Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) complained about exactly this issue in a 2004 interview with Bill Moyers, telling him that "at least half the people in the United States have no voice because they're not allowed in on talk radio."
This statement asserts that (a) fifty percent of the people living in the country are forbidden from calling a talk radio show, (b) that fifty percent of the people living in the country care about being able to call a talk radio show, and (c) that not being able to call a talk radio show means a person "has no voice". Sheesh, even talk radio show hosts (not exactly known for their modesty) don't think they have that much power in the world.
I listen to (probably too much) talk radio, and equivalents like C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Believe me, based on the morons that call up C-SPAN each morning, I'd prefer to not be included in that group. But if Representative Slaughter is truly "representative" of the Congressional population, I may have to bump talk radio callers up slightly in the intelligence ranking to leave room for politicians.
Oh...and Kucinich has still yet to say anything that make sense. Why in the world does he keep getting re-elected? Just for entertainment value?
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