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Report: Laura Ingraham to Leave Talk Radio … For Now

Nov. 27, 2012 12:14pm Becket Adams

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham is off the air — at least temporarily.

She said Tuesday that she’s leaving her distributor, Talk Radio Network, after more than nine years because her contract is up. Ingraham said she is in discussions with other distributors about her show, which currently airs on 325 stations nationally.

Talkers magazine says the conservative Ingraham is the most-listened to woman on radio, with an estimated 5.75 million listeners a week. Talkers said that ranks her among the top eight radio hosts overall.

In the meantime, she said she’ll keep her opinions flowing on her website, on Twitter, and during Fox News Channel appearances.

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Gonzo
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:02pm
Let her have the 8:00 slot on FNC and let Billy O. sell books full time

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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:21pm
  Better yet, let Bill go to once a night and let her have her own show. She does a great job when she sits in. Fox News doesn’t need to repeat their shows. They could let others have a voice like Laura or maybe even West. If they didn’t repeat, they would have even more tune in.
  
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- For my Liberty!
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:23pm
  THAT is a GOOD Idea–SICK of O’reilly… Orrrrr…she can go to Patriot Radio….along with Mark Levin, Beck, Wilcow and the rest of them…..would love to hear her on there!
  
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- tankyjo
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:28pm
  You’re on a roll today dude!
  
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- BikerMickAG
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 3:42pm
  Give her the 11:00PM slot rather than beginning the repeat cycle, then when Bill decides to retire, move her right into the 8:00PM slot. Start bringing in some additional fresh young conservative talent rather than repeating, they’ve got the room in their weekday/weekend schedules!
  
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- oxycontinxx
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:06pm
  split oreilly’s time slot……………30 min for bill and 30 min for laura
  
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- Desert Dog
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:18pm
  O’Ego needs to go. Got tired of him a couple of years ago. The cartoon network is better than he is. Laura SHOULD get his spot.
  
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- Larry E
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 6:23pm
  What, you don’t like the nightly back slapping and book peddling? A little self promotion is one thing, but he goes WAY over the top most of the time.
  
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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 7:21pm
  Agreed, get rid of O’Reilly. He’s a liberal hack.
  
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- Central washington
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 9:22pm
  Great idea Gonzo,,, I am getting tired of BOR and I also get irritated when he calls his guests by their last names all the time. Wonder if we could email FOX about this suggestion?
  
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- SILAS
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 10:12pm
  That’s right guys-keep channeling all that negative energy. You all sound like Paulbots. I hate this, I hate that, this guy sucks that gal sucks…maybe some day you will wake up and the Sun will follow you around all day and you will be able to throw away that unbrella for good. Get over it….not part of the solution? You are the problem…..
  
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- November28
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:02am
  Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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lketchum
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:01pm
Before it is over, all professionals and producers in our economy will simply “Shrug.”

Countless professionals, including myself, are simply going to stop producing. We’re sick and tired of breaking our backsides, only to be vilified, taxed and lambasted at every turn by a largely uniformed and uninspired populace and its feckless leaders.

We’ve re-re-named Ayn’s book back to its original title: “The Strike”, and count on it, we’re not coming back until the fat lady not only sings, but is able to fit into a size four dress.

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- Rational Man
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:15pm
  And your post relates to Laura Ingraham….how?
  Are you saying Laura is fat and needs to lose weight?
  
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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:23pm
  Sounds like you are just repeating your comment from another story. I don’t blame you for wanting to get your message out, but you really should make it relative to the story.
  
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Brainmuffin
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:50pm
Perhaps she and Savage can start their own network.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:01pm
  Neither Beck or Levin is on in Atlanta anymore either. The station that aired him went to a spanish language sports talk format of all things. Rush was picked up by another station.
  
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- nonofmybiznez
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:27pm
  Gonzo, try listening to them online. Beck is on http://www.iheart.com/#/live/3282/?autoplay=true
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 3:01pm
  I do Non, but it’s unbelieveable to me that neither of them are listenable in my car. This is conservative country down here, dang nab it!
  
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- booger71
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 3:11pm
  That is why i have XM radio
  
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lefty5005
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:37pm
Heck, we don’t even need talk radio anymore. All of them are preaching to the choir. This election was nothing more than a repeat of 2008 despite Limbaugh, Hannity, Levine and all the rest of them, conservative or liberal preaching like a southern Baptist minister everyday. The talk radio shows are getting so boring anyway, I might as well go watch the grass grow or paint dry. The conservative guys did absolutely nothing to change one vote for the other side, the same for liberals. The only thing that will change America from it’s present state is an unprecedented event of some sorts that forces action that affects 300 million Americans….negatively. Until we are all on the same page with equal misery and suffering it’s the status quo. We know the wrong side is in charge, what are we going to do about it?

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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:01pm
  I enjoy talk radio much more then I do the msm tv news. What should have been done was more of the people should have got out and voted. If there was any fraudulent balloting then someone higher then me will take care of them. Let just hope the future looks brighter then it does now.
  
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- Crazyotto
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 5:53pm
  Force Obama to raise taxes on all Americans.. make everyone suffer what it is like to really live under a Socialists regime. Allow his policies to drive gas to $6.00 a gallon. Allow unemployment to rise to 15% and higher. Take away the internet, cable tv, ration food stuffs. Then trot out Obama surrogates like Jaimie Fox, no talent politicians like Durban, Debbie WS, Reid and the rest asking everyone to give more … then you will see a change.. only then
  
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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 7:26pm
  If taxes go up and no deal is reached, the media will blame the Republicans, not Obama. Who will our dumbed down population believe? The propagandists in the MSM that do Obama’s bidding. I enjoy watching Rand Paul going on the attack on this, though. Let’s see the Democrats’ plan. What spending cuts are they going to offer? Republicans are always expected to compromise their principles. It’s about time the Democrats stepped up and did some compromising of their own.
  
  Don’t worry, though, RINOs like Lindsey Graham will vote to raise taxes, then the Republicans in South Carolina will vote for him over his primary opponent and reward him for behaving like a Democrat.
  
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- just happy
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 11:56pm
  the 18 -40 age group are mostly lost to constitutional values. they are the second generation not taught true Americanism and true history. I am 68 so MY kids are in the 40 to 50 group and they got it from what we parents lived but not from the schools. and now the 18-40s got none of it because we didn’t teach it to their parents, their parents just got what rubbed off from us living it, so they are really lost. We all need to get educated and enthusiastic and confident enough to start a church group or adult ED group or just a library reading group and facilitate the study of AMERICANISM and TRUE Complete American History. there are tons of organizations with good material at reasonable prices , and YOU CAN do it. for starters check out National Center for Constitutional Studies [NCCS] , Godonomics. Shawn Krauser, JBS, Hillsdale College, Constituting America -. NCCS has very generous bulk purchase prices. $9.95 cd’s are a buck or two each if you buy 10 or more; 5ooo year leap is just 5 or 10 bucks if you buy a bunch. Good Luck and God Bless. Ronald Regan warned us to teach it to our kids and we failed.Time to get going. connect up on freedom connector or some refounders or TEA Party Patriots on facebook.You are the TEA party.
  
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- gandalf1g
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:37am
  There are Millions of us who listen to talk radio for 10-12 hrs a day. You can listen while you work. I remember the first time I ever heard Limbaugh. It was in the 80s in New York. Then I found him in Chicago. It was so refreshing to find out that I wasnt the only one who thought that way.
  Ingraham is Great. She has a really fuzzy set. She is starting to pick up the bad habit that Hannity has of talking over people. I prefer a conversation, but sometimes you have to end the talking point crap and propaganda. Ill miss her. I would actually rather listen to her then Hannity. Hows that for heresy.
  
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djohn78
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:36pm
I would love to see her sign with The Blaze Radio Network. She’d be a perfect fit!

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- Nanny
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:00pm
  I was going to suggest Blaze Radio as well, also Blaze TV. Laura move to Dallas.
  
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- lovegbeckandtheblaze
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:46pm
  to djohn78 — ditto. Love Laura, she would also be great on FNC as a regular. Regarding some of the posts about O’Reilly….I really like him; however, he does interrupt too much. Laura handles him so well when he does this (if you have ever noticed their interviews together).
  
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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 5:14pm
  I will second that.
  
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RIGS
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:19pm
A FIRST CLASS LADY that is very very informative on politics and is right 99% of the time. Hope she comes back soon.

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- single stack
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:36pm
  Dr Vel,
  
  No, I’m not. She won’t shut up. She asks an interminable question and then as soon as the interviewee starts talking she starts in talking over them and won’t even let them complete a sentence. It’s infuriating.
  
  And I’ve never listened to O’Reilly. I’ve seen him on the TV at my mother’s house and I think he’s a douchebag.
  
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- lovegbeckandtheblaze
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:52pm
  @rigs — I agree with you l00%. Class is exactly how I would describe Laura….gonna miss her. But I am sure she will still show up on FNC from time to time…..
  
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bloomytoad
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:07pm
I can not listen to her, no matter if I agree with her or not. Her voice is so horrible, I have no idea how she ever got a radio gig. Add in her annoying sighing and she is completely unlistenable.

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- scheelski
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:17pm
  I know we are always tending to be cynical, but I wonder if her illness has returned and she needs some time off to deal with it exclusively. I enjoy her very much and wish you good health and a return to the airwaves.
  
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- single stack
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:18pm
  I can’t listen to her either. She’s the worst interviewer in the world.
  On the occasions when I do listen to her show I can only handle a few minutes at a time. Any time she interviews someone I have to turn it off or I’ll start screaming at the radio, “Shut the **** up and let ‘em speak!”
  
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- Rational Man
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:32pm
  I clicked on this page to pretty much say the same things as you guys. Laura is on the right side of the issues, generally speaking, imo. But I can’t listen to her for very long, if at all. Listening to her is akin to putting up with a nagging wife that has a voice like that woman on “The Nanny”, Fran Drescher. Just shoot me! I can’t stand her demeanor in interviews either. She seems to be a great person and I hope she is in the best of health and not having any health issues.
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:43pm
  single stack “I can’t listen to her either. She’s the worst interviewer in the world.
  On the occasions when I do listen to her show I can only handle a few minutes at a time. Any time she interviews someone I have to turn it off or I’ll start screaming at the radio, “Shut the **** up and let ‘em speak!””
  
  You are confusing her with Bill O’ Reilly. He does that always. She sounds wonderful.
  
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- Brainmuffin
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:49pm
  I have the same reaction to her voice, as well as, Hannity’s.
  
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- wzanesdad
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:58pm
  Yoiu guys need to check the reception on your radios……I love her..voice and all.
  
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- Tarantulas
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:06pm
  Agreed here too. I used to listen to her on one of the Phoenix radio stations, but only for a few minutes at a time. So much of her show was filled with fluff and nonsense. She used to have a segment called the “but monkey of the day.” It was someone she didn’t like who used “but” in a sentence, and she had the sound of a monkey screaming at least twice during the clip. And she would always take the time to make fun of an enemy’s name or **** or clothing, something that no one but her could care about. I don’t understand why she has been on the air for as long as she has, with all the extraneous stuff in the show.
  
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shogun459
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:06pm
Have her as a guest on The Blaze TV while she’s not under contract and see what happens.

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- piper60
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:15pm
  They could put her on Blaze radio right after Jay.
  
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Shaqfuey
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:56pm
This happened several years ago during her last contract negotiations – we had Lars Larson for a couple months as a fill-in host. I’m sure there will be competition for her services.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:25pm
  OMG! When we lived in Oregon we would sometimes listen to Lars Larson. That man is just horrible! He was always shilling for this or that, and made rude comments about those he opposes (one was the “Daily Fish Wrapper” The Oregonian newspaper. That newspaper isn’t good enough to line the catbox. But he used that at least 10 times in any given hour of his show). In my opinion, he was always a joke. Even though I do not care to listen to Laura, she is a million times better that Lars Larson.
  
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COFemale
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:56pm
Yeah, I am thinking Laura would cost to much for Glenn. Although she’d be a great addition, he is still getting off the ground, so paying out such a high salary could be detrimental for Glenn. Then again, pulling in Laura’s viewers could be the boon Glenn needs to catapult his endeavor into a group to be reckoned with and getting the advertiser’s he needs to expand.

Time will tell.

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VRW Conspirator
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:50pm
Glenn – pick up laura for the blaze radio!! Seriously!!

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DeVain
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:50pm
I’d love to see her on theblaze radio/TV

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Mainer forever
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:41pm
Lets see: Laura Ingraham, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Dana Perino, S.E. Cupp.

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- SREGN
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:03pm
  Make it TV, not radio, and live from the beach (suitably attired), and it would get a bigger ratings share than the superbowl. Guests could be Stacey Dash, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Nikki Haley.
  
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- Virgil_Lance
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:20pm
  SREGN is a GENIUS!
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:06pm
  Dana PeRINO. Really?
  
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Mainer forever
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:39pm
Beauty and brains DO go together on occasion. She is proof!!!

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- Rational Man
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:38pm
  Did you ever question her judgement because she used to date Keith Olberman?
  If you didn’t know that, you probably think I’m lying. But it’s true.
  
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- glckgrl
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Hot Chicks don’t vote Democrap, from a Maine-y-ack
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:39pm
Sorry Laura supporters, but I have never cared for her show. I love Rush, Levin, Cam & Company, but just cannot listen to Laura. I do hope she gets picked up by someone so those of you who do like her can still listen. I just don’t care for her. Good Luck Laura!

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- politicianssuck
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:53pm
  She has that voice of a nagging wife. She is smart, but lacks a radio voice. Hannity is also someone I cannot listen too. He has a smug laugh, reminds me of Jim Carry as Ace Ventura, and the guy has so many filler words that it drives me crazy. He likes to say all the time…Let me tell you, I am here to tell you and many others that I can’t remember at the moment.
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 1:02pm
  I agree with you on Hannity. That laugh just grates on my few remaining nerves. And how he always finds a way to insert how he worked as a painter (or whatever) and his father and grandfather did this and that. It’s nice he thinks highly of his father and grandfather, but he makes those statements too often for me to believe him. However, I have to say, I hope he retains his viewership, since there are many who like him. I just cannot listen to him, as with Laura.
  
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Charbet
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:33pm
How about a show of her own on GBTV? Laura never backs down! I love her spirit!

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TruckerClockWhoWantsIT
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:30pm
She will be back. Trust me.

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vincijoey49
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:25pm
You need to hire her Beck.

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- chips1
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:33pm
  Does he have enough money? Obama isn’t going to like that idea one little bit. She isn’t a muslim or communist.
  
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- willingtoupe
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:37pm
  Especially for her helping hand. (job)
  
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noblevegas
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:24pm
This Just In: Mercury Radio Arts announces a new Talk Radio Show deal with Laura Ingraham. Ingraham to resume broadcasting after First of the year.
Boy, would THAT headline ruffle feathers in the radio establishment!

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:24pm
Hey Laura, I hope that you get picked up by a distributor who will make your show available here. We are so limited in this small area that so much time is being picked up by an expanding sports talk show. While I do listen to it sometimes, five hours is just too long.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 2:12pm
  Good thing for the internet. Some of the conservative shows are not aired in all markets but can be listened to on the internet through a live stream. That was how I listened to Laura.
  
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decendentof56
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:23pm
A smart lady and more-than-capable fill-in for O’Reilly. Not really all that bad to look at, either.

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- decendentof56
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:28pm
  At least Michael Savage is back on.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:36pm
  Michael isn’t all that bad to look at. (Oh my God!!! I’m turning gay. Someone, slap me)
  
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- charles116
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 3:34pm
  She’s smart to realize – her schtick is passe and the Tea Party is dead, and killed the Republican brand.
  Republicans have been told (ordered) to lay off the abortion stuff.
  
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Bonnieblue2A
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
I hope Mercury One picks up Laura’s show.

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TheVolleyballGod
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
She always struck me as a babe that is very attractive looking in person.. I wonder if she lives in CT..

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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:53pm
  She lives in D.C area and has two adopted children and a large dog. She always talks about where she lives and her neighborhood on the show…
  
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- Neils60
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:57pm
  She’s originally from Glastonbury, Connecticut.
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
Hope to hear her back on soon. This country needs as many competent voices in the name of liberty as possible, right now.

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- Mainer forever
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:43pm
  I could not have said that any better!!!
  
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RaydocX
Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:20pm
that is disappointing, as i enjoy listening to her and she is more often then not spot on in criticism and well preparted in defending Republican actions.

sadly, outside of pay radio, the local stations seem intent on ‘balancing’ Rush with Alan Colmes (the smarmy arrogant a$$) and Randi Rhodes, the pompous, deceiving blowhard.

i hope this is merely a break for Laura, rather than a hint at underlying issues.

Best of success, to you, Ms. Ingraham

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 27, 2012 at 12:34pm
  Eeew! Alan Colmes literally makes my skin crawl. Back in ’94 his radio show was run on the local talk radio station near where I was stationed at the time. I had a lengthy drive home from the post and usually caught the last of another show at the beginning of my commute. Then Colmes would come on. Finally, one afternoon he started the show with an interview of an accused necrophiliac who had supposedly been caught in the act the day before and fired from his job at a mortuary. Colmes treated this as if it were an everyday happening and got pretty disgusting. The radio station dropped his show permanently during the first commercial break. Good riddance.
  Randi Rhodes is just as lame as the other lib talk show hosts. Just proves why their shows go nowhere. Actually surprised that she is still on. I would have thought she would have been doing something like introducing wrestling matches by now or something similar. She’s got the name for it.
  
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