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I used mockery as an arguing method.

Which is a logical fallacy. It is known as appeal to ridicule.

the marketplace one person can stand up and say..." he just isn't qualified to do a three-hour radio show." and thus the show is taken off the radio.

Quote me on that last part! (i.e. "thus the show is taken off the air") I didn't say it, which you know darn well. How liberal-esque.

meaning of 'marketplace'

The market means that enough people like him, he will stay on, granted. It does NOT mean that simply because other people like him that I am not entitled to an opinion to the contrary. The 'marketplace' is nothing more than a compendium of opinions, just as valid as mine. To return to your boat analogy, the passengers, indirectly (through their purchases and choices) democratically, steer the ship. I am merely casting my vote and hoping to persuade others to vote the same way.

Democrats, well liberals really, typical argue from a position of willful ignorance. In that respect the position you've taken is most like a liberal.

I disagree. While that is true of some, most are honestly deceived. That said, when I say you argue as a Liberal, I mean it in the finest of Ann Coulter traditions: that liberals (most liberals, mostly) argue through ad hominem attacks, red herrings, and dodging of the original issue. You have done all. I am wrong because I am not qualified to make the judgement and you answered with a discussion of the free market that has absolutely nothing to do with my original post--you answered none of my points about Hannity's merits. Oh, and prove "willful ignorance."

Go to a dictionary and look up marketplace.

See above.

As a side note, I think there are two ways Hannity mantains his success: 1. A LOT of publicity and 2. He faces little direct competition. After all, he is AFTER Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham (who are, IMHO, the best talk show hosts on at the moment). In my area, for example, there aren't any other talk shows on (to my knowledge) during his timeslot.