Posted by
Daniel Crandall on Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:00:01 PM
I've listened to Michael Medved for years and have great respect for his comments on American pop culture. But I've lost all respect for the man, during this campaign season. His blind support for John McCain is an absolute embarrassment. Listening to him on a daily basis is as tough a slog as is listening to Air America.
I have finally turned him off and will only listen sparingly, maybe only on Fridays when he has his "Call of the Week" and does his movie reviews. Though I may even swear off those.
The last straw for me was when he shot down a caller who presented Medved a direct quote from John McCain, in which McCain clearly endorsed amnesty for illegal aliens, with, I paraphrase, "... this obsession with a quote from a Tuscon paper from 2003 ... its pathetic."
Furthermore, he did bring up Mike Huckabee's dirty campaigning in Iowa and South Carolina but dismissed it as nothing more than a characteristic of a disorganized campaign organization. A guy who can't manage his own campaign should be elected to manage the greatest country on God's green earth? I don't think so.
Maybe when the campaigning is over I'll go back to listening to Medved in the afternoons. For now however I've got 3 silent hours. Maybe I'll see what Dennis Miller has to offer.