02/10/2009 09:03:33 PM EST

Ed Schultz is a Journalist?

posted by bobo1




Hey guys - Can anyone explain to me how Liberal talk show host Ed Schultz had a seat in the FRONT ROW of Obama's TV press conference last night?

Heres the link:

http://www.politico.com/blo gs/michaelcalderone/

Its a few stories down now... that figures on Politico!!!

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Would anyone here like to take a stab at telling me what the MSM would have done if Rush or Hannity had been asking questions during a Bush press conference, let alone from THE FRONT ROW? 

Is this Obama's take on "transparency" with the media? Its OK to have Liberal talk show hosts acting as journalists???

If you guys can justify this, you can justify just about anything, I suppose!

Any thoughts or defenses of this seemingly foul situation?

:)
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Ed Schultz is a Journalist? | 76 comments (76 topical, 1 hidden)
Gawd, get a room whydoncha? (5.00 / 2)

Dude, she's single. Just ask her out, she might go for it. You don't have to play this "Ooooh, I don't like her" game. If you want to score, though, I'd avoid telling her your opinion of Palestine.

HTH!

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 12:00:57 AM EST

Who cares? (none / 0)
I think most of us were more concerned about the lack of quality governing from the Bush administration. Since you brought it up, who was in the from row during the Bush years?

by gotchange on 02/10/2009 09:22:42 PM EST

I think we can all stipulate... (none / 0)
that the las 8 years of Bush & Cheney were awful. im not going to argue with you on that...

But tis didnt happen in the last 8 years. It happened last night, at the President's big TV press conference.

Are you offering a justifiation for national Liberal talk show host Ed Schulz asking questions at a press conference? Or are you just diverting and not answering the question?

How is this OK, gotchange? As a Liberal, what would you have thought of bush being asked questions by hannity or Rush? And dont give me that gay porn guy whatever his name was, Gannon (sp). He was not a national radio host with millions of listeners...

Am I to understand that "change" in this case is to ALLOW partisan hacks ask serious questions directly to the president on national TV?

Instead of trying to deflect the obvious, just give me a straight answer.

:)

by bobo1 on 02/10/2009 09:38:38 PM EST

[ Parent ]
I don't even know who Ed Schultz is (none / 0)
and I still don't care that he was in the front row. I didn't try to justify anything. You have your answer and now I want mine. You clearly follow this closely because this is important. We need some balance in the interest of fairness. I would like to know who was in the front row during the Bush years. It would be unfair for you to bring this up as a problem without even knowing who the Bush administration had in the front row. I will await your answer.

by gotchange on 02/10/2009 09:45:15 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Yes thats what you are to understand (none / 0)
move on

We won

:)


by Chinese Democracy on 02/10/2009 10:54:01 PM EST

[ Parent ]
I'm going to give you (none / 0)
that gay porn guy Rich Gannon whether you like it or not. Are you kidding me? He's legitimate but a talk show host isn't? And you say this because....he's not a talk show host? This is a new low for you bobo1. That statement makes no sense whatsoever.

by hazmat on 02/11/2009 02:35:04 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Like I said, Hazzie... (none / 0)
If you can justify Ed Schulz being in the front row at a press conference, you can justify just about anything!

If Rush or Hannity had been at Bush press conferences, you Liberals would have been foaming at the mouth, seething with anger and despair. And you have been justified in doing so, since Rush or Hannity cannot and should not be considered journalists in any way shape or form.

But Ed Schulz, who has the same job as a national radio talk show host can sit there and demand that "he has earned that seat" in the journalist area? 

As for that queer porn guy Gannon, say what you will, but he still technically was considered a reporter. It isnt unheard of for "friendly" reporters to be planted in the press room, but Ed Fellatio Schulz, a man who has held
Obamas dick in his hand at every joint appearance during the campaign? Please, spare me Hazzie...

Gee Hazzie, no wonder Liberals make such poor decisions and judgements when it comes to overall perception. Do the words "Double Standard" mean anything to you???

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 07:59:25 AM EST

[ Parent ]
I'm trying really hard (none / 1)
to care about the content of this thread. You've utterly failed to convince me that you do.

by hazmat on 02/11/2009 11:06:54 AM EST

[ Parent ]
ED SHULTZ the Journalist for sure. (none / 0)

Hey bobo1 and all -- I'm back.

What a silly question "bo."  Neither you nor KenTX knows what a journalists is; nor the ways you can become a journlist.

But, to shorten things up, Ed Shultz works with qualified producers, directors and script writers, however he planned and laid out the program and programs over the years: And, opened the radio station on his own.  He may waiver from the scrpits or follow them, IT'S HIS SHOW.

Most journalists don't have to go through all of that as Ed has.  A lot of graduates of journalism schoools can't take the pace required to be a successful journalist.  Instead they choose something else to which their journalism background plays a major role.  Ed has what it takes; that is to be fully up to speed.  Of Hannity and Limbaugh -- we'll never know, since they ARE the designated radio stations for the Republican Party, as such, they lean as far right as they can, AND do not even spare dirty name callings.   They also work so hard at being anti-left, and sourly one-sided that we'll never know if they have knowledge beyond that.  Ed lends his show to common sense, and only so often takes time to mention either Hannity or your big daddy Limbaugh.

Yes!!!  I would easily designate Ed as a journalist.  I graduated from the University of Western Ontario's School of Graduates in the Fall Convocation, 1983.

Here's to Ed Shultz, a Journalist by deed and purpose. 

Your friend Lenni

by Lennilenape on 02/12/2009 12:31:48 AM EST

[ Parent ]
I dont give a shit... (none / 0)
If Ed Schulz suckled the sweet nipples of Joseph fucking Pulitzer himself! He hosts a radio talk show, is a political hack and therefore cannot be considered an objective journalist. 

It just irritates me that he believes he 'deserves" a place in the briefing as a journalist. If he is a journalist, then so are Rush and Hannity by definition.  its that simple, and anyone who offers justification otherwise is either really desperate or very dishonest with reality....

Nice to see you back, Lenni. Hope we can do this again soon...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/12/2009 12:38:44 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Dumb as Ever, bobo (none / 0)
It was assigned seating and Schultz didnt even ask a question.

And point of fact, Fox News' worst hacks and Limbaugh were brought to the OVAL OFFICE to help sell the war and war funding measures.

Move along.

by calturner on 02/13/2009 04:57:49 PM EST

[ Parent ]
So let me get this straight... (none / 0)
Obama's staff assigned Ed Schuilz to be in the front row?

They ASSIGNED a Liberal Hack to be a part of a National Press Conference?

I rest my case - A fair approach to the media? An Unbiased Media?

Puhleezee....

:)

by bobo1 on 02/13/2009 05:04:28 PM EST

[ Parent ]
They let people from Fox News ask questions (none / 0)
They let Fox News ask questions. What is the difference. Fox News is mostly just an opinion network.

Bush did give interviews to Sean Hannerty, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Wallace, and Brit Hume.

They also did have Gannon in asking questions, they did have individuals from Pajama media.

Personally I don't care that Ed Schultz was there, Obama did not call on him, so what exactly is your beef?

Obama did call on Sam Stein from the Huffington Post, but unlike Gannon, Stein asked a real question, that challenged Obama.

by jrolsen on 02/11/2009 04:39:32 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Ed Shultz has NEVER claimed to be a journalist (none / 0)
He has always labeled himself a TALK SHOW HOST.  Why shouldn't he have a seat at the table?  He now broadcasts from WTNT in Washington, DC, and wasn't called on to ask a question anyway.  Jeff Gannon, several layers below even Billo or Manatee, was called on by Bush, so why shouldn't Ed Shultz, who is several layers above any Faux Noise person, have a chance to ask a question?

by gatekeeper50 on 02/10/2009 09:47:30 PM EST

Schultz has earned a spot (none / 0)
He has toured the entire country talking to people in open (read non-partisan only) events asking the people whats important to them.

No journalist can say theyve done that to the extent Schultz has.

Plus Big Ed has to MAKE MONEY doing what he does to stay on the air--last I checked Fox News Corp and Murdoc have lost Billions in the last year.

Is this the weak sauce we can expect from Republicans for the next four years?

by calturner on 02/13/2009 05:03:52 PM EST

[ Parent ]
So then what is so special about the front row (none / 0)
if a Republican President will let a far left wing member of the media sit there?

by gotchange on 02/10/2009 10:17:18 PM EST

Dont like it? (none / 0)
Dont watch


by Chinese Democracy on 02/10/2009 10:53:05 PM EST

Well... (none / 1)

...1) he didn't ask a question, so that part of your question is moot.

2) They let FOX people in, why not Ed?

3) WTF has "transparency" got to do with anything?

You Right Wingers find the oddest things to bitch about, yet when a President commits war crimes, you clap your hands in glee at the thought of him and his cronies getting off scot-free. You;re twisted. Really, really twisted.

by MedfordTim on 02/10/2009 11:56:53 PM EST

As far as I call tell (none / 0)
There is no issue with transparency since this isn't an issue of governing. There could be an issue with briefing room protocol, but to determine that we need to know every name that sat in the front row of an earlier administration such as the Bush administration. That is why I asked. It would be unfair to throw the book at Obama without putting this in the proper context.

by gotchange on 02/11/2009 12:12:31 AM EST

[ Parent ]
"Ed Schultz is a Journalist?" (none / 1)
Significantly more so than Jeff Gannon, and he got White House access.

"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 02/11/2009 12:01:56 AM EST

KenTX (none / 0)

Helen to Ken by way of Bush http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=SeJmmQ5y9eQ

 

 

by army193 on 02/11/2009 12:05:24 AM EST

Well, if your a serious "blogger" (none / 0)
then Ed could be a journalist, or, the Pope for that matter.

by MRFred on 02/11/2009 09:18:15 AM EST

Of Course, Fred... (none / 0)
But you dont see me at presidential press conferences, austensibly there to ask questions...

There IS a difference, and since none of you can come up with a serious justification for allowing this to happen, I guess my point is proven...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 10:17:54 AM EST

[ Parent ]
No justification (none / 0)

There's no need to justify that someone attended a press conference. Unless your head exploded when you saw him, what's the big deal about it? Fox News got to ask several questions, so you republican guys were fairly well represented.

Btw., Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly etc. at a Bush press conference wouldnt have made much of a differece - the "real" journalists weren't much tougher on him anyway. And NOW you start worrying about balance?

by OldGerman on 02/11/2009 10:39:05 AM EST

[ Parent ]
So, Sir... (none / 0)
When Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity demand to be in the front row of the next Obama press conference, you would be OK with it?

Please do not lie to us. There is no defense of this...

Is it a really big deal? Probably not - but its the little things that absolutely destroy any feeling of credibility and honesty between the President and the public.

Obama was elected not due to his experience or skill, but on the promise that he would change the way things were done and make government more answerable to the people. He is losing his credibility by the minute with all of these silly tax cheat appointments, lies on the stimulus pork bill, and now letting Left wing radio talk show hosts attend and participate in his press conferences...

Little by little, the first month of this administration has been one clusterfuck after another... its building, and America is taking notice of it....

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 11:01:18 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Again with the change... (none / 0)

Did you see Ed Schultz in the front row of a Bush presser? No?

Well, then, I guess things have changed....

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 11:32:36 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Is that the change... (none / 0)
That the American people wanted?

Hell, is that the change the Kool Aid drinkers wanted?

Partisan Hacks acting as journalists?

I think not...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 11:43:04 AM EST

[ Parent ]
America GOT the change it wanted (none / 0)

Obama over Republican tyranny.

Bobo...you LOST. Get on the train before you're left at the station.

You and Ken need to look up the word "hack." I don't think it means what you think it means....

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 11:51:33 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Did they, Tim... (none / 0)
Looks to me like the Republicans are still running the show...

Obama is nominating crooks and tax cheats for high office, definitely a Republican trait, wouldnt you say, Tim?

Obama is losing all of the bacon, or tasty pork, out of his stimulus bill as a result of Republicans. How is that winning, Tim?

Obama is allowing one sided political hacks to attend and participate in nationally televised pressers...Kinda like when Bush let that queer Repub Gannon to ask him softball questions. Any change there? How long do you think before Olbermann and Maddow get to be "objective" journalists in the briefing room? Any answers, Tim?

Obama still hasnt done SHIT about Iraq. What about it, Tim?

Obama is planning 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan. Thats change, right Tim?

Obama isnt going to prosecute Bush & Company. Thats what you wanted, right Tim?

I could go on and on, Tim. Yeah, the Republicans lost, and rightly so.

But wher is the change you guys sold the American public on? As of yet, I havent seen it...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 12:37:03 PM EST

[ Parent ]
you need to change (none / 0)
your adult diaper, you are full of shit.

Of course you see a change. Or you wouldn't be complaining about it.

I could go on to

But you know you are wrong


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 12:58:23 PM EST

[ Parent ]
LOL (none / 0)

Three weeks.

You a FUNNY clown, Bobo!

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 01:19:17 PM EST

[ Parent ]
In 20 minutes... (none / 0)
Reagan had the Iranian Hostages freed...

In 4 hours, FDR had us ass deep in WWII...

In the span of 4 days, Truman nuclearized the world...

If Obama is this miracle worker you wish him to be, where are the miracles?

Three fucking weeks is a lifetime for changing things....

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 01:27:48 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Bob, (none / 0)
I am still waiting for that list of people who were in the front row during the Bush administration. I would rather not go off topic here just yet.

by gotchange on 02/11/2009 01:39:09 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Glad you don;t teach History (none / 0)

Reagan had his plan for the hostages in place 6 mos before taking office - it was his subterfuge with Kissinger of the hostage situation which got him the office.

FDR waited a couple of YEARS before getting us into WW2.

Again, the plan was being worked on for YEARS before Truman acted.

And none of them had the opposition of a bunch of obtruction-for-obstruction' s-sake pricks HOPING for any of their - or the COUNTRY'S - defeat. As is the current position of the Republican Party.

Just...get out of the way. Okay?

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 01:47:27 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Yes Tim, I realize this, but... (none / 0)
Unlike these examples, Obama wont do the things he said he would.

Here is a man with enourmous power.

He could end the Iraq war today.

He could end the Afghanistan war today.

He could investigate the Bush crime family today.

He could order the investment of federal monies into renewables and other Liberal causes today.

He could stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons today.

He could mandate equal work for equal pay today.

But he wont. He instead would rather put on a show, have press conferences with Liberal Hacks in the front row in some made for TV circus...

Why isnt he changing America, Tim?

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 02:27:21 PM EST

[ Parent ]
NOW you're impatient. (none / 0)

...

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 02:33:28 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Its spelled enormous (none / 0)
Why isnt he changing America?

What rock are you under. Or do you sit there with a bag on your head?


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 04:31:18 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Sadly... (none / 0)
He does teach history.  At least that's what he's claimed before.

by Spencer on 02/11/2009 02:41:46 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Hey Kentroll (none / 0)
Its posts like that that include phrases like
"celebrataing the body count of dead service people....."

That make you a common troll

Not the fact that you have a difference of opinion.

Got it?

Cleared up for you now?

Man you are one bitter pissy old man

Thats whats wrong with the conservative party

Its 99% bitter pissy intolerant old men.


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 04:28:45 PM EST

[ Parent ]
No, didn't expect change from the Right (none / 0)
"Hey Tim, are we still running the "Where's Obama?" day counter."

I know where Obama is.

Oooh! You meant to say "Osama," but had a Freudian experience on the way, eh?

You...did...mean to say "Osama" right? You aren't still running with that "he's a hidden Muslim terrorist plant" meme are you? Did you need to update your talking points?

No, you're still the same obstructionist to real advancement you Right Wingy types are famous for. I never did expect everything to change...

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 05:42:18 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Reagan did not free the hostages (none / 0)
We really need to stamp out this lie. Jimmy Carter's people freed the hostages. The hostages were freed before any of Reagan's people had taken their position in the government.

Not one Reagan nominee had spoken to an Iranian representative. (At least not legally, or officially)

Get a life Bobo1, and stop trying to Deify Reagan. There is plenty of documents that show that the deal for the hostages had been cut a couple weeks before, and the people in the room were sent by Carter, not Reagan.

Too be honest we now know that if the hostages had not been released, Reagan would just have sent the Iranian's arms, anyway. He had no problem with giving Iranians weapons for hostages.

by jrolsen on 02/11/2009 05:00:36 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Use this as a mantra (none / 0)

"Not one Reagan nominee had spoken to an Iranian representative. (At least not legally, or officially)"

The "legally" and "officially" parts especially.

Just as Kissinger undermined Johnson's 1968 peace talks with the North Vietnamese, Reagan's people had Iran hold off their talks until AFTER the election to keep US sentiment against Carter.

Plenty of time between November and January to get them out, donchaknow...

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 05:48:39 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Yes Bobo1, I would Not Care (none / 1)
Yes I would not care, because to be honest none of them have the courage to sit there. They are big and tough in the safety of their studio, but have no courage out side of it. So, I'm really not worried about it.

Even if they did have the courage, I would welcome it, because they would ask a stupid, fact free question, and Obama would slap them down with actual facts, and a real understanding of the issues.

Now I could see where you could be upset if Sean Hannerty or Rush Limbaugh had requested credentials and they had been denied. Then I would have been upset too, but those cowards don't have the courage to be there, so this really is just a pissant rant from someone who is just not going to be happy.

by jrolsen on 02/11/2009 04:52:46 PM EST

[ Parent ]
I'm still waiting for that list Bob (none / 0)
How are we supposed to know that what you want us to justify needs any justification at all if you don't provide us with the proper background information. I need to know every sing person who sat in the front row during the Bush administration so we can compare this.

by gotchange on 02/11/2009 10:54:53 AM EST

[ Parent ]
My apologies... (none / 0)
Since I have a job, and you obviously still live in your mother's basement, I havent had time to respond to your petty demands.

I know that Helen Thomas, a very lovely lady, has sat in the front row for almost 40+ years. I know that Sam Donaldson also used to have a front row seat. I know that David Gregory had a close seat last year while Bush was president for NBC.

What I do know is that Radio talk show hosts have not been in the front rows of previous presidents press areas. I know that the Liberal MSM would scream and curse if people like Michael Medved, Michael Reagan, Ann Coulter, Pat Buchannan, Alan Keyes, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Michael Savage were allowed to even BE IN the press rooms, let alone participating in the discussions directly with the president.

Now, If President Obama chooses to go on Ed Schulz's radio show to speak to his audience, that would be GREAT!!!! If Ed Schulz invited the President to be a regular contributor, I wouldnt even mind that.

But God Dammit, dont say there is a fair and balanced approach to the meida when whack job pundits are at press conferences. I thought the media was supposed to be objective?

Isn't it the Liberals who are screaming about Fairness all the time? Is it fair that Ed Schulz gets to participate but Rush Limbaugh doesnt?

:)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 11:17:44 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Well, seeing as how I am a college student (none / 0)
it would make sense that I live with my parents. I'm not sure why you had to start with childish name calling since this was a serious discussion. Don't lecture me on the issue of fairness you brought this up. Stop dodging the question and tell me who sat in the front row during the Bush years. It is a fair question since you're the one who brought up Bush. If you can't answer that you have no right to complain about who sits in the front row in the Obama administration. This is not an issue of transparency since this isn't an issue of governing.

Still waiting for the list

; )

by gotchange on 02/11/2009 12:20:54 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Did you ask the Faux Noise crowd if they were (none / 0)
invited?  No, you run based on hypothesis that crumbles upon the weakest inspection.  Your standards can never be met because you continually change them.  Manatee, slushy limpballs, billo the clown, man coulture, and the rest of your pantheon of pathetic propagandists don't have the gonads to ask much less attend, but should one wriggle through the door be prepared to ask a really good question for they will be schooled like the kindergarten bully they all are.  And please remember this, Ed Schultz has invited them all on his show at one time or another, but they are all too cowardly to show up.  When they do appear on the same cable show together Ed Schultz waxes the floor with them and sends them whimpering off the set with white flags dangling from their ass.dangling ass

by gatekeeper50 on 02/11/2009 12:34:06 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Example of media being "objective" (none / 1)
Fox News received a press release from a GOP outpost, and rather than reporting it out or applying even the teeniest bit of critical scrutiny, they cut-and-pasted the whole kit and kaboodle into a slideshow

The instance came on this afternoon's edition of Fox News' Happening Now, in a segment on the stimulus package that was preceded by the following introduction by host Jon Scott: "We thought we'd take a look back at the bill, how it was born, and how it grew, and grew, and grew." Note, please, the introduction of this segment with the active verb "we thought," as if what followed came out of some organic newsgathering process, founded by a genuine curiosity for how the stimulus package "grew and grew." As opposed to: "A press release from the Senate Republican Communications Center today highlights the escalating top line cost of the stimulus package," which would have been a less disingenuous way to introduce the segment.

But the real nimrod part of it all is that the Senate Republican Communications Center included a typographic error, which Fox didn't even change!

http://tinyurl.com/b95h82


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 12:52:04 PM EST

[ Parent ]
The only surprise... (4.50 / 2)

...is that neither Bobo nor Ken posted it - with typo - here...

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 01:24:04 PM EST

[ Parent ]
lol you (none / 0)
have an excellent point


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 04:23:47 PM EST

[ Parent ]
IOKIYR (none / 0)
"Since I have a job, and you obviously still live in your mother's basement"

And you know this, how?

"Is it fair that Ed Schulz gets to participate but Rush Limbaugh doesnt?"

Strange coming from the person who constantly tells "liberal" posters "life isn't fair, get used to it".

"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 02/11/2009 10:57:29 PM EST

[ Parent ]
I know this... (none / 0)
Because gotchange writes and thinks like a little twit who lives in his mommys basement. Since I work with whiny little twits all day, its easy for me to spot them in a crowd. - As for life being fair, you're right. Life isn't fair. I just don't want you Libs to forget who is making it unfair now (hint: his name isn't Bush). :)

by bobo1 on 02/11/2009 11:50:46 PM EST

[ Parent ]
BoboTX just the sort of teacher (none / 0)
You would want teaching YOUR children. Such dedication and caring.

"Because gotchange writes and thinks like a little twit who lives in his mommys basement. Since I work with whiny little twits all day,"

Who you trying to impress with that BoboTX?

Silly old drunk


by Chinese Democracy on 02/12/2009 01:14:22 AM EST

[ Parent ]
Part of the reason... (none / 0)
you are the way that you are, I suspect, is because you never had a teacher like me who actually cared for you and revealed the truths of life to you up front. Your teachers probably just passed you on and passed you by, realizing there was certainly something wrong with you but not having the courage and strength of character to say something about it to you or your parents.

I might not be the nicest instructor, Hell I might not even be a good role model to the "yutes" of America, but when kids leave my classroom they have a clearer perspective on the world around them and they take with them the fact that the world isnt always a nice place, especially when they realize its getting filled up with people like you...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/12/2009 08:48:54 AM EST

[ Parent ]
just as long as they dont have (none / 0)
YOUR perspective of the world . Thats what Im worried about.

part of the reason "Im the way I am" is watching conservatives try to dismantle everything I view as good about America.'

You arent qualified to make any other judgments on the subject.

Hell BoboTX you might not even be a good teacher

:)


by Chinese Democracy on 02/12/2009 03:15:48 PM EST

[ Parent ]
A reason why (none / 0)
"Hell I might not even be a good role model to the "yutes" of America"

Possibly as a result of your continued insistence that everything is messed up, can't be improved and only stupid people try to change things for the better.

"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 02/12/2009 03:55:59 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Hey Bob (none / 0)
Not sure why you need to start name calling. I guess you just didn't expect to look so stupid when you posted this. Do you need a nap little guy? So tell me, if you're so smart why can't you answer a simple question little guy? I'm still waiting for my list. That list is not a petty request. It contains the important background information we need to talk about the topic you brought up. I didn't bring up Bush, you did. Sorry little guy, you lost this one when you ran out of things to say and just tried to insult people. By the way, you post here much more than I do. Well gotta go finish my finger painting.

Bye little bob

: )

by gotchange on 02/12/2009 12:38:35 PM EST

[ Parent ]
Dear Little Twit... (none / 0)
I have already given you the list of people who have occupied the front areas of the Press Room during past administrations -

Helen Thomas, a fixture there for centuries

Sam Donaldson, But I think he retired

David Gregory until he got that horrendous show named Meet the Depressed.

Ed Henry from CNN, but I dont know if he was a "front row" guy.

Who you wont find are overly zealous hacks like Limbaugh, Hannity or Fucking Ed Schulz, the king of Messiah Obama fellatio techniques.

If you have a list in mind, please share with the rest of the class. If not, shut your little twit mouth, get your mothers nipple out of it and go back to your Community College...

Your nic says a lot about your character, but it sould read: (Do I) gotaclue?

:)

by bobo1 on 02/12/2009 01:39:45 PM EST

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awww (none / 0)
Did I hurt your feelings little guy? So there were only like five people who sat in the front row all eight years Bush was in office? Yea that seems unlikely. There's not much else to say other than I win and you lose.

by gotchange on 02/12/2009 03:00:49 PM EST

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You win??? (none / 0)
Win what, a ride on Tiny's dick?

Have at it... You'll probably enjoy

You didnt even know who the fuck Ed Schulz was, so you really dont deserve a place at the big peoples table anyway...

Twit...

:)

by bobo1 on 02/12/2009 03:41:52 PM EST

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awww poor bobbles (none / 0)
ran out of things to say there bobbles? Gay jokes kinda went out of style in like eight grade (and you're a teacher?). Are you sure you belong at the big people's table and not me? I'm not the one who went off the deep end when asked a fair and legitimate question about the subject like a two year old.


Still waiting for that list bobbles. And since I know you are just going to say I never answered your question, I will answer it again. I, nor anybody else for that matter, needs to justify who sits in the front row of a press conference because personal views don't matter. The founders drafted the first amendment to protect our right to freedom of expression. Those damn liberals.
: )

by gotchange on 02/12/2009 04:39:55 PM EST

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Hummmm serious justification... (none / 0)

Ok....Democrats have higher standards....for Republicans all you need to be in a presidential press Confeence is to be a conservative gay porn star.

Now that you mention it...were sitting next to Jeff...oh never mind.

On his resume Gannon said he was a graduate of the Leadership Institute Broadcast School of Journalism, a two day seminar for "conservatives who want a career in journalism." That's how he got his press credentials plus working for a (fictional) web news organization.

Mr Schultz has a 30 year career in broadcasting and news reporting in addition top be a progressive talker:

A veteran of 30 years in broadcasting, Schultz has covered some of the biggest events in American history. His gripping live network reports from Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. during the attacks of September 11th 2001 are the stuff of legend. Displaying quick thinking, composure and heart, Ed Schultz captured the moment through the voices of the biggest political names of the day on the spot and in the moment. Schultz also took his show to Gulf Port, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, leading a personal effort to make a difference. He is one of the few broadcasters in the country ever to do a show from Cuba.

Shultz has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine in each of the last two years. In 2007 Ed Schultz was nominated Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records .

 Ok the "stuff of legend" is a bit over the top but its not like he has done nothing but spin records or bloviate...like Limpballs.

by MRFred on 02/11/2009 11:15:39 AM EST

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Fred, when are we going to learn? (none / 1)

Sometimes it seems like a complete waste of time putting up facts, doesn't it? Conservatives have the ability to block out reality whenever it doesn't fit into their narrow perception track.

Notice how Bobo complains about "Double Standards." This from someone who bitches about the government helping people while he draws a government check. Gotta wonder why he doesn't get a job teaching at some christian school where his evolution-free views are championed instead of taking a taxpayer supported job.

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 11:37:44 AM EST

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Facts are Stubborn Things (none / 0)

so are warts, in-laws, right wing ideologues and liars.

 

by MRFred on 02/11/2009 12:30:45 PM EST

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speaking of bloggers (none / 0)
I found it cool that he called on someone from Huffington Post.


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 12:45:50 PM EST

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Kentroll watches Bill O (none / 0)
Gosh wonder where you even got this idea? hmmm


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 12:54:04 PM EST

Oh...by the way.... (none / 1)
For anyone taking Bobo even halfway seriously on this "unprecedented access for radio show hosts/political hack" nonsense, read on...

"Now, last night, ladies and gentlemen, I had the honor of once again being invited, and thus I attended, the White House Christmas party.  President and Mrs. Bush do this three times a week for a couple or three weeks and every night is a different group of people, and last night was the media, the media's turn to go in." 

[...]

"Ailes walks up to the president and Mrs. Bush, and the president opens his arm, "Well, look who's here," and they start chatting and talking and so forth, and after a while I finally shouted, "Hey, can we move this line on, please?"  And Bush turned around and had a smile on his face and said, "Quiet, Limbaugh, Ailes and I are conspiring."

[...]

"I was very appreciative of the invitation, 'cause who knows when, if ever, ladies and gentlemen, someone like I will be invited back there again, other than for an interrogation.  So it was a thrill and a great opportunity " (source)

Wanna go over how Liberals would pull out the guns if Rush or any other Right Wing Ass Hat got undue access to a press conference again there, Bobo? Ed didn't even ask a question, let alone get a chance to break up a conspiracy...this is just one example...

by MedfordTim on 02/11/2009 01:41:38 PM EST

Yes, but... (none / 0)
...in Bobo's head, rightwingers are entitled to being the bad guys, while progressives have to follow the rules (which he just made up in said head). Basically, he's just making fun of those trying to act responsibly.

by OldGerman on 02/11/2009 01:54:16 PM EST

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No not factses!!!! (none / 0)
"We hateses factses!"

(Insert picture of cringing Gollum)

"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 02/12/2009 12:33:38 AM EST

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This is really going to make your (none / 0)
panty hose ride up BoboTX

Daily Show's John Oliver Goes To The White House

The White House briefing room is getting a visit from the Daily Show Wednesday. Correspondent John Oliver is speaking with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

:)


by Chinese Democracy on 02/11/2009 04:21:49 PM EST

uh oh (none / 0)
there goes the republic

by gotchange on 02/11/2009 04:42:55 PM EST

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In case anyone already (none / 0)
said this, my apologies. And perhaps this point is so obvious it got overlooked. Ed Schultz is as legitimate a participant in a presidential presser as anyone from fox news. Yes, even Chris Wallace. "Fox News" is nothing more than a brand name for an opinion media network. It is not a real journalism outlet. Last I checked, Obama was still taking questions from "Fox Fair & Balanced News".

by hazmat on 02/13/2009 06:41:11 PM EST

yes he did (none / 0)
Yes Obama did take a question from Faux news

She was wearing a red dress and proceeded to rattle off conservative talking points verbatim .


by Chinese Democracy on 02/13/2009 07:05:18 PM EST

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YearlyKooks (none / 0)
MSNBC is getting the "opinion media" badges.

by Twba on 02/14/2009 12:15:14 PM EST

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wrong TWbTX (none / 0)
MSNBC is biased but reality based.

and you thought you where smart


by Chinese Democracy on 02/14/2009 12:50:29 PM EST

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