By the way...msnbc is
July 15, 2009 - 21:08 ET by bigtimerBy the way...msnbc is trying to undo the damage Liz did yesterday on MJ...plus here is where she creamed Eugene Robinson.
Before I closed up last night, I saw a repeat where Olbie had on Larry Wilkerson, or it could have been Maddow...who was blasting all of this, read here, do not think he isn't hand in hand with the left and he worked under Powell at the State dept. plus then I saw where Olbie had on Eugene Robinson who must have just got up from the floor, was licking his wounds and trying his best to make his ridiculous case again...it was laughable...which I did.
Read this about Wilkerson, this is from Apr. on HuffnPuff, it will tell you what kind of an enemy within he has always been for some of you who may not know who this guy is...I could go on and on about him...but I won't...this paints a good picture of him and his involvement in destruction.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
That she did
July 15, 2009 - 22:00 ET by Jack ColemanAw, poor Eugene Robinson -- he knew he was getting whupped
Hey Evening Jack... Hope
July 15, 2009 - 22:12 ET by bigtimerHey Evening Jack...
Hope you don't mind I put those links there...because I've noticed msnbc must be working overtime to undo all the damage Liz did in less than 40 minutes I would estimate....she did it with such class, so swift with her knowledge and wit, and she never lets anyone overtake her when they are having a back and forth, plus she does it with such cool class.
Poor babies...they will never be able to crumble this gal...I've seen her elsewhere, they can't handle her, she gets them every time...as they lick their wounds later.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I'm glad you posted links, bigtimer
July 15, 2009 - 22:22 ET by Jack ColemanHaven't read the Wilkerson piece yet but thoroughly enjoyed watching Robinson squirm. I have more respect and admiration for Cheney every time I see her.
So do I Jack, I've been
July 15, 2009 - 22:32 ET by bigtimerSo do I Jack, I've been posting bout her with links a little here and there since I first saw her on with Matthews I think it was quite awhile back now...she was and is a real wit, a breath of fresh air, no backing down, with facts to back-up everything she says, always a quick comeback, and they cannot dominate the conversation with her, hard as they try.
Matthews was made a fool too...he never knew what jsut hit him either...after all, he's been the main cheer-leader to get her dad for years now....he should have been prepared, but there is really no getting prepared with this gal in my opinion.
Pure class....one in a million to me.
Whatever she does...I wish her the very best.
I've posted Cheney/Cheney before to pi$$ of the trolls and the liberals here...but you know, I mean a lot of it...Liz Cheney for sure....as I know he won't run....but it would be fun...
Wouldn't that just frost their arses...hehehee ;-)
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Dream Team
July 15, 2009 - 22:07 ET by jdlybrandPALIN/CHENEY 2012
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
I wish ! And
July 15, 2009 - 22:10 ET by Free StinkerI wish !
And President Palin should appoint Ann Coulter as Press Secretary! ;-)
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
2012
July 16, 2009 - 09:36 ET by m1xramLiz or Dick?
He has already failed... his country.
oh, gotta love Liz...
July 16, 2009 - 12:29 ET by retroconBut i'm still going for
Palin/Nugent in any order... have a REAL rockstar in the executive branch.
Define Dictatorship Schultzie
July 15, 2009 - 21:35 ET by reasonsjesterSo when did fighting a war against NON-US CITIZENS become equivalent to dictatorship? These people, when they look at Cheney, see Nixon. They think the Patriot Act is like the pretext for some new Pentagon papers. They're just afraid of being found out for the commies they are. Why else would they literally throw a sniveling hissy fit whenever the government wants to use surveillance against terrorists? They don't even care if it is against terrorists, they hate surveillance, period, because they are up to no good and don't want the light of day shown on their nasty, back-handed, treacherous activities.
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If this is tried
July 15, 2009 - 21:44 ET by Rhymes With RightImpeachment ought to be the route followed.
And if the Democrats insist upon protecting their own tin-horn dictator in such a situation, it then becomes the duty of the American people to exercise their First and Second Amendment rights against a political party that will have become a domestic enemy of the American republic.
Let us pray that we never see such a day come to pass.
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Ed's Happy Place
July 15, 2009 - 22:03 ET by BarkerIn Ed Schultz's world, Bush would be executed by firing squad, Cheney would be dragged through the streets, statues of Reagan would be torn down, Conservatives would be gassed..........
It should be good for ratings too, right Ed?:(
Barker... I used to say
July 15, 2009 - 22:06 ET by bigtimerBarker...
I used to say I wondered when they were all going to get hauled off on msnbc to the looney-bin...heck, they're in it...and broadcasting from there...
...and to think... CNN is still behind.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Bigtimer
July 15, 2009 - 22:44 ET by Barker...and to think... CNN is still behind
Don't get me started on the world of* Anderson Cooper a/k/a Colonel Klink (or would that be Larry King?).
One Flew Over the CNN News Desk?
*h/t Ted Kennedy
Barker... LMAO
July 15, 2009 - 22:48 ET by bigtimerBarker...
LMAO here...those were good lines...true too.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Ed Shultz Is A Big Fat Idiot
July 15, 2009 - 23:24 ET by R D HelmHmm, there is a book title in there, somewhere.
-Dave
"...stimulus plan is 'working exactly as we had anticipated.'" - PrezBO
Franken would be
July 15, 2009 - 23:36 ET by bigtimerFranken would be proud.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Achtung!
July 15, 2009 - 23:34 ET by metaphorsbwithuActually, we do a disservice to poor Hans Schultz by identifying him as a Nazi. If you recall, Sergeant Schultz was a WW I vet who had been a toymaker in civilian life who lost his toy company when he was recalled into the German army.
He didn't like to take sides, especially in war, remember?
Perhaps you have hit on something though. It wouldn't surprise me if someone took Ed's toys away from him at an early age.
That would explain a lot. ;-)
metaphorsbwithu
ROFL... What's funny meta
July 15, 2009 - 23:38 ET by bigtimerROFL...
What's funny meta is that fits so well, you can just see it all...you made the picture so perfect.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
You can't allow people in
July 16, 2009 - 00:46 ET by RR GOPYou can't allow people in power to just go do whatever they want to do.
Unless you want to be like Khrushchev. Unless you want to be like
Castro. Unless you want to run a dictatorship.
ROTLMAO!! OMG, that's rich...whew...
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Ded Mulch
July 16, 2009 - 01:20 ET by Jack BauerBill Clinton in an interview with Chris Wallace, Fox, 2006.
Oh yeah? Did Clinton "brief" Congress on this CIA program to assassinate a foreign national on foreign soil before he killed 3000 on 9/11?
Thursday, January 15, 2009
In an interview with Katie Couric, President-elect Barack Obama said that his goal is to...
Mmmm, assuming he won't be deploying his usual tactic of boring them to death by talking, who has he tasked with his plan to assassinate a foreign national on foreign soil?
The CIA, perhaps?
But hang on, his CIA Director has just cancelled a "program" (that apparently never existed) with the goal of assassinating Bin Laden.
Gosh, this is all so confusing. Surely the Democrats would never play politics with American lives would they?
similarities
July 16, 2009 - 09:45 ET by m1xramYou know, a lot of people forget Clinton when discussing Bush. Nice point.
One correction I'd make, you probably meant to say...
He has already failed... his country.
Yes. That is better.
July 16, 2009 - 10:52 ET by Jack BauerYes. That is better. Apologies!
tired of liberal lies The
July 16, 2009 - 01:13 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
The real question is why did Obama order the CIA to cancel a program designed to kill or capture Bin Laden and top terrorists in Al-Quida now? To act like this program was not known to Congress is nonsense as the Times and Washington Post informed us in 2002 that President Bush had ordered the CIA to set up plans to kill or capture top Al-Quida leaders ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THEIR PAPERS. Did the intelligence committee members in Congress back then miss the story? The Democrats LEAKED the program info in violation of the law after it was cancelled to give cover to Pelosi for saying the CIA had lied to her for years. The law regarding informing Congress leaves the discrection to inform Congress to the President and Obama has threatened to veto the new CIA funding bill if that decrection is removed. What the heck, Democrats playing politics with national security again-no story here.
I don't watch him--nothing
July 16, 2009 - 05:46 ET by Andrew H.I don't watch him--nothing of value or truth comes from this minion, only blowhardy, liarly, sillier than jello, ranterly, bastardly and socialistly. Thank you GE--no number of veterans ads you run will make you a good citizen. GE is not a good citizen.
We should screw this facist company every way we can IMO and I will.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
Ed Schultz baby photo surfaces on the interweb
July 16, 2009 - 06:41 ET by SickofLibsEd Schultz baby photo surfaces on the interweb
Cute beady eyes even at birth.
What Goes Around, Comes Around
July 16, 2009 - 07:03 ET by sic721What these left-wing bozos forget is if this precedent is established, when (not if) the GOP is in power as of 2012, every single member of this regime will be fair game for prosecution, something I'm looking very forward to. Payback is a b*tch!
"The human race divides itself politically into those who want to be controlled, and those who have no such desire."-Robert A. Heinlein
This is off topic but just
July 16, 2009 - 08:56 ET by mandrakeThis is off topic but just funny.
They actually broadcast a translated version of Hogans Heros on German TV! The Germans find it funny. Who said they don't have a sence of humour.
You can't allow
July 16, 2009 - 09:13 ET by jessieHYou can't allow people in power to just go and do whatever they want to do. Good line. Why do WE let them? Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Frank, ect. have been doing just that. Obama is the next dictator, & WE do nothing. He hides his records & WE do nothing. The MSM does whatever they want to do, and WE do nothing. Sounds like Sgt. Shultz to me.
" Leon Panetta has come out
July 16, 2009 - 10:19 ET by NL207" Leon Panetta has come out and said, look, there was a program out there that you weren't briefed on"
Shultz should read again. Panetta said there was a plan for a program THAT WAS NEVER OPERATIONAL out there that you weren't briefed on.
"Nancy Pelosi has just said, look, I was given inaccurate information,"
No, that is NOT what Pelosi said. Pelosi specifically claimed she was never briefed that waterboarding was being used. Panetta, Porter Goss, and the CIA all say that she was.
Shultz doesn't even get his facts right. How can anyone so misinformed develop an informed opinon?
Mein gott. That is the most
July 16, 2009 - 10:14 ET by Mike SargentMein gott.
That is the most brilliant pop-culture reference since Dennis Miller compared Harry Reid to Dorian Gray's lighting stand-in.
Seriously, I bow to your awesomenety (if that's even a word).
Wow
July 16, 2009 - 10:24 ET by misterbee241If I got locked up for every law I "potentially" broke, I'd be under the jail.
I just love liberal tolerance for free speech and the views of others.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
I bet you drive. YOU
July 16, 2009 - 16:26 ET by Mike SargentI bet you drive.
YOU EEEEEEEEVIL PERSON, I BET YOU DRIVE RECKLESSLY!!! Did your wife tell you not to? SHOULD SHE BE PUT IN JAIL FOR THAT?! And the police officers that looked up from the desk when you turned yourself in for NOT driving recklessly...their motives are as pure as the driven snow, and not at all influenced by the fact that their performance reviews (hence, their jobs) are partially dependent on the revenue brought in by charging people with DRIVING RECKLESSLY!!!!!(whentheydon't)!!!!!
I bet you drive. You sick, evil person you.
When you drive, you're releasing carbon dioxide. WHICH MEANS YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EVENTUAL CATASTROPHIC FLOODING OF NEW YORK CITY AND HALF OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!(evenwhensciencesaysyou'renot)!!!!!!!
I bet you drive. You're a horrible, no good, degenerate freak.
Because when you drive, you're supporting the EVIL OIL CORPORATIONS THAT DROVE BUSH TO INVADE IRAQ!!!!!!!!(eventhoughtheyclearlydidn't)!!!!!!
I bet you drive.
You probably kick kittens, too, you immoral, transfat-mongering racist (whichI'llcallyoueventhoughyou'reobviouslynot, nordoesanyofthishaveanythingtodowithanything).
ed schultz
July 16, 2009 - 10:45 ET by east tennessee johnIs this the same ed schultz who calls Rush a druggie, overlooking the fact that the current POTUS was a cocaine abuser/dealer? So much for liberal empathy. In the real world performance does matter. This moron, 365,000 at most average daily audience wants to challege Rush, average MINIMUM daily audience 3 million. They aren't even on the same playing field. That's like my grandson strinking me out in whiffle ball and then saying "bring on Pujols". Imean really, Rush's MINIMUM weekly audience is greater than msdnc's 6-10"primetime with 5 less broadcast hours. This delusion of equality should cause Ed to seek medical advice if not medication. Also, Ed, as a matter of fact, "wall street" gave more to the dems this cycle , so if money talks, they just ain't your 50's class envy argument republicans anymore. Moron
"Is this the same ed schultz
July 16, 2009 - 16:27 ET by Mike Sargent"Is this the same ed schultz who calls Rush a druggie"
That's our boy! *smirk*
The Hypocrites have been
July 16, 2009 - 10:58 ET by KevroyThe Hypocrites have been crying 'distraction' any time conservatives point out this administrations ineptness. But 'distraction' has been a key tool in their arsenal since day 1. The left is comprised of hypocrites.
Keep Preaching, Eddie Boy!
July 16, 2009 - 11:30 ET by rammingspeedAmong other things cynical liberals won't discuss publicly is their disgust for Heir Schultz. If he isn't exposing their covert agenda against Republicans, he's acting as a spokesman for liberals, showing what clowns they are. Schultz is worse for liberals than he is for conservatives.
Let's say congress wasn't
July 16, 2009 - 13:53 ET by pitter43Let's say congress wasn't informed of a plan to kill them. I don't care if they're killed and congress proves every time they open their mouths that they're the very ones that SHOULD be kept in the dark.
Fools leading fools
July 16, 2009 - 16:48 ET by CobraMan"She's forgetting that laws potentially were broken because there was not full disclosure."
This idiot must be a graduate of a modern Liberal university as logic seems to be secondary to the Liberal thinking process. Only an idiot would claim that "full disclosure" didn't occur when the appropriate committees were fully disclosed of the policies (that how YOU became aware of them, you idiot!). Oh, and "potential" law breakers are like "potential" drowning victims, they don't exist! You can no more "potentially" break a law than you can "potentially" have lung cancer.
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