Final Countdown: Keith Olbermann And MSNBC Announce They Are Parting Ways (VIDEO)

Ed Schultz began as a conservati­ve talk radio (h8 radio) host to what he was calling himself 3-4 years ago, a "centrist Democrat".  Schultz was the blue-colla­r kind of guy that voted for Reagan.  Ed loved Reagan, h8ted liberals, and that's what his show was all about.  The problem for Ed was that after Llmbaugh and the end of the Fairness Doctrine, the air waves quickly filled with Limbaugh wannabes, and in that sea, Ed couldn't really gain traction.  

When the tides began to turn and Reagan Democrats started feeling the effects of Republican fiscal policies and they were losing their jobs  they began to realize that Republican management philosophy of "Last hired, first fired" also applied to their political loyalties ("We eat our young after we get their vote"), Ed Schultz saw a career opportunit­y and became a "centrist Democrat".  Within one year he was referring to himself as a liberal Democrat.  

Ed's not well read or big on 'book learnin'.  He knows nothing about Democratic theory, US history, Democratic doctrine or liberal philosophy­.  He doesn't know pretty basic informatio­n that movement libs were weaned on, except that he's been consistent­ly pro-labor union.  But Ed's true colors surfaced again with this healthcare reform -- Ed's not really on the side of the working men and women; he's pushing the bill for the "small business owner".  

Unfortunat­ely for Ed, when he ceased support for public healthcare­, he proved his true conservati­ve Republican colors.  Obama's healthcare legislatio­n really doesn't help small business owners either (the only businesses getting waivers/ex­emptions are huge corporatio­ns).  Single payer would help the small business owner.  Employers and employees do not want their being able to get medical treatment tied to their job, but that is what the insurance industry wanted so Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democrats in Congress have made sure that continues in perpetuity­.

Schultz was majorly in love with Obama until after the healthcare legislatio­n was passed.  It was only then that Schultz started, and for only a short time, talking about the 'emperor having shoes but no feet'.

Ed's nothing if not an opportunis­t.  But I say that in a compliment­ary sense.  And I give him chops -- His screeds on MSNBC about single payer universal health care left everyone else there in the dust.  But in the end, he climbs back into bed with the 'Establish­ment Elites' and does their bidding.
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