despite what i've said thus far, i kinda like o'reilly. i like that he's critical of the president, even if he has to qualify it. i think he voted for bush, though, and i think he's more conservative than he's willing to agree to.

but i don't think he works on radio. i think why the factor works is his clash w/ the guests. radio guests aren't quite the same. for one, you can cut them off, you can silence them (though he allegedly does that on his show). you can also speak over them, since their volume is never quite the same and, no matter how good the connection is, it's always garbled. unlike franken, whom i'd like to hear take callers, o'reilly doesn't relate well to them--ironic, since he's supposed to be all about the folks--and i'd rather he have regular guests, preferably in studio. i understand why he doesn't do this, though, since he doesn't repeat his radio show on television. (sean hannity has no compunctions about doing this though: frequently, he has his radio guests on tv.)

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