-By Warner Todd Huston
On October 25, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz proved himself gullible enough to fall for the false story that Mitt Romney’s son Tagg owns voting machines in Ohio and that he is somehow making sure that the vote in that important swing state goes the right way. Schultz may want to check his real estate portfolio to make sure he didn’t buy any Brooklyn Bridges of late.
Brian Maloney grabbed the audio of Schultz’ nationally syndicated radio show where the conspiracy-minded talker issued his newest hot tip to his adoring fans.
Question: Would you consider Tagg Romney part of the Romney campaign? Of course you would. I mean, it was Tagg that wanted to take a swing at the president, so I don’t know if he’s on the security team or the psycho team or whatever team, but he’s part of it. I mean, he’s one of the five sons. Uh, he owns voting machines in Hamilton County in Ohio. I don’t know how that makes you feel or whether that alarms you in any w…, if you’re a Republican I’d feel real good about that.
Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? There is only one problem. It isn’t true. It seems the facts tend to trip Mr. Schultz up a bit, something that Jack Coleman amusingly notes happens to Ed “every waking hour.”
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Bamboozled: Ed Schultz Falls for Satire Story About Tagg Romney”