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dustintv

Sean Hannity blew a gasket earlier trying to defend the choice of Sarah Palin. I could hear the desperation in his voice trying to make make Palin seem slightly more experienced than Obama, when in reality both have zero experience.

This is one election where every political talker, either right or left, will have egg on their faces for supporting two of the most pathetic campaigns in recent memory.
 
This hasn't been a good election year for either Limbaugh or Hannity as both would have preferred a real conservative like a Newt Gingrich as the candidate rather than the more centrist right leaning John McCain
(I guess they don't have the "power to persuade the Republican base like they claim" as McCain ended up being the candidate).

Sarah Palin is actually probably more of a conservative than McCain, so both of them would probably prefer her over McCain except that she has no experience (a year and a half being a govenor is pretty skimmpy). If this were the election of 2012 and Mrs. Palin had been governor for four or five years, that would make a big difference and then you'd probably see more support for her by right wing talk radio.

As both Rush and Sean had bashed McCain quite a lot during the primaries, but have had to give him their reluctant support as he will be their party's nominee and they'd both rather move to another country, cut off their right arm, and sell their grandmother to the highest bidder than vote for Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Hillary Clinton.

It will be interesting to hear what sort of parodies and cutting remarks Rush will be making about Barack Obama if he wins the election. Limbaugh has done this sort of thing for 16 years with the Clinton's (frankly some went over the top and I'm surprised he didn't get sued). A question on that, if Limbaugh does the same level of "cheap shots" at Obama and his wife Michelle as he's done with both Bill and Hillary will he be accused of being a racist and thrown off the air as Imus was. My guess is, Rush will have to tread far more carefully with the new first family (if Obama wins) than he did with the Clintons. Bill and Hillary didn't have the "justice brothers" (for those in Reo Lynda, that would be Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson) watching their back as Obama does.

It must be frustrating for both Rush and Hannity to have to defend and back a candidate they spent months bashing and now this candidate picks an attractive female who's actually a solid conservative, but lacks any real experience ending their rant against Obama for not having enough experience as he has far more experience and education, etc, than she. Plus, like Biden or not, he's got a lot of solid experience and could easily fill the shoes of the President if a President Obama were no longer able to full fill the office of President. I'm sure Sarah Palin would give it her best shot if she had to step in for McCain, but she'd really need to surround herself with experienced advisors, and if she's new to Washington, how would she know who to really trust, etc. So it's not been a fun election cycle for either Rush or Hannity.
 
dustintv said:
Sean Hannity blew a gasket earlier trying to defend the choice of Sarah Palin. I could hear the desperation in his voice trying to make make Palin seem slightly more experienced than Obama, when in reality both have zero experience.

This is one election where every political talker, either right or left, will have egg on their faces for supporting two of the most pathetic campaigns in recent memory.
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I hesitate to take the time to respond, since this thread will soon be in "Take it Outside", but what the heck.

Since news/talk hosts make their ratings by preaching to the choir, this election will be great for them. It'll give the hosts the opportunity to support the candidate closest to their position, yet to still point out specific disagreements with them. For a talk show host who relies on mildly controversial topics to generate enough heat to keep the show interesting but not so much that he turns his listeners off, this campaign is about as perfect as the hosts could want. For the hosts, it's a topic-rich environment. All the hosts on both sides should be able to really work this campaign for interest and ratings.
 
Biz Listener said:
...it's a topic-rich environment. All the hosts on both sides should be able to really work this campaign for interest and ratings.
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What does being interesting have to do with hosting a radio talk show... 8)
 
jimwalsh2001 said:
Biz Listener said:
...it's a topic-rich environment. All the hosts on both sides should be able to really work this campaign for interest and ratings.
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What does being interesting have to do with hosting a radio talk show... 8)
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About as much as it has to do with being a DJ.
 
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