MSNBC Libtalker Blasts Obama: 'Maybe This Just Isn't My Gig'

'MAYBE I'M NOT THE GUY'

Schultz Wonders Out Loud If Obama Wants To Be President






MY, how times have changed!

Just six months ago, would a MSNBC host even ponder the idea of Obama as a poor fit for the presidency? Until quite recently, the mere suggestion that he might not seek a second term would be dismissed as right-wing nonsense.

But libtalker Ed Schultz has gone much further than many conservatives in openly questioning Obama's desire to serve in office. From yesterday's syndicated radio show:

SCHULTZ (05:31): Now it pains me, this is not a compliment, it is an observation, Bush just always kept coming at us. And as a liberal, every time I turned around this guy was coming at me. Bush was always uptempo and Bush was always enthusiastic and I did, I guess it is a compliment, I did somewhat say, you know, that guy, he keeps going after it, whether it's conviction or show time or whatever it is, however you want to view it. But President Obama in this commercial that Boehner put out left me with the impression, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if this guy decides on his own he doesn't want to run again.

SCHULTZ (07:07): I have a sense that he's thinking, you know what, maybe this isn't my gig. Maybe this is just a huge pain in the ass. Maybe, maybe I'm not the guy.

Though the remarks were confined to his radio program, it's hard to believe Schultz is sticking his neck out without some level of approval from the suits at MSNBC. Has the left-wing cable talk channel decided to sacrifice the embattled president to save what's left of its own credibility?