Conservative Talk Ratings Skyrocket
by Brian JenningsShortly after last fall’s election, some pundits declared that conservative talk radio was dying. After all, we lost the election and had no impact on voters. In November, an op-ed written by Steve Elman and Alan Tolz for the Boston Globe said, “overall use of their medium is in decline.” The authors also stated, “Alternatives to broadcast radio have proliferated – satellite, net-casts, downloads, blogalogue, iPod entertainment, cellphone updates. As a result, younger listeners largely ignore talk radio, and its existing audience is calcifying.”
Not a rosy picture for conservative talk, right? Let’s check the facts. For decades my job was to produce ratings as a National Talk Radio programmer. We check those ratings constantly. Apparently, the authors of this Boston Globe commentary don’t keep the same scorecard radio keeps. While it is true there are many sources of information today, talk radio listening has increased dramatically during the past year. The 2008 election provided us with daily drama that translated into ratings. In keeping my scorecard which included ratings for over 40 radio stations nationwide, we registered one of the highest fall ratings reports ever. KKOH in Reno, which has always been the market leader, registered the highest ratings in 14 years. KKOB in Albuquerque, which has been the market leader for over eight years, increased its ratings stranglehold on that market. In almost every market, conservative talk radio increased its ratings. And, it hasn’t slowed down.
Talk radio is at its best when it has opposition – and we have the most opposition we’ve ever faced in Washington DC. When the new President declared war on Rush Limbaugh by telling Republicans to quit listening to him in January, we knew we had been handed a silver platter. We were right. Winter ratings at talk stations across the board are increasing yet again. As Rush pointed out the other day, they are soaring in the nation’s largest markets. In New York, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, and Los Angeles, the show has leapt to the top position for all radio listeners. He was second in San Francisco where conservatives are an endangered species. Third in Washington, fourth in Dallas, and fifth in Atlanta. Limbaugh summed it up, “These ratings are good news for all of us. It shows there’s a healthy hunger for some opposition to what is happening. Don’t feel alone. You’re not.”
For those who suggest conservative talk radio is irrelevant – remember the only report card we keep in radio is ratings. Ratings drive advertising revenue. While radio has suffered in this economic storm, talk radio has suffered much less because ratings have remained strong, and in most cases, grown for the past year. Millions of Americans concerned with the far-left agenda only have conservative talk as a balance to the new administration. All the more reason to brace ourselves for impending media regulation by the FCC which would result in less conservative talk in America. Stay strong and speak up. ”New” Fairness Doctrine-like regulations are lurking at the FCC. We must not lose this battle.
Brian Jennings is the author of “CENSORSHIP: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio,” due out from Simon & Schuster May 5th.
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If the dems have their way it wont matter HOW popular conservative talk radio is, they will cut off their nose to spite their face in order to shut it down.
I really do believe that the libs want to annihilate the conservative party. Failing that, the best they can hope for is to shut us up. Aint gonna happen.
The last election cycle comes down to the classic, “throw the bums out.” This country is inherently conservative and will return to same. Liberals are overreaching as they always do, by believing they have a mandate to destroy the greatest country in the world. They are wrong in this regard, and are picking fights with the people that actually pay the freight in this country. Conservatives need to be strong and just remember, “Carter gave us Reagan.”
First!
So true, Brian. I've been an avid talk radio listener since 99, when Rush essentially gave the format its biggest boost. I, too, had tired of the single-minded, left-minded approach that the 4 C's (abc, nbc, cbs, cnn – no caps = no respect) had been shoving down to the masses. As an independent thinker, I appreciate anyone that can bring a salable argument to the table, but I deplore being "talked down to" or told I do not care.
I do my part by supporting the businesses that support America. For companies like GE who sell to Iran's dictatorship (no matter what they call it), I wholeheartedly do NOT support them and do all I can to make sure none of my money hits their pocket – they can rot in hell for enabling the death of my fellow soldiers (US Army, '80-'84). If there are any other companies doing business with bad folks, please provide an easier list than my many times fruitless searching through the 'net for information.
Keep up the good work!
more to come …
If they start taking away our basic freedoms, like free speech, freedom of religion, and guns, then they better brace for a revolution.
I listened to Limbaugh for a long time, but anymore I'd just as soon get my Limbaugh fix from reading his work than listening to the show. Too many commercials. There's something physically painful about the experience of local AM talk radio commercials…it's as though they're written and produced by the guys who couldn't keep a job in the lucrative "monster truck rally and shady used car dealer commercial" racket.
The best thing that could happen for Conservatives and talk radio is to have the trio of Pelosi, Reid and Obama demonize and attempt to silence talk radio. It would work in the same manner as the gun/ammo controls they have been hinting at, you can't buy ammo in many places today because of it. Capitalism at its best.
“Carter gave us Reagan.”
Right now, that's what gets me through the day…
SgtTank,
There is no conservative party here in America, only conservative ideas. If the Republicans had lived up to there namesake and stayed true to their conservative principles (provided they had any to begin with) they'd still have control of both houses of congress and the presidency, but unfortunately that's not the case. Yes, they are willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces, such is the prevailing mindset of people who refuse to adhere to sound logic. The best thing one can do for them is pray for their eyes to be opened and their sanity to be restored, otherwise trying to get them to see the error of their ways just results in you emitting a lot of hot CO2 contributing to Al Gore's beloved Global Warming.
Remember too, these guys got elected by spending eight years calling Republicans names, offering no ideas and then saying 'vote for me.' Obama ran as a moderate, is governing as a Marxist… even through the walls of media coverage, the truth is coming out quickly thanks to Rush, talk radio, the internet, etc.
Aren't they already doing that, though?
I subscribe to his podcast. It gets you the essential Rush without the ads. The biggest downside is that they don't push out the paroday songs. I still haven't gotten around to listening to "Banking Queen". I love the freedome of the podcast, though. I listen while working out in the morning. I'm sure it looks odd when I'm grinning at something funny Rush has said while running on the treadmill!
I am so proud of Rush, Sean, Glenn, Mike, and the boys. Very thankful they aren't wilting lilies. Go out and conquer. People won't choose to stupidity if they have a way to think about issues. THats what Conservative Talk Radio offers. A way for people to hear the issue from a commonsense point of view. God bless all of em. When Obamawan went after Rush I was like You sir are too ridiculous for words. Do you know what you just did? I don't think he does either.
Tea Parties….Tea Parties….Tea Parties….find out where they are in your communities and attend if at all possible.
Just keep throwing everything they said for eight years back in their puffy, smug faces. "It's patriotic to dissent!"
At least we support talk radio through the free marketplace and advertising with no tax dollars – NPR!
It is working exactly that way – great observation.
Good idea, I might have to try that. I won't miss the songs much.
And I know what you mean about the odd looks. I get a lot of that from listening to audiobooks on my zen.
"Whatcha listening to?"
"Ender's Game."
"Are they new?"
"…"
Hey, I agree, I'm not complaining about the concept. More power to him. I just don't understand why all the local commercials have to be so cringingly awful.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Obama didn't seriously think he could take down Limbaugh when Clinton couldn't manage it, did he? Oh wait, this is "The One" we're talking about.
Most advertisers in small markets pay big $$$$ just to buy a spot in Limbaugh's daypart, so the quality of local ads suffers ~ they can't afford big commercial productions.
Absolutely! There's a San Diego Tea Party on April 11th. Very easy for anyone to google and find one in their area.
The left will not mount a frontal assault on talkradio in the near future for the same reason that the NYC mayor in Wolfe's THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES wouldn't dream of taking on The Rev. Bacon (a thinly-veiled Al Sharpton, for those who haven't read the book). Without elected leadership, talkradio is the only "pressure release valve" for the statist left's opposition. In BONFIRE, targeting Rev. Bacon was tantamount to shutting off the steam and allowing the pressure to go critical. Silencing conservative talk is the same thing.
They will do what they can in the meantime to lay the foundation for an eventual shutdown, but even an idiot can see that the "steam pressure" among pro-individual, anti-statist Americans is already in the red. We are already organizing on a mass scale at the grassroots. If we were to turn on the radio tomorrow and hear some NPR drone in place of Rush's "dulcet tones"… oh, I shudder to think.
Attending a tea party in your area raises awareness, although the MSM don't carry them as much as lefty protests. How about a "Million Unemployed Man" march on Washington….I'm in!
Maybe opposition is good for talk radio, but opposition for opposition's sake in actual governance is obstructionist, not conservative. While the entertainment factor has always been Rush's draw, the outsized show is threatening to overtake the substance of the conservative movement's political agenda. While it may simply be a symptom of a confused culture, there's little doubt that there's no clear leader of the GOP: http://www.newsy.com/videos/the_future_of_the_gop...
Support the local advertisers. They make more money, then they can afford better commercials.
There is going to come a time when the tea parties won't be enough. I'm just saying……..
The popularity of Conservative talk radio simply infuriates liberals. They can't understand it. They excoriate things that they don't understand. The big boost in ratings comes primarily from those Democrats who have been betrayed by the lunatic wing. These are Democrats who share many of the same principles we all do, the ever popular "Reagan Democrats". They heard all the talk about Obama during the campaign and chose not to believe it. Now they are finding out that all the bloviating Conservative hate mongers were………..right. Oh, the humanity………
I guess that makes sense. It just seems like they'd want the product they paid so much to place to be an improvement over the product they air during the local playtime at 3am.
Seriously, we've got a plumber in this market who reads his own commercials, with a voice like a senile logging truck on a (name brand downers) bender. His ads are like an infection vector for chronic narcolepsy.
[edited to remove name brand product.]
Amen, brother!
Be prepared! Obama and his followers in the congress will introduce the Fairness Doctrine is some form. Go after your congressman and senators now. And remember, some of these senators may call themselves Republican, but they're not conservatives.
Carter gave us Reagan, but only because there was a Reagan. Is there a Reagan now?
And that's not a rhetorical question. I really want to know.
As a lifelong Liberal Democrat, I worked hard to get Barack Obama elected, but now that he's in office, I'd just as soon get my daily fix of Marxism from reading about his speeches in The Nation than actually tuning in. Something about Obama's sibilant "s's" really annoys me–like nails on a chalkboard. He keeps his mouth open way too much and I can almost smell the coffee and tobacco reek watching him in interviews.
You are exactly right. One proposal is to require programming advisory boards. This would open up these boards to radicals with an agenda to muzzle conservative talk. This is the "new" Fairness Doctrine. The Democrats try to downplay mention of the Fairness Doctrine, but they are going to work hard to force more liberals on the air and fewer conservatives. Stay strong.
Carter gave us Reagan. I think Obama will give us Newt. Newt is a true conservative and he is very smart and articulate. He will make Obama look like an overeducated sheltered phony whose never done anything tangible in his life (which is exactly what he is). I'd love to see Newt take on Mr. Teleprompter and his liberal Democrat media lackeys. Anyway, speaking of Reagan, if you want to see real leadership, real confidence, real faith in American principles, check out Reagan's speeches on Youtube.
Once again dear readers it will not be the Fairness Doctrine. Even the Teleprompter in Chief is aware of the toxic reaction that would bring. No, it will be a stealth move (they like sneaky stuff, anyway) to incorporate 'local and diverse' ownership. And, too, there is $$$ in the porkulus bill to pay for it- for local groups to buy stations and wrest control from Clear Channel and Evergreen and whatnot and bring an end to the big syndicated shows. The free market model won't work here like it did to Air America, either. These will be paid for and subsidized by us taxpayers.
Here in Chicago WLS has already started usind 'Workers International News' as a bonafide news source; they are
a pro-socialist labor group… this is recent stuff; you all need to listen carefully to your own local stations for this kind of thing is coming…
Rush is no more "just an entertainer" than you are an actual conservative worried about the "substance of the conservative movement"…
I apologize if I've mis-pegged you, but you're sounding a little "seminar caller" to me…
Reagan was a process he came up against Ford in 75 and of coarse was rejected as a nut by the Rockefeller Republicans, you know the enlightened ones. In 79 Bush Sr. accused Reagan of, “voodoo economics,” thank God he persevered. This is our responsibility as conservative to make certain that a McCain cannot get through the primaries(HEY!!! Michael Steele closed primaries). To name names right now I like Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, maybe Newt? If the same Mitt Romney shows up that gave his resignation speech in 08 he would be good. We must take control of our own destiny and the Gipper will appear.
When the attempted Russian coup happened in 1991, I was glued to the radio and TV for news. Here was the other Super Power that had nukes and a great army (and didn't like us) becoming destabilized. I was worried. What's that mean for the U.S.? War? Mutual destruction? New alliances? Learning anything by way of the MSM was frustrating. The radio news only mentioned it briefly at the top of each hour. The TV anchors appeared as if they didn't have a clue and made it seem like it wasn't that big of a deal.
Finally, I heard some guy on the radio talk about it… in depth no less. People were calling in to talk with him. I was astounded. (I had never heard a talk radio show before). Turned out it was Rush, getting the truth out (and far more information than "the news") and doing, as he would come to say many years later, show prep for the rest of the media.
Dang, Anthony – I DO wish I could disagree with you. But – alas – you are right. The Republican Party is a RINO. I had hopes for Michael Steele – but his assault on Limbaugh (not to mention his pandering to rap artists) just toasted my cookies. I will vote solidly for a conservative – but he/she has to BE one, not pose as one.
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Actually, I feel like the issue of restricting voice to only those who correspond to mainstream conservative values undermines the strength that intellectual plurality has provided the GOP since Lincoln. Also, I don't mean to be pedantic on my side, but I didn't say "just" an entertainer. I think Rush is like Wonkette, or, to be more accurate, Wonkette is like Rush used to be: intellectually incisive and innovative with language to a degree that enlightens AND entertains – he accesses people's logical side by means of sneaking up on them through bombast and obvious malapropism. To return to your original point about my political identity, all I have to say is that as an American, I am worried about the substance of the conservative movement; the health of the republic depends upon viable and real competition between political stake-holders. Without real alternatives, we all lose. But, appreciate the reply nonetheless, it's good to know there are living breathing people scrolling about. As for the astro-turfing charge, it's not seminar calling when you're not getting paid – the link is good stuff is what I mean.
I am actually leaning toward a Palin/Romney ticket, and you can switch those names with each other if you like. I like Jindal, but I think the two previous mentioned names have a better chance; they were there before. After PBHO, I crave a straight shooter like Palin, especially warts and all; because I know she has the moxie to get it done and over with.
Everybody, stop your vision down to 2010 for a bit; we need to really get the scythe out and clean up the Congress not only against further PBHO overreach, but against any reach at all.
Steele has proven to be a disappointment for me as well, but I know better than to put my trust in man anyway they're bound to fail you sooner or later. Unfortunately there aren't enough solid conservatives out there who are willing to stand up to the opposition and run for office at the risk of having any of their past dirty laundry exposed. Given the way the left have run their campaigns you that anyone who dares step up to take them on is in for a all-out smear campaign from their opponent, their opponent's supports and the MSM (would say liberal MSM but then that'd be redundant). Anyone considering this path better make darn sure that they consider the cost and find it a worthy endeavor should they choose to step up and assume the responsibility of taking on the corruption.
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.'
-Thomas Jefferson -
And thank you for your help with KKOB here, Brian! We'll be there!
lol!
I think I've got some old Speaker for the Dead LPs…
But who are you going to call when you have a plumbing emergency?
NYC Tea Party – City Hall Park 7-9pm Wed. 4/15/09. Be there, bring a sign and your own good sense.
Here is a link to find out where they will be in your area!
http://taxdayteaparty.com/
Exactly, we need to make BO a lame duck or else we'll have no end of grief on top of the grief we already had. If anyone surprised that the markets are being tanked again after a week of anemic gains?
"…opposition for opposition's sake in actual governance is obstructionist…."
Didn't you read about the Revolutionary War?
Begone. troll! The adults are talking.
I personally would love to obstruct the left's every whim everywhere, at all times. Enthusiastically and continuously. Your clock is running out of time. Better start on that bunker.
They're a start. We need to rally around ourselves first, show our state legislatures that there is indeed a sizable resistance. 8 states already have 10th Amendment bills on the tables and being voted on; 8 more states have measures getting ready to go. Nothing will do more to put some backbone into our state legislatures than a show of citizen discontent.
Oh, but just have me on that board, Brian, as a fallback. You think the left can be obstructionist?
Watch me at work!
Kewl!!!!I'm reading Ender's Game right now,too!!!!Great minds think alike.I've listened to talk,and just radio since I was eight yo(1967),and radio wasn't cool or even noticed-which is fine with us former hams and now A+,MSCE,iNet+,geeks.I've listened to rush since 1989(tuning in a new German Optonica radio)when setting up a 286 dos machine.
Oh,and the election was like dumping manure into our flower garden,just watch what happens!
When the last mechanical print run was done for Ender's Game,it was in 1994,their publisher,ALREADY had a website.
Here's an idea. Just look at the companies/major advertisers on those liberal networks and reject them.
March for Liberty on Ask.com. There is a march being planned over the 4th. I've also heard of another being planned for May 30th. My husband and I are going to try to make the July 4th one.
I love Ender. Orson Scott Card is great. I read his articles and editorials as often as possible. He is truly one of a dying breed: a Conservative Democrat. .
This isn't about the GOP. It is about the anti-American, anti-freedom agenda. Unless you missed the news today, Obama just fired a CEO. That's government running business and anti-capitalism and free-market, so is socialized health care. All of it is not what this country is founded upon, and non of it can be found in the Constitution. Go look it up online and read it. If you can find provisions for any of this in the Constitution come back and let us know. I won't be holding me breath.
Workers International News ??? Eew. The name sounds so, People's Republicish.
His. Cadence drives me absolutely. Crazy.
I. Don't think he comes across well. Anymore.
It. Worked in the campaign but now that i can identify it i can't help but. hear it every time.
Talk radio is supposedly more popular than ever. Republicans and conservatives are more UNpopular than ever.
GO TALK RADIO HOSTS!!! WOoOoO!!!
I still think the station owners need to go to the Hill and take the Hosts with them. Let Rush, Hannity, Beck, et al., have at Congress. I'd pay money to see that. In fact, I think C-Span could go pay per view for that and turn a healthy profit.
I think the hosts would either migrate to TV or internet or both. Local radio hosts already have an excuse to be there and would hopefully stay in place for the most part. The big hosts might be able to rotate broadcasts via their local hosts' affiliates and time slots for radio time. I'm sure there are plans in place.
You're right. The UN is unpopular.
The only reason conservative talk radio is so big is because the sheep need to be told what/how to think because they are unable to do it themselves.
Reagan was no savior. He enacted the trickle-down theory of economics, which has been proven not to work, as well as throwing out concern for the deficit. Everyone in politics spends, no side is better than the other. The only difference in that aspect is the Dem's tax and spend, where the Repub's borrow and spend. Which is better? Neither, but the Repubs approach is even more dangerous.
TrueBlueMormon, I have some quotes too…
"People can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders…All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Hermann Goering (Second in command to Hitler)
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety" Benjamin Franklin (1759)
Sgt Tank,
Of course it won't happen. It's called free speech no matter how vile and hateful it is. As far annihilation of the other party? Sounds like what the conservative's wanted with K Street. Both sides are no better than the other. There are very few that spark thought with truth, instead of just spewing the party talking points, or in the case of Rush, Hannity, and that idiot Glen Beck, who just spew.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -A. Lincoln
Well, now we know what your are. Thanks.
Really, where is it unpopular? Not here. It''s very popular here. Why, I just don't know how Obama could have won that election, I don't know anyone who voted for him!! You really must get out more, TS.
Okay, although I don't listen to talk radio. I do watch talk tv, and heard that the Beck show on FOXNews has also gotten great ratings.
Man! I thought I was the only one who noticed his strange speaking style. I'm not crazy after all. I can't stand the guy, so I thought I was picking up annoying traits to support my dislike.
BevfromNYC,
I will tell you why, It was either him or MCain and the wackjob from alaska who would be a 70 yr old heartbeat away from the presidency…enough said. Neither were good choices, but what we got is definitely better than the alternative.
A day without conservative talk radio is like a day without sun. There MUST BE an upheaval if the obots dare to attack that one and only conservative outlet.
Not exactly sure what your point with the quotes are but oh well…….baaaaaahhhhhhh
The difference with most conservative sheep is that we have a Shepherd to "follow" because we know the voice of truth. We know his voice and we follow !!!!
The problem with Obama is that he thinks he is a shepherd when in reality he is a SHEEP HERDER, the kind that walks behind and pushes his sheep along with a stick and when the wolves threaten he takes off running not caring for the sheep because they weren't really his anyway.
The person above is a troll and does in no way reflect the thinking or attitudes of a conservative.
That "wackjob" has more executive experience in running things than O does. This is like O's summer internship where he is gaining really good experience – at our expense.
I assume you consider the alternative as being "None of the Above". So anything is better than nothing, right?
WaveyDavey,
I know that is a favourite talking point of the right. She is the governor of a state which has less people than the population of the city where I live. The only reason she got to where she is, is because she has stabbed all her mentors in the back. She found out their weaknessesfaults, and then used it to run against them. That is a fact. the one thing Obama has going for him is that he does have ideas and can think on his feet, 2 things of which Palin has proven she is not good at.
TrueBlueMormon,
One difference between Dem's and Repub's and the one thing that Repub's do better than the Dem's, not that it is a "good" thing. The Repub's will follow lock, stock, and barrel what they're told, no matter what – hence the term "sheep". The Dem's will argue and disagree amongst each other if they have different view points/ideas. I think it is better to question them all. None of them should be given unbridled power.
The other reason they're willing to cut off their noses is they won't be able to smell the stink of the garbage they're trying to feed us.
Hallelujah !
Oh bulls__t. We all talk tough, but I daresay there isn't a man among us who wouldn't chicken out and decide that it was somebody else's problem.
Say that you wake up tomorrow and Rush isn't on the radio. Say that you hear some announcement to the effect that the station is "undergoing a change in format." I want to know EXACTLY AND PRECISELY WHAT YOU WOULD DO in that situation. If nobody here has a plan or at least a contingency, then I want to stop hearing this loudmouthed talk about "upheavals" and "revolutions". It's not an upheaval if you're not actually going to do anything — and there's not much difference between not doing anything and not having any idea what to do.
For now, I've settled on Jindal. Palin is wonderful, but the Dems will drag out their faux elitism again with her alleged poor education and alleged hillbilly ways, and they can't do that to Jindal. Newt is a bloody genius, but I think he may just have too much baggage, and Jindal has the age factor going for him. That leaves religion. I have no problem with Romney's religion, but I'm not sure that he can overcome it once the Obama attack machine goes into high gear. That leaves them to attack Jindal as a charismatic Catholic. That argument ends if he stands in front of a poster of John Kennedy a few times. Anti-Catholicism ain't what is used to be. And we all know that any white man or woman will be portrayed as the racist candidate.
As Clinton overcame that horrible nominating speech, Jindal can overcome his dismal appearance in the response to Obama's non-State of the Union address. That said, I would gladly vote for any of the four.
Why are you giving them quotes which they are just going to cut and paste when discussing Obama? That's the essence of their rhetoric these days, they're basically taking all the criticisms of Bush and pasting them into the discussion about Obama. I think this is all designed to associate those criticisms and arguments with hyper-partisanship so that they can delegitimize them the next time they have themselves a fascist pig Decider in the White House again.
In regards to Conservative Talk Radio, listen to Mark Levin ( current audience of 5 million ) and get his new book “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto”. It’s hard to find but the presses are running overtime with over half a million and counting being printed. He’s my favorite alongside Rush, and Beck who is also sky rocketing in popularity.
I like Jindal. He can overcome one bad performance. Obama got through by giving good speeches– which Palin proved she can do as well, but Jindal is much better in an off-the-cuff situation. If Jindal works on his speech performance he can be a very strong contender, especially if he sticks to strong Conservative values. Who knows, maybe Jindal could bring the magic to a Gingrich/Jindal ticket– enough so to offset any baggage people associate with Newt. I can dream can't I?
vwhizbang,
You are right, I in no way reflect others thinking. Are you saying one is only welcome to post here if they are like-minded in their hate of the opposition party? God forbid there should be any dissenting view.
And I beg to differ, the so-called conservative party is not a conservative party. The 6 years they were in power during the GWB years have shown that they are anything but conservative. Is this the effort to try and reclaim the name after the abuse?
It's certainly a thought. Newt can be utterly riveting. I switched parties in '94 in large part because of Newt's dynamism and The Contract With America. Clinton's sharp left turn and Hillarycare didn't help much either. Obama would be on the ropes in about two minutes in a debate with either Newt or Bobby. And most of the crap the Democrats threw at Newt is old news by now. Who knows? That might just be the ticket. And then, as a final slap at the departing socialists, they could appoint Palin as Secretary of State and Romney as Secretary of the Treasury.
You have a good point.
I think it is interesting that most conservatives won't demonstrate, but suddenly these tea parties are taking off. It is just one example, but i think people are getting worked up. It might be a slow to anger thing, but it it is interesting to see.
Most conservatives limit themselves to phone calls and e-mails, behind the scenes type of activity. And it has had some successes.
Jake, what would you recommend?
The speech Gov. Palin gave at the convention was brilliant, and by the way her Teleprompter malfunctioned if news reports can be trusted, take that Barry! Jindal’s got the ideology straight now for delivery. The opposition speech to the State of the Union is always awful, right or left. The speech Romney gave when he pulled out of the race was awesome, my wife and I were screaming at the TV, “where the hell was that during the primaries?” If you haven’t seen it I’m sure it’s on YouTube.
The Book is killer and Mark was kind enough to endorse mine as well. Here's a new article on Glenn Beck's popularity since joining Fox.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/...
Buck. Wheat . . . Picard. . . . uh … You nailed. ….. uh…. ('prompter going too slowly … waiting… ) It.
L. … O … L.
Dear god your bootlicking and shilling is nauseating. I certainly hope you get a reacharound.
I like Huckabee, Jindal , Duncan Hunter etc. but I think that Palin is the right person for the job if for one reason alone. The Left despise her in a way that makes Bush-derangement syndrome look mild in comparison. My liberal friends are always going on a bout how horrible she is, how the baby isn't hers, how stupid she is etc.. etc….It's painfully obvious that they hate Palin because they are afraid of her.
If Palin follows the Reagan model and does her homework over the few years she could transform into an extremely effective GOP candidate
Wow….."fascist pig decider"….why all the HATE stupid ????
Calm down Jake……You and I both know that RUSH will still be on the air tomorrow. You premise is a little dramatic since its won't happen…….alas if it ever does happen I would prob look to join youin what ever plan you might have.
To all you left wing loons………how to you like them apples????
Your right, thats why so many People wanted Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee, John McCain won every primary and got every vote………… "The Repubs will follow lock, stock, and barrel what they're told, no matter what"….
Dude you really need to think about that statement……it really makes you look like your troll buddy (THESTUPID)
WWWWWaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Honestly, I don't think Jindal or Palin are quite ready – maybe the VP. I remain unsure, as a true light has not yet shown on the person that can lead us out of the desert. Not yet.
In the early 60s my elders back then all thought that Kennedy was going to force people to become Catholic against their will (unbelievable). But this ignorance still persists in the Romney situation. What I am afraid of is that the Obama will make me poor and tax my children/grandchildren to death. This fear is real, isn't it??
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