Friday Funday Thought

Amidst all the post-election analyses, there was a lot of chatter blaming conservatives for the loss of a seat that had been held by a GOP-er since before Abe Lincoln.....

Because the liberal MSM can't win on their party's ideology (because they are actually irrelevant), they have taken to spinning right-wing ideology as out of touch.

But I find that a mistaken way of looking at recent events.

Conservativism is absolutely still relevant....

If it weren't it wouldn't be able to be the basis of the most popularly watched cable news channel (FOX), spawned a mass grassroots movement (Tea Party Movement), or created a national sweetheart (Sarah Palin).....They wouldn't have been able to force the GOP establishment's candidate to suspend her campaign, thrusting the Conservative Party candidate into the GOP spot.  A year after the most electrifying grassroots movement we have seen in my lifetime, the Republican party was able to take back two Governorships that had previously gone to the other side.

A lot of criticism and hate has been had on conservatives this week despite huge wins in a generally Democrat state, and one in a battleground swing state that had previously gone Dem the year before.  These are big wins...

.....Critics like to hate on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, yet they're following arguably rivals the likes of Britney Spears' breakdown.

No, the conservative movement is not to be mistaken as irrelevant or characterized as those right-wing crazies.   They are normal, average everyday American citizens who are tired of too much government..

And people are listening.

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Context is everything

The top rated show on Fox News is Bill O'Reilly. His audience is around 3 million, which is often double the Fox News audience for the rest of the primetime schedule. Lets put that in context. O'Reilly's audience is roughly equal to that of "The Ellen Degeneres Show".  Which is the fifth rated daytime talkshow. And O'Reilly's audience is well less than half the audiences of the CBS Evening News, which is the THIRD rated evening news cast. 

So, basically....peanuts.

Or, putting it another way - the top rated show on Fox News has an audience that is only slightly larger than the number of people who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000.

Your "mass grassroots movement" is being led by Dick Armey. Further comment not needed.

Your "national sweetheart" Sarah Palin has an UNFAVORABILITY rating of 51%.  Hillary Clinton totally kicks her ass on this point with a 59.1% favorability rating.

Happy Friday!