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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 01:59 AM
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For Conservative Radio, It’s a New Dawn, Too
Amid all the pressures on the radio industry, news-talk stations see an opportunity — and his name is Barack Obama.

After eight years of playing defense for President Bush, the conservatives who dominate talk radio are back on offense.

Hours after Mr. Obama’s election, the country’s most popular radio host, Rush Limbaugh, was talking about the “rebirth of principled opposition.”

Sean Hannity, the second highest-rated host, quickly cast his afternoon show as the home of “conservatism in exile.”

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Several of the supporting actors in this year’s Republican primary are showing interest in the medium, too. Fred Thompson, the “Law & Order” star turned presidential candidate, will begin hosting a two-hour show in March, as the syndicator Westwood One is expected to announce this week. Mr. Thompson’s show would take the place of Mr. O’Reilly’s.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and a Republican presidential candidate, had been in negotiations with Westwood One for Mr. O’Reilly’s time slot, according to two people with knowledge of the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity because a deal was not struck.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22radio.html?pagewanted=1&hp

Gawd I hope Obama has a great administration and people stop tuning in and listening to the bullcrap of these f'ckers.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 02:11 AM
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1. fairness doctrine will help some. (nt)
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Juche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 02:11 AM
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2. Let them try
The whole "principled opposition" part irks me. Limbaugh has no principles other than blind loyalty to the GOP. If he has to burn america to the ground to help the GOP, then so be it.

Not only that but everyone except the truly radical know these guys are full of shit after listening to them carry water for BUsh for the last 8 years.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 02:29 AM
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3. They are stuck on stupid....destined to whither by not evolving
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-22-08 02:39 AM
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4. "Mmmm... porkman wermo, meendeeya! ... hahahah!"
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