Monday, May 3, 2010

The World According to Grant

The World According to Grant

The legendary radio talk show personality, Bob Grant, is a trip.

Quirky, abrasive, and occasionally downright rude to some of his callers, he’s as off-putting to his fans as he is to his multitude of liberal critics.

Now 81 years young, Grant, born Robert Ciro Gigante, has long been one of the most irascible, intemperate, and controversial–and popular and conservative–local talk show hosts in broadcast history. Still on the air after well over half a century, he now presides over “The Bob Grant Show” on WABC 770 (New York) Sundays from noon to 2 PM and writes weekly articles for “BobGrantOnline.com.”

Three of the those pieces recently caught my attention, specifically “GOP Needs to Unify,” (April 8th), “Obama: The Enemy Inside the Gate,” (April 21st) and “Illegals Add to Our Problems,” (April 27th).

“GOP Needs to Unify” posits the contrarian point of view–Grant’s specialty–that the Republican Party will not take over the Congress in the coming election primarily because it lacks unity among its members and leadership. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1660)

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