Severin, now syndicated, calls Howie top talk dog

The Boston Herald ^ | 03/17/2006 | Jessica Heslam

[massgopguy]

Then you pay for them.

[surrey]

I much preferred it when Severin was on opposite Howie. I like Howie but he's a very poor speaker and some of his topics are really lame. If nothing else, Jay has a wonderful command of the English language and he despises Hillary with a passion. So how bad can he be?

[nygoose]

A few years back, I was working in New Hampshire and Maine and listened to Howie daily. He is very polite to his callers, very smart and very conservative.

[raccoonradio]

Thanks for the ping. I subscribe to the Herald but haven't
looked at today's paper yet!

I can take Severin in very short doses. He started off his
show Jan 3 (first one) by referring to the execution of
Tookie Williams "the other day" (huh? It was 2-3 weeks
before!!) and blew a noisemaker to celebrate (OK, that I
agree with).

Jay's real name and his marital status have been kept a secret for the most part, though people on radio-interest boards know it. On an early show, someone asked Jay how
his "lovely wife Renee" was doing. Jay angrily cut him off
saying, "You're just pulling a name out of thin air..."
OK, so Jay can keep his personal life secret if he wants but his on-air persona seems to be a young (no) single (no)
horny (maybe) guy.

Oh, and did you know he won a couple
Pulitzer prizes? He refused to discuss that on the
air (and no, he didn't win the prizes, he won the
"equivalent of them") and he keeps referring to
one Boston Globe columnist who challenged him on it,
Scot Lehigh, as "Scat He-Lies".

WPRO in Providence runs him on Sunday nights. Their
webpage was pointed to jayseverin.org by mistake:
that's actually an anti-Jay site (or Jay watchdog,
depending on one's point of view)

[raccoonradio]

Howie was syndicated "nationwide" for awhile, but it was very spotty--maybe 25 cities at best. He was on in places like
Wichita, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and some stations in
Maryland, Florida, and Wisconsin. Now he's on about a dozen
stations. He "lost" WVMT in Burlington, VT for awhile but they're back in his fold now (so that socialist caller from
Montreal can hear him again).

List of affiliates is at howiecarr.com

[cloud8]

Actually, Howie is the top Pug now.


(In case you're not from the Hub of the Universe, Howie recently brought home a pair of Pugs for his daughters.)

[Unam Sanctam]

Why would I pay for them? I said nothing about the issues involved. I'm for stricter enforcement. I just think that calling illegal immigrants names like "scum of the earth" or others that suggest subhuman status is inappropriate and hatemongering.

[Fishface]

Severin is dim. Laura Ingraham was much better.

I'll never forget Severin's election night 5:00PM prediction that it was over: "insiders know that there is no way Bush can win now."

The next day he pretended as if he never said such a thing.

The case for the Iraq War is simple:

1. Strategic Base of operations in the Middle East
2. Oil if we ever really need it
3. Creating a battlefied to fight terrorists in their own
back yard.
4. Making an example of a dictator that didn't cooperate.
5. Springboard for next step in the war on terror.

How people like Jay Severin can't see this is beyond me.

[Fishface]

Severin is dim. Laura Ingraham was much better.

I'll never forget Severin's election night 5:00PM prediction that it was over: "insiders know that there is no way Bush can win now."

The next day he pretended as if he never said such a thing.

The case for the Iraq War is simple:

1. Strategic Base of operations in the Middle East
2. Oil if we ever really need it
3. Creating a battlefied to fight terrorists in their own
back yard.
4. Making an example of a dictator that didn't cooperate.
5. Springboard for next step in the war on terror.

How people like Jay Severin can't see this is beyond me.

[go-dubya-04]

I'm not a huge Romney fan, as I feel he is gutless on a lot of conservative issues, especially his tepid pro-life stand when running for governor, but Jay knows Romney's positions very well. He was broadcasting out of Boston for years and just happens to like the guy.
Please don't chalk-up people's opinions that differ from our own to their ignorance of the issues

[theDentist]

I'm not doing that. I'm just saying that as Romney gets into the real puch and shove of Presidential politics, his positions will change. And as they do, Jay's opinion of him will shift. He'll probably still like the Romney, but he remains firm in how he treats politicians who cannot remain true to their convictions. We'll see for sure over the next year or two.

[go-dubya-04]

Your right about that changing of positions. That's the thing I can't stand about Romney ever since he ran against the "Senior Murderer" from MA in the 90s. I believe the fat bastard was beatable if Romney stuck to an aggressive conservative message but he wimped out during the debates and tried to "out-compassion" a liberal and he ended up looking like a spineless politician with no core beliefs.