Thomas Sowell - I listen only to Rush Limbaugh...

[XOKCowboy]

I usually try to keep an open mind reading OpEds but when someone is talking about how political talk shows have deteriorated and then says "I only listen to Rush Limbaugh..." in the SECOND paragraph, how can you take them seriously? Limbaugh is the most widely and easily debunked (second only to OLeilly) talk show host on the air for pete's sake! Here are some gems from Thomas Sowell's column today...

Talk Shows

By Thomas Sowell

Talk shows began to fascinate me when I was a teenager, many years ago. The first was the old radio program, "The University of Chicago Roundtable." Over the years I also began to listen to "Meet the Press," and to watch David Susskind's television roundtable program, "Open End," and many others.

In more recent years, I can't bear to watch most of the talk shows on television, and on radio I listen only to Rush Limbaugh and a couple of others.

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What you learn from radio talk shows depends on how wide and how deep the knowledge of the talk show host is. Some of them — Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and others — are right on top of things.

snip

Sometimes a well-informed and articulate guest like Condoleezza Rice or Alan Greenspan can provide some real insights to both the hosts and the audience. But these are the exceptions.

So Limbaugh, Hannity and Liddy are in his opinion "on top of things". Now that's objective. :puke:

If you want and have the stomach, you can read the whole column here.

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell032007.php3

[obaman08]

1. Too Funny...

n/t

[City Lights]

5. Hi, obaman08!

:hi: Welcome to DU!

[obaman08]

7. Hello

Thanks!

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I wonder what it's like to live in your own created reality.

We should ask sowell.

[LiberalVoice]

3. "Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy and others — are right on top of things."

A fornicating abuser, a shill with no spine, and a convicted criminal. Smells like a new FOX sitcom to me. :shrug:

[XOKCowboy]

6. LOL - It's a wonder he didn't include poor ol' Tom Delay in his list of "experts"

Of course the Repugs are running out of non-criminals in their "leadership".

[Colobo]

4. Sowell is a weird character

I consider him to be a brilliant man in one hand, but, in the other, I think he is... I gotta say it, he is a suck up. Similar to Jesse Lee Peterson in the sense that they want so badly to be accepted by white America that they wind up spitting on themselves (consciously).

Of course, Jesse Lee is also dumb as a doorknob. His book "Scam" is one of the greatest pieces of trash I've sadly read.

[louis-t]

8. Sowell is a delusional idiot.

I often wonder if he really believes the crap he spews. He seems smarter than that.