Posted on 09/19/2008 7:35:48 PM PDT by Vafud
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — On an overcast Friday morning last month, White House aides ushered an influential group of conservative radio hosts into the Oval Office for a private audience with the president.
For an hour and a half, Mr. Bush discussed his case for the war in Iraq, his immigration proposals and even the personality of his Scottish terrier Barney, who scratched on the door during the session until the president relented and let him into the office, according to several hosts who attended.
The meeting, which was not announced on the president’s public schedule, was part of an intensive Republican Party campaign to reclaim and re-energize a crucial army of supporters that is not as likely to walk in lockstep with the White House as it has in the past.
Conservative radio hosts are breaking with the Republican leadership in ways not seen in at least a decade, and certainly not since Rush Limbaugh’s forceful advocacy of the party in 1994 spawned a new generation of stars, said Michael Harrison, publisher of the industry’s lead trade publication, Talkers.
Disgruntlement can now be found not only among the more flamboyant radio voices, like Michael Savage, who raged against Mr. Bush’s proposals on immigration and other issues, but also among more mainstream hosts, like Laura Ingraham, who told her listeners in the wake of the scandal involving former Representative Mark Foley and under-age Congressional pages, “You have to ask yourself, the people who are in positions of power now in the Republican Party, are they able to credibly articulate the conservative agenda to the American people — to rally the base, to rally the country?”...
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"During the George W. Bush administration, Laura had been requested along with other prominent conservative talk show hosts to the White House for an unannounced meeting hosted by the President, where he tried to explain and convince them to support his policies such as the war in Iraq, and comprehensive immigration reform proposals.[3]"
i wasn’t aware of talk radio wavering.
I’ll tell you what’s bothered me a little bit about our side. Not recognizing the frauds in our party like Romney and Huckabee. Romney was very popular with Hannity, Coulter, Ingraham, even Levin. Some people need to do a little more homework. We’re very lucky to have Palin on the ticket, she’s the reason we’re going to win.
Hey GW, how’d that new tone work for ya?
Maybe it was 2 years ago when article was published. I don’t understand the point.
I’m calling a SNIFF test.
To quote one of those Talk Radio folks: It's better to let the market fail, and rebuild and reform...ITSELF. So called government reform and regulation will only strangle it.
Me neither. I didn’t think it was true, but they’re still saying it. That’s why I posted. That, and they were trying to pass it off as true
This article is almost 2 years old? Are "they" still talking about it, or are "you" still talking about it?
Still haven't figured out that capitalization thing, huh?
EVERYONE: Freep the Gretawire.com poll asking whether Todd Palin should honor the Witch-hunt subpoena issued against him! (HINT: “NO”) - Just takes ten seconds and a mouse click.
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