John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com has done me the ultimate insult. He has compiled a list of the 25 most influential conservatives in America, and he has left me off of it.
OUTRAGEOUS!
I mean, I didn’t even make the “Honorable Mention” section. Oh, but Pat Buchanan, Tom Coburn, Laura Ingraham and Thomas Sowell did. What have they done that I haven’t, besides write books, win elections for both the House and the Senate, work for Reagan or have a major league radio show.
I do a podcast, darn it! I write on Newsvine. I’m somebody too.
No respect. I tell ya, Rodney Dangerfield got more respect that I do. Un.be.lievable.
Anyway, I’ll be the bigger person and still link to his Townhall.com article. I’ll even quote a bit.
5) John Roberts: He isn’t the only originalist on the Court and he doesn’t have the flair of Antonin Scalia or the conservative record of Clarence Thomas, but after only a short time on the job, he is putting his own indelible stamp on the Court with his exceptional leadership style as Chief Justice.
4) Sean Hannity: Even though his talk show wasn’t syndicated nationally until late 2001, Sean Hannity has already garnered 12.5 million listeners a week, is half of the 2nd hottest show on the cable news networks, and has put out two best-selling books. Few people, if any, have risen further, faster, within the conservative movement.
3) Rush Limbaugh: The Doctor of Democracy has 13.5 million listeners a week on his radio program and many of them have been availing themselves of his wisdom daily, for years. You ever heard the phrase, “You can’t fight city hall?” Well, Rush Limbaugh went head-to-head with Harry Reid and 41 Democratic senators who smeared him and not only did he win the fight, he humiliated them in the process.
2) Matt Drudge: His website, the Drudge Report, generates more than 10 million impressions per day and more importantly, sets the agenda for much of the rest of the media. If Matt Drudge puts a story at the top of his website, it instantly becomes a hot story in the mainstream media, talk radio, and the blogosphere. More than anyone else in the media, Drudge determines whether a story is hot or not.
1) George W. Bush: Granted, he’s a lame duck President with low approval ratings and mediocre communication skills — but for good or ill, George Bush shapes many of the political debates we have in this country. Whether you’re talking about illegal immigration, deficit spending, foreign policy, or Campaign 2008, George Bush’s policies are right at the heart of the discussion.
Just one problem. Dubya is about as conservative as I am deserving to be on this list. Rush is number one. I doubt 13.5 million conservatives listen to Dubya.
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