Biden Going on Stern was Genius

[Beetwasher.]

On many levels. He’s taking it directly to the people. And doing it on Stern is a stroke of pure PR genius.

[Bettie]

1. He'll have reached a lot of marginally or not

at all politically involved people there.

It was a great idea.

[Beetwasher.]

2. Plus the PR of him doing it on such a 'controversial' Outlet

And of course the stick in the eye to NYT and Salzberger. The people will directly experience the real President as only a Steen interview could achieve.

[Bettie]

3. Add to that, Stern is actually a good interviewer

I've not heard the interview, but I have heard that Biden did well there.

[Xavier Breath]

13. That is the one aspect of his show that I like.

I was driving along years ago and I happened to tune in to him interviewing Billy Joel. It was an amazing interview with him asking all the questions I wanted asked.

[Tree Lady]

60. It was really good I heard it

My husband called me and said turn on Howard. Its his show and he knows I won't listen unless good interview.

[claudette]

21. He'll have

reached a lot of people who get their kicks from bawdy jokes and indecent subjects most people don't talk about in their home. His listeners probably don't even vote.

[Bettie]

44. I know educated people

who listen to him.

Reaching an audience he might not reach otherwise certainly won't hurt.

[claudette]

4. Really?

I love President Biden, but cannot stand Howard Stern. He's a pig and I don't see the advantage of going on his show to talk politics when there are so many more moral persons he could have talked to.

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. Biden went to where the people are.

He has really great advisers.

[TheProle]

14. If by "people" you mean white men..

[canetoad]

22. Would you

Decline their votes in an election?

[TheProle]

27. Never

And it’s definitely an area the President could stand to shore up. But let’s not pretend a pay radio show that’s 85% affluent white males is akin to a whistle stop tour of the heartland.

President Biden needs to make all the appearances he can, so I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

[Hope22]

33. Hey,hey,hey...

Plus it gives us all something to argue about! Gotta love it!👍

[calimary]

66. Well, there is that.

[PatSeg]

78. Fortunately

He is making lots of stops in different places. He is a seasoned politician with a lot of savvy advisers behind him. Howard Stern was unexpected, but from what I've heard, it was a good interview.

Doing the unexpected often works out well for politicians. It sounds like he is reaching a lot of people with diverse backgrounds.

[TheProle]

87. Variety can be beneficial

He is making lots of stops in different places.

Do you have a list/link?

[PatSeg]

88. No, sorry

I've just seen his stops mentioned frequently on TV.

[robbob]

38. Hey, anybody who is not an angry white man is probably voting Biden

If he can chip into tRumps base the election is a done deal. Big tent, right?

[NickB79]

41. White men are the one group Trump still wins over

So going where the white men are is a great move, politically.

[edisdead]

58. wtf?

[tenderfoot]

86. He means White Wing Proles

eom

[PatrickforB]

92. Well, I'm a white guy, and I would vote for my Siamese cat instead of Trump. Remember that a president is

the President for all Americans. Everybody.

Most educated people vote Democratic whatever their race, ethnicity or gender.

Nixon and his Southern Strategy slowly started cutting out working class people, and then presto, you got your Reagan Democrats.

One of the greatest things Biden did was being so pro-union, because for a long time working stiffs went Republican. I never understood that. Probably had to do with AM hate-talk radio. Lots of working class people listen to that crap all day long.

The truth is, we need everybody.

[claudette]

16. maybe so

Personally, I would not EVER listen to Howard Stern's interview with ANYBODY. I don't know what kind of people Biden was trying to reach, but it wasn't me. He's already got my vote.

[MOMFUDSKI]

30. That is exactly why he talked with

Stern!

[bahboo]

36. Thank you...jesus christ ...

[claudette]

71. What kind of

people listen to Steen?

[kimbutgar]

81. I like Howard Sternand I'm an over 60 woman

I used to have a negative view of him and once heard him years ago and I got a begrudging respect for him. Yeah he cans make sexist jokes but deep down he’s a good guy .

[progressoid]

96. 74% are between 25-54 years of age. An average household income of $160k. 73% Male and 27% female. 34%...

4% of his audience are between 25-54 years of age with an average household income of $160k. 73% Male and 27% female. 34% college graduates, 85% white.

Stern's syndicated radio show is estimated to maintain a steady audience of roughly 10 million listeners.

[misanthrope]

29. To continue with the day's goat theme

"You gotta put the hay down where the goats can get to it."

[Xavier Breath]

99. Makes me think of Joe Madison, may he rest in peace.

It was an oft-repeated refrain of his.

[JT45242]

6. Have you ever heard him interview anyone?

Beyond the whack pack schtick, he is one of the three or four best interviewers.

[claudette]

19. I have never listened to

Howard Stern after the FIRST time - which was ages ago. I know from the media reports what kind of a sleaze he is - even in his own life. I wouldn't listen to him at all. He's a pig.

[Gato Moteado]

28. he's not the same howard stern from then.....

....he's been through a lot of counseling and is a different person. he really is a great interviewer. he tried t get hillary to come on his show during the 2016 campaign and she declined because she was close minded about it. he was trying to help her. i think had she done an interview with him then, she would just be finishing her second term.

[former9thward]

47. He is a good interviewer but he is the same person.

He is a multimillionaire who is really out of touch of regular people in my view.

[claudette]

50. And I think

she did the right thing.

[Gato Moteado]

63. she probably disagrees with you....she ended up having him interview her in 2019....

...you can tell she knew she screwed up:

[Littlered]

76. This is true.

His interview with her was wonderful. I agree, it would have won her the election if it happened before hand. The Biden interview was pure gold. I thought it really humanized Biden. When he started choking up about his sone, had me choking up.

[Gato Moteado]

35. if you have ten minutes to spare....

....check out this interview he did with stephanopolous in 2019:

https://fb.watch/rI0u3Q3-Yp/

[claudette]

51. Sorry

Can’t stand him

[Celerity]

57. Hillary Clinton on the Howard Stern Show (and btw, he endorsed her in 2016)

Hillary Clinton on the Howard Stern Show

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/01/howard-stern-makes-his-pitch-why-hillary-clinton-should-do-my-show/

https://archive.ph/9ZFuG

[claudette]

69. Just because

he supported a Democrat doesn’t change his character.

[Celerity]

73. never claimed it did

[Envirogal]

82. Stern has changed and deserves redemption.

He is a big supporter of democrats and is nothing like the juvenile “shock jock” of the 1990’s. He is an excellent and interesting broadcaster.

Lots of good guy broadcasters we found out later were pigs behind the scenes. Stern put it out there and didn’t hide his schtick. But we all change and grow, and I really think when he married his second wife, she had a big influence on him to look within and become a better man. Howard Stern is a great man today you should open your mind and see if there’s any forgiveness.

[claudette]

85. Fine. Good for him

I don’t know if his character changed because I will never listen to him. Not understanding why some feel he should suddenly be followed because of that.

[bullimiami]

10. I don't like him either but I think it was a good idea.

[Wednesdays]

11. And, it's not an endorsement of Stern by President Biden. nt

[claudette]

18. How can

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that be? No decent person should go on Fox - and Stern is worse, (in my opinion) even if he alleges to be a liberal.

Edited to add Correction: Some decent liberal politicians DO go ion Fox but I don’t know why since liberals don’t usually watch Fox.

[In Too Deep]

24. Who do you consider decent?

[claudette]

53. Lots

of other people.

[In Too Deep]

56. So not President Obama? Got it.

[Torchlight]

39. That's damned serious!

I can only wish you the best of luck in overcoming this imaginative and ethical conundrum.

[Celerity]

45. really?

No decent person goes on Fox

[dchill]

48. That should be the end of that! 👍

Jedi-level response!

[soldierant]

52. Yes, I was thinking that too.

I wouldn't go on Fox because I'm not that confident of being able to stay rarional. But I fully support the giants who gothere to spread the truth.

One of the things the Pharisees had against Jesus was that he hung around with "such awful peopple."

[Hekate]

93. Comprehensively well-done. TYVM

[Cha]

64. Yeah, your "opinion"

[Envirogal]

83. Gov. Gavin Newsom is a "decent" person

He takes his truth to Fox often and is not afraid of them. He aims to reach those viewers that are in that eco chamber. We have to open the “big tent” to middle America and the elderly voters we have lost through that constant berating of “the left” they have been exposed to for almost three decades.

[Hekate]

95. You think liberal pols should only talk to liberals? Whatever happened to persuasion?

Pete Buttegieg is one of the very best communicators we have, and every time I see he’s been on FOX again I give a little cheer and an attaboy in his direction. My SIL’s sons, FOX-watching young straight white men in their 30s, were thrilled with Buttegieg’s candidacy for the presidency.

[sheshe2]

100. Bernie Sanders...

Pete Buttigieg
Amy Klobucher
Gov. Jay Inselee

All appeared on FOX in 2020.

They aren't going for the liberals, they are trying to reach the 'others'.

I

[tenderfoot]

37. Someone hasn't heard him since 1990

eom

[claudette]

54. I would not

seek out someone who is so crass. He’s a pig

[tenderfoot]

67. So you're telling us that people are incapable of changing for the better?

Alrighty then.

[claudette]

68. No

I’m telling you I think he is a pig. I don’t know that he changed and I don’t care whether he did or not. I didn’t follow his career or his personal life. Shock Jocks are not my idea of entertainment. He is crass

[tenderfoot]

70. Oh, bless your heart.

eom

[SleeplessinSoCal]

46. i only will defend Stern because Jimmy Kimmel likes him.

I respect Kimmel. He's a mensch.

[Tree Lady]

61. I used to think that also

but he has changed over the years and marrying his wife who is super sweet and really into animals changed him the most.

It's my husband's show but I hear it on a lot. When we first got together 25 yrs ago he had to turn it off all the time when we were together. Now I still don't like some of it but can handle quite a bit.

[usedtobedemgurl]

65. He is a great interviewer.

He is always on Top Ten lists of top interviewers. Howard has come a long way. He has even interviewed Hillary Clinton.

Was he a pig in the past? No doubt about it. He has come a long way in becoming respected by people who want real interviews.

[FeelingBlue]

84. Is HS still a pig?

I thought he’d really changed.

[flying_wahini]

91. But just imagine for a minute how many Magas are listening. I think he's a pig too but it was a good call.

Sometimes you gotta get dirty to save people from themselves.

[AZ8theist]

98. Yes, REALLY?

I've been a Stern fan for decades. One of the funniest men in America. Great interviewer.

I realize he disgusts a large part of the population because of all the sex talk, but did you actually listen to the interview?

If not, please do so. While it may not change your opinion of Stern, you will see that it was a very respectful and insightful interview.
It was pure class from both sides of the desk.

Something not even possible from the traitorous scum currently sitting in a courtroom.

[getagrip_already]

101. Trump loves the guy, he has been a guest many times

Many Sterns listeners are likely trump leaners.

It was a good venue to do well in.

[Grown2Hate]

7. Brilliant. Howard Stern is a HUGE supporter

Of President Biden, abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and can't stand where this country is going with R's outright supporting Putin.

It was a fantastic interview too! At one point (two different points) you could hear them tearing up. Touching, amazing, unfiltered radio by the best interviewer on the planet.

[Ponietz]

8. He described Schlump's 3 hour inaction on 1/26/21 as "almost criminal"

If that’s the party line, now, then okay but 😔. It was brilliant to give the interview with Stern. NY Times can suck it.

[Prairie Gates]

9. The absolute rage that must have coursed through Peter Baker's ridiculous little pinhead

[Beetwasher.]

12. Trump will be Going Ballistic

He has always held Howard in high regard and was begging Howard to endorse him, but he endorsed Clinton.

[senseandsensibility]

15. At the end, Stern

complimented Biden for providing a calm environment and an organized administration after COVID.

[Tetrachloride]

17. disagree on the word genius as the accurate connotation

competent is my preferred term

[canetoad]

20. Biden's campaign appears to have

Some good marketing minds.

Unlike tsf, he only hires the very best people.

[usonian]

23. The staff at the New York Slimes must be crying

in their Dom Pérignon.

[erronis]

40. With caviar and truffles to wash down the OMG fake Maggie tears.

The grey lady is turning a whiter shade of pale. She's hemorrhaging paid readers. Don't know about advertisers, but even rw/russian interests have to wonder if it's worth keeping her afloat.

[3catwoman3]

25. I saw a very brief clip and was surprised to see Stern...

...in a suit and tie.

[BigmanPigman]

26. Joy Reid (MSNBC) just covered this and they loved the

interview as well as Biden's plan on reaching a wider audience. They also mentioned how Biden was no fan of the NYTimes these days. GOOD!

I like Howard's interviewing skills and he is pretty honest and sincere.

[CatWoman]

31. Hi BW

long time no see

[Beetwasher.]

34. Hey now!

[somaticexperiencing]

32. Don't like Stern, do think this is genius, do think Stern is a good interviewer, do love his movie "Private Parts"

directed by the brilliant Betty Thomas.

[Duppers]

94. She was also brilliant on HSB.

Sergeant Lucy Bates

[Gato Moteado]

42. all the stern haters in here should watch this......

....this will change your mind:

?si=-ylZGcNPVJBGemTu

[dchill]

49. They respect each other. They've both earned it.

[claudette]

72. I never

said I hate him. I just think he’s a pig and wouldn’t listen to him even if you paid me.

[Gato Moteado]

74. he was playing to an audience and pushing the limits against the FCC....

....he's changed his views on broadcasting. he's even denounced the broadcaster that he once was. why be so closed-minded about this? why would you not even watch to hear what he has to say now?

[claudette]

75. Because

I don’t like him.

[NoMoreRepugs]

43. Haters - Stern may have upwards of 10MILLION listeners. Let me think.

Hmmmm, perhaps a stop at a local frickin’ diner with 10 customers and peach cobbler would have been a way better idea to campaign to save Democracy.

[soldierant]

55. Politics

requires the ability to associate with people who, if you weren't in politivs, you wouldn't go to a skunk rassle with. (So does sainthood, by the way.)

What if Nancy Pelosi had never run for Congress because she felt no decen tperson would associate with Mitch McConnell?

[Kingofalldems]

59. Kick--I see the MAGAts are triggered over this great interview.

[tenderfoot]

90. You're upsetting the supply-side proles

eom

[GenThePerservering]

62. As far as I know

Stern finally grew up.

I hope no one judges me on the mess I was in the early 90s (and yes, he was a mess) - that's a long time ago.

[Attilatheblond]

77. I give a lot of credit for this happening to Sec. Pete, who leads by example

Pete's 'get out of the DEM bubble to communicate to a wider audience' example is opening eyes that might normally be closed to the good the Biden team is accomplishing and will accomplish in the future, given the chance.

I know some were shocked, even dismayed when Buttigieg first started showing up on FOX and other RW media, but the man proved his point. Think a bit outside the box, then go outside the box to talk real issues, real facts, real hope to the audiences that might otherwise not hear the REAL FACTS.

Buttigieg was the first DEM 2020 primary candidate to bow out of the race and support Biden. And Biden showed his brilliance at team building by appointing Pete to the cabinet. Biden is an forward thinking, elegant problem solver who will never be 'too old' to learn new ways to address and solve problems faced by the American people. Biden really does pick the best people and he is genius enough to learn from them all, then take what he learns and finds ways to 'make it so'.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

79. This was a great move by President Biden

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

97. Fantastic ❤️

[JCMach1]

80. He's been doing this! He had an extensive interview

Before the Texas primary with the hip-hop station drive time show, Deedee in the Morning... Which syndicates out to Georgia and other markets.

[et tu]

89. it's called out reach

and biden is a president for all citizens~

[bottomofthehill]

102. Great Fuck you to the NYT