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Former WABC radio host Lynn Samuels has died 1942-2011

Posted on 12/25/2011 9:22:47 AM PST by Politics4US

Mark Simone has reported on his twitter that liberal radio host Lynn Samuels has died.


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1 posted on 12/25/2011 9:22:50 AM PST by Politics4US
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To: Politics4US

Of loneliness?


2 posted on 12/25/2011 9:29:44 AM PST by albie
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To: Politics4US

Never heard of him.


3 posted on 12/25/2011 9:30:42 AM PST by StormEye
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To: Politics4US

Sad. I used to enjoy her verbal sparring battles with Bob Grant and Steve Malzberg in the golden days of WABC 770 NYC.


4 posted on 12/25/2011 9:30:48 AM PST by montag813 (http://www.StandWithArizona.com)
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I never liked her, but it’s still news.


5 posted on 12/25/2011 9:32:14 AM PST by Politics4US
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6 posted on 12/25/2011 9:32:23 AM PST by VU4G10
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I loved the way she vilified Clinton. She had no use for him.


7 posted on 12/25/2011 9:35:15 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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I thought she was Clinton supporter?


8 posted on 12/25/2011 9:36:41 AM PST by Politics4US
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I thought she was a Clinton supporter?


9 posted on 12/25/2011 9:36:58 AM PST by Politics4US
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http://www.therightperspective.org/2011/12/25/lynn-samuels-1942-2011/

I remember her as a lead in before Rush on WABC & also with Barry Farber.


10 posted on 12/25/2011 9:38:57 AM PST by SMGFan
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I wonder if she got her 79 virgins?


11 posted on 12/25/2011 9:39:31 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: Politics4US
I am sorry to hear this. I can't say that I ever agreed with her on anything political.

I did enjoy listing to her show and her sparring with the other hosts.

I met her once in Penn station quite by accident. We spoke for a few minutes before she had to head to WABC for a show. She was very pleasant and thanked me for listening even if I didn't agree with her.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

12 posted on 12/25/2011 9:40:23 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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I didn’t follow her closely but during the impeachment days I could catch WABC at nights. She was unstinting in her criticism of Clinton and Hillary for her cattle futures nonsense. I suppose she may have seen him as less worse than a Republican. A lot of Dem commentators got their shorts in a wad during the impeachment follies.

I don’t suppose she had any coherent political philosophy. Just whatever was current on the Upper West Side.


13 posted on 12/25/2011 9:43:50 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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She was a birther!

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2009/07/libtalker-lynn-samuels-not-backing-down.html


14 posted on 12/25/2011 9:44:23 AM PST by presently no screen name (If it's not in God's Word, don't pass it off as truth! That's satan's job.)
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To: montag813
I used to enjoy her verbal sparring battles with Bob Grant

I recall Bob Grant saying that he was friendly with her father.

15 posted on 12/25/2011 9:44:56 AM PST by Salvey
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There's a whole thread about her on the NYC Radio Messageboard. She may have done fill ins on WRKO Boston for a time. I believe she came from the left but it seems many people fondly remember her even if they disagreed politically.
16 posted on 12/25/2011 9:45:59 AM PST by raccoonradio
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I recall Bob Grant saying that he was friendly with her father.

Yes, Lynn first met Bob when Bob visited their home for something, before she was a radio host.


17 posted on 12/25/2011 9:47:57 AM PST by Politics4US
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Despite being hated by many of the callers, and even some of the hosts at WABC, Samuels’ street-wise attitude and quick wit enabled her to manage through it all. She was fired for a brief time when, while being paired up with conservative veteran talker Barry Farber, she lost her cool and called for the assassination of then-president George H.W. Bush...
Samuels was then fired a third time from WABC on August 22, 2002. Although the station claimed “budget cuts” were the reason for her canning, many believed the real motive was to silence her progressive voice during the build-up to the the War in Iraq. At the time, she was on only once a week, on Saturday mornings.

The Sirius Satellite Radio network quickly hired Samuels in 2003, and she had been broadcasting from there ever since. Despite being on the Sirius Left channel, Samuels took no favorites and bashed Democrats when she saw fit, including dropping a c-bomb on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

http://www.therightperspective.org/2011/12/25/lynn-samuels-1942-2011/


18 posted on 12/25/2011 9:52:04 AM PST by raccoonradio
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Same here.


19 posted on 12/25/2011 9:52:36 AM PST by meatloaf (I've had it with recycling politicians in any way shape or form. Toingss 'em out!)
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more: Samuels was very critical of US President Barack Obama, and even questioned his “natural born” status. Many of the progressive listeners to Sirius Left complained that she was not far-left enough for the channel. She was moved to Sirius Stars in May 2011.


20 posted on 12/25/2011 9:53:14 AM PST by raccoonradio
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