Dear MSNBC: A) I'm Extremely Pissed That You Dumped Ed Shultz, and B)...

[TrollBuster9090]

The only thing that you could possibly do to regain any credibility in my eyes would be to FINALLY GIVE MIKE PAPANTONIO a show on MSNBC! Seriously, what are you idiots waiting for? Offer him a TV contract!

?ts=1396406360

[jehop61]

1. Only one worth watching

is Rachel Maddow. And I catch her on line the next day. A sorry end to MSNBC. Hope she finds another venue soon, that recognizes her genius.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I'm sorry, but Papantonio only appeals to the same viewers that didn't watch Ed. WTF?

[cascadiance]

3. The REAL reason they wouldn't hire him is because he talks too much about the TPP!

... and so many other issues that corporate oligarchs don't want us to talk about as much as they are able to.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. Is that what Pap told you?

[cascadiance]

5. Nah, it's not too hard to figure out...

I watch him daily on his FSTV show, and he talks plenty about the TPP and the trade bill messes like Ed was, and of course many are establishing that's why Ed got the axe, since he was talking about it, and all of the others including Rachel avoided talking about it.

https://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/comcast-killed-the-ed-show-for-talking-about-tpp/

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. MSNBC won't touch Pap for the same reason any sane outlet would run a mile from this guy >>>>>>>

Ever hear the term "preaching to the choir"? That's what these guys do, because no one else is interested. It looks like anyone's who interested in Pap's particular brand of activism can find him. You did. His intern is busy posting his stuff all over DU. So he doesn't really need a cable news outlet, right?

[cascadiance]

7. I think you got it confused who is sane here...

Yes, Alex Jones is insane. But Papantonio is far more honest, as Ed Schultz is to their listeners on what is going to screw them than Comcast wants to allow, because they have a corporate agenda that works against average Americans' interests that people like Ed and Papantonio work too much against.

Jones is mostly about getting people out on the deep end. Quite different.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Okay.

[cui bono]

10. There is absolutely no comparison. Anyone who makes one is the crazy person

closer to Alex Jones than Pap could ever be.

[cui bono]

9. That is not true at all.

Provide proof that Pap is a loon.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. He's been relegated to spaces like Infowars, that's proof enough for me.

[cui bono]

12. So nothing? You admit you made a baseless accusation?

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. Both Alex Jones & Pap are considered outside the mainstream. And you & the o.p.'s mutual admiration

society can't change that. Much like Jones, he appeals to the "everything's a government conspiracy" black helicopter brigade.

[cui bono]

17. Again, that is not true.

[TrollBuster9090]

13. He's been relegated to spaces like Infowars, that's proof enough for me.

So has Keith Olbermann.

Argument voided.

And, unlike Olbermann, Papantonio is on the radio simply because he hasn't been OFFERED a TV show yet. Not because he rubbed the premier legumes the wrong way. Rachel Maddow was relegated to obscure frequencies on the radio before being offered a TV show, and so was Al Franken before deciding to run for the US Senate.

So, personally, I don't get the argument that somebody who is on radio, or even live streaming because that's what they DESERVE based on the quality of their rhetoric.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Keith Olbermann introduced Rachel to TV, and neither has ever been relegated to the internet.

You speak as if Pap is in the same league as KO & Rachel. Now that's the best one I've heard....EVER!!!!!

[cui bono]

18. Pap is absolutely in the same league as Olberman and Maddow.

In fact, Maddow is really slipping lately from what I hear as far as not talking about certain very important topics.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. "Very important topics" = conspiracy shit that Pap & Jones are expert in.

[cui bono]

20. Wrong again. Trifecta!!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. Much like your candidate of choice, Pap is an acquired taste, suitable to "niche" markets, not MSM.

[cui bono]

22. You truly have no clue. The majority of Americans agree with (probably all of) Sanders' positions.

So how is that an acquired taste?

And really, we're talking about Pap and you have to make it about Sanders? Oh, but somehow the HRC supporters can't stop whining about how Sanders supporters are all big ol' meanies, like the meanest people they've ever met, they're series!!!!!!!1

So back to the subject, did you come up with anything that points to Pap being a lunatic like Alex Jones is?

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. Most Americans agree that the earth is round...doesn't mean they'll vote for it.

Call me when Pap gets a tv show, anywhere but RT.

[BigDemVoter]

16. When are they going to ditch "Moanin Ho"?