The death of Paul Harvey has resulted in some very respectful notices in the media, like Richard Corliss of Time magazine. (Except for this sentence: "The rosy sentimentalist was also a fretful conservative; he backed Joe McCarthy's search for imaginary Communists in the State Department." ) Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer is highlighting Internet scribblings offering a more impolite reflection, of the rot-in-Hell variety. Ken Layne, the operator of the liberal blog Wonkette, trashed Harvey, and Rush Limbaugh:
The best thing about Paul Harvey -- humble old Paul Harvey with his solid family life and one (just one!) wife who was with him until her death in 2007 -- is that his peak audience was millions bigger than Rush Limbaugh's largest audience.’
Fat sex-creep Rush peaked with 20 million listeners in 2003 (all downhill since then!), while Paul Harvey peaked with 22 million. And while Paul Harvey was long mocked by hipsters and comedians, he sure wasn't hated. In fact, Paul Harvey was one of the most admired people in America for half a century. Rush Limbaugh is despised by most Americans, while his only fans are mouth-breathing angry losers.
Layne began his Harvey rip with the line: "He had a face for radio and the political compass of the Inquisition." He concluded:
So, farewell, Paul Harvey. Farewell to your odd little stories, outrageously twisted wingnut version of current events, and the commercials you wove so seamlessly into your "news" that the old and feeble-minded could never really tell if those mattresses and mail-order radio sets were part of the day's headlines or not.
Maloney also drew a nice line from Mark Levin in an interview: Mark called him "the Norman Rockwell of radio."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Like comparing Mr. Limbaugh
March 1, 2009 - 16:31 ET by dborschjr68Like comparing Mr. Limbaugh to Mr. Harvey is going to HURT Rush's popularity?
Long live the Republic! Conservatives unite!
Like comparing apples to
March 1, 2009 - 16:46 ET by mostlymoderateLike comparing apples to oranges. These two broadcasters were not in competition with one another.
Disgustingly...
March 1, 2009 - 16:58 ET by bigtimerDeplorable...Detestable...Disgraceful.
Libs unable to understand truth and ideas
March 1, 2009 - 16:59 ET by rightwingchefA conservative can always fire up a Lib by telling the truth . The truth hurts them so much that they have to bash everyone who disagree's with them. Mr Harvey was a fine gentleman who never said an unkind word about anyone, matter of fact the 30 years that I listened to him, he was always uplifting and pleasant. Something a Lib has no understanding about. Notice I said Lib not Democrat.
As far as Rush is concerned, calling him names ie; A fat sex creep, his sex life is his buisness, he dosen't promote sex, he promotes conservative ideas and thinking. Again, a Lib just can't understand these concepts, and its rather a shame indeed.
It isn't Harvey or Rush
March 1, 2009 - 17:01 ET by MidAmericaIt isn't Harvey or Rush that they hate. It's all those normal Americans that have a sense of decency and don't hate their fellow man. People who can derive pleasure from their very normal lives. The haters only pleasure is to try and make people with good lives as miserable as they are.
Rush Limbaugh Despised by Most Americans?
March 1, 2009 - 17:01 ET by DerRickKen Layne needs to get his head out of his duffel-bag and take note that Rush is hugely popular. As was Paul Harvey. My prediction is that Ken Layne will never ever be able to hold even a small candle to either.
You have to love the idea
March 1, 2009 - 17:07 ET by TEYou have to love the idea of a leftist, feminist website called Wonkette being managed by a male, feminized pansy and freak (i.e., Ken Layne) who looks like (is?) one of al Qaeda's top terrorists.
So Sad
March 1, 2009 - 17:10 ET by Wildcatter1980Layne is shocked and amazed that someone could spend his entire adult life with only one woman! How sad he is. I'll bet he'd be even more flabbergasted to learn that Harvey's Angel worked with Paul, too, as his producer all of those years until her passing just last year.
I guess we should not be so surprised, though. Ol' Wonkette's venom and vitriol is spilling out of his words with his descriptions of both Harvey's and Limbaugh's audiences of which I count myself a member of each. Bet he would be surprised to learn that I don't have hairy knuckles and that I can and often do breathe only through my nose. Why, I am even chewing gum as I type this post!
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price. - Ronald Reagan from his first inaugural address
Wow!
March 1, 2009 - 17:12 ET by JPR1So I wonder, if CNN's political analyst Bill Schneider thinks Rush's CPAC speech was harsh and full of contempt how would he score this little diatribe?
A grade AA prig this one is.
I just LUV
March 1, 2009 - 17:21 ET by Calypso Jones'Hope and change' and 'we are all socialists now' and 'Obama has united the country'. Can U feel the Luv??
Oh, yes. If Skankette
March 1, 2009 - 17:37 ET by fitzfongOh, yes. If Skankette didn't occasionally grace us with her unique brand of brainless hyperbole, no one would know she was alive. I remember Paul Harvey well from my childhood. I don't remember him having a 3-hour program...just those five-minute pieces towards the top or bottom of the hour. The Rest...of the Story. Nevertheless, 22 million is quite impressive, as is 20 million from Rush Limbaugh. Skankette's audience is comprised of 5 or 6 other members of the eroding Washington magazine chattering class. Even if Rush Limbaugh was despised by most of America (a ludicrous overstatement that underlines Skankette's nonexistent credibility) he's still got way more going for him than she does. Most of America doesn't hate Anna Marie Cox (or her pseudonym) because most of America doesn't have a clue who she is.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Wonkette?
March 1, 2009 - 17:38 ET by slickwillie2001Let's not forget, Wonkette under founder Ana Marie Cox first gained fame from blogging about the joys of anal sex. Lack of class is their schtick. She has since left and tried to civilize herself at Time magazine.
So Slickwillie.......
March 1, 2009 - 21:02 ET by connmanIf thats how Wonkette gained its fame, shouldn't her name be Anal Marie Cox? I loved PH and always felt no day was complete without hearing his news. I love how the Lib pukes keep going after Rush, it's a reminder of just how much sense he makes!
Yawn. The venom
March 1, 2009 - 18:08 ET by Chris NormanYawn. The venom and vitriole tank has been exhausted by the liberal haters and they're running on empty. They've been reduced to recycling their own bile and it's been weakened from too much use. You can hear their engines sputtering...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Admitting to Mouth-breathing loser
March 1, 2009 - 17:43 ET by shades2I admit I am a mouth-breathing loser, but just 6 months ago I was a fairly well healed winner. What could have happened in such a short period of time. Oh, I got it !!! The market tanked because of lack of confidence in the government.
It seems Rush is the only person who can "feel my pain". For me, he seems to be the only port in a storm.
As for Paul Harvey, how can anyone be upset with him. Interesting times we are living in.
Oops, I keep forgetting to breathe through mynose.
As if we needed another example
March 1, 2009 - 17:53 ET by general companyOf how classless the left has become. Congrates liberals, you have out done yourself.
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
IF YOU SEE THIS CROSS-DRESSER ON THE STREET....
March 1, 2009 - 17:55 ET by SgthulkaThese kind os people deserve the kinds of attackes they invoke on liberals.
Where's Paulie Walnuts when you need him?
wonkette?
March 1, 2009 - 18:16 ET by katainkentYou mean the blog that referred to that "humble old Paul Harvey with his solid family life" as a "cantankerous old kook "?
whatever.
Well shut my mouth,
March 1, 2009 - 18:17 ET by cocodrieWell shut my mouth, the Wonkette and the other wonks are trashing Paul Harvey along with Rush.
They can't even show a little courtesy and respect to someone who has been a positive influence on America for well over 50 years. That reveals the low class hatred and contempt they have for us.
These "journalists" don't realize THEY are the "imaginary" communists exposed by Joe McCarthy that paul spoke of.
Jesus Loves You
CoCo.. I suspect he took a
March 1, 2009 - 18:29 ET by celatorCoCo.. I suspect he took a shot at Limbaugh because Limbaugh's been in the news a little more lately (C-PAC speech, etc), and it drives the lefty loonies crazy when that happens.
Mickey Mouse is one
of "Satan's soldiers" and must die, says Saudi Arabian cleric Sheikh
Muhammad Munajid. - Daily Telegraph (UK), 9/15/08
Well shut my mouth,
March 1, 2009 - 18:18 ET by cocodrieWell shut my mouth, the Wonkette and the other wonks are trashing Paul Harvey along with Rush.
They can't even show a little courtesy and respect to someone who has been a positive influence on America for well over 50 years. That reveals the low class hatred and contempt they have for us.
These "journalists" don't realize THEY are the "imaginary" communists exposed by Joe McCarthy that paul spoke of.
Jesus Loves You
It escapes most journalists
March 1, 2009 - 18:44 ET by Mr. MikeIt escapes most journalists and historians that McCarthy actually uncovered some communist activities and symphathizers. The bastards have taken over our universities and newsrooms at a far slower pace.
When I saw Olberdouche and his little brother Maddow praising the blissful wonders of socialism this week as though it's the new fad like the Atkins Diet or wearing Crocs I knew our educational system had failed as well as our "watchful" and "patriotic" press.
Someone should tell him
March 1, 2009 - 18:43 ET by JackrvQuote: (Except for this sentence: "The rosy sentimentalist was also a fretful
conservative; he backed Joe McCarthy's search for imaginary Communists
in the State Department." ).
That Mr. McCarthy was right about the commies in the state department. It has been proven time and time again.
Jack Van Nostrand
That Mr. McCarthy was right
March 2, 2009 - 00:26 ET by JerThat Mr. McCarthy was right about the commies in the state department. It has been proven time and time again.
Sure, Tailgunner Joe knew how to cover his bets. By claiming the commies were everywhere, when they were uncovered anywhere, he could say he was "right".
Jer
Fascinating how the story
March 2, 2009 - 07:19 ET by BDFascinating how the story became about McCarthy rather than the abvious Communist spies in the Democrat party? Including the former vice president?
"Fascinating" as in
March 2, 2009 - 08:32 ET by Jer"Fascinating" as in "surprising"? Hardly. McCarthy made himself the story and gloried in the notoriety.
Jer
But the "Responsible Press"
March 2, 2009 - 10:49 ET by BDBut the "Responsible Press" ignored the actual story.
WHat was the story? THat Wallace was at minimum a communist stooge and the State Department was a den of Soviet espionage and anti-american activity.
Gee, so the press puffs up an egomaniac and ignores the damage caused by true enemies? Guess the press does not deserve the freedoms they espouse owning....
Ken Layne
March 1, 2009 - 19:03 ET by richflanjKen Layne is a first-class hatemonger, bubbling over with jealousy. When he departs this earth for Hell, he will be lucky to have a two-line obituary in his local grocery store's coupon flier.
Sen. McCarthy was largely right.
March 1, 2009 - 19:07 ET by JWFThe Venona papers and the collapse of the Soviet Union and it's subsequent opening of Kremlin papers largely vindicated Sen. McCarthy.
The Senator's primary claim was that EXPOSED communists were not FIRED from the state department.
Furthermore, he did expose very real communists.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Likewise interviews with
March 1, 2009 - 19:41 ET by BDLikewise interviews with former KGB officer since the fall of the wall have revealed that the KGB provided seed funding to the Anti-Vietnam War protest organizations through cut out agencies.
But guys like John Kerry have no desire to investigate such things...
Vice President Wallace
March 1, 2009 - 21:08 ET by nadadhimmiFDR's 3rd Vice President, Henry Wallace, was a Soviet agent reporting directly to Stalin. Alger Hiss, very highly placed in State, was also a paid Soviet agent and there were many others as well. NKVD, KGB records and the Venona Papers all prove it and are in complete agreement, in fact, they even provide Wallace and Hiss's handlers, and their Soviet pay records and code names.. Also, Hiss set up the United Nations as we know it and actually was responsible for giving the USSR 3 VOTES, consisting of: Russia, Georgia( Stalins home region), and the Ukrane. Witch Hunts? Non Existant Communist Agents???? This Guy is full of SHIT!!!!!!! While we're at it, Dalton Trumbo was a Commie too, and so were his Hollywood friends and fellow travellers. Bastards all!!
This is an apt description
March 1, 2009 - 19:20 ET by nwahsMark called him "the Norman Rockwell of radio."
What a beautiful comparison and so apt . I remember listening to Paul Harvey's 10 (?) minute show on my lunch break of my first full time job, back in the 70's. We'd have a 30 minute lunch, and I'd spend 15 eating and 15 laying back on a wooden tool chest, dozing and listening to Paul Harvey. Like a Norman Rockwell painting, that was a less rhetoric filled world. Somewhere in the cosmos,that signal is still flying
"I'm Paul Harvey.... ..... ..... .... .... .... good day!
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
And now, Page 2
March 1, 2009 - 20:15 ET by nkviking75So, farewell, Paul Harvey. Farewell to... the commercials you wove so seamlessly into your "news" that the old and feeble-minded could never really tell if those mattresses and mail-order radio sets were part of the day's headlines or not.
Seriously? You couldn't tell that Paul was going to a commercial when he said, "And now, Page 2"? His audience is smarter than that, and apparently smarter than you.
Good day.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
It could be worse.......
March 1, 2009 - 20:20 ET by imau2fanThey could have said, "Harvey's command of the microphone, if not a command of the facts........."
And the Liberal Radio success is.........?
March 1, 2009 - 21:13 ET by Miket53I laugh when Libs put down Rush(or want to silence with the Fairness Doctirne). Libs can have an equal voice on radio with their own show. Oh wait...They have Air America. What is the fan base there? Maybe a million? So laugh at Rush and his measly 20 million listeners. Air America tanked while being headlined by Al Franken.
On Paul Harvey...a class act and Ken Layne should be ashamed. We need more true married couples to stay together for a lifetime. My wife and I have for 32 years so far...I guess we're bad people.
Miket53 http://mtaricani.blogspot.com/
I repeat: LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DISEASE.
March 1, 2009 - 21:13 ET by CKA in Red State USAIts adherents are pathologically mean-spirited.
Their anger and rage and adolescent behavior is killing them, but they're too angry, rageful and adolescently behaved to even begin to understand it.
That fellow that wrote this execrable stuff? His day is coming, as in: a spiritual harvest that he may not be able to endure.
Wonkette is the crotch of the internet
March 1, 2009 - 21:28 ET by R D HelmAnd Ken Layne is the ________ of the blogosphere.
You'll have to use your imagination to fill that one in. :-)
As for Rush, I bet he could buy this Lane guy out, lock, stock, barrel, and kitchen sink, and it wouldn't even change the numbers in his bank account.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
There you Conservatives go
March 1, 2009 - 21:28 ET by Roger the ShrubberThere you Conservatives go again, bringing an unecessary sexual reference into the discussion. You sex-starved, porn-buying pervs!
:)
I spit coke on my monitor
March 1, 2009 - 21:35 ET by nwahsThere is an unnecessary trip to the crotch in almost every thread! Didn't think we could possibly wind up at the crotch in this thread, but here we are. Really its not funny.
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
~Oops sorry!
March 1, 2009 - 21:45 ET by choselife3xWrong door, missed the Men Only sign.
YIKES! Nice to see you too, Dave.
*backing out rapidly*
Hope and Change=
Despair and Socialism
That 's Tim Taylor
March 1, 2009 - 21:51 ET by nwahsThats Tim "Tooltime"Taylor men to you missie, arf ug ug ug.
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
~I can hold my own in a garage
March 1, 2009 - 22:03 ET by choselife3xI've got a '94 F-150 and I've replaced the alternator and water pump myself. I broke 2 nails on my left hand and 3 on the right. *sigh*
'More Power' ;)
Hope and Change=
Despair and Socialism
OMIGOSH!
March 1, 2009 - 22:09 ET by sherylsimsWe have the SAME CAR!!! Both our husbands are from Kansas!!! We both had babies at home!!! Will the similarities never end??? WOW! But I never have fixed our car. My husband does that. I used to try, but I HATE getting stuff under my fingernails. (Not because I am too girly, but because it is so hard to get them completely clean.) My husband would rather do it himself and I would rather let him. But isn't that weird that I also drive a Ford F-150? ('94) Tooooooo cool! What color? (If you say midnight blue ~Technically black~ I will just pass out right here at the computer.)
ITS A TRUCK!
March 1, 2009 - 22:13 ET by nwahsThis
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
I know nwahs
March 1, 2009 - 22:17 ET by sherylsimsI know it is a truck. I call it a car because I call all our vehicles "cars" I don't know why. My husband drives a Chevy big-ass truck that is diesel and I call that a car too. I used to call my Tahoe a car. Don't pick on me. I'm old.
lol -sorry
March 1, 2009 - 22:18 ET by nwahsI am too :)
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
~No keyboard print on Sheryl's forehead
March 1, 2009 - 22:22 ET by choselife3xTonight. :) I call my baby the 'White Whale'. I love trucks. They're all I've ever bought. Ya can't haul plants and soil in a car. Plus they're fun to drive.
Hope and Change=
Despair and Socialism
Everybody gets out of
March 1, 2009 - 22:25 ET by sherylsimsEverybody gets out of the way for me. I don't like driving my husband's car (TRUCK) though because it is HUGE and I never can get it into the parking space in one try and then I feel like a big dufus going back and forth and back and forth an inch or two at a time like I am trying to sneak into the spot or something.
~Big Dufus
March 1, 2009 - 23:14 ET by choselife3xHa Ha Ha Ha Ha
You crack me up, girl!
For some reason I've always had a facility for parking. Especially backwards. I can whip that Ford around on a dime and put it right where I want it. Trailers are fun, too.
And I confess that I enjoy the expressions on men's faces when they're watching. It's almost as good as going to the gun range! I was propositioned (in a nice, funny way) more times than I can count. Good times, baby. Good times.
Hope and Change=
Despair and Socialism
You go girl! Newt
March 1, 2009 - 22:10 ET by Clear thinkerYou go girl!
Newt vs Rush
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
Ct... The Newt vs Rush
March 1, 2009 - 22:28 ET by bigtimerCt...
The Newt vs Rush blog post is very good...others may want to go there and read, maybe comment...it is good for the soul.
Thanks bt... All I did
March 1, 2009 - 23:11 ET by Clear thinkerThanks bt...
All I did was tell the truth.
Newt vs Rush
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
Ct... So did I. ;-)
March 1, 2009 - 23:13 ET by bigtimerCt...
So did I. ;-)
That is impressive
March 1, 2009 - 22:12 ET by nwahsThere ya go ;) I've got a F-250 Diesel.
Noisy as hell ;)
Beware of a crazy woman throwing a hash pipe.
Rog,
March 1, 2009 - 22:53 ET by R D HelmLOL.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
sigh, liberals.. humble
March 1, 2009 - 21:47 ET by JAJTsigh, liberals..
humble old Paul Harvey with his solid family life and one (just one!) wife --- this is why Liberal hates conservatives, they hate anyone with morals (staying with one spouse should be celebrated, not condemned)
Paul Harvey, God bless him,
March 2, 2009 - 00:13 ET by JerPaul Harvey, God bless him, was a broadcast institution and national treasure. I didn't always agree with his politics, but I always enjoyed listening to him.
But instead of providing a venue focused on memories and tributes, Tim Graham has chosen to highlight some obscure blogger who entitles his insolent and moronic rants Ken Layne's Outrages, and link Brian Maloney's list of several cherry-picked offensive comments posted at various left/progressive websites. What in the world does this have to do with media bias?
Jer
Aw shucks Jer...why the
March 2, 2009 - 00:25 ET by bigtimerAw shucks Jer...why the answer is nothing of course in your mind.
Can you, bt?
March 2, 2009 - 00:30 ET by JerI know what's in my mind. I was wondering what is in Tim's. Perhaps you can tell me.
Jer
Jer.. I'll leave that to
March 2, 2009 - 00:43 ET by bigtimerJer..
I'll leave that to Tim since you seem to be having a difficult time understanding...he can help you follow that bouncing ball.
No prob, bt... Just
March 2, 2009 - 00:59 ET by JerNo prob, bt...
Just thought since you could read my mind, maybe you could read Tim's. :-)
Jer
All these s**theads have
March 2, 2009 - 02:39 ET by SlicksterAll these s**theads have is hate. In the end it will be their undoing.
Tim
March 2, 2009 - 09:25 ET by Tom BlumerGlad you did something with this. I resisted posting on it in the hopes that Wonkette had merely linked to an isolated nobody at AOL. Alas, I see that isn't so, and that other losers have piled on.
Wow.
Wonder if Wank-it includes
March 2, 2009 - 17:55 ET by RR GOPWonder if Wank-it includes Art Linkletter in that unholy triad?
I guess if Paul Harvey had gone on about how the war in Vietnam sucked, Saddam Hussein was actually misunderstood, etc., we'd be hearing a different tune from these L(ib)osers.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
The token lefty at R-E blubbers in
March 2, 2009 - 21:04 ET by BobAnthonyFrom the comments section at Radio Equalizer, this person if you ask me MUST BE SOME GAY NAZI!
Maybe if Harvey was not a Nazi, we would not gigglewith glee over his death
Normal Americans reject racism, bigotry and conservatism
one less filthy, filthy, filthy, dirty, traitorous wing nut
you filth pigs do not get it
You
arte fringe crack pots, so ingrained in hatred and bigotry you never
saw the kind of filth that Harvey really was. Anyman that trashed
NAtive Americans, is a scum
Harveyn was scum and all he did for radio was lower the bar
Good riddance to another Anti-American pig
I
promise you when the pig man Rush finally overdoes,there will be
nationwide celebrations.. That is how hated conservatives and
conservatism is
you are all a bunch of immoral, filth
By AnotherConBigotDEAD, at 02 March, 2009 16:41
FLOOD THIS FASCIST'S EMAIL! DO IT!
Want the PLAIN truth and no spin? Listen to The Plains Radio Network online. It's like nothing you've ever heard.
www.plainsradio.com
Too bad. I was all in but the spelling annoys me.
March 2, 2009 - 22:31 ET by JWFToo bad crazy does not have a spellcheck.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.