What followed was a passionate defense of conservative standards, lowered government spending and a defense of the unborn.  She called Granholm's insistence that Republicans don't care "crap" and closed her phone call by stating "you are ruining our state!"

Kathy, well done.  Speak the truth, sister!

Granholm's response... liberal tripe, liberal tripe, liberal tripe, it's all for the children, liberal tripe, oh, and if you don't like spending then get out of Iraq.  Classic.  

Then came the plants.  "Bob" from Holland called specifically to attack Mike Bishop and to offer his support for higher taxes.  Thanks, Bob, but don't volunteer my cash for me, OK?

Email and calls covered everything from the Governor's $116+ million no-bid contract to a major campaign contributor to questions about why she'd cut police and fire when she should be reforming welfare instead.  This session was different from so many others because it was clear right from the outset that Michigan voters are ticked to high heck and they don't very much feel like taking it anymore.  

Didn't take long before I was banging my head against the wall, true to form.  The problem with these types of programs is that a very capable caller gets fifteen seconds to ask a very pointed question and then the Governor gets to babble on and on with lie after lie after they're off the air, unable to respond.  

And I love our local radio news jocks but they're no Frank Beckmann and they're not Capitol corp reporters.  In other words, she lies and lies and gets a free pass.  No follow-up from the callers.  No follow-up from the hosts.  So you're left with an hour long infomercial for the Govenror's talking points.

"I cut the budget."  Lie.  Absolutely practically, philosophically and mathematically untrue.

"I've cut spending."  Lie.  Absolutely practically, philosophically and mathematically untrue.

"It was Engler's fault."  Lie.  Absolutely practically, well, you get the idea.  

But the callers weren't buying it.  "Jeff" called in and reminded the Governor that her first state of the state speech asked residents to "move with me" then stated that the only place we're moving is "down the tubes."  Emailers wrote in to express their outrage about the massive Democrat tax hikes.  Others reminded the Gov that it was Democrats who pushed through and signed NAFTA.

Even during a call about illegal immigrants the caller tagged the governor on raising taxes.  

One other note... something that keeps popping up.  The Governor like all of the other Democrats in Michigan are claiming that the Democrat POTUS candidates are being "held hostage" by New Hampshire and Iowa.  That New Hampshire and Iowa somehow are keeping them from asking for Michigan votes.

That's a crafty bit of spin and it's 100% untrue.  The Democrat POTUS candidates are CHOOSING not to come to Michigan at the behest of the Democrat National Committee.  Democrats asking democrats not to give a rip about Michigan and Democrats including Hillary Clinton CHOOSING not to come to Michigan.  

No one is holding anyone hostage.  No one has a gun to anyone's head.  No one has the candidate's cooped up in a prison cell or a dank dark basement.