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In Dave's prediction thread, a couple people stated that Limbaugh and Hannity would be out of a job if Obama is elected. I'm just curious why you say that, and why you would want that to happen. Could you explain why you feel that way?

I think they would have a stroke.

"Out" of a job?  They'd be working overtime every day!  If they had plenty to talk about when GOPers controlled every level of the gov't, they will not be able to STOP talking when the hated liberals take over.

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I'm not the one who said it. I started this thread to ask the people who did say it why they said it.

As a conservative,I always wondered what would become of Rush Limbaugh when the Clintons were no longer in power,and he is still on.I will admit that he is nowhere near as entetaining without them.lol.

An Obama admin will hurt the Daily Show and help Rush, a McCain admin will hurt Rush but help the Daily show but both will keep marching on. 

The Daily Show won't change, I don't think.  It's a comedy show that (while definitely from a liberal point of view) makes fun of politics.  They don't really offer analysis on stuff.  They make fun of Dems on that show on a daily basis, too.

The first 4 years of the show happened under Clinton, too.  And it's not just about the President.  Actually, it's usually not about the president.  There are political kooks on both sides of the spectrum to laugh at.  They'll be fine.



Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc -- they'll do better with Obama as President.  They are complainers, by nature (I don't mean that in a bad way -- Olberman is the same.)  They thrive in bitching about the state.  It's harder to do that effectively when your party is in charge.  With Obama making the decisions, they'll be more popular than ever.

But, but, but ... the Daily Show is balanced!  It pokes fun at both sides equally ... doesn't it?

The people who said that they would be out of a job still havent posted a reason why.  ???

Uhmmm...are you referring to me? If you are, then say so.

If you did, then I am. I don't remember who posted it. I just remember there were 2 maybe 3 people who had that opinion.

The Daily Show is not balanced, but it does poke fun at whoever is there.  It just so happens that the GOP has been in power for a while.  But they make fun of Democrats on pretty much every show.  A lot of it is just reporting the news in a silly manner.  They made a ton of fun of Bill Clinton back in the day, made fun of Hillary and Obama a lot during their nomination process.

My statement was made quite tongue-in-cheek.

You answered your own question about how they would lose their job ... the Fairness Doctrine ... so I'm assuming you are looking for why anyone would want that?  I can't se why anyone wants to quiet free speech as well free enterprise but I'm surprised no one has attempted to answer.

I'm kinda confused about what this thread is asking.  Who is saying that Obama in office will silence Rush, etc?  It seems the opposite to me.  Also, who's suggesting we quiet free speech?

I'd love to see Rush off the air, not because he gets kicked off, but because people see him as a radical and brings nothing to the table.  I love a good intelligent debate, but I think that Rush provides no value and is simply a spin machine.

There is one conservative woman who goes on Hardball that I like.  I don't remember her name.  She and I don't disagree, but she's not nasty.  I don't feel that she's trying to spin every little fact, and admits when something is good or bad about her own party.  Those are the kind of people that I like to listen to.

Re: the fairness doctrine.

1. The although when asked more democrats then republicans support this doctrine it is hardly a high priority.  I doubt we would see any action.  As republican oppose it strongly and it has weak support among democrats I doubt the dems would waste resources trying to push it thru and focus on higher priorities such as Iraq, taxes, and health care.

2. It would apply to both traditionally liberal and traditional conservative media. More likely than Hannity going away would simply be you need to tune into MSNBC for Hannity and Fox for Oberman.  It might impact conservative media a bit more b/c most of the "liberal" outlets already have conservatives, Joe Scarbrow is not exactly a bleeding heart liberal.  On some talk radio stations you might lose one or two of the right wingers and add a couple of left wingers, that would not be the death of Rush. 

  Hannity won't go away in an Obama presidency.  Anytime Obama mention's Hannity, Hannity goes wild and dedicates a whole segment of H&C to discuss how Obama "attacked" him.

Who decides what is liberal and what is conservative.

Will CNN hire Alan Combs away from Fox and call him their token conservative?  After all, he was on Fox. 

If this comes to pass I won't be surprised to see left wingers hired to "balance" ultra left-wingers.

Glenn Beck just signed a deal. He's leaving CNN for Fox. I kind of liked him on CNN. Oh well, now, I won't have any reason whatsoever to watch CNN.