MSNBC's Mr. Ed Blames McChrystal On… Wait For It… George W. Bush!

Chalk up another one for MSNBC. No, no, no, silly… Not another gigantic, record-setting, massive, basic cable audience tuning in to see the liberal firebrand spewing his “Progressive” agenda to the MSNBC Kool-Aid drinkers… That never happens. But do not take my word on this, let the ratings speak for themselves.

Tuesday’s Ratings from TV By The Numbers 6 p.m.

1. Special Report w/ Bret Baier – 2,179,000 viewers
2. Ed Show –726,000 viewers
3. Situation Room–546,000 viewers

Fox News could cut its 6 p.m. ratings in half and still trounce either MSNBC or CNN. Combining Mr. Ed’s numbers with Wolf Blitzer’s last hour doesn’t make up 60% of what Fox News garners in total audience levels.

Tuesday night’s show was nothing special, just another of Ed’s wildly irresponsible, blame-storming sessions. This all happened as Gen. Stanley McChrystal was on a plane headed to D.C. for either a caning or a canning. You know the story; the General flapped his gums to a Rolling Stone reporter, he said a boatload of things that he never should have said to his troops much less a reporter.

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At 4:28 into the clip Ed says:

Once again, here’s President Obama, he has to fix another problem he inherited from the Bush administration.

I know, I know… It’s just Ed being Ed. Sorry folks, but I am calling out Schultz on this one. McChrystal did serve under President Bush, but he was an officer in the U.S. Military back in 1976… so did Obama inherit McChrystal from President Bush or Ford?

The general was hand-picked by Obama and assigned to take over the war in Afghanistan. This was a replacement situation. Gen. David McKiernan was shown the door and McChrystal brought in, so how is this President Bush’s fault?

The ending to the McChrystal story was written well ahead of Wednesday’s meeting at the White House. This loose-lipped general was coming home for good and nobody on either side of the Red/Blue divide could disagree with that reality. The President is your Commander-In-Chief, end of story. If you talk to a magazine they way Gen. McChrystal did, you should expect to be fast-tracked to retirement. So this is not about defending the dumb move that will define an otherwise stellar military career of serving this country.

This is about a dumb move from a loose-lipped host who cannot seem to control his vitriol. This is about MSNBC, once again throwing President Bush under the bus for something that has President Obama’s fingerprints on it and only Obama’s.