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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: robert a belfer who wrote (78938)	4/9/2010 12:55:59 PM
From: Brumar89	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 90947

But since a majority of American voters elected a Democrat for President and gave Congress a Democrat majority, why aren't the majority of talk radio programs liberal? Many of the voters in 06 and 08 weren't voting for liberalism. Obama was sold to moderates as a non-idealogical open-minded pragmatist. The Democrats got Congress because they followed a policy of running "blue dogs" ie moderates that could sound kinda conservative in a lot of places a liberal wouldn't have a chance. Thats why despite a massive Democratic majority in Congress they had such a problem getting health care passed. -------------------- They find talk radio -- with all the stupid people calling in -- is just not their cup of tea. I listened to Air America daily for awhile on a trip once and was struck by the mindless stupidity of the callers ALL of whom were liberal. I listen to Bennett, Medved, Hewitt, Prager some and while they all take callers their programs aren't really caller driven. You'll also hear guests being interviewed, sometimes authors being interviewed, political figures being interviewed, and a lot of commentary on current events from the host and the guests. Also regarding the openness to new ideas thing .... you'll hear liberals calling in from time to time on conservative talk radio - Medved sets a day aside a week for people who disagree with him. My experience with Air America was there was NOTHING but liberal opinion expressed. Furthermore the commentary you hear from conservative talk shows hosts and their guests contains a LOT of discussion of liberal ideas and discussion of whats wrong with them. So its pretty clear your ideas of conservative talk radio probably aren't very realistic. ------------------------ I see conservatives as caring more about themselves than they do about thier fellow human beings. I see liberals as wanting to help their fellow man (and woman) -- especially the oppressed and downtrodden. We all know thats the liberal image of themselves and of others. It boils down to 'we're compassionate and not selfish and heartless like you guys are'. Funny, that social scientists have found conservatives, especially religious ones, are more generous than liberals. That liberal compassion doesn't apply to the unborn. That liberal programs often (I should say almost all the time) hurt the poor - cash for clunkers, environmental and land use restrictions are examples but there are many more (preventing school voucher programs hurts the poor who can't afford private schools, allowing massive illegal immigration from third world countries hurts the labor markets for the poor and poorly educated).

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