Posted on 09/29/2008 6:29:59 PM PDT by pissant
The Wall Street crisis has raised the volume on talk radio as listeners from the heartland to Manhattan weigh in, suspicious and clearly vexed.
It's a free-for-all. Around the proverbial dial, listeners have wept, grumbled, vented, whined and condemned both political parties, seeking solace as well as something - anything - that could help explain the convoluted economics and vicious politics now gripping the nation. The bailout bust and the plunging stock market Monday only fed the sense of urgency.
"It's you. It's you who help us get through this," said one female listener from Wisconsin to Sean Hannity, heard on ABC Radio daily.
"I'm going to try to stay calm because I'm having a nervous breakdown over this," said another emotional woman from New Jersey to syndicated host Rush Limbaugh.
"I'm not going off the air today until everyone understands," he told his audience solemnly. "The so-called bailout has now officially failed."
"This is so sobering. I hate to see us descend into the abyss of socialism," one caller told Salem Radio Network host Michael Medved.
"Conservative free-market principles apply in the good times and the bad times. Conservative free-market principles will get us out of this if we allow them to," Laura Ingraham advised her syndicated audience.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I wanna know who is talking about the victory we the people won by calling and writing our representatives and giving them the back up to do it.
So Is Medved. I can take it from Medved because I only agree with him about half the time anyway but Hugh hurts. I like him and respect him as much or more than any of the talkers. I understand his point but I feel the market will correct effectively with much less govt. stake in the solution.
Michelle Malkin, but she does not have a radio show.
Medved is unbearably ignorant.
If you can believe it , Lou Dobbs! He even called Nancy Pelosi a crook!
She needs one. She's a clear voice of sanity and common sense.
She’s much better on TV. That way I can ogle her too.
There seems to be a deliberate attempt by the media and the pro sellout supporters to keep from reminding people that we played a part in this win.
During the house debate I heard congressman after congressman say that they were overwhelmed by constituent calls opposing the “deal”.
There are plenty of pro-sellout supporters right here on FR. Reminds me of the Amnesty debate.
;o) I know what you mean.
Dobbs doesn’t surprise me. He’s got a populist bent.
Did you hear Steve Forbes on Hewitt’s show?
They were more then willing to pocket the profits, they can take care of their own losses. We are not their insurance policy.
We will survive. This is going to suck, we understands that. However, unlike these silver spoon boys, we all have seen hard times before, we will survive.
I am probably going to see 20 years of damn hard work evaporate in the next couple of weeks. So be it. Better that then the alternative being offered by Paulson and company.
The only Federal response to the Market should be cut Fed spending and cut Fed taxes.
Yeah, pro bailout politicians on both sides of the aisle were constantly claiming the deal was done. Fortunately we didn’t buy that jedi mind trick.
I’m with you. But a freemarket solution, with or without any federal ‘help’ will work. Even if it is the best method of crash and rebuild.
No, I missed Hugh today. I only catch talk radio when I am driving. What is Steve's take on the bill?
Grandpa, is that you???
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