Ed Schultz: Snowden not a patriot, I don't trust him, I'll go with Obama and his assessment

[TheAmbivalante]

192. Precisely

Ed works with a team to define his stories. Hell, he has a week to get each show done. That's also a week where Producers and, ahem, other management have time to review and filter and frame and refine into MSNBC's version of sound and fury which, since the last election, has become more timid.

Ed's response isn't a surprise. Over time, more news outlets will realize that they have the opportunity to create a villain. That's a story arc that plays oh so well. What's more, they'll make him into a villain on the run complete with a global chase and international agencies working cooperatively (or should I say 'corpor-operatively') to bring this "leaker" to justice. Imagine the ratings!

Nowhere on mainstream TV have I found anyone willing to talk about the shadow of the NSA, logging these very keystrokes if they wish, and whether they should be tracking Wall Street instead of Bobby Ray and Betty Sue trading recipes. Glen Greenwald took MTP's Dillhole in Chief, David Gregory, to task on that subject this morning. How long will it be before Glen is branded an extremist with an agenda? NBC and MSNBC will play the clip over and over tomorrow and by Tuesday morning, ol' Glen will be deemed in league with Lucifer or somesuch.

Ed is hoping Snowden will return on a white horse and fight an honorable fight. Snowden knows that a white horse only makes him easier to spot in a sniper's scope. And everyone here would be fooling themselves to think otherwise.

I'm with Snowden. All the way. Screw the NSA, CIA, FBI, and the military intelligence complex. Screw the Bush regime for building it and screw the guy for whom I voted for letting it continue to exist.

Like everyone here, I have nothing to hide. But one thing is for damn sure: I got nothing to show. I will not be put in a situation where I have to explain or justify or defend anything in my life.

We need more Bradley Mannings. We need more Julian Assanges. We need more Edward Snowdens.

And because Ed has boxed himself into the Obama corner, it's a shame he can't come out.