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Tom Rinaldo

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39. Ed is a person, not a political litmus test for the left

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 11:47 AM

Feb 2014

He has opinions, lots of them, and he shares them avidly. More often than not I agree with him, but not always by any means. He has been great in general on his pro union stances, on income inequality and on voting rights. He supported the Occupy movement, he is railing against the international trade agreements like the TPP, which most progressives support him on. He consistently and harshly attacks the Tea Party and I am hard pressed to think of anything nice that he ever has said about Republicans. He also has been a strong defender of the ACA.

Ed is a populist more than he is an ideologue. Populists often run on passion, god bless them for that. They respond to their own internal moral compass about what they think will he beneficial to the people who they care about. Ed usually cares about the same people that I do, but not always, at least not always with the same priorities as my own.

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Ed Schultz on MSNBC has lost all credibilty by prostituting himself for the XL pipeline [View all] greatlaurel Feb 2014 OP

you can contact MSNBC snooper2 Feb 2014 #1

Ignorant, maybe, elleng Feb 2014 #2

Yeah, he is worried about deaths from rail accidents in the U.S. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #8

Those who ignore 'environmental justice' are not, imo, elleng Feb 2014 #10

I have to very politely agree to disagree with you on this. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #35

Thanks elleng Feb 2014 #41

I Thought At One Time Ed Spoke Out Against It..... global1 Feb 2014 #3

I did too. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #32

Well, if he criticized it, management would just make him apologize for it tularetom Feb 2014 #4

Ha! greatlaurel Feb 2014 #36

Radical environmentalists, are we? RobertEarl Feb 2014 #5

Thanks greatlaurel Feb 2014 #9

heh RobertEarl Feb 2014 #11

You have it in a nutshell. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #31

I like Ed, Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #6

For Ed it suddenly became a safety 2naSalit Feb 2014 #7

Yes, he doesn't convince me he seems to be going against type flamingdem Feb 2014 #13

I liled Ed, too. I am very pro-uniom greatlaurel Feb 2014 #14

Good points! nt 2naSalit Feb 2014 #16

Comment on His facebook page. bravenak Feb 2014 #12

Did he enter that? 2naSalit Feb 2014 #15

Thanks for the information! greatlaurel Feb 2014 #29

For certain! 2naSalit Feb 2014 #42

I watched him open-mouthed fadedrose Feb 2014 #17

"Prostituted"? You think he took money? Really? Hekate Feb 2014 #18

Pipeline safety is sich a big lie, too greatlaurel Feb 2014 #19

he is from North Dakota, which will benefit from the pipeline. fill in the blanks nt msongs Feb 2014 #20

That explains why he keeps talking about the Bakken oil. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #30

This is when I wrote off Ed Schultz as a bloviating hawk: delrem Feb 2014 #21

Prostituting. +1 blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #22

ED's A Cheer leader imthevicar Feb 2014 #23

No, he isn't .. in fact that's when he's real popular around here is when Cha Feb 2014 #24

Oh How a Good Paying Gig Will change you! imthevicar Feb 2014 #26

The viewpoints about the mainstream polynomial Feb 2014 #25

I'm through with Ed newfie11 Feb 2014 #27

His position can be understood..... Swede Atlanta Feb 2014 #28

Just one minor problem with your thinking ... GeorgeGist Feb 2014 #43

Oh Scumbag Ed. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #33

This is what happens when we allow ourselves to be led by "ex" freepers... Romulox Feb 2014 #34

Did not know that about him. greatlaurel Feb 2014 #37

This is the same guy that was very anti-OWS, until the stream of very intelligent bullwinkle428 Feb 2014 #38

Ed is a person, not a political litmus test for the left Tom Rinaldo Feb 2014 #39

I don't watch him because he sits in a Non Union shop claiming to be pro Union. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #40