Word: limbaugh
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...promos, it calls itself "The radio Rush Limbaugh would be listening to--if he hadn't lost his hearing to drug abuse." This is Air America, the long-promised liberal talk network that came to squalling life last week. The kingdom of right-wing talk radio now has a band of left-wing insurrectionists in its bosom...
...bosom. Limbaugh (whose name two of Air America's hosts inexcusably mispronounced), Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and their national and local kin dominate the airwaves so powerfully that a visitor to the U.S. might ask if we still have a two-party system. That's one reason Air America exists: to defeat George W. Bush in November. "He is going down," signature host Al Franken promised on his first show. Another aim is to offer liberals and moderates talking points on the day's issues. The network does so in tones that career from wonkish to impish, from sedative...
...chances that Air America Radio and the new liberal radio program hosted by Al Franken ’73, will have more than a marginal influence on this country’s political climate are next to nothing. As one observer noted, conservative programs like those hosted by Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are popular because conservative ideas are relatively simple and unsophisticated—and that’s exactly the level of discourse that’s likely to capture the attention of the apathetic, uncommitted voters who decide elections. As hilarious as he is, Franken...
...gladly have interrupted the proceedings for a detailed explanation from the Vice President of why al-Qaeda slipped down the list of America's foreign policy priorities--below China, national missile defense and, apparently, Iraq--when the new Administration took over. But Cheney made his case on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. This was like George W. Bush choosing to deliver a State of the Union address on Imus...
...Limbaugh began the Cheney interview with a serious question: "Why did the Administration keep Richard Clarke on the counterterrorism team when you all assumed office in January of 2001?" Cheney not only ducked it but gave an answer that was intentionally misleading: "Well, I wasn't directly involved in that decision. He was moved out of the counterterrorism business over to the cybersecurity side of things ..." (For the record: Clarke not only ran counterterrorism through 9/11 but remained on the job for another year as he watched in disgust the Administration divert its attention from al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein...