LIBERADIO(!)

Not a loveable little fuzzball.

Or so said 99.7 WTN’s Michael Delgiorno on Friday:

“Reid coined the term in a speech in an energy conference in Las Vegas with Al Gore and Bill Clinton this week and then repeated it in an interview with Politics Daily. ‘Such evil-mongers are using lies, innuendo, and rumor to drown out rational debate,’ Reid said, ‘Oh it was original for me to come up with the term. I maybe could have been less descriptive..but..and I don’t know if you’ll ever hear it from me again..’ How about we heard it once? Reid worked in the word one more time during the interview. ‘I feel I haven’t done anything to embarrass my children,’ he joked, ‘Except maybe call someone an evil monger.’ If you don’t agree with Barack Obama, if you don’t agree with Harry Reid, if you don’t agree with Nancy Pelosi, if you have read what they have not read, if you do believe in a republic, and if you don’t want a socialist nation, or if you reject this health care reform, the leader of the United States Senate thinks you’re evil…I mean…I sub-titled my book, ‘The Only Thing Shocking in Life is the Truth.’ I’ve been watching Fox, MSNBC, CNN, all morning long – not a peep. Not a peep. And if you don’t stop a leader of the United States Senate from calling you ‘evil’ for disagreeing today, good luck stopping them when they come to arrest you or kill you.”

I’d like to ask Michael what he means exactly by “stop?”

Now, if he had simply kept with the “If you don’t agree with…” theme, the word “stop” in the phrase “stop a leader” could merely mean calling them on the phone and complaining about their use of the word “evil-monger” to describe someone (like Michael, by the way) who uses “lies, innuendo, and rumor to drown out rational debate.”

But he didn’t stop at “If you don’t agree with…”. He escalated his rhetoric by throwing in the words “arrest you” or “kill you” into the mix.

He is literally telling his listeners that if they continue to disagree the next step Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and anyone who wants healthcare reform are going to take is to “arrest” and/or “kill” them.

And just how does Michael think his listeners will be able to “stop” someone from arresting or killing them? By picking up the phone and complaining? Probably not. Arming themselves? Yes. Taking pro-active measures? Perhaps.

We’ve recently seen examples of irresponsible gun ownership. There was more today in Phoenix. This is an example of the irresponsible fearmongering Delgiorno broadcasts every day of the week for three long hours.

It’s nothing if not a lethal combination and he, and his advertisers, should be ashamed.