Astrocloud

Cool, so in this fantasy world where I am charging people with crimes -can I charge him with hypocrisy, lying, or just promoting stupidity? Perhaps I could charge him with subverting conservative values so that they become completely unpalatable for anyone who is able to think beyond name calling and scandal mongering. If fallacy were illegal, I should charge him with creating a false dichotomy between Liberal beliefs and everything else. (Because you see, Liberals are the ones who blew up the WTC -and if they didn't then they are somehow responsible.)

Rush led the way for conservative talk shows. He invented how it is done. Here are some of the tactics:

First, act like you're reporting the news but only find stories that support your political agenda. If someone shoots a burglar, celebrate the story as an example of why we need more handguns. It might be a good idea to follow it with some canned applause. Be sure to ignore the 10 children that are accidentally shot that day.

Second, if you get cornered rephrase your argument, then change it to something your opponent agrees with and claim victory on your original point. ...

Third, be incredibly gullible when it comes to believing bad things about your enemy and good things about yourself. According to Russ and Dee, Palestinians don't love their children, they only love murderers and terrorists. The Koran overtly advocates violence but the Bible would never do anything like that. Be sure to keep it simple, 100% good vs. 100% bad.

Forth, if a caller is making a sophisticated point that you don't agree with catch him on a technicality, like a mispronounced word, then declare his whole argument wrong. Sound bites are much better than complicated explanations on temporal media like talk radio.

Fifth, let your callers lie for you. Be sure to object to an occasional wild accusation to maintain some credibility.

Sixth, compare your opponent to Hitler. ... Bet you didn't know that Hitler was a "liberal" and the Nazis were politically correct.

Seventh, if you bring on guests to debate find the dumbest burned out hippy to represent the Left.

Finally, if all else fails go to a commercial.

(from the "Liberal" http://www.birminghamfreepress.com/Features/Media.html.)


But wait, you wanted a real crime that Rush can go to jail for? How about Criminal Conspiracy to possess drugs Title 21 US 846. Yes, that will do nicely.