Speed Gibson

I recorded the Poli-Chicks this morning, curious to hear what they might have to say about the E-85 / Mike Hatch meltdown, maybe even Kerry's Freudian slip. Maybe I whizzed through it too quickly, but I didn't hear anything on Kerry. The E-85 slip got less than five minutes late in the third hour. The Hatch blowup? They generously allowed one call, the very last one.

Here it is, the last weekend before the election, and the Poli-Chicks are babbling about laryngitis, the Saddam verdict, the death penalty, maybe a little on the Transportation Amendment and the latest Minnesota Poll. You never would have guessed there was an election on Tuesday.

I don't get it. Here is the once mighty KSTP, now just Soucheray and Friends, letting another show slip away. In fact, to advertise this show as "Poli-Chicks" borders on dishonest, certainly this week anyway. Does this show not have a producer, someone to focus the talent on what the listeners want discussed? It would seem not.

Or maybe legendary hack Stan Hubbard decided to play it safe, fearing a lawsuit should Mike Hatch lose. In any case, anything short of Michael Savage or informercials beats this show.