Paul Harvey's Wisdom

AGGIE00 · Mar 27, 2012

300UGUY said:
The guy was no more than a folksy hustler. He sold a lot of overpriced trash to gullible people. His sthick was basically using his "news" to sell whatever he was being paid to peddle that day. BS vitamim suplements? Or how about "Eden Pure Heaters" . A $200 heater that put out no more heat than a $20 one from wallmart? His broadcasts were nothing more than a long commercial. He preyed on the weak minded.

Please explain who the "weak minded" are and how they are so. And if you believe me as a conservative to be one, I am open to debate.

DKCDKC · Mar 27, 2012

I grew up hearing Paul Harvey when I was sick and missed school (always associated him with the chicken soup I had to eat) or during the summer. He didn't do as much advertising in the 50s and 60s as he began to do later. But that's true of all TV and radio programming. Some cable/satellite programming today is more than 35 percent ads.

As for Harvey being a sales guy, he did sell, but critics admitted routinely that he did believe in what he sold, and usually used it. Anyway, I am aware of only a few celebrities today - liberal or conservative - who don't hawk something.

Harvey's broadcasts were aimed primarily at rural listeners, a lot of them farmers. He talked about things that interested them, and they were conservative. The decades his program ran was proof that he knew his audience and they liked him. I always enjoyed his daily bit about some very unusual crime - like the Mississippi teens that swiped a highway bridge. They did an incredible amount of work and actually put out warning cones to keep anyone from wrecking. Great story.

Politically he was conservative, and made no bones about it. But he was a lot less nasty in his comments about those with whom he disagreed than the fanatics on both sides who darken radio and TV today.

I enjoyed his program, agree with him or not.

lilranch2001 · Mar 28, 2012

DKCDKC said:
I grew up hearing Paul Harvey when I was sick and missed school (always associated him with the chicken soup I had to eat) or during the summer. He didn't do as much advertising in the 50s and 60s as he began to do later. But that's true of all TV and radio programming. Some cable/satellite programming today is more than 35 percent ads.

As for Harvey being a sales guy, he did sell, but critics admitted routinely that he did believe in what he sold, and usually used it. Anyway, I am aware of only a few celebrities today - liberal or conservative - who don't hawk something.

Harvey's broadcasts were aimed primarily at rural listeners, a lot of them farmers. He talked about things that interested them, and they were conservative. The decades his program ran was proof that he knew his audience and they liked him. I always enjoyed his daily bit about some very unusual crime - like the Mississippi teens that swiped a highway bridge. They did an incredible amount of work and actually put out warning cones to keep anyone from wrecking. Great story.

Politically he was conservative, and made no bones about it. But he was a lot less nasty in his comments about those with whom he disagreed than the fanatics on both sides who darken radio and TV today.

I enjoyed his program, agree with him or not.

Agreed.

I think maybe 300's wife must have been lusting Paul from the sound of 300's post

Oaktree · Mar 28, 2012

lilranch2001 said:
LMAO another Pure Liberal statement!!!

No one has ever accused me of being a liberal, but I never got the appeal of Harvey either. I just found his "news" to be way too hokey (though I did enjoy is rrrrrrrrest of the story segments).

DKCDKC said:
But he was a lot less nasty in his comments about those with whom he disagreed than the fanatics on both sides who darken radio and TV today.

Can't argue with that statement. We could use a lot more civility today. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't make you (or them) an idiot.

300UGUY · Mar 28, 2012

lilranch2001 said:
Agreed.

I think maybe 300's wife must have been lusting Paul from the sound of 300's post

Bite me. I just think that his selling things like $200 heaters to folks, knowing that they trusted him, was terrible. He knew that heater didn't put out any more eat than the $20 one, he was just in it for the money. In other words, he was a liar and a cheat.

powerpace · Mar 28, 2012

300UGUY said:
Bite me. I just think that his selling things like $200 heaters to folks, knowing that they trusted him, was terrible. He knew that heater didn't put out any more eat than the $20 one, he was just in it for the money. In other words, he was a liar and a cheat.

OUCH!!

And how do feel about ...................Wait for it...........Wait for it..............Rush Limbaugh? There I said the name. I'm sorry fella's for what that name may invoke in this topic.

AGGIE00 · Mar 28, 2012

300UGUY said:
Bite me. I just think that his selling things like $200 heaters to folks, knowing that they trusted him, was terrible. He knew that heater didn't put out any more eat than the $20 one, he was just in it for the money. In other words, he was a liar and a cheat.

But you're probably cool with prezbo selling a health care bill to us with lies and distortions that we have no choice in purchasing and are strangled by for life. Don't know about this heater that has you offended, but you didn't have to buy it.