Comrade, Your Slip is Showing (or is that, Show is Slipping?)

About a week or so back, I commented that I thought Robbie Watson’s morning radio show at WRCG was a fair and balanced affair and that she did a good job.

But after today, I’m not so sure.

Today’s show has been mostly about Bush’s speech last night, which is fine. It was a very good speech. She obviously likes him, which is okay too. But when one caller came on to question the connection between 9.11 and Iraq, she commenced to calling him “comrade”, which was undoubtedly a lefthanded insult. She became argumentative, interrupting him time and again with “comrade” this and “comrade” that.

For those who don’t get it, “comrade” is a term often connected to Soviet, communist Russia. It was the most common way one communist party member addressed another.

Talkline is Robbie’s show. She can speak her opinions and conduct herself as she sees fit. That’s her right as an American, and as the host of her show. And up to the point when she got barrel-mouthed with her caller, I had found it all quite enjoyable. But I can get a gut full of just plain rudeness by going to the local Wal Mart or driving in everyday traffic. I was hoping for something better from her.