News Commentators & Political Analysts

[Dr. Shane]

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Pat Robertson

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Pat Buchanon

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Walter Williams

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Ann Coulter & Sean Hanity

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Rush Limbaugh

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Micheal Savge

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[Dr. Shane]

Bill O'Reilly

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Larry King

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Alan Combs

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Dan Rather

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Jesse Jackson

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Al Sharpton

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Phil Donahue

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Micheal Moore

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[Dr. Shane]

We can't forget our liberal, Bush-bashing friend, Maureen Dowd, can we?

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What would one think if they opened Liberty Magazine and read, "Rush Limbaugh, a national syndicated radio host, recently said..."? Unless it was bashing Rush, most of us would be quite surprised that one of our denominational papers were using him as a credible resource.

Yet when Alan J. Reinach of the Pacific Union Conference Department of Public Affairs & Religious Liberty writes, "Maureen Dowd, a syndicated New York Times columnist, recently wrote…" It not only gets published but handed out in some churches just before the presidencial election in an attempt to convince Adventists to vote for John Kerry. Not only did Brother Reinach refer to Moureen Dowd as a credible resource, he failed to even inidcate she is liberal. Can one imagine quoting Rush Limbaugh without calling him, "conservative radio host"?

It is a little disturbing when one has to be on their guard even when reading denominational papers. Yet many just want to bury their head in idealogical sand and not actually question their preconcieved beliefs.

[Neil D]

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Yet many just want to bury their head in idealogical sand and not actually question their preconcieved beliefs.

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[Dr. Shane]

Exactly my point. As the media becomes more and more polarized, many are just finding which polar they agree with and staying there. There are burying their head in the sand - metophorically speaking.

If one listens to Rush Limbaugh or watches the 700 Club there is nothing wrong with that. But they should also tune in 60 Minutes, listen to NPR or surf onto Media Matters or some other radical left-wing blog.

[Neil D]

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Exactly my point.

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Uh, where did I say anything, Shane????

All I did was quote you and smile and wink....I made no points nor did I say anything... With all due respect, I am leaving a lot unsaid....

[Dr. Shane]

The point I made in another thread (which is quoted in this thread) fits well. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

[jasd]

Sheesh! Shane...

That's the best picture of that chili Hottie -- Ann Coulter that you could find?

Surely, there is one more fitting the gurette of the bon mot.

waiting...:)

[Dr. Shane]

I must confess, I forget the grand puba of modern-day liberalism.

Chris Matthews

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[Dr. Shane]

I have to hand it to Bill O'Reilly. While I do believe he does a little "spinnng" in the "No Spin Zone", he has found a place that seems to be where no one else is.

Conservatives hate him. Is hate too strong of a word? Matt Drudge certainly doesn't like him. Rush Limbaugh won't even say his name on air or acknowldge he exists if a caller mentions him. Randy Savage calls him a lepracon and Laura Ingram mocks him. The liberal commentators don't like him any more as they try to lump him in with the "right wing".

Now I figure this is because he is on top with the highest cable ratings so everyone takes shots at him. Or he has found some ground somewhere close to the middle and that draws attacks from both extreames.

[Derrell M]

The extremes both hate O'Reilly. As far as I'm concerned that give him tremendous credibility. My dad used to say, regarding driving through Mexico, "Nails and other dangerous stuff floats to the sides, so always take your half out of the middle. When there is oncoming traffic, just move to the right and you will be safe."

[lazarus]

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The extremes both hate O'Reilly.

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I don't the right hates him half as much as the left simply because he's on the right. Any attempt to portray him as a moderate is not just innacurate but bizzare!

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he's on the right. Any attempt to portray him as a moderate is not just innacurate but bizzare!

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The liberal commentators don't like him any more as they try to lump him in with the "right wing".

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[Neil D]

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Any attempt to portray him as a moderate is not just innacurate but bizzare!

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quoted words were never truer.....

[there buster]

O'Reilly's not on the right. He's just a crank. Because the mainstream media is so far left, they see his crankiness as right-wing. He's not.

Most of the people in this country who've made a living out of being obnoxious are on the left. So when they encounter one who doesn't hue the party line, they think he must be right-wing. He's not at all.

[Dr. Shane]

Well, O'Reilly is to the right of the radical left-wing extreames. But he can hardly be lumped in with what most consider to be the right-wing.