posted on March 17, 2005 01:32:47 PM new
Newsweek Magazine profiles Democracy Radio's Ed Schultz in this week's edition.
Media: Straight Out of Fargo
A Red State radio talker tries to center the Democrats
By Jonathan Darman
Newsweek
Feb. 21 issue - Ed Schultz comes from Bush country and looks like it. At 6 feet 2 and 250 pounds, his idea of the good life is eating wings, fishing for walleye and watching football on TV. He passionately defends his right to own a gun, eat a steak and drive a Suburban. He loves his nation, his wife and his son, who plays golf for Texas Christian. He's the kind of guy the president might grab in a rope line, give a fake jab to the gut and call by his nickname, "Big Eddie," just like a friend.
But Schultz doesn't want to be George W. Bush's buddy. For three hours every day he rails against Bush on his nationally syndicated radio show from Fargo, N.D., calling the administration "government by the rich, for the rich" and Bush's policies an "axis of bankruptcy." The White House is listening. When Bush came to Fargo this month, Schultz's producer was barred from attending the event (the White House blamed local officials). "Is this what the president thinks of us folks in the heartland?" Schultz asked his listeners. "He's afraid!"
To hear some Democrats tell it, the GOP should be afraid. Schultz is coming after them and doing it on their own turf, smack dead in the middle of Red State America. Al Franken and Air America shattered the myth that liberals won't listen to talk radio. But Schultz isn't interested in just preaching to the converted. He wants to do something even more ambitious: save souls behind conservative lines. So far, he's had tremendous success. He's been sitting behind a mike in Fargo for 20 years, but during the past 12 months he's gone national in a big way. Schultz has the fastest growing radio show since Rush Limbaugh's—81 markets and counting. He can be heard inside Republican fortresses like Waco, Texas, and Phoenix, Ariz. His syndicator, Jones Radio Networks, says he'll be on the air in 150 to 200 markets by the end of this year. (Jones also carries "NEWSWEEK On Air."
Schultz's secret is to borrow liberally from the Limbaugh playbook of exaggeration and simplification. When Democrats fretted that Bush was secretly plotting against Iran, Schultz pounded away at the White House, breathlessly telling listeners, "This is the kind of stuff that happened back in the 1930s in Germany."
Ideologically, Schultz is all Democrat—he likes universal health care and labor unions, hates Wal-Mart and corporate crooks—but he also delights in hacking away at his party's more sensitive side. When a gay listener recently called to complain about homophobia, Schultz cut him off. He believes Democrats shouldn't talk up gay rights, just like they shouldn't bash God and guns. Schultz says liberals had better get used to his brand of tough love if they want to win in the heartland. "The party thinks there aren't any Democrats between Texas and North Dakota," Schultz told NEWSWEEK, "so why bother talking to people out here?"
Democrats desperate to connect with Middle America are tuning in. Top Democrats like Joe Biden are flocking to his mike. Ted Kennedy wished Schultz a happy 51st birthday on the air. Hillary Clinton, who sounds increasingly Schultzian herself (she recently toughened her tone on abortion), is a frequent guest. "We've gotten to be pretty good friends in the last couple years," Schultz says with great satisfaction.
Schultz has become such a hit with Democratic insiders that he now spends half of every month in Washington and has an apartment on Capitol Hill. He and his wife recently dined at Cafe Milano, the city's see-and-be-seen restaurant. They craned their necks in search of celebrities and swooned when they spotted two—conservative talking heads Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter. Schultz loathes their politics but covets their fame. He may not want to get too comfortable in the capital. He has a good thing going playing the ultimate outsider, and that means keeping his show, and eating his steaks, back in Fargo, far, far away.
posted on March 17, 2005 03:50:43 PM new "NOTE (to anybody who isn't Bigpeepa): The use of the term "WHITE HOUSE"
To think that the "White House" signifies anything other than a building is foreign to the right's widdle brains.
The term White House is often used as a metonym for the President's administration, as in, "Today, the White House announced with classic indifference to the truth, more BULLSH!T
posted on March 18, 2005 05:23:59 AM new
Maggie , you may get him soon...he's invading the South(and the east and the west )...if I hear any call letters I'll let ya know.
You'd like him. I get "Wendy Wilde" here...she's another firecracker and usually sticks to local politics, slamming that creep we have for a governor.
I think you and I should have a liberal talk radio station ...such fun when the repugs call in....just let them talk and they hang themselves.
posted on March 18, 2005 05:35:52 AM new
Bear, I dont know what state cf is from, but wherever it is, its where this little ditty passes as an intelligent statement: The imagination comes from a human who lives on earth in reality.......
posted on March 18, 2005 05:39:25 AM new
dbl, so sorry this is still bothering you. Is the earth real? It's my reality...is it yours? Or do you live somewhere else?
posted on March 18, 2005 05:48:54 AM new
dblfuggedup, you lost the argument...give up gracefully.
It's YOU who doesn't understand as proven by the fact that you can't answer "Do you live somewhere else?"
Yes, obviously you do....and it obviously has nothing to do with any reality........should wean yourself off those drugs......
posted on March 18, 2005 06:17:35 AM new
OK, because it bothers you so much , dble, I'll try to explain. But if YOU'RE so intelligent you should be able to answer simple questions.
Is the earth real?
Do humans live on earth?
Is a human real?
Do humans live in reality?
Does imagination come from real humans?
(Clue: the answers to all of the above is yes.)
The imagination comes from a human who lives on earth in reality .......
Imagination and reality are different.
But without the REAL world and REAL humans, there can be no imagination.
Imagination comes from real humans with their own experience of the real world which influences their imaginations.
Now, you can either think it over or call me names....neither affects me in any way.
But your tantrum is not making you look too bright.
posted on March 18, 2005 06:56:02 AM new
Do humans live on earth?
Is a human real?
Do humans live in reality?
Does imagination come from real humans?
(Clue: the answers to all of the above is yes.)
The imagination comes from a human who lives on earth in reality .......
ROFL!!! - I passed forth grade a long time ago! But okay, I'll go along:
Why do fish live in water?
Do they swallow bubbles?
Can they ever see straight in front of them or do they only have peripheral vision?
oh Crowfarm, you are just too funny for a Friday morning!!
I could run circles around you with this all day, but I have a few estate sales to attend. But do keep posting your prolific and clever statements so I can reply with, The imagination comes from a human who lives on earth in reality... so we all know according the the intelligence of crowfarm, there really is no difference whatsoever between imagination and reality. yeah, right. (You sound like youre the one on drugs! stuck in the sixties freak!)
posted on March 18, 2005 07:21:51 AM new
Sorry DBLF...I think you must not be understanding what Crow is saying.. because she is correct... there is nothing strange and mystical in what she concludes... it is straight forward...imagination and reality are not the same thing, but... the imagination does come from human beings, who are reality.. (at least as far as we know anyway] we could actually be only the figment of a higher being's imagination!!!
In which case humans would be imaginary and their reality would in fact be imaginary too!
posted on March 18, 2005 07:28:22 AM new
Poor little dble says, "" could run circles around you with this all day,"
Now who's suffering from delusions.
Because you can't grasp a concept deeper than who won the last "Survivor" doesn't make others stupid.
Here's where YOU are unbelievably stupid.....
"""so we all know according the the intelligence of crowfarm, there really is no difference whatsoever between imagination and reality. yeah, right""
Here's what I said, """Imagination and reality are different. ""
Now I truly believe you are incapable of any reasoning whatsoever.....you poor uneducated little piece of cheap garbage......understand THAT?
posted on March 18, 2005 01:51:36 PM newNow I truly believe you are incapable of any reasoning whatsoever.....you poor uneducated little piece of cheap garbage......understand THAT?
Well! Well! Lookie who's having a TANTRUM while I am gone?!!!
Why dont you open a dictionary once in awhile before you start spouting off your ignorant statements such as:
All fiction is based on reality
Now for little crowsey-woowsey, here is the definition of what the words mean:
[u]fiction:[/u]
1. An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality, but has been invented.
2. A lie.
3. A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
[u]reality:[/u]
1. The quality or state of being actual or true. (See contrast to #1 above)
2. One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual.
3. That which exists objectively and in fact.
You want post again what you think *I* dont understand about your statement???
!!ROFL!!!
oh, here, give me the pleasure:
The imagination... comes from... a human... who lives... on earth, in reality .......
Well, let's see what I can do:
The stars...so close..are in...the sky... at night..they twinkle..on earth..in reality...
Hey man, like wow, that's totally prooofound!!!
So, then, the world according to crowfart: That makes all fiction based on reality. Simple to understand isnt it? Yeah, okay.
The dictionary (if you have any ability to comprehend one) will tell you fiction IS NOT based on actuality, and actuality = reality!!
Learn to know what you're talking about before you make such insidious remarks. Your statement is wrong and its not my own little definition which says so. ok?
Now go settle in with a nice JD, some burbon, or whatever you haughty-toity, quasi-liberal, out-of-touch, asshols drink,,,so you can ponder the plight of poverty & oppression, the woe of women, gays, blacks, animal fur, and the homeless -all from the comfort of your nice warm home. Then go clean up that egg from your face, quacker.
posted on March 19, 2005 07:51:48 PM new
LOL Parklane. It would be amazing if ever there was evidence she gets up off her computer chair and leaves this board for a minute of real life somewhere!
posted on March 19, 2005 08:54:30 PM new
Ah, yes, how I'd love to live the rich, full life of someone who counts the number of times someone posts here......I am so envious(dramatic sigh )
posted on March 20, 2005 03:38:29 AM new
"Now go settle in with a nice JD, some burbon, or whatever you haughty-toity, quasi-liberal, out-of-touch, asshols drink,,,so you can ponder the plight of poverty & oppression, the woe of women, gays, blacks, animal fur, and the homeless -all from the comfort of your nice warm home. Then go clean up that egg from your face, quacker."
hey db! Im really disappointed in you and take exception to that last statement.How can you be so heartless?? are you some kind of racist??.....I have a furry cat!
edit to add-Db-crowfart has an excuse for being on the computer all day.Minnesota got around 16 inches of snow yesterday....sucks to be her ha-ha-ha..maybe if we're all lucky she got buried in it somewhere<snicker>
[ edited by classicrock000 on Mar 20, 2005 03:43 AM ]
posted on March 20, 2005 05:29:43 AM new counts the number of times someone posts here ....
I sure dont count your posts but it is a bit hard to miss. Signing in here it's like: WELCOME TO THE VENDIO COMMUNITY BOARDS, the crofart channel, all bleech! all day, 24 hours a day, every day.
classic, could you imagine the interrogation of the rescuers if she did get buried alive? "Wait a minute. Are you a democrate or a neocon?... because if you are a neocon, I have a bone to pick with you, you piece of trash...... oh yeah, reality according to crowfart sounds way too complicated for a human...who lives...on earth..
posted on March 20, 2005 08:14:31 AM new
Oh boy...oh boy..oh boy...oh boy...oh boy....
oh yeah, reality according to crowfart sounds way too complicated for a human...who lives...on earth..
I'm so excited....sooooo.. what you're saying DBLF is that you suspect Crowfarm isn't really one of us!! She is making claims that we Humans are not evolved or intelligent enough to understand what reality here on Earth really is......she of superior intelligence.....Mother of creation, has come to show us the way.
oh boy....oh boy.....
So it has happened! The Creator has arrived!
Crowfarm is our leader..!!!! an alien from another world.. the Master of the Universe.(I always knew the Creator was a Woman!)(No she does not need a green card)
She has come to Earth to straighten out all of you knuckle draggin Neocons and bring you into the light and lead you into the Democrats path of righteousness!
So Repent you Neocon sinners, and come crawling and begging for forgiveness..grovel, whine,backtrack..send forth as many smilies as you can..do whatever it takes to win her forgiveness...
