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Had you been listening to the radio when all this happened, would you have listened to the entire speech, or would you have tuned out at some point? Would you have acted upon the speech? What would you have done?

How does this address compare to President Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech?

At nearly 30 minutes, it is a lot to digest. I wonder how many people sit through the whole 30 minutes. I would imagine that conservatives and libertarians will, but liberals will stop listening very quickly.

In that context, I would imagine that the producers in AS would be more willing to listen to Galt's speech where the moochers would turn it off very quickly.

27 posted on 07/18/2009 1:28:39 PM PDT by r-q-tek86 (The U.S. Constitution may be flawed, but it's a whole lot better than what we have now)

Reagan’s speech had little immediate impact, but it was the manifesto for a movement. Some 16 years later it bore fruit.

30 posted on 07/18/2009 3:57:42 PM PDT by Publius (Conservatives aren't always right. We're just right most of the time.)

But there was absolutely nothing else that they could do but listen. Remember how Mouch & Co. commandeered the waves?

37 posted on 07/18/2009 4:18:09 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (Sarah Palin - It's what happens when you attempt to bikini wax a bear.)

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