Big Eddie dissing AAR and Sam Sedar...lame...

[zulchzulu]

Apparently Big Eddie heard that Sam Sedar was telling people to call and complain to XM Radio that he's taking the Noon to 3AM shot.

Big Eddie is losing it... ick...

He just said that he wished "Air America would just go away...they never sell any advertising... all they can do is hate people...they can't sell any crap...who the hell is Air America...all they do is confuse people...they can eat me...they suck..."

He sounds like that other fat fuck, Rush Limpole.

[geomon666]

1. Republicans don't like AAR.

Simple as that.

[tridim]

2. Wouldn't be a problem if AAR listened to it's listeners' wishes.

AAR's management is nuts if you believe Malloy, they're not on our side.

[marmar]

16. It's not AAR in this case, it's XM....

Thom Hartmann will officially hold the spot on AAR's lineup, but XM is opting to air Ed Schultz instead.

[tridim]

21. XM has the "exclusive" AAR contract

It stands to reason that they'd be required to air the AAR content live and unadulterated. You're fooling yourself if you think AAR didn't have a say in this.

[marmar]

23. But why would AAR want XM to air a show by someone from a competing network....

in this case the Jones broadcasting network, rather than someone whom they syndicate (Hartmann)? Granted, I'm not going to even pretend to understand the radio business, but that's pretzel logic to me.

[tridim]

24. Because Randi is an agitator

Malloy was a major-agitator and he was canned.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Im listening......

it is pretty sad. And, I wouldnt be surprised if the right used this as fodder.
And if he means the administration, he should make himself plain. Otherwise he is making some statements that are very untrue about the personalities.

[Horse with no Name]

4. He can out-rush Rush sometimes

I hate that gasbag.

[yankeeinlouisiana]

5. I just called XM to ask them

why Ed Schultz would be on instead of Thom Hartmann. They sent my call to a "complaint center" (answering machine). I told them I was very disappointed in their decision and that I would have to rethink my XM account.

I think I'll just have to stream everything I want to listen to on my laptop.

:-(

[hlthe2b]

14. Take the time to fill out an online email form as well...

Be sure to include your account number. (More likely to get read)....

[wryter2000]

6. So what else is new?

One of the many reasons I don't listen to him.

[eagler]

7. Without the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE it's not going anywhere.

And since the FD has little support,it's chances over the American airwaves are almost zilch. Possibly it should try gaining airtime over Canadian airwaves.

[otohara]

8. Sam Should Know....Once Radio Asswipes Make A Decission

they won't change their minds. Calling XM won't make a damn bit of difference.

He also should have expected Big Boring Eddie to take swipes at him. He doesn't like AAR, he's big on name calling. He's not the brightest bulb on the dial, that's why he's on Jones.

[LittleClarkie]

9. Hasn't Randi dissed him as well?

Eh, it seems to go back and forth.

[The Count]

15. He was maneuvering to get her spot - kick her out when AAR was formed

This after Randi did all the political legwork to get support for an AAR...
So, it's not "back and forth". It's a freeper aswipe trying to slither in our midst.

[napi21]

10. Sounds like entertainment self preservation to me.

I listen to Ed almost every day, and most of the timeI really like him and his positions. He's also very good at fighting the Pug positions DIRECTLY to the ones who call him! I like that.

It really does sound like he's talking about the AAR admin though. I'm listening to him right now, and he's not slamming the hosts, but the way AAR was and is being operated.

He has a lot of AAR supporters calling in to disagree with him too.

[zulchzulu]

11. I'm going to try and call and see if I can make him tip over...

He sounds like he's going to have a cardiac at any second...now that would be entertaining radio from this asswipe.

[zulchzulu]

19. I got through, but the show is on delay in Madison

It aired from 11-2....damn...I wanted to dress the SOB down.

[LSparkle]

12. I'm SICK of Jones Network people dissing AAR -- S. Miller did that too

Where the fuck was the 'Jones Radio Network' until AAR came along and gave "progressive talk" enough oomph to make some stations flip to the format? I'm SOOOO tired of Schultz -- and Stephanie Miller, too -- kicking AAR under the bus, when they wouldn't be ANYWHERE without Air America.

OK, so AAR has some asshats in charge (or has in the past); what business hasn't? I still would prefer to listen to Sam Seder, Randi Rhodes, Rachel Maddow and Thom Hartmann than Ed and Stephanie. And, yeah, AAR made a HUGE mistake firing Malloy but ... what's done is done.

[vireo]

33. When did Stephanie ever attack AAR?

When discussing Air America she usually points out that she is with Jones, but I've never heard her speak disparagingly of any AAR hosts.

[zulchzulu]

35. She has never dissed AAR from the times I've listened to her

She only makes a point that she's not AAR..Jim does do a very funny Al Franken impersonation...but that's as far as it gets.

Stephanie's show is funny as hell and she is classy...Ed....not so much...

[zulchzulu]

13. MP3 of a sample from Big Eddie...

http://www.awolcowboy.com/mp3/ed.mp3

Pathetic...sounds just like Bill O'Lielly to me...

[The Gunslinger]

17. the man is filled with hate

I just found out that WCHL in Chapel Hill is putting him on the noon slot (replacing Franken) after today I will get Sirus radio. I won't support a station that has this fake liberal on.

I even disagree with a lot Air America's practicies, but to call thier talent horrible, and to say the talent sucks and agree with O'Rielly, It tells me deep inside where he really stands. He is a phony. He never speaks with such vileness against The decider's war crimes. The only time I have heard him speak with such utter hate is when he is against the left. I have even caught him saying "You Liberals" in that snide contempt filled way that Rightists use.


Ed Shultz - You are the one that SUCKS.

I almost forgot. Little Eddie never even heard what Sam Said. He just got an e-mail about it.

[LSparkle]

18. He is a DLC-type Dem -- that's why he's had on Hillary

and routinely talks to Democratic Congressional leadership. He thinks that "progressive talk" ought to just trumpet the Democratic leadership's talking points -- that's why Randi refused to do business with him, because she preferred to go with AAR, which isn't so deeply in bed with the Democratic Party (and its leadership).

He's exactly the kind of "Dem" who will fall in line behind Hillary and the Clintonistas, and turn away from Dean or Obama or anyone who tries to take the Democratic Party back to its roots. Schultz is a "new Democrat" -- the kind that is "watering down" OUR PARTY.

I wish he'd put as much time into saving his own Rethug party as he is trying to destroy the left wing of the Democratic Party.

[The Gunslinger]

22. "Schultz is a "new Democrat" "

Oh you mean a Republican...........;)

[LSparkle]

25. Yeah, in so many words ... It may have worked 4 years ago but not now

WE'RE TAKING OUR COUNTRY (AND OUR PARTY) BACK!

[wyldwolf]

26. BS

...that means the Clintons are Republicans.

That means Howard Dean was a Republican until 2001 or so.

That means John Edwards and John Kerry are both quite possibly Republicans.

Bill Richardson? Republican.
Max Cleland? Republican?

Somehow, the socialists have decided THEY are Democrats and no one else is.

[LSparkle]

27. I don't consider Edwards or Kerry as "New Democrats"

Kerry certainly has been around long enough to qualify as a REALLLY OLD Democrat. And Edwards has always been for the worker vs. the big corporations (even before arriving at the Senate -- he defended individuals AGAINST big business interests).

I don't consider myself a socialist; I just believe in the core Democratic value of work being as important as wealth, that unions are NOT the problem any more than big business is. What the DLC did was try and pull our party toward corporations (and their hefty donations) and unfortunately those contributions came with strings that have gutted organized labor and workers rights, in favor of the glorification of corporate power. I don't want to have to go Green -- I want my party, the Democratic Party, to stand up for workers again. The DLC and the "New Democrat" movement is what has pushed so many out of our party, and I don't want to see this continue. Schultz and his types make as much fun of us on the left as he does the "righties" and that is, as Shrubya would say, "not helpful."

[wyldwolf]

28. So the political landscape is determined by what "you" condider it to be?

Sorry - both Kerry and Edwards (specifically Edwards) is considered a "new Democrat."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=John+Edwards+%22new+Democrat%22&btnG=Google+Search

Here are some more Republicans to add to your list:

Mark Warner
Tim Kaine

Why, Al Gore himself was a founding member of the DLC and he has yet to backtrack on most of his policy work there and as VP, like NAFTA, Welfare Reform, and faith based initiatives.

[LSparkle]

29. So maybe "new Democrats" are different from DLC

The DLC was the force in the party pushing it toward corporate contributors; "new Democrats" may be more descriptive of someone's positions on social issues (e.g., gay marriage, abortion).

Social issues don't bother me as much as the big-business takeover of the party. And, coincidentally, Schultz started ridiculing AAR (and wanting to distance himself and Jones from it) because of its bankruptcy -- as if BUSINESS SUCCESS is the true arbiter of whether something is worthwhile. He's got the DLC/Repug lite mindset that's in love with the "magic of the marketplace."

Schultz is even running promos now that say "The best way to turn red states blue is to stay in the black." Talk about making everything about FINANCIAL success. Wonder how he feels about NPR or PBS.

[wyldwolf]

30. the DLC is the oldest organizational arm of the New Dem movement

And I have news for you: Very few candidates, DLC or otherwise, refuse corporate money. The best way to win under the current system is to outraise and outspend the Republicans.

[zulchzulu]

20. Just yesterday, he proved he's a clueless fat mule on Sudan

http://www.google.com/search?q=sudan+oil+reserves&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Yeah, Sudan has "no oil". That's why nobody is going to Darfur... The guy doesn't do his freakin' homework. This is one of dozens and dozens of examples...

[oregonjen]

31. So I emailed KPOJ and asked them to drop him

After the first hour of his rant, I had to tune out. KPOJ is making changes to their lineup and I asked them to drop Ed. Couldn't he find anything else to whine about today? Jeesh. I'm sick of his voice and I told them so.
His hatred was disgusting. Why not put that energy into talking about the real events going on today.

[zulchzulu]

34. I emailed WXXM in Madison too...Let's De-Ed the airwaves

People who diss Ed do it for good reason. He's generally pedestrian in his interpretation of the news, usually unschooled on a number of issues and tends to bloviate about how great he is...

Give me Thom Hartmann for some entertaining balance or Mike Malloy for some fireworks... love Steph too... but Ed just becomes background noise most of the time. You never really learn anything new on his show; it's regurgitated news with his extra fatty Ed Sauce slopped all over.

[cadmium]

32. Did he really say that? If he did that is a new low.

Jones and AAR have been throwing digs at each other for as long as I've been listening and my impression has been that AAR has fired more personal shots at him. Randi Rhodes outright blamed Schultz for Daschle losing his Senate seat. Schultz ticks me off sometimes --particularly when he falls for Republican BS about war/defense issues, but I think he is usually reasonable.