Posted on 10/08/2005 6:50:27 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
Yeah. Some. About 100%.
Oh, and "Farkin" 13, "Lowd Dowd", 6....
If they removed all of the ways to call someon a liar from the English language Franken would be unable to hold a conversation.
More like scratching at a sheet of steel with a pin.
If similar (or any!) allegations were made against Rush Limbaugh or any conservative host I am sure the employee of the newspaper would have omitted any reference to the problem.
(My joke of the day)
WHO? Let's see. Whine about Bush. Whine about Rove. Whine about Haliburton. Cuss a lot. Scream bile at anyone who does not conform to the PC dogma. Yeah, that is REAL good radio for people who want a fight instead of THINK.
Sorry Liberal Talk radio sucks because it is no different then what you hear on any of the Alphabet networks or Public TV and Radio or "news papers" Conservative Talk Radio is dominate because it is THE ONLY outlet for the Right. Liberal Talk radio is just same old same old you can get anywhere. You know Joe, you don't HAVE to automatically take the hyper critic role on EVERY issued. You might want to actually THINK once in awhile instead of just automatically being a contrarian.
Listening to live streaming on the Internet.
I was tired of the local station cutting into Rush's show to bleat on an on about some stupid march of 5 or 10 people on the state capitol, local police chases, fires and stupid crap like DUmocrat press conferences (which the try to have every other day) just to interrupt the broadcast. I also got tired of the locals taking the morning shows and delaying them until late in the evening when you could listen live on the net. They may be losing listeners on AM stations, but unlike ERR America, they haven't lost stations carrying the show.
Typical liberal response. Attribute success and talent to "dishonesty" and something "evil". I guess we should attribute Al Franken's success to angelic virtuousness and Jesus-pure motives. BWAHAHAHAHAH!
Hogwash.
WHAT in Philly announced they were dropping Err America last week or the week before. And somewhere else, I heard this week, an EA outlet is dropping Springer...
They are trying to pin an "Old & Boring" label on the conservative talk hosts.
For what it's worth, it does make sense to be developing new talent. That's hard to do if the old ones occupy the radio dial from 9 am til 10 pm(Beck,Rush,Hannity,Kramer,Savage)
It'll have to be smaller market folks who grow, which appears to be the track that Beck followed.
Savage seems vulnerable to replacement.
Ping for later.
All over America pigs are flying in the new post Katrina world where liberal media dulls the public appetite for truth. Bacon prices will surely rise as the new breed of pigs escape the butcher's ax by flying off.
NONE of the Liberal shows made it in the top 30!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I didn't even know there were 30 conservative or garden shows on! They aren;t even beating out "how to fix your Volvo" shows!
Yeah, but that's by Franken, not by the author. The author perhaps simply copied the comment from his note or from the interview transcript.
The next "Limbaugh" will be out there though. I would not be terribly shocked if Rush drops behind Hannity, or somebody else we don't think about, sometime in the near future. It's the nature of the beast.
I also believe that the internet does play a part in this. People like more interactivity. When talk radio blossomed, it was a lot more interactive than listening to Dan Blather at night. Now, you can go on FR, read articles, watch video links, discuss issues, etc. It's more engaging than tuning in the radio. Your chances of actually dialing into a show and getting on the air are really slim.
Conservative talkradio is still a powerful medium for getting the message out. And lately Hannity has been doing a superior job compared to Rush. Rush has been playing the Bush/GOP cheerleader too often in recent months. OTOH. Maybe Bush fatigue is beginning to set in.
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