Ed Schultz Slams White House As Afraid Of Fox News (VIDEO)

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Las Vegas -- MSNBC's Ed Schultz tonight slammed President Obama's White House for its handling of the Shirley Sherrod debacle, suggesting that Obama and his team are afraid of Fox News and don't use progressive media enough.

Speaking to a roaring opening night crowd at Netroots Nation at the Rio casino here, Schultz cursed through a spirited critique of Obama. Schultz pointed to the camera and said he was glad the speech was being recorded and wanted the White House to hear his message. Schultz also leveled insults at conservative Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln (AR), Ben Nelson (NE) and Mary Landrieu (LA), along with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who the netroots helped boot from the party in 2006. Schultz said he didn't care if Democratic Senators boycott his show because he doesn't need them for ratings. He also said that MSNBC "did a hell of a job fighting for health care."

But Schultz's specific criticism was that the Obama administration reacts to controversies sparked in and furthered by conservative media.

"They must have a war room at the White House. I think they've got a sissy room too," Schultz said. "I didn't vote for that."

Schultz said Democrats have failed to live up to their own platform passed at the Democratic Convention in 2008 and he challenged the activists and bloggers in the crowd: "If I've got the balls to say it, you better have the balls to write it."

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1. It's not just the Sherrod debacle

It was also the shameful way the WH reacted to the ACORN non-scandal as well.

I have to question just who the Obama administration is representing because it sure as hell isn't liberals or progressives.