By now I am sure you have heard about Ed Schultz’s little outburst towards Laura Ingraham.
To review, this is what was said:
Now, personally, I believe people like Mike Malloy and Randi Rhodes have said worse stuff. But, I digress.
Here now is Schultz apologizing for his moment of stupidity:
Now, for my own personal thoughts…:
When I first watched Ed Schultz’s apology, I was not sure what to expect. However, I watched it, with my not only eyes and ears; I watched it with something that many in this business of partisanship, do not possess any longer — I watched that video with my heart. I can tell you without any sort of hesitation, that Ed Schultz meant every word of that apology. He is, most likely, tonight sitting at home, a very broken man.
As someone who has said and done my share of stupid stuff on this blog, I totally feel for the man. He was “freewheeling,” and Ad-Libbing. He was caught up in the moment, and decided to hurl in insult at the “other side,” and thought he would use a term in politics called a “Political Whore” or someone who sells his or her soul for the sake of party.
The problem is, he used it towards a woman, and he used “slut” and he did not specify the “political” part —- well, until he already used the term.
In short, He pulled a “Don Imus.” Oops.
There will be many on my side of the fence and on the other side of the fence that will do the pile on. I will not be one of those people. I have watched the apology video and I believe Ed Schultz deserves a reset, and the ability to start over. As someone noted among these commenter’s here; he might be a Left-winger, but he is a sincere left-winger; and for that, he does deserve a bit of credit. I also notice a great deal of cynicism over at that site as well, in the comments. Sorry, I am just not that cynical, I suppose. I am willing to give the man a break. I hope that he lives up to it.
Update: Memeorandum Thread.
I dont buy it. I wouldnt talk about someone like that if I were mad at them, or disliked them – let alone “simply by accident”
It shows who he is. This just means that, at best, he is a man that has to put in extra effort to appear to be a decent, respectable person – which means that, without special effort, he is not.
Well, that is certainly your prerogative. Thanks for the comment. 🙂