The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that's how it goes. We haven't had…

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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious...

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious...

Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting...

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting...

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But...

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But...

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying...

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying...

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think...

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think...

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize...

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize...

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's...

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's...

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually...

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually...

But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have...

But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have...

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal...

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal...

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who...

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who...

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to...

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to...

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved...

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved...

Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there...

Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there...