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NeverTrumper Charlie Sykes To Quit His Wisconsin Talk Radio Show
Breitbart ^ | 10/6/16 | Neil Munro

Posted on 10/06/2016 7:30:11 PM PDT by pissant

A leading #NeverTrump radio host is pulling the plug on his Wisconsin show, citing age and retirement plans to explain his departure from the airwaves by end of the year. “This morning, I announced that I am stepping down from my daily radio show on WTMJ at the end of this year,” Charlie Sykes said on his website.

I know that lot of people will assume that my decision has something to do with this current campaign and the rise of Trumpism. But, the reality (as my friends and family know) is that I made this decision a long time ago. Twenty-three years is a long time to do a radio show and most hosts don’t get to go out on their own terms. So I’m lucky to have had that chance.

But he’s not quitting politics, or his opposition to Donald Trump.

It would also be fair to say that this campaign has made the decision easier. The conservative movement has been badly damaged; obviously the conservative media is broken as well. So this is a good time for step back, sit down for a while, and ask “What the hell just happened here?” … I plan to spend much of the next year working on a book about the crackup of the conservative movement. My working title is “How the Right Lost It's Mind"

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: charliesykes; nevertrump; rino; seeya; talkradio; wi2016
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To: pissant

“What the hell just happened here?”

There are three types of people:

Those who make things happen.
Those who know what happened.
And those who wonder what happened.

Charlie, if you haven’t figured it out by now, you never will.


41 posted on 10/06/2016 8:15:46 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: HokieMom
Mark Levin is an educated idiot. He would rather Hillary won than Trump so he can sit through the suck of a Clinton presidency and the USA is further destroyed and say, I stuck to my principles.

He has lost over 50 % of his audience and advertisers are pulling back as well.

Take a look at his Arbitron ratings and you will see why he has become somewhat pro Trump. He is trying to salvage his career.

42 posted on 10/06/2016 8:25:48 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: pissant

Bye...bye...you Hillary supporter...


43 posted on 10/06/2016 8:33:45 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The RELIGION of Pedrophilia...)
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To: Newbomb Turk

He is trying to salvage his career.

Too late. My husband and I were loyal listeners for YEARS! Haven’t tuned in since the anti-Trump crap started. Good riddance. What a way to go out, but he did it to himself, so I have no pity.


44 posted on 10/06/2016 8:37:22 PM PDT by usmom
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To: pissant
The more I listen to Sykes the more I think he is going to turn on us and end up on MSNBC decrying conservatism.

He's got the liberal smarminess down pat.

45 posted on 10/06/2016 8:40:11 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: JBW1949

Add to your list: fix the VA and take care of vets.


46 posted on 10/06/2016 8:41:13 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Enchante

When this dufus is off the air, will anyone miss him or notice his absence?


47 posted on 10/06/2016 8:46:50 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (You can't spell TRIUMPH without TRUMP)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

......And Vicki McKenna. Can’t stand her anymore after she way she treated Trump. (Wisconsin talk radio reference)


48 posted on 10/06/2016 8:56:44 PM PDT by myerson
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To: myerson

I listened to her several years ago, but found her annoying...So is she a #NeverTrump too?


49 posted on 10/06/2016 8:58:55 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Call Congress today to support the PROTECTING INTERNET FREEDOM ACT SB3034 HR5418)
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To: pissant

“Take the moron Medved with you, please!”

And Levin!


50 posted on 10/06/2016 8:59:12 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Newbomb Turk

Mark Levin is an educated idiot. He would rather Hillary won than Trump so he can sit through the suck of a Clinton presidency and the USA is further destroyed and say, I stuck to my principles.

He has lost over 50 % of his audience and advertisers are pulling back as well.

Take a look at his Arbitron ratings and you will see why he has become somewhat pro Trump. He is trying to salvage his career.


I can’t find any specifics for him—do you have a link? I would be interested in reading more about the various radio talk show hosts!


51 posted on 10/06/2016 9:07:58 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Call Congress today to support the PROTECTING INTERNET FREEDOM ACT SB3034 HR5418)
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To: pissant

“I think Levin will come around.”

Levin should have come around when Trump clearly had the nomination sewn up, and certainly by the convention.

He did neither, though he did grudgingly state that he’ll vote for Trump.

But what difference does that make, when the guy continues to use the power of his nationwide broadcast to weaken support for our candidate?

The man is despicable.


52 posted on 10/06/2016 9:19:14 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
Easy, sit down, here's what happened. After years of electing conservatives into power, including an entire congressional majority, with nothing to show for it,
No. You sit down. You're an apologist for phony conservatives that have screwed us over for years to the point of almost destroying our country pretending to be "conservative" and frankly you aren't any better.
53 posted on 10/06/2016 9:40:03 PM PDT by lewislynn (Ryan is the other half of the reason Romney got creamed by a negro with a Nobel)
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To: HokieMom
Those who are able to observe and nudge Trump and many of his followers toward the conservative position in a winsome way serve a vital role and I cheer their success.
You being the holier than thou "conservative" and all.
54 posted on 10/06/2016 9:47:28 PM PDT by lewislynn (Ryan is the other half of the reason Romney got creamed by a negro with a Nobel)
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To: Windflier

He’s a freeper and a conservative, so there is hope for redemption. Slim maybe.


55 posted on 10/06/2016 11:04:36 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Medved is a FAKE through and through....creep.


56 posted on 10/07/2016 3:44:42 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.S...... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pissant

LOL! “planned for some time”. His ratings probably tanked....


57 posted on 10/07/2016 4:16:17 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Medved still hasn’t gotten over Romney’s loss and is retrospectively blaming Trump for it.


58 posted on 10/07/2016 4:25:19 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: pissant; holdonnow

“He’s a freeper and a conservative, so there is hope for redemption.”

You hold out more hope for the guy than I do. I’ve completely written him off as a bad investment of my listening time and personal loyalty.

Mark has taken on the color of the enemy, yet still expects us to treat him as a compatriot. He’s doing the same kind of damage to our side as the leftstream media, but we’re supposed to give the turncoat a pass. I won’t do it.

He’s no longer fit company for patriots.


60 posted on 10/07/2016 8:23:26 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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