Washington Journal: Hugh Hewitt Drops Loads Of Lies Defending Conservative Radio
By Nicole Belle Friday Jun 27, 2008 6:24pm
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I'm a big CSpan fan, don't get me wrong, but there are moments like this one from Washington Journal that chap my hide, because the nature of the program doesn't allow for anything but the uninterrupted and unchallenged spewing of unmitigated bovine excrement. Of course, that's the format that Hugh Hewitt works best in, and this is a prime example of Hewitt's fact-free hackery.
Caller: Good morning. Hugh, they used to carry your show here in Jacksonville, 50,000 watt station that the circumference of that station attract 2 million voters or 2 million listeners, I should say and they dropped you and Michael Medved the same day. And they...we refer to it down here as "hate radio" that station is just...they never attract over 2,000 listeners at one time at any given moment. They eventually put you on over time delay at night. And you had less than 200 listeners, according to ratings done in the paper. But you know, you right-wing radio people days are over with the average person. We're well aware of your hate-spewing you do against strictly Democrats, strictly Democrats. And it's all over but the crying. Read the polls. Read the polls, [croons] it's all over but the crying....good morning, Hugh.
Hewitt: Good morning to you. I do regret that they had a format change in Jacksonville and we lost our Jacksonville audience. You can still pick me up in Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota, Pensacola and 120 stations across the United States. They're all listed at HughHewitt.com. And the good news for the people of the great city of New York is that we go up in New York in August. It's the 6th or 7th most listened to radio show in the United States. I'm glad that it's growing-not falling-and I think that in fact, center-right conversation of the sort I do, for example, eight consecutive weeks with EJ Dionne, the wonderful left-of-center liberal columnist for the Washington Post, about his book Sold Out, isn't hate talk at all. It's conversation about the most important issues. And in fact, the characterization of conservative talk radio as "hate talk" is always a giveaway that the left doesn't really want to engage in the issues, because if you talk about these issues, if you talk about the appeasement policies of Senator Barack, if you talk about the "don't drill" Democrats and their indifference to the cost of gasoline and the toll it's taking on middle-class America. Americans note this, it's a fundamentally center-right country, and I do not doubt for a moment a lot of the left wing wants to silence conservatives on the radio, they want to silence...they don't exist in network television, so they don't want them to go there. But it's not going to work, because I think ultimately the folks who listen and hear and are persuaded by a comprehensive, collegial, civil conversation as such that happens on conservative talk radio every single day want to keep it there.
Cowardly Lion say what? There are no conservatives on network television? It is to laugh. When you have Charlie Gibson near in tears over the unfair advantage of being a candidate that many people want to donate to in lieu of his man McCain and Brian Williams tossing softballs over Bush's reading list while ignoring that he ignored Katrina victims and all the networks refusing to admit complicity in light of Scott McClellan's revelations, are we really expected to believe the "liberal media" meme?
And let's talk about that wonderfully "civil" conservative (which is, by definition, not center-right, you genius) talk radio: You know, the kind where Ingraham berates a caller, Sussman tells a caller to prove he's not a Muslim by saying "Allah is a whore.", advocating death for the editor of the NY Times, or calling for riots at conventions. And that just took 15 seconds of site searching. Yeah, you guys are incredibly civil.
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H8R!
He is a bad person. He was talking about a college football game the other day and said,
They know that they're gonna slaughter the Trojans, and therefore they do not want me there at the bloodbath, since it's probably the last football game we'll ever get to see before the United States gets blown up by the Islamists under Obama.
So this guy can't be given ANY credibility
None.
Really, the caller said it all. You can't argue with his commentary and its wonderful that their ratings tank as no one in their right mind can stand more than 30 seconds of "hate radio".
Hugh Hewitt is a jackass and his opinion means nothing to anyone with half a brain.
Thanks again caller. Thats all the time we have today. Goodbye Hugh.
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Hugh Spewitt... anyone?
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No conservatives on TV? WTF? Who guest hosted Dan Abrams last night? Yes, that balding, bearded wing nut, from PA! As soon as I saw it was him and not Dan hosting, I deleted the show from my DVR! Then there's Wing-Nut country with that former Rep from Florida, every weekday morning. Then you have Tweety! That is just a start on MSNBC! Don't forget Louuuu Dobbbs and his constant anti brown skin rants on CNN. Leslie Blitzkreig regularly has repetitive Right Wing Talking Heads dominate the Situation Room! That's just 2 of the Corporate News (or excuse for News) Network and of course the Entire Faux News Network is nothing but Conservative, with Democrats there to be used as strawmen only.
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It's all over BUT the crying...!
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The lady doth protest too much.
Got his reach around in for Rush. Good neocon.
...if you talk about the “don’t drill” Democrats and their indifference to the cost of gasoline and the toll it’s taking on middle-class America. Americans...
Is this to say that the Dems have caused the rise in oil prices?
Which Dems--and be specific--are on the boards of BP, Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Chevron, and Conoco-Phillips? You know, the companies who, if you dig and dig, are behind the speculation and hedging that, for the most part, have caused WW prices to soar (and please stop telling us the falling dollar is the sole reason for the spectacular rise, because it just isn't true)?
Lies, lies, and more lies. Radical conservative radio, which makes up over 90% of talk radio in the United States, blanketing the country with lies.
There isn't a shred of moderate thinking on right wing radio.Rather,it's a veritable sink hole of hard right wing ultra radical sludge that exists purely to berate and demonize Liberalism in the most vile and hateful terms imaginable.
Other than that,I have no problem with it.
Embittered & Anti-Republicrat - Max-Hussein-1 @ 4:
Just more Hugh Jass Hewittlessness...?
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Hugh Hewitt might be wrong about a lot of things, including his characterization of the general state of conservative radio; however, it must be said that his show isn't that bad when it comes to the invective decried in this post. His program is generally civil (though I'm by no means a regular listener) and tries to deal with issues of principle that underly policy - albeit the presuppositions are values that I don't agree with.
The use of "hate" or "hate speech" by many self-identified liberals is worrisome as it's usually loose and uncritical. The label is ascribed too often, and makes many possibly valuable sources of information forbidden on moral grounds. We must be careful and use a well thought out and self-critical criterion when identifying hate. Certainly many of the examples at the end of the post seem to qualify as hate as some promote violence.
That said, conservatives can be valuable conversational partners as they can be quite candid about some unpleasant realities when not frothing to provide their base with a narrative. Try getting drunk with an amiable republican and revel in their hard-hearted candor. We might disagree about where they go in their ensuing cost-benefit analysis, but when they identify costs to policies liberals should listen. The claim might turn out to be incorrect, but to paraphrase Marx's best methodological clue, the ruling class doesn't lie to itself in its statistics. Hewitt's a dunce, but he is collegial and often honest. Liberals should not cloister themselves and suffer the ill effects of ideological amplification that occur when self-selected groups only listen to the same opinion (see Cass Sunstein's consideration of interesting empirical studies in 'Constellations' 2007). Emotions, jokes, and put downs replace arguments on Crooksandliars.com and other liberal websites more often than they should. Such habits are still more widespread on the right, and we must be vigilant to keep ourselves from falling into that trap. Hewitt provides a model of someone at least working towards that goal of principled argument. What we need are brilliant, cogent, and catchy refutations of the underlying principles of his ilk - or even better, to show that the moralistic right is often without moral principle.
As a C-Span junkie myself, I still can't believe how these blowhards honestly think that the audiences buy this tripe. Conservatives are all over MSM. Think Buchanan, Scarbouro and Tucker. WTF!
I used to be an avid C-Span junky but this AM show makes it look like there is a 50-50 split between Dems and Repubs. 'Tain't so. And their reliance on the Moony controlled Washington Times as if it were nothing but mainstream is sickening. And a preponderance of right-wing wack jobs for guests like Baby Huey with his lies and the hosts do nothing to correct the record. And Brian Lamb is an elitist who loves dishing the dirt with Lucianne. Ugg.
The Wza @ 12:
Do go on, then...
If the right wing feels that Rush is their Lord and savior why don't they put it to the test. Ask Rush to run for president and the left will get Stephen Colbert and lets see who fairs the better. Done.
The Wza @ 12:
I am here to rip the murderous Rethugs guts out every chance I get. They are slime who are taking our country away from us. It will take years and years to get over this last few years, maybe never. They are Fascists on crack.
off topic breaking news, mccain california home in tax default for 4 years!!!!
Proud2bHumble @ 15:
Why, yes, he does; doesn't he? I tried to listen to rightwing radio years ago. All that I heard was scapegoating, namecalling and lies. That was enough.
Hewitt is correct in at least one respect. Conservative talk radio is not dying by any stretch of the imagination. The combination of Limbaugh, Hannity & Savage amass ratings numbers and ad revenue for their networks 10 times greater than all the progressive radio talk shows put together.
marko at #18, that is good news. Now how long to you think MSM will work to bury it?
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So,
ONLY educated people can hold civil conversations?
Here we see Hugh framing his perspective. Disagree with him and he'll Spewitt all over you...
"... and I have a lot of 'Lefties' that listen... and that's good. The conversation is important - but I think - ah, the 'Left' HATES the fact that when we come down to 'ISSUES' and 'FACTS' ... "
... That Hugh has his own set of facts!
O-RLY?
Republicrats...
... good at fixing facts.
Why doesn't ANYONE address the massive LAND LEASES these energy companies already have that AREN'T being drilled.
That is the immediate solution to the surplus demand... if there was a demand here in America.
... Because if there was a 'DEMAND' for oil and gas, there would be long lines... NO? Unless you're at Costco.
FREE AMERICA FROM OIL DEPENDENCY!
THAT is the long term solution.
Let the short solution work as the relief of transitioning to alternate fuel sources obtained through a 'Long Term Plan' of development and implementation.
Duh! Outhouses didn't disappear once the toilet was invented. It took a while to 'PLUMB' every house in the city, county, State, Nation...
I mean, really... Think about it.
The Romans invented the self flushing toilet. That's nearly over 2500 years ago! ... LOL
But seriously. This is going to have to be a multi-faceted solution. There won't be 'ONE' big fix.
RELIANCE does not, a solution make.
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marko @ 18:
... Just like America!
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Just what is a Conservative anyway? Why is it up the the Progressives in Congress, and the judiciary to try to preserve the Constitution? How many "Conservatives" can even balance a checkbook, let alone a federal budget?
As soon as he said Ruch Limbaugh was "good" he lost whatever creds he had garnered by the first 3/4ths of his interview.
Also saying that Dems don't care about gas prices? We care, we just aren't fooled by the Corporate Babble that drilling will fix the problem. What we would rather see is the government coming out and asking the American people to sacrifice a bit, to do their share, slow down to 55 mph, cut back on things instead of being the gluttonous pigs we seem to be.
I was going to make some cogent remarks on why rightwingers shade the truth and distort information to their own corrupt ends but you know what...?
Mr. Hewitt is a psychopathic, lying liar. That's all there is to it.
Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol @ 24:
There is no way I would call Hugh a conservative. He is a radical.
abc, nbc and cbs currently have what? 30 minutes to an hour of news per evening, with little or no commentary....pbs, about the same
the great lie is that talk radio competes with the networks...they never have
what is the percentage of liberal guests that appear on these shows? rush never has guests, neither does praeger nor savage. medved makes sure to find the wackiest libs to put on his show and usually sets them up for gotcha moments
and i dont care if salem radio is filled with guys who dont go over the top, yell and scream or use ad homynim attacks...they are all a part of the great wingnut echo machine...they just do it more softly
for example, each one continues to repeat the lie that obama is the most liberal senator in the history of america
and amazing, hewitt can say it doesnt matter that the oil companies dont use all their leases? sure it does
and ratings for talk shows...all talk shows are falling
america is getting tired of the dog and pony show
CSpan, while helpful at times is a right wing tool, AEI, Heritage Foundation shit hole, due largely in part to Brian Lamb, who used to be much more neutral, but must be losing that talent as he ages, or others have taken over.
And it's CSpan's fault we have this goddamn 24/7/365/100 BULLSHIT campaigning. Watch. The Sunday after the election, it'll be 'Road to the Whitehouse 2012.' ugh.
Ah.. so that's the knob gobbler I was forced to listen to on the drive in to work. I was steadily calling in on the Independent line so I could tell him what a knob gobbler he was and tear him a new access portal on his blatantly false use of the ANWR red herring and other such right wing lies. Unfortunately the line was busy for the entire 50 minutes of my commute.
miss_kitty @ 29:
Bingo! You nailed it, miss_kitty.
orcas @ 20:
this has to do with coverage and the take over of radio by the corporatists
when you have no choice with what to listen to, you either turn it off or listen to what you are fed
how many progressive shows or stations are in your area?
kgo radio in san francisco has a mix of progressive, conservative and middle of the road talkers....they are the most listened to station in the country...they have remained number 1 in their market for 30 plus years...the liberals on that station kick the crap out of the conservatives who are opposite them....ksfo, a hate radio station, where rush is heard, doesnt even show a blip, compared to the ratings of kgo
give people a choice, and they will listen to what entertains them
Mickxotic @ 19:
On a related topic,
Young Voters Influenced By Negative Political Ads, Says Study
Yep...and you can bet your assinine that the $$Madison Ave.$$ propaganda division of the plutocrapsy has known this for a loooong time...
If the partisan divide ever gets dire enough in this country and civil war is a possibility, it's right-wing radio that will light the match.
Just like in Rwanda.
♠Bangkok Bob♥ @ 25:
excuse me
what we would rather see is what carter envisioned
federal dollars spent on alternative energy....not tax breaks for companies buying suv's
and the 55 mph limit was never proven to increase gas mileage...especially in los angeles, where the limit caused more traffic congestion
as for usage...we are by far less gluttonous than the chinese or india
btw, who killed the electric car?
Fortunately, only the 25% dimwits listen to these morons anymore.
It is a proven scientific fact that if you are republican you are insane!
A recent study of 25 million bush supporting republicans has show that every last one of them is batshit crazy.
No wonder more and more people are denying they are republicans.
The only people that cannot see how crazy they are the loonies themselves, everyone else sees how crazy they are but most are afraid to say anything for fear they will go postal.
This is why conservative radio is losing listeners.
Back in the 90s the conservative radio shows were funny to listen too. They were talking about Presidents and blowjobs... that was funny stuff. Now they are all talking about how cool it is to torture people and rip wings off of bugs.
Blowjobs = fumny ha ha.
Torturing people = sick, weird, and creepy.
The more these conservatives try to defend what Bush is doing; the more disgusted people become.
correction.
But Huge Hewitt is a {Deleted}asshole liar.
And again my apologies in advance.
{ While I agree with you, That's a bit over the top. SiteMonitor}
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 35:
When they went to a 55 mph speed limit people were driving around with big block 350 engines. Everything is a 4 cylinder now. An inline 4 gets its maximum fuel efficiency around 65 to 75 mph. When Congress lifted the 55 mph speed limit; they did it to conserve gas. If we went back to 55 limit we would actually use more gas.
I just saw a couple guys at the store that were driving a prius. They said it gets 45 on the highway and 50 in the city. The engine shuts down at stops so he gets better milage in the city. Why doesn't the Government just give everyone a prius? It would be cheaper than invading countries for oil.
I keep remembering a caller into a conservative radio show on a trucker-focused station I heard while driving through central California about a week or so before the Iraq War started.
The caller said, and I'm quoting almost exactly, "If gas goes above $2 a gallon, they'd better start dropping those bombs." How's that working out for you?
Seriously, that single moment sort of summed up "conservative" talk radio--self-centered, violence-advocating, clueless, and provably, catastrophically wrong about anything remotely important. Hey, caller (not to mention every war-porn-jonesing host of then and now), you got your Republican majority, you got your war(s), you got your tax cuts, and you got your reduction in regulation. Working just spectacularly, that is.
Yet people keep listening, and whining about the "liberal" media. If the media was liberal, they wouldn't be wrong quite so often.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 35:
By what measure? Seriously, the US has somewhere between 5 and 10 times the energy use per-capita of China, and India uses less than half of China per capita. You're welcome to argue about the Chinese or Indian government's energy policy issues, but calling them--each of which has easily 3 times the population of the US and twice that of Western Europe--"gluttonous" is ludicrous. If either of those countries consumed ANY resource--oil, energy, construction material, aluminum, meat, cars--at the rate the US does (thereby qualifying them as "more gluttonous"), the global production likely couldn't even sustain it. Certainly oil--do you think if Chinese were suddenly gifted with the SUVs and the capacity to drive them at the level of, say, the US that world oil production could keep pace?
Hittin’ the road, Jack,”and I ain’t comin’ back no more no more no more no more”…
“Last word, freak.” - Melvin Udall
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!! This guy's a joke. Rush Limbaugh is a good listener and talker. HaHaHaHaHa!!! Conservatives really like discussing the issues and liberals don't and we hate facts. I think somebody better get next to this guy, count backward from 10, and snap their fingers to wake this guy up from whatever reality he lives in.
I notice that Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson are mentioned but not king-of-the-softballs and propaganda-allowing, Saint Timmy Russert...... ooops, this post will probably be deleted now [Posters were asked to be humane on one thread. ONE THREAD. The condolence thread. It was part of the post (”As with all announcements of this sort, we ask that your comments stay respectful”). I don’t understand why it is so hard for people to understand that. Weeks later, there’s still snide whining and asides about it. Move on. We're fed up with the nastiness on the part of posters like you-Sitemonitor]... we want truth but not too much truth.....and never speak ill of the dead - unless it's people the right doesn't like or has labeled communists, terrorists, unpatriotic, that sort of thing....... it's like Bob Novak said, "I believe in democracy, but not too much democracy."
The United States is dead.
We now have the Plutocratic States of America, Inc.*
*Subsidiary of Halliburton
(I've actually written a Constitution of the Plutocratic States of America, Inc.)
I've rewritten the Declaration.
http://myfightfordemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-declaration-of-indep...
If you squint your eyes and pretend he’s not serious, the linked video is hilarious. Sorry but I laughed pretty much through the whole gosh darn thing.
Frank @ 46:
It's not nastiness... I WAS sympathetic to his death... I WAS sympathetic to his family for their loss... but I also mentioned the truth of what he did and what he stood for and I have a great respect for THIS SITE and was very disappointed that my comments were deleted - because this site is supposed to be different.... and in case anyone hasn't noticed, look at the difference in how Russert was treated and how Carlin was treated - by the MSM not C&L - but Carlin was a true voice of the people and stood for truth, while others... well, I won't go there again and I'll try not to mention Russert anymore.... and sorry if I got your blood pressure up, site monitor, but discussion, debate and disagreements are cornerstones of democracy...
[It's not the mention or criticism of Russert, Frank-it's the nasty cracks about being deleted if anything not ultra sweet is said about him. The only place on the site we did not want a litany of sins recited was that one thread. To have people pop up and say "ooops, this post will probably be deleted now" is the nastiness of which I am speaking-Sitemonitor]
One thing right-wingers always do if they're addressed as right-wingers or as "hate radio" or whatever, is immediately refer to themselves as "conservative," because as a simple adjective divorced from politics, that word suggests that their worldview is sensible and cautious. In reality, of course, it's just a meaningless advertising label when applied to Republicans and Libertarians since 1980. Doesn't reflect content. "Conservative" when applied to post-1980 Republicans and Libertarians is a word intended to deceive. They are not wisely cautious, since the policies they advocate are so overwhelmingly destructive.
idiots like this have been given the biggest soapboxes in the country. they spread their coordianated uncontested repetition of rovian talking points from an average of 8 talk radio stations per state. good luck democracy. good luck america.
yakfitguy @ 34:
And we'll lose, not on principal, but because of the fact that these people own a lot more guns.
Pretty fucked up situation.
It's a given that Hewitt, like all shrub-shilling wing-nut radio swine is lyin' scum. It's who he is. It's what he does. It's what they all do.
The thing here is that C-SPAN in general and WJ in particular has steadily devolved into a quasi public-access version of fox news since shrub was installed on the throne by the Supremes. Day in, day out it's an endless parade of the same clueless cracker callers spewing the same psychotic shrub-shillin' slop about how wonderful bush is and it's the sclm's fault that we haven't won in Iraq, yada, yada, yada, punctuated with guest appearances by the lunatic-fringe likes of steven king of Iowa and hugh hewitt punctuated with endless cites of utterly psychotic mark steyn WSJ-ED columns claiming an unqualified and undeserving Michelle Obama got into Princeton solely because she's a black woman with no supporting evidence on the 40th Anniversary of the MLK Assassination.
Somebody's got to hold C-SPAN accountable for what they do and don't do but everyone gives them a free pass because they fly under the radar and Brian Lamb is a sacred cow. No he's not. He's just another shrub shill/gop apologist.
trankhussein @ 51:
AND they scream bloody murder at the thought of bringing back the Fairness Doctrine - to have people actually *GASP* disprove their bullshit to their face over "their" own radio station.
Scum.
Hewitt is correct in at least one respect. Conservative talk radio is not dying by any stretch of the imagination. The combination of Limbaugh, Hannity & Savage amass ratings numbers and ad revenue for their networks 10 times greater than all the progressive radio talk shows put together
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They have been working the knuckle dragging, bottom feeding, troglodytes for years. They have 23% of the electorate who gets all their mis-information from them. It says a hell of alot about the education system and the military industrial complex owning the MSM. We are screwed.
The Wza @ 12:
kasinca @ 55:
Hey, nobody ever said there was no market for right-wing propaganda. That don't validate Rupert's rubbish or make Newscorp a legitimate news gathering operation.
Clearly, fox proved there's a market for news for nitwits who want to be told what they want to hear. That don't make it legit as their declining numbers have made it abundantly clear.
Reagan's election showed that people wanted the 80s to be the 50s with color TV, VCRs and Microwaves. How'd that whole "deficits don't matter" thing work out?
I watch Washington Journal every morning,Hugh Hewitt got me so mad i had to turn it off. What a lying A Hole he is!!!!!
"It's simply a fact that Democrats don't care what people pay at the pumps." Ok, Hugh Blew-it,
now we know you are a complete asshat.
The Wza @ 12:
Fuck anybody who is dumb enough to still be a republican! I hate what those SOB's did to my country, all in the name of corporate greed!
Those bastards have destroyed more lives, and caused more misery than anyone since the nazi's.
And as far as "debating" conservatives about the price of things, they only worry about "socialism" when the money is earmarked for the common good, or for the average Joe who pays the taxes and fights the wars!
When conservatives are gorging at the taxpayer trough with their crony connected GOP no bid contracts, "why that's not socialism, that's liquidity enhancemment" or some other bullshit!
If anyone ever had a reason(s) to be hated, its the modern day conservative, hypocrite-pig! And yes, I HATE those sick, sadistic, heartless, lying mother-fuckers!
kasinca @ 55:
When 93% of radio is wingnuts, owned by wingnuts, and run by CEO's who support the corporate wingnut agenda, I don't think you can make any reasonable comparison about the revenues brought in by their wingnut programs.
People have no other options other than wingnut radio! That's like saying the Detroit Lions are the most popular football team in Detroit. Well duh, they are the ONLY football team in Detroit. Those "free market" loving conservatives really love this set-up, as long as they own ALL of those "free markets!"
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What does he mean by "center right" ? It sounds like he wants to run away from the right yet He agrees with the whole Bush package and praises Rush. He has "left of center" guests on to prove his objectivity and the when they are gone he says things about them that he didn't say earlier w/out giving them a chance to respond. Why go on his show at all? Maybe you think you can get through to the crazies but you would be dreaming.
I can't begin to tell you how much I despise Hugh Hewitt. Oh! Wait! Yes I can. It's short but sweet....http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008/06/ladies-gentlemen-we-have-hit-trifecta.html
I knew HH 20 years ago when he lawyered for rapacious land developers in Southern California and saw first-hand what a lying sack o' shit he was. Now he's just got a bigger megaphone, but the same puny mind and forked tongue.
helenahandbasket @ 59:
That's right. At that moment it would have been appropriate even for a C-Span host to say, "Ok, I just allowed you to make the point freely and without interruption, and you actually made the statement that 'it's simply a fact that Democrats don't care what people are paying at the pump'. First off, do you actually feel comfortable categorizing that statement as a 'fact'? Secondly, I had previously asked you if you thought some right-wing radio was over the top and you said no. Do you think your own answer here was over the top, and do you think statements like the one you just made are indicative of the types of things one would hear on right wing radio?"
link to Ingraham video works but the video is gone.
Why do Democrats hate America? They don't care about high gas prices because they won't let the oil companies do anything they want to do, anywhere they want to do it. Why won't they give away our national treasures for drilling when they know it will decrease the cost of gasoline by about 6 cents in 10 years or so? They don't give a damn! Damned socialists!
The idea that Progressive talk shows are not on the radio is the biggest lie ever perpetrated on the American public. I can esily name over 2 dozen nationally syndicated liberal talk shows currently broadcasting on a daily basis. Unfortunately, very few attract a big audience:
Randi Rhodes, Tom Hartmann, Lionel, Alan Colmes, Ray Taliaferro, Stephanie Miller, Bill Press, Ed Schultz, Mike Malloy, Neil Rogers, The Young Turks, Mike Newcomb, Amy Goodman, Lizz Brown, Rachel Maddow, Ron Reagan Jr, Doug Basham, Jim Hightower, Bruce Burch, Jon Eliot, Duke Skorich, Peter Collins, Al Sharpton, Lynn Samuels, Christine Craft, Bev Smith, Michael Eric Dyson, Stacy Taylor, Roland S Martin.
Frankly, I not ashamed one bit to say that I would like to see right-wing radio talk silenced. I believe the case can be made, even within free speach parameters, to do so. This is anything but "free" speech and it certainly isn't fair. Maybe somebody with a background in Free Speech cases might be able to take a look into this. I'd like to see exactly what the FCC has to say on such matters. Are the ariwaves still licensed to "public trustees?" What about anti-trust legislation? Are they employing monopolistic practices?
Now, a lot of these guys love to rail against the Fairness Doctrine. But, if they use the argument against it as Michael Medved does that it's just a socialist tool to level a playing field so that liberals can force their view on people, well, that's nonsense. Mr. Medved forgets (read: lies) when he says, "Liberal radio had its chance and failed in the marketplace," that the playing field was never close to level and that if Air America or any other "liberal" talk radio had a real chance to compete in every single market where Rush and his ilk have been for 20 years things would surely be different. It's like trying to start a company to compete with Kodak and expect to get 50% market share in a few years. Ask Fuji how well that worked out. I'm professional photographer and I can tell you that Fuji made films that were as good or better than Kodak. Get the point? And yet, Medved and others always return to this lie that our ideals don't sell. What a dick. In any event, I find it laughable that a hack like Medved spouts this theory even though the marketplace wouldn't even exist for him exploit were it not for Rush Limbaugh's enormous coattails. Medved speaks as though the marketplace is rewarding him personally. I would also remind Medved that the empire of lies, the teet on which he suckles every single day, was created in the vaccuum by the nixing of the Fairness Doctrine. So, of course he doesn't want any balance to return since it would mean being held accountable for things he says. The truth is, that the marketplace will reward liberal/progressive ideas as long as it's a fair fight. Don't believe me? Who's raised more money in this election cycle? Obama. Why? Because progressives will put their money where there mouths are just like conservatives will. There's an audience out there which will and does translate into advertising revenue. The bad part is that there are too few station owners now and most have entrenched, conservative ideals. The good part is that there are more registered Dems than Republicans in this country...are you listening station owners?
In the end it's not such a big deal. What was hate radio's big triumph? The 1994 mid-terms? Who cares? After all was said and done, Newt & Co. were disgraced and ended up looking like the tyrants they were. Shutting down the Federal Gov't...yeah, that was a brilliant move! Where's Newt today? Nobody cares. And last but not least, Limbaugh has shown his true colors. He been shown over and over to be a lying, chauvinist, hypocritical bigot. Oh yeah, and a degenerate pill popper. So, let them have AM radio I say (forget what I said at the begining, it's probably unconstitutional), the internet is wider reaching and more powerful anyway. They don't convert too many people along the way, they mostly preach to the choir. Every once in a while they can mobilize and sway a race every now and then. Mostly they're full of hot air and achieve very little. When was last time anyone who was not a "Ditto head" took these people seriously?
Hugh Hewitt: More proof that the Republican Party is a criminal organization. Actually, it's even worse. It's the American Nazi Party.
I wonder who these clowns think they're fooling except the hard-core psychotic right-wing...a figure which is now about 23% of the American public. Hardcore idiots, resistant to all facts and logic. The hardcore mentally unbalanced. The rich mean SOBs and ignorant backwoods cave dwellers.
Hugh, how many fingers can you see?
Ron Russell @ 5:
I saw that guy on Abrahms show too. What's with the crazy eye? I had a feeling from the outset that the show was going to be crap. Hewitt made the comment about the Trojans. Idiot.
What is with the RWers? Hate the Fairness Doctrine...isn't that their child?
Don't believe in Global warming.
Don't believe in Environment.
Don't believe in any type gun control.
Believe the earth is 5,000 years old
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