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Did Mike Huckabee Open His New Radio Show With a ‘Planted Call’?

Report: Huckabees New Show Opens With Planted CallIf you launch a new radio show as a rival to Rush Limbaugh, it’s probably best not to do it the way Mike Huckabee just did.

Huckabee, who started a new program through Cumulus Media Network on Monday, is trying to carve out listenership from a conservative base that listens to Limbaugh religiously from 12-3p every day. In other words, he’s unashamedly going to war for the same listeners. But the conservative outlet The American Spectator was tipped off to something interesting on the first day of Huckabee’s new show that might not help that cause: the first “listener” to call in was actually a radio executive involved in the show. And no one revealed that important detail.

Translation: as the Spectator says, it was a “planted call.”

“The very first phone call, arriving some fifty minutes into the show. To anyone with an ear for talk radio it had a startling quality,” the Spectator’s Jeffrey Lord, former Reagan White House political director, writes. “Why?”

“No one seemed to remember to give the call-in number to the audience until the very last few seconds of those first fifty minutes. But yet… presto!… within seconds, Mike Huckabee did in fact have a caller on the line! Without ever questioning how that caller could have gotten on that line in less time than it takes Obama to blame Bush for anything!”

Curious indeed. The caller, “Mike from San Francisco,” went on to praise Huckabee (while taking a veiled shot at Limbaugh and others):

“Well Governor, let me start by saying it‘s great to have a different opinion and a different person on the radio and I’m very, very happy that you’re doing this radio show. One of the reasons why I want to listen to your program every day is because you ran for office and you’ve been a politician, you have a different perspective I think.”

“Different opinion? Different person? Different from whom? Why, Rush Limbaugh, of course,” Lord writes.

Being a respected writer, Lord wrote to Mike McVay, the senior vice president of programming for Cumulus Media Network, after he got a tip that McVay was “Mike from San Francisco.” Here’s what Lord asked:

Hi Mike….

This is Jeff Lord from The American Spectator.

I have been told that in the debut of Governor Huckabee’s show today the first caller was “Mike from San Francisco.” The caller thanked Huckabee for his new format etc.

I have information that you were that caller…and failed to identify yourself to the audience as a Cumulus executive, nor did Governor Huckabee identify you.

In other words, Mike, you were a “plant”….not a real caller who really wanted to call in and talk to Governor Huckabee.

A few questions for my column tomorrow:

1. Was this in fact you as I have been told? My source has made a 100% positive ID.

2. If so, why did you not openly identify yourself as a Cumulus executive who has a stake in the success of the Huckabee show?

3. I will be listening to the show tonight, but have already learned the fact that the call-in phone number wasn’t given out until seconds before the call-in. Question: isn’t it disingenuous to think that the listeners would believe that this was a real call?

4. Did Governor Huckabee know this was you — and was he a participant in this?

5. Whose idea was this to have you call in? Yours? The Governor’s? Someone else from Cumulus? John or Lou Dickey?

6. Governor Huckabee has a good reputation for honesty. Doesn‘t this kind of thing put both the Governor’s reputation and consequently the new show’s reputation at risk?

7. I understand the odds Cumulus is facing in launching this show, the involvement of investor cash and all the rest. Even so, was this a really good idea to do this? Will there be more calls of this nature from Cumulus executives disguised as regular folks interested in the Huckabee show — when in fact they decidedly are something else?

Mike, I’m sure these are not comfortable questions, and I understand the pressure involved in going up against Rush Limbaugh. But under the circumstances, our conservative readers at The American Spectator and surely the larger Internet reading audience will want to know your side of the story.

Thanks. My deadline is 10 pm tonight… Monday… April 9th.

Jeff Lord
The American Spectator

McVay never responded, according to Lord.

So Lord sent an email to McVay’s bosses. One of them, John Dickey, responded. And he admitted the caller was not just a regular ol’ listener:

Jeff:

Thanks for listening to the show. To your question a colleague in the companywas excited about the new show and arranged to call in with the first questionwithout Governor Huckabee’s knowledge. When I learned of this I began theprocess of reminding my colleagues in the company that we should reserveair-time for our listeners and refrain from calling in to our own shows.

John

That seems to absolve Huckabee to a certain extent. But Lord isn’t content: “Mr. Dickey says Mike Huckabee did not know the call was incoming from McVay. But this leaves unanswered what seems to be obvious. Once McVay was on the phone, it seems extremely unlikely Mike Huckabee didn‘t recognize Mike McVay’s voice. … Was Mike Huckabee a participant in this charade? Whose idea was it if not Mike Huckabee’s?”

Good questions.

The answers are important. But more important might be the fact that they have to be asked in the first place. And if you have to ask them, that means the show could already be experiencing 30,000-feet turbulence. If so, it’s definitely not the best way to try and steal listeners away from “El Rushbo.”

“Challenging Rush is seen by many conservatives as an attack on conservatism itself,” Lord note. “This is a real problem for the Dickeys and Huckabee. And this botched business with a phony questioner could instantly cause a very predictable problem.”

Especially, as Lord explained last week, if it’s about “RINO” radio versus Rush radio.

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  • Sharon Rose
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:43pm

    Rush is right~~no Huckabee for me~~~~~~~~

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:10pm

      Huckabee, without a doubt, is a Progressive Republican. He’s not the devil, but he’s not a “freedom” guy, either. Mike thinks there are perfectly legitimate government solutions to our problems.

      This puts Huckabee right up there with men like George Bush (Sr. and Jr.), McCain, Romney, Santorum, Perry, etc, etc.

      The Tea Party got kicked into gear to combat Obama’s radical Progressive agenda, but now that we’ve got inertia, we’re not about to sit back and take it from Republicans, either. This is the house-cleaning that’s been sorely needed in the Republican Party for decades.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:11pm

      Philadelphia’s main conservative radio show has dropped Rush. Thought you’d want to know…

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:26pm

      Not a huge fan of Rush but Mike is just a joke.

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    • SonOfThunder
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:49pm

      Jzs, you idiot. Rush is still on in philadelphia 1210 and been there for years. Huckster is a rino

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    • db321
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:54pm

      Mike you a nice guy, but this is a time for serious people who are not afraid to speak up. You are about 20 years too late – The time of “Turn the Other Cheek and the Good Samaritan” is over. God is preparing his army to defeat Satan and his voters – I mean supports to protect Israel.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:02pm

      Rush needs to put that latex glove back on his microphone. I listen with headphones, and all I can hear for 3 hours is him smacking his lips and moving his mouth in the most disgusting fashion. He sounds like he just got done eating something after every break.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:04pm

      What an embarrassment . . . and it’s suicide going up against Rush.

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    • firstHat
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:22pm

      JZS I normally don’t feed the trolls, but actually, many of us Rush listeners have been complaining for a long while that his show is constantly being per-empted during baseball season leaving us in a Rush desert for the duration. So, here is the actual headline from Philly.com:
      “Rush Limbaugh — the dominant force in conservative talk radio in America for more than two decades — is leaving his long-time Philadelphia perch on 50,000-watt AM station WPHT, apparently for an unknown rival”

      As it turns out it looks as though Rush (and possibly Beck and others who got booted off the CBS station under pressure by the FCC localization regulations last year) will very possibly be moving to a little old station in Camden across the river–one my Dad built after WW2. That would be just fine with me! As long as I will be able to hear the show from work.

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    • Wiley41
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:36pm

      2 cents –
      was surprised this week here in PA when flipped radio over and they replaced Laura Ingram with Huck. When I actually get some free time I flip on Rush but bounce over to Laura when commercials on Rush or a “best of” show. Nothing personal against The Gov. but listened a little and not as good as Ingram. Planted call is a real low, sorry to hear about that, bad form.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:53pm

      Hey JZS,

      You’re a funny guy.

      Just moving over to the FM side of the dial JZS. He’s actually on quite a few FM stations now, as I have been pointing out to you for some time now.

      But you still get a thrill up your leg by calling him an “AM radio host” every chance you get.

      http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/limbaugh-to-leave-am-station-in-philadelphia/

      Sad JZSaul, just sad.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:57pm

      JZSaul,

      I see now that you got your info from the KOS

      Funny guy.

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    • Average_Joseph
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:06pm

      @JZS

      You are correct about Rush leaving Philadelphia’s 1210WPHT but you are way off in referring to it as “Philadelphia’s main conservative radio show .” As a lifelong Philadelphian and conservative talk show listener, 1210 is anything but “conservative.” It got close a few years back but dropped both Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. It has made Michael Smerconish it’s “top dog.” If Smerconish is your top dog on your station then your staion is not conservative. So with all the changes that station has made it is no surprise that Rush Limbaugh will be changing stations in Philly, he’s moving to FM. Besides, any real conservatives listen to 990WNTP or 790WAEB. My prediction is 1210WPHT will be changing again within 18 months.

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    • XdemXrepub
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:13pm

      @JZS
      You must mean “formerly top conservative radio”.
      What was it that made them “Top”? Rush????

      “The New York Times reports that CBS’ 1210 WPHT Philadelphia will no longer serve as Rush Limbaugh’s affiliate in the market. The statement by CBS to the Times makes it clear that Premiere Radio Networks is Pulling the Affiliation FROM the station.”

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:20pm

      Sorry Huck but Liberal talk radio has been proven time and time again to be a failure

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:21pm

      firsthat, thanks for the details, I didn’t know them. I don’t feed the trolls either. However I question your idea that Rush is leaving because of FCC regulations. What regulations would those be? What regulations led this station to drop Rush and Glenn? Care to explain that?

      Seems to me the station dropped those guys because they are controversial and advertisers didn’t want to associate themselves with their inflammatory language. Clearly they lost many, many advertisers. But they were dropped because of the government? Really? I thought this was capitalism at work here.

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    • Philo Beddoe
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:21pm

      JZS:

      Rush was dropped from AM to be put on a FM station in Philly

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    • TheCoffinMaker
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:25pm

      Huckabee …you’re a turd!

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:27pm

      Hey BILLY! Hope all is well with you and that you had a nice Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday!

      Looks like we lost MODISBEST. Has he reincarnated under a new name? I find myself wondering if he ever questioned his views. I’m hoping God gets through to him. :-)

      Blessings to you!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:31pm

      jzs

      Philadelphia’s main conservative radio show has dropped Rush. Thought you’d want to know…

      Blah, Blah, Blah. Stations Fluctuate. Rush & the Radio Executives watch the ratings and know it before the people who produce the leftist rags where you got your talking points. What would a West Coast Lefty like you know about Philly anyway?

      Besides to kill conservatism & libertarianism you would have to wipe out Hannity, Beck, Doyle & many others. Then you would have to start in on the regional & oval stations. But that is all on your to do list isn’t it?

      Rush was on the air nationally before the Democrats took notice. They thought they had everything sewn up by having the media (Big 3 & CNN) on their side & Clinton in the office. Rush having a large audience was a real shock to the Democrat Party.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:34pm

      @jzs
      Hey JeZuS… how many advertisers do you have? Have you ever even had one? Don‘t knock it until you’ve been there!

      On second thought, why don‘t you just post your and Rush’s tax returns? I’d like to compare them.
      : )))))

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 8:54pm

      When Huckabee comes on the TV I always change the channel after a few minutes. I’ve tried to sit through his show on many occasions but…… just can’t do it. I can’t put my finger on it but, I find something very wrong with Huckabee. I also don’t sense the need to figure it out. I just change the channel.

      Now that I’ve typed this out I know what the problem is. Huckabee never shows us the truth about what Obama and crew is doing. He just promotes the RINO side of things. Huchabee is the McCain of radio and TV shows. No wonder I fell asleep watching him! He’s McCain in sheeps clothing.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:07pm

      @jzs
      Hey JeZuS…. you never respond to my posts anymore. Is it because I got your mommas # or is it because you just can’t handle the pressure of the Truth?

      BTW…. I‘m waiting for you to post yours and Rush’s tax returns so I can have some fun laughing. It’s been one of those long days and I really could use some humor. : ))))

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:11pm

      The fact that there are any Conservatives left in Philly to listen to Rush is the real shock! The airwaves must really carry quite a distance in that metro area!

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:15pm

      As for Huck, I’m right there with ya, MONK. There’s just something about him that has never sat right with me. For me, I think it’s that he is a former minister “hucking” the RINO line. But, in all fairness, I never could listen to him for very long either. This story just adds to my sense of what a huckster he is.

      The fact that he is trying to steal Rush listeners is laughable.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:15pm

      THE-A-MONK, is it “the monk” as in the only monk, or the only monk among the people you know, or “a” monk, one of many? Is the article definite or indefinite? I can’t get that straight. In any case, you seem like the contemplative type. So, do you value a person’s worth based on the amount of money they make? That’s not a Christian idea although it may be yours, based on your post. To my knowledge Christ didn’t value a person based on the amount of money they have.

      Seriously A MONK, THE MONK, whatever, I don‘t have a problem if you’re not Christian. And I agree that Rush is rich. So is George Soros. But I would question your idea that the fact that Rush Limbaugh is rich, and George Soros is rich (far richer than Limbaugh really), makes them more worthy in the eyes of the Creator.

      Walkabout, I read news from lots of sources, including this site and Al Jazerra among others. I abhor many of the left wing talking heads to be honest, something I’ve repeatedly said here. Nah, sorry, I make up my own mind on issues. Sorry if that deflates your imaginary straw man idea of me.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:22pm

      @copatriots
      I was thinking the same thing….

      Will the last Conservative to leave Philly please take the “Philly Steak and Cheese” with you….

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:36pm

      @jzs
      I went fishing and caught me a jzs. Had the “right” bait I guess. : ))))

      As for The-Monk, A Monk, just a Monk or any other Monk…. you’re too ultra-liberal to understand it if I even wanted to explain it to you. Have you ever heard the Monk story of “The Ugliest Thing On Earth”?

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    • barfield2256
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:03pm

      SONOFTHUNDER:

      Look before you leap:

      Rush Limbaugh pulled out of popular Philadelphia radio station:
      http://www.fox43.com/news/nationworld/la-pn-rush-limbaugh-pulled-out-of-popular-philadelphia-radio-station-20120410,0,1508172.story

      Rush Limbaugh Out at Talk Radio 1210 WPHT:
      http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2012/04/10/rush-limbaugh-talk-radio-1210-wpht/

      Sorry, but it seem to be true…

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:21pm

      And JZS, once again, cries “no joy”…..

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:28pm

      Hi Copatriots,

      Yes, thank you, I did.

      Hope you did also.

      I had the same thoughts about conservatives in Philly. My first thought when I read JZS’s post was……….Big deal……..nothing but libs there anyway.

      Looks like JZS still has high hopes for his demise.

      Hey JZS, that’s not very Christian like.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:31pm

      Hey MONK,

      I see you caught yourself a JZS-fish.

      He’s too small, better throw him back.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:33pm

      JZS,

      Who are you kidding? You get your news from the daily KOS.

      And I see you are still making good use of Alinsky Rule #4.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:46pm

      @The-Monk

      I’m curious about the Monk story.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:50pm

      Hey JZS,

      If you make your own mind on issues………….why is it that your mind always says the exact same things that I read on media matters?

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    • copatriots
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:03pm

      Thanks, Billy, had a great week! Our pastor and our church’s services for Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday are simply blessed.

      I often wonder how folks like JZ rarely find points of disagreement in towing the lib line. Do they ever get to a point where they “see the light”? If they aren’t paid to be here, they must be very lonely in their life.

      And I, too, was curious about Monk’s Monk story.

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    • cgnick
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:13pm

      Hackabee has no chance. He is not half the entertainer that Rush or Beck are.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:58pm

      The ends justify the means…. Right?

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    • jeffersonian1776
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:03am

      Once again Blaze, real nice grammar and typos going on here, nothing new, just the way you roll there. As I’ve stated, how is anybody supposed to take you serious as a legitimate source of media when you don’t have an editor who is supposed to catch these things. It‘s bad enough your writers aren’t checking their own work to boot. Blaze, you get a C- for the day. What is wrong with this?: “But the conservative outlet The American Spectator was tipped out off to something interesting…“ You are missing a comma after ”outlet“ as well as after ”Spectator.“ ”The“ in ”The American Spectator” is capitalized; it should not be–that is a basic rule from English 101that was obviously violated. Then the word “out,” I’m guessing, should not be in there; if it is, then what does “tipped out off” supposed to mean? Count them, those are three very rudimentary grammar and typo mistakes in one short phrase. This is what happens when you don’t proofread your product, one that is losing its value day by day. I like to come here for news and blogging; however, I would love to be able to use you as a reputable source, and with writing such as that it’s getting harder and harder.

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:11am

      Huckabee is the one that said obama is a “good christian man”. Who can take this guy seriously? He is a RINO aiding & abetting the communists…

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    • jeffersonian1776
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:18am

      HERE’S ANOTHER TYPO DOOZY: ““Challenging Rush is seen by many conservatives as an attack on conservatism itself,” Lord note.“ ”Lord note?” You think that it should be in the past participle, maybe?

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:37am

      DB321 DITTO.

      The time for amateurs is past. BECK has had it right all this time. Be sure you guys are watching him…it‘s so bloomin’ easy. I’m trying to drop CABLE ALTOGETHER and get with ROKU, NETFLICKS or Apple TV with GBTV as the ‘anchor’… We need good information, truthful news and connection with PATRIOTS. Mike Huckabee has never been a fav of mine. Rush may not see Romney …but I sure do…and I think that RUSH will too. OBAMA is going to try to say that we don’t like ROMNEY…we don’t know ROMNEY and the more we know him, the more we like him. I started turning around on him after about the 5th debate when I saw a guy who was fast on his feet but not bitter or vindictive. HE is going to make a wonderful President!!

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    • TheePolitinator
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:49am

      None is going to matter until we get rid of the Fed and prosecute every elite.

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:17am

      In the Portland, OR market, Huckaphoney runs opposite to Glenn and Rush. I’ll be listening to Glenn! The station he’s on dropped Laura Ingraham-don‘t know what they’re thinking.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:43am

      @JAYCEN

      Good post! I can do nothing but agree. Please stick with the current dosage!!

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:45am

      Rush represents conservatism?? I no longer consider myself a conservative, but one of the reasons conservatives find it hard to be taken seriously is because of talking heads like Rush.

      The last edition of the Army Times even polled soldiers overseaes and they overwhelmingly said to get him off of their radiowaves.

      Problem is, I don’t know if Mike Huckabee is the man to do it either…

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 10:43am

      You mean he had the audacity to use a commercial platform for commercialism? and self promotion? Well, that’s going as far as, well, anyone else. What non sense.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:15am

      That’s always your problem JZS..you bleat before you know the facts. You’re nothing but a media matters robot who recites what they tell you to recite. You‘re an insult to everyones’ intelligence here, including your fellow lefty trolls. Seriously kid…just give up and leave. You’re an idiot.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:25am

      RIGHTSOFBILLY….you must remember JZS merely recites what his keepers tell him to recite. He hasn‘t had an independent thought at least in the time I’ve seen him infesting these boards. He’s the same pair of clownshoes that was selling the Media Matters line “Bush approved Solyndra” as the story was breaking..only to be slapped down by yours truly and reminded that Bush’s admin knocked back the Solyndra loan guarantees beccause they were clearly risky while Obama not only fast tracked the loans in 2009 (while ignoring every credible analyist’s predictions) but subordinated the loans to make sure Obama’s bundler had his $75 million investment in Solyndra protected. Then JZS was posting links to “polls” touting OWS’ “popularity” with the public. I repeatedly told the dolt that it’s only because the media is selling OWS in a positive light and given time that “popularity” would reverse. Sure enough…it did. Then JZS was offering “polls” from Obama appointees and studies from Planned Parenthood’s research arm during the “war on women” campaign his keepers told him to mobilize on. The guy is a cretinous pustule. I’ve never encountered such a…there’s no other word for him..a dumba$$ in my life. He’s a complete idiot.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:31am

      FREEDOM.FIGHTER..your little marxist fist avatar gave you away sport. You lefties can’t help yourselves can you?

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    • longun45
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:02pm

      I do not need squishy radio.

      The radiio stations around here are going squishy and the conservatives are being let go. 3 radio stations in the last 2 years have “softened” their programming.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:56pm

      AVENJERK, so seem a little compulsive the way you bring up the same topic over and over and over again. I think they have pills you can take for that. You have to agree it’s kind of pointless to keep spinning your wheels on the same fruitless subjects.

      Of course Bush approved of Solyndra, prioritized it and even touted his green energy initiatives.
      http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/17/david-plouffe/solyndra-loan-george-w-bush-david-plouffe/

      And seriously dude, get a thesaurus. Try to be a little more creative with your insults. I think you have potential, but you have to apply yourself!

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:12pm

      @ AVEN JERK:
      Assuming is no substitute for actual research or facts. You probably see Marxist fists everywhere. I am not what you refer to as a Lefty.

      In fact, you might consider me more right than you. I am a……… Libertarian.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:19pm

      Freedom.Fighter SAYS:

      “The last edition of the Army Times even polled soldiers overseaes and they overwhelmingly said to get him off of their radiowaves.”

      Hey FF,

      I’m calling bullshirt on your post unless you can prove otherwise. Please provide a link to your claim

      The only thing I come up with is an online petition drive that is on the White House’s public petition website, “We The People”.

      REALLY ????????????????? Seriously ??????????????????

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 3:50pm

      @ THERIGHTSOFBILLY:

      The article I am speaking of is in the actual Army Times, not online. You would have to go pick one up at your local PX to read the article I am referring to.

      However, here is a piece from their website referring to the same situation:

      http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/military-web-petition-pull-rush-limbaugh-afn-hits-25000-031312w/

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:07pm

      @Freedom Fighter

      Dude, I saw your link already. That’s where I got my info from.

      Did you ever read your own link?

      That petition the article is referring to is from a White House online petition website.

      It was not a poll of our overseas military as you alluded to in your post.

      Do a little more research next time. While I was trying to substantiate your bogus claim, I stumbled on some other sites that seem to show quite the opposite opinion from our troops.

      You can find them easily if you really want to.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:16pm

      LOL…JZS…no seriously…you just provided a link to an interview with Obama’s Josef Goebbels-David Plouffe- as your “evidence” that the Bush administration approved the Solyndra loan? And this after I just excoriated you for being a Media Matters robot that merely recites what his keepers tell him to recite? You really can’t help yourself can you sport? You cretinous little pustule. You really are that stupid aren’t you? So let‘s examine Plouffe’s interview shall we? No…nothing here…nope…nowhere does it say the Bush administration approved the Solyndra loan guarantees. You do understand the difference between examining an application for a loan and actually approving the loan don’t you JZS you drooling idiot? You still don’t get it do you dumba$$? When I call you an idiot it’s not matter of lacking another description for you..it’s simply the most accurate and succinct description of you..you really are an idiot and you just demonstrated it again. It‘s mindboggling that you will actually offer a spin by David Plouffe rather than the actual loan approval that was done by Obama’s administration in 2009. You‘re not only an idiot but you’re an unashamed automaton of the left. Laughably…we even have Obama and Biden on video yucking it up at Solyndra and telling us all how wonderful the loans would be that THEY provided to the company and you’re still trying to sell your lies? Idiot.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:18pm

      FREEDOM.FIGHTER…you’re about as “libertarian” as JZS is a conservative. Keep trying champ.

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:43pm

      I guess I have to say again –

      That is not the article from the Army Times paper. You will have to go get the actual paper. It is on the first couple pages near the letters-to-the-editor. It dfiscusses actual polling. There is more, and often better, info around us than what is only on the internet. I cannot go buy one for you so you will have to go do it yourself, assuming you can even get on a military base.

      Heck, I just discussed the article with my cowrokers here (we’re all military) at joint command, and there isn’t one individual supporting Rush on this.

      Calling something bogus before seeing the facts is immature at best. It makes one look less academic and less informed. For example, the counter-petition you are referring to is not a great counter-example. It had a little over 800 signatures. That is not a good sign for Rush since the other one carried over 25,000 within the first 10 days.

      I do not pretend to speak for all of the military, but in my experience overseas and at home, most talking heads (conservative or democrat) are not very welcome on our airwaves down range anymore.

      Did you get a different feeling when you were deployed? Are you even in the military?

      Not trying to be rude, but to tell me what I have or have not read is rather sophomoric.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:00pm

      @Freedom Fighter,

      What counter petition did I refer to?

      The only petition I referred to was the one that you linked to, and it was from the White House online petition site called “We the People”

      You’re not making much sense right about now. You are rambling and deflecting.

      Are you a subscriber to the Actual Army Times?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:19pm

      @FF

      And do you really expect any poll that is offered up on a White House website to come up with a result that is complimentary to Rush?

      You are failing badly my friend.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:37pm

      JZS

      I found you post misleading and think your comparing apples to oranges. This is my ideological free opinion.

      We have a loan program conceived and signed into law under Bush. We have a failed loan to Solyndra that was approved and granted under Obama.

      To say that Bush is responsible for the failed loan is the equivalent of saying a loan officer is not responsible for granting bad loan, the person who initially created the loan program is.

      If one takes issue with the program itself, blame Bush. If one takes issue with a bad loan and not the program itself, blame the one who granted the loan (Obama in this case.) If one takes issue with the program and the loan, blame both of them.

      You said, “Of course Bush approved of Solyndra”

      That statement leaves you some wiggle room. One could take it as Bush approved of the work Solyndra was doing, which is likely. One could also take is as Bush approved the loan to Solyndra, that would be a lie.

      It really no more complicated than that.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:38pm

      @Freedom Fighter

      I’m still waiting for you to tell me what counter-petition you seem to think I made reference to?

      I made no such reference, but yet you seem so resolute in your belief that I did.

      In fact, no one here made any such reference so you can’t be confusing me with anyone else.

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:39pm

      @ THERIGHTSOFBILLY

      I suggest you read them from left to right next time I think you will find that they make more sense that way. I do not subscribe to the Army Times, I buy them on my way out of the PX (Post Exchange), or BX (Base Exchange for my Air Force friends). I guess it might be my military lingo that is confusing you. If so, then you are not in the military. If that is true, then your argument is even more of a waste of my time. Why argue with someone in the military about overall feelings and experience in the militaryi f you, yourself, are not in the military.

      Now you can close your fourth point of contact, go read the Army Times, and learn something. While your at it, ask a soldier what that last sentence means since I’m sure you think I am still not making sense.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 5:59pm

      @Freedom Fighter,

      Well, since you have already purchased your copy, and it’s obvious that you are capable of typing out long replies, why don’t you just quote the pertinent details from the article right here, for all of us that are not privy to it.

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    • joe conservative
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:08pm

      I can’t believe what a dissapointment Mike Huckabee has turned out to be for me personally. I actually supported this man in the last primary cycle. I thought he seemed so genuine and honest. I kind of feel duped at this point, and it happened long before this event. Just watch his show….or actually don’t, it’s turned into a real joke. Shame on you Mike!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhpXDNIocJw

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:22pm

      @Freedom Fighter

      No, your military “lingo” is not a problem, and all I can offer back is……..DILLIGAS ?

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 10:44pm

      AvenPerK, stop trying to reinvent history. The support for Solyndra originated years before Bush left office. This was Bush’s project. His administration didn’t kill it after they proposed it. They favored it, promoted it, and tried to push it through, But, yes, they left it undone and left it to President Obama to approve it. And thank God Obama saved the American automotive industry!

      I recommend you see someone about this Solyndra compulsion of yours. You might think about getting your GED too. Go to a junior college and ask them if you can take a freshman English class! You‘ll learn about plagiarism too and how that’s not acceptable, but you may also, at the same time, improve your vocabulary and erudition. It’s never too late to try to improve yourself AVENJERK!

      I understand that it’s hard for someone like you to get off the government dole, and get a real job where you can make the best of what brains you have. But I believe in you JERP! You can be somebody, you can make something out of your life. Go for it! Just do it!

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:31pm

      Hey JZSaul,

      I know you are ignoring me, and that’s OK, but why are you snubbing SPECKCHASER?

      He has always been nothing but kind and respectful towards you.

      Hmmmmmmmm…………I wonder what it could be?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:32am

      @Freedom Fighter

      Just in case you are wondering where your last post went, it is in the next thread down, where you mistakenly put it.

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  • florida123
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:42pm

    He has become a Weenie! I liked him at one time now i could care less what he has to say……………

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    • Freedom.Fighter
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 9:55pm

      @ THERIGHTSOFBILLY:

      Clearly you do or you wouldn’t have gone down this rabbit hole. BTW, DILLIGAS isn’t really used much anymore.

      I guess at this point you‘re just mad that the military generally doesn’t like Rush. You can disagree with my assessment on Rush, but you cannot dictate how the soldiers should feel about him. Until you either a) join the military and at least earn the right to talk about its inner workings and experiences, or b) go visit some average enlisted soldiers on base and ask what they think about the matter… you’re POV on this topic is meaningless. However, it did bring up some interesting discussion topics during the watch today at work. Thanks for that I guess.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:20pm

      @Freedom Fighter,

      You posted in the wrong place dude, or more likely dudette.

      Do you always refer to your brothers in arms as “cowrokers”?

      My DILLIGAS was in reference only to your “lingo” comment there Skippy, not the whole rabbit hole.

      You keep rambling on about your so called “service”, and how my comments are meaningless and not worth your time, but yet you fail to address any of my questions or requests.

      What counter-petition was I supposedly referring to?

      Please show some kind……….ANY kind of PROOF that our overseas military is overwhelmingly against Rush being on their “radio waves”

      My original claim still stands………..BULLSHIRT

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:41pm

    Huckabee. He’ll do all right.

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  • Triplescrew
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:40pm

    That’s pretty lame. IMO though even Rush doesn‘t compare when put against the likes of Beck or O’Reilly. This comparison proves that pretty well:

    http://comsenworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/glenn-beck-vs-bill-oreilly.html

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    • MBridOKC
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Really? You cite a Blog?? You’re obviously ignorant about Rush Limbaugh and his impact and how he “compares” to Beck and O’Reilly. I like all 3 of them… namely Beck and Rush the most, but when it comes to conservaitsm and the radio waves…. Rush is king.

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    • MBridOKC
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Oh,… and not to mention this was probably YOUR blog. A for effort.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:57pm

      How about a FACT!

      Limbaugh and Hannity “continue to be No. 1 and No. 2. Beck is probably No.3 and O‘Reilly doesn’t do a radio show anymore.

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    • Seabass82
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:23pm

      Proud member of “The Savage Nation” here. Hannity is the worse out of all the talk guys.

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    • Pat Magroin
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:45pm

      I’ve got news for you TripleScrewed, I don’t need a web page to tell me how Rush compares to Beck or to Ted Baxter.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:13pm

      “A” for effort, keep working on your blog.

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    • Rightallalong
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:52pm

      BILLO is a the prototype of the arrogant, elitist fake conservative PROGRESSIVE. He has no use for the constitution and the oath to it which is supposed to be the guiding principle for public servants and the military.

      Watch BILLO take a big dump on the second amendment

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isd0FlGb_LY

      not sure how anyone that thinks they are conservative can trust the BILLO ofter that … Want to see him dump on the constitution some more – watch him defend himself… the PROGRESSIVE PIECE OF —-

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICoiFBWGX4M

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    • XdemXrepub
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 9:18pm

      Proud Presser of the “Seek” button when Michael Savage comes on to find something else to listen to.
      He won’t let his callers say more than 5 words before he talks over them before they make their point.
      I can‘t stand hearing him talk about how his health isn’t quite right because he got a wiff of some obnoxious perfume or tainted (fill in the blank).

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    • Seabass82
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 10:20pm

      @ XDEMXREPUB- Your comment is actually funny and I could here Savage saying that and yes he cuts off his callers. BUT no one tells the naked truth like he does. Keep “seeking”!

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:51pm

      @seebase82 ..Just by chance tuned in on “the savage nation” & it is bold & refreshing and I am hooked! Still enjoy Rush as my #1 entertainment on the radio. Glenn & his buddies are great too. Variety is the spice of life! Have not heard Laura I on the radio but THOROUGHLY enjoy her when she fills in for Bill O or a spot on Fox News. Noticed she got her necklace cross back from the airline or she got a new cross. She is a DY-NO-MITE lady and never backs down…like that about her.

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  • hotrod jim
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:39pm

    I always thought Huck was a fake. Rush is real & so is Glenn Beck. I think Huck is trying to be liked buy both sides, good luck on that one. Rush & Beck are the moderates. I know the truth about everyone will come out & no one can stop the truth. God wins!

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:07pm

      Rush is a fake too. You can’t be anti-ron paul and be taken seriously as an advocate of small government. Not saying he has to support ron paul, but at least treat him with respect and as a serious candidate. rush does neither.

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    • cgnick
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 11:03pm

      Beck is a fake. If you listened to him 5 or 6 years ago he sounded nothing like he does today. He has turned into a sensationalist, panderer that will say anything for ratings.

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  • poster
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:39pm

    Ever since I saw Huckabee “kissing the ring” of Michelle Obama (White House Interview), that was it for me.

    Mike, you’re no Rush. You’re trying to take advantage of the perceived weakness of Rush. He’s stronger than ever, and you’ll be gone from the airwaves soon enough.

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  • flsnipe
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:38pm

    He will go by the wayside. he is a big puss!

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:13am

      I like Dr Savage too. He calls it like it is…we need more voices out there calling a spade a spade. Enough of this pu z zy footin around

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  • TumbleBumble
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:37pm

    There are too many things I don’t like or trust about Huckabee. This piece of info just adds to the pile.

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    • lisalake
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:25pm

      Ditto! Self-appointed somebody who is truly a hack.

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  • tweetybird
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:35pm

    Ya know….Mike Huckabee seems like a nice, decent person. BUT…..he is so boring. I cannot watch his show on Fox so I seriously doubt I will be listening to his radio show.

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  • Reload
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:34pm

    What dipschit decided it was a good idea to go up against Rush to begin with? Huckabee is an even bigger dipschit for thinking he could take listeners away from Rush. Marketing geniuses.

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  • 123456beatriz
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:34pm

    Sorry guys, BUT Mike Soros team!…I really don’t believe in this Mike.

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  • Small World
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:33pm

    Huckabee , Rush NO contest.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:32pm

    Speaking of RINO’s ….

    I don’t care for this dude. His main goal in life is to appease and we all know what has happened to this country over the past 20 years due almost entirely to appeasing.

    Also, I’m already suspicious of somebody that moves from the ministry to politics.

    I think this dude is doing more harm than good. We need more people like Beck and Limbaugh calling the ball.

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  • shimauma
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:31pm

    Huckle is a libturd fraud of the 1st caliber, just like rom-obamaney, just like john mcshame. None of these polished turds has the guns to take down the king of socialism, barry hussien obama, because they all subscribe to the same libturd thinking that he does. Huckle’s show would make a good fit with KFYI 550 in AZ, because aside from Rush and Glenn, that station is all about the RINOTURD perspective.

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  • Arlen Williams
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:31pm

    Looks like the Glenn Beck campaign against Mike Huckabee continues — ever since Beck’s hemorrhoids flared up in 2008, as Huck quipped about Jesus and Satan being brothers according to con man Joseph Smith’s Mormon lore.

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    • tonythefisher
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:38pm

      Nice try! The Huckster is but a bumpkin hayseed! He trys to annunciate his speech avoiding this same local yokel,…dumb! Listening to him is like sitting by the radio of yesteryear, to hear World news! Mr. Rodgers gets a radio show!

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    • BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
      Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:48am

      Most people who make off handed comments about the mormon beliefs, really know little or nothing about them. I love Glenn, he is my first choice in listening on politics and the bummer in chief, however, his view in the Spiritual world is through foggy rose colored glasses. There are a ton of mormon doctrines that are not part of the Biblical portrayal of Christianity, which is why most Christians consider them a cult.
      That being said, I would rather have a mormon Romney in the White House than a idiot like the bummer.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:29pm

    That’s like those reviews on products you see on the internet, written by employees of the company who make the product. Sorry, Huckleboob, I will still be listening to Rush.

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  • BBReggie
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:28pm

    Huckabee has a zero chance of taking any of Rush’s audience.

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    • Reload
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:35pm

      No more callers. We have a winner.

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    • LESSONATOR
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:37pm

      This quote tells me why I’m sticking with Rush. CAPS Mine

      “One of the reasons why I want to listen to your program every day is because you ran for office and YOU’VE BEEN A POLITICIAN, you have a different perspective I think.”

      Run for your life! And let this be a ‘lesson to ya’ Mr Huckaby! The Lessonator

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    • lisalake
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 6:26pm

      A big fat zero chance!

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:28pm

    Huck is cool

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    • shimauma
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:33pm

      if by “cool” you mean a libturd faker who is a rino worshipping douche just like the Morning female DJ on KFYI 550 in AZ and that loser mcshame…then yeah I guess

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  • Rob
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:22pm

    1, I like Rush‘s ability to see things I don’t and his toughness…. (REALLY sorry he backed down a few weeks ago, but business is business I guess.)

    2, Huckabee is too affable and unwilling to be tough.. RINO.

    I am sticking with Rush.

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  • havsumtea
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:20pm

    Well, I‘m disappointed because I like Mike’s TV show, and would love to tune in, but I love Rush too much to leave him. :o(

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  • troymac20
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:15pm

    Sounds like their off to a great start. Good luck cutting into Rush’s listening base.

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  • Redd
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:12pm

    slimeball huckleberry not only had a planted phone caller, but he planted the cryin’ baker from st. louis in the obamney debate, remember? That was to make obamney look “softer” and huckleberry set the thing up.

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:08pm

    That kind of sounds like the way my days go occasionally. Everything goes wrong but then if I relax and start anew things get better. I am sorry to hear Huckabee is opposite Rush tho as I enjoy listening to Rush while I am suffering through the exercising I need so very much. I do like Mikes tv show and if he can change his radio time who knows I would love to listen to him. Just not enough hours in the day for life and my favorite stars. I hope he does well with his radio show and I lose a few pounds.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:04pm

    Alright, another radio show I won’t listen to. Keep em coming. There are so many shows and only so much time to not listen. I may have to take a nap after this. Whoo, another hour of not listening. I am bushed. Time to take a break and watch GBTV.

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  • Blackhawk1
    Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:58pm

    Did Mike Huckabee Open His New Radio Show With a ‘Planted Call’?

    Yes he did!

    RINO RADIO will fall as fast as Left wing radio has.

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    • shimauma
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 4:38pm

      possibly doubt it, because they’ll get govt funding to run against Rush just like Air America did. Where do you think Romney is getting all his funding? Lil‘ bit O soros injection I’d say….

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:30pm

      Anyone running against Rush will fail .. as fast as you can say furious!

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