JohnGalt said:
Dude, not a fan of you posts... but P.J. O'Rourke kicks some major ass. I do read alot of 'liberal' authors. Like Noam Chomsky. He is a little insane (conspiracy theorist??!?!)... but I do enjoy being able to rebut an arguement from a well-read liberal. Especially ones at my school. Man are they pussies. I also enjoy throwing old ladies off cliffs and setting shit on fire.
Don't forget the favorite byline, 'Republicans want to pollute your water so you grow three extra legs!'. Yep, every good Republican wants some good diversity in the gene pool. Can I have another glass of nuclear waste?
Chomsky is a nut job that you don't hear referenced much anymore except by aged hippies that can't see the end of the bong for the smoke.
'Nuff said.
acludem said:
I do enjoy Michael Moore. I'm also a big P.J. O'Rourke fan. I listen to Michael Medved regularly. How many of you righties in here would ever listen to a liberal radio show? How about reading a liberal book? Most of you won't simply because by their very nature Conservatives tend to be close-minded.
How about you listening to Limbaugh, Hannity or Liddy? Have you done so? I doubt it, from personal experience with your posts.
I once worked with a hell of a nice guy that was rabidly Liberal. He came to me constantly with the latest Bush Is Evil bullshit that you tokers in CA dreamed up next and I consistently proved it false. Eventually, he quit challenging me with his latest liberal crap because it
always ended up being bullshit and wouldn't discuss politics anymore... that was fine with me, because he knows in his heart that he's wrong, so it's just a matter of time before he comes around. He's a smart guy, it'll happen.
Liberals by their very nature tend to be more open-minded. That's why most conservative talk shows, even Limbaugh, have contigents of liberal listeners. That's why it's hard for liberals to get into talk radio.
Perhaps one side has common sense and the other has fantasy theories? Do ya think that's the case?
Let's discuss, my smug little Liberal.
On one side, you have a host of people that air their political views on talk radio. The VAST portion of them are Conservative. Why do you think this is?
Perhaps because people that actually give a shit about this country and our government that tune in to talk radio are conservative instead of your local crack dealer / pimp / welfare queen?
Could it be?
Your theory is fucked. If people that were Liberal really gave a shit, they'd be listening to your heros all day long, instead you have failure after failure with Left Radio. Almost every one of them fails, where a right-wing guy flourishes with ratings and revenue.
Given that the last Presidential election was pretty much 50/50, where do you get your logic? Are you saying that Joe Blow ACLU Hippie would rather listen to Rush or would they rather listen to Franken?
Of course they'd listen to Franken if they could.
If the listeners of that audience really gave a damn.
That's where the problem is. IMHO, the average liberal voter is uninformed, they're swayed by their ex-hippie college professors and the ACLU, and truly don't have personal, from-the-heart convictions. They honestly don't really KNOW, and are uninformed other than their uninformed friends saying that 'Bush Is Evil'. Because it's cool.
Rock on, you hippies at ACLU.
