"Larry Ozarow" wrote in message
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The number I saw for Limbaugh is about 14 million. Certainly
higher, but considering that he's the keystone of conservative
talk radio, 2/3 of his number is hardly as pathetic as you
seemed to be implying.


I didn't know NPR numbers were that high, but NPR numbers will be an
important target in judging Franken's or any other Air America's host's
success.


I agree that Franken is not so hot so far, but honestly to
me it sounds like he's just trying to imitate Limbaugh's
style.

When Limbaugh started, he sounded as if he were imitating some of Top 40's
best DJs. Larry Lujack and Dick Biondi come to mind. I'm sure Limbaugh
made his brand of conservatism seem fun to alot of people who never thought
of conservatism as fun before.

I think there are liberals who could do a better Limbaugh. Maybe Air
America should have given a spot to Howard Hessman and let him redo Dr.
Johnny Fever, this time with topics rather than records.

I gather that you are fairly conservative. I'm pretty
liberal - so to me most right wing radio sounds pretty
boring as well. Bush-bashing is certainly more entertaining
to me than Clinton or Rodham/Clinton-bashing.

Right wing radio has become pretty boring. They seem to get much of their
material straight from the Republican party now. Still, some of the right
wing hosts do show flashes of personality and non-putdown humor, not to
mention topic changes.

I don't know what Air America is up to. They seem to be programming for the
small sliver of Bush bashers. It's as if a Top 40 station found some of the
listeners really really really really really like to hear "Stairway to
Heaven", so they play it over and over and over and over and over.



At least the left wing commentators don't
harp on Richard Nixon the way right-wingers continue to
bring up his opposite number from the 60's - Jane Fonda.
One man's red meat is another's crapola, or whatever.



Jane Fonda's war time activities weren't much of an issue back when she was
doing movies and excercise videos. Sure, there was some grumbling, but
nothing like it is now. The real attacks on Jane Fonda were started by
Republicans when she started politicing and fundraising for the Democratic
party. And no one has ever given partisan attack dogs a fuller bowl of red
meat than Jane Fonda. I can't think of any other US political activist who
has been photographed on an enemy anti-aircraft gun.

Nixon was a non-factor in the political wars after his resignation.

Frank Dresser