Poor, pathetic Ed Schultz. If we were betting men, we’d say he was probably the fat kid who got picked on by bullies every day during recess.
“Gen. McChrystal has put the president of the United States in an untenable position,” the chubby MSNBC host said. “The president either has to fire him or let this culture of insubordination permeate through the ranks of the men and women under his command…”
“So, once again, here’s President Obama,” Schultz continued. “He has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the Bush administration. I want the president to step up, stand up, take charge, and fire this jackass, Gen. McChrystal. Our troops deserve more.”
Uh-oh, here come those playground bullies from Politifact to pick on Ed with the facts:
McChrystal is a career military officer who rose steadily through the ranks from his first day as a second lieutenant in 1976. It’s true that McChrystal served in several senior Army positions during the years that Bush was president, including as commanding general of the Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2006. In Afghanistan during 2001 and 2002, McChrystal was chief of staff of military operations. He also ran commando operations in Iraq, and he served in two positions with the joint staff in Washington.
But there’s a much stronger argument for linking his career to Obama than to Bush. On May 11, 2009 — less than four months after being sworn in — Obama ousted Gen. David D. McKiernan, the top American commander in Afghanistan, and installed McChrystal. It was widely seen as a deliberate shake-up designed to improve the execution of the long-running war. In announcing the move, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that ”fresh eyes were needed” and that ”a new approach was probably in our best interest.”
So while McChrystal served in senior positions under Bush, he was specifically tapped by Obama to run the war in Afghanistan. To the extent he’s a “problem,” it seems clear to us that he’s Obama’s problem, not Bush’s.
Damn facts!
Source: Politifact.com
This post was last modified on June 28, 2010
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MO RON
I doubt ol' Special Ed was bullied. He played college football and in the CFL. Shultzy is proving to be just another dumb jock privileged with a microphone yet without the facts on his side.
Maybe that is why he attempts to bully people constantly. It is amazing he still has a job.
Poor ed....and all the others out there today just like him....my heart bleeds.....it really just breaks my heart that there are so many utterly ignorant people in the world today....and especially within the media. And, the poor lemmings hear the stupidity coming out of their mouths and buy into it as gospel.
It is a sad state of affairs in our country today. Between the inept media and the completely corrupt school system...we create more idiots than most anywhere.....we are well and truly screwed....
It may surprise the idiot to know that politically speaking it seems McChrystal is a liberal. Perhaps that is a reason he was so confident and comfortable around the liberal reporter. What he failed to realize is that liberals tend to eat each other, they are cannibals if doing so provides them with the opportunity to ruin people's lives and make political points.
Ed is a serious idiot and his stupid diatribe proves it.
Special Ed is the dumbest SOB in cablenews today. Hands down.
Keep it up big Eddie, keep it up, & keep us laughing. You dumbass.
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Facts! Who needs facts? It has been established that it is bush's fault, it's always bush's fault.
I haven't seen an article linking McCrystal to the Tea Party or to right-winged "jihadists" yet.
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