Washington Insiders Complaining That “Talk Radio” Is Running The Country

From Ace:

Mort Kondracke complained on Hume last night that talk radio had worked its evil to defeat the bill, largely by only telling people about “the bad parts” of the bill.
Ummm… if the MSM were not in the tank for the bill, would they not, themselves, have informed the public of all “the bad parts” of the bill? The loopholes, the giveaways, the tremendous costs, the utter lack of credibility of the government on its enforcement promises, the fact that only (at latest count) 15 miles of an already-authorized 850 mile fence had been constructed, the fact that the bill was silent as to what would be done with the illegal amnesties not eligible for amensty (and for some reason had not been able to forge the documents necessary to prove eligilibiity — remember, we can’t just deport them all!), etc., etc., etc.
So, talk radio told the public about all these “bad parts” of the bill. The public should have been appraised of the “bad parts” by the MSM, but weren’t.

My reaction to the idea that talk radio is “running America” is…so? And that’s not just because I’m a conservative and conservatives dominate talk radio.
The immigration bill was killed because Americans, thousands of them, jammed up the phone lines in DC expressing their displeasure over the bill. That’s citizens taking a stand on something they don’t like. For anyone to suggest that these Americans are just mindless automatons acting at the behest of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh is, well, insulting.
Our government is predicated upon the will of the people, and just because the will of the people isn’t the will of certain Washington insiders who wanted to see this bill pass doesn’t mean the people are morons. Or incapable of evaluating this bill and making a decision.
Like it or not, talk radio listeners and blog readers (groups that number in the millions) are part of the electorate, and their opinions are going to be heard.