Evil Talk Radio

Although the Dems have yet to show how "right wing" talk radio is responsible (as they claimed in 1995) for the Oklahoma City bombing (which indeed may have had Iraqi involvement - hardly a key Limbaugh audience), Yahoo! Tom Daschle is back at it.

He claims that "What happens when (radio talk show host) Rush Limbaugh attacks those of us in public life is that people aren't satisfied just to listen," the South Dakota Democrat explained. "They want to act because they get emotionally invested. And so, you know, the threats to those of us in public life go up dramatically, on our families and on us, in a way that's very disconcerting."

The logical thing to do would be to clamp down on idiots. But that would hardly do (Democrat voter joke deleted for purposes of civil conversation). But no - it's conservative dissent he's after.

And I loved this one:

If entertainment becomes so much a part of politics and if that entertainment drives an emotional movement in this country among some people who don't know the difference between entertainment and politics, and who are then so energized to go out and hurt somebody, that troubles me about where politics in America is going," Daschle said

So all those Democrats who have been shuffling around since 2000 claiming that Josh Bartlett is the real president should change their tone. Right, Senator Daschle?

Oh, Lord, I'm glad he's from South Dakota.

Posted by Mitch at November 21, 2002 06:37 AM