[harpo11]

"There are other reasons why I think Franken will fail. He talks too slow. He's too dry and passionless. But, at the end of the day, he'll bomb because people don't want to hear what he has to say. And that says more about liberalism than it does about Al. "

There are a lot of conservative talk show hosts who although have a wonderful and clear message and voice fail too!

I heard Rush Limbaugh's substitute host, Tom Sullivan, who is good, but he does not generate the energy and enthusiastic spirit that Rush is a gifted natural.

Tom read a story about the 10 men who went to dinner and how they divided the bill in a similar fashion as how our IRS code dictates.

It was a good story, but when Rush returned from his recent 2 week vacation and read the same story, my gosh, he was magnificent because he has soul and passion that comes out of his voice like flames reaching out to touch you. He knows how to use his voice in a manner that entertains and grabs your attention in a colorful meaningful fashion.

What Rush has is a rare gift and no matter if you are conservative, fiercely independent, or liberal to rabid socialist-commie, you cannot last long without this wondrous gift that makes a listener look forward to hearing your program every day and miss you on the weekends, vacations, whatever, because listening to a program of this magnitude that evokes this binding camaraderie is like celebrating Christmas morning every day!

[princess leah]

THE BIGGEST REASON why liberal talk show radio cannot succeed is that liberals DON'T KNOW HOW TO LISTEN! Just look at what happened in the Nov. elections...history was made and the Dems lost the senate and what is their response? We didn't get our message out! WRONG...they were not LISTENING to the American people and in talk radio, in order to be successful like Rush, Sean, Hugh, etc. you have to be able to converse and listen to those who are your audience!