Where's Kevin the radio host?

My question is why didn't they remove the senator for his threat.
Saying harm should come to someone is not legally a threat. Its merely wishful thinking just as the senarors words.

 

Because the Senator used a figure of speech - a vivacious expression - that did not carry a direct threat to anyone's life. That's protected by the 1st Amendment.

Mr. Rutherford said that the Senator should be shot. Even if that was an articulation too - which I think it was - it STILL should not have taken place on the National Radio for the simple reason of preserving the code of decency. Not without a reason, there is no excessive cussing, vulgarism, hate directed to specific individuals, tolerated there - at least that is the Radio Management's/Owners' prerogative.
It would have been different, had he said those things over a beer in a tavern to his devoted followers.

 

Thanks for clarifying. I didn't read the entire thing and the way it was said to me this morning was as I stated he only thought harm should come to him not a threat but I still perceive the senator as threatening and disagree with him stating what really should be done with the senator unless he stated "I am going to" as being wrong. I know the law picks thongs apart but it doesn't mean I have to agree with it!

 

The Senator was being stupid and should be ridiculed for that statement by his peers in the Senate.
First of all, People have the right to demonstrate. Second of all, there is no way anyone could be dispossessed of their property, like this dummy Senator suggested. Hmm... I am not sure if there is any specific law they could use, in case a demonstration is disallowed but still taking place, that any accessories to that impromptu demonstration - trucks - could be confiscated by the officials. But nobody was suggesting a ride on Washington DC but organizing a lawful demonstration, as many times before. What the Senator said was appalling, and Kevin was right to be angry but he crossed the line at least as a professional show host - which he, at the time of saying his words, had already become.

 

That’s what I heard as well.

I use to listen to Bozo quite a bit, but any more the whole station is just a drag far as I’m concerned….

 

i liked bozo. And evan lockridge.

 

Ran WV to Alabama & Mississsippi for about 4 years while Bozo was still living and doing his radio show. Made the miles pass by a little quicker….

 

Fired, because it’s just one more thing the toolbag can’t hack in life, like owning trucks

 

Who?

Rutherford?

He isn't even known in most of the industry.

See his show and advice was limited to and for owners, while he was right on 50% of what he does, he left out the other 50% of the things which he did wrong.

If he was more honest and more accountable for some of the things he shilled for, then he would have had a greater following, but he didn't. His salesmanship was what sold people on him being smart but if you dug into all of it, well his shows and products, plus the marketing of the stuff he claimed work, did better than his little fleet.

 

I Never listened to him on radio but have on the podcast thing he does now. Some stuff I can deal with but he has a lot of stuff wrong. I do like to get new ideals and sometimes I just get bored listening to music. Sometimes it is just good stuff to think how dumb some people are on things. Used to kill me when he was saying no one was making 2K a day on a regular bases doing dry van. Just laughed and thought man you are to used to that Fedex freight to even see the bigger picture.