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For all the impact conservative talk radio seems to have on the Colorado GOP, you rarely hear about it in the legacy media.
So I was glad to see the Colorado Springs Gazette, in an editorial published today by Wayne Laugesen, cite talk radio, specifically, as a player in the formulation and dessemination of Republican opinion in our state.
Laugesen, who’s a conservative by anyone’s measure, wrote:
Politics of exclusion lead to political extinction. If Colorado becomes a blue state, Republicans should remember applauding those talk radio hosts who mocked Latinos while inciting immigration hysteria. They should recall taking pride in denying innocent young immigrants access to educations. If Republicans lose Colorado, they should look in the mirror.
Yeah!
But is it the Republicans’ applause that eggs on the radio hosts?
Or is it the talk show hosts, backed by right-wing activists, who demand the applause, or else the Republicans won’t get the stamp of approval from the talk-radio hosts?
I think it’s the latter.
So I’d like to see Laugesen join me in calling them out more often. Next time Laugesen hears a righty talker “inciting immigration hysteria,” I hope we hear from Laugesen.
Doing so might be one of the best things he can do to change the Colorado GOP in the long term.
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El Paso County voters are in agreement with the Gazette. Look for Democrat Pete Lee to be reelected and for Thomas Exum to handily defeat Mark Barker.
I can’t help but notice that it’s less than a month from the election and Republicans are fleeing to the center everywhere. I think Laugesen is just clearing their path.
I’d give Laugesen more credit if he called out some names.
And note this is the day after he sang the praises of 47% Romney.