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To: Road Walker who wrote (517733)	10/2/2009 9:24:27 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583489

David Brooks DREAMS of the audience Limbaugh has. The reality is people just have no interest in what a liberal masquerading as a conservative has to say.

To: Road Walker who wrote (517733)	10/2/2009 10:25:01 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583489

So Letterman rapes the girls that work for him. I wonder what rape-rape Goldberg has to say.

To: Road Walker who wrote (517733)	10/2/2009 11:04:54 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1583489

So the myth returns. Just months after the election and the humiliation, everyone is again convinced that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and the rest possess real power. And the saddest thing is that even Republican politicians come to believe it. They mistake media for reality. They pre-emptively surrender to armies that don’t exist. They pay more attention to Rush’s imaginary millions than to the real voters down the street. The Republican Party is unpopular because it’s more interested in pleasing Rush’s ghosts than actual people. The party is leaderless right now because nobody has the guts to step outside the rigid parameters enforced by the radio jocks and create a new party identity. The party is losing because it has adopted a radio entertainer’s niche-building strategy, while abandoning the politician’s coalition-building strategy. They really don't get it........Obama's poll numbers today are very much in line with where he won in November. All the screaming and hollering by Beck, tea baggers, birthers, deathers, winger crazies et al have not changed those poll numbers. Every day, inode runs to gallup and can't understand why Obama doesn't drop below 50%. After all, Rush says he's a socialist, a communist, a whatever....... The rise of Beck, Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the rest has correlated almost perfectly with the decline of the G.O.P. But it’s not because the talk jocks have real power. It’s because they have illusory power, because Republicans hear the media mythology and fall for it every time. That's what else they don't get. What's good for Fox is toxic for the GOP. They are so slow......the party of NO doesn't know when they've been snookered!

To: Road Walker who wrote (517733)	10/2/2009 12:04:35 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1583489

RW, from Brooks' column, > The rise of Beck, Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the rest has correlated almost perfectly with the decline of the G.O.P. But it’s not because the talk jocks have real power. It’s because they have illusory power, because Republicans hear the media mythology and fall for it every time. Brooks is talking out of his ass, ironically contributing to the mythology he's talking about. Conservative talk radio and TV shows have been around for quite a long time. They didn't cause the decline of the GOP. Their profile rose because the GOP declined and no one else stepped up to take the reins. Tenchusatsu