What? No Willie??

[uppendowndadial]

I'm surprised there's no thread about Willie's comments yesterday.
Gee, Rodger, will you hire him too once the Mormons pull the plug (thankfully) on this idiot?

 

[kyscott]

Willie was saying what McCain should have been saying. Then McCain has the nerve to throw Willie under the bus for it. I'll be voting for Obama this year. There's no way I can vote for a man who is constantantly throwing conservatives under the bus like McCain does.

 

[willcail]

Well throwing racist conservites "under the bus" like Willie is fine. No wonder the GOP have a hard time couritng minoities with all the racist comments.

 

[SteelersBRSeven]

I can't see Willie voting for Hillary. I emailed him and told him just to vote for Ralph Nader and waste his vote that way. I seen him on several tv shows last night. He is as ugly as his attitude.

 

[Arbitorn]

At risk of getting this moved to "off the air," Willie said nothing racist. How many presidents can you go back without knowing them also by their middle name? Harry Truman didn't have a middle name so they had to give him the initial. As long as she's called Hillary Rodham, it is fair for him to be called Barack Hussein. This was a Republican event, not a national debate. It was a pep rally and Willie heated up the crowd as asked. McCain didn't approve for his own reasons, but Willie was only doing what he was put there to do. There is nothing racist in stating a man's given name. Its implications are not Willie's fault. The man has baggage with that name and it is wrong to be forced to ignore it and praise the emperor's new clothes.

The extention to this thread may be Willie's value to a new owner. Would Bonneville want that much of that kind of attention?

 

[DJJack1]

Yeah I'm not sure what Willie said yesterday that was racist either.

Of course I'm not aware of what a conservite is, either. I'm also on google trying to find a definition of minoities.

 

[BobointheH20]

I blame the whole thing on McCain's people. If they were unaware of both Cunningham's schtick and their candidate's feelings about that kind of inflammatory blather, they should all be fired.

As far as Willie's future in radio, all he's done is cause more people to tune in. It's all about the money; what company is going to turn away from that?

And did you happen to notice the audience members in Memorial Hall foaming at the mouth while he ranted? Cincinnati conservatives eat that crap with a spoon.

 

[radiogeek07]

May be the Alcu will go after the conservites?
What a cry baby.

 

[tonyincincy]

McCain SHOULD throw Willie, and the rest of talk radio "under the bus". If he and all the others had their way, McCain would not be the nominee. But, the American people have grown tired of the schtick, and decided to vote for themselves on this one. Why would McCain want to stand behind him?

The people "foaming at the mouth" for Willie might find the act still fun, but everyone else has moved on.

 

[brian65]

I guess anyone who was shocked by Willy saying HUSSEIN so loudly has never listened to syndicated talk radio.

I recall Willy saying some pretty nasty things when he was anti-McCain, such as 'meeting him' and he looking too old/sick to lead the country.

If I was McCain I wouldn't think all that much of him either.

Seems to me that McCain realizes that he has to hold his nose and more or less play ball with the likes of Willy and the republican party, at least until it gets to election day. Then he will become his old maverick self again.

Its going to be a very long 8 months.

 

[microbob]

I agree that Willie is a master at creating free publicity for himself however saying HUSSEIN is not right. Saddam Hussein was a murderer of people who did not agree with him. The name calling is wrong, and I think McCain realizes that. WLW should be embarrassed for the city of Cincinnati but they are not as it will only create more publicity for them which is sad.

 

[mediamayhem]

Okay, get your facts straight. "Rodham" is Hillary's maiden name, not her middle name. She simply did not completely drop it after marrying like so many other career-oriented wives do. Her middle name is "Diane". How often has Willie mentioned that? For that matter how many times has he mentioned McCain's middle name "Sidney"? You know damn well he said "Hussein" because of the false Osama implication of the name. It's obvious in his tone and that is why McCain had no choice but to apologize for the comment since it was made at his rally.

As a radio talk show host it's his job to say things that are provacative and that is exactly what he did. I'm just surprised he is on a station owned by Bonneville, one of the nations most conservative companies. His support for McCain doesn't surprise me but his controversal comments seem over the top for a Bonneville property.

(And his immediate shift to supporting Clinton is just comical. After her making such a big deal in last night's debate about Farrakan supporting Obama and Obama's use of the word "denouce" instead of "reject", my first thought was "does she denounce or reject Willie's support?")

At risk of getting this moved to "off the air," Willie said nothing racist. How many presidents can you go back without knowing them also by their middle name? Harry Truman didn't have a middle name so they had to give him the initial. As long as she's called Hillary Rodham, it is fair for him to be called Barack Hussein. This was a Republican event, not a national debate. It was a pep rally and Willie heated up the crowd as asked. McCain didn't approve for his own reasons, but Willie was only doing what he was put there to do. There is nothing racist in stating a man's given name. Its implications are not Willie's fault. The man has baggage with that name and it is wrong to be forced to ignore it and praise the emperor's new clothes.

The extention to this thread may be Willie's value to a new owner. Would Bonneville want that much of that kind of attention?

 

[KFodor]

Okay, get your facts straight. "Rodham" is Hillary's maiden name, not her middle name. She simply did not completely drop it after marrying like so many other career-oriented wives do. Her middle name is "Diane". How often has Willie mentioned that? For that matter how many times has he mentioned McCain's middle name "Sidney"? You know damn well he said "Hussein" because of the false Osama implication of the name. It's obvious in his tone and that is why McCain had no choice but to apologize for the comment since it was made at his rally.

As a radio talk show host it's his job to say things that are provacative and that is exactly what he did. I'm just surprised he is on a station owned by Bonneville, one of the nations most conservative companies. His support for McCain doesn't surprise me but his controversal comments seem over the top for a Bonneville property.

(And his immediate shift to supporting Clinton is just comical. After her making such a big deal in last night's debate about Farrakan supporting Obama and Obama's use of the word "denouce" instead of "reject", my first thought was "does she denounce or reject Willie's support?")

At risk of getting this moved to "off the air," Willie said nothing racist. How many presidents can you go back without knowing them also by their middle name? Harry Truman didn't have a middle name so they had to give him the initial. As long as she's called Hillary Rodham, it is fair for him to be called Barack Hussein. This was a Republican event, not a national debate. It was a pep rally and Willie heated up the crowd as asked. McCain didn't approve for his own reasons, but Willie was only doing what he was put there to do. There is nothing racist in stating a man's given name. Its implications are not Willie's fault. The man has baggage with that name and it is wrong to be forced to ignore it and praise the emperor's new clothes.

The extention to this thread may be Willie's value to a new owner. Would Bonneville want that much of that kind of attention?

Uh...WLW is still owned by Clear Channel. The alleged "sale" to Bonneville is, at this time, only a rumor.

 

[Stuart]

Hello Cincinnati,

If Cincinnati wants to be a "major player" in the Media, some of you have to stop with the BMW (Bitch, Moan, Whine) about Willie! He was told to fire up the crowd and that is exactly what he did. There was no racism, prejudice in any of his statements. If there were, The Revs. Sharpton and Jackson would have already organized the rally. I think you are very lucky to have Willie. So please stop the crying, dry your tears, and hope that Willie does not go to a Major Media City After all, how good is Cincinnati?, your airport is in Kentucky ???

Stuart Greenberg
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (a Medium Media City, without whiners) : ooops, one whiner...John Edwards!

 

[SonoSational18]

OK, after all this, what point was "Willie" trying to make? Was it that because he shared a middle name with a deceased war criminal and despot (along with about half of the male population of the middle east) that he shares his values? Yeah, I do think there was a little subtle racism in play (read: "Don't trust this guy, he's really an A-rab."), but basically it was Cunningham trying to be cute and managed to insert foot in mouth. McCain was right to distance himself from this nonsense. I wonder, though, is "Bill Cunningham" his real name? Maybe someone should start a rumor that Cunningham's middle name is name is Adolph, Benito, or Atilla. But... what would be the point?

 

[brian65]

Hello Cincinnati,

If Cincinnati wants to be a "major player" in the Media, some of you have to stop with the BMW (Bitch, Moan, Whine) about Willie! He was told to fire up the crowd and that is exactly what he did. There was no racism, prejudice in any of his statements.

As has been noted in this thread already...Willy was clearly playing on Obama's middle name as an attempt to associate it with Islamics. Its being done by syndicated hosts and has been for some time.

Willy's statements are being played by the news media now as him playing the race card. McCain and his consultants realized the negative fallout from that and acted immediately. The consultants I have heard so far are stating McCain had no choice than to distance himself from Willy and his comments as it was a McCain event.

What's really interesting is that on the day when everyone in the world would be listening into Willy's show, it was only 5 minutes long because of a broadcast of the Red's first spring training game. Bad luck there.

 

[no respect]

Willie bashers.....lighten up!!!!

 

[kyscott]

I agree that Willie is a master at creating free publicity for himself however saying HUSSEIN is not right. Saddam Hussein was a murderer of people who did not agree with him. The name calling is wrong, and I think McCain realizes that. WLW should be embarrassed for the city of Cincinnati but they are not as it will only create more publicity for them which is sad.

Name calling, IT'S HIS FRIGGIN' NAME! Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. is Barack's legal name. What did Willie do wrong by calling him by his name? BTW, Hillary DID drop her maiden name up until the time Bubba was elected president. Then magically Hillary became hypenated again.

McCain caught some heat from the lamestream press and he buckled. Yea, that's someone we want leading the country.

 

[PROjammer]

Brilliant move on Willie for more, not only local exposure, but now, national exposure.
If I'm WLW and Premiere Radio, I love it.... Bring it on, let's have more controversy.
This means more water cooler talk, more top of mind for WLW. Should help the ratings....
If I'm WUBE and WGRR, I hate it!!!! Willie even gets mentioned on Rush's national show.
MARVELOUS!!!! All this plus CNN & Fox. Daryl Parks is having a GOOD day!

 

[microbob]

I agree that Willie is a master at creating free publicity for himself however saying HUSSEIN is not right. Saddam Hussein was a murderer of people who did not agree with him. The name calling is wrong, and I think McCain realizes that. WLW should be embarrassed for the city of Cincinnati but they are not as it will only create more publicity for them which is sad.

Name calling, IT'S HIS FRIGGIN' NAME! Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. is Barack's legal name. What did Willie do wrong by calling him by his name? BTW, Hillary DID drop her maiden name up until the time Bubba was elected president. Then magically Hillary became hypenated again.

McCain caught some heat from the lamestream press and he buckled. Yea, that's someone we want leading the country.

Yes Hussein is is middle name and nothing more. Why does Willie always bring his middle name up every time he speaks about Obama? If Hilliary was doing the same thing she would be getting heat for it too.