Rod Dreher
A cretin who would say something like this on his radio show is a big deal among a lot of conservatives. Good grief. Having spent about 15 unpleasant minutes listening to this creep, I cannot imagine why anybody pays attention to him. Seriously, where is the pleasure in listening to this kind of trashmouth? If I were on the left, I would make sure that people thought that Mark Levin was the face of the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
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Hey Rod, I spent three hours reading your Crunchy Cons book and I cannot imagine why anyone published you.
myrenovations on May 22, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Do it.
I love Mark Levin.
He will cream you punks.
Joe Caps on May 22, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Where do you drag up this garbage? Moron listens for two minutes and makes up his mind. He’s not a Crunchy Con, he’s a phony 9/11 convert who is still a Rat at heart.
TheBigOldDog on May 22, 2009 at 6:55 PM
O wait…is this dude supposed to be a conservative?
never heard of him
Joe Caps on May 22, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Rod Dreher…Who dat?
Mark Levin…NYT Bestseller!
I know who I’m listening to…
ladyingray on May 22, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Levin “The Great one”, is intellectual, a former Reagan Justice department employee, & hilarious. He uses humor, and actual debate. I find him enjoyable.
portlandon on May 22, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Rod is an idiot and a buffoon. Never heard of the guy nor do I care.
Mark Levin scares liberals with his intelligence, audacity, and brilliance, something Rod lacks.
jencab on May 22, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Quick! Get me to my fainting couch!
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Oh, brother! Levin was not working a suicide hotline fer crissakes. An obnoxious leftard woman called him up and started in with all the nonsense leftards are famous for. No one held a gun to her head. She called him. And good for him for telling her off.
Blake on May 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Mark Levin is my FAVORITE talk show host.
Liberty & Tyranny is a great book, too.
Daggett on May 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Levin’s a smart guy but he’s just a juvenile sometimes on his radio show.
The act is funny for week or so; but after awhile it’s Rickles doing politics.
He can do better.
SteveMG on May 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Mark Levin is the poster child for impotent rage. He’s not scaring *anyone*.
Caiwyn on May 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM
SteveMG
+1
Percy_Peabody on May 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Seriously, there is genuine thuggery to be found on liberal talk radio. Give the cretinous Mike Malloy a listen and wonder as he fantasizes about committing violence against conservatives and Republicans. Why go after one of ours?
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Oh please… Levin could scare Dreher by announcing that he doesn’t recycle and he thinks Birkenstocks are lesbian shoes.
myrenovations on May 22, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Calling Malloy a cretin is insulting cretins.
Malloy’s just a nothing.
SteveMG on May 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Rod Dreyer: You are a schmuck. There is no other word for you.
spmat on May 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Dreher, whatever.
spmat on May 22, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Mr. Dreyer’s readers stood up for Mark in the comments.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM
great roddy baby:
listen to a guy who’s punblished sevwral bestsellers and been a huge success on radio – five nights a week for hours at a time for years- listne to him for 15 minutes and make a snaop judgment.
u r an as*.
you don’t have 1% of the POSITIVE effect he does – and his effect is good: he galvanizes conservatives like no other.
sure, he can be over the top sometimes; it’s part of his radio style.
but there’s much more to him. his fans – of his books and radio show and TV appearances – know this.
for your snap judgment and prissiness you expose yourself as an idiot here, rod.
you should apologize to mark and his fans.
or not: we conservatives don’t really care what you have to say about an dang thing. you and lathleen parker. and chris buckley. and colin powell. and arlen specter.
scram. the whole lot of you!
reliapundit on May 22, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Exactly, he gets the most hateful callers out of anyone. Some don’t even call to talk but to berate him about how they wish he was dead.
THAT is when he answers like that. He doesn’t talk to liberals that call and debate. Get over it.
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Mark Levin wants to lock away pot smokers like me in prison but I’d still side with him against Rod Dreher in a fight.
I just hope Mark doesn’t bring any handcuffs.
FloatingRock on May 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Rod Dreher: “I have recently been listening to Mr. Marconi’s latest invention and discovered the disgusting shrill voice of one Mark Levin, a trashmouth cretin loved by the denim-wearing rabble who also might possibly be Jewish!”
Hoooo-boy… what’s gonna happen when someone tells Dreher about Howard Stern?
ScottMcC on May 22, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Amen.
TheBigOldDog on May 22, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Yeah but I liked his post on Crunchy-con about how Olbermann should be called the leader of the Democratic party…oh wait
no no it was the post where he called Randi Rhodes the leader of the Democratic Party..oh wait no it wasnt her…
I know, it was the post when he called SENATOR Al Franken the leader of the Democratic party …oh wait..
Thats right, he hasn’t done any of that. But Mark Levin, yeah he is evil and must be put down.
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Mark Levin can be pretty brutal to liberal callers, but that’s just the way he is and it’s their own fault if they keep calling in.
WisCon on May 22, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Not really, unfortunately. It looks as though Dreher’s readership seems to consist of Democrats, candy-asses, and Paulbots.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:17 PM
In other words, people just like him.
TheBigOldDog on May 22, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Levin is a freak – and my kind of freak at that – this is one horrifically smart guy, loaded with brutal humor. If you are a pansy, don’t tune in. His book Liberty & Tyranny is awesome (and frightening in its honesty). He is by far the best conservative talker, THANK ME!!
Ris4victory on May 22, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Levin/Palin 2012!
trs on May 22, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Rod Dreher and his fellow RINO loonies (Frum, MacDonald, Parker & Co) are a complete and utter waste of bandwith.
It never ceases to amaze me why Allah keeps linking to this garbage.
Norwegian on May 22, 2009 at 7:22 PM
and the coward that wrote this piece of trash is a little insensitive as well.
Perhaps its not Levin fans in general but your own readership?
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Ok, we should spend our fire attacking folks on the left. Agreed.
Rod has a point, though, Mr. Levin comes across as shrill. Is it a shtick? Am I missing something? I just think sometimes people like him and like Hannity might actually be pushing people away than they are convincing.
bcm4134 on May 22, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Well since pouting no-Rod realizes in a debate that Mark Levin would mop the floor with him it is only natural that a candyass like Dreher would find that disgusting.
viking01 on May 22, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I went back to look and still think most are positive but I had to come back to tell you that getalife posted. Funny.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Another wanna-be, grabbing the coat tails of a some-body to suck off him for notariety.
Yawn…
God I get sick of these loser leaches.
katy on May 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Yeah, I love how he ends with something along the lines of “so what do you all think of Levin”, then decides to close the comments when the comments aren’t what he wanted to hear.
Dreher is yet another “why can’t you all be just like me me me and me” type. If only conservatives were just like Dreher, all would be well… with Dreher.
Hollowpoint on May 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Translation: OH NOES!1!!! Disagreement! Get me teh bowl of granola sos I can drowns my sorrows!
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Crunchy Con shuts down comments when conservatives start commenting.
It is no wonder that so called conservatives (Brooks, Frum, Parker, Powell) dont understand conservatism – they live in leftist cocoons. “Keith Olbermann just made Mark Levin “worst person ever”, so it must be true… (and I sure hope I get that invite for Sunday’s soiree!)”
bains on May 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM
What a Rod…
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM
First, Levin has a JD from Temple U. Magna Cum Laude mind you. And served under President Reagan and is a bestselling author. His radio show is pretty much a hobby, as he is also an attorney. He used to be on the Rush show regularly to discuss legal issues, Rush used to call him F Lee Levin, after F Lee Bailey.
He.is.good.at.what.he.does.
He has an audience and is a bestselling author because he knows what he is talking about and it drives liberals crazy. Thats why they don’t call in to debate but to anger him.
I am glad he fires back with this kind of vitriol when people wish death on him.
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Perfect.
I assume the Levin support came from an influx of visitors because the earliest comments seem fairly sycophantic.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Rod enjoys granola and soy milk.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Lemme guess…Roddy thought McCain was a great candidate and also thought we should give Obama a chance.
With friends like these conservatives need no enemies.
angryed on May 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I had a terrible time getting the comments to come up. The site was not friendly. I didn’t see the post where he closed the comments either. I wish Mark’s temper would allow him to slay his liberal callers with his intelligence, but he is obviously one of those folks who doesn’t suffer fools gladly and I accept that.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Uhhh… what are you wearing?
Glenn Jericho on May 22, 2009 at 7:39 PM
“Get Off the phone you big dope”
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on May 22, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Now to be fair to this gentleman. He is a man of faith and writes, and has written a book, about conservatives dealing with the religious faith.
I can see perhaps how Levins shtick could upset him.
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Mark Levin:
Author of Liberty and Tyranny, asserting the need to return to fundamental conservative values of freedom and liberty as a solution to the country’s leftward tilt.
Rod Dreher:
Author of Crunchy Cons, asserting that we should wear birkenstocks, grow hemp, shop at Whole Foods and wipe our butts with leaves as a means of joining the country on its leftward tilt.
Decisions, decisions…
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:41 PM
+1
I prefer how Rush and some of their substitutes deal with liberal callers but Mark makes up for it in other ways.
FloatingRock on May 22, 2009 at 7:41 PM
“Get Off the phone you big dope”
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on May 22, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Dreher is teh ghey….!
Seven Percent Solution on May 22, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Here is an example of Levin caller that makes him nuts:
Mark using logic: “So can we agree that Obama, as I have explained, is violating the 5th ammendments takings clause by putting the bondholders of Chrysler in second position in the bankruptcy court sir?”
Caller: Well well well um Bush shredded the constitution so fair is fair!!one!11!eleventy!!
Levin: Go away ya big dope!
Perfect
broker1 on May 22, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Maybe I’m just a hypocrite, because I still take offense when a goon like Randi Rhodes jokes about shooting President Bush, or when Wanda Sykes excreted whatever that was all over the correspondents dinner, but I refuse to play this game with our squishier brethren.
I think the Left had a point when they refused to concede an inch in the fight. They don’t take their own to task, and we shouldn’t, either, if it takes away from an opportunity to protest what these jackals are trying to do to the country.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Levin is in demand. Dreher isn’t. No wonder Dreher is upset.
Levin’s latest book has 49 holds placed on 23 copies at my local library. I wonder how Dreher’s book is doing?
I’m just asking that question rhetorically. I would check to see how Dreher’s book is doing but the problem is I just don’t care.
viking01 on May 22, 2009 at 7:47 PM
I am lucky, I get to listen to talk radio at work, all day. With most of the hosts there are times when I will tune them out for one reason or another but I never turn off Rush. Not only to we see eye to eye on things, including the socks of college football players, but his insight into the game of politics is so very astute.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Sounds like Nancy Boy Dreher has some sand in his vagina.
Levin rocks.
Vast-Right Wing Conspirator on May 22, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I can barely listen to Levin either. If he would spend more time saying calm, rational, intelligent things, he would be awesome. But he spends WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much time calling people childish names and yelling and cutting people off and that sort of tihng.
DaveS on May 22, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Dreher, are you married? Yes or no?
Ronnie on May 22, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I heard that listening to his podcast at work. That very line made me laugh out loud.
He IS the great one.
Lay-Z on May 22, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I purchased mine on the buy 2 get one free table at Borders. So I gather it didn’t sell well.
myrenovations on May 22, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Yes, heaven forbid you (or anyone else) be exposed to an alternative point of view on occasion. Silly callers, not realizing that the show was intended to be an echo-chamber for the insecure.
DaveS on May 22, 2009 at 7:51 PM
You’re not a hypocrite. Different hosts appeal to different people and I think that is good. Is there a dimes difference in the Left’s hosts? I have never listened. And I think it is different to wonder why a husband doesn’t shot himself over a nagging wife then to wish some one to die or to be ill. Although I think we can safely say that all are rude. No one forces people to make the phone call and I don’t think they are walking in blind. I like it that we have a couple of folks who are willing to go toe to toe, because I couldn’t.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Mind you, I don’t agree that what Dreher is upset about reasonably compares to the antics of people like Olbermann or Rhodes. All Levin did here was joke about a hypothetical person. He doesn’t know who this woman’s husband is: it’s merely rhetorical. The man may not even exist for all anyone knows.
That’s a bit of a walk from fantasizing about President Bush being shot or wishing that Rush Limbaugh dies from kidney failure.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM
There’s a ton of hypocrisy to go around… a couple of days ago, quite a few subhumans on this site were basically wishing Teddy Kennedy a painful death… you know, just because.
DaveS on May 22, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Now you have to ask him which state he lives in.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Hahhhahhahahaahha
You big pus!
conservnut on May 22, 2009 at 7:54 PM
How about you not think that way… you know, just cause I want you to.
SoxNation on May 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM
There are always crazies on both sides but it’s probably not good to generalize. I have seen and heard many Left wing folks that I totally disagreed with but that made the arguments rationally and I appreciated. I think Mark Levine’s antics are his gimmick and in a big field it’s probably necessary.
Cindy Munford on May 22, 2009 at 7:57 PM
myrenovations on May 22, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Maybe some day I’ll peruse it when it shows up next to Albert and Tipper’s dreadful tome still collecting dust over at the Dollar Tree.
viking01 on May 22, 2009 at 7:57 PM
My guess? Rod had to make a beeline for the bathroom. All that granola will run through you like a freight train.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 7:58 PM
The problem is that crunchy cons such as Dreher across the nation give pass to the far more prevalent lefties doing much worse.
They take as gospel Axelrod et al’s word on how nasty their own (GOP) party is.
Talk show host Levin represents the GOP, but banish the thought that Garafalo’s multiple screeds even intersect the inner, and always honorable, thoughts of Democrats.
bains on May 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Bear in mind, also, that Mark isn’t like that with every caller. When a liberal is rational and normal, it doesn’t go that way — only when they rev him up.
The Lefties who get that treatment pretty much expect it and ask for it. I wouldn’t be surprised if this woman were one of the regulars. There are a few who keep coming back for more.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 8:01 PM
I love Mark Levin and the man is brilliant.
He is my favorite talk show host and I don’t think Rush would mind anyone saying that.
15 minutes and this man makes up his mind? Doesn’t even read one of Mark’s books before he writes a piece on the man and calls him “disgusting?” A Christian should investigate and learn the truth before name calling to avoid calumny.
God bless Mark. Thank God for him.
Elisa on May 22, 2009 at 8:03 PM
yes Levin can be caustic, but so what. Look where “nice” has gotten the GOP.
Erich66 on May 22, 2009 at 8:04 PM
No need to read the post, but is there a point in publishing what these squishies have to say?
corona on May 22, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Bear in mind, also, that Mark isn’t like that with every caller. When a liberal is rational and normal, it doesn’t go that way — only when they rev him up. . . .
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 8:01 PM
That’s right. Mark doesn’t suffer fools gladly. And I am glad. I have lost patience as well.
Actually Mark is usually a very kind and good man and a gentleman. Especially with an intelligent caller.
He is real. No schtick. He makes his points directly and intelligently and with backup proof. He knows more than 99% of the people out there.
Elisa on May 22, 2009 at 8:05 PM
How True!
We all should bet our news from the Daily Show, and intelligent commentary from Keith Olbermann. Echo chambers are so… anti-Obama… and un-hip!
bains on May 22, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Well said. But it’s a good thing we’re anonymous–don’t tow the Levin-is-awesome line around here & you’ll be
crucifiedwaterboarded.jgapinoy on May 22, 2009 at 8:24 PM
You may be right, but it would help if he wasn’t so rude sometimes.
jgapinoy on May 22, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I can live with him being occasionally rude and never phony.
In fact sometimes I’m glad he hangs up on someone who you know is going to be stupid and annoying. I’ve lost patience in my old age. Like someone said, with intelligent and sincere opposition callers, he is fine.
95% of the time he is just talking and making sense. The rest of it is fleeting.
Elisa on May 22, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Rod Dreher seems like a decent guy, and I think his Crunchy Cons concept has some merit (I know quite a few people who fall into that category).
But I also observe Reagan’s 11th Commandment. We cannot afford to let the left divide us. We are doing exactly what the opposition wants when we engage in these pointless catfights. So Rod, as I say to my kids, hushy shushy. Levin’s book alone is helping turn the tide. Don’t get in his way.
Missy on May 22, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Nobody here is talking about the Daily Show or Keith Olbermann. This is a discussion about Mark Levin’s show.
What made you start talking about those other things? Are you in the wrong thread?
DaveS on May 22, 2009 at 8:36 PM
The only thing the left seems to have learned slightly more fully than the right (which hasn’t learned it at all) is that Friendly Fire Isn’t.
On the other hand, Dreher could just be another David Brock – I knew several of them in college – who play the game of pretending to be a conservative for months or years before using what they gained (or made up) to turn and fire on their “fellows.” They seem legion these days.
We had a couple of conservative clubs in college, there were two members of the GLBT group who were also in the conservative clubs. One of them decided to make up a lot of stories about how awful we all were, which was applauded by the mass of leftists until the other one stood up and called him a filthy liar.
The administration took no immediate action but cut funding for all but one of the “right” clubs the next semester. None of the left. I wish I could say I didn’t expect that.
Merovign on May 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Oh, my. Levin insulted a psycho. She’ll stop bathing and wearing makeup; her husband will probably put a gun… Oh, wait!
Fried insects are crunchy and con stands by itself.
Go Specter yourself, Rod.
Feedie on May 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Only if you think hanging up on liberal callers counts as debating.
mycowardice on May 22, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Rod Dreher is a NOOOOOO BODY.
Let’s see … how can a NOOOOO Body get 15 minutes of fame? Ahh – yeah right! By pandering to liberals and taking on the #1 Best Selling Conservative author. That’s how.
Might work – but it’s temporary and ain’t original. Mr. Rod will have to find other ways to make a name for himself.
HondaV65 on May 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM
The fact that this guy has no clue who Mark Levin is, despite Mark Levin having a #1 Conservative bestseller atop the New York Times bestseller list for two months, makes me think he’s about as relevant as Meghan McCain.
Marcus on May 22, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Yup…that’s what you turds do best.
–TUA, The Committee to Elect Mark Levin 2012
The Ugly American on May 22, 2009 at 9:01 PM
The show where Frum called in was awesome.
He wiped the floor with him.
Joe Caps on May 22, 2009 at 9:04 PM
+ 1 ! Seriously, who the f is Rod Dreher, what the hell is a crunchy con?
I know who Mark Levin is and I lament that he’s on at a time that’s not good for me to listen. He’s one smart guy.
4shoes on May 22, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Are you people serious? He needs to work on his sensitivity because he gets irritated when leftards filibuster his show with moronic talking points?
Would you welcome people like this if you had your own show?
Joe Caps on May 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
You can download his shows online.
http://www.marklevinshow.com/audio
Joe Caps on May 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM
I love listening to Mark, and it was definitely one of his rants that got my attention three years ago. The man is brilliant and I’ve learned so much.
And that lady yesterday had it coming. She was a drone, and she was OK w/Obama shredding the Constitution.
Dubn8tr on May 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I find it funny that he was awesome when he dumped on Meghan McCain but now he sucks when he dumps on Levin.
Hey, I’m a Levin fan; but honestly, he can be pretty brutal. He can be though, it is his how.
deidre on May 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Fixed it.
deidre on May 22, 2009 at 9:18 PM
No! Dreher thought Obama was a great candidate, endorsed him, and voted for him. And the schmuck still demands to be called a conservative. I wish him, Brooks, Frum, Parker, Powell, and the others would take a hike or at least stop calling themselves conservatives. They are not.
Blake on May 22, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Mark Levine is The Great One. His book is terrific.
“Hey Dreher! I bet all your friends tell you that you’re a genius, don’t they? Well lean real close to the speakers…..are you listening, Mr. Dreher?….you’re not a genius. Now get off the blogs, you moron!”
strosfan on May 22, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Thank you Joe, I’ll try that, maybe I can get my husband interested as well!
4shoes on May 22, 2009 at 9:23 PM
i listen to his FREE podcasts every day. Mark Levin is our last best hope.
ctmom on May 22, 2009 at 9:25 PM
It’s always awesome when someone dumps on Paris McCain; that doesn’t make Rod any less of a, well, rod.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I’m so grateful that he offers the podcasts for free; so many of these guys are charging nowadays, and I just can’t afford to pay for all of them.
Kensington on May 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Read the comments. I don’t see anyone being abusive — just disagreeing with Dreher.
Blake on May 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM
See Rod, Mark has passion. You don’t. That’s why he’s a winner and you’re a whiner.
Iblis on May 22, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Meh, I rather listen to Savage.
I can detect Levin’s faux outrage a mile away, where as Savage, I sometimes can’t tell if the man is serious or doing schtick.
V-rod on May 22, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Mark Levin is awesome, period. Most conservatives can see in a minute his genius and unique sense of humor, that is why he is so popular.
This liberal blogger with the issue might be intellectually incapable of understanding the genius behind the mic.
FireBlogger on May 22, 2009 at 9:44 PM
He deleted a bunch of them. I posted a joke comment and he even deleted that.
Daggett on May 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I am a big fan of Mark Levin. I try to catch as many broadcast online as I can. Of course I am a mean spirited conservative, so I guess that explains why I am such a big fan. To be honest, I love anyone that makes liberals heads explode, and puts the moderates panties in knots. I could not ask for anything more. Keep up the great work Mark.
chief on May 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Mark Levin is brilliant. Nobody on talk radio holds a candle to him when it comes to pure intellect. And he’s funny as hell. I heard him last night when he asked that woman if she was married. I laughed so hard I was crying. I would never call his show and I’m a conservative. A liberal dumb enough to call in deserves everything he–or in this case she–gets.
Redneck Woman on May 22, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Mark Levin is The Great One!
and Rod
DreherDreck is The Lame One.Branch Rickey on May 22, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Levin is pretty good
blatantblue on May 22, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Here we go again, a conservative like Levin goes after a Lefty and a liberal Repub like Rod goes after the Conservative. Who’s trying to drive who out of the party again?
I haven’t listened to Levin, but he is damn good whenever I see him on TV or when he used to fill in for Hannity years before he had his own show. He comes across as anal retentive but that’s part of his act and he is smart as a whip.
Daemonocracy on May 22, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Mark Levin is the best conservative talk show host there is, period, end of story. I like his acerbic wit, his rants, and his dissection of troll callers. But he is at his very best at analysis of legal issues, and how whatever the statists claim a bill will achieve, the end result is always loss of freedom for the individual, for the “good” of the collective.
All that being said, We should not attempt this at home! You do catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and you can’t expand a party by ruthlessly attacking everyone with whom we disagree.
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Angry isn’t attractive to most.
OneEyedJack on May 22, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Shouldn’t Rod be stocking canned good and preparing his guns for the coming Armageddon?
Illinidiva on May 22, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Really Rod? So as a solid “man on the right” I guess it’s okay to just suggest it? Huh?
You are a conservative? Well I guess if Colin Powell and John McCain still consider themselves “conservatives” hell, why not?
RMR on May 22, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Alright I have to take back what I said about Rod Dreher being a “Liberal Republican” because I honestly have no idea if he is or not. I just assumed, and you know that’s never a smart thing to do.
I still strongly disagree with his attack on Levin when he only listened for 15 mins and Liberals are saying plenty worse even though they are in power.
Daemonocracy on May 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM
And getalife got a typical comeback from another poster there:
Brings back memories of the olden days, before Ed banned it. An adult was in charge.
Loxodonta on May 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I’m serious that Mark Levin doesn’t truely debate anyone. Even when Frum was on he kept abusing his host priviledges (thereby ‘cheating’ with respect to the debate.)
Also, there seems to be there are better ways to handle callers that supposedly filibuster. Hanging up seems like a drastic treatment.
mycowardice on May 22, 2009 at 11:21 PM
“People who’ve never done talk radio, or who’ve never been in a studio and seen how it’s done, have no idea how extraordinarily difficult it is to fill so much as a single hour, much less three hours a day five days a week. Now, consider how difficult it is to do it well, so as to attract a commercially viable nationwide audience. For Dreher (and his source) to disdain Levin is for them to sneer at someone who has succeeded exceptionally in a venue they’ve never even tried.
“This is the arrogance of the intellectual elite, to imagine that their particular specialty — the expression of abstract ideals via the written word — is the only ability that matters, qualifying them as experts on anything and everything they choose to write about.”
– The Blogger Whom Allah Hateth
The Other McCain on May 22, 2009 at 11:35 PM
I love Levin.
Yes, he can be a bit harsh to liberal/middle-of-the-road callers. You better have your sh*t together if you call his show (most do not). When he does encounter lefties that actually acknowledge they’re socialists, he gives them credit because at least they are honest. Find your position and argue from it–no devil’s advocate stuff.
As for his style, ever heard of sarcasm? The left can dish it out, and the right seems to like it when it comes from South Park. (For some reason most Con-Christians I know still think SP is written by a bunch of liberals, so they can cheer when they mistakenly think, “Hey, see even the libs get it right now and then”). But when it comes from an unashamedly avowed Reagan conservative, there is apparently no room for error. Yeah, like Levin really wanted this woman’s husband to commit suicide. Get a grip!–and a sense of humor.
JoelD on May 22, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Shows how deluded those crackpots are to call a conservative talk show in the first place. Their false sense of equality undoes them.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 12:22 AM
I’m a Christian conservative who has listened to Mark Levine off and on for about a year.
I know that he’s popular among this Hot Air crowd and haven read many of these comments, realize that you are more offended by this blogger than by anything Mark Levine says to callers.
I’ve got to say, I don’t like Mark Levine. I think he’s crass to the point where I can’t understand why any one listens to him.
He’s all anger.
Just because I agree with a lot he has to say doesn’t excuse his behavior. Conservatives are more polite and family friendly than liberals. That’s the dern truth. So that being true, why do you guys like Levine?
I don’t like Savage for the same reason.
When AP posted the Savage thread about a week ago, more people agreed that Savage acts despicable. Why the pass on Levine’s behavior?
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 12:26 AM
My favorite talk show host is Dennis Prager. Levin is the opposite of Prager. Levin yells and calls people names and doesn’t let others talk. Prager lets the people he disagree with talk and when does they usually dig themselves into a whole and he is also very calm (most of the time). His calmness makes outrageous views of some his liberal callers seem extreme.
terryannonline on May 23, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Exactly!! Yes, you pointed out a great counterpoint to talkers like Savage and Levine.
This is what I tried to say in my previous comment, but without the skill of terryannonline.
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Yeah Prager is awesome! I learn something new from him every time I listen. But I love Levin too!
The contrast in styles is huge but cool…
akaag on May 23, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Levin is a sharp guy, and his book is solid. He can go overboard with callers though.
therightwinger on May 23, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Meh. I listen to all of these yahoos.
THE TRUTH IS SAVAGE IS FIGHTING ALONE.
I pray for his health. He’s 67. What will you Savage haters say when he’s dead?
Good riddance?
Fools.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Loved Levin’s book! But Rush is still king of the airwaves. And the guy who wrote this article sounds like Meghan McCain: “Eewwww. He said something nasty.”
Christian Conservative on May 23, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 1:20 AM
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 1:23 AM
FNA Mark Levin
who the hell is Rod Dreyher?
JoeAvg on May 23, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Why condemn either of them based on style? Liberals destroy with sweet sounding poison, soft tones, and classical music. Does that mean you’d rather listen to NPR?
I quit Levin over an issue of truth in his back-and-forth feud with Michael Savage, but Levin in an intellectual power-house and is fighting the good fight. It’s time to get in the faces of the crackpots, especially when they call in to a show with no ammo better than talking points.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Levin is an “intellectual power-house” and yet he has yet to defend Savage, who holds a PHD and a few doctorates.
If Levin were banned from the UK tomorrow, do you think Savage would yuk it up, or defend Levin?
I think you know that answer.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 1:52 AM
Last year, I called Levin’s show , got on, and he kept me on through two breaks. I’m a petroleum geologist, and we were discussing the oil and gas issues, McCain, Obama and their idiotic globaloney nonsense, and some other issues in detail.
He was a gentleman, as I recall.
As for Dreher, I don’t know what the hell a “crunchy con” is, except that it sounds like some stupid distraction from advancing a coherent conservative agenda in a time of great peril to our nation. Just puerile nonsense.
Like that idiot David Brooks, with his “Bonobo” crapola, Dreher is providing meaningless marketing hooks for the stupid side of the political spectrum.
You certainly can’t say that Mark Levin has his eye off the ball, as far as advancing conservatism is concerned.
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Liberals do not debate they lie, whine, and engage in name calling, etc., but they never debate. Why waste time “debating” liberal idiots? If you think that what you do is debate then I suggest you spend more time with Merriam-Webster and less time lying.
jdkchem on May 23, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Note:
Dreher cut off comments because he didn’t like Levin’s fans, whom he then went on to insult.
What a gutless little choirboy creep.
Crunchy like a buffalo chip…
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Yes, and that’s another sad point against Levin. Savage would defend him. Levin is thin-skinned and Savage’s ridicule got to him.
People condemn both of them for abrasiveness and being meeaannn. I don’t get it because liberals are the meanest of all.
Savage projects what can happen to this country if conservatives don’t get a little meaner. I think a lot of people can’t handle it, but they need to hear it. Opening up to the wilder possibilities can prevent them. It’s better than letting leftists and RINOs destroy everything.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 2:13 AM
If I chew someone out, call them many names and allow them little to no freedom to debate me in any fair way, would you minimize what I do as my style?
Where is decorum? Respect for others as fellow human beings?
If we’re going to act just like the lefties, it’s no more than two teams of animals going at each other. And if that’s the case, then ideas mean nothing.
It comes down to the strongest, ugliest, meanest, dirtiest team winning it all. Ideas, right and wrong mean nothing.
Honor means nothing in that worldview.
Can’t you see this?
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 2:19 AM
No, Savage doesn’t want his listeners or anyone else to get mean. Where did you get that? Putz.
There’s a HUGE gulf between angry and mean.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:20 AM
And where is the anger? I want to know. Where is the rightious ANGER.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:22 AM
He’s not my Cup of Tea. Pretty much every time I hear him my instincts tell me to run into some burning house to save a little girl or cat.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:25 AM
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:25 AM
See?
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:31 AM
I’m angry, Ugly (hey, that sounds kinda neat!).
I’m angry, sure I am. I’m so tired of the lefties killing this country, denying it’s foundation and the intellectual powerhouses who formed it.
Tired of them hating history and making up “solutions” that only make things worse.
I’m a very conservative guy. But just because I know that their way is a dead end and an end of America, that gives me no right to treat them with little tact.
I’m a Christian and though I don’t always act Christian like, I try to listen to what my God (Jesus) told me to do.
Act honorable and look to Him. He does the heavy lifting.
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 2:32 AM
They were for him before they were against him.
- J F’inK
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:33 AM
When it comes to substance, argumentation, and a coherent message, Levin is it.
I enjoy the passion and I enjoy the fight. Levin is a scrapper, that’s for sure, and he knows what he’s talking about.
After corpse-like candidates, like McCain, or GW Bush pathetically imitating a punching bag, or a decade of Senatorial Trent Lotts, conservatism needs someone who will take the fight onto the other side’s turf, name names and get into the trenches.
That’s Levin’s job.
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:39 AM
I understand where you’re coming from, but believe your ideals are misplaced. Where is the dishonor and who cares about manners when dealing with backstabbers who will destroy civilization? People call talk show hosts knowing what might be coming. They are screened and the host knows more than listeners do about the caller.
Sometimes an honest liberal calls Savage and they have an interesting conversation and agree to disagree. In these cases, it’s not uncommon for them to have a laugh and Savage ends up sending the guy a book. He never does dirty tricks to a guest, either.
The people who get shouted down are evasive destructive morons who won’t answer questions or defend their positions.
They are the aggressors calling and getting in the host’s face.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 2:40 AM
That’s fine, guys and ladies. Just don’t forget where it started. With Savage.
When they come for the rest, remember the best.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Tell that to Hussein Obama.
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:42 AM
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:41 AM
You’re a little late to the party.
It started with Joe Pyne, then Bob Grant, then a lot of other people who displeased the Libs.
Conservatives have been purged at most stations, cable news networks and other venues.
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 2:40 AM
But you think Savage makes people meaner.
Well, he certainly doesn’t make them nicer.
He makes people think. And sometimes they get angered BY WHAT THEY LEARN.
Natch, it’s tough, but to give Savage his fair due, you gotta listen in order to get in sync with his thought process.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Absolutely. But I’d follow a person like the founder of this website, not someone like Levin.
Michelle Malkin is loaded with class. She has been ripped to shreds many times with lies, innuendo, etc., yet has her eye on the prize.
She never deviates from truth. And she is hard to ignore because she doesn’t give the ugly left a reason to completely dismiss her like they dismiss Levin, Savage, and Coulter.
Her IDEAS and TRUTH stand out.
Skidd on May 23, 2009 at 2:47 AM
TexasJew on May 23, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Nah I’m not late. I’m still here. Not giving up.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Which can be alright as long as one does not so much, and some routinely, wear it on his sleeve and try to screech my ears out with it.
For his good points they ignore his ear assaulting demeanor.
Savage better directs his anger. I am not even sure that he is that angry. Also, his voice is not screechingly pitched.
Love is blind. And maybe at times even deaf. Levin definitely has a voice for books.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
I think those of you asserting that Savage would defend Levin, or anyone else, are on swampy ground. Who does he defend? He doesn’t defend Limbaugh, and Limbaugh’s been under attack far more egregiously than Savage.
Yes, it’s stupid that the UK has banned him, but it’s not clear to me that this is as serious as some suggest, and they do have the right to control who comes in. Sure, it’s perhaps suicidally foolish that they’re wasting time PCing all over themselves about Savage, but it’s their funeral.
I don’t equate the two. The only thing they have in common, it seems to me, is that they get worked up. Beyond that, meh.
Levin is passionate about liberty and the conservative traditions of this country. Savage is basically a misanthrope, just as eager to savage the Right as anyone on the Left whilst singing the praises of the New York Times and prattling on about his advanced degrees. He’s the worst kind of elitist.
Now, of course, there are exceptions to this. Savage’s defense of the Marines slandered by John Murtha was laudable, and Levin can fall prey to hyperbolic self-promotion at times, too, but over time, I’ve grown to appreciate Levin more and Savage less.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
And please correct me if I’m wrong about Savage defending Limbaugh, but it seems to me that over the years I only ever hear Savage referring to other conservative talkers derisively, long before he ran into trouble with the UK.
Was he expecting people to rush to his defense after that obnoxious crap he pulled on MSNBC, wishing an AIDS death upon a “sodomite” caller? That was brilliant.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Whereas I find it funny that he dumped on Levin for treating that woman the same way Dreher just got done treating Meghan McCain. Dreher’s mincing self-righteousness is really the way forward.
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 2:53 AM
In times of change, the Patriot is a scarce man; brave, hated and scorned. If his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:54 AM
And hence I was scroomed.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 2:56 AM
Yeah, he deleted mine too. All I said was that Levin being rude to an obnoxious caller truly signals the end of conservatism, and by the way, have they figured out who Trig’s real mom is yet?
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 2:59 AM
Meaner in the sense that liberals understand the word. That’s what I want. People who won’t be deceived by destructive ideas peddled politely with a forked tongue. Who really believes Savage listeners treat people worse because they listen to the Savage Nation? Liberals, I guess.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 2:59 AM
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
You putz you
Savage defended Limbaugh, O’Reilly, and donated tens of thousands of dollars of his own money, not only to the defence of Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, but to the ten children left fatherless by some nutfuck who murdered four cops.
Yeah. Savage is crazy insane.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:00 AM
“Can I have his stapler?”
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
You putz you
Savage defended Limbaugh, O’Reilly, and donated tens of thousands of dollars of his own money, not only to the defence of Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Chessani, but to the ten children left fatherless by some nutfVck who murdered four cops.
Yeah. Savage is crazy insane.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Mrs. Malkin is a lady.
Feedie on May 23, 2009 at 3:02 AM
What are you wearing?
THANK ME.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:03 AM
You sound like as big a phony as Weiner.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:05 AM
..I dunno man. It ain’t funny unless you don’t like the guy, I guess.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:05 AM
LOL I may be a phony. It’s nunya biznizz.
Daily Woof? Are you kidding me?
Click my nick. I’m as real as I can be (and my email addy is even visible)
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:07 AM
I seem to recall Savage defending Limbaugh when he was under assault for being or having been addicted to prescription drugs. In any case they should be defending the principles involved, re Savage, even if they don’t like the man himself. Few seem to have bothered themselves.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:08 AM
I seem to recall Savage being supportive around the time that Rush admitted his hearing problem. That was back in 2001, and the addiction thing happened in 2005, if I remember correctly. Four years is a long time, and I haven’t heard anything out of him towards any other conservative talker that isn’t derisive.
I could be wrong, and I don’t listen regularly. I have the podcasts and listen sometimes, but usually not for very long because he gets irritating, or I don’t give a damn what he had for dinner last night.
Still, with regard to the UK thing, I’ve heard Prager mention it, and I’m pretty sure Hewitt and Medved have, too. But I think there are two main reasons why people aren’t getting that worked up about it:
1. Again, if the UK wants to be stupid, that’s their right. What’s the principal that they’re violating? Nobody has the right to enter the UK without permission.
2. Nobody likes the guy, and I don’t think that’s insignificant.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:13 AM
2. Nobody likes the guy, and I don’t think that’s insignificant.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:13 AM
You are ignorant, aren’t you.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:14 AM
Yeah, it’s all about you.
No thanks. Unlike your need to check me out, I don’t give a damn who you are.
Putz.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:15 AM
You are ignorant, aren’t you.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:14 AM
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:16 AM
Freedom of speech, liberty. They have also engaged in an assault on a fellow American citizen. One innocent of what they have accused him of.
Unlike the United States.
Not true and, again, irrelevant to the principles involved.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:20 AM
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:20 AM
Not only that, it’s a violation of EUROPEAN LAW to restrict free speech.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:23 AM
And I might add a very gratuitous assault as I don’t think he was even planing on visiting England. I think he already has a dentist in the U.S.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:26 AM
The UK isn’t bound by the US constitution. They don’t have a first amendment. Savage is free to speak whatever he likes here but not there.
As for the accusations against him, they’re basically framed as opinions, so how do you propose proving to some English Moonbat that her opinion of a guy like Savage is wrong? She says he foments hatred. How are you going to prove he doesn’t?
Now, I don’t agree with what they’ve done. As I’ve said, I think it’s stupid, but if the UK wants to waste time on Michael Savage when they should be watching real threats, the only ones who are going to feel the consequences, really, are the English.
But to the extent that you have a point, I think that’s why Prager, et al have talked about it.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Heaven to me’s a fair blue stretch of sky, earth’s jest a dusty road. ~ John Masefield
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:30 AM
I love Levin, even my leftists friends are starting to like him.
Who is this loser? Pissed he can’t get someone to read his book if it was given away?
Tim Burton on May 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Remember… the European Law. Savage is protected, and Jacqui Smith continues to keep him banned. Why?
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Tim Burton on May 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM
So go make a Levin movie. Stop-motion, whatever.
Look, you named yourself.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:34 AM
True, but, again, that misses the point.
For now.
Prager must think that I, and “Tuco”, have more than a “to the extent that you have a point” point.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:36 AM
I am not sure that she thinks he “foments hatred” as she may just be playing to an audience.
However, if she does really believe that he is akin to the others that she put on her “list” then I would say -
I cannot prove to her that she is insane, because you never can prove anything to a lunatic — for that is a part of her insanity and the evidence of it.
- “Mark Twain”
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Well, perhaps, but it hasn’t exactly been a daily topic, either, suggesting that Prager’s perspective, reliably reasonable, in my opinion, recognizes that it’s probably not the slam dunk issue that some of you think it is.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Actually no. He just says he doesn’t care about that and ridicules people who make that a priority. I agree, we have bigger things to deal with before that. I don’t smoke, and actually don’t mind letting the states to decide if they want it legalized. I just don’t have time to fight for that, when there are bigger more important fights to fight.
Tim Burton on May 23, 2009 at 3:44 AM
I suspect a UK Moonbat will not find that persuasive.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 3:45 AM
When the going get’s tough, the tough get going.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Tim Burton on May 23, 2009 at 3:44 AM
Apologizing/making exuses for Levin, are we. To the Pot SMOKERS.
har har. The Ron Paul crowd?
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 3:47 AM
Don’t have to persuade her, just maybe shame some of America’s so called conservative talk-show hosts.
MB4 on May 23, 2009 at 3:48 AM
Anybody notice that Getalife posted a comment on that blog?
Has to be the same idiot that was banned from Hot Air a few weeks ago. You can tell by the comment she posted.
I just wanted to let y’all know, since I’m sure she’s sorely missed around here (try saying that 3 times fast).
UltimateBob on May 23, 2009 at 3:52 AM
I don’t care enough about him to like him or dislike him. I just think that’s a pretty sweet stapler.
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 4:23 AM
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 4:23 AM
So yeah. If Savage dies, you can have his BLUE stapler. The red one is taken. A$$hole.
Ugly on May 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM
all of the supposedly ‘true conservative’ types out there, mostly paul supporters, are still in hate all things that are GOP mode and ignore the Democrats mode.
telling
jp on May 23, 2009 at 5:32 AM
Is he your dad or something?
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Wow, so another excuse to call someone a liberal. Ronald Reagan himself could come into this crowd and say “I dont like Levin” and you would probably call him a RINO.
It is fine to get your jollies off from a screaming too like Levin, but dont pretend like he is some sort of damn genius.
Levin spent his nearly entire life before radio on the government teat, or working for hack non-profits. He is not some legal genius, he is just another tool with a big mouth. But I guess being a government employee is only a liability if you are John McCain huh?
Squid Shark on May 23, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Why would Reagan say he doesn’t like one of his friends and most prominent defenders? You’re silly.
Jim Treacher on May 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Haven’t read the comments in this thread, so I’m probably repeating someone elses observation.
RD asks for conservative views on Levin….and shuts comments down after a few minutes because he doesn’t like the views! This is the mindset of virtually all liberals and lefties…”if you don’t agree with me, you must be part of a vast right wing conspiracy..waaa..you’re rattling my world..go away!..Waaaa!”
Whiner.
Itchee Dryback on May 23, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Obviously you do not listen to his show. Him and Rush (and Sean) are good friends. They all defend each other.
Joe Caps on May 23, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Oops I thought you were talking about Mark. My apologies.
Joe Caps on May 23, 2009 at 8:48 AM
He’s only done it twice so far that I remember, but I wish Mark would continue to play Reagan’s speech on socialized medicine. For people like me, who were still in the womb/tiny tots when during Reagan’s terms, that speech is an eye-opener and a much needed history lesson.
Dubn8tr on May 23, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Rodney King Dreher: “Can’t we all just get along?”
either orr on May 23, 2009 at 9:06 AM
He is a lawyer. Would you consider it more honorable for him to chase ambulances?
You make him sound like he worked at the post office his whole life. He was Chief of Staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese under Reagan.
Since it is so obvious to you that he is a hack who knows little about legal issues, how about you back that statement up with an opinion that he shared on his show/book, and then talk about why he is mistaken.
Are you a moron in real life or do you just play on on the internet?
Joe Caps on May 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Word bro!
Savage is THE MAN. He owns all the others. The rest are boring.
blatantblue on May 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM
So you think governement lawyers are the only OK Lawyers?
No I dont consider ambulance chasing to be an honorable profession. I dont consider being an attorney at Justice to be that great of a gig either.
Just trying to put it into perspective, here, I dont like Levin, I think he is a whiny baby who was given a radio show. But to pretend like he is some legal genius and use his time in the Justice Department as proof is pretty hypocritical IMO. Either those who spend their life working for the government are hacks or their not. You can not distinguish just because a Conservative is the one living off the government teat.
Squid Shark on May 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Part red herring, part straw man. You could use the same argument against any conservative who had served in the government in any capacity.
By the way, it goes without saying that Obama achieved some sort of reputation for “brilliance” by doing far less.
ddrintn on May 23, 2009 at 9:31 AM
The conservative and Republican side has so many fifth column types like this just running missions to divide and subvert that it’s disgusting.
ikez78 on May 23, 2009 at 9:33 AM
No, I’ll tell you what it is. A false choice.
ddrintn on May 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Talk about straw men…Obama, we arent talking about Obama, government hackery is a badge of honor in his world but not in ours.
And no, you can not make the argument for “any conservative who served”. I am talking about a man like levin, whoe legal career has been almost entirely Justice Department and non profit “think tanks” which are far from being private enterprise. That is not “any conservative”. Buckley started and ran a newspaper, Limbaugh never worked in governement his entire life, Reagan was an actor and spokesman in the GE corporation…see where I am going here?
Squid Shark on May 23, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Phony argument. Whatever Levin’s done is negated IF it was in something other than a private law firm. Just a false dichotomy.
The Obama reference is to show that the standards of brilliance are clearly changeable.
ddrintn on May 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM
How, I remember alot of you denigrating Wesley Clark, John McCain and Colin Powell for just that, and they at least spent most of their life serving their country in the military.
Whatever happened to those evil “career government” folks?
Levin himself rails against them.
BTW, I do like his books. It is in my Law School recreation reading pile along with Scalias book about convincing judges .
Squid Shark on May 23, 2009 at 9:51 AM
What you’re doing, Squid Shark, is taking a cheapass caricature of a conservative argument (”gubmint is da debbil”) and trying to apply it in a cute way to tar any conservative who works in government.
ddrintn on May 23, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Hey, I remember a lot on the left calling the military rapists and child-killers. Why do the traitors support the military now?
See how that phony straw man argument works?
ddrintn on May 23, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Rod.
Totally irrelevant.
Wuss had to shut down his comments.
RobertInLexington on May 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM
DD,
Once again, I am not trying to tar any conservative who works in government, I am trying to paint a picture of a man who has spent his life working for either the government or a think tank, I am failing to see what in his life makes him so special and smart.
Squid Shark on May 23, 2009 at 10:18 AM
You need to listen more than just a minute or two to get him.
roux on May 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Maybe I’m listening to the wrong show. But when I’ve listened to Levin he mostly yells and calls people morons. I must be missing the substance and argumentation in continually calling people “morons.”
terryannonline on May 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I suppose it’s crass to suggest this, but I can’t help myself.
The number of people who showed up to Levin’s last book signing, but didn’t actually make it up to meet Mark Levin exceeds the number of people who have ever read anything Dreher has written.
Dreher’s current practice of attacking people that we have actually heard of is just a commercial effort to place himself in that category. And who can blame him for the effort?
Jaibones on May 23, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Face it, Kiddo, you just don’t like that radio style and that is just fine. There are several right wing radio hosts that I simply cannot listen to even though I probably agree with almost everything they say. I will never mention them or discount their value to conservatism. Just because their delivery doesn’t work for me, it works for others. No one is wrong, it’s a matter of taste.
Cindy Munford on May 23, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Yes it is a matter of taste. But I also think it is a matter of decency. Aren’t conservatives the ones talk about family values? Could you imagine a family in a car listening to Mark Levin? I can’t.
I think conservatives do need people in our side that are biting and have sting. But to me Levin is more bark than bite. However, I think someone like Charles Krauthammer has a sting and he doesn’t call people moron. (I know Krauthammer is not a radio but he still does commentary like Levin.)
terryannonline on May 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM
No one would love it more then I to have conservatives thwart our opponents with wit, intelligence and sarcasm. That is my preference. Others think that is boring and like a good argument. You (and I) would hamstring the conservative message if we demand that our preferred delivery of the message is strictly adhered to. I am not prepared to be that presumptuous. As to a family listening to Mr. Levine, in most cases, any station a parent is willing to listen to would qualify as child abuse by the offspring. Lucky for my kids I am a metal head but their father tried our souls mightily. Thank God for IPods.
Cindy Munford on May 23, 2009 at 11:35 AM
If you seek the unbelievable, try belief net, the cream puff center of the ecumenical universe. It is a pouf magnet. I stay as far away as possible to avoid being clobbered with revisionist multi faith
Depends on what you mean by pleasure
Yeah baby
Don’t put me in your egg basket
Levin does one of the all time great Groucho Mark routines because he is a smart and fast as Groucho.
Groucho quotes are all gems
I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception
A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five
entagor on May 23, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Mark Levin tells it like it is on his talk show. He is unabashed, unashamed, unafraid, and uncensored. And a gentleman to boot. Listening to this man speak…his show is not entertainment, it’s an education. He is the Great One and by far the best cleanup hitter out there. I say, bring it on. Levin/Cheney’s Daughter 2012!
long_cat on May 23, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Ever been yelled at by your father? It’s not exactly incompatible with family values.
Kensington on May 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM
I’ve also had the good fortune of knowing Mark Levin for a few years now. He’s a good human being yet does not suffer fools like the particular lady in question for long. Perhaps Dreher ought to call in and complain to Mark personally and see how long he lasts. My guess is Dreher would hang up smelling like toast.
Looking over Dreher’s blog, I’m saying to myself “Who?” As in, who the heck in Rod Dreher? The links in the sidebar are instructive; I never heard of most of those folks either. What stands out is he has links to both the Corner and Andrew Sullivan. As Dreher allegedly writes about religion and music from a conservative point of view that might explain the NRO’s Corner. Yet what explains his linking to Andrew Sullivan? I vaguely recall (and could be wrong) reading Sullivan is a gay atheist liberal.
Which leads to the obvious question: what instrument does Sullivan play and why does it attract Dreher’s attention? (Hey, I’m just asking a question
Sergeant Tim on May 23, 2009 at 10:24 PM