Radio days volume 5

This won’t be too long as a review. As I’ve stated before, the way I approach these things is two friends talking politics with a microphone stuck between us.

But I still like the disclaimer I came up with, “the views and opinions expressed by this politician do not necessarily reflect the views expressed by common sense.” That was pretty much on the fly, I actually wrote that during the break. The other thing I wrote down (didn’t talk about it) was the fact that the state of Maryland is giving Allen Family Foods $1.7 million for 750 new jobs, but the jobs only need pay $7.73 per hour plus benefits. How long is it going to take for that $1.7 million to be paid back in taxes and economic impact? Working full-time at that wage only grosses $16,078.40 (based on 2080 hours per year). I know that amount would qualify for EITC and probably doesn’t make a whole lot back for the state in income taxes – so why the subsidy? I’d love to have someone explain that to me.

Anyway, it was nice to chat about things like the upcoming Crab Feast in Crisfield and our “cheese-eating surrender monkey” Congressman. I’ll have to look for a letter next week as he explains away this vote. (I thought I got an e-mail yesterday that explained it as well, but I’ll be damned if I can find it.) In the meantime, I did get assurance from the Harris campaign that he and his supporters will be down in Crisfield, and Andrew himself will have his own “radio day” Wednesday (the 18th) on the AM Salisbury program. (The usual 7:40 a.m. slot, WICO-AM 1320.)

Speaking of the Harris campaign, they did point out a New York Times article about party unity, part of which noted:

But a CQPolitics.com “party unity” study for the first half-year of the Democratic-majority 110th Congress shows that there still are a number of House Republicans seeking to strike independent postures — which contrast with the still-strongly conservative demeanor of their overall caucus.

And the analysis shows that these members appear more and more willing to distance themselves from President George W. Bush and other Republican leaders who are suffering from very low public approval ratings.

For example, the leading House Republican dissident over the year’s first six months, Wayne T. Gilchrest of Maryland, voted with most of his fellow Republicans against most House Democrats on just over half of the votes that broke mainly along party lines (the measure used in CQ’s long-running party unity studies).

To be exact, Gilchrest’s party unity score was 52 percent. While the nine-term House incumbent has bucked his party on some issues, particularly those involving environmental protection, for many years, his breaks with the party line have been much more frequent than usual this year. In 2006, his party unity score was 75 percent.

Hey, that sounds like something I saw as well.

Now I got some not-so-nice comments about my performance from another blogger, who wrote, “I wasn’t even around when I got calls this morning from OTHER PEOPLE who said that the Bill Reddish Show was a sleeper at 7:40 AM.” Tell me, who were the other people? I can tell you that I got a call from G.A. Harrison at the show’s break and he left me a message stating I was doing a “great job.” And obviously Bill must think I do all right as a guest, he keeps inviting me back (as well as G.A. for that matter.) It actually works out well for Bill, G.A. does more with the local scene and I focus on state and federal politics. And Bill’s the guy who has to worry about ratings, just like I keep trying to build my readership.

It just goes to show you can’t please everyone, I guess. I thought I did pretty well and I definitely had a good time.

Late edit: Back to Gilchrest…h/t to the newest MBA member, David at Abolition of Man. I found out the Iraq resolution was HR 2956 so you can read it yourself and judge accordingly.

Author: Michael

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5 thoughts on “Radio days volume 5”

  1. Michael,

    Bill Reddish was right, you need to get a life. Get over what was said and stop acting like John Roboinson, all hurt because someone doesn’t agree with you.

    I’ll remember to keep my mouth shut the next time so as I don’t hurt your feelings any longer. Just remember that you need to learn to take what you dish out.

    Oh, the GA thing, I’m 99.9% sure you were talking good about Haris and of course he’s going to say positive things to you as your supporting his candidate, Dee, Dee, Deeee!

    Hello, Michael, uh, yeah, you really sound like an Idiot right now on the air. Oh, by the way, throw in a plug for the Harris Campaign, will ya?

    Remember, drink lots of milk, it’s good for that backbone. LOL

  2. You were aweful on Bills show. Worse even on my old show. As a matter of fact you need to just stop being on radio altogether. You were the worse caller I have ever had, never get your facts straight, mumbling about your blog, boo hooing about the Republicans. You need to just get rid of your stupid blog too. NO ONE reads it! Get a life. And stop going to the Shorebirds games. People dont want to sit or even talk with you!
    All the above was horse pooh. How many will read far enough to realize that. Head up. Sorry my negative freindship has spilled over on you.

  3. Making only $7.73 an hour may create more public assistance to keep that family afloat, especially if they have children. Sooooo, how are those jobs supposed to increase revenue again?

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