tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post6130693583494521807..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Glenn Beck, Ha Ha HaDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-66094565139523117742009-09-24T16:44:54.388-07:002009-09-24T16:44:54.388-07:00Al Franken actually did some self-deprecating humo...Al Franken actually did some self-deprecating humor once, on Imus about his book, so he knows the form. Why he didn't use it on Air America in a mystery.<br /><br /><a href="http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/imuscut.frankengloat.ram" rel="nofollow">real audio</a>, Nov 11, 2005.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-64664472608142989852009-09-24T16:41:18.468-07:002009-09-24T16:41:18.468-07:00Limbaugh's deal is actually self-deprecating h...Limbaugh's deal is actually self-deprecating humor, taking the form of a larger-than-life persona.<br /><br />The left's inability to do self-deprecating humor is why there is no corresponding success on the left.<br /><br />Limbaugh's chief weakness is occasionally bouts of moralizing, when he precisely loses this self-deprecation, and the only thing to do is just come back in a week when he's over it.<br /><br />He's also not good on economics, getting the result right but not able to articulate the right reasons, which is painful to sit through.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com