Bush, Republicans turn to talk shows for help

[Onlooker]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061025/pl_nm/usa_politics_radio_dc_3

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - American radio talk-show hosts have become frontline warriors in a drive by President George W. Bush and his Republicans to pull off a surprise and maintain control of Congress in November 7 elections.

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"Look, on my radio program today I had the vice president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, Karl Rove, Tony Snow and Dan Bartlett. That's all in one radio show," Hannity told Reuters in an interview.

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The five largest U.S. talk radio shows by audience are all conservative programs with audiences of between 4 million and 14 million people a week, according to trade magazine Talkers. Rush Limbaugh, who declined to be interviewed, has the largest audience, while Hannity is a close second.

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Still, radio hosts are hoping the political activism of their audience will result in another strong Election Day turnout for Republicans. A study by Talkers magazine found 74 percent of talk radio listeners voted in 2004 -- well above the average U.S. election year turnout.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. hannity and his kind asking the probing questions

that will aid the American Citizens in making good decisions in two weeks. So is green still your favorite color Mr president? And karl is the campaign machine revved up? Mr rumsfeld is it true you are a greater christian now then when you started your job as SECDEF?

[janx]

2. Preaching to the choir...

All the talk show hosts in the world cannot undo what Bush has done to this country.

[Born Free]

7. They don't need the votes..

Votes don't matter, they own the machines, they only need an excuse to explain why the unexpected outcome, the rest will become magic....

[Zybelline]

10. we'll see if Provincetown goes GOP ha ha

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Which talkshow hosts were invited and attended? n/t

[anotherdrew]

4. between 4 and 14 million - already made up their minds

they're preaching to the choir.

ya know if thats all the bigger the audience is for the fascist gas-bags I'm done worrying about them, they are insignificant.

[maxrandb]

5. This explains why this country has gone to crap

"74 percent of talk radio listeners voted in 2004 -- well above the average U.S. election year turnout."

There was a study done somewhere recently, that showed that people who got their news from talk radio were the most mis-informed people in the world.

If we continue to have stupid people out-vote reasoned people by a 2-1 margin, we'll continue getting pricks like * in the WH and Santorum in the Senate.

[tanyev]

6. Our Ministry of Truth is more a conglomeration of

eager volunteers than an official governmental department.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. When you have no plan...

When you have no strategy, when your party is plagued by scandal, when you've managed to piss off our International allies and the American public, when soldiers and civilians are dying every day because of a useless war you lied about....

[MGKrebs]

9. That just cheapens those offices.

How can anyone respect those positions as long as they are so clearly held by partisan hacks?

...who are pretty much incompetent to boot.