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Via [livejournal.com profile] cjrcampaigndesk, this quote made my head hurt like someone drove an icicle into my frontal lobe:

"Mrs. Schiavo's life is not slipping away -- it is being violently wrenched from her body in an act of medical terrorism."
At this point, Tom DeLay could be caught in bed with Michael Jackson and a young boy, and the GOP would STILL cover his ass.

Anyway, read the whole thing at CJR.  It's all good.

Date: 2005-03-22 12:33 pm (UTC)
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The concept of "know your enemy." It's marginally easier to deal with people who get their "news" spoonfed from talk-radio sources if you're familiar with what exactly it is they've been spoonfed in a given week.

On a good day, it's actually got humor value; I can drive along and let loose a few Frankenesque "LLLLLLLLLLLIAR!" chants in time with the bullshit on the radio. Bob Grant on WOR is even better for this, as he's (a) not QUITE as 110%-pro-Bush (though he's 120% as racist) as most of the others and (b) gets delightfully agitated when callers aren't drinking the Kool-Aid.

The flip side is that drive-time radio in Philly is simply nonexistent. Music radio in the burbs doesn't exist, as the college radio stations have a range of fifteen feet, and even the sports-talk station has Howard Eskin as their drive-time guy (the swarmiest prick on earth).

Once in a while, Grant will be on vacation and they'll have a guy named Lionel fill in. Lionel is somewhat of an iconoclast and tends to put forth LIBERAL opinions on a regular basis, so it's a rare treat when he gets going. The callers' audible confusion at hearing something different is charming.

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