Posted on 04/25/2002 8:40:23 PM PDT by gohabsgo
Don't you just love it?
Common Sense -- Using reason to integrate seemingly random perceptions into ... knowing things.
is an absolute must read.
A classic.
Believe me, those of us here in Oregon are so happy that this RAT governor is on his way out!
The fact is that liberal talk radio consistently fails (see Cuomo and Dershowitz), while conservative talk radio flourishes, providing a level of long-awaited intellectual stimulation and a free market of ideas. It only makes sense for the left to pursue this course.
Could this be because most of the listeners are just normal people who tend to care about their God, their families and their jobs?
It’s no coincidence then that last week in Portland, an organized effort commenced to boycott "hateful" and "bigoted" Michael Savage, conservative talk radio host now on 350 stations nationwide. The newly minted "Coalition Against Hate Radio" was invented for this sole reason. According to the AP, "Church, community and political groups in Oregon and Washington are demanding an end to what they call 'hate radio' and have called on a station owned by billionaire Paul Allen to drop talk show host Michael Savage."
And there were many of us who sent the station an email and asked them to keep Savage, even though we may not agree with him all the time.
Savage has a loyal and growing legion of avid listeners, and his passionate conservative perspective on those who are destroying the country like termites, as well as his trademark message "borders, language, culture", is cutting the left to little pieces of chum bait. Characteristically, none of the phony protesters, including the oft-invited governor, have the guts to appear on the program to debate the host, because there is nothing to defend. Theirs is a fragile house of cards; a vacuous, toxic brew of political intolerance, insulated by the vernacular of progressiveness, diversity, and moral relativism.
Describes the RATS pretty well. They are really hurting aren't they?
They are in essence defending a potemkin village, and are taken aback by Savage, and others, who are guiding America on a tour of their back yard.
"We condemn this message of hate," said Tom Nelson, Coalition Against Hate Radio spokesman. "The content is an unbroken stream of hate and chauvinism directed against women, people of color, liberals, immigrants and in particular people of Middle Eastern heritage and people of the Muslim faith."
Is it hate, Mr. Nelson, or is it the truth that is hurting you?
What Nelson failed to include in his harangue is that his group selectively extracted Savage quotes out of context, wherein Savage indeed rails against a government that fails to secure our borders, while being too weak to confront radical liberal apologists who accuse anyone who advocates enforcement of immigration laws as a "hate monger." Savage is correct when he describes our porous borders as "sieve-like" and vulnerable to easy entry by anyone who wants to do this nation harm. Since common sense contradicts the false premises of America-firsters like Nelson, one can clearly distinguish how the coalition operates. Perhaps what irritates Nelson the most is the truth he seeks to suppress.
Is that truly the truth, Mr. Nelson? </sarcasm off
Fortunately, Portland’s KXL 750 "Home of the Blazers" general manager Tim McNamara detects the baloney as well. McNamara said he had received seven letters of complaint about Savage's show, five of them identically worded. By contrast, he said, he received "hundreds" of letters supporting the station's decision to air the show. "I have absolutely zero advertiser resistance," he said. McNamara has offered Savage's critics airtime on his station, but they declined.
So the left disproved mostly by our messages to KXL -- Hooray!
Savage’s program the same day showed an energized host, ready to confront anyone who would take his words out of context, then use them to slander him. He said he "is as entitled to free speech as the protesters are." But the difference is that he has the truth on his side, and can prove it.
You bet we can prove it. Hooray, FReepers for a job well done!!!!!!!
I'm really beginning to think that the country hasn't changed at all, and what is happening has everything to do with who is in office at any given time, and not a shift in temperament or politics.
Most people are followers, in other words, and supportive of and identify with whoever has the office. Call it "me tooism" -- teaming up with the perceived winning side. If Clinton were still in office, the same things would still be happening to the same effect, and the same players would still be getting that otherwise inexplicable traction with their outrageous spin.
I don't remember Savage's exact words, but he also said he is suing one reporter and her paper over this.
Big Media Lies!
Panic-Stricken Left Bewails Truth Movement Toogood Reports | 04/26/02 | Patrick Mallon
Posted on 4/25/02 8:40 PM Pacific by gohabsgo
Tom Daschle is pleading for "equal time" to anyone who’ll listen. Former Clinton hitmen Carville and Begala get hired by CNN to anchor the new "Crossfire" in a flagging attempt to spawn a forum for their liberal schtick. Al Gore and Joe Lieberman go on the speechmaking circuit, frantic to somehow discredit conservative ideology and programs. Why is the left unable to achieve any influence with the majority? It’s simple. They have zero to offer. And they know it. What’s worse, the public knows it too.
What's BETTER, the public is learning!
The trend line in media dominance by the left is definitely down and to the right. I cancelled my local rag and installed a dish to get Fox News Channel. I haven't seen a picture of Tom, Peter, or Captain Dan in months and don't miss them a bit.
Conservatives who fail to take such steps to strengthen their own voices deserve what they get.
Many who could support conservative ideas are intimidated by the clout of the left. If, for example, the NRA were to double yet again, from 4 million to 8 million members, people would think twice and then not act before daring to suggest that there are "good" gun control laws.
I look forward to that day.
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