Oh the Humanity Hypocrisy
There is a definite ripeness to Liberal’s crying foul over Rush Limbaugh (yes, I do listen to him and you would discover, as I did, that he is sound in reasoning if you actually listen to him) saying “I hope he fails.” Of course, they take the quote completely out of context – Rush hopes Obama’s liberal policies fail which is very clear when you listen to the segment in which he makes the statement. Anyways… suffice it to say that I would not have brought this up at all if it were not for Fox News having THIS interesting tid-bit.
So James Carville wanted Bush to fail (as did anyone calling for the end the war in Iraq without our first winning it). But today, when it is a Liberal in the Oval Office, it is not OK to wish for the failure of the President. Wasn’t it H. Clinton who said it was patriotic to disagree?
I can hear certain people thinking: “oh… you listens to Limbaugh. No reason to listen to you.” All I can say that is: “So? And what of it?” I am a free thinker and enjoy a good conversation with people I may disagree with, but just because I listen to one particular radio host (full disclosure: I also listen to Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, some NPR and occasionally John and Ken from KFI) rather than the radio host you prefer does not suddenly mean I use a dribble cup and lapse into a hypnotic rapture at the sound of their voice. I chose to listen to the people I listen to because we agree and because I sometimes find they are able to convey certain concepts and ideas better than others or even myself. There is another reason I listen: I know I am not alone in thinking the way I do.
That is one reason why I find the revived talk about the Fairness Doctrine and “media diversifaction” discussions offensive (let alone contrary to the Constitution). There is valid truth to the old saying Divide and Conquer and that is exactly what such measures effectively try to do. Maybe the reason you hear more Conservative voices on Radio is not that there is a lack of Liberal voices, but that more people would rahter listen to the former rather than the latter?
EDIT (March 12th 2009): Wanted to add a link to a Rove article.