• Are too many voters just plain dumb? Rick Shenkman, author of Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter, responds.
• The man behind 1988’s “Willie Horton” ads is now targeting Barack Obama. Alan confronts Floyd Brown.
• A conversation with Quantum Wellness guru Kathy Freston.
… because it has electrolytes…
that’s going to become a classic line, i think
ha ha, LOL
Excuse me – THEIR law degree. Yeah, I took an English Comp class at the Costco – lol.
To Sky and Cheryl – the fat guy in Idiocracy KILLS me! I think we have some politicians who got there law degree from Costco. Maybe we need a ‘peanut head’ to stimulate the ecomony right now. Pardon me while I finish my Brawndo – it has electrolytes, you know.
Floyd Brown reminds me of why I would never be a republiCON. Woody Allen once said he would never belong to a club who would have him as a member. Hear that floyd. Despite these sleazebags, Obama will win in November if it is a FAIR election. In the 12 years I have lived in Florida, I haven’t seen a fair one here yet. Democrats should never leave a RepubliCON alone wirh a voting machine. Finally, Alan please educate women on Mccain,s disgusting attitude on all issues concerning women’s rights. Women will not vote for him if they know how he disrespects them.
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Suntan is plain dumb…
June 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
From the Amazon product description of Skenkman’s book: “The only thing everyone seems to agree on, in fact, is that the American people are entirely blameless.”
Well, if you ask me, and I don’t know anything, the only thing we could all agree on is that there’s plenty of people to blame in this country, and in our government especially, and they’re all idiots.
And why are they all idiots? Because they don’t agree with you and me.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
How come all these so-called experts who are writing books do not have anything listed in the area about the author that the have some experience in the field that they are writing.
If you are going to write about health you should have some experience in the heath field. If you going to write about history, then you should have some understand of what you are writing about. I guess this would qualify any of us to be able to write a political book, since we do not know anything about politics.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Shenkman used to host a series, but I forgot the name of it. He likes to debunk myths, historical misconceptions.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Voters are pretty silly. When I heard how some Hillary voters would go against everything their candidate believed in and would contemlplate voting McCain, it made me wonder what their thinking process is.
I think voters should have to demonstrate an understanding of the issues and the differences between candidate platforms before they are allowed to vote.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Oh yeah and Floyd Brown is a scumbag!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Refer to here for my thoughts on that http://liberalland.com/2008/06/05/how-many-of-us-are-too-stupid-to-vote/#comments
June 12th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I wonder when Obama will pick his VP?I am pulling for Jim Webb…
June 12th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Bob~ the pundits are saying Obama and McCain will not pick the veep until August, as that is apparently the traditional time to do it.
What the hell was up with that first caller? If I’d been standing in front of him I would have had to laugh. Honestly. I mean, it was such a crazy comment that it had to have been a joke… right???
I thought the guy calling in about how confident he was about Obama winning, and then how voters would be disappointed at how he won’t be able to fulfill campaign promises, made a VERY good point. I don’t think it’s a good point b/c I’m not an Obama supporter, but b/c it says something about our civic psychology.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I cant believe that first caller either.I am afraid I have have run into that same train of thought among some of the people I have talked to.I have taken a little flak for supporting obama.
These wacky callers make the show entertaining though….
June 12th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Man… as soon as that guy said that the only people who can vote are veterans and property owners, I LAUGHED.
GREAT CALLS TONIGHT!
June 12th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Alan, take down the Brown commercial link. You are only helping him.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Floyd Brown needs to shove both his hands up his ass!
Thank you and good night…
June 12th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Sometimes I think this show is a Phil Hendrie type thing because can there really be that many stupid people out there?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Too intelligent to vote HA!…where’s this guys tin foil hat?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I agree that there are way too many stupid people voting. Problem is – I also believe that ALL candidates are pandering to the ignorant voter because they believe the ignorant voter is in the majority. And maybe they are right !!
June 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Alan ask that a-hole Floyd how his ad contributes to the discussion of issues in the campaign?
June 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Floyd Brown is a hack.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Wow this Floyd Brown guy is truly a low life. I remember those Willy Horton ads so well. So this is the guy. I’m not surprised.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/25/floyd_brown/
Your days are numbered scumbag.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Based on the videos I have seen and the people I have talk to, yes some voters are not educated about whom they are voting for. Some of them go into the polling place not realizing that the poll worker can not tell them who to vote for. All anyone can show them is who voting.
I can promise you that come this November that people will vote not knowing who is running for president, that one of them is black, or that a church was a issue.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
This ugliness would never be going on if Barack Obama was white. Never.
I’m sorry I’ve lived long enough to see the bottom of the barrel scraped. Makes my stomach turns over.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
The republicans will be coming full force to smear Obama.Thats why I think Jim Webb would be a good VP.Webb can return fire with the best of them.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Guest’s I would like to see on the show…Jim Webb,James Hoffa jr president of the Teamsters union..
June 12th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
ha ha, Bob you are all about the Unions :-)
June 12th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I guess I am a Cheryl ..:-)
Great show tonight…Thanks to the flooding here in Missouri I am off work tonight..
June 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Cheryl do you ever hear the SEMPER FI guy on radio graffiti anymore?I havent heard him in a long time.He was always enertaining.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Naw, I haven’t heard him in a while! Maybe he got shipped back to Iraq?
Looking at my Radio Graffiti records, I see that a man called on May 14 and said “What happened to my Semper Fi boyfriend?”. Was that you?!
Speaking of regulars on Graffiti, Della hasn’t been on in a while either.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:06 am
No that wasnt me.I usually stick to the union stuff on radio graffiti..lol
June 13th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I noticed last time that it was a little harder to get through on radio graffiti…Alan must be getting more popular..
June 13th, 2008 at 12:15 am
I think Alan is trying to help us all calm the hell down. This is the second thing he’s done on stress this week.
Alan loves us :-)
June 13th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Cheryl are you going to listen to coast to coast later?
June 13th, 2008 at 12:24 am
hells yeah. what are you, stupid? you know i like that show! :-)
i subscribe to alan and coast to coast, i got rid of the other one i had.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:36 am
To everyone who thinks voters are stupid: watch Idiocracy. very funny. and scary.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:38 am
I always switch over at midnight here in the midwest after radio graffiti. Two of the best show on radio.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Sky~ I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!! So does my 3 year old. It’s SO funny. One of my favorite scenes is when they’re walking into “Cosco” and the fat, dazed looking guy says “Welcome to Cosco. I love you” LOL
June 13th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Alan, what the hell- sometimes I feel like you care more about Bob in Vegas and John the Trucker than you do Cheryl in Fredericksburg.
Jerk.
:-(
June 13th, 2008 at 12:42 am
i just used the info on fight the smears to do obama’s astrology chart. i’ll let you guys know if there’s any cause for concern tomorrow :-)
June 13th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Goodnight Cheryl..Switching over to coast 2 coast…
June 13th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I believe the caller that spoke of over intelligence was trying, albeit in a muddled way, to say that a highly intelligent person also of an upper socio-economic class might not be able to empathize with persons of lower intelligence and, or, a lesser socio-economic class. There are probably nicer ways to put it, but it’s kind of like saying the straight a student might not understand the struggling ones and deem their self interest as secondary, or worse, to his own, thereby creating a kind of elitism; an intelligence that disassociates oneself with the common man.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Floyd Brown reminds me of why I would never be a republiCON. Woody Allen once said he would never belong to a club who would have him as a member. Hear that floyd. Despite these sleazebags, Obama will win in November if it is a FAIR election. In the 12 years I have lived in Florida, I haven’t seen a fair one here yet. Democrats should never leave a RepubliCON alone wirh a voting machine. Finally, Alan please educate women on Mccain,s disgusting attitude on all issues concerning women’s rights. Women will not vote for him if they know how he disrespects them.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
To Sky and Cheryl – the fat guy in Idiocracy KILLS me! I think we have some politicians who got there law degree from Costco. Maybe we need a ‘peanut head’ to stimulate the ecomony right now. Pardon me while I finish my Brawndo – it has electrolytes, you know.
June 14th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Excuse me – THEIR law degree. Yeah, I took an English Comp class at the Costco – lol.
June 14th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
ha ha, LOL
June 16th, 2008 at 12:26 am
… because it has electrolytes…
that’s going to become a classic line, i think
June 16th, 2008 at 12:27 am