Posted on 10/25/2022 7:55:52 AM PDT by rktman
My Salem radio talk-show host colleagues and I went from city to city in "battleground" states to speak on the forthcoming elections -- specifically about how vital it is for the survival of America that the Left and its political party be defeated. (I went to Chicago and Burlington for other reasons.)
Two reflections: one from Philadelphia and the other from Chicago:
I then took an Uber to the venue.
My driver was a black man, and as I almost always do with strangers, I engaged in conversation with him.
He turned out to be particularly inquisitive about me and why I was headed to the Fuge, a major event venue in the Philly area.
"Why are you headed to the Fuge?" he asked.
"I am going to give a speech," I answered.
"What is your line of work?"
"I give speeches."
"About what?"
So, I was impressed -- and admittedly a bit apprehensive -- at my driver's curiosity. Should I reveal my political and ideological preferences and risk a tense drive? He was, after all, a black man, and the vast majority of American-born (as opposed to Caribbean-born and African-born) blacks are Democrats.
As I consider lying a sin, I had to tell the truth. So, I answered in a way that was true but not necessarily revealing of my political ideology and abstract enough to perhaps end his line of inquiry.
"About the collapse of Western civilization," I said.
"Oh, man, do I ever agree with you! This wokeness, this censorship of speech is destroying us."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Sounds too good to be true, but maybe I am just in a mood.
You could be.........🤣👍
"The evening is sold out," I told him, "But I can certainly get you in. And if you come, I will introduce you to 1,200 people, and I promise you a standing ovation!"Prager is a great man.He thought about it, and finally agreed to come, was given a front-row seat, and, just as I predicted, when I told the audience about him, the spotlight was shone on him, and virtually all 1,200 people rose and gave him a standing ovation.
In fact, they gave him two.
Dennis Prager:
“They like us! They really like us”
He sounds like a GOPe Republican.
Since he was working as an entrepreneur, i.e., Uber driver, the chance that he had conservative values was greater than a random person Dennis P might meet on the street.
Oh! And Sally Field
This article clearly outlines my disdain of Prager.
Being an Uber myself I recognized the tone and patronizing in the text.
“I’m friendly to everyone”
“I’m going on a date”
“What do you do? “
“I go on dates”
He’s so condescending. Most Uber passengers are.
😂😂😂😂👍
Dennis Prager is my Rabbi.
I’m not Jewish and have zero Jewish heritage but Dennis Prager is my Rabbi. He is one literally but he also embodies every idealistic portrayal of what a Rabbi should be - intelligent, worldy, calm, and very very wise.
It is sad that it has gotten this bad, but like Dennis, it is way too early to lose hope.
Going on dates isn’t controversial. Being an older white conservative male in Philadelphia is.
Agreed. Prager is overrated, has a very high opinion of himself. He is the Steve Inskeep of the right.
Many years back there was a guy who told a tale of hitchhiking across the country.
When he told the driver he was unemployed he got long cordial rides, sometimes a meal.
When he admitted he was an unemployed politician who got voted out of office, it was a very short awkward trip...
“One final observation: As I have often said on the radio, if you are a black man or woman and feeling unloved, I have a suggestion: Just attend any conservative event”.
Hear, hear!!
“He sounds like a GOPe Republican.”
That’s more than a bit harsh. Prager is one of the good guys. He uses reason and intellect yet he is devout. Those qualities not often seem together.
Reminds me of the time, just before the 2008 election, when my daughter was taking me to a restaurant in Philly. We were running late, so she decided to take a shortcut through a very black section of the city. While passing through, I caught sight of a huge billboard with a picture of Obama’s smiling face. Someone had climbed up and drawn a mustache and Van Dyke on it. I thought to myself, “that’s got to be a good omen.” In the event, of course, it wasn’t.
Funniest thing from Prager was his “Boo got shot!” episode!
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