One thing about conservative talk radio that fascinates me...

[gekeeley]

and boggles my mind is the fact that the hosts somehow get absolutely obsessed with the strangest issues. They make them seem like they are a national crisis and not only that, but they make it seem like anyone who isn't as concerned is a terrorist. When serious issues are actually of concern, these men and women make it their life-purpose to diminish those issues... and make the most bizarre ones FRONT AND CENTER.

Case in point: During the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito, Bill O'Reilly was more concerned with another judge, the judge in Vermont who imposed a fairly lenient sentence on a convicted rapist. Granted, this did deserve some coverage, but for TWO weeks, O'Reilly made this his chief issue. Vermont judge takes precedence over the confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court? Hmm...

Case in point, part deux: This past weekend, while the rest of the country was enthralled by the Dubai World port deal and the US-India nuclear treaty, O'Reilly and his counterparts were at it again... covering these important and influential deals? Nope! Covering the teacher in Colorado we are all rallying behind.

I just don't understand it, anyone care to offer a reasonable explanation other than the fact that they have no good arguments or points to make regarding the real, serious issues, so they find some errant topic out in nobody-cares-land and makes it Code Red on the Terror Threat Level.