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The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers
Right Wing News ^ | John Hawkins

Posted on 05/09/2008 10:58:45 AM PDT by LJayne

The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers

Right Wing News emailed more than 235 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be the most influential people on the right. Representatives from the following 54 blogs responded...

Aaron's CC, David All Group, All American Blogger, Atlas Shrugs, Baldilocks, The Baseball Crank, Betsy's Page, BitsBlog, BizzyBlog, Blonde Sagacity, Bookworm Room, Cassy Fiano, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Conservative Grapevine, Argghhhh!, Ed Driscoll, Election Projection, Cara Ellison, Eternity Road, Exurban League, Elocutio, Euphoric Reality, Fetching Jen, Five Feet Of Fury, Fraters Libertas, Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media, GayPatriot, Ghost of a Flea, (Doug) GraniteGrok, Guardian Watchblog, Hickpolitics, Freeman Hunt, Hick Politics, IMAO, Inside Larry's Head, Liberty Pundit, Mainstream Libertarian, Midnight Blue, Moonbattery, mountaineer musings, Newsbeat1, No Oil For Pacifists, Noisy Room, The Nose On Your Face (Potfry), The Nose On Your Face (Buckley), Pal2pal, Pirate's Cove, Professor Bainbridge, Don Singleton, Sister Toldjah, Solomonia, Stop The ACLU, Trying To Grok, Vox Popoli,

All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-12 unranked selections and were allowed to choose anybody on the right or generally perceived to be on the right that they liked: Republican, Conservative, Libertarian, politician, preacher, blogger, columnist, radio host, you name it!

Without further ado, here are their selections with the number of votes beside of each selection:

#25: Mark Levin: 6 #21) Hugh Hewitt: 7 #21) George Will: 7 #21) John Roberts: 7 #21) Ronald Reagan: 7 #20) Victor David Hanson: 8 #19) Antonin Scalia: 9 #18) John McCain: 10 #14) Glenn Beck: 11 #14) George W. Bush: 11 #14) Glenn Reynolds: 11 #14) Matt Drudge: 11 #13) Bill Kristol: 12 #10) Charles Krauthammer: 13 #10) Thomas Sowell: 13 #10) Laura Ingraham: 13 #9) Karl Rove: 14 #8) Jonah Goldberg: 15 #7) Bill O'Reilly: 17 #5) Newt Gingrich: 21 #5) Ann Coulter: 21 #3) Mark Steyn: 23 #3) Sean Hannity: 23 #2) Michelle Malkin: 24 #1) Rush Limbaugh: 49


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008; bloggers; blogs; conservativebloggers
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To: LJayne

54 out of 235 responded. In your face, disgrace.


21 posted on 05/09/2008 11:13:05 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: LJayne

why didnt they ask the bloggers at grovernorquistisawesome.com?


22 posted on 05/09/2008 11:14:07 AM PDT by Disciplinemisanthropy (...and that, people, is what grinds my gears.)
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To: Niteranger68

Wheres Karl Rove??????


23 posted on 05/09/2008 11:15:35 AM PDT by alisasny (RIP Lt. Kevin “Kojak” Davis BLUE ANGELS #6 THANKYOU!!)
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To: LJayne

Influential maybe. Conservative? Bogus.


24 posted on 05/09/2008 11:15:50 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's still unclear what impact global warming will have on vertical wind shear)
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To: LJayne

Huh. No Jim Robinson. If they only knew... ;-)


25 posted on 05/09/2008 11:16:22 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: LJayne

No WFB? Seems a little strange...


26 posted on 05/09/2008 11:16:41 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Niteranger68

Except for Hannity. He doesn’t belong on that list.


27 posted on 05/09/2008 11:16:41 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Retired Greyhound

I think Ronald Reagan making the list was pretty good considering he’s now gone into that big ranch in the sky.


28 posted on 05/09/2008 11:19:23 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: NewJerseyJoe
Hannity does the image of Conservatism a lot of damage. He's not an educated man and it shows. He doesn't seem to have many fans here either.
29 posted on 05/09/2008 11:22:08 AM PDT by Borges
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To: alisasny

Karl Rove is #9.

I’ve never heard of Jonah Goldberg. Apparently he’s popular with bloggers.

And apparently those bloggers have never heard of Barry Goldwater.


30 posted on 05/09/2008 11:22:59 AM PDT by Tarantulas ( Illegal immigration - the trojan horse that's treated like a sacred cow)
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To: LJayne

John McCain and Bill O’Reilly? Were these grade school bloggers?


31 posted on 05/09/2008 11:25:53 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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To: wagglebee

I was being as lenient in my definition of conservative as I could stomach. Using the strict definition I would prefer, there are only 4 to 8, IMO.


32 posted on 05/09/2008 11:26:38 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Tarantulas
I’ve never heard of Jonah Goldberg. Apparently he’s popular with bloggers.

He posts on The Corner.

He also recently wrote Liberal Fascism, which I heartily recommend.

33 posted on 05/09/2008 11:27:38 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: NewJerseyJoe
Except for Hannity. He doesn’t belong on that list.

He's there because of the new policy of mainstreaming 'special ed' students.

/sarc

34 posted on 05/09/2008 11:28:08 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: LJayne

More people listen to Michael Savage in one hour than visit the originating website in a month.


35 posted on 05/09/2008 11:29:51 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: montag813
What a stupid list.

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You got that right.

36 posted on 05/09/2008 11:30:57 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: LJayne

What’s William F. Buckley, Jr., chopped liver?!


37 posted on 05/09/2008 11:32:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: montag813
Michael Savage isn't really conservative. He is a caricature of what the left thinks conservatives are.
38 posted on 05/09/2008 11:33:27 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Search for Folding Project - Join FR Team 36120)
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To: montag813

McCain ahead of Mark Levin? Pullezze.


39 posted on 05/09/2008 11:41:57 AM PDT by jabonz08 (When rights become privileges, only the privileged will have rights.)
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To: trisham

Indeed. O’Reilly a CONSERVATIVE? And more influential than Krauthammer?

Yeah, and I’m the Czarina of all the Russias.


40 posted on 05/09/2008 11:42:07 AM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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