Now THIS would shake things up!

[gee double you bee]

This is from Howard Stern's message board:

nixonzm: howard, why don't you interview kerry for your abc special? or is that another project that we will never see?

Howard Stern: I offered kerry the entire hour....

[gee double you bee]

1. Howard on Zell

Howard Stern: "That dudes speech made me ill"

HAHA :D

I know a lot of people don't like Stern, but I sure am glad he's on our side.

[Daisey Mae]

2. I Think that Howard is GREAT.......

[gee double you bee]

3. A bit of background:

Howard has a contract with ABC to do a one hour interview with anyone he wants (or can get) whenever he wants. People can analyze the positives and negatives of Kerry doing this until they're blue in the face, but one thing is sure, an absolutely MASSIVE amount of independent voters would be watching.

[cthrumatrix]

4. Kerry shoudl do it....!

[Onlooker]

5. Kerry MUST do this!!!

If Kerry does not take advantage of this great opportunity to reach out to independents, it shows his campaign is still afraid to fight back. Stern can be a little tricky, but Kerry should be smart to handle it and besides Kerry is a bigger advocate of free speech than Bush is and Stern knows it.

[liberal_in_GA]

6. He HAS to do Stern!

I'm from Philly originally, where Howard has his highest ratings in the country. I personally know registered rethugs who are voting for Kerry specifically b/c of Stern's contempt for Bush. Whenever someone says "swing voters," I think of Stern's audience. They'd be happy to vote for Bush unless given reasons not to, which is exactly what Stern has been doing.

If you're reading, Kerry campaign, PLEASE go on Howard!!!:thumbsup:

[gee double you bee]

12. Precisely!

Republicans, moderates, and men and women in their 40's who have never voted in their life are now anxious to vote Kerry, and it's all because of Howard. More than any other public figure, Stern has been brilliant at really hammering home the Orwellian absurdity of two draft dodgers attacking a man who actually served bravely with honor. He's also been one of the strongest advocates in the country for stem cell research, gay rights, a women's right to choose, and the environment.

[LTR]

11. Stern is even willing to be nice

Meaning no "banging Morgan Fairchild" questions.

I recall that he's said this, and has even said he won't interview Kerry if it would cost him the election.

Kerry does need to do some talk shows. He did TDS, but he really needs to go on Letterman or Leno. As I said yesterday, the best show to go on would be Oprah. Her show is huge among women, and Oprah is a Dem. This is a can't miss.

[DURHAM D]

7. Bad idea. The bible people will have a hay day.

[liberal_in_GA]

8. But..

the Bible people aren't going to vote for Kerry, anyway.

[Annette]

9. Bad Idea

The "bible people" you are referring to would have a field with whatever Kerry did. I think he should go for it.

[iwantmycountryback]

18. Who gives a damn?

They're voting for AWOL anyway.

[wndycty]

10. To Howard's credit. . .

. . .he said that if Kerry felt doing his show would hurt him he would understand. . .Howard is never that gracious!

[liberal_in_GA]

14. Stern wants Kerry to win

and he knows how to be respectful (and respectable) when he has to. It's a can't-lose situation for Kerry.

[KharmaTrain]

13. 6 Of 1...Half A Dozen. What Does Kerry Have To Lose?

The hidden factor in this election are the "non voters"...the majority who don't want to be bothered. Stern reaches many of those people. These aren't Independents, they're invisible to pollsters as many don't fit the registered or likely voter profiles. These are the types who came out for Jesse Ventura in '98 and the Gropinator last year.

Some of Clinton's best moves in '92 was to go where candidates didn't dare. He did MTV and the late night talk shows. Kerry needs to reach out as well. To hell with the fundies and wingnuts...they're gonna spin and ridicule anyway. Plus, their boy needs to do the same thing.

While an hour of Stern & Kerry would be painful, and I think any interview should be seperate of the butt spanking and lesbian jello wrestling, a Kerry appearance on the Stern show wouldn't be a bad thing at all.

Even if he doesn't do the TV special, he should do the radio show. Every morning Howard spends the better part of an hour ranting against Bunnypants and this would be an hour Kerry could use to connect to a lot of willing voters.

[LTR]

15. Stern has helped a few pols in the past

Al D'Amato was the first to take advantage of Stern's dedicated audience. George Pataki and Christie Whitman also jumped on the Stern bandwagon, and he pushed hard for them as a result.

Granted, these are New York-area pols, but it really helped.

BTW: The people I mentioned are Republicans. Meaning, if the fundies slammed Kerry for going on Stern, the Dems could throw it back at them.

I see it as a win-win situation. The ones horrified by Stern's show are likely not Kerry voters anyway.

Besides, Kerry needs to show some his personable side anyway. That's what Clinton did when he went on Arsenio's show.

[KharmaTrain]

16. Kerry Definitely Needs To Do The Radio Show...

and the sooner the better.

Yep, I know how he helped Pothole Al and his show is heard in important markets like Cleveland, Columbus, Miami, Orlando, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minnepolis and several other battleground areas where every new vote is golden.

Hope someone at Kamp Kerry picks this up.

Cheers!

:kick:

[LTR]

17. Not Minneapolis anymore

His show left the air there a few years back. Clear Channel didn't show much faith then, I guess.

Here's the most current affiliate list:

http://www.koam.com/list.html

1 New York, N.Y. WXRK 92.3 FM
2 Philadelphia, PA. WYSP 94.1 FM
3 Washington D.C. WJFK 106.7 FM
4 Los Angeles, CA. KLSX 97.1 FM
5 Baltimore, MD. WXYV 105.7 FM
6 Cleveland, OH. WNCX 98.5 FM
7 Albany, N.Y. WQBK 103.9 FM &
8 Las Vegas, NV. KXTE 107.5 FM
9 Boston, MA. WBCN 104.1 FM
10 Chicago, IL. WCKG 105.9 FM
11 York, PA. WQXA 105.7 FM
12 Hartford, CT. WCCC 106.9 FM & 1290 AM
13 Memphis, TN. WMFS 92.9 FM
14 Syracuse, N.Y. WAQX 95.7 FM
15 Columbus, OH. WBZX 99.7 FM
16 Detroit, MI. WKRK 97.1 FM
17 Ft. Myers, FL. WRXK 96.1 FM
18 Portland, OR. KUFO 101.1 FM
19 Providence, RI. WWKX 106.3 FM & 102.7 FM
20 St. Louis, MO. KPNT 105.7 FM
21 Burlington, VT. WIZN 106.7 FM
22 San Francisco, CA. KITS 105.3 FM
23 Cape Cod, MA. WPXC 102.9 FM
24 Atlantic City, N.J. WJSE 102.7 FM
25 Dallas, TX. KLLI 105.3 FM
26 Cincinnati, OH. WAQZ 97.3 FM
27 Buffalo, NY. WBUF 92.9 FM
28 Reno, NV. KBZZ 1270 AM
29 Seattle, WA. KISW 99.9 FM
30 Sacramento, CA. KXOA 93.7 FM
31 Phoenix, AZ. KZON 101.5 FM
32 Charleston, S.C. WYBB 98.1 FM
33 Lexington, KY. WLXO 96.1 FM
34 Grand Rapids, MI. WBBL 1340 AM
35 Fall River, MA. WKKB 100.3 FM
36 Portland, ME. WHXR 106.7 FM & WHXQ 104.7 FM
37 Pittsburgh, PA. WRKZ 93.7 FM
38 West Palm Beach, FL. WPBZ 103.1 FM
39 San Diego, CA. KPLN 103.7 FM
40 Orlando, FL. WOCL 105.9 FM
41 Rochester, NY. WZNE 94.1 FM
42 Fresno, CA KNRC 105.9 FM
43 Austin, TX. KQBT 104.3 FM
44 Tampa, FL. WBZZ 1010 AM
45 Houston, TX. KIKK 650 AM

[Democat]

19. Arnold and Rudy both went on Howard - Kerry can't be a wimp!

Kerry is going to have to take some risks to win this and going on Howard's show could be very helpful!

[gee double you bee]

20. kick for the evening crowd

Does anyone think this is worth getting a little DU campaign together through emails and phone calls to the Kerry camp, suggesting he accept? I really don't think I'm overblowing the positive effect this could have. What do you guys think?