I'm gonna need more than a pot of tea to get through that.

"We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat."

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fortinbras wrote:

Defeat?  Landslide victories in elections for the house and senate for conservatives in November, its more like seppuku for those who voted for it.

Yeah Forti Just turn it up and we can get down to what is really wrong with this country.

Turn it up, turn it up, little bit higher radio
Turn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soul

The real leaders are on TV and radio, and they have very different imperatives from people in government. Talk radio thrives on confrontation and recrimination. When Rush Limbaugh said that he wanted President Obama to fail, he was intelligently explaining his own interests. What he omitted to say – but what is equally true – is that he also wants Republicans to fail. If Republicans succeed – if they govern successfully in office and negotiate attractive compromises out of office – Rush’s listeners get less angry. And if they are less angry, they listen to the radio less, and hear fewer ads for Sleepnumber beds.

So today’s defeat for free-market economics and Republican values is a huge win for the conservative entertainment industry. Their listeners and viewers will now be even more enraged, even more frustrated, even more disappointed in everybody except the responsibility-free talkers on television and radio. For them, it’s mission accomplished. For the cause they purport to represent, it’s Waterloo all right: ours.

As for me, I have got silence on my radio.
Let the airwaves flow.

fortinbras wrote:

Defeat?  Landslide victories in elections for the house and senate for conservatives in November, its more like seppuku for those who voted for it.

Tell you what:  You just hold your breath until that glorious November morning, why dontcha.