Progressive Radio Hosts More Accepting Of Dissenting Views Than Conservative Hosts
Progressive Radio Hosts More Accepting Of Dissenting Views Than Conservative Hosts
Research 2000 recently conducted a survey testing whether progressive or conservative talk radio shows are more open to callers with dissenting points of view. The organization made 15 calls (with a point of view that was not compatible with the host) to six radio shows — three progressive (Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz) and three conservative (Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh).
Their findings concluded that all the progressive hosts were more willing to take calls from dissenters than were the conservative hosts. Research 2000’s ranking, in order of accessibility: 1): Schultz, 2) Rhodes, 3) Miller, 4) Ingraham, 5) Limbaugh, and 6) Hannity. Among the findings:
– Progressive host Ed Schultz was the most accessible to callers with opposing points of view. “In fact, the only question the screener asked our fifteen callers was simply where are you calling from, radio call letters and your name.”
– Conservative host Sean Hannity was the least accessible. Not a single of the 15 calls Research 2000 made were accepted. “Eleven of our callers with dissenting view points were told by the screener either ‘I will pass it on’ or ‘call our liberal hotline’ and then disconnected.”
– “Only two callers of fifteen dissenting view points was successful in getting on the Rush Limbaugh show. Both callers went through three screeners on the show before getting on the air with the host.”
– Ingraham, Miller, and Rhodes showed “no significant differences” in getting on the air “if one had a dissenting view point.” But the wait time for the Laura Ingraham show was the longest of the three — 40 minutes to one hour and 15 minutes.
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I can’t blame them. I wouldn’t want to deal wth some of these brain dead liberals either.
September 25th, 2006 at 7:45 pmYea, right…. Watch Bill Mahr or listen to AA.
Lib’s can’t handle an honest debate. They name call, belittle and speak in condesending tones.
Belive me, I listen to both sides and the “rightie” shows beg for the lefties to call in and debate. AA rarely accepts call…that’s why they’re about ready for a pemenant “dirt nap!”
September 25th, 2006 at 7:50 pmKeep on creating your own reality Todd & Homer.
I guess the reason why NONE of the 15 callers got on Hannity’s program was because of all the honest debate he wasn’t having with them.
Notice the ranking 1-6, with your favorites at the bottom, as usual.
September 25th, 2006 at 7:59 pmHey trolls, don’t bother posting. This is about science.
September 25th, 2006 at 7:59 pmAnd another thing, nobody’s listens to the pinko’s from AA. That’s why it’s easy to get in. Also, I’d love to hear the questions they asked each host. It would be interesing which side THEY come from…
They phone ringing probable startled the AA host’s and they were glad someone actually is listening!
AA……..R.I.P.!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:01 pmWOWWWWW!!!!!! 15 calls??? That settles the debate, Amanda.
(No offense, Amanda - why does management “punish” you with such mushy-pablum stories to cover??? Poor little thing…..)
September 25th, 2006 at 8:11 pmConservatives are, simply put, big, fat pussies, who can’t handle any opinion other than their own.
Air America is still going strong, and will only continue to do so (they never filed for bankruptcy, HA HA!)
Al Franken is also fair about taking calls and emails from opposing views ON A DAILY BASIS.
Also, Progressives give a voice to their “opposition” in order to have a dialogue, rather than just rambling idiotic sympathizers, spouting non-truths and propoganda.
Sorry Wingnuts, your just dead WRONG, as usual.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:15 pmA conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:16 pm–Woodrow Wilson
I see Exley reverted back to MA after it’s thrubbing earlier..
September 25th, 2006 at 8:18 pmAwww give the trolls a chance, they’re trying to look all sciencey. Look, one even wrote his name like a formula or something!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:19 pm(No offense, Amanda - why does management “punish†you with such mushy-pablum stories to cover??? Poor little thing…..)
Comment by mighty+aphrodite
Let us know when you actually do your own research mmk?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:19 pmwhich will be never..
It was one of the longest weeks of my life but I finally bit the bullet and bought myself a Compaq Presario laptop to supplant the PC that gave up the ghost.
I’ve posted a couple of NY Times posts but I’ve just now made my first original political post since I’d gone offline. It’s Journalism: The Whiteboard of History, which concerns itself with Chris Wallace ambushing Bill Clinton. Enjoy.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:20 pmMA
It’s another tid bit to bash Bush in some ways. I’ll bet the majority of the leftie bloggers on this site have never listened to the Rushman, Michale Medved or Fox.
That would be Whooooo Scarrrryyyy.. (Count Floyd)
September 25th, 2006 at 8:22 pm15 calls each, Mighty Teabagger.
Read the article, it only makes the “conservatives” look worse.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:24 pmOh M.A. Amanda,much to your Chagrin didn’t do the research it was Research 2000 http://research2000.us/
Please Read!!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:29 pmDie now for piece?? (What the hell kind of handle is that?)
Your probably right about Air America. They haven’t YET fleeced the “Little Sister of the Poor” or “The Blind Orphans of Tibet”
The free market & capitalism rule Mr. D
Therefore, AA will be His-to-ry shortly.
God Bless America!!!!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:30 pmIt’s another tid bit to bash Bush in some ways. I’ll bet the majority of the leftie bloggers on this site have never listened to the Rushman, Michale Medved or Fox.
Sure I have, but most every talking point they spew is misleading inaccurate or false. Why listen to propaganda?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:30 pmThat’s something we have suspected for a long time.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:31 pmOpposing views are discouraged if not outlawed from the conservative shows. Note that the conservtive blogs are also very unfriendly to contrary points of view.
Liberal shows are much more likely to allow an opposing view on the air and try to debate it.
We get annoyed here at TP with the trolls, but recognize that an open forum is preferred.
Zooey,
Nice comeback Potsie!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:31 pmconservatives really hate debating the issues?
no surprise there!
btw, “mighty+aphrodite” are you an “s-p” or a “t-warrior”?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:31 pmThanks, jurassicpork.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:33 pmum… i gotta correct one little thing here:
franken SELDOM takes calls - that is not the format of his show… he dropped that idea very early on… he fills the time with amazing guests though… and he has learned, mostly, to let them do the talking, finally…
now, sam seder, on in the late morning, does take a lot of calls, and even begs for conservatives, saying they may even get put ahead of the line… and randi takes a lot of con calls - she’s too smart for most of them though… hard to get one over on that lady… actually never, for either…
the truth and the facts are impossible to refute…
September 25th, 2006 at 8:33 pm…
Zooey,
Of all the names MA has inflicted upon others on this site, I must say, yours fits MA better than any she (it?) has dished out.
It’s brilliant.
Hey - have you TPer’s heard of the Conservative Candidate’s Campaign Member (NH) who would go on to liberal blogs poo-pooing what they were saying and trying to get them on to other topics?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:36 pmHmmmm……..
If they let dissenting viewpoints on their shows it would get in the way of a good ‘ol one-way right-wing circle-jerk.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:39 pmA dissenting viewpoint would actually expose the host to an opposing point of view leaving their many vulnerable and hollow talking points open to exposure. This is dangerous because then the listeners might start to think! Can’t have that!
I’ve noticed that the trolls really bring the tour de force with the non-stories.
Keep ignoring the issues, guys. You’re doing us a huge favor.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:41 pmi’m not a conservative, so no need to flame me for saying this:
This wasn’t a very scientific study. 15 calls each is not a very big sample size, but moreover, there was no control: i.e., callers with the same opinions of the talk show. Only by comparing the control group with the variable group is useful data acquired in experimental science. It very well may be that both groups would have had similar success rates, owing to the fact that conservatives are more successful on the talk radio format that progressives, and therefore have more callers.
This study has only shown a correlation without demonstrating causality.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:41 pmNice comeback Potsie!
Comment by Homer+Simpson
High praise, indeed, from someone answering to the name of Homer Simpson.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:42 pmI bet Homer still thinks lucem ferre is lucifer..
For I am the morning star, I am Pi Cot Orion. Pisce Hori, it is me the one that comes before him, not uncle Togarmah, not Gog and Magog Bush. It is I who have the wisdom, I am the messiah you seek and who shall not come unto those that war in the name of Jesus!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:43 pmZooey,
Of all the names MA has inflicted upon others on this site, I must say, yours fits MA better than any she (it?) has dished out.
It’s brilliant.
Comment by trueblue
Thanks true, but it was our friend, For Truth, who used it first. I have permission, of course. :)
September 25th, 2006 at 8:44 pmOT
Pelosi vowing not to end session
Wow! The House actually work? Heavens!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:48 pmMaybe TP needs some moderation system (not censorship, just something user driven to make less visible the posts that don’t contribute anything).
Hint to Todd or Homer+Simpson
1) Read the story
2) Try to formulate a reply that’s interesting, informative, funny or has some other quality that makes it worth everyone’s time. Oh, and relevant is good.
Can’t manage that? Why not find a new hobby, because you’re only making complete fools of yourselves. Your posts are so bad, it’s hard to tell if they’re a parody.. I would think they were parody - except they’re not funny. If they are a parody.. please also stop, for the same reason.
BTW, i have listened to right wing shows. It’s like watching a car crash. It’s awful, you know you shouldn’t, but occasionally it’s fascinating to see a whole bunch of very very stupid people circle jerking themselves in an orgy of total incomprehension. Then, you can go back and listen to gentlemen like Olbermann or Stewart, and really get the contrast. You know? Dim (Hannity) to witty (Stewart), ugly (Limbaugh)… handsome (Stewart), robotic (any of ‘em on the right)… insightful (Olbermann), sex offender (O’Reilly) to happily married man (Stewart again). all with the flick of a remote. Magic. I don’t have access to left *radio* but i’m sure it’s doing just fine like left-wing entertainment everywhere.
Anyway sorry to be OT this once but I hope to get one of these sad trolls nice and worked up. Productive isn’t it?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:49 pmThe free market & capitalism
Then you are not a man of what you preach, you uphold money before humanity? Did not Jesus turn the tables of the money changers? Why so do you cloak yourself in the words of the righteous while doing the deed of Mammon?
Jesus, nor God has ever been a exploiter of mankind, and now you purport to do Satans work? Do not you see that the lust of money is the root of all evil? Do you now deny the word of the bible for that of money?
September 25th, 2006 at 8:51 pmHigh praise, indeed, from someone answering to the name of Homer Simpson.
Comment by Zooey
When I first read the post and then his name, I thought,”How freaking lame is it to post as a man known to be a dumbass and whose catch phrase is “Doh!”
September 25th, 2006 at 8:52 pmWe’re gettin’ the bottom of the barrel, folks!
mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy,mike malloy!!!!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:52 pmAll it shows is that, since Conservative shows are more popular, they’re harder to get on.
How many people call Limbaugh’s show in an hour? Thousands?
The order of accessibility looks like the order of listenership as well.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:54 pmI can think of all the times that Rush Limbaugh has agreed to be in open, public televised debates with prominent liberals…
uh…well, actually that’s never happened.
LOOK over there! A terrorist!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:55 pmIF you are a ‘liberal’ who actually makes it on one of these shows, don’t expect to be able to voice what you want to say. They will shut you down the very second they feel threatened. No different that that waste of space O’Reilly.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:56 pm“I guess Michale Moorer’s films are bible. Your ignorance is there for all to see. Please call Michale Medved or Dennis Praeger some day, it will make THEIR day and put your tail between your skinny legs.
Let us know also where you get your research information. Obviosly from the doormat know as the NY Times or “Pravda of the East†as it’s more commonly known.”
lotsa smear, no facts… must be from a conservative.
(”hosebag”? who writes your material?!)
September 25th, 2006 at 8:57 pmHomer,
Third time you have spelled Michael incorrectly.
First time I get. Fingers flying all over the keyboard.
Second, I thought,”Hmm…. Naaah.”
It’s now the third. This is not a three time accident.
“M-I-C-H-A-E-L” (for those doing the mickey mouse theme right now…. M-O-O-R-E!
September 25th, 2006 at 8:57 pmThank you. I’ll be here all week! Tip your waitress!)
40. Jamie
September 25th, 2006 at 9:01 pmIf so many people call Rush, than why do all of his dittohead callers talk as if they have shite for brains? Few of them bring up anything relevent to the discussion other than…”uh..you are so right Rush, ditto everything you just said” Why does anyone want to listen to that gasbag talk to himself all day? He almost NEVER has guests, his callers bring NOTHING new to the discussion, and EVERY SINGLE argument that he makes goes straight to liberal and democrat bashing in less than five seconds.
OMG, Keith Olbermann, once again, KICKS ASS!!!!
If you didn’t see the live show, you gotta see the repeat. Brilliant!
September 25th, 2006 at 9:01 pmYou’re a hoot, true.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:01 pmTune in Countdown with Olbermann – he has another special comment tonight and it is amazingly hard hitting. The replay is on at 11PM central time, on MSNBC.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:02 pmHe is the ONLY one on TV very eloquently expressing the liberal point of view.
I don’t have access to left *radio*…
Comment by Smiff — September 25, 2006 @ 8:49 pm
if you have speakers on your computer, you have access…
September 25th, 2006 at 9:07 pmhigh speed connection may also be a must, not sure…
and, most are podcast… try it, you’ll like it! :-)
Has everyone forgotten how OReilly treated the son of a 9/11 victim? He was inexcusably mean and sadistic toward the young man.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:12 pmAs soon as a caller indicates he may not agree with the conservatives, he is shut off.
Ed Schultz always takes calls from all sides. And sometimes a real debate gets going. Randi Rhodes always takes calls from conservatives, as does Sam Seder, and in fact, nearly everyone on AA and on the affiliate in my area take calls from everyone.
Actually, as maddening as it is, it is often entertaining to listen to the rightwingnuts try to defend the indefensible.
I can’t blame them. I wouldn’t want to deal wth some of these brain dead liberals either.
Comment by Todd — September 25, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
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Yeah, if only someone would pass a law to limit the freedom of speech for Liberals, then we could finally have a true Democracy in this country.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:14 pmSame thing with the blogs too folks, dissenting views are deleted from the Rightwing sites.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:16 pmStephanie Miller isn’t high speed dependent.
Just windows.
AA - Al Franken- listened to him without high speed.
All that’s required is an open mind.
(amazing that roughly 35% of Americans don’t even have that! Maybe we should do a telethon!
September 25th, 2006 at 9:19 pm“Please… help us help them! Won’t you lend a hand to help ALL Americans an Open Mind?”)
you leftards are one delusional set of brain dead shitbags. You even censor dissenting vioes on this website yet you have the balls and hypocriy to say that libs accept different viws - what a laug. you people are so crazy and delusional you cannot even see that you are crazy and delusional.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:20 pmkaty ,
September 25th, 2006 at 9:21 pmthat’s a good point about radio over broadband, thanks. just from their homepages or is there some left-wing podcast index you can link me up to? :)
cheers
This is brilliant, Adolf Bush has his little Bush-ies at work. Try the test yourself, and see what happens. But NOOO, that requires actually doing something.
morons
September 25th, 2006 at 9:26 pmEgyptian: Pi Cot Orion = The Fish of Him Who Comes.
The Sign is pictured as two large fishes bound together by a Band, the ends of which are fastened separately to their tails. One fish is represented with its head pointing upwards towards the North Polar Star, the other is shown at right angles, swimming along the line of the ecliptic, or path of the sun.
The ancient Egyptian name, as shown on the Denderah Zodiac, Pi-cot Orion, or Pisces Hori, which means the fishes of Him that cometh. (2012 Galactic Crossing)
I feel that progressive radio is not a worthwhile endeavor.-Dan
Only in terms of monetary means, notice that with no financing, and no lobbyists, and no payoffs to congressmen, or senate, these people, have made a huge impact with no money, that in and of itself is a great feat given todays $$$ political scene.
My hat is off to PI COT ORION and those whom seek truth.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:27 pmGod bless you. I apologize to the ‘liberals’ they speak truthfully, God bless you for opening my eyes.
ou leftards are one delusional set of brain dead shitbags. You even censor dissenting vioes on this website yet you have the balls and hypocriy to say that libs accept different viws - what a laug. you people are so crazy and delusional you cannot even see that you are crazy and delusional.
Comment by liberal nutjobs
Calahan you are stil a very bad speller.l
September 25th, 2006 at 9:29 pmStephanie Miller with Rev. Dan
You must turn up your speakers and enjoy!
September 25th, 2006 at 9:29 pmOh the rightards are at it again, Liberals by definition are LIBERAL, meaning say what you want to, its important we hear you. Just because you don’t know how to use this web site, you blame the left for your incompetencies
September 25th, 2006 at 9:30 pmyou leftards are one delusional set of brain dead shitbags.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:32 pmYou are calling Jesus delusional? What kind of Conservative Christian are you?
you people are so crazy and delusional you cannot even see that you are crazy and delusional.
Comment by liberal nutjobs
Wow. I’m surprised your comment stayed up long enough for me to respond to it, liberal nutjobs. May I call you nutjob? Thanks.
Basically three things get deleted on TP, nutjob:
1. Super super long comments, that could be handled with a link.
2. Violence or WAY over the top disgusting sexual attacks.
3. The f-word. (My specialty)
Thanks for playing. Run along…
September 25th, 2006 at 9:32 pmThe Hebrew name is Dagim, the Fishes, which is closely connected with multitudes, as in Genesis 48:26, where Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons, and says, “Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” The margin says, “Let them grow as fishes do increase.” It refers to the fulfilment of Genesis 1:28, “Be fruitful and multiply.” The multitude of Abraham’s seed is prominent in the pronouncement of the blessings, where God compared his future posterity to the stars of the sky, and the sand upon the sea shore. “A very great multitude of fish,” as in Ezekiel 47:9.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:34 pmyou leftards are one delusional set of brain dead shitbags. You even censor dissenting vioes on this website yet you have the balls and hypocriy to say that libs accept different viws - what a laug. you people are so crazy and delusional you cannot even see that you are crazy and delusional.
Comment by liberal nutjobs
Wow, but yet your post is here for all of us to see!
Go figure!
BTW:
September 25th, 2006 at 9:34 pmYour spelling is even worse than Homer’s. That great American Education at work, I guess…..
Exley,
I don’t miss you yet.
Please, try to stay away long enough for me to know what it feels like to miss you.
September 25th, 2006 at 9:34 pm#57 libral nutjob
September 25th, 2006 at 9:38 pmYou’re here aren’t you?
You are your own contradiction.
Oh, *Snap*, Zooey!
I guess we are the troll tag team tonight.
(I hope Merv doesn’t read this….ugh!)
September 25th, 2006 at 9:39 pmWelcome, Marie!
September 25th, 2006 at 9:47 pmAnd now we are three….
Troll Busters!
Hey - who put Corky where that picture of Sean Hannity is supposed to be?
September 25th, 2006 at 10:06 pmThats why ones are called conservatives and the other progressives.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:09 pmTo the earlier commenter that pointed out the lack of a control in TP’s experiment, I can only say:
If you want to know who takes calls and who doesn’t, a formal study is not necessary. I’ve listened to all six of the shows mentioned here, quite a bit, and CLEARLY the progressive hosts open the airwaves to dissent. Randi Rhodes revels in debate from the righties, Ed Schultz (who’s a DLC hack IMHO) takes all comers though he often gets stumped on the basic facts and Stephanie and Jim just make the wingnuts look like the deranged nitwits that they are with jokes. When Hannity and Limbaugh take calls fom “liberals”, they are of the Alan Colmes variety, milquetoast plants.
Hannity, Limbaugh and Ingraham aren’t stupid (well Hannity’s debatable), they’ just flat out well paid politicos doing a job, and crippling democracy in the process. cha-ching! Hope your soles re worth it.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:09 pmBTW - this study is flawed because this notion of acceptance is not just about ‘getting through’… it’s about actually having a reasonable debate on the issues and not drowning out callers. I’m not sure that talk radio is a good medium for that kind of discussion, in the first place.
But - as we all know - neoconservatives are still douchebags. =)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:11 pmSean Hannity kinda looks like snow monkey, or Moe from the 3 stooges.
If Mr. Liberal Nutjobs could please provide some backup of his claims, I am open to that.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:14 pmGood job, trueblue, Marie and Zooey….This old crone was going to weigh in but see you have every thing in control as usual…..
Poor Exley and the others must of got the short straw tonight and it’s their turn in the barell…Some thing’s never change, like closed mind’s….Oh well ” you can’t fix stupid”…..
One of the dumbasses asked if we had listened to fox, limpbaugh and another, yes I have and found they were raving hate mongers spouting faith and pioty while breaking all moral values and often the law…….
Keep the light’s on gang and they will scurry back to their little hiddy holes….. Blessings, we need them……Peace demand it for the children of the world….Hug a puppy and a tree…
September 25th, 2006 at 10:14 pmOh the rightards are at it again, Liberals by definition are LIBERAL, meaning say what you want to, its important we hear you. Just because you don’t know how to use this web site, you blame the left for your incompetencies.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:16 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have no idea what this means, please extrapolate.
Conservative talk show hosts are becoming increasingly screechy and unhinged because they are disgusted by the fact that they have to defend tha actions of Bush and his neocon circus that is neither Republican nor conservative. How frustrated would you be if after all these years of controlling the White House and congress and all you have to tout is a vetoed stem cell bill? Bush is making the GOP a tough brand to sell even for hacks like Limbaugh and Hannity.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:19 pmyou leftards are one delusional set of brain dead shitbags.
You are calling Jesus delusional? What kind of Conservative Christian are you?
Comment by Exley
Naw, we are calling Jesus what he was, a man whom sought peace and equality.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:19 pmGood job, trueblue, Marie and Zooey
Hijacking have made you invisible :)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:20 pmWelcome, Marie!
And now we are three….
Troll Busters!
Comment by trueblue
we are four and many more =)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:21 pmIm a stupid. I meant invincible, girls.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:23 pmwe are four and many more =)
Comment by Trinary_Suka
No, Trinary. We are millions and pissed off.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:30 pmJuan,
You’re so sweet. Invisible or invincible — it’s all good. :)
ForTruth,
I choose snow monkey. Moe was smarter than Hannity.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:30 pmIm a stupid. I meant invincible, girls.
Comment by Juan+C
Fake Juan do not reply to it.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:32 pmNever stupid, Juan.
Cute as all get-out, yes.
Hi. Been well?
September 25th, 2006 at 10:34 pmApparently a dissenting viewpoint isn’t welcome on right wing radio, however, a dissenting viewpoint on shows like Thom Hartmann is thrusted to the front of the line.
Wow, amazing how braindead we liberals are when we take on the rantings of the right headon when the intelligent conservatives call Fox secrurity.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:37 pmJuan,
Are you fake tonight?
September 25th, 2006 at 10:39 pmWe are legion here!
September 25th, 2006 at 10:40 pmTrolls can post, but they will be exposed for their stupidity and their lemming-like brains will be taxed with facts.
Unless they become repetitious, obnoxious and otherwise distracting - then they will be ignored, exiled to the land of the invisible.
That’s right! Fox Security, comin’ right for us!
September 25th, 2006 at 10:41 pmHA! I forgot about that. Bill is such a tool, isn’t he?
Okay, seriously now, ThinkProgress has REALLY got to start doing a better job of preventing people from “hijacking” other people’s usernames…I juist returned home a little while ago and was rading various threads and all of a sudden I see Postings # 60, 61, 64, and 66 falsely attributed to me….Those postings are NOT from the “real” Exley….This is not the first time this has happened. How difficult is it for ThinkProgress to install some type of program that would prevent duplicate usernames???? This is very annoying…
To all those on ThinkProgress who know me (but certainly don’t always agree with me :), such as Wayne and Jane Schneider (my fellow followers of the Orange and Blue,) Zooey, Juan C, Brian Coughlan, Killer Whale, etc.), please be assured that postings #60, 61, 64, and 66 are NOT the “Exley” with whom you have communicated over the past several weeks….
As a code to prove my identity to Wayne and Jane — Boisclair.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:43 pmFake Juan do not reply to it.
Comment by Trinary_Suka
No, it was me… writing wrong. :)
You’re so sweet. Invisible or invincible — it’s all good. :)
Zoo…can I tell you that that post its the most tender I had read? (Ok, buddy, be a man!)
Cute as all get-out, yes.
Hi. Been well?
Comment by trueblue
cute as all get-out? Sorry, my english stops right there. Whats that? (I can imagine but I rather read it from you ;)
Yes, true. Im really tired. Glueing acrylic pieces to make a cavity…for research purposes (I know…cavity…etc)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:44 pmI can hear Thom Hartman (radio) only on Saturdays. He is rapidly becoming one of my favorites. He takes all calls, and he knows what he says.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:45 pmI’ll email it, Juan, along with a few off-color remarks about the cavity you’re building….! ;)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:50 pmI am a Canadian,
September 25th, 2006 at 10:50 pmI have listened to many American radio shows.
I find the extreme right shows offensive. They are so biased that they make me sick.
I am right, you are wrong. That is their Mantra!
What ever happened to freedom of speech?
Rush and Hanity are the example of no “free speech” in the free world.
If you don’t fit into their worlds, you don’t fit in!
Even when Bush lies, they support him.
I guess that this makes them radicals (or terrorists) in your country.
Bush’s smirk pisses me off. His lies makes me angry!
He is your president. How can you tollerate him?
please be assured that postings #60, 61, 64, and 66 are NOT the “Exley†Comment by Exley
I was doubting it was you when I saw:
The Hebrew name is Dagim, the Fishes, which is closely connected with multitudes, as in Genesis 48:26, where Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons, and says
I was going to post: I am the Key Master…are you the Gatekeeper? He!
September 25th, 2006 at 10:51 pmZoo…can I tell you that that post its the most tender I had read?
Comment by Juan+C
Sorry Exley, I’m breaking up with you.
Juan is my new sweetie. :)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:51 pmJuan is my new sweetie. :)
Comment by Zooey
I was changed for a guy who speaks of GWB as the Great Liberator? :)
September 25th, 2006 at 10:57 pmEx-Exley,
Welcome to the Those Who Have Been Impersonated Club.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:57 pmI was changed for a guy who speaks of GWB as the Great Liberator? :)
Comment by Juan+C
Do you want to be my new sweetie or not? :)
Ex-Exley and I were only using each other anyway. It would have ended badly.
September 25th, 2006 at 10:59 pmI’ll email it, Juan, along with a few off-color remarks about the cavity you’re building….! ;)
Comment by trueblue
*blush* Err…yeah, progressive radio hosts and conservatives…yeah, what a great discussion were having, isnt it? *blush*
September 25th, 2006 at 11:01 pmBush’s smirk pisses me off. His lies makes me angry!
He is your president. How can you tollerate him?
Comment by kimmy
Believe me, it has been a trial. We are struggling to make it to his last day.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:01 pmWe will bring out the champagne - and that will be at work! At 9AM!
Zooey,
Gonna have to fight you for him!
Exley, of course it wasn’t you, as it was sensible.
Kimmy,
Please don’t judge us on our A**hole President. History will show that he was actually never legally elected by the American people.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:01 pmWe truly dislike the way our country is headed. That’s why we are here.
We have 847 more days. (to put up with GWB) I truly hope we do not damage the world much more than we have til then.
Hi Juan and Zooey…Nice to know that you recognize the REAL Exley and that I am not a (complete) lunatic!
But what the hell???? Why can’t TP do something to prevent the hijacking of usernames???? I know the technology is available….
Like I said, very annoying…
P.S. Juan, nah…”The Great Liberator” language was mine…I won’t back away from that! :)
September 25th, 2006 at 11:02 pm#96 - Americans weren’t voting for George Bush, but an illusion carefully crafted by Karl Rove. Now that they’re in power, they’re doing everything they can to avoid being forcefully removed. Meanwhile, everyone who is not a rich, white male suffers…
September 25th, 2006 at 11:04 pm#97, Juan C….Ghostbusters? Right?
Dana Barrett: “Do you want this body?”
Doctor Peter Venkman: “Is this a trick question?”
September 25th, 2006 at 11:06 pmWell true,
Since I haven’t made a man blush about cavities the way you have, I’ll just have to back off. :)
September 25th, 2006 at 11:09 pmGonna have to fight you for him! Comment by trueblue
Can I go for the mud and a camera, first?
Exley, of course it wasn’t you, as it was sensible
Ha!
I truly hope we do not damage the world much more than we have til then.
Ok, thats one of my favorites too. Really sweet.
Juan, nah…â€The Great Liberator†language was mine…I won’t back away from that! :)
Comment by Exley
I know, buddy. I saw that post in a past thread. Sincerely, I really laugh at first. Then it hit me: you werent joking. Seriously, dont you feel ashamed when he opens his mouth? But its ok. My idols are still my mom and my dad.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:13 pm#101, Perhaps, Zooey…But we’ll always have Paris … Inside of us, we both know you belong with Juan C. You’re part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that blog leaves the ground and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
I’ve got a job to do, too. Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of, Zooey… I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that. Now, now… Here’s looking at you kid.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:15 pmDana Barrett: “Do you want this body?â€
Doctor Peter Venkman: “Is this a trick question?â€
Comment by Exley
Ha ha ha ha! Right on! I never thought you could make me laugh so hard. Thank you, really.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:17 pmMy idols are still my mom and my dad.
Comment by Juan+C
Are you trying to make me cry?
â€The Great Liberatorâ€
Comment by Ex-Exley
Are you trying to make me puke?
September 25th, 2006 at 11:17 pmSince I haven’t made a man blush about cavities the way you have, I’ll just have to back off. :)
Comment by Zooey
I saw that coming from miles away :)
September 25th, 2006 at 11:19 pmPerhaps, Zooey…But we’ll always have Paris …
Comment by Ex-Exley
Maybe you will, but I wouldn’t go near that skank with a ten foot d*ck.
You are trying to make me puke!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:20 pmAre you trying to make me puke?
Comment by Zooey
youre Too much *gasp* too much *breath*
September 25th, 2006 at 11:23 pmI know I shouldn’t say this, but I love you Exley
September 25th, 2006 at 11:24 pm#111….Great movie! Well, Juan, I think what this means is that despite the political differences, we all want the same thing….To have a good life and laugh and be at peace (My GOD! I am sounding like a liberal! But you know what? Conservatives want the same thing….We just disagree about how best to get there)….
My idols are still my mom and my dad.
Comment by Juan+C
Me too…AND my older brothers.
Take care of Zooey, Juan! She deserves the best! :)
September 25th, 2006 at 11:24 pmI know I shouldn’t say this, but I love you Exley
Comment by Juan C
Well true, it looks like Ex-Exley’s the better man. Shall we bow out gracefully?
September 25th, 2006 at 11:28 pmI know I shouldn’t say this, but I love you Exley
Comment by Juan C
mmm…you forgot the + sign, to make it a little more credible. But, hey, we are teenagers just once, so keep it up.
September 25th, 2006 at 11:29 pm#116….Zooey,
Sure, Paris Hilton may be a repulsive skank! Sure, she may be some blonde tramp with a fantastic body! Sure, she may be some sexually uninhibited multi-millionaire heiress hottie without a brain in her head, but….er….ummmm….errr……..ummmm….What was I saying again????
September 25th, 2006 at 11:31 pmTo have a good life and laugh and be at peace (My GOD! I am sounding like a liberal! Comment by Exley
Everybody, Ex. Every single last one human should have a good life and laugh and be at peace. Even those who are not helping to accomplish it. You should be a liberal, but ok, we will take it from here. Small steps.
Take care of Zooey, Juan! She deserves the best! :)
I know, thats why she is not with me. (Tango music playing in the background)
September 25th, 2006 at 11:33 pm#113, “You’re just a distinctive lunatic!!! “
Well, I guess that beats being a run-of-the-mill lunatic!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:35 pmI know, thats why she is not with me. (Tango music playing in the background)
Comment by Juan+C
Now that’s how it’s done well. Such a charmer.
Sorry Juan, I shouldn’t have fallen for the impersonator. Welcome to the club, by the way!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:40 pmTake care of Zooey, Juan! She deserves the best! :)
I know, thats why she is not with me. (Tango music playing in the background)
Comment by Juan+C
Oh, Juan! That’s so film noire!
mmm…you forgot the + sign
Don’t make me blush… Why haven’t you changed it?
Well true, it looks like Ex-Exley’s the better man. Shall we bow out gracefully?
Comment by Zooey
I don’t recall if I’ve ever done anything gracefully…!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:47 pmUsually it’s kicking and screaming! (then again I am a Taurus…) ;)
REPUBLICAN’T…..VOTE DEM!!!!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:50 pmDon’t make me blush… Why haven’t you changed it? Comment by trueblue
For a girl. Ahhhh!
Now that’s how it’s done well. Such a charmer. Comment by Zooey
September 25th, 2006 at 11:57 pmIn comparison with my mud and a camera post above, well, yeah.
This doesn’t surprise me a bit.
I think this falls right in line with my suspicions that liberals are simply more open to ideas, whereas cons usually speak from a pre-written playbook. They are very dogmatic and fixed in their positions.
That’s one reason why they seem to be better at “staying on message” than us liberal types. We think more broadly, so we talk more broadly.
Still this study is not all tha strong. I’d love to see a more exhaustive study with a larger sample (both callers and hosts) and with a control group of callers with the corresponding (rather than opposing) view.
September 26th, 2006 at 12:02 amIn comparison with my mud and a camera post above, well, yeah.
Comment by Juan+C
I was very carefully ignoring that, Juan. :}
September 26th, 2006 at 12:02 amJuan,
You have the Sweet Meter running at a ten tonight.
(Well, except for the mud comment….)
However, I am *really* tired.
Goodnight, my cyber friends.
We’ll fight the good fight tomorrow.
September 26th, 2006 at 12:09 amWell, except for the mud comment…
Comment by true
Sometimes we have to fall in order to go up. Sorry about that. Good night. Take care.
September 26th, 2006 at 12:14 amhoo-rah, keith olberman… that was a most excellent special comment…
September 26th, 2006 at 1:02 amno more free pass… bush has failed us… no more free pass…
…
#139, Darn, I missed ESPN tonight! What did sports anchor Keith Olberman say tonight? I
September 26th, 2006 at 1:08 amIt’s late and everyone is probably gone, but I have to say Keith O hit it again tonight! Hope to see the video online soon.
September 26th, 2006 at 1:14 amI love listening to Schultz precisely because he likes conservative callers. He usually has not trouble shooting down any of their talking points and make them look foolish without ever having to get ugly with them.
September 26th, 2006 at 1:15 amAmerica’s Least Wanted
139, Darn, I missed ESPN tonight! What did sports anchor Keith Olberman say tonight? I
Comment by Exley
As if I watch TV.
September 26th, 2006 at 2:41 amRight wingers are not really concerned about dissenting views on progressive radio, they don’t want the progressive views aired at all.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:31 amThat’s right. Yet Democrats can’t get on FOX fast enough. Like a PETA spokesperson betting on dogs.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:35 amBush abandoned the search for Osama when he became president. Pass it on.
September 26th, 2006 at 8:11 amTo any doubters, Exley in #92 (Ah, yes, Bruce Boisclair) is the real Exley. I can confirm that. Someone would have to go to way too much trouble to dig that name up just to pretend to be someone else. I don’t know who that other Exley is in the #60s.
I’ve been busy, Exley, but I still want to put together a little “presentation” on my invasion-for-oil idea. I just wanted to gather the PNAC documents (they mention oil) as well as look up some stuff in Greg Palast’s work to see where I can find more info. In short, what became known as “Operation Iraqi Freedom” started out as “Operation Iraqi Liberation”. I think they thought people would suspect something (the truth), so they changed the name so it wouldn’t be “OIL”. They had plans for how to divide up the oil fields all laid out. And remember President Bush’s stirring words of hope to the Iraqi people just before he launched the invasion: “Do not destroy the oil fields.” And while there were more than enough troops to take out the Iraqi government, there were not nearly enough to secure the piece afterwards. (You might disagree, but I think it was a crime against humanity to allow the Baghdad Museum to be looted. Say what you will about Saddam - O’Reilly would run the country the same way he did - but it was the cradle of civilization and there were some very valuable pieces in that museum. Rumsfeld was irresponsibly flippant about the looting.) While they didn’t have enough troops to secure the nuclear power plants (which got looted and they had to track down where everything went by checking medical reports of people suffering from radiation sickness), they did manage to have enough troops to secure - ta dum! - the Ministry of Oil. Anyway, I wanted to find my sources for all that before posting it.
Gotta get back to work now. Don’t concern yourself too much about 100 wins. As the White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said, “It’s just a number.”
September 26th, 2006 at 8:44 amApologies to everyone for what was, in essence, an off-topic post in #148.
On topic - I remember when Hannity was doing his radio show from one of the political conventions (the Democratic one, I think) and he was caught on tape saying of the Democrats, “God, I hate these people!” It doesn’t surprise me that liberals would have a hard time getting through to his show. Also, he is a very dishonest debater. I’ve seen him have liberal guests on, supposedly to talk about something in particular, and then blindside them with a question about something else while demanding an explanation, even if there is no rational reason why the guest should know the answer Hannity wanted.
And I’ve heard Rush Limbaugh stammer through a call from a liberal and afterwards he felt it necessary to point out that the caller lied to the screener (but how else could a non-dittohead get through?) He does not want dissenting voices heard on his show, and that’s the real secret of his success. He bills himself as the man with the answers, but he won’t welcome anyone with opposing views because his listeners might begin to doubt that Rush knows everything (or anything). So he tries very hard to make sure that his viewpoint is the only one his listeners hear, unless he’s looking to ridicule a liberal’s words (often through selective editing.)
I have not heard Laura Ingraham on the radio, but I have seen her on TV, and she does not impress me. (People who deal in facts impress me much more.) She seems like a less shrill Ann Coulter.
Have fun, everyone. Maybe I’ll see you at lunchtime.
September 26th, 2006 at 9:00 amI know that I should probably engage in some constructive debate about the actual topic of this post, but allow me to just enjoy how incredibly awesome this “pre-celebrity-just-a-local-Atlanta-radio-schlub” photo of Hannity truly is.
September 26th, 2006 at 9:06 amCall and write the sponsors of the shows.
Complain. Complain. Complain. Complain. Complain. Complain.
Hannity and the rest can rant all they want, into a dead mic, when the sponsors leave the show. Consumers do rule what advertisering sponsors, and they can make significant changes to any media, includng the most militant conservatives.
September 26th, 2006 at 10:15 amHey Wayne….Very busy today a work (A rarity!)…But I will check out and respond to what you wrote later on….(Although I must say, you don’t get off to a good start when I see the name of kooky Greg Palast! :) )Have a good day, Wayne (And I am NOT happy about the way the team is playing in the last weeks of the season…Yeah, I know the games don’t really mean anything, but you can’t just turn it on come playoff time!)….
P.S. I knew you would know Bruce Boisclair!
September 26th, 2006 at 11:06 amExley,
Give me some time. If I can find the stuff without using one of Palast’s articles as a source for you, then I will. Otherwise, I don’t know why you would think he’s “kooky”. He’s an excellent investigative journalist. I admit that in videos, his style comes across almost like a 1940s gumshoe, but that should not detract from what he says. (The same as you being conservative doesn’t “automatically” mean everything you say is wrong, nor with me and my being liberal.)
September 26th, 2006 at 11:15 am#149, Wayne…One thing: “I have not heard Laura Ingraham on the radio, but I have seen her on TV, and she does not impress me. “
Wayne, I realize you are married….But Laura Ingraham doesn’t impress you???? She’s adorable!
September 26th, 2006 at 11:23 am#154 Exley,
I find beautiful minds most attractive of all.
Perhaps I should have said that nothing she says impresses me. :)
September 26th, 2006 at 11:35 am#155….Ah! Well, THAT makes sense! Okay, I can buy that!
(Just kidding, Wayne…I knew what you meant!)
September 26th, 2006 at 11:40 amStephanie Miller’s tagline is: the right-wingers go to the front of the line…if you have a right-wing viewpoint, you’re automatically there. As pointed out above, Rev. Dan is a fantastic example (and hilarious).
September 26th, 2006 at 12:21 pmExley, it’s a good thing that Wayne loves beautiful minds, otherwise I’d be up a creek (without a husband!) :-D
September 26th, 2006 at 12:44 pmwhat were the questions they were going to ask? and… the more popular the show… it tends to be more difficult to get on i would think.
September 26th, 2006 at 1:00 pm#158, Oh come on, Jane…You know that Wayne is lucky to have you!
September 26th, 2006 at 1:13 pm#160 Exley,
What do you know? Something else we agree on!
September 26th, 2006 at 1:24 pm#161…It’s all about finding common ground, Wayne!
September 26th, 2006 at 1:42 pm#162 Exley,
I’ll all for finding common ground, but you can’t have my wife. She’s mine! :)
September 26th, 2006 at 1:53 pmWell of course more dissenting calls will get thru the liberals radio shows, they don’t get that many calls. The liberal radio shows will take any call they can get.
Hannity and Rush have to screen the callers because so many liberals nutjubs try to get on the air to spew their talking points.
September 26th, 2006 at 2:13 pmI’m sorry, did you think you were going find the truth on this site? What a load. Libs can’t handle debates and facts.
ROTFL, ROTFL, ROTFL, ROTFL, ROTFL, (you know who that is for, loser)
September 26th, 2006 at 2:23 pmI think the people conducting this survey conveniently ignored the fact that the conservative shows have more listeners, and therefore more callers. It’s naturally going to be more difficult to get on the air with a more popular radio program, regardless of your political view.
September 26th, 2006 at 2:25 pm#166 I beg to differ. I believe that most conservative talk show hosts do not want to take calls from liberals because then they might have to actually defend their views, which they really don’t do that well. Many of them, Rush in particular, would rather preach to the choir than actually educate their listeners with the facts. Sorry to burst your bubble. Thanks for playing our game.
September 26th, 2006 at 2:39 pmReality has a well-documented liberal bias.
September 26th, 2006 at 3:00 pm“I beg to differ. I believe that most conservative talk show hosts do not want to take calls from liberals because then they might have to actually defend their views”
How often have you ever listened to any conservative talk show host? Rush has dissenting opinions all the time. It could be that it’s harder to get on his show because people actually listen to it, and call in.
September 26th, 2006 at 3:10 pmThis thread proves just how much liberals live in DELUSION and it also proves that “Liberalism is a Mental Disorder”
September 26th, 2006 at 3:22 pmOnce again, this proves that the new Republican Party is actually the old Nazi party. They detest any form of dissent or personal freedom. They detest any intellectual honesty or curiosity. These people would much prefer listening to Dr. Geobels tell them how great things are going.
Such fools.
September 26th, 2006 at 3:29 pmthis is so sad. all of you caught up in this partisan bickering like either party is better than the other. both suck and are out to screw you. vote third party please.
September 26th, 2006 at 4:08 pmthis is so sad. all of you caught up in this partisan bickering like either party is better than the other. all i’m seeing here his ridiculous hyperbole. bush and the republicans are nazis. liberals are commies. it’s silly, grow up. both parties suck and are out to screw you. vote third party please.
September 26th, 2006 at 4:10 pmIraqi Vet,
Obviously you know nothing of history. To eqaute the current admisistration to that of Hitler’s Nazi regime is actually very sick.
This is why so many independents vote Republican because the left resorts to that kind of demented retoric.
I grew us as a Dem, from a Dem household but as I grew older and wiser (by truly listening to both sides of the debates) I now pretty consistantly vote Republican.
This blog pretty much sums it up because you really can tell that the lefties here do not have a clue on what’s being said on “Right” radio. It’s just convienient to name call and lable the other side as evil.
Ask a Holocast survivor what Nazism was truly like….You won’t throw those barbs around again.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:17 pm#169 Actually I did listen to Rush for a while while I was on lunch break, until Air America Radio came along. I was curious to hear how Rush handled the arguments and I learned his trick - he doesn’t. I listened to him stammer through a call from a liberal and after it was over, he complained that the caller must have lied to the screeners to get through. So I find it hard to believe (at that time) that he happily took calls from liberals. Maybe he’s changed since then, but I don’t see how he would see how it would benefit him to do that. I admit to generalizing about “most conservative talk show hosts”. Perhaps I was assuming they copied “the master” and didn’t gladly allow dissenting voices to be heard.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:28 pmRadio hosts are playing to a specific audience, not the general populace. What’s next a scientific study to show that just because people call in agreeing with a host does not make the host right? I’ll save you the time guys: DUH!
Doesn’t this really just reinforce what most people thought anyway. I mean if Rush all of a sudden had liberals on half the time his numbers would take a hit. His listeners want to escape from the percieved liberal media, and he provides save haven.
Besides, all one has to do to kill talk radio (or turn it into those putrid C-Span call in shows) is bring back the fairness doctrine.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:32 pmAw,
September 26th, 2006 at 5:39 pmSorry to confuse your little brain Homer.
My “handle” here is directed towards people LIKE YOU.
You want to spread peace by killing others, right?
So, YOUR motto should be DIENOWFORPEACE.
This is known as sarcasm where I’m from, and as usual, Reichtwingnuts NEVER get it.
“D’oh!”
Photo caption:
Mr Hannity displays his “oral” technique for getting promoted to Fox.
Seems he prefers small ones too.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:46 pmDNFP,
Please keep up your antics on lableing the Right as Hitleresque. You are a prime example of why the fence sitting Independents will vote Republican….Again!
We all hope that Howard “Sceaming” Dean puts you on the payroll as a spokeshole which will energize rational thinking people across this great land.
Awaiting your simple minded retort.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:59 pmdan - re: your posts #29 and #54
I can certainly appreciate your concern about the validity of this study and from your content, it’s clear that you perceive yourself to be well-versed in such matters. In post #54, you said…
Perhaps it’s a stretch on my part but I would think that a person who perceives themselves as being well-versed about anything would not only be a curious sort but would have been exposed to Research for Dummies. If there is such a book, my bet is that the NumberOne step would be Check the source. You didn’t… for had you done so, you would have known:
This in itself doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a bad person. In fact, more than 120 posts have been made since your #54… and not one poster called you out on this. To me… that’s rather discouraging.
Study, shmudy… all one needs to do is listen. You can trash the study all you want… but you can’t change the truth — it’s so blatantly obvious.
It is no surprise that Limbaugh, Hannity, et al listeners believe they hold the majority opinion… nor is it hard to understand the intensity of their beliefs for they are well protected from hearing alternative perspectives.
I’m certain that the vast majority of their audience has never questioned the hosts’ qualifications to come to an intelligent decision, “Does this guy know what he’s talking about? Why should I pay attention to this guy?” Have you? Do a little research and you’ll come to realize they are neither worldly, well-read, or expert on anything… except perhaps, the art of brainwashing.
Limbaugh’s tagline used to be “If you don’t know what to think… I’ll tell you”. It’s reasonable to conclude he captured the audience he sought.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:15 pmAl Franken is right, Rush Limpdick IS a big, fat, idiot.
September 26th, 2006 at 7:14 pmIt’s totally logical… conservatives seek comfort with those who agree with them and their greed and fears.
Liberals are less fearful, more accepting of dissent, and open to new ideas.
I have listened to rush, hannity, orielly, and others who manipulate American idiots, and they do a good job of it.
I find more intelligent, stimulating, genuine, important, and “reality based” discussion on “Liberal” talk shows - especially when a con calls in and makes all the listeners realize why they are Liberal, and that schools need more funding.
September 26th, 2006 at 8:19 pmUM Todd you must be neocon so that means you are dead brain idio thats why all of the conservitive crap is catching up with them..
September 26th, 2006 at 9:21 pmI listen to AA and they have a lot of dissenting callers. Sam Seder openly enoucrages them to call. As for the volume of calls to the left bei