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August 30, 2012
Thread 5: Reactions, MSNBC Hitting the Minibar, Etc.
On MSNBC, they are insisting that the statement "You want an American for big jobs" is a "birther" attack on Obama.
From AD, here's a partial transcript:
Ed Shultz: He said "When the world needs to do really big stuff, we need an American."
Ed Shultz: That was a bither line.
Ed Shultz: I don't know how else to take that.
Ed Shultz: That was below the belt.
Maddow: It struck me the same way.
They're also deriding Clint Eastwood as being unwatchable and inarticulate. Remember, this is Rachel Maddow and Al Sharpton and Ed Schultz lodging this complaint.
The most amazing thing here was Ed Schultz' passionate insistence that Clint Eastwood, ventriloquizing (by suggestion) "Go f*** yourself" into the mouth of the Invisible Obama, was a nasty, degrading attack, because Obama is a "family man" and presumably would take offense at this language.
Right. Chicago politician. Chose Rahm Emmanuel as his chief of staff, a famously profane man.
Right, Ed. Poor Obama. How will he get over it.