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Ralston can see where local right-wing radio is heading

By Jon Ralston (contact)

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 | 2:01 a.m.

Just another day on talk radio:

Heidi Harris: Welcome to “One Side.” We make stuff up and ignore history and then let you decide. I’m Heidi Harris. Here’s my special co-host for the week.

Jim Gibbons: Hi. I’m Jim Gibbons, your governor. Nice to be back here with you, Heidi, to recklessly egg on our listeners with sensational nonsense and mindless chatter.

Harris: Hey, governor, it’s a winning formula for radio.

Gibbons: Not just for radio, Heidi. It works in politics, too. How do you think I got where I am?

Harris: Good point. Let’s get back on our theme of the week, governor: Assassination attempts that never really happened.

Gibbons: Yes, we are exposing the liberal lies in the mainstream media. Funny how Harry Reid can pull out some newspaper clips and a police report and he thinks that’s evidence of anything. My guess is he had the reporters and the cops write those for him. Remember, Heidi, I once heard the Democratic Party paid The Wall Street Journal to write those negative stories about me.

Harris: Folks, we make stuff up and let you decide. What liberals don’t realize is that we are talking about Dirty Harry. We can say anything about him and people who listen to this show will believe it. It’s a license to be lazy and irresponsible.

Gibbons (laughs): So true, Heidi. We just trust our gut. Facts just get in the way. That’s why you can say you have been here all your life and knew nothing about anything and people will believe you. Especially people who listen here. It’s magic, Heidi!

Harris: So true. I am not an investigative journalist held to any pesky standards. I trust my instincts and my instincts tell me no one tried to kill Harry. Although I wouldn’t mind seeing him thrown off the Stratosphere headfirst right now (laughs heartily).

Gibbons (guffaws): Good one. And then we could just say it never happened. We make stuff up; you decide.

Harris: I also thought the liberal media were too hard on poor Sue Lowden for what she said about all of that. How was she supposed to remember any of that just because she was a journalist back then and the mob was the biggest story in town? And she sees what we see, Governor: Car bombs are funny.

Gibbons: Sue is good people, Heidi. Did you know she is one of three people to give me a testimonial on my campaign Web site? She praises me. And not too many people will do that these days.

Harris: Governor, you are the most underrated governor in state history.

Gibbons: It’s pretty hard to underrate me, Heidi. But, thanks.

Harris: I bet you have taken some real heat for your brave governing style. I bet there have been some real death threats, not Harry Reid death threats.

Gibbons: You mean besides from Dawn? (laughs) But, seriously, I don’t like to talk about it much but there have been some. Not the kind that get written up in the papers, but a lot of liberals have called me to tell me they were going to take me out. One of them sounded like Barbara Buckley’s voice.

Harris: So Barbara Buckley threatened to kill you and the media ignored it? Typical. Another story you heard here first on “One Side.” We make it up and you decide.

Gibbons: Oh, yes. I am very careful when I start my car, Heidi. I always check to see if anyone put a phone book or shoebox underneath the hood. Those can be quite combustible, you know.

Harris: I don’t blame you, Governor. Hey, we have a phone call.

Caller: Great show, Heidi and Jim. You really know how to get to the truth. Hey, did you guys hear that Harry Reid planted a bomb in George W. Bush’s office during a meeting at the White House and they covered it up for the good of the country?

Gibbons: I had heard that.

Harris: I hadn’t and I have lived on this planet my entire life. Not surprised the liberal media covered that up, though. Thanks, caller.

Gibbons: You know I thought about running against Reid in ’04, Heidi. But he threatened my life. Ever see that in the media?

Harris: No. Of course not. But we know it happened. Because you said it did.

Gibbons: That’s all it takes.

Harris: Thanks for joining us today on “One Side.” On our next program, we will look into the JFK assassination. Did it really happen? Could he still be alive? Or was Harry Reid behind it? We make it up; you decide.

Discussion: 15 comments so far…

  1. By Birdiedreamin
    10/30/09 at 5:51 a.m.
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    hey jon...
    great article...
    what a scum bag heidi harris is...
    the saddest part of all is there are actully losers who listen to that maggot...
    just imagine how pathetic their lives must be...
    sad...
    and monkey boy gibbons...
    has there ever been a governor with less leadership skills than that little gibbons monkey???

  2. By cignettis
    10/30/09 at 6:11 a.m.
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    Jon now write about the extreme lefties and you will find the same routine. Morons exist on both ends of the political spectrum. For reality check out the real lies told by the present administration and the transparency. Welcome to the real world liberal.

  3. By BCDave
    10/30/09 at 6:20 a.m.
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    Scum bag Harry Reid just called about you Jon. He complains that you use too much teeth.

  4. By mamabear
    10/30/09 at 7:08 a.m.
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    Harris is the Dems best friend. Just wind her up, and turn her loose on live radio. Only in Vegas. . .

  5. By nevpolitico
    10/30/09 at 7:48 a.m.
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    Radio's turned off. Newspaper is in the trash. TV is a blank screen. Blackberry is skipping across the ocean like the one in the Corona commercial. It's just too much. Trying to ignore the fact it's still a year before the gov is tossed out...oh the damage he can do with the budget and stimulus giveaways to cronies. And now the Reid race. Head to the hills everyone and become self-sustaining! The Mayans may be right.

  6. By r4akese
    10/30/09 at 8:13 a.m.
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    It reads even funnier when you realize that it's really a transcript from Ralston's show when he interviewed Oscar Goodman recently. I gotta love his sense of humor! Good job!

  7. By Patrick_R_Gibbons
    10/30/09 at 9:21 a.m.
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    Its not like Jon ever makes anything up in his articles...

    :P

  8. By SgtRock
    10/30/09 at 9:22 p.m.
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    I have a feeling that Ralston has a lot of imaginery moments during his day.

    He does seem more comfortable with fiction than non-fiction.

  9. By Caroll
    10/31/09 at 10:52 a.m.
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    Perfectly stated.
    Heidi's program is the lowest rated in Las Vegas. In fact, the audience number is nonexistent which means so few listen that it does not even register.
    She might as well sit on her front porch with a megaphone and more people would hear her.
    Look, this is why she is at where she is at. No real station with a significant number of viewers and/or listeners want anything to do with her.
    Every town needs a village idiot.

  10. By SgtRock
    10/31/09 at 12:38 p.m.
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    I bet money that each day more people listen to Heidi's program than watch Ralston's TV show.

    I am sorry....village idiot position is already filled. Ralston took that job years ago. Just look at his rantings using imaginery conversations between people. How dumb is that?

  11. By jajma
    10/31/09 at 2:02 p.m.
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    Spot on, Mr. Ralston! I don't listen to talk radio or watch a lot of teevee. I like to research the issues for myself. If one listens to others and takes their word as the gospel truth, one will have no earthly idea as to what is going on, and confusion ensues. I see this more now than at any time in recent history. LOL

  12. By wizardofOz
    10/31/09 at 10:34 p.m.
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    Jon,

    I am glad you know how to use a radio.

    I am glad the Governor can speak English.

    I am glad the SUN gives you all the white space you need.

    I am glad I can read fast.

  13. By wizardofOz
    10/31/09 at 10:47 p.m.
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    Jon, Heidi babe can win a celebrity pizza contest. And you?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GG169CC0...

    These are the politically important things, y'know....

  14. By mred
    11/2/09 at 2:43 p.m.
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    Herr Heidi said she doesn't read the paper (does she read at all?) and makes some more jokes about the bomb plot, shows the ignorant and sick mentality of hate-talk radio.

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