Kevin McCullough, September 5, 2004

For years the media and most Democrats have taken great delight in referring to Republicans as 'mean-spirited', 'hard-hearted', and lacking in compassion. For much of that time the Republicans have ignored them. For the duration of this past week I spent my time blogging, writing, and broadcasting from my spot on Radio Row in Madison Square Garden. Having had this optimal vantage point to observe the likes of Sean Hannity, Al Franken, Hugh Hewitt, Ellen Radner, Laura Ingraham, and others, let me just say it is the liberals in this crowd that are aggressive, mean, and loose-tempered.

In multiple instances media liberals are taking pot-shots at those whom they oppose on a political level, sometimes turning red-faced with rage.

Let me recount the ways...

On Tuesday, Mark Follman of leftist news web-site "Salon.com" released an op-ed that raged of "internet traffic envy". Follman obviously put off by the fact that the RNC had credentialed a new form of media this year "Blogger's Row", took his frustrations out on the bloggers in his piece and accused them of being self-serving, sexist, shallow, and the (biggest insult of all) sorry excuses for journalists.

There is only one problem though - they don't claim to be journalists. Follman's lack of ability to even understand what blogging is or why it is as popular as it is proves only that this "internet journalist" himself is envious of the size and scope of the audience that the

RNC Bloggers do enjoy. Follman didn't get that these guys are keeping journals, written from their perspective, and to an audience that they cultivated completely without the assistance of Salon.com. True, they did get profiled in the Wall Street Journal and promised to deliver big scoops. And they have, for it was the RNC Bloggers who in fact broke the story of General Tommy Frank’s official endorsement in the 2004 Presidential Race.

It was also the RNC Bloggers who got the exclusive pictures of yet another example of 'Media Liberal' ugliness.

On Tuesday evening Franken appeared to "stand-up" the Ingraham show reneging on a commitment to appear on the far more highly rated conservative show. The producer, who had booked Franken, announced that Franken had changed his mind, and tempers flared. Franken became vocal and began yelling at the Ingraham producer. Screams turned to shoves and Ingraham had to call for security and eventually things called down. At the writing of this column Al Franken is scheduled to appear on my show, by the time it is printed I will have a clearer picture of how Al handles conservative talk shows and whether or not he can give articulate substantive answers in the arena of debate. Yelling, shoving, and calling those who disagree with you liars will not cut it.

Franken was not the only one yelling in Radio Row however.

When Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, the tandem liberal senators from New York made the decision on Tuesday to abandon their roles on the Democrats' "Truth Squad" the DNC went into full panic. Forced to pick up the void for all the nationally syndicated voices DNC chair Terry McAuliffe stepped in. Some pretty softball shows did not prepare him for the substantive question and answer debate that he was unready for on the Hugh Hewitt show. McAuliffe, like Franken, also lost his cool although he never resorted to physical violence. At the end of the first segment McAuliffe suddenly "had no more time" to spend with Hewitt and was whisked away.

When asked what he made of the series of events, Hewitt - who debates liberals on his show daily, responded by saying, "(he is)...clearly reeling under the pressure of the bad news (poll numbers and other indicators that show momentum moving in Bush's direction), and he is clearly losing it."

Like the point I made only one week ago about John Kerry, thin skin seems to run rampant in liberal circles. Thin skinned people are not qualified for leadership, and the Democratic Party, needs to be defeated for their own safety and protection.

Just stay clear when the truth finally dawns on them...because their temper can prove hazardous to your health.

Kevin McCullough is heard daily in New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware on AM 570 WMCA and AM 970 WWDJ from 1-4pm.

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