{"id":39318,"date":"2020-07-10T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39318"},"modified":"2020-07-10T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:55:57","slug":"sad-news-from-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39318","title":{"rendered":"Sad News From New England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Blaze<\/a> reported that longtime conservative political operative, civics connoisseur, and radio personality Jay Severin has passed away. I first listened to Jay Severin during the 2000 election recount. He was a voice of common sense, logic, and critical thinking during that time. He periodically pushed the limits of talk radio and at various times was taken off the radio for a few days because of risque remarks. However, he was one of the best news analysts around. After leaving New England talk radio, he hosted a show on The Blaze radio network.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Severin became a giant force in political talk in New England before spending years as a host on TheBlaze Radio Network’s national platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Jay was one of the rare talents that could not only see beyond the headline, but had the empathy to understand how it affected the listener,” Glenn Beck told TheBlaze. “He was a good man, and I’m a better one for having known him.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Shattuck, podcaster and senior editor of the Lowell Sun, paid tribute<\/a> to Severin after news broke of his death on Thursday, calling him “the Boston talk titan.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This was a guy who liked free speech and was not afraid to push the boundaries,” Shattuck said of Severin, adding, “He made a difference…he was powerful, he was loud, he was poetic in the way he spoke, and he’s going to be missed.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Michael Graham, a colleague of Severin’s from WTTK-FM, said of the late host, “What’s fascinating to me is the number of people who say, ‘I became a conservative because of Jay Severin'” surrounded by the liberal environment in Boston. He added, “That’s his legacy\u2014his civics lesson on the air, that nobody can take away from him.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jay Severin was famous for saying, “Excelsior!” meaning, “higher” or “upward.” From all of us at TheBlaze, Jay: Excelsior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have lost a strong voice for conservatism (although I believe Jay was a libertarian).<\/p>\n

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