Posted on 07/27/2008 2:04:46 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
By Silvie in Waldorf, MD
The difference between going through a Sunday as a married woman versus as a single gal is striking. First of all, in my single hood days in D.C., I’d be arriving back at my condo in the wee hours of the morning and would sleep and nurse a hangover for the rest of the day. As a married woman and mom in suburban Maryland, my Sundays are quiet and mainly consist of doing things with my family or around the house. However, during football season my husband and son normally get involved with sports and “NFL Sunday” for the whole day, giving me precious time to myself. During this “precious time”, I read the newspapers, watch news programs on T.V. and other media, and listen to talk radio for the entire afternoon and evening. Until recently.
You see, two of my favorite radio talk show hosts have disappeared from the airwaves on Sundays, leaving a huge void in my weekend entertainment choices. While some women might consider the Lifetime Channel’s ongoing “I’m-going-to-kill-my-husband’s-mistress-and-then-I’m-going-to-decapitate-him” movies of the week as their entertainment choice, I stick with news talk radio - my favorite source of information (and less bloody!)
Matt Drudge, of the very popular “Drudge Report”, used to have a radio show, “Drudge Radio”, on Sunday evenings. If you think that Matt is brilliant in his gathering of news for his site, then he was ten times better as a radio talk show host. Matt’s unique ability to be able to mix politics, pop culture, music and Hollywood shenanigans - while displaying a dry sense of humor on the mic - made his show one of the most interesting and fascinating radio programs in America. I’m in awe of Matt’s mind and how it works. It appears that Matt wanted to concentrate exclusively on his web site, and he left radio last September. There are many of us yearning for his return to radio, and he knows this. I’m sure that we haven’t seen the last of Drudge Radio yet! (A big shout-out to Lainie, coordinator of the Drudge Radio discussion forum!)
But, the bulk of my Sunday time was saved for 630 WMAL’s “Pet Liberal”, Jerry Klein. Jerry has been a fixture in various WMAL programs for years, and he used to host a show with Chris Plante as well. Since Plante moved to week days, Jerry then had Sundays all to himself. While I don’t agree with anything that Jerry stands for (I think I agreed with him only once in the fact that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a ‘homicidal maniac’), the truth remains that people like Jerry should be on-air, especially in a conservative-leaning radio station like WMAL, so that listeners can hear and digest their incoherent and liberal rants/analysis on the issues of the day.
Once Jerry opens his mouth about something, it brings a smile to my face because it is, in my view, complete nonsense and wrong. If the Fairness Doctrine gets re-enacted by Congress or a new administration (Lord help us!) then Jerry’s voice should be the first one back on-air.
While I view Jerry this way in his political and analytical thinking, I must admit that I do have somewhat of a “crush” on him. He’s one of the warmest, funniest and deeply caring persons I know. I’ve seen him a few times in the past months and I still giggle like a teenage schoolgirl when I’m in his presence. I hope to be able to listen to him again on-air in the future.
In the meantime, as an avid 630 WMAL listener, my week day mornings are still occupied by listening to the wonderful Chris Plante, and my week day evenings are spent listening to “The Evening Show”, hosted by Austin Hill. As Drudge Radio was leaving a void in the politics-entertainment-pop culture mix, Austin picked that up and swept with it. He’s very analytical in the news of the day and in handling all sorts of national, state and local topics. Plus, he sometimes plays Spanish bumper music! I urge you to give him a listen sometime.
As North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il might sing…. “I’m So Ronery” (from the film “Team America World Police“). Well, I might be lonely on Sundays, but my present radio guys sure know how to treat a girl during the rest of the week!
Come back , Matt & Jerry!
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First sentence: Please change the top word from “SUBISSION” to “SUBMISSION”.
Thanks!
gee, I always thought silvie waldorf was an MD.
630 WMAL Ping
Lainie — Please ping your Matt Drudge ping list. Thanks!
I wish it was!
I agree. Sundays are just not the same without Drudge.
Okay, A — what does that pic mean?
He is not in the tank for Obama, T! I've been listening to people say this over & over , but I just don't see it. Am I missing something? Give me examples....
His website postings.
Well, yes, like the photo of Obama with Sarkozy, his whole European trip, etc.? Does that alone constitute that Drudge is “in the tank” for Obambi? I don’t think that Matt’s political leanings and values would steer him that way.
Lainie, what do you think?
Drudge has ignored the following negative Obama stories and gaffes:
Ignored Obama bold faced lying about being a member of the senate banking committee
His numerous gaffes in Jordan and Israel speeches
His 57 state comment
Michele $600 earring crack
his typical white person comment on radio
his lie about his uncle freeing the Jews from the death camps
his coverage of the Wright scandal was made up of all articles defending Obama
the infamous 3 day headline of the Portland rock concert photo which was a photo shop job
the list goes on and on and on....
LOLOL thATs so funny. I wish the contriband said taxes on it.
Well, I would never leave my husband, and I’ve never heard of this Jerry person,.....but..... every single Sunday night I miss Matt. I talked to him regularly, and often felt motherly pride for him. Of course he never heard me, and I’m not his mother, but I STILL MISS him. Billy Cunningham is just not the equal.
Waldorf - back in ‘67 or ‘68, my buds and I used to play the slots in Waldorf. One night, there was a nickle machine in a little bar restaurant east of 5/301 on Old Washington Rd that was broken and was paying out five or ten nickles with every pull.
We took turns pulling.
Also, sometime in the mid 70s, my wife and I went to the Wig Wam for a dinner show with my brother and his wife to see Fats Domino. Great show. Fats pushed the piano all over the floor. Wonderful memories. (My brother died a couple of years ago.)
Wow! So nice to see that you have such fond memories of Southern Maryland. It’s a great place to live.
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