Hartman, Schultz, Hannity and Savage. Hannity used to personally attack Hartman on air. Savage is a complete nut job. All 4 of them were OTA AM out of the Atlanta area at the time. It was the peak of the talk radio wars. Yes I suffered through Hannity and Savage, mostly for the callers. Especially Savage because he would take calls from Progressives then it was on. UFC level talk radio. Some of it was very obviously staged but most were real calls. I would yell and scream backing the caller. Hannity NEVER let anyone from the left call. I would yell and scream at his and his psycho callers. All while driving 80 down the interstate. I probably looked like a loony to anyone driving by me.
Then I'd listen to Ed (Really miss him) and Thom to bring me down and give me hope. It was during this time I feel I got a very early insight into what was coming. While fully aware since my youth of the repuke plan to repeal The New Deal and The Civil Rights Act (much of which has come to fruition) the many years and hours of listening to these callers and these propaganda right wing nuts I saw the weed which became the tea party sand eventually grew into MAGA grow from rural American southern racist seeds. Hartman and Schulz among some others were on the frontlines in the talk radio space warning us, SCREAMING at us eventually via (XM)Air America about the deep hate these fascist propagandists were extracting, in sighting, planning, motivating and giving a voice to in rural America. It was a space urban folks didn't hear at the time yet would shape the future. They had Limbaugh who was more of a Jerry Springer hate radio entertainment fuck sure, but I think he was looked at in that way because he'd been national for so long and really wasn't taken that seriously (though he definitely had impact).
Regardless, the very late 90's and early 00's were a very intense time for me and especially those 4 radio shows, re- motivated, re-ignited my political involvement that, like so many, life had pushed into the background. I was a poll worker involved in the FL recount, attacked by the Brooks Bros physically. I carried a big stick trust me.
Sorry, Hannity can be a trigger for me 
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