So I'm bicycling around town the other day, listening to the local lefty radio station, and I pedal out from under the signal. One minute Thom Hartmann is there. The next minute he's gone, disappeared into a sea of static.
I own light bulbs with more wattage than that station.
It would be understandable, I guess, had I been biking through the bucolic tranquility of the Republican suburbs with their perfect cul de sacs and perfect people. But no. I was biking through the heart of the inner city, through a neighborhood zoned for light industry and single- and multi-family housing. Median family income: jack-squat.
If anyone needed to hear what Hartmann had to say, it was the folks in this neighborhood. But the best the FCC could do for liberal radio was this gerbil-on-a-wheel-powered signal coming in like Cold War era Radio Free Europe somewhere east of Moscow on a stormy night.
You know why you're getting shitty reception? Because no one wants to hear liberal talk radio. Need an example? Take a look at Air America. They had the backing of some very wealthy people and they drew almost ZERO ratings and made no profit.
It's not hard to understand; Americans are by and far, conservative people. So when we see and hear idiots telling us how we should live our lives, how they know how to better spend our taxes on people who don't deserve it, and how they are intellectually superior, then you wonder why people tune you out?
Perfect example: Take a look around Huffington Post or any other liberal blog out there. They all call Republicans and conservatives "Brain washed", "Mindless patriots", and other nasty names. If it was one or two people, we could chalk that up to fringe members, but this happens all the time by a very large portion of Democrats and liberals.
I'm more then willing to listen and appreciate an opposing viewpoint, but to resort to name calling and a snotty, "I'm smarter then you" attitude, will turn off most everyone.
Travis
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