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To: Asymmetric who wrote (102685)	2/1/2009 10:39:14 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 541933

Carnival barkers and soapbox preachers are an old tradition in the human race. Once they had a microphone that could be plugged into a national audience, it was off to the races. But no matter how you slice the numbers, they only reach maybe 10% of the population and less than a quarter of the electorate. And we know from experience that that quarter is where it is politically, and rarely will they change. Do the hate-talk jocks move undecided voters? No evidence of it lately. In fact, Rush's national negative poll numbers tell us a lot about how he impacts the center. Mostly nausea, apparently. Self-serving feeding machines for the base. Well-paid feeding machines, for sure.

To: Asymmetric who wrote (102685)	2/1/2009 10:56:34 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

Nah Hate radio just teachers people to hate the other side. We've not reached the point where anyone but the insane actually wants to slaughter the other side. guardian.co.uk Has there been a liberal who went on a shooting rampage to kill conservatives? I couldn't find one.

To: Asymmetric who wrote (102685)	2/1/2009 11:09:45 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541933

<<<The money they make is not the cause for them doing this - rather to my mind, it is a by-product. It is their reward for carrying water for the darker powers that hold sway in this nation>>> Rush Limbaugh reach only about 20 million listeners. That probably represent a fraction of the base. I mean some of them do work and have other things to do. The base represents no more than 30 to 40 percent of the electorate. They are hard core and will not be changing their minds any time soon. OTOH there are probably the same number on the other side of the political spectrum. What's up for grabs are those 20 to 40 percent in the middle. They have still to make up their minds. What the RW have going for them is passion, sound bites, and organization. Talk radio is almost exclusively RW as are "think tanks". Would it be crazy to think that a Sarah Palin could win over 10 or 20 percent of those undecideds in the middle. Especially if we go into a prolonged economic slump. What happens when unemployment goes into double digits and the global economy spirals into a multi year recession. Those undecided do not have to be for anything. They just have to be angry and guess who is there with thier little soothing sound bites. "government is in the way" "Let the people keep more of their own money." "there is too much pork". "government is transfering wealth to welfare recipients" "government is wasting your hard earned money" "who is and how are we going to pay for all these handouts?"