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Obamarama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:40 PM
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OMG...have you ever heard of Mark Levin? (radio talk show host)
Edited on Fri May-01-09 09:42 PM by Obamarama
Apparently he's yet another dime-a-dozen asswipe conservative talkshow host wannabe.

A local AM radio station picked him up recently. OMG...what an ass this man is. And that VOICE. Ugh.
It's bad enough listening to right-wing pablum, but to hear it from his vocal cords...I'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard any day. Ranting and raving would be difficult enough to listen to, but his is a voice only Smiegel could love.

And to top it off, he apparently is one of those self-loathing Jews (ala Michael Savage WIENER) who seeks to distance themselves from their Jewish background. He pronounces his last name like "le-VIN"
instead of Levin, as in Carl Levin the good senator from MI.

I'm Jewish and I have NEVER heard a Jew named Levin pronounce their name as "le-VIN".

http://www.marklevinshow.com/
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:43 PM
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1. where have ya been, kiddo?
Mark Levin was one of the talking heads deployed to fight the Clintons beginning in the Lewinsky era. He was a regular on TV. He's a lawyer, a member of the Federalist Society, and a bona fide member of freerepublic.com. He posts there under the user name "holdonnow".

A real jerk.
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Obamarama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:46 PM
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3. I avoid these losers at all costs...
Seriously, I never heard of him until he was picked up on a local station.

He posts at FR? Seriously??? Maybe someone from there lurking over here will draw attention to my post here about his asswipe ways.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 07:09 AM
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15. Are you sure about the handle?
"Holdonnow" refers to Levin in the third person in a lot of those posts. Or is that just a charming, psychotic, right-wing quirk?
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 11:15 AM
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21. can you point me to one you describe?
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 07:51 PM
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22. I misread, but you can see what I meant:
Edited on Sat May-02-09 07:54 PM by woo me with science
See post 33 here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132144/posts

and post 63 here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038791/posts?q=1&;page=51


However, on closer reading, you are clearly right, and he IS referring to himself. In other posts, he talks about his show and his website.

................................


I thought he did it again here in post 193, but on closer reading, he is quoting the other guy and correcting him. Sorry for misreading.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223618/posts


Thanks for posting this. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that he posts on FR, but it is interesting and queasy-making just the same.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:46 PM
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2. Um Yes. He is the guy that gives Hannity, Beck, and the other wackos their talking points
He's the ring leader
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:15 PM
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9. I've heard Limbaugh quote him, quite admiringly. nt
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:21 PM
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10. Not surprised. He's the leader
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:47 PM
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4. He is the Hannity ear man.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:52 PM
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5. I grew up with a girl named Annie Levin
and the family pronounced it "LeVAN."

I never heard it again.
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:57 PM
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6. Our local station ditched Levin for Beck and Boortz
Not an improvement!

But here's the thing they have Ed Schultz on too offering a fair and somewhat factual show to balance the utter nonsense, lies and fear mongering. Does that make sense? Why not take the crack heads like Beck off and get real?
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DAMANgoldberg Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 11:43 PM
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13. FYI
Neal Boortz and Ed Schultz have the same syndication, Global Media (Jones). They also syn. Stephanie Miller and Clark Howard. I can see the Beckster being sent packing, but at least Boortz can make coherent arguments, even if you don't agree with him. Neal has been "insensitive" for over 30 years.
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pokercat999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:57 PM
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7. He's a Glenn Beck wannabe. nt
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 06:55 AM
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14. Nah. He's been spewing his hate since the Clinton years. He used..
Edited on Sat May-02-09 06:56 AM by Kahuna
to be on cnbc and msnbc a lot. He's just as ugly as he sounds. :scared:
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pokercat999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 07:42 AM
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16. Well then, maybe a GB mentor? nt
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 10:05 AM
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20. Definately. nt
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:13 PM
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8. It's all about the $$$. They milk the suckers for all they're worth; the suckers never tire of it.
They can't get enough of the hate echo chamber they live in. Levin has his own "shtick," as does old-timers like Rush and other newbies like Monica Crowley, but they all share one quality: Three hours a day of hating Obama, and rake in the bucks from that 20 percent who cannot stand the fact that there might be one or two people who don't march in lockstep.

Call them Freepers, or Dittoheads, or today's mainstream Republicans, they can live no where else but that echo chamber, and charlatans like Le-VIN know it.
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Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:35 PM
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11. There's a chain of furniture stores in these parts named LEVIN with the accent on the last syllable.
Edited on Fri May-01-09 10:36 PM by Doremus
Speaking of self-loathing Jews, my shop landlord is one. He always made sure to let me know he isn't Jewish. :eyes: One day he was reminiscing about his career and said one of his former bosses made him alter his last name on his business cards so no one would know he was Jewish.

Dumbfuck. (Yes, he's a Bush-lovin', Rush-listenin' repug.) :puke:
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 11:41 PM
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12. He was on tv about five days a week, leading the way, during the Clnton
character assassination. He is vicious and presents himself as thee most intelligent propagandist. Lawyer. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he is a talking points originator. He's like a behind the scenes Rove as far as changing reality, but Rove has more charm.
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 09:01 AM
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17. It's been #1 for a while now
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
3. COLUMBINE, by Dave Cullen
4. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox
5. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow



Some know who he is. I'm wondering how long it will stay on top.
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Mr. Ected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 09:07 AM
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18. Hannity Refers To Him As "The Great One"
If that isn't an indictment, what is?
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 09:09 AM
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19. He's a screeching maniac...
His hatred for Obama is unsurpassed. I cannot believe he has a following?
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 07:54 PM
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23. Tweety had him on a while back
and made a fool of him in front of god and everybody, it was good.
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