Ed Schultz lashes out at Congress in defense of 99ers and long term unemployed

On a July 8, 2010 broadcast of the Ed Schultz Show, Ed Schultz blames Harry Reid, Congressional Democrats, and Republicans for not coming to the assistance of the unemployed in this country. Schultz is fired up about this issue and promises to not let the issue go until something is done for the unemployed in this country and the jobs return.

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• Ed Schultz
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• Sharon Angle
• Harry Reid

[GOPkicksbutt]

To all you 99ers who have sucked off the governments tit all your lives-do America a favour-go get a gun and shoot yourselves in the head. Good conservatives like Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney will end these handout programs to you lazy good for nothings!

[danka2000]

Ed, you are right. If you think the democrats are bad, wait to what happens if the republicans win the house, no more benefits for the 99ers which is shameful.

[zuzadf]

@TheSteve3377 this is nothing compared to the way the gov for the last 20 years has walked over human rights . what makes you think they give a dam now. are we just now waking up ? the only difference is that its hitting white people

[indyman77]

@Hsavin1 you said "look out. and included (Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, White House)' THESE are the people that are voting FOR and or verbally supporting the unemployed. How are you pointing the finger at them? When 100% of the Republicans are voting against the unemployed!? Not a Single Republican has voted for the unemployed NOT ONE. And you are pointing at Obama? He is sitting with the fed Chairman supporting unemployed, having press conferences" this video is complaining about the intensity.

[indyman77]

@kingbacon Yeah I don't see the logic in that either because Republicans killed the bill. Several TIMES! Republicans changed their 'excuse' from it is 'bundle with other stuff' once it was unbundled (by the way they passed the unbundled stuff!). Then Republicans said it will add to the deficit, but proceeded to vote, and pass 565 billion in other bills. Now Republicans are supporting a tax cut that ONLY applies to people making a minimum of 200k which will cost .7 TRILLION dollars.

[kingbacon]

Blame the Democrats because one Democrat voted against it? I've got some problems with Corporate Democrats but electing Republicans is not the solution.

[Hsavin1]

You go Ed. Tell it like it is. I's not pretty. The Democrats like the Republicans have abandoned the unemployed workers of America. I disrespect both parties for what they are doing to us. But the unemployed are like the sleeping tiger, when the tiger wakes up, look out. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Congress and the White House you have become almost useless entities.

Pres Obama should have signed the emergency Executive Order for Unemployment. Wake up Mr. President. You're not at Harvard anymore.

[Seldona]

How did this buffoon ever get near a microphone, let alone a tv camera?

All but TWO REPUBLICANS voted against passing this bill. If one Senator hadn't DIED, the bill would have had enough votes to overcome the REPUBLICAN filibuster.

Yet he blames the Democratic Party twice, without even mentioning the actual obstructionists responsible? Democrats passed the bill with 59 votes!

Why not talk about the fact that the right has admitted they would rather we fail, than Democrats succeed?

[shannwil]

It looks like the Bush tax cuts cost 678 billion over 10 years, and unemployment costs 33 billion dollars over 10 years. How is this possible??

[TheSteve3377]

Ed is 100% right