Ed Shultz blames Bush for Bridge Collapse

Say Anything ^ | 08/02/07 | Rob

[ljco]

No, I’m not kidding. Here’s a paraphrase of what he said:

...the only reason Bush is talking about fatalities is because he didn’t give MN enough money to maintain the bridge.

Right, Ed. Because it’s the President, and not Congress, who appropriates highway funds for roads and bridges.

What’s more, have we really departed so far from our federalist roots that we’re now blaming the President of the United States for not properly maintaining a bridge in Minneapolis (if that is indeed why the bridge went down)? What about local city officials? County road inspectors? State highway department people? The governor?

But hey, I guess this is what you get from a paid mouthpiece for the Democrat party.

Of course, Schultz isn’t the only liberal driven to stupidity by the bridge collapse in Minnesota. Others are saying that the bridge collapsed because, get this, we aren’t paying enough in taxes. Again, I’m not sure why the bridge in Minnesota collapsed (hasn’t anyone been inspecting it?), but if more funding was needed to maintain it Congress could have cut back on the number of million dollar bus stops and bridges to nowhere they’ve been building with our highway money.

[ljco]

Bush Derangement Syndrome strikes again!

[dfwgator]

The late Paul Wellstone deserves more blame than President Bush.

[mosaicwolf]

I was told never attempt to analyze insanity.

[massgopguy]

The bridge collapsed in the middle of maintenance. The money must have come from somewhere.

[InvisibleChurch]

while the libs spend billions a year to get 3 kids to stop smoking

[PeteB570]

And here in NC the D-rats have siphoned off $190,000,000 from the two highway trust funds this year.

They raid the funds each year, delay needed highway projects and complain that we need to put toll booths out on I-95 to raise highway funds.

And the majority of the voters believe them every election cycle.

[Uncle Miltie]

Hey Ed! How’s the dog?

[MountainFlower]

Of for Pete's Sake! Get real!! Some people are so desperate to make the Rep party and the President look bad that they blame him for this? We live in a de-ranged society where no one knows how to take responsibility for anything any more, all they know how to do is lay blame everywhere else. Sad commentary on our society!

PING!

[kinoxi]

Democratic dream:
"after conferring with my esteemed Democratic colleagues, I have come here to finally admit... Yes... I did it... It's all my fault and I'll do it again(snicker)..."

[theDentist]

Ed Schultz... America’s dolt.

[what's up]

This is no surprise.

They were blaming the Feds for Katrina hours after it happened.

[TWohlford]

Uh, until last month, when did Dubya ever veto a spending bill of any sort?

My father and a few of my friends got into the “Dubya cut FEMA funding and that’s why NOLA was a mess” mantra. When pressed, they all claimed that Dubya veto’d the funding before Katrina.

I challenged them on that point, and in spite of numerous quotes saying that Dubya hadn’t vetoed any bill since he was POTUS, they still maintained their stance.

Sadly, the first casualty of activism is truth...

[MountainFlower]

#8 I wasn’t taking your name in vain! PROMISE!

[PeteB570]

:-)

[Volunteer]

I have to admit, while watching the coverage of this last night on FNC, I kept thinking, "I'll bet the first Muslim in Congress gets in front of a camera and becomes the first person to blame G.W. Bush for this tragedy."

I am shocked that Ed Shultz beat him to the punch.

[Clara Lou]

I’m afraid that I’m not familiar with ol’ Ed. No loss, apparently.

[edcoil]

Sadly the feds did little to deflect the blame where it belonged at the state level and bush kept taking responsibility that fueled the attacks.

[denydenydeny]

Laura Ingraham invited people to call in with (sarcastic) reasons to blame Bush about the bridge collapse on her show today and “the Jews were warned not to use the bridge that morning” made me laugh.

[Red Badger]

Have they not considered the possibility that someone just broke something while working on it?..........Hells Bells! Sooner or later they’ll be blaming Bush for all the chewing gum on the sidewalks! Don’t they know how really stupid they sound? The street light is burned out! It must be Bush’s fault! The paper is late! It must be Bush’s fault! I’ve got hemorrhoids, it must be Bush’s fault.....Who in HELL are they gonna blame when Jan 21, 2009 gets here?....

[RexBeach]

Who in blazes is Ed Schultz? He sounds like a real tool.

[bray]

In related news: The DNC’s Iraq platform has Collapsed under the success of the Surge.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[theDentist]

I misspelled Ed Shultz (see tagline). But your description is spot-on.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The same thing has been happening (until corrected by a plebiscite) here in Missouri. More than a third of moneys collected from motor fuels (road use tax) were diverted to keep bureaucrats at work in Jeff City.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Silly... the bridge clearly collapsed because of the guilt it felt over the unjust war in Iraq. Having to sit there day to day with the weight of the unjust war in Iraq, as well as the baseless allegations this Administration hurled at Osama Bin Laden was just too much for the Bridge to bear... and down it went. Clearly if we’d never invaded Iraq, the bridge would’ve never collapsed. :D

[rickomatic]

“Who in HELL are they gonna blame when Jan 21, 2009 gets here?....”

Rudy

[The Blitherer]

Oh please Ed. EVERYBODY knows it was the Jooooos who did this, not Bush. It's part of the International Zionist Conspiracy, dontcha know?

Now my stubbed toe, that's another story. I'm pretty sure I can safely pin that one on Bush.

/sarc (for any little O'Reilly assistant trolls out there)

[Charles Henrickson]

MIHOP DUFU?

[caisson71]

We all knew this would happen. One thing about the DB media - they are sooooooo predictable and shameless.

[ozzymandus]

This schultz idiot was supposed to be “the Limbaugh of the left”, or at least the latest one. I’ve seen him on TV a couple of times, and he’s just a typical stupid, hateful, leftist who thinks he’s a genius. reminds me of that pig beckel.

[Wil H]

It’s not Bush’s fault, it’s GLOBAL WARMING!

..which means it’s Bush’s Fault...

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[Red Badger]

If they all of a sudden stop blaming Bush and start in on Rudy-Fred-Mitt or whoever, with the same language, just change the name, they’ll really sound stupid, not that the MSM really cares...........

[GSWarrior]

Everyone is afraid to say it, so I will: George Bush doesn’t like Nordic people.

[mikrofon]

Hypothetically, if there was a choice of whether to allocate public funds for the bridge repair or the Wellstone Memorial, we know which would have won...

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Maybe it’s Lutherans he doesn’t like.

[Cuttnhorse]

Who in blazes is Ed Schultz?

He used to do the Peanuts cartoon strip.

[Dr.Deth]

Whoever took 16 hours in the BDS pool, congratulations, you win.

[kjam22]

you say Global Warming in jest but several anchors have mentioned the fact that it is such a warm summer there....

Complete idiots.

[muawiyah]

No doubt at all that this Ed Schultz (that's former Sgt, right) uses "Bush did it" as a code word for "the Jews".

These Nazis are getting quite tiresome. We need a regular housecleaning in this country.

[kjam22]

Who in blazes is Ed Schultz? He used to do the Peanuts cartoon strip.

I thought he was retired military. Didn't he used to be a Sargent?

[SoldierDad]

You mean it’s not the President’s job to personally inspect every single roadway and bridge span in the whole USA? /sarc

Ed Shultz is a shill and should lose his job.

[Banjoguy]

I witnesses the big press conference...they were falling all over each other trying to get to the camera and microphone..all making the same self serving, cover your backside, asinine political statements. The Governor has been especially bad about passing the buck.

[Dr.Deth]

Who in blazes is Ed Schultz? He used to do the Peanuts cartoon strip.

I thought he was retired military. Didn't he used to be a Sargent?

"I know nothing!"

[kb2614]

Its much more insidieous that that. The BusHitlerMcHaliCheneyBurtonJOOOOOS had Wellstone whacked because he knew about the plot to destroy the bridge. Who really nows how far the rabbit hole goes.

insert spooky X-Files music here

[Cuttnhorse]

LOL!!; “I know nuthing”

[Lazamataz]

Dear Mr. Schultz:

Bush, in fact, did do it.

He needed more blood from the infants on the schoolbus.

It was only luck and the valiant efforts of liberals that saved those kids.

But expect Bush to strike again! He needs the blood to make pastries from!

Love,

Bar King Munnbat.

[Cuttnhorse]

You are quick...veeery interwesting!

[ravingnutter]

They raid the funds each year, delay needed highway projects and complain that we need to put toll booths out on I-95 to raise highway funds.

Same problem here in Texas PLUS they start construction on projects all over town, half of which they don't work on most of the time and they play with the traffic light times (we've literally caught them) to clog traffic further to push their toll road agenda.

[ishabibble]

It won’t take much work to go back and get some of the anecdotal stories re Katrina and monies. There is even video of the NOLA “victims” swearing at Shepard Smith because the FEMA cards were frozen after the “victims” bought Gucci handbags and casino chips with the cards. Whenever anyone mentions Katrina to me, I round on them like a demented pitbull. I can’t stand that entire obscenity, and and and...RAY NAGIN GOT RE-ELECTED!!!

[Prokopton]

Maybe it’s Lutherans he doesn’t like.

More like Germans and Catholics, the number one ethnic group and religion in Minnesota.