The suggestion that talk radio will go begging for topics as the Clinton Administration heads into its final innings is false. In the midst of a year of unprecedented scandal, the White House follies did not completely pack the airwaves of Middle America. Along with a year of speculation over witnesses and learning to differentiate between impeachment and removal, people wanted to talk about the brutal deaths of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming and James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas, and what these despicable acts tell us about the depths of human cruelty. And whether it could happen in our communities. It could, they said.
People are concerned about education, downtown improvement projects, and proposed tax cuts.
They suggest solutions for struggling local universities suffering budget cuts and low enrollment. They listened to candidates in the fall elections and asked them tough questions. They heard pundits pontificate on the possible outcome and voted how they wanted to in the end, and it wasn't the way those big media types on the Washington TV chat shows figured they would. Nevertheless, many talk radio fans aren't as blase about the outcome of the trial of the president as they perceive the rest of America is. They're concerned with a whole lot of other topics, but they're also still mad about that one.