There is no way murky would have won without the support of the big government, hypocritical faction of repubs both in the radio media and local organizations. I live in the valley and used to be a avid listener to rick rydell in the morning and pocaro in the afternoon. It was obvious they were shilling for murky and afforded callers of like mind deference while pretending to maintain a neutral position. One thing never explained adequately to me was the visceral hatred for Joe by these types. The “Joe the quitter” and “Joe the liar” just never seemed to be the real reason. I think it was because he was not one of the anointed who had kissed up to the leadership and the machine.
They may have added greatly to the Moosecowski fiasco..
With me, they have become Persona non Grata..
Rush, Beck and maybe Hannity on the radio.. but not these John McLame like turncoats..
Their sponsors will also rarely if ever, see me..
I’ve always thought Rydell was a clown, but give me a choice of a local show or a national show and I’ll usually go for the local show so I used to listen to him in the morning. After this election, no more. What really pissed me off was his smarmy insistence that he was neutral while doing everything he could to support Murkowski. What a steaming pile of horse feces. I wish Glen Biegel was on the morning rather than the afternoon.
I think the reason for their dislike of Miller was the same as Fagan’s (before he had his change of heart)-he was supported by Palin. I’ve never been a Palin fan either, and I admit I wondered about Miller when he first announced his campaign because of her support. But I put that aside long before Fagan did. And some, like Rydell and Pocaro, couldn’t.