Is Mike Malloy for real

[madokie]

ROTFFLMAO This is my first listen and I think I just lost my virginity
:rofl:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

1. As real as real can be

Walks the walk, talks the talk.

Welcome to the wandering horde of Truthseekers!

:toast:

[benburch]

16. Absolutely he does!

And you can listen to YEARS of archives of Mike's show at;

http://www.WhiteRoseSociety.org

[unpossibles]

2. He is awesome

don't get me wrong, I love Springer's show, but when Mike's on, he pulls no punches. Brilliant. Kudos to him.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. You should listen to him when he goes insane

Now that is the best!! Check out his website at http://www.mikemalloy.com His family is so cute!!!

[leftupnorth]

3. he's absolutely brilliant today and usually

funny, factual, entertaining, and this is AAR? WOW!!!

I nominate him to immediately replace Springer!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. Yes, he is Very Real and I Adore Him!!!! It is so great to have him on

in the morning!

[fooj]

8. Is it a repeat? Were are you listening to him?

I love Mike!:loveya:

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. He's filling in for Jerry Springer on Air America!!! Hi!!!!!

[fooj]

10. Yippee! I found him! Sitting in for Springer!

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

EnJoy!!!! Peace right back!

[acmejack]

5. Blew my mind the first time I heard him!

He is on weekdays at 2100 CST too

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Yep

I remember when I first listened to his show I was hooked immediatley. I couldn't wait till the next one.

[LibDemAlways]

6. There's no sweeter sound than

Malloy on a rant about the Bush Crime Family. Welcome, truthseeker.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

7. and he's on again tonight!

Yippee, a Molloy doubleheader!

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. They should bump Springer to Franken's time slot and leave Mike in the AM

Franken just doesn't work on the radio. Love his books, and he might be one of the best writers SNL ever had, but it just doesn't translate to the air. Plus, he's running for Senate which will force him to quit anyway.

Jerry is probably restraining himself deliberately, so his radio show doesn't become a copy of his TV show.

Mike Malloy is what's needed to wake up Air America in the mornings. And they need to get on this soon... Give XM some decent competition to battle Sirius when Stern moves over.

[Kralizec]

14. Something tells me that Mike and Rhandi had their choice of any time-

slot on AAR. I think he enjoys doing his show in the evening, and though I have been listeneing to Mike for so long now, I don't think he is allowed to say "son-of-a-bitch" in the morning or day. Something about a PM show maybe?

[iconoclastNYC]

22. Yes he has the slot he wants.

Its about the same slot he had on I.E. America radio network

[Gloria]

42. On I.E. America he was on in the afternoons and always said

he wanted the evenings....and I think he was switched to evenings before IE America went under...

[iconoclastNYC]

44. The whoel time i listened to him on I.E Amer

He was on in the afternoons.

[FreedomAngel82]

28. I guess cause the kids are in bed

:shrug: I like him at night cause it gives me something to listen to. Plus, he can really go crazy and go out.

[melissinha]

17. I think Malloy is perfect for PM

His style is best for PM. Somehow I think he prefers the PM so that he can enjoy his days with Kathy and Molly.

I seem to remember that he won the best talk show broadcasted in New York City..... (am I correct?) even though he's in Atlanta....

[cascadiance]

20. I agree with him being best in PM...

Just wish that XM, KLSD (here in San Diego), would find a way to get more of his show on live than they currently do. They actually have a repeat of Springer instead of his first two live hours here (because Stacy Taylor is aired instead of Springer in the morning hours), which I find insulting. Kind of ironic that this week and the other week that he subbed for Springer that he comes up on that time slot here on KLSD ANYWAY! :)

The more he is carried live, I bet the more we'll see tons of people calling his show and people will realize truely how much of a temperature reading he gives for America's pulse now. I still recall him when he was on Sirius Satellite Radio's Radio Left before Air America existed and how he was talking SO prophetically about the "Bush Crime Family" then too, way before that became a national identifier for this cabal now!

[coffeenap]

32. He said the other night, on the air, in response to a caller, that

soon his scheduling on XM is going to change. He didn't elaborate, but I am guessing the contract XM has with Colmes is about up, or will be changed, so Mike can be carried live. YAY!!

[Rosco T.]

43. AHYUP!

(knowing smile)

[Nickster]

46. Dang you Rosco! You big tease.....I've been waiting sooooo long!:-)

[Rosco T.]

51. In the immortal words of Master Po...

Patience Grasshopper...

[Nickster]

54. LOL, Screw That!:-)

[bbgrunt]

75. that's the day when I get my XM subscription

[GrpCaptMandrake]

31. The difference between Franken, Janeane, etc.

and Mike and Randi lies in the fact that, as Randi puts it, she and Mike are "radio people." They've "done" radio and understand its dynamic, understand that is a far more interactive medium than television or radio. They also have a profound comprehension of the fact that progressives, unlike our counterparts on the right, don't need a "good talking to." We process. They absorb. Mike and Randi "get" that. It's that sense of engagement that makes such devoted listeners for them.

So, instead of moving Mike from being a denizen of the night, where he likes to be, to doing talk radio with toothpicks propping his eyelids open, what we need is someone who can take that 9 a.m. (Eastern) stick and thrash the living hell out of the right for the people who aren't constituted to stay up until all the odd hours. And whomever that person is, he or she MUST be "radio people."

[cascadiance]

36. Love Malloy and Randi, but one thing I like about Janeane...

is her sense of independence...

She doesn't feel as much "control" from station management as I suspect other hosts on AAR feel. She has her movie career to go back to show she doesn't need to "protect" her job as much as others do there.

That's why I think she felt she had the freedom and perhaps even "obligation" to air her displeasure with AAR's deal with XM shutting out Sirius listeners, which she's done (which it was probably harder for AAR to control her from doing than others on AAR). I like hearing stuff like that that comes from her heart, which I think in some instances might be harder for other folks on AAR to say.

[KittyWampus]

58. Randi understands radio is more interactive? hahahahahahahahaha

is THAT why she takes liberal callers, then cuts them off and either belittles them or ignores their point and launches into a good 10 minutes of what SHE thinks?

[LSK]

12. yep, he is the best radio host ever!!!

Welcome to the real deal!!!

[Skidmore]

13. Hogsnot!!!

He's slaying the conservative. Wants the feds to build roads but not bridges.

Moved him to being a left libertarian.

[MuseRider]

19. I was driving and old farmer home

when that comment was made. He almost blew "old farmer snot" all over my dashboard! I am not sure what he thought of the show but he thought that was pretty funny.

He was telling on the trip from my farm to his about his political exploits on the township board. I don't know where he thinks he stands on the political spectrum but he sounds like a Dem. I will have to ask him next time.

[FreedomAngel82]

29. I think with Malloy

he's still a democrat in heart but gets frustrated with the leadership like the rest of us do. I think he's probably like me and very very left leaning on issues. Even though I religiously am a Christian I am for gay marriage and pro-choice and a lot of social programs such as public heatlh care etc.

[Love Bug]

41. Malloy supported Dennis Kucinich last year

Yeah, Malloy is pretty disgusted with spineless Dems.

[jmatthan]

15. Most brilliant Talk Show Host in the US

I have been listening to him for almost four years faithfully (from ieamericaradio days), and now-a-days wake up at 5 am to get him live on airamericaradio.

There is no one who comes close to him. He is on top of every issue.

Further, he is not giving ANY Answers. He makes you think.

And he is a true world citizen.

We have a Mandatory Malloy Thread on DU every morning where people all over the world join in.

He does not suck up to people on issues and he says it as he believes. He is a truth seeker.

[Flubadubya]

40. Same here jmatthan...

At least three years (going on 4) of nearly CONSTANT listening. I will listen to the others, but he is the only one I will go daily, duly, and diligently to download his archived programs to listen to... definitely a KINDRED SPIRIT. I'm sure you know what I mean. :hippie:

[jmatthan]

18. And may I add

Go to

http://whiterosesociety.org/Malloy.html

to listen to the archives and the absolute best of Mike Malloy, thanks to DUer benburch!

[Beacho]

21. Welcome to the world of Malloy

I've been listening to him when he was at that other network and couldn't believe my ears.


"Have I mentioned tonight how much I HATE these people?".

[lectrobyte]

23. Have I told you today how much I hate these people?

He's the real deal. Yeah, he can get off on a rant, but he usually figures out a good balance between news, information, and ranting.

[Zinfandel]

24. Malloy is the absolute best, And just naturally funny as fuck!!!

He's a well informed, passionate, pro!!!

Listen to Mike Malloy & support Air America Radio! www.airamericaradio.com

[FreedomAngel82]

25. LOL!

He's my favorite. His show was the first show I ever listened to. :) So he took away my virginity with radio shows. ;)

[AlCzervik]

30. He had me with "The Bush crime family"

[Beelzebud]

33. Malloy is the best host on AAR, IMO.

He tells it like it is.

[garybeck]

34. He is THE BEST. Period.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Yes! He is da bomb!

[bunny planet]

37. He's a trip isn't he. I'm bumming because I just found out he was

replacing Springer today and I missed him. Will this show be archived?

[butterfly77]

38. Mike is the best...

I have been listening to him everynight since he began in my area. I have to drink a cup of coffee to stay up to hear him. If I don't have my coffee once he comes on I am wide awake cracking up and unable to go to sleep after he goes off the air. I tape his shows and sometimes listen while I shopping. Sometimes I start laughing in the store and people look at me like I'm crazy, but what can I say. I love to hear him because he tells the stone cold TRUTH thats why I am a truthseeker.


:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :think: :think: :think:

[KG]

39. there is nobody more real.

[BelgianMadCow]

45. take it from an addict : YESSS

he's the real thing. Listen to him daily, thanks to benburch.

In these parts, that makes me a freak :-)

Enjoy!

[proud patriot]

47. That's right he was subbing for Jerry today

I'll have to catch the archive ...

Yes Malloy is for real :patriot:
he loves this country and it's
people with a passion rarely heard
on radio .

[LincolnMcGrath]

52. Where are the Springer archives?

[proud patriot]

61. here you go LincolnMcGrath

http://www.airamericaplace.com/archive.php

[LincolnMcGrath]

63. Thank You Dear

:hug:

[Ladyhawk]

48. Even though I used to be a fan, I am having mixed feelings about Malloy.

Hatred doesn't help no matter what side you're on. Listening to him made me an angrier person. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side...blah blah blah.

I'm still deciding how I feel about the left's version of hate radio.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

49. Hate radio?

OMG.

It's not "hate radio." That's what the repigs call it whenever some progressive dares step off the plantation and "speak truth to power."

Hate radio.

No wonder we wind up with people like John Kerry running for president on our ticket.

Hate radio?

OK, Truthseekers. Everybody e-mail Malloy and tell him he needs to start humming "Kumbyah" on-air instead of saying "Have I mentioned tonight . . . " We need to love our Repiglican enemies.

:evilfrown:

[benburch]

50. I couldn't agree more! Lets Sing!!!

Whar's ma Geee-tar?

KUMBAYA

Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbayah

Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's laughing, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's praying, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Someone's sleeping, Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord, kumbaya

[Ladyhawk]

53. "Have I said tonight how much I hate these people?"

I'm all for speaking truth to power, but does Mike really have to say he hates these people? Is it ever okay to hate a group of people? The final straw for me was when he said that ex-Republicans didn't have his sympathy. I guess you have to be a born progressive to be orthodox, huh? After having listened to Mike for several years, I know he doesn't have much tolerance for anyone who doesn't share his own narrow views...remind you of anyone? He reminds me of Limbaugh. I was force-fed hours of Limbaugh when I lived with family. It's the same hatred; different views.

You can be motivated to speak truth to power without spewing hatred. My entire family is composed of right-wing fundies and Ayn Rand objectivists. They were described by others to me as "fascist" before the shrub made it to power. Am I supposed to hate my own family? How is this productive?

Just because I don't want to hate doesn't mean I'm into Republican Lite. I wish the DLC would go away. I wish we had more people like Conyers. But I'm tired of being made to feel that I have to hate every single person who disagrees with me, every single person who supports the * administration. Some of them don't know what they do. And even the ones who are guilty? It's a waste of energy to hate them. I'm tired of being angry all the time.

On edit: so, what you're telling me is that it's okay to hate if you're telling the truth and you're right? :eyes:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

55. What I'm saying to you is that

it's hard to fight someone else's hate when you're trying to identify with them and looking for reasons to believe they're not hateful, but rather "misguided."

What's disturbing is that you think they feel the same way you do. They don't. They have one goal: world domination. And you're not invited to the party unless you're serving the honored guests, mopping the floors or doing the dishes. They might let you have some plate scrapings if you kowtow enough to humor them.

Losing your anger at these fascist thugs is sort of like the false sense of warmth that comes from exposure to extreme cold. It creeps over you, you go to sleep, and you're out of the fight, for good.

Lincoln said "Now we are engaged in a great civil war to see if this nation or any nation so endowed can long endure." That proposition is once again subject to question.

Faulkner said "Man will not only endure. Man will prevail." Faulkner never met a conservative republican.

So, in the end, I mean you no ill will and hope you feel the same. Just please remember that some of us old dogs are tired of being kicked and are looking to fight back. We need folks like Malloy to lend us a sense of community in leading that fight. 'Cause we don't mop, and we don't eat plate leavings.

Peace.

[LittleClarkie]

57. Does Mike always have his facts straight

or have you caught him in a few misconceptions and such on occasion.

Personally I prefer Randi. I love that she has everything documented.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

64. Mike is pretty close on.

And he does something virtually no one in talk radio will do: he'll draw attention to his mistakes. He'll even self-efface and draw MORE attention to it. His mea culpa for the whole Santorum/Bono thing is a case in point. It's made him very choosy about his information.

Even Randi makes mistakes. She made sort of a howler (for someone in broadcasting) a couple of days ago. She went on at great length about Salem Communications (syndicator of Bill Bennett) and how they were the same people who wouldn't let Ted Koppel read the names of the American War Dead.

Of course, it wasn't Salem at all. It was Sinclair.

In both cases, what makes them as good as they are is their status as "radio people." I wouldn't throw a warm bucket of souring spit on Rush Limbaugh, but must admit that being "radio people" is part of what's given him the necessary tools to succeed as well as he has, both politically and financially.

I guess this is all similar to the difference between say, the Episcopals and the All-Holiness-Apostolic-Pentecostals. The sermon one gets in one is a far cry, and serves a far differenct purpose from the floor-rolling in the other. And don't worry. I'm not being nasty. My side is the floor-rollers of our side of the fight. :evilgrin:

[blue northern]

59. nice post

And while appreciating that I'm an outside observer, I'll echo your sentiments.

Malloy gets it, you get it, I get it.
Anyone that still supports * after 5 years is beyond reasoning with.

Some still have to remove the scales from their eyes.

[Ladyhawk]

66. I can believe a person is hateful without hating them back, can't I?

:shrug:

I find it impossible to function when I am filled with anger, with rage. I have to relate to family. I don't have a choice.

Tell me why it's okay for liberals to hate conservatives, but not okay for conservatives to hate liberals? Because liberals are "right"? That's subjective. I try to always be open to the idea I may be wrong. Otherwise, I would have remained a fundy and a Republican. Lately, I'm finding left-wing ideologues to be as upsetting as those on the right.

Explain why it is okay for Mike to hate conservatives while it's not okay for Limbaugh to hate liberals. I'm serious. Hatred is a destructive thing. It doesn't give me energy; it saps it from me. The constant anger and rage have nearly burned me out. It doesn't help me and it certainly doesn't hurt the neocons.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

69. Maybe we're arguing semantics

Maybe we need to consider the origins of talk radio to sort some of this out.

There has never been a virulent, hateful "liberal" in the media. The combination of the ends of the Fairness Doctrine and the media ownership rules within the FCC created a vaccuum that was filled almost immediately by a right-wing cabal of Goldwater Conservatives who had been operating for a couple of decades in the fringes deemed "unusable" or "gauche" by the Democratic Party Establishment. A lot of the seed money was made in Direct Mail.

Anyway, that seed money resulted eventually in Rush and his early compadres. And yes, they preached HATE. Pure. Simple. Easily comprehended by the ignorant and those constitutionally predisposed to blaming.

All this time, our side was saying "Stop it. Gosh-darn it, stop it, or we'll say 'stop it' again!"

And finally, after 25 years of un-ending abuse and the co-opting of the AM band by the Weirdest People In America, a few people started battling back with all the ferocity that had been directed at them. And the anger is real. And it's pent-up. And sometimes it doesn't have the laser beam focus that it needs. But it's darned sure finally a start.

So I don't characterize what our side is doing as "hate." I call it "returning fire." I won't go off on the justification for self-defense or some schoolyard "He called me a poopyhead first" tangent, but I will say that, historically, he who fires first earns the approbation of history. And damned sure earns as good as he gives, even if he's giving it to Democrats. ('Cause we have self-respect issues)

[Ladyhawk]

76. Okay, this makes some sense. I'll have to think it over.

Part of my problem is that I watched my family feed on right-wing hate radio and televangelists. It destroyed them as human beings. At one time, I think they could have been influenced to do good and not be so greedy, but religious nuts and "angry white men" on the radio appealed to their baser natures.

It started with the Reagan years. In the beginning, my family actually supported Jimmy Carter. They felt he was a "fine, Christian man." I can remember my mother having reservations about Ronald Reagan when he chose George H. W. Bush as his running mate. It had to do with Bush's being on the "Trilateral Commission." It was a religious reason having to do with her "end times" beliefs, but at least she hadn't crossed over into extremism. Yet.

Once Reagan got going, that was it. My family members became incapable of thinking for themselves. They believed whatever Jerry Falwell told them to believe. When Pat Robertson came along, the 700 Club was staple television. Rush Limbaugh was icing on the cake. My father could justify his misogyny, homophobia and greed by clinging to the words of a hatemonger on the radio.

All I'm saying is that I certainly do not want to fall into the same damn trap. Mike Malloy has the same effect on me that Rush Limbaugh had on my father: RAGE!!!! My father took out his rage on me.

If I had a choice, I wouldn't associate with the people in my family. But since I have no choice, I can't afford to be constantly angry with them. I don't want to be fed by constant hatred. I can't live that way.

[LittleClarkie]

72. I think what you have to remember is that is part of what brings listeners

It comes with the job, I think. Not that Mike or Randi are doing it falsely to gain listeners, but it's probably part of why they were hired in the first place.

Objective numbero uno: getting listeners to tune in the next day. It IS a business after all.

Anyway, I've met some folks who much prefer folks like Stephanie Miller or Ed Schultz or other less loud folks on the radio. Oh, they might tune into Mike or Randi for an hour or so, but it's not something they necessarily feel like listening to for the whole 3 or 4 hours.

To each his own, I guess. I like Big Eddie, meself.

[nvliberal]

56. I suspect a lot of that "anger" is an act.

Not that I don't think Malloy is sincere, but the "anger" act is what draws audiences.

I don't take it too seriously.

He's okay to listen to in small doses, but when he starts in on trashing the Democrats, I tune him out.

I also tune his wife out, for she adds nothing to the show. Her Laura Bush imitation is downright embarrassing.

She needs to stay off the radio.

[patrioticliberal]

60. No, he HATES them and so do many of us

[patrioticliberal]

62. YES, IT IS OK TO HATE

THESE ARE LITTLE FUCKERS.

[Ladyhawk]

65. But hatred does terrible things to my health and self-esteem.

:shrug:

It also makes it nearly impossible to deal with my family and yes, I have to deal with them. If there's a way to balance negative emotions with functional living, I have yet to find it.

[LincolnMcGrath]

67. But,

I love you dear! :hug:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

68. Yoga? T'ai Ch'i? Knitting? EST? Oxycontin? (Works for Rush!) n/t

[U4ikLefty]

73. "I guess you have to be a born progressive to be orthodox, huh?"

Why use this line of crap?!? Perhaps you know of large-scale hate-crimes being committed against "conservatives." If you are indeed anit-hate...why not use REAL examples of hate??? You use his hyperbole to paint him with the hate-label...why, if you are indeed a progressive, why would you marginalize him like that???

If you don't like his tone, then don't listen...but don't try to paint him as hateful. As far as I can tell, he never actually threatened anyone...which is more than I can say for the Rethugs. You are WAY off base in calling his schtick "hate" radio. I hope you aren't one of those liberal prudes, because all of us lefty's don't think the way you do...some of us are pissed, ready, and we LOVE MM's righteous anger (not hate).

[Crazy Guggenheim]

74. I think the ex-Rerukes he is talking about are the ones who voted

for * in 2004. If anyone of them gets hurt by *'s policies, I wouldn't think twice about *spitting* on them! I have it with the left of center being concidered weak!

[Overseas]

70. Malloy is one of the kindest people I know !!

Keeping passion alive for the ideals we share... And truth makes all the difference... The usual hate radio is right wingers making things up to trash people who challenge the prescribed spin. Mike's not about that. He helps us accept the horrible truth we have seen by acknowledging first of all that we have indeed seen that particular thing because he saw it too and was also shocked... And the truth is painful because we know humankind is capable of living in a way that is so much kinder and more joyful for more people... So when I listen to Mike it is very cathartic-- I feel that FINALLY I'm listening to someone who understands some of my deepest feelings about these ugly times we're living in. Someone who understands the great hopes I have had for this country and who weathered the horrors of the Reagan administration and Bush I and perhaps thought as i did, that things could not get any worse than that... Mike shares the anguish I feel, and helps me by expressing it so well... So he actually relaxes me by helping me feel less alone in my despair about how far we have regressed from where we could have been by now... He seems very kind to me for being so mad about the cruel blunders of the Bush Crime Family because they are indeed outrageous and we need to acknowledge that and break the ties of the whole dynasty before Bush III rolls in... By sharing his impressions, he expresses some of my thoughts and I am relieved to be understood. By laughing at the absurdities and howling at the cruelties, Mike makes me a better person.

[Danger Duck]

77. Really?

Interesting...interesting. maybe you should deliver some information to Malloys children. So they don't grow up and hate people.

[nadinbrzezinski]

71. and I missed a good malloy show today I see