‘Virtual radio row’ no help in killing health care

The House passed the health care bill with a public option Saturday night with a comfy two-vote margin. This, after everything plus money was thrown at it from insurance lobbyists and Republicans.

It’s a huge victory for Speaker Nancy Pelosi who wrangled the votes like a pro in the face of opponents who had everything except enough votes.

Talk radio was little help in the effort.

Wednesday, House Republicans held a “virtual radio row” to bring their message of “die quickly” to the folks at home by availing more than 40 Republican members of Congress to speak with 20 right-wing radio hosts, and 25 bloggers.

According to Talkers magazine, "This is the third such 'virtual' radio row (so-called because the radio hosts aren't physically gathered in one location) the House Republican Conference has organized this year."

The effort was not fruitful, because the power of the right-wing media is exaggerated by their own reporting, and the GOP failed to get anyone but 2nd-tier talkers. (OK, they got Bill Bennett...) 

Where was the touted clout of the tea-baggers, and the talk radio right? Those "gums of August" that scared hell out of timid Congessmen last summer?  They may be getting a potent (single digit) audience share, but in real politics, as Michael Medved wrote last week: “… that segment of the electorate remains an irrelevant and non-viable fringe factor.”

Comments

[Lucas Foxx]

Joanie, they don't understand crazy talk like that. If they didn't have people putting words in their mouths, they'd have nothing to say.

[Unionless]

Was anyone talking to you two fuckups. Get lost.

[Drew]

Aren't you missing out on some juicy propaganda, piped directly into your hut by the Fixed News Official Con Teleprompter? I guess that, since Bushler left the White House to move into his safe all-white enclave in Houston, the Murdoch talking points have to be directed somewhere else now.

[Coiler]

They're standing on the sidelines critiquing someone who wants to push the for-profit health care system out of the ditch while their side refuses to get out and help. They are pro-failure just like they were during Katrina. The gop has no plan.

[AuthenticAndrew]

As Alan Grayson might say, the GOP apply a single elegant solution to every problem: Don't Spend Money.

[Drew]

A common line: "I'd love to hear your sob story about no job and no health insurance, but I'm late to teach my Sunday School class"

[Puget Sound]

Aren't you missing out on some juicy propaganda, piped directly into your hut by the Fixed News Official Con Teleprompter? I guess that, since Bushler left the White House to move into his safe all-white enclave in Houston, the Murdoch talking points have to be directed somewhere else now.

Posted by: Drew | November 09, 2009 at 08:57 AM

LMAO...yes Drew, I am sure up here in the Puget Sound you really live in a 'diverse' community.
How's the Lutefisk?

And how tiresome to make the Hitler references to Bush. It's such an insult to the real victims of the holocaust to make even veiled references such as 'Bushler' et al...

[mrogi]

29 Democrats voted against the healthcare bill. Obama's biggest enemies are not Republicans. His agenda is threatened by the Benedict Arnolds within his own Party.

[Coiler]

It still passed. You guys will spend more time punishing one republican than coming up with any reasonable plan. The people will take care of the blue dogs. Our side is winning...

[Drew]

Ahh, ya may be right, putzy...even the Nazis allowed the Red Cross to visit those held in German POW camps. So you feel pretty good about the banners your GOP friends carried at the teabaggin' rallies, showing holocaust victims, and making a comparison of that to health care reform? You're either going to ignore that, which is the same as a Boner endorsement of that kind of imagery at your gatherings, or some of you can take a public stand for decency. Unless your party doesn't let you speak out of turn...

[Puget Sound]

yep drew
i think it is ridiculous to use the Nazi or Stalin rhetoric to score political points here in the united states.
so now that i agreed with your point how about you dropping the 'bushler' reference?

[Drew]

No, you didn't agree with me on this one, so you're not off the hook. The oil-president was the same guy who snickered while he signed the orders to put a mentally retarded man to death, but the rest of the world was stunned and shocked. How 'bout you asking when the Bushler will be coming forward with Che Ney to discuss their joint roles in lying to get us into a war? Or about their clear manipulation of media resources, particularly, but not limited to, Fox News, for political gain (remember that whole Gannon/Guckert fiasco? And an implant named Armstrong Williams?). His White House deleting thousands of emails that could implicate them in several different crimes, a criminal act in itself. He abandoned tens of thousands in New Orleans for weeks during a natural disaster he had several days to prepare for, but enjoyed cake and good times with McCain while people were drowning.
Your redemption is on the very distant horizon, but you've got some foot miles ahead of you to get there.

[Puget Sound]

so you think it is acceptable to equate Bush with Hitler or Stalin?

really?

[Puget Sound]

cause, if you do insist on equating Bush to Hitler or Stalin then you are pretty much at the same level as those Teabaggers you deride...

hmmm, it's interesting what we learn about ourselves... LMAO

[Coiler]

Then you'll morph into your "you want fries with that" shit that you pull on AA. Sorry, Puget but the "both sides to it too" doesn't apply.

[chucks]

A mentally retarded killer is still a killer (even one that feigns retardedness) so fuck him.
He got what he bought and paid for.
Hopefully the libtards judges will shut the fuck up and let John Allen Muhammad be put down tomorrow night. I know the poor fellow is black and has a muslim sounding middle name, but wtf, he to should get what he bought and paid for.
Besides, it helps reduce the uninsured. Do enough of them and all of your perceived problems are solved.

[Puget Sound]

coiler
why can't you answer a simple question?

[Unionless]

First AuthenticAHole, now Coiler it seems the questions you are asking Puget Sound are much too difficult for them to answer. Sort of par for the course when you debate with the liberal progressive dittoheads.

[sparky]

Well now, there is a familiar suckup!

[Zulu]

The Cons play Cronos in this Greek play, and try to voraciously eat their own.
Joseph Cao rebukes the cons

Scozzafava, a warning to non-crazies

Some white GOP 'scared of me'

[GrandMa]

Those links show where the GOP is these days.

[Constitution hound]

Those links you snow are perverted half-truths, pinko Granny and neo-commie Zulu.

Go share that with Horsesass.com

[Bill The Cat]

Huh KS, are you goofy? Are you saying Cao didn’t vote against the republicans? Are you saying the Scozzafava stratagem is not the model the cons are using? And come on, some white GOPers are in agreement.

[Constitution hound]

Bill the cat - why are you a racist ?

[Catlover]

Ok KS, I have read the thread. Is this strange Knock knock joke? How is Bill the Cat a racist? Or are you projecting?

[joanie]

Stephanie Miller had a good one today: The Rethuglicans answer to health care: Oh, god. Don't die.

I sure have respect for Kucinich. He is authentic and honest. Obama's a disappointment. I will say that. Perhaps just too inexperienced, He compromised too much too early.

As for putsie, no one want's to get into your circular conversations. We've learned. It is futile. Keep impressing your crew: mrogi, unionless, chux, and ks. That's the level of your rhetoric.

As for both sides? I didn't know there were two sides to dying. Seems like the rest of the first world agrees with me about that. Two sides? First world vs. third world? I don't consider that two sides. Sorry.

And what isn't going well for me? Are you imagining things again?

And chux. You just relish the opportunity to attack another muslim, don't you. Wouldn't matter what he did or why? Just another opportunity to parrot Rush and his put downs. You support killing thousands every day. What's so different about this one?