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   7/07/08

   dlowe

   Because people who listen to right-wing talk radio like to spend money?

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   7/07/08

   MadameX

   Because people who have money want to keep it, so people who advocate letting the poor die in the streets while the rich build a fifteenth vacation home are preaching to those who spend a lot of money on themselves.
   
   Edit: That said, I don't think Al Franken was exactly making minimum wage.

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      7/07/08

      dlowe

      Yeah, sometimes generalizing comes across as petty. Actually many of those conservatives give lots of money to charity and many conservative churches give lots of money to programs aimed at eradicating poverty.
      
      edit to post:
      www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/11/who_really_cares.html
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      7/07/08

      Donlewis

      Besides MadameX, I'm pretty sure that most of the listeners of the major right-of-center talk show hosts are working class folk.
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      7/07/08

      MadameX

      Define "lots", dlowe. I think you and I have very different views of what can be considered generous or socially responsible. In my experience--and I have quite a bit of it, working with both non-profits and in law and politics--I've never encountered a right-winger who did any meaningful sharing (note that I've switched back to right-wing, which was the original term, from conservative, which has a much broader construction). I'm sure there are a couple of exceptions somewhere in the world, but generally speaking people who believe that it's all well and good for pharmaceutical companies to knowingly kill people as long as it keeps the profit margins up and generally benefits the economy aren't big humanitarians.
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   7/07/08

   satijournal

   I found one link that claimed Al Franken was making 3 million a year, which is a hell of a lot, but nothing compared to what Limbaugh is getting.
   
   Don, you're right... a big part of their audience is working class or blue collar. I'll have to listen to Limbaugh one of these days to find out who is advertising -- however painful that may be!

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   7/07/08

   polybore

   People like to be told what they want to hear. Same thing goes for left wing radio listeners. Telling people what they want to hear is the oldest trick in the book to make money.

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