He Couldn't Stand the Heat
I'm listening to the Rosenbaum show on KSTP and guest Walter Mondale just hung up in a huff due to being confronted with opposing points of view.
He was pontificating on and on about how Bush has polarized this country to an unprecedented degree and how dangerous this was. When the host and callers asked for specific examples and pointed out that it takes two to be polarized on an issue, Mondale's only response was to continue spouting generalized criticisms and doom and gloom scenerios. All the while he was getting more and more annoyed. When Rosenbaum speculated that perhaps no President, not even a Democrat, could bring the country together in our current political atmosphere, Mondale gratuitously dismissed the suggestion and tersely spat, "Ok, I have to go right now". Then, clunk - he hung up! Even though his interview was scheduled for another 10 minutes.
Hilarious. And it reminds of Brian Lambert's comments about why MPR is a better forum for talk radio than commercial outlets:
With commercial talk radio spiraling ever lower, in a cacophonic brew of carnival-barker partisanship, listeners who are both capable and interested in weighing opposing points of view are seeking new venues for information and their voice.
In his flight from hearing any opposing points of view, any guess which radio station Mondale is probably listening to right now?
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