Originally Posted By jonvn "Did they tie you down or something?" Interesting fetish. Being tied down and forced to listen to conservative talk radio...
Originally Posted By dshyates What I love is how NeoCon Radio killed McCain's chances. They eviscerated him so well in 2000 that the base won't vote for him now. Thanks Rush and Co. An opponent is easier to beat when his is shot by his own troops.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << They eviscerated him so well in 2000 that the base won't vote for him now. >> Anyone who believes the GOP base is going to vote for Barack Obama over John McCain is living in a fantasyland.
Originally Posted By jonvn The thing is they just might not vote. Which is fine, because it means that other republicans running will lose votes as well.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <This is about talk radio. Conservative radio didn't exist much when the fairness doctrine was in place.> All right then, at worst you could LISTEN to the opinion you liked, and change the radio dial if you don't want to listen to the other. Same concept.
Originally Posted By dshyates On sirius there is a lib. talk show host on the LEFT Talk channel named Mark Thompson. I believe he posts here pretending to be a Con.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Some will, most will stay home. >> I hope they do, but I wouldn't bet on it. I work in a very conservative organization. It's a bit unnerving at times. There isn't anyone around me who plans to not vote, and the ones that are voting will all be voting for McCain.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Some people are driven absolutely batty by conservative talk radio shows because they simply can't stand to hear opinions different from their own.<< Some maybe. As for myself, I'm more annoyed at the constant nasty tone and the one-sided views. That's why I gave up left and right talk radio for the most part. Listening to someone like Michael Savage is enough to drive anyone batty. He comes up with some real lunatic theories about things. Plus, he's racist and homophobic. I think most conservatives would distance themselves from the stuff he vomits out on a daily basis.
Originally Posted By dshyates Both Michael Savage and Michael Reagan are simply flat out bonifide BONKERS. The fact that anyone listens as fans and actually agree with the insanity is scary. Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck , bless their hearts, are simpletons.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Glenn Beck is a simpleton? I'd never peg him for that. Have you read his books?
Originally Posted By dshyates Only "An Inconvenient Book". Glenn needs to stop listening to people with money based agendas when it comes to science.
Originally Posted By woody >>All right then, at worst you could LISTEN to the opinion you liked, and change the radio dial if you don't want to listen to the other. Same concept.<< That's the easy solution not supported by the legislation.
Originally Posted By woody The legislation would force the station to change, regardless of the channel.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yes, it would mean changes for radio and TV (just as they changed when the doctrine was taken away), but we got into this because RC said people would be "forced to sit there and listen." That's not so, obviously.
Originally Posted By DlandDug When I first heard this story this morning, I was very pleased. McCain will be able to campaign around the country owing absolutely NOTHING to the extreme right on talk radio. They can whine all they want about how they will support Hillary, but in the end it does no one any good. While I do not listen to any of them with regularity, I do sometimes switch back and forth between a local conservative outlet and AirAmerica. It's amusing to hear their extreme take on current issues. (That goes for both sets of blatherers.) And it is a small comfort to me to know that liberals can be just as pig-headed and unpleasant as anyone on the far right.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan McCain will be able to campaign around the country owing absolutely NOTHING to the extreme right on talk radio.<< Agree 100%.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^And knowing that Calamity Jane is twisting in the wind over having NO candidate to support... pleases ME to no end! MuuuhahahahahahaHAH! (Of course, as a middle-of-the-road democrat, I'm not too crazy about any of the either... I wanted Guiliani. ;-)
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <On sirius there is a lib. talk show host on the LEFT Talk channel named Mark Thompson. I believe he posts here pretending to be a Con.> Yikes! That's not me. There's a lot of Mark Thompsons. It's a difficult email address or login name to get. My fav radio talk show is www.boortz.com Hannity used to be better before he went national. He used to broadcast locally here in Atlanta. Boortz beat the pants off him on a competing station. Boortz has a great definitive foundation for his libertarian priniciples, and he's very consistent. Rush and Hannity, on the other hand, seemingly define "conservative" as anything that is opposite of what liberals are saying day after day. It's not always what conservative ought to be.
