Is Howard Stern The Most Powerful Voice In America Right Now?

[matcom]

just went out to warm up the car. i haven't been a fan since he left DC years and years ago (i was still a teenager).

anyway, flipped over to him in time to hear him say the following:

"I am now the liberal Rush Limbaugh. They have created me. And while i am not interested in doing that kind of show 24/7, I WILL get George W. Bush out of office. My fans are energized and pissed and they WILL vote. George W. Bush, we are coming after you."

thoughts?

[MichaelUK]

1. UK view

The most powerful voice in the US is the spin-master general, whoever he or she is. Whoever is sitting in the back rooms, spinning Bush's lies into truth, stopping impeachment, resignation or whatever, has got to get the prize.

Whoever it is, tell them Mr Blair has a job opening that they might fit into.

[Bronco69]

2. Go Howard!

I've never really been a fan of his, but I am now. :-)

[Corgigal]

3. I use to listen to Howard

years ago but have been a fan again for the past few weeks. I don't think he's BS'ing us on this issue. If he can put a hurting on Bush then he's a good man. I don't think hes sexist or stupid.

[lapislzi]

11. What he said...

HS is mostly puerile, but I am with him on this. Go Howard!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. He's been talking about Cheney's drunk driving

One of his callers: "I'm a registered Republican and I'm NOT voting for Bush."

[tomreedtoon]

5. Fair-weather friend...

Stern is only against Bush right now because, at long last, the right wing is starting to censor him. Up until now, he was able to be elitist, disdainful, and do his awful "Clinton the sleazebag" impression.

I used to like Stern, but his egotism, short-sightedness and just plain ignorance got to me. Now he's claiming to be the White Knight that will save us from Ashcroft and the FCC? Yeah, right...

[roscoeroscoe]

6. give him a little break~

reading al frankin is an eye opener and howard did it on his own. and talked about it, and got canned from clear channel.
he seems to have made an honest progression, and i cheer for that in anyone.
why be picky, eh? there are certainly unintended consequences in everything, but that can't stop us from being glad to see howard get fired up. he's smart and ready for a change. maybe he'll tone down the offensive stuff on his own as he gains attention. let's see what happens.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. I agree-my brother-in-law listens religiously

and has had an epiphany after reading Franken and seeing what the Bush regime is all about.

[NewJeffCT]

8. actually

I remember Howard thinking Clinton getting a B/J in the office was no big deal, saying that if the leader of our country wants to relieve a little stress, it was a safe was to do it.

Imus & Maher were more Clinton the sleazebag than Stern.

[spotbird]

9. I thought he started trashing * then got censored, not

the other way around.

[NewJeffCT]

12. correct

Stern came back from vacation having read Franken's "Lying Liars" book, even though Franken dissed Stern at the beginning. From that day, Stern started trashing Bush & the Religious Reich and all their lies...

I believe the very next day, Clear Channel pulled him off six of their stations when a caller used the "N" word on the air. If you've ever listened to Stern, callers always try to get in innappropriate language, It happens daily there and I doubt Janet's booby had stopped it.

[nightperson]

16. Stern still voted for Clinton twice, and then Gore.

He's always done awful impressions of his own mother.

[nightperson]

10. If people are interested,

right now is the time of day they do "the news" on the Stern show.

[SoCalDem]

21. Who's in your mugshot?? I don't recognize her

:shrug:

[nightperson]

23. Bernadine Dohrn.

Way to my left, but more importantly, way hot in this photo. I thought the sig scene could use some prettifying. How many middle-aged males can we visually take? She understood the importance of style. I'm a Jefferson Airplane (supporters of the WU, incidentally) fan too, though I'm not as old as explaining this is making me feel ;) . On edit from the retirement village fer the young'uns and others: google Weather Underground, etc. for more info.

[Galley_Queen]

13. Can Howard Stern be Heard over the Internet?

I've been trying to find a radio station that carries him on the net. Does anyone have a link?

[Beetwasher]

14. He's Obsessive and He Won't Stop

Honestly, he now blows me away every morning. He's ALWAYS slamming Bush. In between every bit, every chance he gets. And what he's saying is a DU'ers wet dream.

[randr]

15. If Howard wants to be the lefts' Rush more power to him.

We could use a little vitriol.

[qb]

17. Go Howard! The GOP set the tone; we might as well use it to our advantage

On a related note, Minnesota Republicans are squealing about Democratic ads that accuse Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-sleazebag) of releasing sex offenders into the general population. Although he's not up for re-eletion until 2006, they're wise to plant the seeds of doubt early.

[tom_paine]

18. I certainly hope so!

Maybe this will make the marketing geniuses understand that their reports have been Freeped and things have changed to where there is a great thirst for Bushevik Bashing in response to the establishment of a Party-Loyal Right-Wing Sub-Media and their Nazi-style propaganda of dehumanization/demonization.

And there's always the fact that Imperial Amerikan Voting Systems are badly compromised, corrupted, and undoubtedly "Freeped".

Kerry will have to win by 8% just to squeak out a 1% "close one", know what I mean?

Bottom line: GO HOWARD!

[blm]

19. Stern controls a few million white male votes - usually GOP votes....

You SUBTRACT those votes from Bush and ADD them to Kerry and I see Kerry with 56% of the vote in November.

[ElementaryPenguin]

20. Howard (who I often thought was a real ass) is now my hero!!

Bullying Busheviks picked on the wrong motherfucker! Go Howard - and stay out of small planes!

:evilgrin:

[MetaTrope]

22. Could Stern's anti-Bush rants shock the vote? (Boston Globe)

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0319stern19.html

Since the FCC crackdown on media "indecency" in the wake of Janet Jackson's Nipplegate incident, Stern has transformed his morning variety show into a rabidly anti-Bush talk forum. Every weekday, he has been devoting hours of his broadcast to impassioned criticism of President Bush and support of Senator John Kerry. Railing tirelessly against the president, Stern has been attacking Bush's yoking together of church and state, the legitimacy of his National Guard service, his use of Sept. 11 imagery in his campaign ads, his stances regarding First Amendment rights, his handling of Iraq, and his stands on gay marriage and stem-cell research.

"Join me and friends of this show who are outraged," Stern said on the air last Friday. "Vote out every Republican you can find." He has also been urging his listeners to send money to Kerry's campaign, calling him "a good man" and praising his record in Vietnam as well as his later criticism of the Vietnam War.