A comment at the site (no it’s not me or anyone I know):
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TSquared - 23 minutes ago
Leon,
I would stand up and applause, but sitting here at my desk starring at a monitor, it wouldn’t really have the desired effect.
I agree 100% about this take on Palin. I also totally agree with your sentiments about talk radio, and in particular Rush Limbaugh. They have done a great deal to create this monster. I’ve always felt that Hannity and Levin were Rush’s minion shows. If you want to know what Sean or Mark were going to be talking about and what positions they were going to take, all you had to do is tune into Rush. Levin, at least in the last few days, seems to be breaking the mold a bit. We’ll see how long that last (my bet - not long).
My question to you Leon, and the rest of your colleagues, is when are you going to start taking this issue - head on - to talk radio? This article had great commentary on the subject, but Rush’s name wasn’t in the title. Rush mentions Redstate often. And if you have listened to his show, you know that he and his staff scourer the internet searching for mentions of his name. Without that name drop in the title, it will likely be missed.
I’ve been a life long conservative and what I’ve seen over the last six months has left me a very discouraged and disillusioned one. I’ve seen the question - Ideology or ratings? - in blog post here and there. I’ve been a Rush Limbaugh listener for 25 years, and until this last year, I’ve always given him the benefit of the doubt on that question. Now, I have to say, my thinking for the last year has been largely inline with the tenor of this piece. As conservatives we’ve always found some comfort in the notion that we at least had talk radio - and a few true conservative public figures - that had our back. However, I fear that it may very well be that those that we’ve looked to as allies in this battle, really were not for the cause itself, but were only benefiting from it. This Palin deal only exacerbates the point.
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Too funny. The irony of you commending then imploring Leon Wolf to stand up and support conservatives while taking to task talk radio is simply hilarious given that Red State is GOPe Central. Besides, you already have the Ted Cruz show, with guest host Mark Levin airing nightly. Truly funny.
Translation:
Cruz needs more hand-holding. More wagons to be circled.
Apparently this “monster” was awesome back when he was doing the work Cruz didn’t.
If it wasn’t for Trump, you would be wondering why Jeb seems to be unstoppable, and when will Scott Walker finally get a breakthrough against Carson.
It Trump wins, we and everyone else will know conservatives are a very small minority. We won’t even get the bones they throw at us now and then. There will be a full frontal attack. It has already started on FR. Conservatives will be purged from FR if soon, if it hasn’t started already.
Anonymous posts are useless
The last paragraph proves the writer IV NO conservative. No true conservative would blame Rydh and talk radio when the problem is the RNC and Mitch’s boys
They finally got it on Inauguration Day, when Iran released the hostages.
IMO, Sarah's jumping the shark if she throws in with Trump. As for Rush, he's an entertainer, nothing more. How can he express his lofty moral views when he's married and divorced so many times?
I'm now comfortable in my own skin, and have demonstrated that I can hold my end in virtually every discussion. I haven't changed my views: Cruz is my #1, Trump is my #2, there is no #3. Funny thing is, when I mention that, the response I hear most often is "NHN, I've been thinking the same thing!" lol
Stay strong, be positive, trust in God.
“I’ve been a life long conservative”
who pimps every RINO that throws their hat in the ring. I’m well, chortling. LOL!
It's getting plumb rough out there in RiNO-land.