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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer NRA spokeswoman & RW radio star, doesn't care if you call her a murder
Dana Loesch strides with purpose in chunky black unlaced boots. Past the wrought-iron chandelier and red upholstered dining-table chairs that evoke some medieval castle. Alongside the "predator wall" of horned creatures (mostly fakes), then a leopard-print banquette that seems only slightly smaller than a compact car. She was once the punk-rock chick with her head shaved and a nose ring. She was the Ozarks kid, who hewed to her familys Democratic Party roots, volunteered for Bill Clintons presidential campaign and voted for Al Gore in 2000.
Two decades later, she is a scourge of the left, operating from a high-end home broadcast studio in this 7,500-square-foot, gated manse appointed in what she likes to call Goth Liberace style. Her undisclosed location is so closely held that shes been known to ask visitors to sign nondisclosure agreements lest she be found by haters from her days not so long ago as the caustic, alternately reviled and adored, face of the gun lobby.
Two decades later, she is a scourge of the left, operating from a high-end home broadcast studio in this 7,500-square-foot, gated manse appointed in what she likes to call Goth Liberace style. Her undisclosed location is so closely held that shes been known to ask visitors to sign nondisclosure agreements lest she be found by haters from her days not so long ago as the caustic, alternately reviled and adored, face of the gun lobby.
And of course she rails against mask mandates and vaccination. She herself isn't vaccinated. She transphobic and homophobic, at least for her audience.
She supports the soldiers who urinated on Afghan prisoners, and shocks even the NRA with her tactics. Meanwhile, she's grown to be one of the biggest RW radio starts in America.
While so many blue staters hadnt been paying attention, Loesch had been developing, over the course of the past seven years, into a powerhouse conservative influencer. She is, by far, the highest-ranked woman in a field that has been dominated by older White men whose audiences are inexorably dying off.
Im able to talk about issues in ways that men cant, Loesch says . . .
Rush Limbaughs death created an opportunity and a test for Loesch. Since then, her footprint expanded significantly when she was picked up by the radio and streaming giant Audacy. The deal, which signaled a major bet that she could become an even bigger force nationally, meant she would replace Limbaughs show in multiple important markets. She is being introduced to listeners who might know her only as a Second Amendment crusader, rather than the host who has been delving into myriad topics for years.
Im able to talk about issues in ways that men cant, Loesch says . . .
Rush Limbaughs death created an opportunity and a test for Loesch. Since then, her footprint expanded significantly when she was picked up by the radio and streaming giant Audacy. The deal, which signaled a major bet that she could become an even bigger force nationally, meant she would replace Limbaughs show in multiple important markets. She is being introduced to listeners who might know her only as a Second Amendment crusader, rather than the host who has been delving into myriad topics for years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dana-loesch-radio-right-wing-influencer/2021/08/29/d95692c0-fc4c-11eb-8a67-f14cd1d28e47_story.html
Who knows, she may soon appear on the list of COVID afflicted anti-vaxxers. Has anyone ever heard her show? I myself avoid RW radio.
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Former NRA spokeswoman & RW radio star, doesn't care if you call her a murder (Original Post)
iemanja
Aug 2021
OP
Women who identify as (R) can get a more lucrative grift on than as (D). nt
Baked Potato
Aug 2021
#3
"... a scourge of the left.." Meh... until this thread, I'd forgotten that dipshit was
Carlitos Brigante
Aug 2021
#5
She was doing infomercials hawking a beet-based supplement a year or two ago, and was
bullwinkle428
Aug 2021
#7
OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)1. One fucked up person.
Oh well. sit in your cage and tell those who will listen what reality is.
NewHendoLib
(60,014 posts)2. .
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)3. Women who identify as (R) can get a more lucrative grift on than as (D). nt
Opposites of stereotypes draw in ears and eyes. IMO.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)4. Yuck. I knew they'd find someone worse to replace him. I wonder how
she is going to pull off the growing misogyny the GOP will use to peel off more black, white and Latino men come election time.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,500 posts)5. "... a scourge of the left.." Meh... until this thread, I'd forgotten that dipshit was
even around.
iemanja
(53,032 posts)6. I'd never heard of her
ZZenith
(4,122 posts)8. She's basically Ilse Koch with a microphone.
Yet another whos learned to monetize sociopathy.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)7. She was doing infomercials hawking a beet-based supplement a year or two ago, and was
introduced in the presentation without reference to her NRA-related shit. It almost seemed like she knew that career was dead in the water, and she was trying to resurrect herself. I guess Limpballs' death opened a new door for her.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)9. "rising" as in failing to the top - it's so hard to have WASHINGTON-LINCOLN pics
She would join Mary Todd LINCOLN in physically and emotionally abusing Abe.
Bristlecone
(10,127 posts)10. Beet Juice hocker says what? F her.