That, I'm not so sure of. I only know about one in particular - Father Coughlin - but that's radio back in the 30s, if I recall correctly, and that makes me wonder how many others there might have been.
Granted, there's a sight more channels to choose from now, and that shit's on most of them. But it's on message boards, too - and television - the late and unlamented crossfire springs to mind.
The cultural footprint of this kind of drek is both bigger and older than the Limbaughnnabies.
Re: There's nothing new under the sun.
Date: 2006-01-26 06:58 pm (UTC)Granted, there's a sight more channels to choose from now, and that shit's on most of them. But it's on message boards, too - and television - the late and unlamented crossfire springs to mind.
The cultural footprint of this kind of drek is both bigger and older than the Limbaughnnabies.
Re: There's nothing new under the sun.
Date: 2006-01-26 07:16 pm (UTC)Re: There's nothing new under the sun.
Date: 2006-01-26 07:26 pm (UTC)The Futurists would have loved it here. No secret they all went Fascist at the first opportunity.