“Psycho Talk” got a little out of control last week. Liberal talk show host Ed Schulz said, “If I lived in Massachusetts I’d try to vote 10 times. I don’t know if they’d let me or not, but I’d try to”. He followed it up on his TV show by saying, “Ya, that’s right, I’d cheat to keep these bastards out, I would.”

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At first I thought Big Eddie was just trying to be provocative, but he sounds like he really means it. I guess that’s why I’m sort of worried about the guy.  If he were just a whacked-out talk show host we could laugh at this, but Eddie has a background in journalism so he has to be held more accountable. Words have meaning.

For years Ed Schultz and I have had similar career paths (until his MSNBC gig) so there’s a lot that I can relate to with the guy. We’re about the same age. We both love the outdoors. We’ve both hosted talk radio shows; we both did sports at local TV stations for years. I did a lot more “hard news” reporting, but for the most part, there’s a lot of common ground here. (more…)