I dont think Cenk himself ideologically will move more to the right/center (I honestly think he's more centrist than he lets on to be), but the show will almost have to in order to compete on mainstream radio -"Kool Aid" drinking Cenk is gonna go bye bye for a few months... Advertisers wont support 100% Leftist Radio, i dont care which channle its on! As for Lakoff, I did venture into the reading from his last appearance on the show, he does make sense, but he thinks and speaks at a level that most people dont bother trying to understand - His point was correct, but he's too damn brainy to benefit anyone else! Like i said - the Truth doesn't matter, and 70-80% of bloggers here want to argue truth... Politics is perception and distortion and advertising - skills that on the surface are below "studious academic" discussions... Thanks again for your kind words... :)

by bobo1 on 07/09/2008 02:13:35 AM EST

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I agree Lakoff's last appearance was a little "out there," because it is hard to really explain state-of-the-art neuroscience in an interview, but this particular column of his was very approachable and lucid.

I see your point about bloggers wanting to argue the truth.  But I do honestly think there is some benefit to it, even if it doesn't change anything in the near term.  Inching the debate forward and finding common ground with the people who are most unlike us is difficult work, but don't you think it has a little value?  And yet your average voter votes on who they would most like to have a beer with. 

Most retarded headline of the day?  Dog owners prefer McCain.  That is what the general public wants I guess.  Obama could probably make a big bump in the polls if he adopted a dog for his kids now instead of when he gets in the White House.  

by desertpear on 07/09/2008 02:37:11 AM EST

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