Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour One.

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So I got to...

Let me just talk to you about my philosophy of radio for a minute.

And it's going to sound certain.

There's a point and an apology.

I don't want to be a bad impression of Rush Limbaugh. At one point in my life, I did. He was a good friend and discouraged that greatly. And I'm very disappointed in a lot of what I hear on talk radio. I don't listen to a ton of it, but of that I do. It's all very predictable. You know what's going to be covered and how it's going to be covered. You know the topics. You know the outrage. You know the red meat. The chum in the water. You know, you throw blood in the water and the sharks feed. And that's the way so many conservative talk radio show host feed is I'm going to dump the chum of the water and you're all going to feed.

I get accused to be a moderate because I at least want you to know what the news actually is, not just what's going to provoke you and what the other side believes. Whether you agree or not, I think it's worth you understanding what the other side believes, because I've always

thought the conservative side of things does a better job of understanding the other side

than the left does of us. And by giving you all of the facts you can make up your own mind,

I don't want to just be the predictable guy who gets you enraged about the Democrats, and it's all

bashing the Democrats and praising it's all bashing the Democrats

and praising certain Republicans and bashing other predictable Republicans, the establishment,

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