Agree on Savage vs. Beck. I listen to Mark Levin while driving home at night and I think he’s been dropping hints, as you say, for a very long time that he doesn’t like Beck. I think different talk radio hosts serve different roles. Limbaugh’s gift has always been to distill complex points down to make them easy to understand and remember (a point Beck was making on his radio show this morning) and I think Beck is currently performing that role, too, but with a bit more theatrics and emotion and a bit less class. Because they distill things down, both Limbaugh and Beck sometimes over-simplify and sometimes get details wrong. Sean Hannity seams like a very nice guy but he’s basically a cheerleader and, like you say, a poor debater (I’ve seen Colmes clean his clock) and repetitive. Mark Levin is basically an intellectual who sweats the details. My main problem with him is that unlike the others, he’s angry and can get nasty. While there is certainly a market for that and it can be entertaining, it’s going to limit his popularity. Complaining about who writes Beck’s books is petty coming from someone who has a best seller. At least he didn’t get Bill Ayers as a ghost writer.
Spot on. You’ve just sold a million books and you’re worrying about whether Glenn Beck has a ghostwriter? Doesn’t look real good.
Best,
Hank