[who_would_fardels_bear]

I think you missed my point. Yes, some of us can see through some of these folks. But for everyone that "knows" that Coulter is a sham conservative and Levin is the real deal, there is someone that "knows" that Levin is a sham and Coulter is the real deal.

Regardless of what a small minority of true blue conservatives believe, Drudge and Coulter and Levin and Savage and Rush and O'Reilly have been dubbed the official conservative opposition. The vast majority of Americans who have any clue about politics agree.

Is it the case that we're just being had by entertainers who know how to yank our chains? Or is it the case that they are performing a job by helping to out conservatives?

Maybe I need to take off my tinfoil hat, but either we are officially being had, or it is the case that everyone that becomes rich and famous in America becomes decadent.

Either Rush and Drudge and Coulter were phonies from the get-go or they became phonies over time.

If they were phonies from the get-go then how is it that we never get a true conservative to represent us in the media?

If they all became phonies over time then what does that say about our future if everyone is corruptible, not just a little bit, but corruptible absolutely?

Even if we ignore these pundits and just elect "good people" into office, it now seems that they will all necessarily become decadent and evil.

Look what happened to Norquist and DeLay and Reed and ...

Maybe they were all phonies from the start, but we all thought they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then one-by-one they became more interested in their own agendas than in the future of America.

Even now there are freepers that support DeLay. Yes he won his court case, but the stuff he did with Abramoff and Reed and Norquist is unacceptable.

What will happen to Rand or Cruz or whomever we support if they will necessarily become decadent when they rise to power?

Just something to consider.

[Kenny Bunk]

Where is it written that former Rock'n'Roll disc jockeys are to be annointed as political philosophers?

The job of talk radio is to sell 35-59-year old white men stuff like Sleepnumba Beds, Gold Bars, and Security Software. They are fabulous at it.

OTOH, our broadcast heroes seem to have no effect on turnout for elections. In fact, by preaching anti-Obama despair, they may even have a negative impact on turnout.

But I don't want to be negative. I have learned so much from them! Obama is a bad guy! Who knew?

[Paulie]

Much food for thought. Thank you for your post.