Posted on 07/24/2008 1:00:49 PM PDT by Saint X
Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern supports the merger of his network with XM Satelitte Radio and is fuming at Democratic opposition on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel.
After FCC commissioners announced they have reached a deal to approve the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM (NASDAQ:XMSR), Stern ranted about Democrats’ ‘gangsterism’ and ‘communism’ and the obstacles to the merger.
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Howard who?
Guess he won’t be voting for McCain then.
Freedom matters, eh Howard?
Although...if the Fairness Doctrine comes back- what will the libs expect as a “balance” for Stern’s show?
Funny how they are all about touchy feely lib views until it hits them in the pocket book! Then they wake up quick!
Funny how they are all about touchy feely lib views until it hits them in the pocket book! Then they wake up quick!
I hope he’s not coming over to our side.
Hilarious!!
Sweet, delicious irony...
Yeah, that whole liberty thing can be pretty uncomfortable, can't it?
Howard Stern on XM/Sirius Merger: ‘Please stop blocking this deal as I was paid in a lot of Sirius stock and its not worth much these days.’
When the Dems 'gore your ox' then you get conversion ay Howard? If you drop all the sexual perversion garbage you spout you may get in as a conservative talk show host. We could use you to oconvert some of those blinded liberal listeners of yours wandering in the wilderness.
Although having read "Miss America" over 12 years ago, I distinctly recall the account of his "meeting" with Michael Jackson; it literally had me ROTFLMAO.
F You Howard. You fully embraced the Michael Moore-on, 911 truther conpiracy bs, long ago...
Stay with the George Soros Brown-stained shirts...
i like listening to stern on my long ride to work in the morning and have seen him flip flop many times over the years. in the beginning he was all for bush and invading overseas to make them pay for 9/11 etc. then as the war droned on he became anti bush because he didn’t get the job done quick enough and osama had not been found and made to pay. that was when i really saw him going hog wild over the democrats. now you can see how much they think of him. no good deed goes unpunished.
“Intellectually he’s probably a lot closer to the libertarian and small government conservatives on FR than many here would care to admit.”
Agreed. He’s actually quite intelligent; not to mention a savvy businessman....
You are correct on your “they are all communists” remark. Surprised you just figured it out. Better late than never Howard.
Are you talking about Howard Stern or Michael Savage?
stern
You need to stop this garbage or go somewhere people think it funny.
The “Howard Stern Syndrome”: The pathological dichotomy of social liberalism tied with economic conservatism.
Well his audience of drunk and/or stoned dead enders won’t remember he said it in 10 minutes.
Probably "Opie and Anthony" who usually espouse right-of-center viewpoints.
old howie is a little late to wake up. He’s been pimping for Dems for years.
I agree as well. I listened to Howard constantly in the nineties. He was all over the map politically — didn’t stick to any one group. He IS extremely intelligent and despite his ridiculous shtick, has certainly been what one would call financially successful.
He will likely vote Dem again at some point but it’s clear he is annoyed with them right now. Yes, he is closer to Libertarian than anything else.
Yes, mother...
Some people are smart enough to become conservative by simply learning from the leftist oppression of others and the multitude of failures of modern liberalism.
Some people need to be personally hit with liberal lunacy to realize the truth.
Duh! What do you think he is doing when he says he'll never vote for another 'RAT? Leave him alone and stop trying to impose your moral conscience on him.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under live robber barons than under omnipotent moral busibodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good, will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ~ C. S. Lewis
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here.
Yea. It finally hits him in the face! Dems are good until they stab you in the back (or the purse).
Take it like a man Howard. You’ve know for years what these people are all about. You embraced them for all those years, probably because they are so much like you.
Who ya gonna vote for now? McCain? I seriously doubt it.
Obama? Not if you’re a man of your word.
Nuff said.
Stern... making sense... wow, I’m impressed.
How about Dr. Laura? or....Sister Angelica? ROTFLOL!
I would have agreed with that until about 4 or 5 years ago. He even supported the Iraq war. Then he went full blown liberal. He turned against it, sucks up to Al Franken and Michael Moore. He's what I call a liberaltarian. He likes to think he's Libertarian, but he's really a liberal Democrat.
He supported Hitlery in the primaries.
But lately he's been complaining about how the Obamassiah wants to raise his taxes, that he pays 50% of what he earns in taxes and is pissed that Obama says he's not paying enough.
The FCC thing plus the taxes *might* make him support McCain, but I wouldn't hold my breath. He's vehemently pro-abort and the Hollywood Gay Mafia got to him back when he made his movie and he's pro-gay all the way.
He doesn't have as big of an audience as he had in the past, but it wouldn't hurt if he came out against the Obamassiah.
Stern decides to finally celebrate his 25th birthday.
“” Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern supports the merger of his network with XM Satelitte Radio and is fuming at Democratic opposition on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel.
After FCC commissioners announced they have reached a deal to approve the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM (NASDAQ:XMSR), Stern ranted about Democrats’ ‘gangsterism’ and ‘communism’ and the obstacles to the merger.
Stern described a phone conversation he had with his agent, who he described as a “liberal Democrat kind of guy.”
“I go, ‘That’s it!’” Stern said. “[I] go, ‘You know what Don, I’ve voted Republican and I’ve voted Democrat. I have vowed I will never vote for a Democrat again. I don’t give a [expletive] – no matter who they are. I don’t care if God becomes a Democrat.’ I said, ‘I backed Hillary Clinton, I backed Al Gore, I backed John Kerry. I am done with them.’”
Stern took it a step even further and called Democrats on the FCC “communists” and referred to their tactics as “gangsterism.”
“The fact that these Democrats on the FCC are communists,” Stern said. “They’re for communism. They don’t want to see companies – this is gangsterism. I said, ‘This is crazy.’”
The FCC commission is a five-member panel made up of three Republicans and two Democrats. The Democrats include Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps. The Republicans include FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Robert McDowell and Deborah Taylor Tate. Tate had been the swing vote on the proposed merger and on July 24 The Wall Street Journal reported she would vote in favor of the merger.””
Stern doesn’t know it, but he is a libertarian. He is politically confused.
Although you couldn’t tell during his interview with Michael Moore.
LOL. The Dems just pissed off the wrong person.
I never listened to Howard Stern but IIRC, he at one time said he was a conservative. Hmmm.
“Satellite radio talk show star cites ‘gangsterism,’ ‘communism’ for holding up deal. “
awesome
Howard (I’ve been listening to him for so long I feel like we are on a first name basis) is a one issue person.
Any politician who promises to disband the FCC and let him say words like “penis” on “public radio”* is his hero.
Meanwhile, the conservative concept of ordered liberty becomes clearer to me. As a capitalist he benefited from the free markets and went where he was allowed to do what he wanted. A medium where he is free. And frankly his show stinks now. All they do is talk about what happened over the weekend.
No more guests or bits.
*Why the Gubmint thinks they own radio waves or the beaches that belong to the people is mysterious.
Not that this makes Stern a Conservative but what the hell. As long as he doesn't vote DemocRAT anymore.
Too late.
Howard who?
My thoughts exactly, that pervert-racist-sellout-charltan can...wait is he still on the radio?
A liberal is just a conservative who hasn’t been held up yet.
Theres a lot more of this happening now too. The Dems have consolidated a lot of power. There is no longer a reason to share with every media constituent. The media constituents the Dems share with now are Internet and Television.
Stern voted for Bush. Twice.
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