I started a comment in the "Where is the Liberal Limbaugh" diary.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Reading the comments, my ire rose and I decided to post it as a diary.
It's not that I disagree with the Esteemed Mr. Finch.
But I sure do disagree with many, far too many, of the commenters, each of whom is glad to tell the world that He or She doesn't want a Lefty Limbo.
AARRGH!
It's not that WE Progressives need a "Rush."
It's that we need a tough-talking, macho-seeming type to counter the Rush crapola for those who listen to Rush.
I'm not into macho.
But lots of Repubs and Indie/Repugs are.
We ARE "girlymen" to them.
We don't fight back. We certainly don't fight fire with fire.
I think that a smart but down-home "Joe the Plumber" Dem/Prog would be a great media asset. He should look and talk macho without ever putting down women or minorities or gays -- but he should verbally beat the heck out of Rush and his allies.
But, as I explain below the fold:
WE DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO HIM OR LIKE HIM.
WE JUST NEED TO SUPPORT HIM.
Consider. With our market share, with way more than half our nation not composed of ditto-heads,
what's wrong with this picture: We have no tv network, no real radio network, no stars of our own on the level of LimpBo or O'liely or Coulter.
That's because YOU, Dear Reader, don't want to have some loud guy preach to your choir of one.
Don't get me wrong.
I wouldn't want to listen to Joe Prog the Plumber, either.
Most secure and non-ego-driven folk (who are more likely not to be Repugs) don't need that kind of crap support. We want facts, we want music, we want insightful discussion of what concerns us.
But we also need to support mainstream-appealing progressive media.
WE DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO JOE THE PROG (LS03 shouts)
BUT WE DO NEED TO CREATE HIM, THEN SUPPORT HIM.
BUY THE PRODUCTS OF THE COMPANIES THAT SPONSOR HIM.
TELL THE RATINGS FOLK HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM (his existence, even if we don't listen to him).
Am I dumb to think this? Poll follows, in which you can tell me so.