Posted on 03/02/2010 6:55:50 AM PST by OneVike
To no one's surprise, the top dogs in talk radio remain a chorus of Barack Obama critics led by Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh is No. 1, as usual, on the annual "Heavy Hundred" list of influential hosts just published by the trade magazine Talkers.
Sean Hannity, ranked No. 2, commented on the eve of the 2008 election that while he felt John McCain would be a better President, an Obama presidency would be a bonanza for talk radio.
He's been proven right, as the conservatives who dominate the major talk radio airwaves have scored solid ratings by teeing off on all things Obama.
No. 3 and 4 talkers Glenn Beck and Michael Savage also have little use for Obama, nor do No. 6 Laura Ingraham, No. 8 Mark Levin or No. 9 Lou Dobbs.
Even the two advice talkers in the top 10 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger at No. 5 and Dave Ramsey at No. 7 - don't care much for Obama's policies.
The Talkers list does have a growing nonconservative presence this year, led by Thom Hartmann (No. 10), Ed Schultz (No. 11), Joe Madison (No. 12), Alan Colmes (No. 16) and Stephanie Miller (No. 24).
While none of these hosts draws ratings comparable to those of the top conservatives, Talkers also considers satellite, online and other nontraditional ways of delivering programming.
Outside strictly political talk, morning host Don Imus of WABC is No. 21 and Howard Stern
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Rush has great ties!
Congrats to Rush, Sean, Glenn and Michael.....and others. We need you all!!!!
The Talkers list does have a growing nonconservative presence this year, led by Thom Hartmann (No. 10), Ed Schultz (No. 11), Joe Madison (No. 12), Alan Colmes (No. 16) and Stephanie Miller (No. 24).
say what? shultz and colmes are neoconservatives??? On what planet?
wops! nevermind!
“Sean Hannity, ranked No. 2, commented on the eve of the 2008 election that while he felt John McCain would be a better President, an Obama presidency would be a bonanza for talk radio.”
Hannity totally lost me yesterday. A caller was trying to talk about the enemies within on our side, but Sean cut him off, accused him of being a ‘seminar caller’ & hung up the minute he mentioned Karl Rove and Grover Norquist. Until people like Hannity are willing to rid our side of the corruption it does no good to go after the rotten dems.
Dear President Bush: Grover Norquist Snowed You And Sold Out His Country
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2459870/posts
CPAC’s Grover Norquist Joins Obama Push For Illegal Alien Amnesty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2459446/posts?page=26#26
My guess is that it was the mention of Karl Rove as a member of the enemy faction that set off the alarms for Hannity.
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