It may have been a nightmare, but I thought I had recently heard that Karl Rove was planning to start his own talk radio program - but when I googled the topic, I found no confirmation. However, I did find Rove's homage to Rush Limbaugh in which the conservative talk radio host is characterized as "educating, engaging and energizing" his listeners. Considering many of Limbaugh's "dittohead" fans pride themselves in their slavish repetition of his slogans we might challenge the educational impact of his show.
One point Rove may have is in acknowledging the excesses of "PC" culture, a point liberals should carefully consider. Promotion of tolerance and diversity is one thing but excessive management of language is always wrong and counterproductive - unless you live in Orwell's Oceania!
Though there have been some few liberal talk radio shows like Air America, they seem to have had far less funding and a smaller audience - why might this be so? In spite of the obsessive demonization of liberals, I find that there is very little evidence of an organized "Left" much less any liberal groups as venomous and extreme as those who demonize them. Have I missed the vast left-wing conspiracy? And if so, does the vast right-wing conspiracy still have any traction after so many years of historic incompetence, criminal activity and failed policies like media monopoly, privatization and corporate deregulation?
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It's a funny thing, the way that the left has not been able to successfully brand their message in the same way as have the right. I think it might come from the average leftist's need to overexplain all aspects of an issue, rather than picking a simple slogan (i.e. "Drill, Baby, Drill!") and repeating it relentlessly.
Nonetheless, there are those that approach left-y Limbuaghs - Laura Flanders comes to mind, as did Janene Garafolo, Al Franken, Bill Maher, and certainly Michael Moore Even still, these folks are not able to create a two or three word slogan that captures their main theses.
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