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Duck Dynasty: The Pro-God, Guns, Family and Capitalism Reality Show Rules the Ratings Roost
Townhall.com ^ | August 18, 2013 | Doug Giles

Posted on 08/18/2013 7:23:32 AM PDT by Kaslin

Duck Dynasty kicked off its fourth season last Wednesday and they did it with a bang, raking in the highest ratings for any cable reality show in US history.

Yep, last Wednesday a whopping 11.8 million people rocked up to see what was going down in the bayou at the Robertson’s household.

You just know that kind of success has got to make miserable the dainty, little, progressive crowd who are trying legislatively and culturally to peel America away from the pro-God-and-country values that the cast of Duck Dynasty showcases with hairy-chinned hilarity.

Indeed, without a sex tape; without shoving transvestites down our throats; without lauding rank, familial dysfunctionalism; or parading feral children of the corn, or mocking God, or having sex on camera for their grandparents to see, or selling moonshine, or being naked and afraid, or having their children yell, “F--- you!” at their parents during church, America has voted with their time and with their cash that they would rather watch the Duck Commanders move through their day than watch the cultural chum slick that Hollywood dishes up, ad nauseum, et infinitum.

In contrast to the cultural-coarsening bilge that Hollywood and Manhattan churn out with predictable regularity, the Robertson’s are unabashedly pro-God, pro-guns, pro-hunting, pro-family, pro-self reliance, pro-capitalism, pro-charity, pro-America, pro-military and pro-respect for elders, and the show platforms that when you live like that, well … life tends to smile on those who honor such time cherished truths. Plus, they're laugh-out-loud funny.

That’s gotta hurt, eh, progressives? I mean, nearly every thing you and Tinseltown champions and lauds – this show is not. In addition, nearly everything Obama legislates, as the “Hope & Change” our nation, according to him, “needs” -- this show subtly screams against.

From a cultural standpoint this is very telling and muy encouraging to me. It appears as if millions and millions of Americans have a massive appetite for good, clean fun versus the self-destructive mayhem the societal deconstructionists are trying to foist upon us.

So, what does this cultural phenomenon mean? Well, it could mean that maybe, just maybe, our nation’s not, as it appears, going to hell in a hand basket.

Also, could it be that we’re finding our way back to God and traditional values via the squawk of a mallard call blown by Christian long-beards hiding in a duck blind?

God works in mysterious ways, eh?

Congrats to Duck Dynasty for their success and thank you, A&E, for having the cojones to put such a quality show on your channel amidst a lot of opposition.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: familyvalues; god; guncontrol; guns; realitytv; secondamendment

1 posted on 08/18/2013 7:23:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I miss the days when Friends and Seinfeld got 30 million views a week. Duck Dynasty is a funny little program. I watched it about 3 times. A little goofy but funny.


2 posted on 08/18/2013 7:43:55 AM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: Kaslin

Just wow. That’s the biggest whopping link I’ve ever seen. Must be a glitch.


3 posted on 08/18/2013 7:51:46 AM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: napscoordinator

I don’t think I ever watched Friends, and I know I never watched Seinfeld. These shows did not interest me one bit


4 posted on 08/18/2013 7:55:08 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Saw most of both. Waste of good time.

You are missing nothing.


5 posted on 08/18/2013 8:03:13 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Nita Nupress
No, I know what I did. I posted the picture that is at the top of the article at the beginning, but instead of img src I did the a href= and when I was done I hit post because I have a problem with one article I am trying to post. I get an error message when I try to preview or post the article.

As soon as I noticed the glitch in the article I corrected the picture link and it went through. Normally when I try to re post an article right after I had it posted it won't let me

6 posted on 08/18/2013 8:06:37 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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Ah. Okay. Well, thanks for posting this article. I've been watching this show since their beginning and love it. It warms my heart that it has become so popular across the country. Sometimes I wonder if foreigners can see it, so they will stop thinking America is just like Hollywood portrays us.


7 posted on 08/18/2013 8:20:13 AM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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