How Influential is Conservative Talk Radio?

Global Free Press ^ | January 31, 2013 | Alan Caruba

[ex-snook]

Once a listener till I figured out it’s just boob bait for the bonkers.

[PeteePie]

“The low-information voters and people on the government teat are in the majority now, and obviously vote.”

- More than once, apparently.

[wintertime]

It was Obama’s inelligibility that ripped the scales from my eyes.

Yes, it is Commandment that we are to forgive everyone, but we are NOT commanded by God to TRUST everyone.

Rush, Hannity, Levin, Ingrahm, Coulter, Beck and the rest, have FOREVER lost my trust.

If and when true tyranny comes to the U.S. these conservative media weenies will sell their talents to the fascist oligarchy. They will lick the jack boots crushing our necks. Bet on it!

[wintertime]

The low-information voters and people on the government teat are in the majority now, and obviously vote.

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That was the Progressive Plan from the very beginning of government owned and run socialist-entitlement schooling in the mid 1800s.

If our nation's children are indoctrinated in schools that are government owned and run, prison-like, GODLESS, Marxist and homosexual dominated, and union controlled, and are a price-fixed monopoly cartel and single payer socialist entitlement we should NOT NOT NOT be surprised to have a nation of godless voters that are more than happy to be godless and Marxist prisoners of the state.

[Slyfox]

I think Bill Clinton said it best when he was interviewed on a radio station while he was president:

"After I leave here, Rush Limbaugh is going to come on for three hours...there is no truth detector."

In other words, he was terrifically miffed that Rush had exactly 15 hours per week to spill his guts with no liberal working to refute him.

Ha, ha, ha.

[Slyfox]

That was the Progressive Plan...

Yep, Bill Ayers has recently been crowing about their success at crippling our nation with their form of perverted education.

It took them a long time to re-train the teacher colleges, but since the 1970s they have been working precisely in the public schools using sophisticated techniques designed to turn our children into sociopaths.

[wintertime]

“After I leave here, Rush Limbaugh is going to come on for three hours...there is no truth detector.”
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There is NO truth detector. Rush and the rest merely nibble at the edges of issues that will not have a major impact on the direction of the nation.

[CottShop]

[[How Influential is Conservative Talk Radio?]]

Does this even have to be asked AFTER LOSING two elections to them ost l iberal marxist anti-american ever? Talks radio amounts to a pisshole i nthe snow- it’s meaningless- it can’t even stir up the right to get otu and vote let alone convince the middle to vote republican- All the talk shows, tv programs, pundits etc- did absolutely nothign to show peopel what the left is trulyl ike- they FAILED MISERABLY- America no logner cares what the left does- Our leade4r SLEPT THROUGH Ben Ghazi- and hten lied repeatedly for 20 days both here and abrad, and got caught red handed lying about it, and America does NOT care-

I hate to say it, but the right is in serious trouble- This ocutnry does NOT care what the left does, but will crucify anyoern on the right for even them ost benign things and scream bloody murder if the right is anythign but absolutely perfect-

This coutnry has changed for hte worse I’m afraid- and we were witness to it this past election when America said loud and clear that they do NOT want truth, they do NOT want justice, they do NOT even want hteir constitutional rights- All they weant is for big government to ‘give them thigns’- their message was loud and clear- and we’re even seeing soem o nthe right defectign to the left- apaprently recognizing just how much trouble hte right is in

My hope is that we can regain them orality, justice and pride we ocne had, but it’s goign to take a MASSIVE disaster before Americans stop puttign hteir hand out for govenrment giveaways ands begin fendign for themselves liek we’re suppsoed to

[bmwcyle]

Hannity speaks to the low information Conservative. Rush is the leader of the pack. Glenn Beck is in an out of news and his ego. Wilkow and Levin are great information. The liberals sit home and believe lies.

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Yep, Bill Ayers has recently been crowing about their success at crippling our nation with their form of perverted education.
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Fundamentally...The government schools were ALWAYS a socialist and single-payer entitlement. This is the evil that comes from socialist and single-payer programs.

!!!**** And...I have NEVER heard Rush or the rest ever ask listeners to remove their children or call for the shut down of these government school, socialist-entitlement, single-payer, and GODLESS indoctrination centers. ****!!!!

With Rush and the rest it is **ALWAYS** nibble nibble nibble. They almost NEVER drive a stake into the heart of the matter.

By the way...Government schooling ( just as with Obamacare) was ALWAYS corrupt. It has ALWAYS been a socialist and single payer entitlement. It only took one to three generations of this indoctrination to give the nation Woodrow Wilson, direct election of Senators, the Federal Reserve, the failed one-world League of Nations, usurpation of state land for federal parks, and Franklin D. Roosevelt and his socialism.

Just as with socialist-entitlement and single payer schooling it will take a few generations of Obamacare for the true horror to be manifest. For a generation or two the values of the workers who have been trained in the old system will humanize ( somewhat) the coming system of socialist-entitlement, GODLESS, and single-payer medicine.

Anyway....I will never TRUST Rush and the rest again. Not after their handling of Obama’s eligibility. God has never commanded us to TRUST anyone, certainly not a talk radio personality.

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it’s meaningless- it can’t even stir up the right to get otu and vote let alone convince the middle to vote republican-
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Republicans voted. Fraud overwhelmed their votes.

So?...Hannity spent some time on this past election's voter fraud. Where was Rush? Answer: DEAD IN THE WATER.

When it comes to issues that really matter, Rush is absent or merely nibbles at the edges.

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Conservative talk show hosts are the Masters of Safe!

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This coutnry has changed for hte worse I’m afraid- and we were witness to it this past election when America said loud and clear that they do NOT want truth, they do NOT want justice, they do NOT even want hteir constitutional rights- All they weant is for big government to ‘give them thigns’- their message was loud and clear- and we’re even seeing soem o nthe right defectign to the left- apaprently recognizing just how much trouble hte right is in

Please read my post #24.

[Slyfox]

I think you misunderstand Rush's role.

He will be the first to tell you that his job is to make people think about what is right.

His job is not to tell us what to do.

He has enough respect for us to know that people who know the truth will do the right thing.

What do you expect him to do lead marches and throw eggs?

He is not going to do that.

I have been listening to him since he went national back in 1989, I think it was.

If you remember back then, there wasn't much out there where we could hear conservative thought 15 hours a week.

My first thought listening to him was "This man is saying EXACTLY what I know in my heart to be true."

He is a national voice speaking to the world what I believe.

He is my voice on the national stage.

If that is the only thing he does, THAT is enough.

There are enough other people out there telling people to get active and call their representatives.

Rush has one job that he does exceedingly well.

If Rush is not to your liking, then by all means listen to someone else.

But for me I like having someone who echoes my thoughts.

[wintertime]

Rush uses that voice to **only** talk about issues that are SAFE!!!

The end of Don't Ask Don't Tell ( Silence)
Obama’s eligibility ( near silence and a joke or two.)
Calling government schools what they really are. ( nope!)
Homofascist bulliying of ordinary citizens ( Silence.)
The 2012 voter fraud. ( Silence.)

And...Many other social and political issues!

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD TRUST THIS MAN?????

[raybbr]

You should add Jerry Doyle to your list. He pulls no punches.

[wintertime]

Rush Limbaugh! “The Master of Safe Topics!”

[Slyfox]

I don’t want to be disrespectful, but if you think you could do a better job then why don’t you try it?

[buckalfa]

"He will be the first to tell you that his job is to make people think about what is right."

We forget that first and foremost that a conservative radio talk host's main job is to make a profit for themselves and their syndicators and advertisers. They are entertainers who target certain market segments to sell advertisements. They preach to the choir and reinforce already held conservative beliefs. Rush and company do not target or try to convert the unwashed masses simply because that does not generate revenue for them or their sponsors. In many respects,Free Republic really does not influence public debate or win converts to the conservative cause. We preach to each other, members of the conservative choir, to reinforce our attitudes and to make each of us feel better about the cause. That in itself is invaluable.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The Obama White House knows it has the mainstream media in its pocket. They have become little more than a megaphone for its policies and, these days, an instrument of liberal propaganda. The White House political agenda is advanced by a no-holds-barred attack on anyone who oppose their policies and, of late, a deliberate effort to undermine the Republican Party that is still reeling from the 2012 loss.

The enemies of America long for the days of old..

I remember the decades of the "Fairness Doctrine;"

the First Amendment remained but conservative opinion was stifled by "ordinary" citizens complaining about media content thus threatening the station owners' licenses..

• "You might also think that they would recall the notorious Fairness Doctrine, which was used to 'harass and intimidate' right-wing radio broadcasts, in the words of one unabashed Kennedy-Johnson operative. When that censorious policy was ended in 1987 by former broadcaster Ronald Reagan, there was an explosion of talk formats that gave voice to popular concerns (for a while, Rush Limbaugh even billed himself as equal time)."
• As reported by Fred Friendly in his book appropriately entitled The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment, this was part of a "massive strategy . . . to challenge and harass the right-wing broadcasters and hope that the challenges would be so costly to them that they would be inhibited, and decide it was too expensive to continue." This strategy was said to have been successful in almost all respects.

It does not help that the Republican Party is struggling to put forth a cohesive and persuasive agenda or that it lacks the kind of leadership that reflects the kind of adulation and support the President continues to enjoy.

This is Nelson Rockefeller's speech (my edited version) presented at the 1964 Republican Party convention. Nothing has changed. Today it is the Tea Party that the RNC hates.

Rockefeller speech 1964 Convention.

Remarks on Extremism at the 1964 Republican National Convention by NEW YORK GOVERNOR NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA JULY 14, 1964

Rockefeller, Scranton, Romney, et al wanted a plank in the Party 1964 election platform condemning.. well, Goldwater and his supporters.

The Republican Party fully respects . . . responsible criticism, and . . . the right of dissent . . . But we repudiate . . . irresponsible, extremist groups . . . [that] discredit our Party by their efforts to infiltrate positions of responsibility in the Party, or to attach themselves to its candidates.

The time has come for the Republican party . . . [to] take decisive action [against groups] which would subvert this party to purposes alien to the very basic tenets which gave this party birth . . . "The Republican party is in real danger of subversion by a radical, well-financed and highly disciplined minority . . . [the purpose of this minority is] "wholly alien to the . . . honest conservatism [of] the Republican party . . ., wholly alien to the sound and honest Republican liberalism . . . , wholly alien to . . . the mainstream of Republican principles."

. . . During this year, I have criss-crossed this nation . . . warning of the extremist threat, its danger to the party and its danger to the nation . . . These extremists feed on fear, hate and terror. They have no program for America - no program for the Republican party . . . These extremists have no plan and no program to keep the peace and bring freedom to the world. On the contrary - they spread distrust. They engender suspicion. They encourage disunity. And they operate from the dark shadows of secrecy . . .

There is no place in this Republican party for such hawkers of hate, such purveyors of prejudice, such fabricators of fear . . . There is no place in this Republican party for those who would infiltrate its ranks, distort its aims, and convert it into a cloak of apparent respectability for a dangerous extremism. . . These people have nothing in common with Republicanism. These people have nothing in common with Americans. The Republican party must repudiate these people.

Summary:

• We've never had objective press but we finally! got back a free press.. I remember cities had multiple newspapers representing the political spectrum.. it's back! But this time it's radio and the Internet for us.
• The Rockefeller Republicans (RINO's ?) have always hated us.

BTW..I am hearing talk show hosts discuss how "consultants" are advising that listeners do not like all the political and anti-Obama talk.. Who the hell are the consultants?! DNC moles? DNC shills?.. like the decades of the "Fairness Doctrine" when liberal shills "advised" what was proper and what was not?

Americans have long defended free speech with blood. Today enemies within threaten our free speech we must also defend free speech with blood.. their blood, our free speech.