Republicans and Democrats responsible for disenfranchisement of American people, not talk radio
May 4, 2026
Republican strategist and former McCain aide Steve Schmidt went on MSNBC with Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow to blame talk radio and its 40 million listeners for the political success of Donald Trump.
“The tone is disgusting around our political discourse,” Schmidt said. “You look at the intellectual collapse of the conservative movement, the fading of giants such as William F. Buckley, the replacement of purveyors of blogs and polemics… it’s all collapsed.”
He characterized talk radio as a form of cancer that “has spread” and “infected the whole of the [Republican] party.”
Schmidt’s diatribe against talk radio is yet another indication the party is out of touch with millions of Americans who will no longer tolerate business as usual from both establishment parties.
Steve Schmidt, Republicans, and Democrats are responsible the disenfranchisement of the American people from the political process, not talk radio. The people are sick and tired of a political class that serves the financial elite, multinational corporations and continually supports endless war and conflict.
Popular support for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders reflects a decisive move away from the political class and its corporatist prerogatives.
Schmidt may lament the rejection by the American people of top-down politics and dissatisfaction with the political merry-go-round between two largely indistinguishable parties, but nothing the Republicans do at this point will stem the tide of rejection.
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Schmidt can no longer keep the American public blind by refusing to mention the true causes of destruction of our country. Among the greatest causes is a trade policy that has shipped our almost our entire industrial base overseas, mainly to China for enormous profits through cheap labor and minimal regulation. With that loss went a large decrease in revenue stream but with no adjustment to spending, including meeting needs of those suddenly out of work. Cloward-Piven is only partially responsible, for defensive spending increased greatly as the tax base diminished. That led to loans that enriched the banks, all part of the program. Under Reagan, our nation went from being the world’s largest creditor to the world’s largest debtor. All the above is just part of the problem. The public ignorance bubble has broken, and no amount of lies can hide the source of our troubles, even with the CFR controlling the media.
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“You can fool some of the people all of the time,
And all of the people some of the time,
But you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, (And he ought to know!)
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Who is really for us, and who is really against us?
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