If 0.01%of the energy wasted by listening to talk radio went into committee work with their opinions, it would make a far greater difference to the country than listening to pundits preaching to the choir.
I worked one election cycle for Goldwater and three election cycles for Reagan and I don’t remember any “committee work.” What is that?
Conservative talk show hosts have an important role and have been very persuasive. You or I might not need them, but as an alternative to the MSM and the Marxist education establishment, they are are particularly effective in giving younger listeners an opposing point of view to consider.
Here is where I offer a different opinion. Talk radio is a commercial business. Just as a radio station attracts a certain audience by specializing in the type of music that audience wishes to hear, conservative talk radio is aimed at an audience that wants to hear conservative talk.
A classical music station will convert few followers of rap stars into opera lovers. Neither is conservative talk radio apt to convert many liberals into conservatives. Yes, it is good to have it out there, but its primary purpose is to sell advertising time to businesses whose target markets (White higher income men 35-55+) are apt to listen, not political wisdom.
Committee work Working for a specific political candidate is not necessarily the same thing as being involved in the work of a political party. Attend a local Republican Party committee meeting.
I just can't let this point go: Rush Limbaugh, today a staunch advocate of a sane immigration policy, spent years telling listeners that "Illegal immigration, was the sign of a healthy economy," or some such drivel, parroting the line of the National Chamber of Commerce.
The guy is great, OK? But we're in sad shape when we have to get what passes for political education from what is essentially an entertainment format.