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Can Liberal Radio Survive?

Can liberal talk radio survive?

  • Yes

    Votes: 11 78.6%

  • No

    Votes: 1 7.1%

  • History says no way

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Total voters
    14
ptsdkid

ptsdkid

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The latest in a long list of failures for liberal talk radio is this 'Air America' debacle. Al Franken the washed up comedian leads the pack of hateful/spiteful liberals. Have you had the displeasure to see or hear this Randi Rhodes (the female version of Al Franken)? It isn't just their hatred for Republicans that shows here, its their hatred for America that shines through loud and clear.
 
ptsdkid said:
The latest in a long list of failures for liberal talk radio is this 'Air America' debacle. Al Franken the washed up comedian leads the pack of hateful/spiteful liberals. Have you had the displeasure to see or hear this Randi Rhodes (the female version of Al Franken)? It isn't just their hatred for Republicans that shows here, its their hatred for America that shines through loud and clear.
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I get it on my XM and hit the button occasionally. It is really pitiful and the shame is there are some liberals out there they could get to do a show I might listen to. Franken and Rhodes are idiots, else they have no shame in thier total misrepresentations (and that is being kind) and you can't go 15 minutes without them saying "Bush lied" or "No WMD" both of which are lies. That's their whole show.

I guess as long as they have Soro's pouring in money they can keep on the air unless the fire everyone and get new host.
 
ptsdkid said:
It isn't just their hatred for Republicans that shows here, its their hatred for America that shines through loud and clear.
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The only ones that shows hatred for America are those Conservatives when they want to silence free speech by calling anyone traitors because it is different than what their lord thy god Bush puts out. Yes, I know this isn't the majority of conservatives, but there are whackos on that side of the fence as well.

I see you still haven't answered the last filth of partisan BS you laid out. You accused liberals of trying to silence Ann, you STILL haven't shown proof to that either. It must really suck to be you with soo much hatred in your heart.
 
Maybe the fact that conservative pundit radio is going strong and liberal pundit radio isn't could tell you something?

We don't listen to extremist bullshit at the same rate that conservatives do?

:2wave:
 
It's whiney, it's loud, and it's depressing, and folks just don't care for that. They can not seem to find a rational spokesperson, I just don't get it?:confused:
 
Deegan said:
It's whiney, it's loud, and it's depressing, and folks just don't care for that. They can not seem to find a rational spokesperson, I just don't get it?:confused:
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****Can't find a rational spokesperson? LOL! That is quite the understatement, seeing how there is no such thing as a rational liberal spokesperson.

But in comparsion to the loud, whiney, and depressing rhetoric from the left--we get to enjoy, learn the truth, and be completely at ease while listening to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Neil Bortz, Michael Reagan, Mike Gallahger, and Michael Savage et al.
 
see my reply above, mental health kid. (PTSD is a liberal construct)

No shortage of opinionless drones to gobble that BS up and lick their lips for more!
 
The fact that right-wingers need to listen to these right-wing extremists to get their "talking points" is abundantly evidenced by PTSD's constant replication of their daily talking points on these boards.
So to answer the question posed - maybe its because more moderate and liberal minds don't need to be told what the "truth" is, we have the mental capacity to think for ourselves rather than simply spouting off the rhetoric of the radio pundits.
 
disneydude said:
The fact that right-wingers need to listen to these right-wing extremists to get their "talking points" is abundantly evidenced by PTSD's constant replication of their daily talking points on these boards.
So to answer the question posed - maybe its because more moderate and liberal minds don't need to be told what the "truth" is, we have the mental capacity to think for ourselves rather than simply spouting off the rhetoric of the radio pundits.
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I know, that point could not be more obvious.
 
Wait a minute:

If you listen to Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter etc.....the main cry you hear is all about the so-called "liberal media".

So, I guess if you take their label as "truth" then "liberal media, including liberal radio" not only surviving, it is flourishing....after all, save for FOX all other media is liberal.
 
::Major_Baker:: said:
see my reply above, mental health kid. (PTSD is a liberal construct)

No shortage of opinionless drones to gobble that BS up and lick their lips for more!
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***Could you be a little more explicit in defining how PTSD is a liberal construct. I'm just not following your line of logic here (if logic is the correct word to use).
 
disneydude said:
The fact that right-wingers need to listen to these right-wing extremists to get their "talking points" is abundantly evidenced by PTSD's constant replication of their daily talking points on these boards.
So to answer the question posed - maybe its because more moderate and liberal minds don't need to be told what the "truth" is, we have the mental capacity to think for ourselves rather than simply spouting off the rhetoric of the radio pundits.
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***I'm still not sure if you had answered the question as to whether liberal talk radio can survive. Could you try addressing that question? Btw, right wingers do not need, nor have they ever relied on 'talking points' to get the truth out. Talking points come from the Democratic play book as we approach the elections. Surely you remember James Carville and Paul Begala with their war room talking points plan before getting Clinton elected.

Let me refresh your memory on some of these famous talking points: "Its the economy, stupid!"...."Bush lied, troops died",... "No weapons of mass destruction",..."could have gotten Bin Laden at Tora Tora",...etc...etc...Get the point? Republicans need not resort to these foolish asinine cliches to get points across.
 
ptsdkid said:
Republicans need not resort to these foolish asinine cliches to get points across.
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Oh yeah they do, and they do it every election. Constitutional gay marriage ban, ban on abortion, ban on this, ban on that.

The whole talking point of conservatives is "We don't like <insert morality point here>, so let's ban it.
 
TheNextEra said:
The only ones that shows hatred for America are those Conservatives when they want to silence free speech by calling anyone traitors because it is different than what their lord thy god Bush puts out. Yes, I know this isn't the majority of conservatives, but there are whackos on that side of the fence as well.

I see you still haven't answered the last filth of partisan BS you laid out. You accused liberals of trying to silence Ann, you STILL haven't shown proof to that either. It must really suck to be you with soo much hatred in your heart.
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Oh spare us, this is a thread about liberal talk radio.
 
::Major_Baker:: said:
Maybe the fact that conservative pundit radio is going strong and liberal pundit radio isn't could tell you something?

We don't listen to extremist bullshit at the same rate that conservatives do?

:2wave:
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Is it possible for someone on the left to have an intelligent conversation and not simply make derrogatory statements at the right? Is this really your idea of reasonable political debate?
 
Stinger said:
Oh spare us, this is a thread about liberal talk radio.
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Ah yes, sorry, didn't mean to bring up facts instead of just baseless liberal bashing as this whole thread is about.
 
Stinger said:
Is it possible for someone on the left to have an intelligent conversation and not simply make derrogatory statements at the right?
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Funny, I don't see you asking PTSKID to make a thread that doesn't just make derrogatory statements about the left. Or is it ok according to you for the right to constantly make derrogatory comments about the left?
 
Deegan said:
It's whiney, it's loud, and it's depressing, and folks just don't care for that. They can not seem to find a rational spokesperson, I just don't get it?:confused:
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Look at the liberal responses right here. It says it all.
 
Stinger said:
Look at the liberal responses right here. It says it all.
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Just keep listening to Ann, she'll tell you what you need to think as usual.
 
ptsdkid said:
****Can't find a rational spokesperson? LOL! That is quite the understatement, seeing how there is no such thing as a rational liberal spokesperson.

But in comparsion to the loud, whiney, and depressing rhetoric from the left--we get to enjoy, learn the truth, and be completely at ease while listening to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Neil Bortz, Michael Reagan, Mike Gallahger, and Michael Savage et al.
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Do you have Down Syndrome too????

How can someone be at ease with a bunch of old ******s shouting down thier guests and calling people names????

Cause all those dumb asses you listed do just that. ESPECIALLY Sean Hannity and Michael Savage.
 
Stinger said:
Is it possible for someone on the left to have an intelligent conversation and not simply make derrogatory statements at the right? Is this really your idea of reasonable political debate?
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Is it possible for someone on the right to have an intelligent conversation without twisting someone else's words (What people love to do with Kerry/Murtha), or shouting them down for being "unpatriotic" and "a Saddam Supporter" or other retarded derogatory comments?

Every time I have tried to debate something seriously, using a realistic rational mind, this is what happens, before I even make one derogatory comment, I get called stupid retarded names by the typical dumb**** radicals on this site.
 
TheNextEra said:
Ah yes, sorry, didn't mean to bring up facts instead of just baseless liberal bashing as this whole thread is about.
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It is a discussion of liberal talk radio and why it doesn't seem to be making it on the air, you will note that none of the intellitgent responses said anything about "liberals" but directly address the people putting in on the air and the bad job they are doing. One suggestion was to get better host, a good move I would think.

But you do demonstrate why liberal radio is failing for you surely could be a host on Air America. Rather than discuss the issue just engage in hyperbole and invective.
 
Alright, here's what I hope will be an intelligent response from the left, free of unfounded bashing.

I agree that Randi Rhodes is pretty sucky/annoying/often plain wrong or illogical. However, of all the Air America hosts, she is the second highest ranked at #12 according to Talkers Magazine. Al Franken is only slightly higher at #11. The excellent Ed Schultz is at #9. I happen to like him quite a bit.

I do believe also that for each obvious untruth given by any of those, I can find one given by Limbaugh, Hannity, or Savage - similarly for personal attack type things.

Talkers magazine source: http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34
 
disneydude said:
The fact that right-wingers need to listen to these right-wing extremists to get their "talking points" is abundantly evidenced by PTSD's constant replication of their daily talking points on these boards.
So to answer the question posed - maybe its because more moderate and liberal minds don't need to be told what the "truth" is, we have the mental capacity to think for ourselves rather than simply spouting off the rhetoric of the radio pundits.
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Good point. I have noticed Conservatives on this forum that can only think what Fox News tells them to think ("Cut and Run", WMD Found, etc.). I also noticed that Conservatives are all too eager to believe anything a conservative source tells them to believe (Wilson lied, Newsmax.com).

This is not to say that all Conservatives are like this, or that there are no Liberals like this. It just states that my experience is that they are more conservative.

I have little knowledge of liberal radio, so I cannot comment on it. I can say that liberal blogs are seriously booming, much faster than conservative blogs. I think this is the political platform of the present and near future. Maybe liberal radio is on the downhill, but it may only be because they have a more updated means to communicate.
 
If you have little experience with liberal radio, I would reccomend Ed Schultz or Jerry Springer - they are my favorites (not so much springer nowadays, he's not so good anymore). Schultz is on three till six ohio time and you can listen to him at wcky.com, and Jerry Springer is on nine till noon my time and you can listen to him either on wcky.com or airamericaradio.com or springerontheradio.com ...

If those times dont work, at least for Ed, you can get a rebroadcast. He has info for this at his site, wegoted.com.
 
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