Posted on 05/13/2002 9:31:31 AM PDT by Goldi-Lox
Rush has had ego problems in his rise to fame also yet look what he has contributed over the years.
O'Reilly should be informed of these irritating characteristics by those who work with him if he is unable to realize them himself. It also bugs me he comes across as overly assertive that his view is better than any others. Sean handles opposing views a lot better than O'Reilly as Sean appears to be avidly exposing a liberal view rather than promoting his own view as the correct view.
The majority of his work is based on his assertion being the best and only correct one. Boring self righteous liberal nonsense.
He lost me permanently when he came out for reparations.
The man is an egotistical loon. He will not last 6 months on radio. He does not have the talent that lies in RL's cigar ashes. He is not as good as Sean Hannity.
Thin skinned and boring, what a compelling combination.
You might be interesred to know Paul Harvey was kicked out of the military in WWII, with a less than honorable discharge, for refusing to be deployed overseas. Little known fact that has been buried big time ... but true. Coward is the word that comes to mind. It wasn't until the 50's that PH began a comeback in his radio career.
Also very early on, there were many small stations that considered dumping Rush before he hit his stride. He worked the phones to keep them on. In some cases virtually begging and pleading not to have the show yanked. Any loss would have hurt terribly. Some of these smaller stations were terribly miffed when Rush's popularity began to zoom and he dumped them for larger signals.
I know, marketplace dynamics, but there is something also to be said about loyality, especially when some of those smaller stations by hanging in there with hime like was the differnece between Rush being where he is today or just another footnote like Cuomo in talk radio. Those 30 or so small stations could have sank his boat if they had given up and pulled the plug early on.
Many have a problem in this department: Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, LBJ, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Dan Quayle (by his own admission), my uncle, etc. Quite frankly, if it was 1968 and I just received my draft notice and knew what I know now, I would not have fought LBJ's War. One thing is certain, I would not have tried to have my cake and eat it too, as in x42.
I knew you could.
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O'Reilly's tragic flaw: Geoff Metcalf follows latest radio dust-up with DrudgeHIS post was earlier, but YOURS got more replies!
Posted by JohnHuang2
On May 13 8:43 AM with 13 comments
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Monday, May 13, 2002 | Geoff Metcalf
FYI, the FR search engine finds different results for:
O'Reilly
and
O'Reilly's
Not Sean - you must have just read it that way.
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