Howard Stern...

[one_voice]

I know Howard isn't popular around here...but I like him. I would pay to see him debate Rush, Hannity, or any of the right wing pundits. It would be comedy gold all while watching them getting their asses handed to them by the likes of Howard Stern.

Perfect!!

[PeaceNikki]

1. I like him, too. Not *EVERYTHING* he says or does, but generally, I like him.

Years ago I thought I hated him and a friend gave me his books to read and I grew to appreciate him. I really like Robin, his voice of reason.

[one_voice]

2. Me too, not everything he does..

but for the most part I like him.

I read his books, and the movie "Private Parts" is one of my favorites.

Robin is pretty cool!

[SomethingFishy]

3. I watched him a few times on TV

didn't love or hate him.. was indifferent. Did like this though, he gets right to the heart of Rush's insanity.

[barbtries]

4. i agree.

i like him most of the time. and those clips from limbaugh. omigawd does he really waste people's time like that? turning a cookie into a comment on race?! pathetic.

[one_voice]

10. They should let Howard...

moderate a Republican debate.

[barbtries]

23. that would be great.

sadly the republicans are just smart enough to know they could not possibly come away from it looking good.

[Little Star]

5. I thought this was going to be about AGT! LOL. n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. Howard is suffering from right-wing backlash now

He's become very liberal, which many of his caveman right-wing fans are upset about. They hate his defense of Obama, and his criticism of Bush.

[Luminous Animal]

7. Isn't he a libertarian?

[one_voice]

8. I don't know for sure...

I know he hates, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh..etc.

I think he leans left.

[Luminous Animal]

13. Nope. He's libertarian. Perhaps, he'll endorse Paul.

Or Gary Johnson who is seeking the spot on the Libertarian Party ticket.

[toddaa]

9. He ran for Govenor of NY on the Libertarian ticket in 94

[one_voice]

12. I didn't know that...

Howard ran for governor of New York in 1994

In 1994, Stern entered the New York Governor's race as a Libertarian candidate. His platform was to fix the roads at night, repeal the death penalty, and once he achieved his goals as Governor of the state, he would resign. Stern didn't last very long in the race, however. He dropped out after refusing to disclose how much her was financially worth.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/five-things-may-not-know-howard-stern-195107358.html

[Luminous Animal]

17. Well. He's good on a couple of issues and that's all you need to know, right?

There is absolutely no nuance in your support of Stern. He dislikes Limbaugh, Coulter, et. al., so that must mean you endorse a libertarian.

[one_voice]

19. I said I liked him...

How does that translate to me endorsing a libertarian?

He's an entertainer...what the hell do you think I'm endorsing?

Braveheart is one of my favorite movies...Mel Gibson is an asshole...should I stop liking the movie? Does liking the movie mean I endorse Gibson's idiocy?

[russspeakeasy]

31. In a word, "yes" you should hate hime with a vengance because he has different views.

Being an entertainer is no excuse. He should NEVER criticize ideas that run counter to Mr. O.

[neverforget]

11. He ran for governor of NY on the Libertarian ticket but I wouldn't

call him libertarian now.

[Bombtrack]

33. He was a Libertarian for a few weeks in 1994. He's never had any ties to the party or the movement.

Libertarians on the internet use any brief positive association or statement by somebody they want to glom notoriety off of as enough of a reason to declare the person an official Libertarian on their team in perpetuity. Like most of what they say, it's bullshit.

Howard has vehemently supported every Democratic Presidential nominee since 1992. He's still an independent though, as he was and will probably forever be.

[Texasgal]

14. Unfortunately Howard

is a sexist turd.

He'd be funny if his nasty sexism didn't come out so often.

[Luminous Animal]

18. He is indeed a sexist turd.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. When he's focused, he can be a worthwhile listen

I used to tune in off and on during his last couple of years of "free" radio.

Sometimes there would be racist / sexist material...he's always claimed to be an "equal opportunity offender"...sometimes it would be funny, sometimes it would be sharp satire or commentary. Other times, he'd go off on a half hour rant about how one of the interns didn't know how to correctly microwave his baked potato. And when he had the books / movies in progress, the show would turn into a daily infomercial.

He has been, and always will be, an extreme roll of the dice.

[flying rabbit]

26. Good summation.

"extreme roll of the dice"

[Dawson Leery]

16. The only thing these right wing hate merchants have is to scream over you.

.

[the other one]

20. I LOVE Howard

He's eff'n hilarious.

He's not sexist or rascist. He's funny. He uses sexism to make fun of sexism.

If you take offense, then you don't get the joke. Or it's on you and you don't like it.

Just listened: brilliant and erudite as ever!

[sarcasmo]

21. He went after Bush pretty heavy in 2004.

[maryellen99]

22. He did

Especially after the whole Janet Jackson super bowl incident.

[neverforget]

25. That was awesome the way he went off on that

incident.

[RZM]

27. He was also one of the first big media figures to make a compliation of 'Bushisms'

And air it nationally. And this was in 2004, after only one term's worth of material!

Granted, I've never bought the 'Bush is a moron' meme. I estimate his IQ at above the mean for the country and well below the mean for presidents. But still, it was really damn funny

'Today, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan airport'

[Ikonoklast]

24. Stern's grasp of politics is laughable. In a real political debate he'd get slaughtered.

When he 'goes after' someone, it usually has very little to do with anything other than a way for him to gin up ratings.

Of course, he doesn't have any ratings anymore, his audience is estimated to be less than 150K listeners at any given time.

[neverforget]

28. Do you have a link to back that up?

[Bombtrack]

34. I doubt so, because it isn't true.

[neverforget]

36. It's been 2 days and the silence is deafening

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[blueamy66]

32. Yet he is a multi-millionaire

poor guy....not

[LiberalAndProud]

29. So I listened to the clip. I wish I hadn't.

I agreed with everything Stern had to say about Limbaugh, but listening to Rush made my blood pressure sky rocket. Radio used to be something I turned on to listen once in a while. Now I only touch it to turn it off. Wasteland.

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. Yep, he's CLASSIC...

He sure tore OWS up... I'm sure he'd do just as good with the likes of Hannity, Limpballs, or anyone on the right.

[greytdemocrat]

35. That was classic!!!!

Howard can be hilarious.