Thom Hartmann just said, "rarely do I talk about my books on my show"!

[LisaM]

What show is he listening to? If I played a drinking game in the morning (which I wouldn't) while I listened to his show, if I took a shot every time he said, "I wrote about.....", I'd be drunk by noon!!!


:rofl:

[ellacott]

1. That's funny

I love Thom but he does spend a lot of time talking about himself.

[JSK]

2. Aww, c',mon

He's written like 20 books or so. If he chose to, he could spend his whole show talking about them. Which he doesn't.

[LisaM]

4. I like him and listen to his show, BUT

he talks about his books incessantly. It just tickled my funny bone that he said he rarely talks about them. I wouldn't know about them if he didn't - I've certainly never seen one on the shelf at a bookstore.

[Ian David]

14. I've seen them (and bought them) at the bookstore. n/t

[Cleita]

3. Ouch!

Poor Thom is the best and hardest working talk show host out there. Cut him some slack. Sometimes I think he is very tired from lack of sleep and doing two radio shows a day and he babbles a little at times from fatigue, but only a little.

[LisaM]

5. I like him!

But I have a sense of humor too - I thought it was hilarious that he said he rarely talked about his books.

[dflprincess]

27. I agree with you

I almost did a "spit take" when he said that. But, I do like Hartmann and somehow, maybe because he isn't screaming at me, I don't find his mentioning his books anywhere as obnoxious as Randi Rhodes endless self promotion.

[Ian David]

20. Chris Matthews can't keep his shit together talking as long as Thom does.

[LisaM]

22. My point isn't to denigrate Thom Hartmann or his books

I just found it humorous that in his mind he thinks he rarely mentions them.

[Marr]

6. I chuckled at that, too. In his defense, I think he's right that he doesn't

TALK about his books, as in devoting time to really discussing the content. He mentions them very very often, but he rarely talks about them at length.

[LisaM]

7. Unless the subject is Thomas Jefferson!

Then he talks about content a lot.

[NightWatcher]

8. you wouldnt be drunk. you'd be Screwed: the undeclared war on the middle class.

[LisaM]

9. Ha ha ha ha ha

:rofl:

Touche!!!!

[madinmaryland]

12. I don't have Thom here anymore, but does he still have the ad on for his book,

that ends with this:

"Get screwed, by Thom Hartmann"

Cracks me up every time!

[IADEMO2004]

10. Gold gold gold

Buy gold buy gold buy gold

[LisaM]

13. At least he hasn't jumped on the bandwagon

for Dr. Perry's Night Skin. Until someone pays him to write a book about it, that is.

[Ian David]

21. Thom has a beard. He'd have to shave it off if he endorsed Night Skin. Unless...

"Night Skin makes my penis smooth and silky..."

Nah.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

29. Oh god the worst one is the one Kathy Malloy does.

"Maybe we can use it on each other!" Like the mental picture of her and her sexagenarian husband really makes me want to run out and buy that stuff. :puke:

[Ian David]

39. That makes my brain hurt. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

37. But he is doing the Beta Prostate ads

As is Malloy. Not sure if any of the other male talk show hosts are doing that ad?

[Ian David]

38. The key to a healthy prostate is The Ernest Borgnine Method. Masturbate daily. n/t

[Greyhound]

15. The downside to profit driven radio, you have to shill, period.

Just in case you or anyone doesn't know it, all these gold resellers are crooks.

[pilsner]

17. Thom's the best

I think his motivation for mentioning one of his books is to redirect people to get more info. which I don't have a problem with.

There's a caller most days asking where do I find out more info about subject X.

[LisaM]

19. Don't have a problem with Thom.

I don't even have a problem with his mentioning his books!

It just cracked me up when he said he never talked about them.

[IADEMO2004]

23. I do and will listen nearly every day

and it would be nice if Sirius radio would broadcast the whole show.

[LisaM]

24. Can you stream?

1090 AM in Seattle carries the whole show.

[IADEMO2004]

26. Only if home for lunch

[OnyxCollie]

33. AM 950 KTNF in Minnesota airs the show at 3:00 est.

I usually turn off Ed Schultz on KPTK in Seattle and listen to Thom again.

[Ian David]

11. Thom has a sense of humor. And a sense of irony. n/t

[Greyhound]

16. Huge fan of Thom Hartmann here, but you are right on this one.

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

18. All righty then...

:wow:

[peacetalksforall]

25. He's wrong. He mentions the title or the content or both - all the time.

I'm not unhappy that he does. I don't approve that he said rarely. He better make a correction fast to save credibiiity. I repeat, I'm fine with him talking about his books - I learn.

[EFerrari]

28. He was probably poking fun at himself. n/t

[peacetalksforall]

40. Ah!. Good point. Words. Body language. Tone. Two major parts are missing when just typing

and reporting on the internet

[mrreowwr_kittty]

30. His industry tends to attract big egos. nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

31. I listen to him daily and he DOES talk about his books...all the time!

Love him, though. ;)

[MassNssen]

32. Looooooooooooool!

Looooooooooooool!

[Bluenorthwest]

34. Love Thom, but he's delusional!

I can only stand so much of his show, because it is non stop marketing. More than I think he knows. He plays commercials for his commercials. He talks about his books all the bleeding time.
Once he said that if you listen to his show (a for profit enterprise) and do not buy from his advertizers, you are a 'freeloader'. Now, I had a big problem with that. The deal is thus: the listener hears the ad. That is the whole deal. His ads are for stockpiling gold, mail order imported organic wine, cat food and other things I simply don't buy.
I love when he plays tapes of FDR, and he knows lots of history. Some good guests. But he exhausts my consumer circuits, and I have really gotten out of the Thom habit, and never bother to stream him. Just boring to be sold things in so many obvious ways.

[SidneyCarton]

43. +1

[FormerDittoHead]

35. He means the books he OWNS, not the ones he writes!

Ok, Ok. This was a whopper, but I'd still like to hear the context.

I'm still thinking that he probably was thinking... "...as much as my publisher tells me to!"

[azmouse]

36. I got a good laugh at that too!

That Thom... always good for a chuckle! :D

[Gold Metal Flake]

41. People often come on DU and lie about Thom Hartmann.

You are not the first.

[azmouse]

42. Thom saw your thread. He just mentioned it on his show!

He liked it. :)