Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Realignment
Can't quite pin it down, but there's a distinct change in two of the main brand-R talkers lately.
Rush is sounding notably more populist: almost pro-union, focusing more on religion and nationality, less on taxes and spending.
At the same time, Jerry Doyle is moving away from populism toward pure Mitch McConnell Repooflican talking points. "Taxation is theft!" and "Yeah, Bush may have spent a few unnecessary pennies, but Obama is spending $4,356,987,113,581.23 every minute!!!!!!" and all that trivial partisan crap.
Wonder if the change has something to do with female influence? Rush was married recently, and Doyle lost his long-time girlfriend at about the same time.
Hypothesis: Female influence = less attention to raw numbers and more attention to the actual welfare of Americans? ¶ 6:21 AM
Rush is sounding notably more populist: almost pro-union, focusing more on religion and nationality, less on taxes and spending.
At the same time, Jerry Doyle is moving away from populism toward pure Mitch McConnell Repooflican talking points. "Taxation is theft!" and "Yeah, Bush may have spent a few unnecessary pennies, but Obama is spending $4,356,987,113,581.23 every minute!!!!!!" and all that trivial partisan crap.
Wonder if the change has something to do with female influence? Rush was married recently, and Doyle lost his long-time girlfriend at about the same time.
Hypothesis: Female influence = less attention to raw numbers and more attention to the actual welfare of Americans? ¶ 6:21 AM
