From a reader who listened in on the Laura Ingraham show after I did my
guest spot: “What did I hear? She immediately started to MOCK you, using a
fake British accent, because you apparently declined to answer a question
she posed about whether it would take another catastrophe to propel a 3rd
party nomination from obscurity. I’ve never listened to her before and in
high dudgeon shall not do so again. She seems a remarkable pain in the arse
and somewhat petty as well (she also started going off on Bill O’Reilly
before I turned her off.) Treating the Derb like some piece of riffraff
cinema goon, indeed.”
Easy there, buddy. I didn’t hear the offending passage (& would appreciate
second opinions from anyone who did), but it is true that I havered on the
question of “Will it take another 9/11?” I just have a superstitious fear
of giving a straight answer to that particular question, so I evade it.
Radio talk-show hosts don’t like guests who evade questions, and I see their
point of view. For future encounters, I shall think up a graceful,
non-evasive way to evade that question. As for the mock British
accent–that’s just harmless fun, I don’t mind. Speaking generally,
American commentators & bloviators take themselves much too seriously, and I
am glad of a little light relief. (Though I now regard myself as having
license to poke some gentle fun at Laura on a future occasion.) Speaking of
taking oneself much too seriously… what was that about Bill O’Reilly?