Tweet of the Afternoon #2:

[applegrove]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Their racism, hatred and fear override everything.

They will turn over their country to the most heinous of villains as long as they get white male christian rule.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Their anger is misdirected

They can't figure out the source of their discontent.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. 40 years of Rushbo and 20 years of Fox. Throw in Savage, Levin, Ingraham, O'reilley et al

Objectivity ended a long time ago. Solid bone from ear to ear.

[calimary]

8. Oh MAN, have I really been screaming about that - for that long?

FORTY YEARS of limbaugh - who really broke the ice and led the way for all the rest of the vermin epidemic including all those listed. And I don't know who I want to scream at most at this point: Republicans - who schemed and seeded this in multiple ways, from media ownership to talent development, or Democrats - who either may have noticed something but didn't think it was all that big a deal, or just slept through the whole thing.

I don't know who's at bigger fault here.

The first time I heard limbaugh, my thought was "OY, here's trouble..." Back when I was still working on the radio, I remember telling friends that this worried me and that I suspected it could be the beginning of something really bad cuz this guy was glib and compelling to listen to, and listeners could really be taken in. And nobody else seemed all that bothered about it or took it as a serious threat. NOBODY.

And NOBODY actively supported a counter-push from Air America - which was about all we had back then, to argue the opposite points and push back on limbaugh & co. They had the airwaves pretty much to themselves - and when Air America folded, they had the whole ballgame to themselves, especially since owners could stack the deck at the local level with limbaugh clones of all shapes and sizes.

Pandora's box was opened. And the lid had soon been pried off, completely, and thrown away. And by now, it's been allowed to metastasize into a cancer that is now actively threatening to kill our democracy.

I have to work a lot harder to be hopeful these days.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Same here. First heard him in 89. First reaction: Who is this ass___???

presidential medal of freedumb from the Orange Chosen One. And trivialized, ridiculed by most if not all on the left . Except the GOP base who revered him, and all that spawned forth using his model.

[calimary]

14. I remember the hair raising on the back of my neck when I first heard him.

And all too soon, it wasn't just him. He sprouted clones and me-too's and other opportunistic infections all over the airwaves.

Back when I was just getting started in radio, there was Joe Pine and Ray Briem - and many of us just laughed at them because they were cartoon-conservatives. That crank Ray Briem ended every show with "Don't give up the Panama Canal!" Just real eye-rollers like that. Calling them cranks was kind. What they actually were: demon seeds. They begat a guy like limbaugh. And he quite literally TOOK it from there.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Other than Air America was there ever a counter? He was on Armed Forces Radio fcs. This was no small

Bit of propoganda. and Pence filled in for Ingraham as guest host.

[Captain Zero]

21. There are the shows from Pacifica Radio

Seems like stations in larger Midwest towns and cities could try programming with some of these. Broadcast them out to the two stoplight towns and farms. It would be worth a try with stations already ratings challenged. We could even gofundme seed some of them?

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Democracy Now is a great program. I wonder how Pacifica broadens their reach?

[calimary]

25. Not really. Air America was the main one.

And it was starved to death.

Rachel Maddow got a big boost from there, though. So it wasn’t a total loss. And Thom Hartmann had a vehicle for awhile, too.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Franken, Sirota, and I loved Randi Rhodes. Mark Marin. Sam Seder. There were others as well

It was a good lineup

[calimary]

34. And Stephanie Miller in the morning!

[Evolve Dammit]

35. It really was good. We lost a voice that should have grown in its reach. dang

[OMGWTF]

13. Dems need to advertise on Spanish-speaking radio stations

I know the answer to your question -- which is worse? The Rethuglikkklans of course. They're the ones making the constant chaos and messes the Dems have to clean up. There are a few bad Dems, and the best thing we can do is make them irrelevant.

[calimary]

15. YES. Where's the advertising budget? Have they started buying time yet?

Shit - we've got midterm elections coming up in less than six months. WHERE are the commercials? On TV and radio both!

[CrispyQ]

27. Suggesting that the dems are partly responsible for the mess we're in isn't a popular opinion,

but I totally agree.

My mother was a JFK democrat. She called the republicans the party of big money & said that democrats better represented working class people. Then in her fifties she got a (blue collar) job where they listened to Limbaugh all afternoon, every afternoon, & in about 18 months she was a changed person. Angry, filled with hate toward minorities & uppity women because they were the ones ruining America. That's how I was introduced to Rush Limbaugh & I thought the same thing you did—this isn't going to be good.

We should have hired George Lakoff when he published "Don't Think of an Elephant," but it's too late now. The repubs have more successfully defined our side than we have. Tax & spend democrats. Weak on immigration democrats. Socialists. Baby killers. And our side is like crickets.

[calimary]

29. Oh Lordy! I've DREAMED about the Dems bonding with George Lakoff!

What the hell is the matter with them? And WHY don’t they get how MASSIVELY important MESSAGING is?????

Sorry. My dad was a salesman. I grew up with sloganeering and salesmanship. May seem trivial and “eeeuw, shouldn’t we be above such things?” But the answer is “NO!” And not just a simple “no,” but a NO, DAMMIT!!!

Dammit! I ache with frustration about this! I’ve been tearing my hair for years about this! WHEN are the Dems gonna wake up and smell the coffee on this?????? The bad guys are good at it. REALLY good at it. And they’ve been spending their time and money building delivery systems for it also. And while they’ve been busy as bees, building this infrastructure, OUR team has been asleep! And IF they’re awake they’re busy turning their noses up at the whole idea and rolling their eyeballs at how low-brow and pedestrian it is. They just don’t get it!

WHEN will they start getting it?????

But - IS it too late? I don’t think so. But we Dems better jump on this with both feet, right NOW. NOT just think about it or talk about it or consider it. Actually GET IN there and DO it.

[BSdetect]

3. The Cognitive Dissonance is superglued to so many.

[bringthePaine]

4. hmmm, something about insanity shown by endless repetition while expecting different results...

[Traildogbob]

6. Todd Snider

Long title, great freakin song. Made it a priority to learn. My dogs love it. Have to read the room to play in public.
“Conservative, Christian, Right wing Republican, Straight white American Male”
I’m the “Tree hugging, peace lovin, pot smoking, porn lovin, hippie” he sings of.
Check it out. Todd is my favorite singer songwriter, story teller.

[calimary]

17. I BET you have to read the room to play in public!

If you don't, THESE days, you're liable to take your life in your hands (AND theirs, too)!

[Traildogbob]

22. Yea

I Live in Meadows/Cawthorn district. Guns ring out around the Mtns all day everyday. I have to play it low volume sitting on my porch or in the back yard. I can counter with Charlie Daniels’ “Long Haired country boy” or, Skynards “Mississippi Kid” about guns or their “God and Guns”. Actually will not play that shut song.) If those don’t stop the shootin at me I can do my acoustic version of Free Bird. Damn….if that don’t work, guess I will just do John Prine, “Please don’t Bury me in the cold cold ground”.

[chillfactor]

7. and sadly

they will never wake up to those facts.

[YoshidaYui]

10. The party of Hate

Has got to hate!

[Stuart G]

16. Repeat..."The party of Hate" Totally True! ... "Has Been, Is Now, WILL ALWAYS BE!!!!

[cloudboy07]

11. the party of stupidity! hell of a platform guy's ?????

[Mr. Evil]

12. And they worship a spoiled rotten rich kid from New York City.

How 'bout that Southern Heritage!

[Cha]

19. Yeah, WAKE UP!

💙💛

[Martin Eden]

20. They behave stupidly, then get angry when someone points out their stupidity

That results in more stupidity in a vicious cycle of stupitude.

[SheltieLover]

24. K&R!

[ck4829]

26. K&R

[DENVERPOPS]

28. Lyndon Johnson's quote

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”


― Lyndon B. Johnson

[Martin68]

30. Yup.

[bringthePaine]

32. too fucking stupid to know or care how stupid works

[milestogo]

33. In short, the problem is that you are too stupid to vote in your own interest.