“I want to get the lesbian perspective”* **

We were discussing the President’s call during his SOTU speech for ending “don’t ask, don’t tell” in the military with some colleagues at lunch today and wondered aloud if DADT was one of those cards the President would hold on to and play it only if his approval numbers were tanking to the point that he was starting to lose some of his progressive base (kinda like, now). They didn’t think so because repealing DADT “wasn’t a big deal”. Don’t know about that because if it wasn’t a big deal, how come it hasn’t been done already?

We understand Porkulus, healthcare and cap and trade were higher on the legislative agenda but we also can’t help but think that the man who (currently) opposes gay marriage would use DADT and by extension the gay community as a political tool to shore up support on his left. Generally speaking, we wonder if the gay community feels the same way and we wonder if they even care as long as the President is pushing for an end to DADT.



* Years ago, local sports talk show host, Lee “Hacksaw” Hamilton (pictured), blasted that across the airwaves in a request for some specific insight regarding a sexual orientation-related issue, the details of which are lost to time and memory.

** Any Hacksaw reference automatically increases the quality of the post, no matter how sketchy, between 15-20%

"I Wanna Get the Lesbian Perspective....."

“From Baja to the Canadian Rockies.....

... and from the Pacific Ocean to the Mojave Desert....

.....this is Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and for the next couple of hours… I …. want to talk sports with You.”

We don’t care what Rome thinks…. its nice to have Lee ‘Hacksaw” Hamilton back here in San Diego doing drive time in the P.M. on KLSD AM 1360. “Uncle ‘Saw” had been a fixture on the San Diego sports talk radio scene for years before being exiled to do scrub-Saturday time up in L.A. at AM 570 for the past few years so hearing his program-opening “best 15 minutes in radio” again is like having an old friend move back into town…. a sometimes annoying, cantankerous and decidedly un-hip friend but a friend nonetheless.

Interesting advertisements on the station, though. Two regular spots are for Air America host, Thom Hartman’s book, “Cracking the Code” and another for “GoLeft.com” or “VeerSharplyLeft.com”… something like that.. which advertises itself as presenting the news truthfully…. from a liberal perspective.

We’re not advertising experts, but shilling lefty wares to the 18-54 yr. old male sports-loving demographic seems a bit of a stretch. Are we saying that no one in that demographic is a liberal or a Democrat? Certainly not. It just seems that by and large, that particular demo would be less inclined to go out and buy Hartman’s book or dial-up “SwerveLeft.com” than about any other radio demo outside of Rush’s listening audience.

Besides, even if individuals in this demo are politically-aware, let alone, left-leaning, these guys are listening to sports talk radio precisely because, for the moment at least, they don’t feel like listening to Rush, Hannity, Air America or anything else political. Hey, ya gotta cast a wide net, we suppose – just seemed a rather odd marketing strategy.