I’d never heard Laura Ingraham before today. I didn’t even know who it was on the radio when I came across her program, until she went to a break and said her name. I’m a liberal, and I think Keith Olbermann goes overboard sometimes, but Laura Ingraham is very scary. I’ve seen clips of Glen Beck on The Colbert Report, and he’s even scarier. And that’s why I think Keith Olbermann has to go overboard. Because being willing to compromise is seen as a sign of weakness, and Olbermann knows it, so he doesn’t compromise.
I thought of a better anti-matter contrast to Ingraham. Randi Rhodes. Randi has the same snide tone of voice and uses the same scare tactics as Ingraham. I’m really turned off by that, so I listen to NPR, which has thoughtful and informed discussions of complex issues, and where conservatives don’t call Obama a Socialist, and liberals don’t call Bush a Fascist.
Yeah, I call it “Word War III” on TV AND the Internet! Tom and I used to like Keith, but he leads into Rachel Maddow, and I won’t even say what Tom calls HER. He’s so bigoted sometimes, I could throttle him! I love NPR, always have, always will.