If you had to pick one talking head to voice your positions...

[Que]

...who would it be?

Who most consistently expresses opinions that you agree with?

I was thinking in terms of Talk Radio, but since Liberals do not have enough to say to keep a program on the air I'll let you cheat and pick a TV person. You can even pick a comedian.

I'll say Mike Church. I don't know if he is in syndication, but he is on Satellite. He is a little Catholic for my tastes but he brings that in more for the fabric of tradition, which I concur with. I don't know that it matters what the tradition is but you need something to pass on from one generation to the next for continuity.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Jerry Mahoney

 

[Que]

Jerry Mahoney

I wanted to make it a poll, but I don't even know enough about who is on the air these days on the right, let alone the left.

Maybe I'll do a poll after I see enough suggestions.

There has to be one of those "top lists" around for influential pundits.

One of the problems I have with pundits especially for TV is they get on there for their ability to spark controversy and edit down to a sound byte. Writers and columnists tend to not make the cut.

That maybe is a better category: "Who do you read?"

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I wanted to make it a poll, but I don't even know enough about who is on the air these days on the right, let alone the left.

Maybe I'll do a poll after I see enough suggestions.

There has to be one of those "top lists" around for influential pundits.

One of the problems I have with pundits especially for TV is they get on there for their ability to spark controversy and edit down to a sound byte. Writers and columnists tend to not make the cut.

That maybe is a better category: "Who do you read?"

It's a lot of work and everyone just votes for dolf anyway.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

Judge Andrew Napolitano

 

[thør]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Tina-Weymouth_1978.jpg

 

[Que]

^ Took me a full couple of minutes; now I can't stop laughing.

Walks away muttering: "This is not my beautiful wife...this is not my beautiful house..."

 

[Learnsmith]

...who would it be?

Who most consistently expresses opinions that you agree with?

I was thinking in terms of Talk Radio, but since Liberals do not have enough to say to keep a program on the air I'll let you cheat and pick a TV person. You can even pick a comedian.

I'll say Mike Church. I don't know if he is in syndication, but he is on Satellite. He is a little Catholic for my tastes but he brings that in more for the fabric of tradition, which I concur with. I don't know that it matters what the tradition is but you need something to pass on from one generation to the next for continuity.

It would have to be either Jay Smooth or Bill Hicks. Smooth for his chill way of trying to explain diversity to people who don't get it, and Hicks for his seething intellectualism.

 

[thør]

^ Took me a full couple of minutes; now I can't stop laughing.

Walks away muttering: "This is not my beautiful wife...this is not my beautiful house..."

And she was drifting through the backyard
And she was taking off her dress

 

[Que]

It would have to be either Jay Smooth or Bill Hicks. Smooth for his chill way of trying to explain diversity to people who don't get it, and Hicks for his seething intellectualism.

Nice choices.

Makes me think of who would I pick comedian wise. Yes there are a few with a conservative bent, but I would have to go with George Carlin's acerbic wit.

I always liked him, and did not used to agree with a lot of his positions. Now I still like him and am finding he was right, more often than not. Age I guess.

 

[marshalt]

All the voices in my head say the same things now.

 

[BotanyBoy]

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server300/hcb9g/product_images/theme_images/banner_wutang.jpg?t=1394563873

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Brit Hume. He does a consistently good job of defining where the "top" is that Bill O'Reilly frequently goes over.

http://tools.foxnews.com/sites/tools.foxnews.com/files/204x204-brit-hume.jpg

 

[Que]

All the voices in my head say the same things now.

Reaching congruency is an estimable goal.

 

[Que]

Brit Hume. He does a consistently good job of defining where the "top" is that Bill O'Reilly frequently goes over.

http://tools.foxnews.com/sites/tools.foxnews.com/files/204x204-brit-hume.jpg

I had to laugh at the unfortunate URL for that picture.

I do like Hume. I kind of forget about him because I never get Fox and if I see it in a hotel lobby he isn't on.

By "top" I am assuming you mean more the hyperbolic nature of O'Reilly's rants, not necessarily the substance? I would say that Hume is maybe to the right of O'Reilly. He seems such a professional journalist, and obviously classically educated that I wouldn't be surprised to find his own views may be to the left of what i think they are.

Before him I liked Tony Snow for similar reasons.

I like Neil Cavuto's sense of humor and his polite way of disagreeing.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

By "top" I am assuming you mean more the hyperbolic nature of O'Reilly's rants, not necessarily the substance?

Exactly. And I certainly don't think he is to the right of O'Reilly. God help us.

 

[Que]

Exactly. And I certainly don't think he is to the right of O'Reilly. God help us.

O'reilly strikes me as reactionary in the anti-communist 50's sort of way. I could see him pal-ing around with McCarthy but he is definitely not a small government type. Of course most Republicans aren't these days either. It's hard to think of a good example because I tend to tune him out literally and figuratively. I just remember hearing him espouse some opinion or another and thinking, "How can liberals hate this guy. He is on their side on this particular issue."

He is such a blowhard sounding guy that I will not be sad when he retires. It looks like Kelly is his replacement and that is good because I would have to watch CNN to avoid Hannity.

Remember when CNN was shamelessly progressively biased, but still a great source to find out what was going on at anytime?

 

[Learnsmith]

Nice choices.

Makes me think of who would I pick comedian wise. Yes there are a few with a conservative bent, but I would have to go with George Carlin's acerbic wit.

I always liked him, and did not used to agree with a lot of his positions. Now I still like him and am finding he was right, more often than not. Age I guess.

George Carlin is an early favorite. I haven't always agreed with him, but I also didn't need to. He was the figure who taught me that anger could be constructive.

 

[snugglestruggle]

Garnate.

 

[pointless]

look left. get it? you will.

 

[Not Normal]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Tina-Weymouth_1978.jpg

Well played, Thør.

 

[Que]

Garnate.

If it becomes a poll, that would obviously be one choice. Dolf of course would be in there as well.

(I'd take either on my pole, but the chemistry makes that doubtful at best.)

look left. get it? you will.

I have a collection of older hammer-heads (the tools not the sharks)

A ball-peen (notwithstanding your name) is an effective way to hammer a point home, as it were.

 

[AllyRose]

Lewis Black.

 

[snugglestruggle]

Garnate.

If it becomes a poll, that would obviously be one choice. Dolf of course would be in there as well.

Only a few people seeing my choice would get it.
Hint: Fun to the nth degree.

 

[Que]

Lewis Black.

I liked him better as a performer before he beat his stammer. I still think he is really, really good.

I am certain he disagrees with me on nearly everything, but I occasionally am persuaded that he has a point. I like people like that that force me to reconsider.

I HATE Bill Maher with a passion both as a performer and for his smirking snark. The thing is, he is right a lot of the time, too.