Where It Ends Up Nobody Knows

I have been listening to these two talk show hosts go back and forth attacking each other for the past couple of weeks. Both claiming that the other has waged a smear campaign against him. Even though he's portraying himself as the innocent victim here. Honestly Andrew started this whole thing. He accused Thaddeus of making derogatory statements about him on his blog, which I don't think was Thaddeus anyway. He just didn't remove it, like he does other things he doesn't want posted. I think it's a matter of ego on Andrew's part. After bending over backwards to keep this guy's mouth off him. He felt it should have been removed out of professional courtesy. True to form,Thaddeus didn't see it that way. Andrew still ended up being attacked on his blog by one of his anonymous posters. It has somewhat of the same affect to readers. Even though he didn't say it, people who visit his site are still reading what is being said.

Thaddeus purchases his airtime himself, as opposed to Andrew being employed by WREC. The differences between the two of them aren't likely to ever disappear. One reason being they appeal to two totally different audiences. Andrew has the means to do far more damage to Thaddeus, than he does to him. The size of the listening audience Andrew has on the weekend far exceeds the one Thaddeus has on his daily show on KWAM. Not only in terms of numbers, but influence as well. If anyone stands to gain notoriety from this exchange it's Thaddeus. I think Andrew may be right when he says "they are in different leagues". Thaddeus will try to use this to boost the awareness of both his radio show and blog.

As for Thaddeus Matthews, I'm not surprised at him and I don't blame him . He's just playing the hand he's dealt. He has taken his "National Enquirer" brand of reporting, and turned a profit it seems. He is just doing what he's always done, by playing both sides of the fence. Like I always say "play with a puppy, he'll lick you in the mouth". And that's exactly what has happened here. When he was doing the bidding of Andrew Clarksenior and his Herenton haters, he was given the royal treatment. He was even given the number to the hotline, to make sure he was heard. I always suspected Whites and non-Memphians of backing the recall effort. As it turns out I was right. Thaddeus has admitted as much himself, saying he owes them no allegiance at all. According to him it was strictly a opportunity to exercise a provision in the charter. Which still doesn't explain why he did what he did. If he was doing such a bad job he needed to be recalled. Surely he needed to be replaced when all you had to do was vote. It's not against the law to make donations to the IRS, but I don't see people lining up to give.