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Who will take over for Limbaugh?
01/31/05
| Rightliner.com
Posted on 01/31/2005 6:53:07 AM PST by Rightliner.com
Successor to Limabugh?
Settle down, settle down, I'm not saying that Rush is going anywhere, but an interesting thought did occur to me. When RushLimbaugh does call it quits, who will be the one to take over the # 1 slot in talk radio. Who will be the new talk radio king? I used to think it would be Sean Hannityfor sure, but now I'm not so sure? Michael Savage perhaps? No, he'll never be mainstream enough. What about Glen Beck ? He's funny, witty, and doesn't get boring like Sean, or isn't crazy like Savage.
Then it came to me - the person to take over the #1 slot when Rush retires (assuming it's in the next 10 years or so, and not way, way into the future) would be Bill O'reilly! Think about it, he's number one on Cable News, and he's doing well on talk radio. He's survived a scandal - extemely well, and he draws an audience from the left and from the right? Sometimes he gets a little too friendly with libs, but he generally has a conservative way of thinking. He does need to be a little more entertaining, but he's got a legitimate shot at it I think.
What say you?
TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: glenbeck; michaelmedved; rushlimbaugh; seanhannity; talkradio
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To: Rightliner.com
No one will take over. This should be clear to anyone now. Other talk shows have their own formats and varied personalities.
The closest one is Hannity, but his show is different from Limbaugh's.
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:54:30 AM PST
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: Rightliner.com
Anything's possible. I listen to O'Reilly but don't consider him a conservative, more of a populist.
Personally, by the time Rush is ready to retire they will probably be someone we have never heard of up and coming and ready to take over.
To: Rightliner.com
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:55:38 AM PST
by
elli1
To: Behind Liberal Lines
How much longer will Rush do this? He does say he's a talk show host 4 Life....
To: Rightliner.com
O'Reilly is an idiot.
Next topic.
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:56:55 AM PST
by
flashbunny
(Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
To: Rightliner.com
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:57:15 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Sanford for President in '08!)
To: Rightliner.com
I bet he'll do this well into his 60s at least.
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:57:36 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Sanford for President in '08!)
To: Rightliner.com
Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, while entertaining conservatives, lack the wit and intelligence of Rush.
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:59:23 AM PST
by
mike182d
To: Rightliner.com
Rush is irreplaceable. But someone will come along to take over that time slow, not to replace Limbaugh.
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posted on
01/31/2005 6:59:27 AM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: Rightliner.com
Limbaugh is a force of nature. The others are products.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:00:00 AM PST
by
angkor
To: Rightliner.com
Is a "Limabugh" a pest which preys on lima beans?
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:00:37 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
To: KC_Conspirator
Agreed. No one will "take over" for Rush -- that's old-line MSM thinking, like Rather taking over for Cronkite.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:02:52 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
To: JennysCool
The last conservative radio icon, Paul Harvey, was replaced by whom? Maybe Limbaugh? So maybe Limbaugh slowly fades like Harvey and is never actually replaced.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:03:13 AM PST
by
JLS
To: JLS
Hannity's show is over-glamourized. O'Reilly is an idiot. Never listened to Savage.
Viva la El Rushmo! :)
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:06:39 AM PST
by
The Teen Conservative
(Taglines really get me worked up to write something in them for nothin', y'know?)
To: Rightliner.com
O'Reilly is grating on me.
Dennis Miller would do well, imo.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:06:48 AM PST
by
rvoitier
(25% of traffic fatalities involve a drunk driver... We gotta get them sober people off the road.)
To: Rightliner.com
The next king of talk radio will likely be someone we don't even know, yet.
As for O'Reilly, it seems like the better we get to know him, the more unworthy he becomes. I predict in 5 years or less, O'Reilly will be a has-been like Keith Olbermann.
As for someone like O'Reilly, if the next king of talk radio is to the left of Rush, conservatism is in trouble.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:07:27 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: Rightliner.com
Why would Limbaugh retire? He could do the show from his house into his 80s. Only way he "retires" is if either his health collapses (don't rule poisoning by some nut lib) or his ratings plummet.
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:08:13 AM PST
by
GianniV
To: JLS
To: mike182d
"Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, while entertaining conservatives, lack the wit and intelligence of Rush."
I agree 100%!
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posted on
01/31/2005 7:11:04 AM PST
by
GottaLuvAkitas1
(Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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