Politico: Liberal talk show host Ed Schultz would like to take the heart of former Vice President Dick Cheney — who is recovering from his fifth heart attack — and “rip it out and kick it around and stuff it back in him.“

On his radio show Wednesday, Schultz mocked conservatives who have attacked him for going after the health of the former vice president.

“You’re damn right, Dick Cheney’s heart’s a political football,” Schultz said. “We ought to rip it out and kick it around and stuff it back in him.”

Schultz, host of “The Ed Show” on MSNBC, said that he was glad Cheney “didn’t tip over” because “he is the new poster child for health care in this country.”

“How come Dick Cheney’s health care isn’t being dropped?” Schultz asked. “Do you realize that if you had five heart attacks, hell, you wouldn’t get past two heart attacks and they’d dump you.”

“But because you’re a war criminal and because you are on the take from Halliburton … you can get the best health care on the face of the earth,” Schultz said.

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Some claim that Ed Shultz is a hater — on the same level as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and all those Republican racists hiding behind radio all over America.

Now, that’s absurd.

Ed is frustrated about a criminal on the loose, and not an imaginary “communist,” who is about to land in your backyard — and take away your years of unfettered privilege. A KILLER who is getting away with butchering 1.4+ million Iraqi people, based on a lie of a magnitude approaching Hitler’s falsehoods about Jews.

I agree with ED 110% …. Cheney and Bush should be tried in a Nuremberg style military tribunal, and when found guilty — BOMBED! — just like they did to hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi women and children. [ READ MORE ]

Notes: Obama Wishes Cheney Good Health — Yeah, ten more heart attacks …and a very slow, painful death.

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Meanwhile, the right-wing obstruction and LIE-Fest continues after Thursday’s healthcare summit:

BIGOT-MISOGYNIST Santorum’s health care stall tactic: “Offer literally thousands of amendments” to keep Senate in session for months

The Fox & FOOLS’ Morris decides: GOP “it a home run” at health care summit

Sean KLANnity still falsely claiming Democrats condemning nuclear option were talking about reconciliation

Beck mocks Rep. Slaughter’s story: “I’ve read the Constitution … I didn’t see that you had a right to teeth“

Man in a Dress, Ingraham, mocks the “ridiculous” “sob stories” Democrats mentioned at health summit

Limbaugh: Many people saw Obama “just like the Magic Negro song” and said “we can vote for this guy … we’re good people“

Rush on killer whale press conference: “[T]hat’s not a killer whale; that’s Rosie O’Donnell“

….and a few sane pundits:

The Nation’s Chris Hayes explains Fox News’ role in moving conspiracy theories from websites to “the mainstream“

Bold Fresh: Osama Bin O’Reilly Says — ‘Sarah Palin Needs To Go To College’

“Sarah Palin needs to go to college,” O’Reilly said. “Political college, world affairs college, and she is. She’s hired a bunch of advisers and they’re giving her a whole bunch of tracks to learn, because it is a sophisticated deal,” Bill O’Reilly told George Stephanopoulos, host of ABCs Good Morning America.

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Huffington Post: Ed Schultz made an impassioned plea for health care reform Wednesday during an on-location shoot at a temporary free clinic in Hartford, Connecticut.

Schlutz told of unemployed and under-insured Americans waiting for treatment and diagnoses to save their lives and told Congress to act. He noted that Connecticut passed a statewide health care reform bill that included a public option–only to have it vetoed by the state’s Governor.

Schultz also called Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman a “coward” and invited politicians to visit the clinic and see how badly reform is needed.

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GOP Healthcare “Scum-Bags” ….

MediaMatters: Fox News still falsely comparing health care reform legislation to Canadian system — Fox News has seized upon reports that Canadian Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is seeking medical treatment in the United States to criticize health care reform, claiming that his medical decision casts doubt on the Canadian system and that the Democrats’ health care reform legislation would “change our system to be more like Canada’s.” In fact, the health care legislation proposed by both the House and Senate is not modeled after the Canadian single-payer system and maintains the majority of the private health care industry. [ READ MORE ]

Limbaugh falsely claims Dems’ health care bill “puts people in jail” for not having health insurance

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The O’Garbage Factor: Fox News isn’t just bad. It’s un-American

   By: Jacob Weisberg
When White House Communications Director Anita Dunn charged the Fox News Channel with right-wing bias, Fox responded the way it always does. It denied the accusation with a straight face while proceeding to confirm it with its coverage.

Consider Fox’s Web story on the episode. It quotes five people. Two of them work for Fox. All of them assert that administration officials are either wrong in substance or politically foolish to criticize the network. No one is cited supporting Dunn’s criticisms or saying that it could make sense for Obama to challenge the network’s power. It’s a textbook example of a biased journalism.

If you were watching Fox News Channel, you saw the familiar roster of platinum pundettes and anchor androids reciting the same soundbites: this was Obama’s version of Nixon’s enemies list, the rest of the news media is in Obama’s corner, Obama should get back to governing, and so on. On The O’Reilly Factor, Alan Colmes, the network’s weak, battered house liberal, mumbled semi-agreement while “Doctor” Monica Crowley, Dick Morris and Bill O’Reilly lit up the scoreboard with these talking points.

Any news organization that took its responsibilities seriously would take pains to cover presidential criticism fairly. It would regard doing so as itself a test of integrity. At Fox, by contrast, complaints of unfairness prompt only hoots of derision and demands for “evidence” that, when presented, is brushed off and ignored.

There is no need to get bogged down in this phony debate, which itself constitutes an abuse of the fair-mindedness of the rest of the media. One glance at Fox’s Web site or five minutes’ random viewing of the channel at any hour of the day demonstrates its all-pervasive slant. The lefty documentary Outfoxed spent a lot of time mustering evidence that Fox managers order reporters to take the Republican side. But after 13 years under Roger Ailes, Fox employees skew news right as instinctively as fish swim.

Roger Ailes – A History of ‘Race Extortionism’

Rather than in any way maturing, Fox has in recent months become more boisterous and demagogic. Fox sponsored as much as it covered the anti-Obama “tea parties” this summer. Its “fact checking” about the president’s health-care proposal is provided by Karl Rove. And weepy Glenn Beck has begun to exhibit a Strangelovean concern about government invading our bloodstream by vaccinating people for swine flu. With this misinformation campaign, Fox stands to become the first network to actively try to kill its viewers.

That Rupert Murdoch may tilt the news rightward more for commercial than ideological reasons is beside the point. What matters is the way that Fox’s model has invaded the bloodstream of the American media. By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn’t just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable.

What’s most distinctive about the American press is not its freedom but its century-old tradition of independence?that it serves the public interest rather than those of parties, persuasions, or pressure groups. Media independence is a 20th-century innovation that has never fully taken root in many other countries that do have a free press. The Australian-British-continental model of politicized media that Murdoch has applied at Fox is un-American, so much so that he has little choice but go on denying what he’s doing as he does it. For Murdoch, Ailes, and company, “fair and balanced” is a necessary lie. To admit that their coverage is slanted by design would violate the American understanding of the media’s role in democracy and our idea of what constitutes fair play. But it’s a demonstrable deceit that no longer deserves equal time.

Whether the White House engages with Fox is a tactical political question. Whether we journalists continue to do so is an ethical one. By appearing on Fox, reporters validate its propaganda values and help to undermine the role of legitimate news organizations. Respectable journalists?I’m talking to you, Mara Liasson?should stop appearing on its programs. A boycott would make Ailes too happy, so let’s try just ignoring Fox, shall we? And no, I don’t want to come on The O’Reilly Factor to discuss it.

Recommended Reading: Intellectual conservatism, RIP

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Notes From RepublicansFORrape.org:

We all agree on two things. First, the Republican party is the best party in the world. Our party is the party of record low taxes and near record high deficits. Our party is the party of free market solutions for the things that we like and paternalism for the things that we don’t like. Our party espouses Christian values. Our party makes war. Our party will always stand against socialist programs and government healthcare; except for Social Security, Medicare, Tricare, Medicaid, and others that are too popular to publicly oppose. Our party is undeniably incredible.

Second, being a “victim” of rape is, at best, a minor inconvenience and can be acceptably swept under the rug. Binding arbitration can and does deliver sufficient remedies for “victims” of gang rapes so breathtaking that the victim requires reconstructive surgery. I can’t provide any examples of restitution because the proceedings of such cases are kept secret. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, concealing these rapes from the public is the only suitable way to talk about them. Rape techniques are trade secrets of the rapist ? sexual intellectual property ? and they deserve protection. [ VISIT THE WEBSITE ]

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From MediaMatters via Daily Kos: Over at Daily Kos, Markos catches Buchanan marking the 70th anniversary of Britain declaring war on Nazi Germany by arguing that Hitler has gotten a bum rap — he didn’t really want war.

As crazy as it seems, this actually isn’t a new line of argument for Buchanan. He has long held that World War II was not “worth it,” that Hitler needn’t have been deposed, and that the Holocaust was Churchill’s fault, not Hitler’s. MediaMatters catalogued those and other monstrous Buchanan claims in a column back in June. [ READ MORE ]

From MediaMatters: Conservatives on Obama’s stay-in-school speech: “Indoctrination,” “brainwashing,” Communist China, Hitler Youth — Numerous conservatives have claimed that President Obama’s upcoming September 8 speech about “persisting and succeeding in school,” along with classroom activities about the “importance of education,” will “indoctrinate” and “brainwash” schoolchildren. Conservatives have compared Obama’s address to Chinese communism and the Hitler Youth, while also calling for parents to “keep your kids home” from the “fascist in chief.” [ READ MORE ]

Colmes mocks speech conspiracy: Next, you’ll “accuse them of implant chips in” kids so they go “Obama, Obama, Obama“

Beck shares “Worst Persons” silver for endorsement of parents’ keeping children home from school on day of Obama’s address

Beck links Mussolini, “completely unrelated” Obama “indoctrination next week“

Stigall on Obama school speech: “I didn’t say the message was bad,” I just don’t want Obama to talk to my kid alone

Sanity on hold: Fox News warns Democrats: “Don’t meddle with our patriotic music” — Fox News hosts have recently fixated on the House’s decision to terminate a pilot program to — in the words of Bret Baier — “kill the patriotic tunes callers hear when they’re put on hold.” Sean Hannity claimed that it “serves as a lesson to the Democrats: Don’t meddle with our patriotic music,” while Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy said the program is “one of the most boneheaded moves of the summer” and claimed “America wins” because the House is once again playing “patriotic” music. [ READ MORE ]

Lou Dobbs and his hate groupies: By now, CNN’s Lou Dobbs, with his single-minded obsession over all things anti-immigrant and his bizarre embrace of the loony birther movement, is well known for trafficking in disturbing, misleading, and often inaccurate garbage. Escaping under the radar of many, however, are his close associations with an organization that has been described by experts as a “hate group.” [ READ MORE ] [ LOU DOBBS - AN ANTI-IMMIGRANT BIGOT. A RACIST, XENOPHOBIC EXTORTIONIST ]

FEAR AND LOATHING IN PRIME-TIME CABLE NEWS
Watch Buchanan falsely imply that Malaria can be passed directly from human to human! Incredible Lies

GOP Senator To Town Hall: Obama Determined To Turn Terrorists Loose On U.S. Soil — “I never dreamed I would see an administration try to disavow all the things that have made this country different from all others,” Inhofe told more than 300 people at a town hall meeting in the Grove Community Center. “I have never seen so many things happening at one time so disheartening to America.” Inhofe found a highly receptive audience. Many wore T-shirts of a local organization called Get America Back. Its Web site promises “a plan to eliminate the socialist government and return Americas (sic) freedoms.”

The “plan” is a link to a YouTube video by Lloyd Marcus, a Florida artist and singer making the circuit of anti-Obama “Tea Party” rallies.

Wednesday’s audience was similar to those at town hall meetings throughout northeastern Oklahoma in recent weeks. Concerns centered on the administration and Democratic-controlled Congress.

Inhofe gave his constituents plenty to worry about. “Every institution that has made this country the greatest nation in the world is under attack,” he said at the end of the 75-minute session.

During those 75 minutes, Inhofe said President Barack Obama is disarming the military, is destroying everything good about America and is determined to turn foreign terrorists loose on U.S. soil.

The good news, he said, is that he does not think the Democratic leadership can push through health-care reform or the more controversial parts of its energy bill. He also said he continues to be proven correct in his claim that global climate change is a hoax. [ READ MORE ]

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