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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,295 posts)
26. Wow, did he ever flip!
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:41 PM
Feb 2017

Used to listen to him when he was on MSNBC, always liked how he supported unions. Whatever the hell happened?

That's astonishing. Big Ed sure had me fooled. Vinca Feb 2017 #1
HE started his talk radio career as conservative. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #6
He's just a pro voice underpants Feb 2017 #19
Same here. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #46
So agree, Wellstone ruled Feb 2017 #32
me too. I liked him so much on Air America irisblue Feb 2017 #9
Same here. Wow. skylucy Feb 2017 #11
Same here. tallahasseedem Feb 2017 #13
Me too. There was a time I didn't have satellite radio (I live in the boonies) phylny Feb 2017 #23
Me too. I liked him in the beginning. What originally turned my opinion was when he spent months.. George II Feb 2017 #57
That's when I started looking at him differently mountain grammy Feb 2017 #71
Real shame shenmue Feb 2017 #2
He's no even trying anymore. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #10
W. T. F. dchill Feb 2017 #3
From conservative to liberal and now, back to conservative. kstewart33 Feb 2017 #4
My guess is he... Else You Are Mad Feb 2017 #5
Yep. n/t progressoid Feb 2017 #44
So does Trump. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #47
I posted this link above, from 2004: Raine1967 Feb 2017 #8
RT Media huh? Afraid of actually spelling it out, are they? LonePirate Feb 2017 #7
Check out his twitter feed: Raine1967 Feb 2017 #12
Putin's RT call Ed Schultz a PROPHET? Barf! Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #39
That was pretty astounding, huh? Raine1967 Feb 2017 #48
A prophet. Well I'd read that Putin was trying to hitch his ride Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #52
Oh My....And Lookie Who Is Sitting On The Screen Next to KGB Big Ed.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #79
Ed loves Russia now. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #14
What I remember was that his new wife, girlfriend was responsible for his ...... Jim Beard Feb 2017 #15
Never followed him, never cared for him and I am glad I ruined his shirt. MuseRider Feb 2017 #16
Really!? Stellar Feb 2017 #17
Really. eom Raine1967 Feb 2017 #28
There ya go. herding cats Feb 2017 #18
A mercenary pundit ... the highest bidder wins. NurseJackie Feb 2017 #20
Yes he always sounded blustery( is that a word? ) like Limbaugh. Could never relate . lunasun Feb 2017 #21
Not just you. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #30
Yeah it seemed like that to me. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #85
This is good, everyone's coming out of their holes. JHan Feb 2017 #22
Indeed. dalton99a Feb 2017 #33
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #74
What the hell? Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #24
With this being the same guy Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #25
THAT GUY INDEED. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #50
Wow, did he ever flip! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #26
Schultz will say anything for a buck. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #27
Bingo. He's a male Greta VanSusteren redstateblues Feb 2017 #41
Oh, God. You mentioned her. I was having a pleasant evening... Eyeball_Kid Feb 2017 #77
Putin probably gave him another private jet for his fleet. dalton99a Feb 2017 #29
I always knew he started out as just another righty regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #31
To an extent it gives me pleasure as well. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #63
Same. I never felt Schultz was the real thing. VOX Feb 2017 #70
He has always been a Republican. Tatiana Feb 2017 #34
He's not a Republican, he's a green rpannier Feb 2017 #51
Ain't no coming back when the other side is through with you Eddie. CanonRay Feb 2017 #35
Never thought I would see that. Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 #36
Ed follows the money. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #37
What a piece of shit!!! Showing his true colors GREEN!! Pisces Feb 2017 #38
I almost have more contempt for Ed than Milo BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #40
Welcome to DU. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #53
Very proud to say I *never* listened to him or watched him, ever. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #42
it's show biz...eddie goes where the bucks are....like greta...hewitt....ben ginsberg.... spanone Feb 2017 #43
Well Ed now is in the group of people I really used to like when i was younger Botany Feb 2017 #45
Well Ed now is in the group of people I really used to like when i was younger. LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #65
I bought into the good old coach Joe Pa crap until ..... Botany Feb 2017 #68
Just another con man. paleotn Feb 2017 #49
Yeah because MFM008 Feb 2017 #54
I'll keep an open mind and hear his speech Sienna86 Feb 2017 #55
Do you think that CPAC supports the common person? Raine1967 Feb 2017 #64
Looks like Randie Rhodes had him pegged from the start still_one Feb 2017 #56
Agreed. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #61
You beat me to it! Nictuku Feb 2017 #92
Great minds think alike I guess still_one Feb 2017 #94
I hope she is right about Comey too! Nictuku Feb 2017 #95
Right before he went off the air at Air America Dracaena Feb 2017 #58
Wow. Damn. Leith Feb 2017 #59
Got another prediction here: LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #60
For myself, that isn't a prediction: It's already happened. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #62
For myself, that isn't a prediction: It's already happened. LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #66
Skinner himself has said that RT is Russian State run TV. Raine1967 Feb 2017 #73
BINGO.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #80
Wedged in between Brietbart and some group that never wants to pay their fair share of taxes lunasun Feb 2017 #67
Better Ed than dead, I guess Blue Owl Feb 2017 #69
SMH. Interesting... ecstatic Feb 2017 #72
Disappointed in you, Ed lillypaddle Feb 2017 #75
I never liked him. I never trusted him. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #76
Wow, just WOW!!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2017 #78
What a fraud! LW1977 Feb 2017 #81
I'll admit that he had me fooled. drm604 Feb 2017 #82
Me too. What a loser flamingdem Feb 2017 #83
I saw a recent video of him. drm604 Feb 2017 #84
Put me on that list rpannier Feb 2017 #96
This message was self-deleted by its author greatbaldeagle Feb 2017 #86
He's found a new shtick, like most pundits... Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #87
Ed, how is it on the Dark Side? nikibatts Feb 2017 #88
Was he a BoB'er? nt LexVegas Feb 2017 #89
Not sure I think he was very Bernie but: --This from april 2015 suggests he was Trump: Raine1967 Feb 2017 #90
I guess he sold out to the Russians TNLib Feb 2017 #91
Ed's always been a light-weight. If I remember right, he was good on labor and unions, and that's JCanete Feb 2017 #93
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