Letter: Far-right talk radio is full of lies, arrogance

Monday, Jan. 5, 2004 | 8:34 a.m.

For weeks I've been forcing myself to listen to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and whoever else is on the far-right talk-radio stations. I am astounded by the level of disrespect, rudeness and arrogance that I have heard.

If Hillary Clinton were to suddenly die, there would be dozens of these people without a career. They have centered their entire beings on bashing and trashing Sen. Clinton and her husband and they can only congratulate themselves and the rest of the zealots and ideologues of the far right while they endlessly recycle the same old innuendo, lies and exaggerations. (An ideologue is defined as a person with a solution in search of a problem.) I don't think I've heard a single 15-minute segment without someone bashing Hillary! Shame on them.

America has been great only because of our traditions of being open to different people and ideas. These angry people want to drown out everyone who doesn't sing their song and dance to their tune. They want to destroy the progress that has been made in dozens of difficult struggles and they have nothing but contempt for the citizens, attorneys and judges who have fought for the rights of all citizens (such as the lawyers of the ACLU).

ROBERT B. ELLIOTT