Rubystars wrote:
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> I've listened to all of those guys sometimes, except I don't know who
> Michael Medved is.

He used to be (and still is, though not exclusively) a film critic. You may have
seen him on a PBS movie review show kind of like Siskel and Ebert. He filled in
several times for Rush about 10-12 years ago, and was offered his own show. One
interesting thing about him: he attended Yale Law School with Bill and Hillary
Clinton. He knows them well. He was one of their strongest critics, and, judging
from an appearance on one of the news channels the other day in which he
discussed Clinton's self-serving book and appearance on 60 Minutes, he still is.

http://www.michaelmedved.com/

> I listened to Rush a ton when Clinton was in office, but
> haven't much since Bush got in. If Kerry gets elected, I'll probably listen
> to the radio more.

That's the way it seems to go.

> I still do, sometimes.
>
> I don't always agree with Savage,

My most significant disagreement with him has been over the way he's handled the
Kobe Bryant case, calling the alleged victim some very despicable names. He's
only entertaining (imo) when he blows a fuse. As for his political views, I
don't buy that he's as far to the right as he suggests. Maybe his conversion is
genuine and his show is more real than shtick -- he's certainly alienated his
old SF beatnik friends when he was still content with his birth name -- but I'm
unconvinced. The other hosts in my list don't rely on shock for ratings; Savage
seems to thrive on it.

> but I'm really grateful to him for putting
> up the beheading videos/pictures on his site so that we can know what kind
> of enemy we're fighting.

I already knew that without seeing pics or videos. So did Savage.