Try MSLSD On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this Philo, I wasn't aware of this new show by Ed > Schultz until now. Geez what a bunch of Anti-Americans over there on > MSNBC. > > He doesn't care what the costs of health care is.......He is beyond a > Moonbat, Schultz is a crackpot. > > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Philobealo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> By Mark Finkelstein >> >> >> No wonder this guy professes love for President Obama: neither one >> cares how much the government spends . . . >> >> Ed Schultz debuted his MSNBC show this evening by calling for >> universal health care, saying "I don't care how much it costs." There >> was one area, however, in which Schultz did show more guts than his >> new colleague, Keith Olbermann. >> >> ED SCHULTZ: I want to say something tonight to you wonderful viewers >> out there here on MSNBC, and I haven't heard this on network >> television. I want to tell you one thing about health care when it >> comes to money. Personally, this is where I stand: I don't care how >> much it costs. I think it's fantastic that the president's got $634 >> billion in his budget to do something about health care. But if it's a >> trillion, that's OK with me. If it's $1.2 trillion, I don't care. >> >> And a bit later. >> >> SCHULTZ: My argument with the conservatives is that I think they're >> selfish when it comes to health care . . . I've seen billions of >> dollars, you've seen billions of dollars go overseas to foreign >> countries. Now it's time to put it in this country and that's why I >> love President Barack Obama for his committment, a downpayment of $634 >> billion to do something about in this country. >> >> Ed, there's a reason that you haven't heard anyone on network TV say >> they don't care how much universal health care costs: it's crazy. >> Though you're certainly right when you say the $634 billion PBO has >> proposed is a "downpayment." Compared to what the prez has in mind, >> I'd call it a drop in the IV bag. >> >> Let's do give Ed credit for something—beyond the fact that he's bound >> to be a treasure trove of grist for our commentary mill. In contrast >> with Keith Olbermann, who doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to >> invite a dissenting voice on his show, Schultz had two PBO critics on >> his opening-night panel: Lars Larson and Larry Elder, balancing Ed and >> The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel. >> >> >> —Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of >> Right Angle. Contact him at [email protected]. >> >> >> -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
