[classygreeneyedblonde]

great news

[tbeatty]

I thought O'Reilly denied the whole radio thing and bagged on Drudge for reporting such "lies."

[Brimack34]

He not only said Drudge was lying about this he also claimed he would not do a show untill he talked to RUSH himself. Why would he go back on his word? All he will talk about is ban SUV's and let's do somthing about this Globel Warming problem.

[RickyJ]

O'Riley better pick a different time slot if wants any listeners. Rush will kick his TV as@.

Sean Hannity wouldn't dream of going up against Rush's show, and he's infinitely better than O'Riley

[McGavin999]

His ego's out of hand if he thinks he can go up against Rush. He'll be oversaturated with both radio and the TV program. As it is, he's on twice a night on FOX. I like O'Reilly a lot, but I wouldn't miss Rush to listen to him.

[The Cajun]

1 hour of O'reilly = entertaining.
2 hours of O'Reilly = a little too much O'Reilly.
3 hours of O'Reilly = beginning to grate on nerves.

3 hours of Rush - entertaining.

[sbelew]

I like O'Reilly well enough - BUT, compared to Rush, he's a lightweight. He's gonna get clobbered.

[beaversmom]

I'll be listening to O'Reilly if he's in the Denver market. He's one of my favs. Gee, what a line-up we'll have here. Rush on 850, Sean on 710, and O'Reilly on ?. Can't wait.

[John Farson]

I hope O'Reilly does get a 12-3 radio show. Competition can only improve Rush's show. Hopefully, it will encourage Rush to limit the time he spends talking about golf, motivational b.s., etc.

I wonder if this news was released because Rush's cochlear implant operation was a success...

[Fresh Wind]

I welcome an alternative to Rush, when Rush starts off name dropping, or yakking about golf, or whatever his vanity du jour is. Sadly, because of his hearing, he doesn't interact with callers much anymore, though that might improve with the implant surgery. I really appreciate guests, and that has never been Rush's style. Contracts notwithstanding, if his hearing isn't restored, Rush should consider dropping back to a shorter show, monologues only, and no callers.

[afuturegovernor]

I'm wondering if this will just get O'Reilly labeled as a bias right-wing journalist. I'm not bashing O'Reilly, just wonder if this will affect the way he is seen on TV.

[Waco]

We don't really need a souped-up Boortz do we?

[Brimack34]

It sounds to me we have some seminar poster's. He hardly ever talks about golf. 5 minutes every now and again maybe. He also does a lot more then talk about tax cut's ( to me that is a very important subject) It seems some people don't listen that much at all. He will beat O'Reilly with his whole brain tyed behind his back. I do like O.R. but he is far from a conservative. And that seems to be what you need to truly servive in Talk Radio.

[.45MAN]

Theres still a lot of poeple out there that do not listen to talk radio but they watch O'Reilly on TV, they just might go to the radio too. I don't often listen to Rush, maybe I should but I would at least give O'Reilly a shot.....

[revtown]

Who cares? I have to work, and never hear Rush, now I'll never hear O'Reilly either.
At least he has a TV show thats on later. I miss Rush's TV show.

[backhoe]

I think this is good news.... we need more people exposed to "non-mainstream media" ideas and questions, and another voice like this should be welcomed by all.

[cynicalman]

I used to be a big Rush Fan. But the last two years have been his worst. He goes on and on and on about whatever his topic is that day. He rarely interacts with the caller. He doesnt have on many guests. If O'Reilly has on interesting guests, interacts with callers and keeps it faced paced his show will be a success.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

O'Reilly is a ranter, he has absolutely no political savvy and he is a very strange mixture on ultra conservatism and flaming liberal rolled into one. His thought processes are not linear or sequential. While he is entertaining I often have to mute the sound just to keep from having to clean up a mess.

Rush, on the other hand, is also entertaining. He thinks sequentially and understands the politics of the nation and our esteemed congress. He is a Republican and is proud of it. His arguments matter because he has done his homework and he is logical above all else. He clearly states the argument and the logical conclusion. One doesn't have to agree with every stance Rush espouses, but his reasoning is clear.

If he talkes about golf and his life once in a while, why shouldn't he. Most people never shut up about themselves. Most of all Rush is an inspiration for the individual attainment of excellence and success in a world where government wants to have that power over all people, and his response to his own health crisis is in itself inspiring.

Methinks that O'Reilly has taken himself much too seriously and that his ego, having attained goliathian proportions, has bitten off more than he can chew. He will attract listeners out of curiosity, but,when his main rants, class disrimination, judging all others by his own view of his own morals and conduct, his anti death penalty conviction, his dubious concern for the "Folks", his almost child like assessment of any given situation, have run thier course and repetition sets in, I don't see a sustainable listening base. His attack dog mode will grind to a crawl as he searches for offenders to "set straight". Triteness and boredom will set in. But in the interests of fair play, I wish him luck. I could be all wet.

[OK]

I agree with those who say O'Reilly will have a tough go against Rushbo.

Rush's advantage is that he is an entertainer with a great sense of humor. O'Reilly has no humor that I have seen. He will grate on the audience after a while and they will turn back to Rush for relief.

[rdb3]

O'Reilly is tough and his TV show is entertaining. But his populist politics grate me at times.

Rush is a conservative, period. He's done a lot in helping to grow the base.

I'm all for anything (just about) that will both sustain and grow our base. But O'Reilly needs to learn not to cut people off when they're speaking or he won't make it very far in radio.

[PRO 1]

I thought that O'Reilly had some common sense. Anyone in radio know's that Rush is like an Iowa class battleship. So if it is "for the love of getting conservitave fairness in the media" that O'Reilly is doing this, then he should display the same ethic as Rush, Ragan, Savage, Bell, and other talk show greats have done and EARNED THEIR STATIONS. Where's this "expecting to be given time slots" idea comming from? If it's just plain greed and ego then O'Reilly's blindness is easily explainable.

Conservitaves acheaving their rightfull place in the media is far from accomplished as the recent book "MEDIA BIAS" has so expertly pointed out. Clearing the systemic poision in the entire media culture from the education element on up will take generations to purdge.

So what pray tell could be the reason we are seeing this may I ask?

Well I will foreward 2 givens. First. The liberals and the left have tried every slimey trick in the book to marginalize Rush and the message he represents, and have failed. Second. Given the fact that liberals and leftists scheme and lie and decieve their way to success and control, try this on for size:

What better way to try to break up and diminish the "revival" of the conservative ethic being restored in the media culture than to get them to "fight" with each other. I suspect that it is possible that O'Reilly was "put up to this".

For those that think that the Fox News network has drawn from the conservitave employment pool to staff their company, think again. I site who they replaced Crier with, Paula Zahn. They replaced a responsible journalist with a blonde leftist bimbo. So who is "advising" O'Reilly???

If they can't destroy Rush head on which they have tried to do repeatedly, then they will go at what he represents another way. IE Insite fellow conservatives to fight among themselves.

JUST A THOUGHT (even if I may have misspelled a few words)

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