I was very into politics when I was younger and just totally burnt the fuck out of it in the last 5 or 6 years. See I hardly ever post in the political threads. I just find it fucking exhausting & feeble. So I missed alot of this new Conservative media. I know Shapiro & Crowder and have seen them pop up on YouTube. Crowder used to be a regular on Red Eye w/Gutfeld, which I watched back in the day. I didn’t particularly like his shtick back then, but of course he has evolved a bunch since then. But he’s still comes off as a bit of a dickhead to me. I don’t hate myself enough to listen to someone I think is a Dick regularly.

I think whatever you may think of him, Rush was a genius. My old man hasn’t been the same since he was such a big part of his day. Had a conversation the other day about how they are having problems replacing Rush at the EIB network. I told him Rush was the EIB network. Not only that, Rush worked 12-3, the dreaded midday spot on radio and had more listeners than anyone. He didn’t have to do morning or evening drive. He worked 3 hours in the middle of the day in his basement. I’m sure a large portion of his audience were old timers, so having the show midday was really part of their routine. When I heard they were trying to replace Rush with Clay Travis I just laughed. Not even close, Rush was so smooth and Travis is basically yelling into the mic.

As for the products, people do buy this shit. My Dad listens to Conservative talk all day and his answer to most ailments is some kind of supplement that these guys sell endlessly. I think being “worried” about the liberal boycotts has largely been an excuse for these guys to all open up their own line of CBD products.

This Crowder stuff reminds me of old school terrestrial radio when shows would talk shit about each other. Think the publicity is a net positive for everyone. Always disclosed Beck. I remember him saying on his Fox show that Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for the modern progressive movement. Not sure Teddy would agree. Beck is a total sellout. He will do or say anything for a buck. Total phony.