Paul Harvey died. I know he was a GOPer but I liked his rest of the stories

[greenbriar]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-paul-harvey-dead,0,6120173.story


Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday, ABC Radio Networks said. He was 90.

Harvey died surrounded by family at a hospital in Phoenix, according to ABC Radio Networks spokesman Louis Adams, where Harvey worked for more than 50 years. No cause of death was immediately available.

[sufrommich]

1. I did too. He's made me cry in the car more than once. nt

[Bluebear]

2. Condolences to the family and yes, he was an odious right wing pig with a microphone

If I Were the Devil
By Paul Harvey (August 15, 1999)

I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;
I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's effort, instead of God's
blessings;
I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around;
I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;
I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership;
I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies;
I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it
convenient;
I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that the life of animals are valued more than
human beings;
I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was grounds for a
lawsuit;
I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I would get sports
heroes to advertise them;
I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the mind of every family
member for my agenda;
I would attack the family, the backbone of any nation.
I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the
nation;
I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movie screens, and
I would call it art;
I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their lifestyles should be
accepted and marveled;
I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves
authorities and refer to their agenda as politically correct;
I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, and the Bible is for the
naive;
I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that
faithfulness and obedience are optional;
I guess I would leave things pretty much the way they are.

http://us2000.org/jim/Potpourri/If_i_were_the_devil.htm

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. He was a racist. A supporter of slavery.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/126172/paul_harveys_racist_comments_recent.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj4JMlDfYOQ

[Bluebear]

5. He was also a raging homophobe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x20754

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. he was a pig. I wonder if there would be so much DU love if he were a non-white talking crap about

whites but happened to also tell warm hearted stories.

[Bluebear]

13. "Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto & across this continent by giving out smallpox blankets!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3761640&mesg_id=3761746

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. He compared the women and children dying in Afghanistan to the 9/11 attackers.

"On his News and Comment radio show this morning, ABC Radio Networks host Paul Harvey said “the media should put a stop” to labeling “women and children” killed in war as “civilians.” He said, “It was civilians, for goodness sake, who decapitated New York City.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/02/harvey-911/

[Bluebear]

14. He said Katrina victims should dig themselves out, not ask for FEMA trailers.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

17. I don't understand it. He said things that would get Limbaugh in trouble.

But because he did it in the guise of a kindly old man, it was allowed.

[Bluebear]

19. He was such a homespun racist, though!

And even in this thread, you will see the theory that when somebody dies, it suddenly forgives the damage they did in real life. Outrageous.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. I don't understand how a bigot can be a class act.

It wasn't like his issues were a difference of tax policy or whether the government should be larger or smaller.

[Bluebear]

25. Death imparts class.

I reckon.

[tnlefty]

36. Thanks for that.

I didn't know, I do know that when I was away from the sphere of my parents whenever I heard his voice I changed the dial. Couldn't stand to hear him.

[Bluebear]

40. You said it.

[tnlefty]

41. I think my husband said it best, "That's the end of the story."

:evilgrin: Apparently he listened to him more than I had and knew he was a bigot on many levels. My revulsion caused me to not listen.

[SmileyRose]

4. I loved listening to Paul Harvey

Warm thoughts to his family.

[FarLeftRage]

6. Here's the rest of the story....

From bartcop:

http://www.bartcop.com/harveyexplained.htm


Just one question....I've noticed Paul Harvey and horse molester used in the same sentence.
Can you enlighten me? I've never heard about this.

Keep up the good work
Patricia.


ha ha

It's all true - every word of it - you didn't know?

Illinois just passed the "Harvey Law," which makes animal sex a felony.

[blue sky at night]

7. i learned my radio habits early in life........

my grandmother always had the radio on when we stayed with her at the cottage up on Lake Pepin, Wisconsin....we never missed Paul Harvey, man that was back in the Sixties. I prefer the radio to this day, get a lot of it over the internet. Thanks Paul, you had the voice and the words to tell the story.....and the rest of it too!

[greenbriar]

8. It wasn't until dipshit became pResident that I really understood how GOP Harvey was

made me sad as I loved his stories




...and now you know the rest of the story

[elocs]

10. DU is a white/black world with no shades of gray, no middle ground.

You are either with us, or against us. If you are on the wrong side, then you are evil, garbage, with no redeeming values and no hope of ever having any. I would like to hope that we were better than that because it is such a Republicanish attitude, but there is so much evidence here to the contrary. Democrats and Republicans: we are opposites who view each other with the same mindset, each of us convinced we are perfectly right and the other side is irredeemably wrong.

I'll remember Paul Harvey as another voice, another celebrity from my childhood that is gone. Fortunately back then my world and thinking was not carved down the middle, divided between good and evil. I won't tear down Paul Harvey, that's a mission for others.

[Bluebear]

11. Whatever, as they say. I don't idolize racists.

[elocs]

15. Ahh, posted in true DU fashion. Congratulations!

:applause: :bounce: :thumbsup:

Oh, I guess I missed the part where I said I idolized him. Reading comprehension is everything.

[Bluebear]

16. Now go on how we're "grave dancing". And if you don't like "DU fashion" why are you here?

Ridiculous.

[elocs]

18. I am here because I can be. If you don't like it, then you know what to do.

Go for it.

[Bluebear]

20. Done! /ignore

Much better.

[elocs]

22. I know you can't read this, but wasn't that easy? I'm relieved. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

28. Same here. He was 90 years old. For a completely different generation, I have diff. standards. nt

[Bluebear]

29. Admiring the genocide of Native Americans & slavery are not age-specific

Being older does not excuse those values. YMMV.

[elocs]

31. Why do we need to have this line here where you are either on our side and worth missing,

or on the other side and simply worthless? What a narrow view of the world.

[Lyric]

21. I have good memories of listening to his stories with my grandmother

in her kitchen. I never liked the man personally, and have not listened to his show as an adult because of his right-wing ways, but I will always cherish those memories. My grandma is gone, but even a few seconds of hearing Paul Harvey's voice sends me right back into her kitchen again, eating my poached eggs and toast and listening to her sing to herself while washing up the breakfast dishes.

[WeDidIt]

23. The "Rest of the Story" was fabricated bullshit

No truth to them at all.

[emilyg]

26. I loved listening to him.

[Captain Hilts]

27. Me too. I don't have to agree with everybody. nt

[greenbriar]

30. when I realized how RW he was I was disappointed

but I still liked the "rest of the story"

[Captain Hilts]

37. Same here. I've no time for his views. But when a dinosauer walks by, I have to look. nt

[WindRiverMan]

32. I liked the stories and the voice, but not the man.

He was a GOP shill all the way, but a great storyteller and a radio instution. I will miss his voice but not his politics. I bid the family peace.

[leeroysphitz]

33. Paul Harvey is dead?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He was incredibly old.

[kwassa]

34. Harvey was entertaining because he was so absurd, and such a throwback

to an earlier era of radio. His shameless hucksterism, his dramatic pauses and bizarre inflections.

He could hold whatever political views, and he still would be absurd.

[Bluebear]

35. Bizarre inflections....

Isn't that the truth?

BecauZZZUH, they only realizEDUH...

[AlCzervik]

38. I can't wait until Kissinger finally eats it, Harvey contributed zippo to my life and his

views were disgusting and inhumane and i for one will not pretend he was some nice old dude now that's he's croaked, he lived for 90 years, that's enough of a reward for him.

[greenbriar]

39. 90 is a long time

can you imagine the changes one would see in 90 years