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"Fanning the Flames" - San Francisco Chronicle COVER STORY on Conservative Figure, Melanie Morgan
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Joe Garofoli

Posted on 10/08/2006 11:06:59 AM PDT by Impeach98

Fanning the Flames
Melanie Morgan's swing from liberal to right-
wing radio shouter may not have happened
overnight, but it's permanent -- and profitable

Morgan at the mike from which she led the charge to recall Gov. Davis and rails against Spare the Air Day in the KSFO studios. Chronicle photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez

lighter side of Morgan: playing with Rufus, a golden retriever/chow mix from the SFSPCA as Tracy Pore tells listeners that he's up for adoption. Chronicle photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez

Joe Garofoli
Sunday, October 8, 2006

In the predawn darkness shortly after 5 a.m., Melanie Morgan begins her daily conservative talk show by mocking the news that this would be another Spare the Air Day in the Bay Area -- an ozone-heavy summer day when transportation officials ask commuters to avoid driving or other pollution-creating activities. To many Bay Area residents, a Spare the Air request is an apolitical fact of life.

Not to Morgan's listeners.

...

"Oh, you mean, Scare the Air Day?" Morgan roars in mock horror to her substitute co-host Officer Vic, who is neither a police officer nor named Vic. "Be scared of the air, everybody! Oh, come on. Get out your biggest SUV and drive it a lot. Fire up that leaf blower."

If you're kissing this off as the rantings of a couple of "hate radio" wingnuts, be advised that your family and friends may be listening. "The Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan Program" is the fourth-highest-rated morning show in the supposedly liberals-only San Francisco market. Has been for years; sometimes it's been higher.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: americanmourning; cindysheehan; conservative; graydavis; ksfo; melaniemorgan; moveamericaforward; radiofreesanfran; recall; sanfrancisco; talkradio; waronterror
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1 posted on 10/08/2006 11:07:02 AM PDT by Impeach98
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To: Impeach98

How does mocking the enviro-kooks equate to "hate radio"?


2 posted on 10/08/2006 11:10:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: Impeach98

Hot Talk 560 KSFO... Home of the Savage Nation originally...

So, who is on the afternoon drive slot since Savage is no longer on 560 AM?


3 posted on 10/08/2006 11:11:13 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Impeach98
Let us see. Adrianna Huffington went from Right wing Senate candidate to leftist moon bat and she is their greatest heroine Just another example of the Democrat Party's Cult of Hyprocise
4 posted on 10/08/2006 11:12:42 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Evil Dooer, Snowflake, Conservative Fundamentalist Bush Bot Dittohead reporting for duty!)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

It's now Sean Hannity.


5 posted on 10/08/2006 11:14:01 AM PDT by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: Impeach98

"...Fire up that leaf blower."

LOLOL! I like her already, and have never heard of her. I gotta tune-in sometime.


6 posted on 10/08/2006 11:15:30 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage; try it!)
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To: NormsRevenge; ElkGroveDan; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp

MM ping...


7 posted on 10/08/2006 11:21:17 AM PDT by tubebender (Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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To: BenLurkin
How does mocking the enviro-kooks equate to "hate radio"?

Because anyone to the right of John Walker Lindh is evil in the eyes of the San Francisco Chronicle.

8 posted on 10/08/2006 11:24:17 AM PDT by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: Impeach98

So, they have a Sean Hannity program that is not live radio... I hate that recorded programming...

Live radio is where it is at... with the flaming leftist KGO right across the hall it is a stupid marketing strategy... (The only thing KGO has that is any good is Dr. Bill Wattenberg...)

Savage was at his best when he was live and local... Lee and Melanie are good because they are live and local on KSFO... KGO has nothing but boredom during drive hour programming...


9 posted on 10/08/2006 11:25:37 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Impeach98
The main photo of her has her dressed like a 16 year old slut. Otherwise the article was about what you would expect from the ultra liberal Chronicle. At least they had an article on her.
10 posted on 10/08/2006 11:26:54 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: Impeach98

Bump for Melanie - keep giving 'em hell!


11 posted on 10/08/2006 11:31:57 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Uncle Hal

She is wearing jeans and a t-shirt, with some nice looking high heels.
Apparently you haven't seen any 16 year old sluts lately.


12 posted on 10/08/2006 11:35:15 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Uncle Hal
"At least they had an article on her."

This was my view. I was glad to see that at least there was a cover story on a conservative in the most liberal metropolitan area in the nation.

I wasn't too crazy about the article itself in the way it was presented, but I think that's the whole point - the Chronicle would never write a sympathetic piece about a conservative, let alone a cover story.

Obviously they are perplexed how a conservative movement could be being waged right in their back yard, and they are disgusted by said fact. The displeasure Melanie must cause the reporters/editors at the Chronicle makes me smile, because I believe their statist, socialist, political correctness conformity (you can only say and believe what WE tell you), government-controlling, tax dollar-confiscating ways are E V I L.

13 posted on 10/08/2006 11:37:04 AM PDT by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: 1FreeAmerican
Better still... around her neck in that t-shirt photograph is her USA-Freedom dogtag.


14 posted on 10/08/2006 11:39:16 AM PDT by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
I listened to Savage when he was "The General" way back when he was worth listening to. His show took a dump when he went national and left KSFO. I can only listen to him for 2 minutes now before I change the station.

Speaking of Bay Area talk, does anyone listen to Jerry Doyle. He's gone off his rocker this past week and a half with the constant attacks on Speaker Hastert. He, also is becoming unlistenable.IMHO

15 posted on 10/08/2006 11:43:57 AM PDT by yooling (I don't have anything nice to say...)
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To: BenLurkin
She mocks their hypocritical approach to environmental issues. They know that the radical enviromental causes they support would, if applied, destroy the lifestyle they enjoy as much as others.
16 posted on 10/08/2006 11:46:52 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

Mel is a long-time Freeper, too. She was at the Fresno lunch a few years ago that was covered on C-SPAN.


17 posted on 10/08/2006 11:47:55 AM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again. And Always Act.)
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To: Uncle Hal

Are you talking about that photo above with Morgan wearing the white pants and green top?!! Or the one at the link with her wearing jeans? None of those photos look at all "sluttish." Maybe 16-year olds dress differently in your area than they do here.


18 posted on 10/08/2006 11:48:56 AM PDT by FixedandDilated
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To: bootless

I'm making it a point to find her and tune-in, b.


19 posted on 10/08/2006 11:50:55 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage; try it!)
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To: BenLurkin
Anything unpopular to left is "hate". In that respect truth becomes "hate".
20 posted on 10/08/2006 11:51:43 AM PDT by oyez ( The older I get, the better I was.)
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