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[Bob Nelson]

And surely liberal talk radio was very respectful of the most recent GOP president. They
supported him in every way, never called him names or disagreed with his positions...
Yup! Air America loved W, they sure did.

>>Without challenging the Democrat Party (his 
endearing term for them, mostly because it ticks them off), Rush 
has no show...The minute he decides to side with the "enemy," he's 
finished, and he knows it.

I do know that talker Phil Hendrie (syndicated, WTKK) had tried to carve out a notch
of being non-wedded to a certain party or political stripe. He is liberal or
conservative depending on the issues and how things turn out overall, and tries
to rise above more strict-idealogue hosts like Rush, Hannity, or the libtalkers.
And he's entertaining, doing fictional characters as well as talk with real people.

>>Rush is, first, last and every 
place in-between, an entertainer.  He's not a news reporter.  He's 
not a political scientist.  He's a re-purposed disk-jockey...and I don't 
think the GOP sees, at the moment, the danger they put themselves 
in as a force in politics when an entertainer is the best person 
they can find to energize their base.

Though the Left has also tried to energize their base with entertainers.
Remember before Al Franken went into politics? He was a comedian! :)
(And Reagan an actor...Back in the 60s and 70s, "Laugh In" used to do
a "News Of The Future" feature and would get laughs just from Dan
Rowan talking about 'President Ronald Reagan'. Ha, that would never happen eh :)
Maybe Al Franken could run for Prez in '16...? :)