"Stern is going after Bush with near-obsessive zeal"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Stern provides a link to this story from his own "official" Web Site (http://www.howardstern.com/index.html):

Shock-jock Stern starts anti-Bush crusade
Democrats Welcome Radio Host's Impact
By Steven Thomma
Knight Ridder Washington Bureau

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/nation/8895970.htm

Known more for crude talk of sex and lewd acts than politics or public policy, Stern has launched an on-air crusade he calls a "jihad" to defeat President Bush. He blames Bush for a government crackdown on his use of obscenity on the air.

And he's having an impact, apparently boosting the prospects of Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., according to a new Dem-ocratic poll released yesterday. That was welcome news to Democrats who've long ached for a liberal voice on talk radio and have watched in frustration as former comic Franken has struggled with a new program that has limited air play.

Stern is going after Bush with near-obsessive zeal, a notable development in a medium in which 20 of the top 27 talk-show hosts are conservatives, including the top-rated Limbaugh and Hannity.

"I'm asking you to do me one favor: Vote against Bush," he said on one recent program. "I call on all fans of the show to vote against Bush," he said on another. "We're going to deliver the White House to John Kerry."

[gratuitous]

1. Never piss off an idiot with a big microphone

In the wonderful world of the free marketplace, I'm free to not listen to Howard Stern, a privilege and a right that I exercise daily. But if he's being relentless on Stupidhead, that suits me just fine.

[against all enemies]

13. Howard's no idiot.

He may be a sexist with poor taste, but he's not an idiot. Chech out his anti-Bush website, put together in a matter of weeks. And putting fear into the Republicans, that he will effect their huge advantage with white males.

[rolodomo]

2. Notice how Stern is "obsessive"....

while Limbaugh escapes such description, even while under the influence of drugs.

[Shredr]

4. Great point (nt)

[tom_paine]

10. The usual Gingrichian/Orwellian Language Twisting

Reads like a PR "how to smear" textbook.

[jokerman93]

16. Rush isn't being obsessive

He's being paid.

[LibertyorDeath]

3. Go Howard!

What's his fan base 20-30 million?

[Alpharetta]

5. how big is his listenership now?

I don't think we get him in Atlanta.

Is he still nationwide now that Clear has dropped him?

Innocent question. His webpage doesn't say.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. According to this article...also linked on Stern's site...

...8.5 million.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/201835p-174208c.html

Now, a new poll says Stern - with an estimated weekly audience of 8.5 million - could be Kerry's key to getting crucial swing voters on his bandwagon.

The survey, for the New Democrat Network, found Stern's listeners include 17% of likely voters, with a quarter being swing voters sought by both parties.

"This means that 4% of likely voters this fall are swing voters who listen to Howard Stern, showing Stern's potential impact on the race," the group said in statement yesterday.

The poll shows that Stern's fans in general support Kerry, by a margin of 53% to 43%.

[Deere_John]

9. Or, as some say, the "Schwing" voters.... n/t

[notadmblnd]

23. we still get him in the Detroit area

I think Howard is a pig personally, but he's kinda like a carwreck on a highway, I can't help but look.

[Fridays Child]

6. If Howard Stern is devoting time and energy that he could have...

...put into his obsessive sexual fantasies, you know he's pissed.

[No2W2004]

8. "obsessive" is a good word in this case

When something gets to Howard like this, he doesn't let go. He is obsessed by it. He looks at it as Shrub attacking him personally. He's not going to back off until either shrub is gone, or Howard gets sacked.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

11. Well, check out the sheer number of Bush links on his site...

Anti-Bush Web Sites

Eject Bush (Added 6/10)
Bush Pages (Added 6/7)
Bush Jr.'s Skeleton Closet (Added 6/7)
Buzzflash (Added 5/27)
Bush Greenwatch (Added 5/26)
Bush Report (Added 5/24)
Democrats (Added 5/13)
Dubyaspeak (Added 5/13)
Intervention Magazine (Added 5/13)
Bush Watch (Added 5/6)
Smirking Chimp (Added 5/6)
America Held Hostile (Added 5/6)
Media Matters (Added 5/6)
Re-defeat Bush (Added 4/2)
Truthout (Added 4/26)

The Truth About George Bush

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides (Added 6/7)
Mole in Our Midst (Added 6/7)
Enron Traders Caught on Tape: "Burn, baby, burn" (Added 6/3)
Chalabi: Did Bush's Man Spy for Iran? (Added 6/3)
Memo Confirms Cheney-Halliburton Conflict of Interest (Added 6/3)
The Great Escape: 300 Saudis in 55 Planes after 9/11 (Added 6/3)
Judge: Bush Abortion Ban Unconstitutional (Added 6/3)
Scientists: Bush administration distorts research (Added 6/3)
The Bush Dyslexicon (Added 6/3)
Pending Draft Legislation Targeted for Spring 2005 (Added 6/3)
Jesus Plus Nothing – Great article on the “Fellowship” (Added 6/3)
Another Bush Administration Slap At The Gay Cimmunity (Added 5/21)
More Florida Voter Registration Shenanigans By Friends Of Bush (Added 5/21)
The Bush Administration Violates Federal Laws (Added 5/21)
George Bush Checks With Christian Fundamentalists Before Making Key Political Descision (Added 5/21)
Smear Boat Veterans for Bush (Added 5/13)
The Jesus Factor (Added 5/6)
The Orwellian Olsens (Added April 26)
Our Hidden WMD Program (Added 4/26)
You're Back, Bob! Woodward's Book Bisects Bushies (Added 4/26)
The Image Turning America Against Bush (Added 4/26)
Church Group Calls Bush's Clean Air Policies 'Immoral' (Added 4/26)
Pentagon Deleted Rumsfeld Comment (Added 4/26)
As the Worm Turns: Stern, Sully and the Bush Backlash (Added 4/19)
Nancy Reagan Fights Bush Over Stem Cells (Added 4/19)
Bush Must Explain Why Washington Slept
Walter Cronkite on the lies of the Bush Administration (Added 4/10)
Bush's Environmental Record (Added 4/10)
Stock Dumping: Martha Stewart & George Bush
Bush & Hitler ? - Added 3/29/04
U.S. Videos, For TV News, Come Under Scrutiny
How Bush Stole The Election (Video)
Bush Markets Burmese Products; Evades Own Trade Ban
The Junk Science Of George W. Bush
The Real GOP - Added 3/22/04

George Bush Says The Darndest Things

Bush Declares Jesus Day ! - Added 3/29/04
Bush Targets Himself and WMDs - Added 3/25/04
President's Remarks at Correspondents' Dinner - Added 3/26/04
Hunter S. Thompson On Bush - Added 3/24/04
George Bush Takes Away Your Rights
You Have Rights -- if Bush Says You Do (Added 6/7)
Judge Strikes Down Ban As Breach Of Free Speech (Added 6/7)
Your Tax Dollars At Work: Ashcroft and Dept. of Justice declare war on Porn (Added 4/10)
Judge Rules on Abortion Records
Bush Denounces Gay Marriages In Address To Evangelical Christians

George Bush And 911

More Bush Administartion/911 News (Added 6/10)
Did al-Qaida trainee warn FBI before 9/11? (Added 6/10)
Whatever Happened to Bin Laden? (Added 6/7)
President Bush On 9/11 (Fascinating) - Added 3/24/04
A White House On the Range (From 2001) Added 3/24/04
Dick Clarke Is Telling the Truth - Added 3/24/04
Bush Administration Resorts to Lies About 9/11 - Added 3/24/04

Fun With George Bush & Friends

Great New Bush Game: “Wiggum Or Bush” (Added 6/10)
Funny Music Video: The Bush team as Partridge Family (Added 6/7)
Great Bush Game (Added 6/7)
Rumple from Atom Films (Added 6/3)
Bush On Acid (Added 6/3)
Dr Sleuth’s How The Bush Nearly Stole Florida (Added 6/3)
Great Bush/Blair Music Video To The Song “Gay Bar” (Added 6/3)
Funny Video Of George Bush Preparing For A TV Speech (Added 6/3)
The Daily Show: Bush Vs Bush (Added 6/3)
The Bush Conspiracy Theory Generator (Added 6/3)
NO bUSH: A nude public action in NYC (Added 6/3)
Funny Anti-Bush Commercial (Added 6/3)
Bush In 30 Seconds (Added 5/26)
Anybody But Bush (Added 5/24)
Bush For Dummies (Added 5/24)
George W. Bush “Fortunate Son” (Added 5/21)
The George W. Bush Sound Board with all of his uh's and ah's and stammers (Added 5/21)
Justice Is Duck Blind (Added 5/13)
Great Political Cartoons (Added 5/13)
Idiot Son (Added 5/13)
Lotto (Added 5/13)
Warhead (Added 5/13)
Bushisms (Added 5/13)
Limits To Freedom (Added 5/13)
George Bush: Asleep At The Wheel (Added 5/6)
Bush Video From Letterman Show (Added 4/26)
John Ashcroft Penis Face (Added 4/10)
Compare Bush to a Monkey (Added 4/10)

ON EDIT:

I'm assuming that either...

1). Skinner is aware of this list and does not want to be included, or

2). Skinner is not aware of this list.

I'd like to see DU listed under the "Truth About George Bush" links, but that would be Skinner's call...

:toast:

[maggrwaggr]

12. one tends to get "obsessive" when one learns the truth about GWB

Many on DU share that obsessiveness.

I didn't used to be this way. I am now.

We are at war, in a sense.

[Worst Username Ever]

14. BIG

2nd largest listening base by percentage of available audience in the country. Largest total audience in terms of sheer numbers.

[Beetwasher]

17. His Audience Is Bush's Base!! Stern Is A Torpedo Aimed Right

at Bush's base.

His listeners are mostly white males in the 18-54 demographic I believe...That's Bush's hardcore base...

Welcome to DU!

[Worst Username Ever]

18. Thanks

Glad to be here!

[dorktv]

15. My roomate actually wakes up at 5 AM just to listen to him...

or maybe because my alarm goes off at 5 AM but then it has gone off that early for nearly a year and this only has started since Stern started slamming Bush. (My roomate hates Bush and the Repukes with a passion yet has said nothing to me about my race...heehee)

[Worst Username Ever]

19. Is he still with Clear Channel?

I thought I heard that his company was dropping a bunch of shows but keeping him... he is too much of a cash cow, from what I understand. Anyone?

[KittyWampus]

20. Kick For Howard Stern: I Like Him But Not His Brand Of Humor

however, I can see why some people like it.

[rumguy]

21. That's the thing: Hating Bush is addictive

Once you start you just keep going...

[Bluebear]

22. Stern is obsessive? What about Limbaugh & Starr?

That ain't "obsessive"?

[Bandit]

24. "You don't make enemies with people who buy ink by the barrel"

Is a quote by President Clinton and I guess the same would hold true in this instance even if it's a microphone instead of newspaper.

[TexasSissy]

25. I never cared for Stern. But now....

let me rethink that.

[KelleyKramer]

26. Franken #1 in New York market.. and is 'struggling' ???

In his first month on the air Al Franken beat Rush in the New York ratings.

And according to Franken.. He is crushing Rush in the 18-35 yr old demographic.

How can being Number ONE mean that you are 'struggling' ???

More bullshit and lies from the corporate media!

[Ksec]

27. Stern has millions who worship his every word

Thats good. Hes pushing for Kerry now. BTW Ive always liked Sterns show.