Talk Radio is Ruining America

[illinoisprogressive]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/


Comments by Republican senators on Thursday suggested that they were feeling the heat from conservative critics of the bill, who object to provisions offering legal status. The Republican whip, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who supports the bill, said: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

I see. A far-right senator believes the “problem” with the policy discourse is far-right radio for a far-right audience.

Keep in mind, this wasn’t a stray comment for Lott, who seems to have been thinking about this. The other day, the WaPo quoted Lott saying, “I’m sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don’t even know what’s in the bill.”

You mean right-wing blowhards like Limbaugh can rile up a large audience based on nothing but demagoguery? And that conservative audience will bombard Hill offices with whatever they last heard on the radio?

Welcome to our world, Trent.
Filed Under: Immigration, Rush Limbaugh

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. ouch!

:rofl:

[bonito]

2. LOL

[pinto]

3. Even broken clocks are correct, twice a day.

'Welcome to our world, Trent.' Good one.

[Jim Warren]

4. Proving once and forever

Trent Lott is a helmut-haired whiny hypocrite liar.

"Talk radio is running America" Not going your way Trent, not used to playing on a playing field not tilted in your favor?

Kettle, pot on line 2.

[illinoisprogressive]

5. i loved reading this because the right, some of them, are finally waking up in sleepy hallow

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. But, but in 1992 they made Rush an Honorary member

I am sure Trent was in the Senate back then

Oh short memories we have

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Ox => Being gored. Whose?

Theirs. Don't like it.

[shadowknows69]

8. Ruined. Past tense. n/t

[StrongFRONT22]

9. the immigration issue is good for us

we should not pass the bill until we have a democrat president,

what we SHOULD DO however, is bring up the bill time and time and time and time again and get lott and the other neocon (there is a difference) republicans to bash their conservative base - who made a deal with the devil and elected these guys-, this will creat a republican civil war leaving us to win elections.

[Kingofalldems]

15. "Democrat" president?

You must mean DEMOCRATIC president.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Oops...looks like the cloaking device flickered a bit...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

21. i don't think our fallen "friend" meant Democratic, sleep well TS'er!

Bwaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa

[Bake]

10. I think Katrina was an epiphany for Trent Lott

He's sworn a vendetta against the insurance companies he one time represented. Somehwere in there, there's both a heart and a decent man.

Bake

[retread]

11. Still waiting for proof of that. If his past is any indication there will be none.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=208

[glowing]

12. I didn't like the immigration bill either. And I'm not a right-wing nut.

I think overall it would cost billions and another bureaucracy that is run by people just doing their jobs with a system that ends up failing. And anything the chamber of commerce supports, means I'm intrinsically against it. Has anyone read the crap they publish. The co I work for gets an on-line version... I swear Georgie and co. write the thing themselves.

[Red Zelda]

13. Round up these flabby, white talk radio freaks

...not for Gitmo, either.

[KharmaTrain]

14. Then SurelyTrentt Will Be In Favor Of Looking At DeReg '96

This is the bill that turned your radio and TV over to the large corporates...the very ones that operate the hundreds of stations that trash Lott right now. Most are owned by Clear Channel or some other major GOOP contributor...so we know how far this would go with Mr. Helmethair.

[FloridaJudy]

17. Pet pit bulls turn on you, Trent?

Now you know how we've felt for the past few decades.

[Speck Tater]

18. In other words, the country would be better served if...

... Radio and TV talking heads stuck to subjects like Paris Hilton, who won yesterday's big game, and which celeb is shacking up with which other celeb. It's mindless drivel, but better that kind of mindless drivel than ignorant hate-mongering. I think we should all encourage MORE reporting on celeb scandals and sports contests rather than less.

[proud patriot]

19. LOL , these are some interesting times

:hi:

[pnorman]

20. I'm not in favor of muzzling ANYONE.

Just restoration of the Fairness Doctrine, would go a loooong way to curing what's now wrong with talk radio!

pnorman

[file83]

22. "Running" or "Ruining"? Your headline has a typo I believe.

The C&L headline says "Running".

Good post anyways!