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Schultz slams Feherty's "sick Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid death fantasy," Davis for reading it

May 11, 2009 6:55 pm ET

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Previously:

Feherty apologizes for Pelosi, Reid remarks after pressure from Media Matters

Limbaugh fill-in Davis reads Feherty's comments about "any U.S. soldier" killing Pelosi and Reid, says "his words speak enormous volumes"

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    • Author by carlileb5935 (May 11, 2009 7:26 pm ET)
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      I'm glad that Ed is seeing through this idea that it was some kind of misfired "joke." It wasn't-- all you have to do is read the piece in its entirety to see that the guy was being serious at this point-- and in fact, he was celebrating the troops, not putting them down at all.

      Ann Coulter jokes. This guy was serious.

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    • Author by tonyrich300 (May 11, 2009 8:02 pm ET)
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      That was basically defamation of our American troops.
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      • Author by riverdog (May 11, 2009 9:03 pm ET)
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        no it wasn't. he was just expressing his opinion on what the thousands of troops he has spoken to and supported feel about her. he has done more for troop support than pelosi or big ed have ever done.
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        • Author by carlileb5935 (May 11, 2009 9:23 pm ET)
             
          That is what he was doing... so, where was the joke? He wasn't joking. He was serious about these guys and their feelings.
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          • Author by riverdog (May 11, 2009 9:41 pm ET)
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            i'm not sure what you are saying. was he serious saying what the troops think. then thats just reporting what the troops said. i think he was serios in what the troops say but put in a humorous way on the classic elevator story. and ed didn't research this much..a dallas guy, he is irish and lives in dallas and respects this country more than most of the people born here.
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            • Author by eweston8542983 (May 11, 2009 10:22 pm ET)
                 
              Your going to take his word for what the troops are feeling then? I forgot whether it was 6 to 1 or 9 to 1 for military contributions in the last election against McCain.
              Before you start lambasting us with ancient talking points, several posters here are veterans. Me to.
              Considering the severe stress our military has been put under in the last eight years, and the horrible things that Iraq veterans have had happen to them, its really hard to consider conservatives as their friends. Now military contractors certainly consider them friendly. As long as that friendliness produces profits, no bid contracts, and protection. In return for campaign contributions and media access.
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            • Author by mary59 (May 11, 2009 10:30 pm ET)
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              Oh baloney. Now you're saying that he's so d*mn patriotic that he advocates shooting politicians that he disagrees with. Pelosi and Reid passed legislation that improved the GI bill, among other things, for the troops.

              Soldiers aren't at all unanimous in their feelings, there are plenty of Democrats in the military.
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    • Author by pyratepete (May 11, 2009 10:21 pm ET)
         
      Had the comment been about a scenario where Rushbo, Newt, and Dick Cheny would have been killed tha CONservative talk show hosts would have been screaming for justice and calling for a lynching of the terrorist.

      Talk of violence or the threats of violence for strongly held political views shoudl never be tolerated in a free and democratic society.
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    • Author by fairliberal (May 11, 2009 10:22 pm ET)
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      Schultz is being disingenuous in calling the apology lame. It was very direct and sincere and not qualified in any way that I saw. I wonder what he had to say about John Edwards shoot Cheney comments and olbermann highlighting it. Or Cindy Sheehans kill Bush comments from her book.
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      • Author by mary59 (May 11, 2009 10:33 pm ET)
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        Now, you're just getting on your hate horse again & back on your Olbermann thing.
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        • Author by fairliberal (May 12, 2009 1:03 am ET)
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          My comment was not hateful in any way, it was accurate and addressed speciic points of this thread. This guy was joking as was John Edwards, it was highlighted by Davis as did Olbermann in Edwards comments. Here was the man's apology "This passage was a metaphor meant to describe how American troops felt about our 43rd president," Feherty said in a statement. "In retrospect, it was inappropriate and unacceptable, and has clearly insulted Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid, and for that, I apologize. As for our troops, they know I will continue to do as much as I can for them both at home and abroad."

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      • Author by RABBITLUVR (May 12, 2009 9:43 am ET)
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        Oh bull. If it was 'sincere' as you say then the question is this: would he have issued his 'sincere' apology if Media Matters didn't exert any pressure on him?
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