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Radio Host Gets the Hook for Joe-the-Plumber Comments
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| 11/11/2008
| Sarah McBride
Posted on 11/11/2008 7:55:40 PM PST by Deek1969
The Supreme Court is still pondering whether to permit fleeting expletives on the airwaves, but a San Francisco radio station isnt waiting for the decision.
A host on San Franciscos top-rated KGO told his fans Tuesday that the station had fired him over comments he made a few days before the election about Joe Wurzelbacher, the suddenly famous unlicensed plumber who got caught up in the candidates tax policy debates
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bernieward; bouley; fired; joetheplumber; karel; kgo; kgoradio; liberaltalkradio; sanfrancisco; sf; wurzelbacher
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posted on
11/11/2008 7:55:41 PM PST
by
Deek1969
To: Deek1969
It looks like his “unity” gig is going to be a lot harder than Osama thought. LOL! We’re probably going to have to stick with the Breck Girl’s Two Americas.
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posted on
11/11/2008 7:59:28 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I voted for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandchildren in the eyes when I tell them I'm sorry.)
To: Deek1969
I’m actually surprised. I didn’t think there was that much sanity and good taste left in San Francisco.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:01:51 PM PST
by
Catmom
To: Deek1969
Well good. And thanks for clarifying one thing - I was never sure if that was a “he” or a “she” or what...after all it is San Francisco...
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:02:52 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: Deek1969
Any truth to the rumor that this clown was offered the job of Obama’s press spokesman?
I just made up the “rumor” so that I can get prescient credit if this guy actually starts too work for the Messiah’s organization.
To: Catmom
Im actually surprised. I didnt think there was that much sanity and good taste left in San Francisco.There isn't. They're scared of the FCC.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:04:23 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Any truth to the rumor that this clown was offered the job of Obamas press spokesman? No, but $5 says he shows up in How-weird Stern's stable by the end of the year.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:09:54 PM PST
by
ssaftler
(Imagine January 20, 2013)
To: Deek1969
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
8
posted on
11/11/2008 8:10:47 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Over 57 million *real* Americans said "NO EFFIN WAY" to Comrade 0bama & the 0bamunist Party.)
To: Deek1969
I predict he will be hosting an Air America show within the next 30 days.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:14:41 PM PST
by
OCC
To: Deek1969; All
For those of you who don't live in the SF Bay Area or within the range of KGO (50,000Watt), Karel was a semi-regular talk show host the station. I cannot stand this guy-not because he was a homosexual but because he in my opinion is a terrible talk show host. He was only on in time frames where not many people listen. He would cut off callers when they started to get the better of him in an argument. His shows were not very interesting at all.
I don't like talk show hosts getting the boot for what they have said and anyone can make a stupid remark when you think others are not listening. This is even though you are taught that the microphone is always on.
I would have preferred that Karel was taken off for low ratings. KGO may have been looking for a reason to can him. I hope KGO comes to its senses and starts to hire some good talent. It use to be a great radio station. It was about as fair and down the middle as you were going to get. In the last 10 years of so they moved to the left. That's probably because they were chasing listeners due to the emergence of two conservative radio stations who siphoned off a lot of their listeners.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:16:43 PM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
To: Deek1969
He oughta call Obama to see if there are any openings in the WH or demoncrat Congress for a plumber hating fudgepacker.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:18:19 PM PST
by
Thumper1960
(A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
To: Deek1969
What was obscene was the vast amount of Hate this liberal packed into so few words.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:20:51 PM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(It's no longer the Press Van, it's a "Tanker" Truck!)
To: Deek1969
The board operator on duty at the time has also been fired.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:24:25 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Deek1969
“His comments about Wurzelbacher arguably werent fleeting. In fact, Bouley used several colorful expletives to describe the Ohio everyman, as well as wishing him dead.”
I heard this perv’s rant when the incident happened. My guess is the “wishing him dead” part was his undoing....as it should be. It was maniacal and rather bazaar.
To: truthguy
Ditto that...he used to be on KFI in LA years ago...he is a TERRIBLE talk show hose, regardless of his political leanings. I have a hunch he was only given so much latitude on KFI for so long because Bill Handel is such a homo lover.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:28:55 PM PST
by
rottndog
(McCain....We don't need no steenkeen McCain...)
To: Deek1969
the A-holes in the media still want their ten pounds of flesh fro poor Joe and Sarah Palin.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:37:55 PM PST
by
Tempest
(Obama is not my president.)
To: Deek1969
It is my responsibility, but not my fault, he wrote.
...
Until he finds another radio job, Bouley plans to blog, podcast, and fill in for other radio hosts on request. A girls gotta eat, he says.
To: Deek1969
Karel was insufferable, just horrible. Like listening to a cruel, know-it-all, whiny four year old spoiled brat girl. I’m happy to have him off the air for any reason at all.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:40:51 PM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Tired from wondering whether we wake up in the newest socialist country tomorrow.)
To: Spirochete
I'm laughing at that, because I’ve seen pictures of Karel and he’s a biiiiiiiiiig girl.
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posted on
11/11/2008 8:42:29 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
To: Deek1969
Jack Swanson, operations director at KGO is Melanie (Move America Forward) Morgan’s husband. Good for him!
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