WHY does Malloy insult his listeners?

[patrioticliberal]

He just insulted his listeners saying we couldn't figure this out, like we need Malloy to tell us all this shit and we weren't capable to do it on our own, that we only care about hysteria...geezus christ, Malloy, what has gotten into you, that you have to insult your own (small) listening audience? You're driving everyone away. You made a good point obviously about Karl Rove operation, and then you insult progressives. And then you scream like a crazy person to commercial. Geez.

[Mythsaje]

1. Malloy

is a bit bombastic for my tastes, though I have to admire his courage.

I much prefer Hartmann.

[NinetySix]

7. I'm with you there.

It isn't his liberalism, which I share, that I find a turn-off, but his liberal use of the epithet "bastards" that makes him so abrasive as to be unlistenable. Hartmann's arguments are rational, engaging, and compelling, but Malloy's rants are just visceral chum.

He's kind of like a lefty Limbaugh.

[RagingInMiami]

17. Ed Schultz is the lefty limbaugh

[deutsey]

59. I know what you're saying, but Hartmann is no way like Limbaugh

He's the Anti-Limbaugh.

:evilgrin:

[rooboy]

61. Mike Malloy could shit in my letterbox and I'd still like him. n/t

[annarbor]

63. I hear ya!

I love the man. I have to wake up at 4:30am, and he doesn't come on XM until 10pm. Needless to say, I have a lot of tired mornings at work :)
The man rocks. I like Ed Schultz too, but I don't want to start a flame war here :)

Ann Arbor

[CatWoman]

2. I sure as hell don't feel insulted

maybe it's just "you"?? :shrug:

[htuttle]

He's a bit of a thespian

...not that there's anything *wrong* with that.

[bpilgrim]

3. everyone does

mike does it much less often and is another reason i like him

and he might be baked, too ;->

peace

[SnoopDog]

4. Looks like you are part of

the 'small' and 'insulted' audience.

I was not insulted (because I know how I feel about this issue) and I believe that Mr. Malloy has a very large audience!

[patrioticliberal]

6. I agree regarding Rove operation. But don't insult your listeners

And think they can't put 2+2 together

[SnoopDog]

14. To quote Eleanor Roosevelt (with a twist)

"No one can insult you without your consent".

[pstans]

5. He isn't insulting his listeners

He is insulting the American people.

Everyone needs slap to the side of the head and told to woke up every once in awhile.

[patrioticliberal]

8. It sounded like he was insulting liberals

[Media_Lies_Daily]

30. He's only insulting people who want to....

...make an issue where there is none.

If you don't like what he has to say, don't listen.

[benburch]

9. I love Mike Malloy.

Been with him since long before there was even a DU.

Let him scream. He's usually absolutely correct. We progressives need to be shaken up because we are not doing what it takes to win.

[Cleita]

45. I don't get to listen to him too often because at the time

of night he's on, there's about four other stations buzzing in on top of AAR. So I can't always deal with the cacophony, but I love it when I can get him straight with little interference at that time of night.

[Ecumenist]

10. He cracks me up!!

After all, he's only saying on air what many of us scream everytime we hear the Idiot's voice or see what I laughingly refer to as his face(I can't stand his evil monkey ass smirking grin). At least he's not throwing anything at the mike, something I'm afraid I couldn't resist.:evilgrin:

[libnnc]

11. I kinda like getting a kick in the ass every night

In these fucked up times, I need it.

:shrug:

[BuyingThyme]

12. I'm all for it.

[hopeisaplace]

13. I wanna hear dishes breaking ..duck.

:rofl:
he hasn't done that yet I think?
toss
fling
crash
toss
fling
crash

[madrchsod]

15. well back in the day

when malloy was on wls he`d go off sometimes like this-which is one of the reasons they fired him-and then jay marvin would finish off the night by calling dumb ass callers "brainstems" -which was one of the reasons they fired him twice! dam that was good radio in chicago...

[Oilwellian]

16. Uh, I doubt he has a "small" audience

And he's right when he says the American people don't get what's happening in this country now. Personally, I can identify with his rage and American apathy is part of it.

[RagingInMiami]

18. The problem I'm having with tonight's rant

Is that it comes across as if he's defending bush by saying the port deal is no threat. Whether the UAE is a threat or not, I think we should ride the wave against him right now.

After all, bush made his own bed by hyping up terror over the last five years. So if people want to cry chicken little, let them, as long as they're venting their anger towards bush.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

19. I stopped listening to him a while back. He's insulting too many people.

One night he said that Dean wasn't a Democrat. That was the beginning of the end.

[patrioticliberal]

26. He never has solutions..he just whines and bitches

[SnoopDog]

29. That is true - and he states that fact right up front.

His job, if I may say this, is to educate, inform, and voice his opinion on the pressing subjects of the day - right or wrong. If you don't like it - he himself will tell you to TURN THE DIAL!

His guy can make me laugh my ass off and in the next minute can make a growing man cry.

[zalinda]

20. I stopped listening to him

I got tired of his calling Clinton a repub. I also got tired of his putting down of dems. It got way, way too much for me. Listening to him was like listening to a screaming, out of control Nader.

At this moment in time, if you ain't helping to get the repubs out, you're part of the problem. I couldn't listen to his shit anymore.

zalinda

[Katherine Brengle]

23. About Clinton...

I like the guy, but he's no liberal. Hell of a nice guy, and he did a good job as prez, but he's also the guy who was gung-ho for NAFTA and supported welfare "reform" that ended up hurting a lot of poor Americans.

He did a lot of good, but he's pretty conservative.

[WillyT]

21. Oy Vey...

Grow up please.

:wtf:

[patrioticliberal]

25. You

Don't trash my critcism with another remark like this.

[WillyT]

28. Sorry...

Is this better?

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

Malloy has, and will, do more for our cause than a hundred 'sensitive' postulates from the blogosphere here.

Sorry if you're new, but some of us don't feel the need to apologize for our actions much more (too many years in the bloody trenches and all that), while many others have never taken the opportunity to do so, when it was so fucking obvious they should.

Sorry about your sensitivity.

:shrug:

[patrioticliberal]

38. And by the way, I'm not 'new'

He's insulting liberals, not just Americans. He's insulting his listeners, not just Americans.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

48. You evidently don't understand what he's saying at all.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

36. Give it a rest.

[patrioticliberal]

39. It's called freedom of speech

[Media_Lies_Daily]

47. Okay...you've exercised it. Feel better?

[KyuzoGator]

22. Malloy isn't for me.

Most of the time I feel like his "frustration" is an act.

[high density]

24. Nah he's not insulting you

No matter what he makes me laugh. I've had to rewind three or four times tonight to laugh again. Real Audio's TiVo-like interface is nice for that.

75% of the time I agree with him, but I do typically turn him off when he starts bashing Democrats or goes overboard on a rant (which he's close to tonight.) I understand his point, but politically it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I think he shoots himself in the foot and he's guilty at times of being as brainlessly reactive as the people he's bitching about tonight.

[0007]

27. I think Mike does a hell of a good job and by no means do I

find him insulting. If he bugs you man, shut it down.

[WillyT]

32. Thank You !!!

Peace...

:hi:

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. He CLARIFIED what he was saying by saying he knows WE, Truthseekers

have figured this out, but for the edification of the freepers....he explained the KKKRove story for THEM. He wasn't insulting US. He was insulting the REPUKES. He has a "small" listening audience? Hmmmm.....I thought he had a HUGE following. I LOVE MIKE MALLOY! He SCREAMS for ME!

[Katherine Brengle]

35. Exactly--if I didn't know what he was talking about, then I would be

insulted, and maybe rightfully so. But he's just saying the things we all want to say--he just doesn't care if he pisses people off, and I like that.

He does sound particularly mental tonight, though, lol. I'm afraid he might have a coronary...

Lovin' it.

:smoke:

[in_cog_ni_to]

40. I always worry about Malloy.

:scared: We need him on the air and I'm always afraid he's gonna blow a gasket screaming at the BFEE! I LOVE his spirit though. He really does speak (scream) for me. He's the bast!:thumbsup:

[kerstin]

52. I worry about Mike too

from the standpoint of his personal safety. No one has shown more courage in speaking out against the BCF. The paradox is by living on the edge as he does, he keeps a lot of us from going over it. I frankly adore him.

[Nutmegger]

33. Mike speaks from the heart

You have my permission to change the station. I really doubt he said what you wrote. Seems as if he would have said that about our fellow American citizens who could care less.

Sheesh, thank god for this ---------->

[FreedomAngel82]

34. Some audience members might not but

I think the people who like Malloy are already a head of the game. The thing I love about Malloy is he's always honest about his feelings on people and the truth in general whether it's about a democrat or a republican etc. He doesn't hold back for my fuzzy feelings which is what I love.

[WillyT]

37. Right On FA82, Right On !!!

:hi::yourock::hi:

[ClayZ]

49. Try yelling with him!

Mike and Kathy have helped us get our voices! We do not hesitate to call BS, any more, anywhere!

[latebloomer]

58. I WANT one of those flags!

Is that not the best statement ever?!?

:rofl:

[ClayZ]

60. Free flags here:

http://www.madeyouthink.org/

[latebloomer]

66. Thanks!

Cool that they're free- too bad we have a pooper-scooper law here,tho.

[LincolnMcGrath]

53. WHAT SHE SAID!

:yourock:

[Janice325]

41. I love Mike Malloy.

I never feel insulted. It's cathartic for me when I hear Mike insulting/screaming/telling the truth.
I was driving to a doctor's appointment this afternoon, listening to Randi Rhodes, when the news came on an widdle ole Scottie was saying some nonsensical bullshit about something, and I started screaming and cursing at him on the radio, which is rather out of character for me.
No, I never mind when Mike screams or "insults."

[Swamp Rat]

42. He insults dumb ass freeptards with little gonads

The rest of his large following, which is growing exponentially, just laugh. :rofl:

If you can't take the heat, get the fuck outta da kitchen! :D

[radio4progressives]

43. Malloy is trying to wake people up out our collective hypnosis.

I don't consider it insulting... but then I know what he's doing, and know why he's doing it.. there's more important matter than our egos at stake.

and that's where he's coming from generally speaking, but most especially tonight.

[patrioticliberal]

56. The only people listening are the CONVERTED already

I doubt many right-wingers or middle of the roaders are listening: only progressives. Therefore, he's preaching to the choir. And that's why it is insulting. Because he isn't winning anyone new over.

[Obamarama]

44. I quit listening to Malloy a long time ago....

I actually LIKE him, but I just can't bring myself to listen to his non-stop barrage of vitriol and anger. God knows it's justified, and all of us feel the same anger, but there's something to be said about reigning it in just a LITTLE bit. I always felt emotionally exhausted after listening to his show.

[flyarm]

50. reign it in ?? thats whats wrong with our nation..no one wants to scream

from the roof tops..and that is what is damn well needed!

i am sick of nice..i am sick of apathy ..and the thought of nice or playing nice..its nice that has gotten us to this totalitarian position...so if you want to give up on this nation by being nice ..don't turn malloy on..because if you do listen to malloy you will not be able to be complacent, or apathetic...

no sir..Mike Malloy demands you get off your ass and do something..
and its too bad we have so many cowards in this country they can't take truth..

Mike Malloy speaks for me..in every way..he has guts..and he has truth!
not false bravado of which i am seeing every damn day in my nation!

we are a country of gutless wonders..and i am damn sick of it!

fly

[mtnsnake]

51. Same here, and I like him, too

I haven't tuned in to his show in months. I'm glad he's out there banging away at he neocons, but it's too unsettling listening to so much anger all the time. It's a shame that there's such a need for this kind of talk radio, but that's what happens when you have to counter all the hatred coming from the rightwing for so many years.

[RagingInMiami]

54. That's the exact reason

Why I keep listening to him.

[Norwood]

46. I'm not insulted in the least

I have no problem him giving a boot to the ass of the democrats every now and then. As a whole the party is in needs a fire under its ass, and thats from the liberal wing to the centrists.

At least once every show he goes out and openly says, dont listen to the show to find answers, hes there for those of us that want to rant and blow off steam. He's even suggested tom hartman for those who would like answers.

[flaminbats]

55. never take talk-radio, liberal or conservative, personally..

I remember calling his radio program for the first time, over ten years ago! I loved his show and he was hosting Democratic Congressmen to answer callers' questions during the 1994 election. When I called that night, I asked if he would consider inviting my Democratic Congressman to be on his show. The following response from Mike broke my heart..."he isn't a Democrat, if you want to be a dumbass go ahead, that doesn't mean I have to!" :cry:

A year later my Congressman switched parties..Mike was right and couldn't have said it more truthfully! Mike can be extremely rough..even to his longtime truthseekers, but that is what keeps people listening. Mike doesn't just say what he is thinking, he puts it in the boldest terms possible.

I know how you feel, but believe me..time heals all wounds. ;)

[mwb970]

57. You want insults? Try Lionel.

I love listening to the guy rant, and I agree with him on almost everything, but when he starts in on an innocent caller, I usually have to turn off the radio. He does this even when the caller basically agrees with him!

[rooboy]

62. Breaking: Notre Dame players reveal Coach Rockne yelled at them. n/t

[Brewman_Jax]

64. Have listened to Malloy for years

back when he was on WSB-AM in Atlanta. He's not afraid to call it what it is. If you want your hand held and told that you're a good person and it's gonna be alright, stick with Hartmann.

[PassingThrough]

65. I stopped listening after he told a caller they should kill themselves.

He tried to backpedal and say it was a joke but clearly it wasn't. Just to much screaming and rambling for my tastes. I always pictured Kathy waiting in the background with a defibulator waiting for him to pop.

That being said I still support him having a show but its just not my kind of show. I am a Young Turks fan myself.