Study: Right-wing radio killed immigration bill.
By on Aug 20th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Study: Right-wing radio killed immigration bill.
A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism finds that right-wing radio hosts helped kill comprehensive immigration reform by repeatedly referring to it as an “amnesty bill.” “If media attention translates into political pressure, the argument that talk radio helped kill the immigration bill in Congress has some support in the data,” the study says. “Thanks to energetic opposition from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage, immigration was the biggest topic, at 16%, on conservative talk radio in the second quarter.”
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This is also statistically representative of a high percentage of gullible morons in our society.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:11 pmI think this story is BS. I didn’t support this idiotic bill and I refuse to listen to right wing radio. Nobody liked that piece of crap.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pmThe vehement opposition of talk radio to this friendly-to-business immigration partly refutes the argument that talk radio is just an adjunct of corporate Republicanism.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pmThe bill was bad. That’s why it died.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:18 pmNot really Matt. Huge corporations move their factories to other countries. They don’t need immigrants, they use foreign labor.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:20 pmThe vehement opposition of talk radio to this friendly-to-business immigration partly refutes the argument that talk radio is just an adjunct of corporate Republicanism.
Comment by Matt — August 20, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
I don’t get it. Corporate America won by the defeat of this bill.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:21 pmEggy, with all due respect, everybody won by shooting this ridiculous piece of garbage down.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:23 pmEggy, with all due respect, everybody won by shooting this ridiculous piece of garbage down.
Comment by JPark — August 20, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
Absolutely.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:25 pmDuh! TP proves how far behind the curve progtards are by only coming to this realization now! Obviously it was talk-radio–only portion of the media not controlled by anti-American lib-vermin–that heroically killed the SHAMNESTY bill being hawked by leading Demoncrats like Reid/Pelosi and Bush (in one of his only mistakes as prez). However, clarification is in order because it wasn’t just the good folks who listen to talk radio who killed the bill: it was actually a broad movement of Americans across the political spectrum who rejected the bill. This bill was so full of amnesty that only progtarded/libtarded traitors could defend it. The bill would’ve let illegals stay and continue to send remittances back home; do nothing to meaningfully tighten border security; not penalize illegals for their violations; and even encourage more of those scum to come in via the guest worker program. Kudos to conservatives like Savage, Hannity and Limbaugh for killing this bill.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:29 pmPuke.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:32 pm#5
Not always true JPark
Check out the beef industry and construction. Look who pushed for this thing…BushCo! Do you think this wasn’t written in favor of big business? C’mon…this long time lurker knows you better than that.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:32 pmCan we here some more pointless hyperbole LHSTA?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:33 pmMycellium. I am talking BIG business. The ones that Bush administration really care about. There is no doubt that some corps benefit from illegal immigration. I am not too up in arms over that though. I think the outsourcing of American jobs is a whole lot more damaging to us than a few guys slaughtering chickens for Tyson.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:35 pm#13
Agreed…
Screw the blowhard pussbags anyway…did you see this one yet?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_re_us/nuclear_secrets;_ylt=Ag5ehhc6dRJNB5c5TnQl5des0NUE
August 20th, 2007 at 10:41 pmJesus, no, I hadn’t seen that. Where is that daddy state the Rethugs promised us? The one where they were supposed to protect us (rhetorical question, they only protect us from the bogeymen they themselves create).
August 20th, 2007 at 10:43 pmIt was not just the far-right radio jocks who killed the bogus immigration bill. People on the left like me wanted it stopped, because the Mexican border has to be secured. Mexico must employ its citizenry.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:45 pmAttention All Republican-Trolls.
Cash dispersal will be delayed this week. Please rely on your disability checks for you daily supply of Yoo-Hoos and Little Debbie snacks.
Please continue on with the pre-digested talking points until further notice.
-Dick McRoveBush
August 20th, 2007 at 10:46 pmThe fact is, Jay, it was an Orwellian piece of sh!t that neither the left or the right could live with.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 pm“… immigration was the biggest topic, at 16%, on conservative talk radio in the second quarter.”
All other topics were too embarrassing to dwell on for very long.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 pm‘“… immigration was the biggest topic, at 16%, on conservative talk radio in the second quarter.â€
All other topics were too embarrassing to dwell on for very long.
Comment by Egreggious’
Or not racist enough.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:48 pmamnesty for illegals is a bad thing… glad its dead.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:50 pmWhy is the right stupid enough to fall for red herrings like immigration? If you are talking border security, that is fine. That is necessary but these guys do nothing about talk about how those dirty Mexicans steal our jobs and how steal our women.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:50 pmStudy: Right-wing radio killed ….braincells
August 20th, 2007 at 10:51 pmFan-of-Man, so, are they being deported by the millions like you want? Nope. They will get amnesty anyway, without the headlines because only morons think the deportation of 12 million illegals is just a stupid idea (I thought you didn’t like paying taxes? You know how much that would cost?)
August 20th, 2007 at 10:52 pmLOL, only morons think it is a good idea, I should say.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:52 pmdeported by the millions?
got a source to back that up?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:58 pmAw, the immigration issue was brought up to stop the bleeding Republicans who have been rebeling against the Iraq war. Nobody gave a shit about people who cleanout the toilets till the Bush war don’t seem to be going well. The Republicans just bought it out as a new baby rightwingnut toy for dum dums.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:00 pmNot like the war much? How about getting some hate on for that substitute towel head furner,the illegals. “Oh, but wait till she wipes my ol’ mother’s ass before you send her back.”
Republicans are known for hiding their illegal maids in the basement when people visit. And they’re, “Like one of the family!”
“… and Bush (in one of his only mistakes as prez)…”
Comment by LimbaughHannitySavageareTrueAmericans — August 20, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
???WTF??? and Bush…**snort… giggle…** (in one of his ONLY??? **snort… smirk…** ???… mistakes as prez)????
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
Whew… wow… AMAZING!!!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:00 pmBush wars plural
August 20th, 2007 at 11:01 pm“deported by the millions?
got a source to back that up?
Comment by Fan-of-Man ”
Well, let’s see. You are an opponent of amnesty. Pretty sure you went them deported. There are millions of them. See the connection?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:04 pmTexMex, nice to see their wedge issue backfired, isn’t it?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:04 pmThe bill was Bush’s last hope for some ‘legasee’.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:04 pmIt died because the only winners were big business.
Doesn’t the GOP want to preserve immigration as a wedge issue… wedge issues such as abortion, gay marriage….what would they do if they had no wedge issues and were forced to stay on important topics…
August 20th, 2007 at 11:07 pmThey don’t want to keep this one, had enough. It is political dynamite for them.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:09 pmwhat would they do if they had no wedge issues and were forced to stay on important topics…
Comment by had enough — August 20, 2007 @ 11:07 pm
Die a quick death.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:09 pmPandora’s box comes to mind.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:10 pmit is political dynamite for them
Exactly
August 20th, 2007 at 11:12 pm#15
Speaking about big business…how BIG is that do you think. Supplying the navy since the 1960’s? Bet there’s a lot here we’d like to know about. Don’t want to get ot…but I think this is huge and probably needs its own thread. E-mailed it to TP earlier but…
Ot. I heard that many “illegal” Mexican construction workers are heading back to Mexico now that the light construction boom has all but ended. Plenty of cash to build their own homes/lives in Mexico.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:14 pmI was a Green Party candidate for Congress in 2006; I am certainly a progressive.
I opposed this so-called ‘immigration reform’ legislation … and the rightwing radio talkers had nothing to do with my position. Kennedy-McCain was a pro-transnational corporation, cheap labor bill … endorsed by Bush and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the proposal was a dagger aimed at the economic heart of working class Americans.
Think Progress (and many liberals) are on the wrong side of this issue … working Americans need to be protected from lower wages and benefits — allowing almost unlimited, immigrant labor into the country is not the way to do that.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:15 pmReally, Dave, you are Green? I don’t hear ANYBODY but righties suggesting the Dems want unlimited immigrants. Just saying.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pmComment by Dave Chandler — August 20, 2007 @ 11:15 pm
And where might someone be able to vote for you in 08?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:19 pmPlenty of cash to build their own homes/lives in Mexico.
Comment by Mycelium
The second source of incoming wealth to Mexico are the cash flow sent by immigrants in the US.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:21 pmImmigration is just like Social Security. Yes, there are problems but intelligent, moderate legislation will take care of it, Dave. You might want to tone down the rhetoric if you are actually Green. It is a loser issue.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pmIf you are a righty, bang away!!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pmThis bill was amnesty. We killed the bill. Limaugh+Hannity+Savage=at least 20 million angry calls to the senate.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:36 pmThe immigration talk has been around for what ….20 years? It seems to only remain talk, angry conversations and then talk again…. a method of getting the masses distracted at given times?
Solutions to this:
1. eliminate instant citizenship to those born on US soil from the undocumented
2. Seriously go after employers that hire the undocumented.
Before the Reagan years there was enforcement on hiring only US citizens… immigration was not a problem as it is now.
I am going to say it is big business that is putting the breaks on any kind of immigration reform.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:37 pmMichael Weiner, go ahead and take the credit. You bigots had evil motives but you did the correct thing, for once.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:39 pmThis bill was amnesty. We killed the bill. Limaugh+Hannity+Savage=at least 20 million angry calls to the senate.
Comment by Michael Savage, PhD — August 20, 2007 @ 11:36 pm
20 million? Bull.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:40 pmI am going to say it is big business that is putting the breaks on any kind of immigration reform.
Comment by had enough — August 20, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
And why we will never have an EFFECTIVE and reasonable law. The current program is worth too much money to change it.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:41 pmomment by ronjazz — August 20, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
The combined audience is about 30 million, assuming some ppl listen to more than one host-id estimate 10-20 million calls.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:44 pmRight, Weiner. Delusional?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:46 pmComment by ronjazz — August 20, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
The combined audience is about 30 million, assuming some ppl listen to more than one host-id estimate 10-20 million calls.
Comment by Michael Savage, PhD — August 20, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
30 million mouth-breathing double digit IQer 28%ers.
Nothing in those demographics to be proud of.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:48 pmhttp://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34
Don’t forget Boortz, Ingraham, Beck, O’reilly, and Levin.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:49 pmOh, yeah, don’t forget them. They are all such brilliant thinkers.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pmSavage’s audience doesn’t like Bush, he’s not a fan of W. He calls Rush+Hannity Bushbots.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pmHe is also a disgusting, racist slimeball.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:51 pmAnd why we will never have an EFFECTIVE and reasonable law. The current program is worth too much money to change it.
Comment by upside00
Exactly right…If we could go back to the days of enforcing employers to hire only US citizens, there would be no reason for the undocumented to rob jobs, lowering the salary index. And how hard would this be … to enforce a law? This whole thing stinks… we are under corporate rule. As long as it is They the corporations instead of We the People, there will be no change.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:55 pmComment by JPark — August 20, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
Listen to an entire show a few times. You will find he is not racist, but harsh and SARCASTIC.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:55 pmYeah, that’s right. I frickin’ killed this malicious anti-semitic piece-of-trash bill! And I did it in my pajamas, you scum, all while I was daydreaming of my wonderful dates with Alan Ginsberg back in the day. Ahh, how I secretly miss being a depraved, disgusting homosexual…
August 20th, 2007 at 11:56 pmNot really Matt. Huge corporations move their factories to other countries. They don’t need immigrants, they use foreign labor.
Comment by JPark
You don’t live in California… do you?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:56 pmI had almost forgotten them, until you brought them up. Thanks, dude.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:59 pm“This is also statistically representative of a high percentage of gullible morons in our society.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — August 20, 2007″
Gullible? How so?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:03 amAmnesty for illegal aliens is not about racism against mexicans. It is about fairness to the legal mexican imigrants who put a great deal of effort to become legal. Many legal hispanic immigrants call in to express their support for Savage, because they know what it took to become a citizen. This is about illegality vs, legality, not hispanic vs. white.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:03 amThank God for people like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Savage! This was amnesty. This is the one big Bush defeat I applaud!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:05 am“This is about illegality vs, legality, not hispanic vs. white.
Comment by Michael Savage, PhD — August 21, 2007″
If this is really you Dr. Savage, THANK YOU!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:06 amComment by michael — August 21, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Its not, unfortunately. He would never infiltrate liberal blogs to stir up trouble. Or would he?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:08 amMichael Savage, PhD
I agree.. I believe in fairness and equality for all. And, If you, myself or anyone on this board became illegally employed in Mexico, they would jail us so fast.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:10 am“Or would he?
Comment by Michael Savage, PhD — August 21, 2007″
What’s the name of your boat?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:10 amSHAMNESTY is dead. I thank Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, gods of the radio waves.
Tell me libs, why do you support ILLEGAL immigration? You punks like breaking the law?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:10 amComment by had enough — August 21, 2007 @ 12:10 am
I agree. You are certainy correct about Mexico. They treat the Guatemalan illegals like dirt. The Mexican military beats them and often kills them unless they’re paid off.
Comment by michael — August 21, 2007 @ 12:10 am
You’ll have to ask teddy, lol.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:16 am“You’ll have to ask teddy, lol.
Comment by Michael Savage, PhD — August 21, 2007″
Well you know, the liberals on this blog sometimes think I am Ann! Big compliment!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:28 amoh, michael.
it was said you dress as ann.
please feed your ego elsewhere.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:33 am“please feed your ego elsewhere.
Comment by alp3 — August 21, 2007″
Why? Do you think that highly of her?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:36 ami think you may think highly of her.
does that fulfill your sense of self, mike?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:41 amComment by michael — August 21, 2007 @ 12:10 am
WOW, the hypocrisy in that post is like crap hitting the fan.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:43 am“i think you may think highly of her.
does that fulfill your sense of self, mike?
Comment by alp3 — August 21, 2007″
I think very highly of her after all she helped bring down the pervert clinton!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:44 amWell you know, the liberals on this blog sometimes think I am Ann! Big compliment! Comment by michael
Is that what you think? Bwaha. No, we think Ann is a man.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:45 amBut hey if the skirt fits!
“WOW, the hypocrisy in that post is like crap hitting the fan.
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
Really? Explain?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:45 amI think very highly of her after all she helped bring down the pervert clinton! Comment by michael
While ignoring the pervert Newt [among others]
August 21st, 2007 at 12:46 aminteresting choice of words, mike.
alter (something) from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended : he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. • lead (someone) away from what is considered right, natural, or acceptable : Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:47 amReally? Explain?
Comment by michael
To you? Hold your breath?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:47 am“While ignoring the pervert Newt [among others]
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
So? Your point?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:48 am“To you? Hold your breath?
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
I take it as, you can’t?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:48 amI take it as, you can’t?
Comment by michael
I take it as, you cant interpolate?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:50 am“I take it as, you cant interpolate?
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
I still take it as you can’t, like most liberals.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:51 amSo? Your point?
Comment by michael
I take it as, your blind?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:52 amcan’t? or won’t, mike?
why won’t anyone answer your questions? the way you want them to.
mike?
why?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:52 amstill take it as you can’t…
Comment by michael
In a dress? On your belly?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:52 am“I take it as, your blind?
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
Blind? Of what?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:52 amof what are you blind, mike?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:53 amBlind? Of what?
Comment by michael
Of mind?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:54 am“of what are you blind, mike?
Comment by alp3 — August 21, 2007″
Can’t answer me? I didn’t think you could!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:54 amCan’t answer me? I didn’t think you could!
Comment by michael
Couldn’t I? You dont know? Really?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:55 amSurely he knows, right Alp?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:56 amit knows what it thinks.
it rarely thinks.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:57 amDont you know michael? I though you, of all, shoud know, yes?
August 21st, 2007 at 12:57 am” You dont know? Really?
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007″
I sure do! And so does all the other liberals on this blog hoping you can stand up to a Conservative, but once again they are disappointed in the typical liberal non-response.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:59 amit knows what it thinks. it rarely thinks.
Comment by alp3
It thinks it knows?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:00 amnon-response?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:00 amI sure do!
Can you prove that opinion?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:01 amAre opinions truth michael?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:01 amGo back to your Michael Moore website to embarrass yourselves, I’ll be back to make fools of you tomorrow.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:01 ami think it thinks it knows. i don’t know. but i think.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:02 amAm I, in truth, what you imagine a liberal to be?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:03 amGo back to your Michael Moore website to embarrass yourselves, I’ll be back to make fools of you tomorrow.
Comment by michael
I go to michael moore webistes? Got proof of that opinion?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:04 amproof? poof!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:05 amthink it thinks it knows. i don’t know. but i think.
Comment by alp3
It thinks an opinion is truth? Why? Isn’t that an odd way to debate?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:05 ammichael I thought you wanted to debate? And make me look dumb?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:06 amGo back to your Michael Moore website to embarrass yourselves, I’ll be back to make fools of you tomorrow.
Comment by michael — August 21, 2007 @ 1:01 am
Good for you michael? If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.
You’ll eventually get there. Or, really, probably not, but thanks for trying.
Seriously, why not try another approach? Other than the stupid interrogatories? As if they made you look smart? When really you look like an idiot?
Michael Valley Girl?
August 21st, 2007 at 1:07 amTruth doesn’t exist! It’s a made up concept!
Comment by Makarios — August 21, 2007 @ 1:06 am
But stupidity is ETERNAL, Makarios.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:09 amTruth doesn’t exist! It’s a made up concept!
Comment by Makarios
Ah grasshopper, truth is I debated michael, his conception of it, and won.
Heh.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:10 amyes.
very odd indeed.
such an odd fellow, that mike.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:10 amHe who asks infinite amount of questions is infinitely unwise.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:11 amnothing is eternal.
Comment by Makarios — August 21, 2007 @ 1:11 am
Yes, “nothing” is eternal, just as “something” is eternal. I your case, it just seems as though stupidity is eternal, seeing as you’re so absolutley devoted to the cause – the proverbial “slow boat to nowhere”.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:15 amgirl? here is one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3etBxijr8
August 21st, 2007 at 1:15 amHe who asks infinite amount of questions is infinitely unwise.
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007 @ 1:11 am
michael is a coward. He is a petty sadist who only comes here hoping to embarrass people. He has no real viewpoint or position to make. He only wants to hurt people’s feelings. He is very, very desperate, a truly bitter, unhappy person.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:16 amYes michael is a bit odd, only his opinion counts and his is always more right than anyone elses.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:19 amHe is a petty sadist who only comes here hoping to embarrass people.
Heh. Well I won’t judge him harshly, but he aint gonna have much luck trying to embarrass folks.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:22 amYes michael is a bit odd, only his opinion counts and his is always more right than anyone elses.
Comment by michael orwell — August 21, 2007 @ 1:19 am
You weren’t here the night we pooled money and offered to fly michael and/or mr P (Makarios) to Austin to free spar one of our reg poster’s DAUGHTER. They both took off so fast they left skid marks. Turns out they were both hanging out at a thread we all had left an hr earlier. It’s true.
michael was haranging me, full well knowing I wasn’t there. mr P went around to deserted thread anfter thread, putting up his name, like a dog marking territory. Tres bizarre, as the French would say.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:23 amHave you been here when he stalks Zooey all night?
He’s a petty sadist and more than a little creepy.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:25 ammichael was haranging me, full well knowing I wasn’t there. mr P went around to deserted thread anfter thread.
I have a feeling they are teenagers out for the summer. School starts soon, so we’ll see.
Well, tired, gonna sign out, goodnite TROS -Zep
August 21st, 2007 at 1:28 amHave you been here when he stalks Zooey all night?
Yeh, I have chased him off several times before for stalking Zooey -Zep
GN TROS
August 21st, 2007 at 1:30 amthe one and only absolute truth on this planet in this world is this:
young republican get-togethers are a f*ckin’ drag.
always have been, always will be.
existentialism. heh.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:45 amThe immigration bill in the Senate was a good bill. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a good bill that should have passed with broad bipartisan support. Illegal immigrants should have been allowed to become eventual citizens. It wasn’t amnesty. This bill included provisions that all illegal immigrants would have had to follow. Conservatives killed this bill because of racism.
August 21st, 2007 at 2:19 amConservatives killed this bill because of racism.
Comment by Probus — August 21, 2007 @ 2:19 am
You should have read my earlier post. Not all conservatives are racist. This is about breaking the law, and illegal immigrants are unfairly getting an advantage compared to the latinos who worked hard to immigrate legally, who often praise Savage for his opposition to amnesty (Savage is in favor of legal immigration). If you listen to Savage he is sarcastic and satirical, which can be misunderstood. He is critical of affirmative action but he often says that it is not helping the black community because the problems are with the lack of fathers in the home-a problem that he wants to help fix through church programs and marriage tax incentives. He is critical of gays in a religious context but he will give free gifts to conservative gays who call in his show. He is a biologist and epidemiologist so he often tells scientific stories about his research in Fiji and the pacific. You should all listen to a few shows–it is much better than the bushbots rush and hannity and you will get a different perspective from just liberal blogs (i listen to ed schultz too, as a conservative independent).
August 21st, 2007 at 4:10 amHate and lies are all the republicans have. It’s all they’ve ever had.
Immigrants are the new boogyman for the next election.
Every other topic has already been spun to ruin and nobody believes anything a republican says now.
Michael Weener is still a racist fool and so is anybody that thinks deporting millions of people is a good idea. It destroys lives,families and communities and will cost a fortune, forever.
Sure sounds like a republican plan, eh.
August 21st, 2007 at 5:46 amIn the end, the illegals get their “amnesty” anyway, George Bush gets another kick to the nuts, and America gets to see that the GOP have NOTHING to offer America but a small legion of dullards who worship troubled chemical dependents like Limbaugh.
August 21st, 2007 at 6:27 amRegardless of Talk radio’s influence, the spineless GOP sat on their hands for 6 years because they didn’t want their Dear Leader signing a bill that Sen. Kennedy sponsored. So talk radio killed it? Hardly, the spineless GOP did nothing and let the Democrats have at it and then when it came time to draft the bill allll of a sudden their constituncies had major problems with the bill,even thought those problems could have been addresssed FOR 6YEARS, and it had to be defeated. Conservatives are just whiners, they’re balless and the lack of Socical Security and immigration reform bills that they had the votes for while they were in power proves my point.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:52 amThis was win-win for the Repubs. This was a game. Righty radio killed reform for Bush. They still have their secondary working class without voter rights.
August 21st, 2007 at 8:13 amHurricane Dean’s eye came ashore in the Yucation a few hours ago. At landfall Dean had sustained winds of 165 mph with gusts over 200 mph. 25 miles of the coastline has been wiped out. Damage to the area and about 25+ miles inland is catastrophic.
August 21st, 2007 at 8:29 amYou political persons are simply just a bunch of apes responding to input.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:19 amYou political persons are simply just a bunch of apes responding to input.
Comment by Steven Johnson — August 21, 2007 @ 9:19 am
Since you responded, I assume you belong to the ape fami.y as well.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:25 amYou political persons are simply just a bunch of apes responding to input.
Comment by Steven’s tiny Johnson — August 21, 2007 @ 9:19 am
Wow, your direct response is so informative of your intellictual debating skills! Your knowledge on topic of thread is unmatched!
I sit here, in awe, of your posting skills!
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August 21st, 2007 at 9:39 amThe bill was killed because the majority of Americans were against it.
Build a fence first, then we can decide what to do with those people who are already here…..after the fence is built.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:12 amThe two blow hards that started most of this debate we’re the clowns on KFI-640 in Los Angeles. John and Ken.
These are two have turned illegal imigration into a multi-million dollar business (for them) in Southern California where the issue hits hard.
All of the guys are totally disengenuous to be kind.
It’s all show folks.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:12 amGood for Right Wing radio. Only good thing it’s ever done: look out for the sanctity of American borders AND law.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:14 pmSounds like Rush and Co finally did something right. The bill was a bad one and it should not have passed.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:18 pm