Jim Hightower should be on AirAmerica.

[LeftwingPitbull]

He should have been the first one signed. Proves that not all southerners are honkies. lol.

[terrya]

1. And Molly Ivins.

[IrateCitizen]

4. Molly Ivins doesn't do well in this kind of format

I've seen her in interviews and panels, and she doesn't come across NEARLY as well as she does in print.

[sangh0]

2. Is he available?

This may be hard to belive, but Hightower night not want the job. It's hard to hire someone if they dont want the job

[LeftwingPitbull]

3. It would also help..

to get more leftists on regular radio stations--not just specialized liberal ones.

[Darkseid69]

5. Hightower failed..

last time he was on Radio. Why put a loser on again? Politicians do NOT make good radio show hosts. Both Hightower and Mario Cuomo come to mind.

[latebloomer]

9. Why did he "fail"?

I doubt it had anything to do with his show--it was very entertaining, he is extremely funny and right on target!

[cosmicdot]

10. failed? are you sure? I would think 'muzzled' or ClearChanneled

... or, "failed to be entertaining" ... whatever that means ...


I'd rather have him on the ticket than on the radio ... but, I don't think he 'failed' .....


Jim Hightower: Radio Populist To Be Muzzled?
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
Media Beat, September 22, 1995

The most distinctive new voice on talk radio is in danger of being silenced.

Populist Jim Hightower has built a following on 150 stations nationwide during the last 16 months -- while breaking most of the rules for talk radio hosts. Instead of shouting, he speaks with a soft Texas twang. He actually lets callers who oppose him be heard. And his barbs are not aimed at women, gays, minorities or the poor -- but at the rich and powerful.

Other talk hosts fulminate about "welfare queens." Hightower dwells on the "welfare kings" -- the Fortune 500.

Hightower has become talk radio's unabashed advocate for blue-collar workers, pensioners, family farmers and middle-class consumers. The real political spectrum, explains Hightower, is not right-to-left: "It's top-to-bottom, and the vast majority of people aren't even in shouting distance of the economic and political powers at the top."

~snip~

With a progressive populist message that bridges racial gaps (he dismisses California Gov. Pete Wilson, the crusader against affirmative action, as "George Wallace in a Brooks Brother suit"), Hightower has a rare ability to reach conservatives. During the Reagan era, he was elected twice to Texas statewide office as agriculture commissioner.

Originating from his hometown of Austin, Hightower's talk show offers thorough, well-documented analysis of bread-and-butter issues, such as: NAFTA, the Mexico bailout, the export of U.S. jobs to cheap-labor countries and the corporate safety net that undergirds Newt Gingrich's political career.

The country's first investigative talk show begins with Hightower's own newscast -- featuring "Follow the Money" segments on campaign finance, the "Hog Report" on corporate/political greed, and sharp "Eye on Newt" pieces.

http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950920.html

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/texas/1535149

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. i love Hightower and i agree

[muchacho]

7. Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yall!

[DinahMoeHum]

8. He's got those two-minute radio commentaries. . .

methinks Air America should arrange with him to get those on the air.


http://www.jimhightower.com/


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