Mike Rosen
Overview
 
Michael "Mike" Rosen is an American
United States
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 radio personality and political commentator. He is the host of The Mike Rosen Show on talk radio
Talk radio
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 station 850 KOA
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 in Denver, Colorado, as well as a weekly opinion columnist
Columnist
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 for The Denver Post
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-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...

and previously a weekly opinion columnist for the Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News
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. Rosen has described himself as an "advocate for generally right-center, mainstream conservative ideas."
Mike Rosen is a self-described conservative political commentator and longtime host of The Mike Rosen Show, a political talk radio show on 850 KOA
KOA (AM)
KOA is a clear channel, news/talk radio station serving the Denver-Boulder and Colorado Springs, Colorado markets. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is nicknamed "the Blowtorch of the West" for its 50,000 watt signal.KOA was originally owned by General Electric and began...

, broadcasting out of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
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, where he holds the weekday 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Quotations

"I don't believe that [blacks in New Orleans immediately prior to Hurricane Katrina]couldn't afford a bus ticket out of New Orleans for a minute- they might not be able to drive out in a brand new Lincoln, but they could afford a bus ticket."

March 15, 2006 KOA radio

"Non-supply siders: Concern themselves with 'How to divide up a [fixed] pie'. Supply siders: Concern themselves with 'How to make a bigger pie.'"

October 22, 1996 KOA Radio

"We protect the right of pacifists and other anti-war militants to assemble and advance their cause. But I don’t respect such people and I don’t shrink from exposing their ideas as destructive and suicidal. Pacifists are my enemy because wittingly or not, they serve the purposes of my enemy and jeopardize my freedom."

October 5, 2001 Rocky Mountain News column

Conservatives believe in individual freedom and responsibility. Liberals believe in sacrificing individual freedom for socially desirable outcomes. Liberals believe that one of government's primary roles is social engineering.

Conservatives believe in limited government. Liberals believe in intrusive government when required to achieve societal needs. (Exception: social-issues conservatives advocate government intrusion on matters of abortion, drugs and pornography.)

Conservatives believe in free markets. Liberals believe in government controls and central planning.

Conservatives believe that some problems have no solution, that they can only be mitigated at best. Liberals believe that most every problem has a government solution.

Conservatives are concerned about the production of wealth. Liberals are concerned about the redistribution of it.

 
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