Talk Radio As Kitchen Cabinet

On Hugh Hewitt's radio show, a segment with Victor Davis Hanson unearthed something revealing. Here's what the host said:

You spent a lot of time in the Oval Office with President Bush during the war years of President Bush. ... as did some radio talk show hosts, of whom I was a number, [We] would go in and the President would talk to us ...

Maybe this doesn't surprise you. But ponder its implications. George W. Bush could've called any man or woman in the United States to his office to get advice. Anyone in the military, any policy expert, the most knowledgeable American in any industry or field of knowledge. With whom did he apparently spend a lot of time conversing? Hanson, Hewitt, and some other talk radio hosts.