"...in Minnesota, peoples' families are off limits"

Pity then that this happened in Illinois.

Mitch- I heard parts of Coleman's show today as well as Wilde's hilarious attempt to demonstrate conservative bias in the Star Tribune. Yes, she was completely serious. I had the exact same thought about Morgan Grams. Yeah, the Strib really let ol' Rod off the hook for his son's behavior back then, didn't they?

In some ways, Wilde is actually more out there than Coleman, and thus even more entertaining to listen to (and laugh at).

The best part of Coleman's show was when he talked about how dissent has almost been extinguished in America (this from a guy with a daily two hour radio show and thrice weekly columns in the dominant newspaper in town) and when caller after caller defended Howard Dean and asked for more of the same from him. I couldn't agree with them more. Bring him on.

The Morgan Grams episode lasted from about June 2000 right through the election. In the newspapers, on the radio, and on TV.

The Hatch chicks have gotten very limited coverage, but what HAS come out is terribly interesting. One of the bimbos actually thought that telling the police or the bar staff that she was the daughter of the Minnesota Attorney General had some merit.

That the Hatch chicks are showing is how they were raised: Conceited, not listening to authorities, believing they are more important than anyone else.

Just like Daddy. Just like Mike.

I'm one of those Air America listeners who find listening to the enemy more entertaining than hearing my own opinions voiced over and over again on AM1500. What i've noticed is a huge difference in conservative vs liberal radio. Check out AM1500 or 1280 and you'll hear plain facts and figures and when discussing comments by a politician you'll hear logical arguements picking apart the comments. On Air America I hear the Jerry Springer show of talk radio, nothing but name calling and lie this and lie that without a substantial arguement proving the claims they make. Sure it makes for my morning entertainment but its transparent that the left has no real arguement so they have Nick and Wendy to act Shrill to get the union advertising money.

From what I recall, the Grams kid wasn't on good terms with his dad...and was basically getting into trouble to undercut his dad. It was only fair that the media drag that out for months on the airwaves and in the press. After all, just because Rod hadn't been involved much with the kid for years doesn't mean we shouldn't blame him for his kid's actions.

The Hatch girls, on the other hand, were rich, spoiled, drunken brats, trying to use their Dad's name to get out of trouble.

It figures that the liberal media would side with the rich, spoiled drunken brats, doesn't it?

I will say that as long as Mike Hatch didn't do anything unethical (e.g. using your political position to get your kids out of trouble), that he shouldn't be blamed for his kids' actions. He should be judged on the merits of his job performance...so he should be canned.

I do think Hatch has behaved ethically, from what we've seen.

As to Grams - well, there we're seeing a failure of the family court system. I'm not sure of the nature of Grams' uninvolvement; if it was voluntary, that's pretty lame. If it was because his ex took the kids and moved and left him in an untenable situation - not so much.

It happens a lot.

If the Strib is a right-wing paper, North Korea's state-run news service must be right about at the center. So what's on the left?

"Check out AM1500 or 1280 and you'll hear plain facts and figures and when discussing comments by a politician you'll hear logical arguements..."

I take it you've never heard Laura Ingraham or Michael Medved...

Tim,

The fact that you think Medved does not argue logically tells me you've never listened to him yourself.

Medved usually lets his liberal guest hang themselves. What I like about Medved, is that his callers are usually oppositional, and when they make a valid point, he acknowledges it.

Air America hosts rarely take callers, and when they do, they appear to be heavily screened. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the show actually calls the listeners at there homes.

Tim,

James and Rick pretty well made the point for me; there is probably no bigger a stickler for facts anywhere in talk radio than Medved.

Ingraham is not as good, but she is certainly more logical and factual than anyone on FrankenNet.

It's talk radio - and on both sides it's over the top. That's the medium.

I know the medium, Eva - I've done a bit, perhaps you've heard.

But if one can't see the difference between mindless echo-chamberlains like Eddie Schultz or Al Franken (or Mike Gallager) and Medved or Hewitt, then one should pay more attention.

Pushing buttons is part of the medium. But pushing them with fact and a nod to logical argument is one thing; pushing them with innuendo and unfocused anger is another.

My friend, Shelley, is a Legal Aid lawyer. I'm an NRA Life Member. We couldn't be further apart politically. But we found common ground recently.

She won't read the Strib because it's too conservative. I won't read it because it's too liberal.

We both agree -- we won't read the Strib.

See, we all really CAN get along!
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My friend, Shelley, is a Legal Aid lawyer. I'm an NRA Life Member. We couldn't be further apart, politically, but we found common ground recently. Neither of us reads the Strib.

True, the reason she won't read it is because it's too conservative, and the reason I won't read it is because it's too liberal; still, we're in agreement -- we won't read the Strib.

See, we all really CAN get along!
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What the . . . .?

If I try to posts but get an "Internal Server Error" and when "refresh" shows my comment wasn't posted, then how come the original comment shows up AFTER I've retyped and reposted the damned thing?

Is this thing on?
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What the . . . .?

If I try to posts but get an "Internal Server Error" and when "refresh" shows my comment wasn't posted, then how come the original comment shows up AFTER I've retyped and reposted the damned thing?

Is this thing on?
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I have no idea why the comments work (or not) as they do (or don't). I should fix it, if I can figure out how.

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