Then after they are elected, the POTUS gets pulled to the middle of the road because that is where America is. The hard-liner agenda gets pushed to the back of the bus.

This will happen to Obama too, especially if he sticks around for two terms.

Also — Rush, Hannity or Beck run for office? They’d never be willing to take the pay cut.

Anders on October 20, 2009

I’d tell you to roll your own, but components are getting scarce as well. People are buying up and hoarding powder and primers. I’m even having trouble finding once-fired brass. I’m confident this problem will abate. I just can’t predict when.

There’s always reloading!

It sucks when you can’t tell the news apart from SNL.

mad scientist on October 20, 2009 at 7:52 PM

Not really. CNN is funnier by far, than SNL these days.

Chuck Norris supports Huckabee, so Chuck Norris must not be it, either.

hawksruleva on October 20, 2009 at 8:24 PM

There has been global warming for the last 20,000 years. Fro proof see the glaciers in north america retreat. Now pretending that the earth has not been warming over the last 20k years is not a good way to go. The fight is over wether man is the cause of that warming or if it is natural. I am on the side of nature. As the recent dip in temps over the last 10 years tends to back up. And this is occurring during a solar min.

Global warming was real, it may not be atm. In fact we maybe going into a little ice age. The problem the government should be addressing is how to handle the change in climate both warming and cooling not trying to stop it.

highhopes on October 20, 2009 at 8:17 PM

one word: abortion

terryannonline on October 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM

I think you might want to check those elites in DC. esp the GOP elites. All of them voted for both wars. the gOP elites in washington have always voted to continue to fund those wars. Chalres johnson is a perfect example of a liberal that was suduced to the “dark side” by 9/11. defend allah all you want. He is a conservative compared to most people in DC and NYC yet he is a flaming liberal to the rest of America in flyover country.

Thankfully, only a relatively few are out and out Communists. Hopefully, the true Liberals will catch on before it’s too late. I can’t see how a real Liberal would be down with the accrual of great amounts of power by any group or political party.

CNN: Is liberal talk radio more powerful than conservative talk radio?

Only if you believe that viewers are afraid to listen to powerful radio.

Is liberal talk radio more powerful than conservative talk radio?

NO

Screw being bound by truth and persuasive argument.

But seriously, CNN is attributing the wrong causes to the wrong effects. McCain won the primary because none of the candidates really captured anyone’s imagination, and he was probably the most well-known of all of them. That, by the way, is in no small part thanks to the MSM deliberately propping him up so that he could weaken the Republican party, and the primary was no exception. The votes from liberals, who hoped for a weak Republican candidate, probably helped, too.

Furthermore, Rush Limbaugh refused to directly endorse any of the candidates. Sure, he condemned some of them for being too liberal, but I don’t recall him making any direct endorsements. I think the idea was “if you can’t inspire your base on your own, then screw you. I’m not doing it for you.”

If you want to see the real power of talk radio, then consider that Limbaugh occasionally became very irate with McCain, even after the primary, and frequently mocked and berated him. That’s hardly an overwhelming endorsement, you know? Also, recall that Limbaugh encouraged voters in Texas to vote for Hillary back during the primary. That kept her in the game a while longer, and while it ultimately didn’t prevent Obama from getting the nomination, it made the process more difficult for him and wasted more of the Democrats’ money.

And for more proof of talk radio’s power, look how much trouble Obama’s in, now. The man can hardly put a Marxist in power without talk radio pointing it out and yelling, “There! There! Over there!” resulting in endless embarrassment for the One. Indeed, Obama’s numbers would hardly be as bad as they are now if not for Talk Radio getting the word out on his misadventures. We all know that the MSM isn’t going to report anything that might threaten Obama’s rep.

So, really, this “analysis” by CNN is what it always has been with those hacks–an attempt to belittle or destroy ideological opponents under the guise of objective journalism. In other words, forget everything they just said, it’s crap, and THEY know it’s crap.

Conservatism would be finished without talk radio and the Internet. We wouldn’t be putting up RINOs, there wouldn’t even be RINOS, we’d collapse in to one progressive party system, with everyone trying to outleft eachother. There would be all sorts of green parties, labor parties, progressive parties, union parties, all saying the same thing with their own little twist.

RightWinged on October 20, 2009 at 8:22 PM

Ftfy. An unintentional omission I’m sure, but please keep in mind that talk radio is mostly one-way communication unless you happen to be the lucky schmuck who hits the phone-line jackpot.

The Internet provides for rapid communication and dissemination of information – as well as the capability to hide from censors – and it is our last bastion for such. Not even the telephone network would have a snowball’s chance in heck of replacing it.

It sucks when you can’t tell the news apart from SNL.

mad scientist on October 20, 2009 at 7:52 PM

I can tell the diff. SNL gets fact checked, not the news.

Liam on October 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM

Bumper sticker material!

It’s like comparing Preparation H to hot sauce. Here at Century Village, we get them mixed up sometimes.

Cybergeezer on October 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM

I assume your walker has wheels for easy and fast travel?

And as to the relative power of liberal talk radio vs. conservative talk radio, this is about like comparing the relative strengths of the Los Angeles Lakers to the Los Angeles Clippers, though in CNN’s world, the Clippers probably have just won their 12th straight NBA championship.

Obama got his mandate by deceiving independents into believing folks like Beck and Limbaugh are paranoid. In 2010 and 2012 this won’t be an option.

AbaddonsReign on October 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM

It does say a lot in favor of wacky Beck communism theories when he keeps coming up with actual communists in the administration.

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