Stern Blasts Bush and Clear Channel

Yesterday (3/2), he was pondering the idea of a Million Moron March on Washington with a legion of his faithful fans. "Can you imagine CNN having to cover this and putting the Million Moron March up on the screen?" he joked when the idea was hatched.

Stern has also started to question ties between Clear Channel and the Bush Administration and now suggests his change in heart about his support for President Bush is the real reason for him being suspended by Clear Channel. "If you don' t think me going after Bush got me thrown off those stations, you got another thing coming," said Stern. "This has nothing to do with anything I said."

"My days here are numbered because I dared to speak out against the Bush administration and say that the religious agenda of George W. Bush concerning stem cell research and gay marriage is wrong," Stern continued. "And that what he is doing with the FCC is pushing this religious agenda. And also the fact that the guy takes more vacation than any President ever. It's time for him to leave. Having said that pushed me off the air in six markets."

Stern says the end game of him being thrown off the air is already set, predicting "the FCC in a matter of weeks will come out with a trumped up list of things I said that they find offensive that Infinity will have to fire me." Later in the show Stern said he was "tempted to shut my mouth about all of it, because it will go away." He then added "I don't think we can stop it, short of me calling up President Bush and saying 'Look man, I'm going to support you, so don't do this.'"

For two days now he has been questioning why he was suspended over a caller using the N-word, and asking why the new zero tolerance policy wasn't used on Ryan Seacrest. "How come the F-word and the S-word are going out on other shows? Don't they own KIIS-FM in Los Angeles? Didn't Ryan Seacrest's first day have the F-word and the S-word? Why was the guy not fired?"

Stern also brought up the hiring of Michael Savage at CC's KPRC/Houston. Savage was fired from MSNBC for saying a caller was a sodomite who should "get AIDS and die." "Clear Channel had no problem hiring him after comments like that, because he's pro-Bush," Stern alleged.

Fan Report - He spent a couple of minutes talking about how the Religious Right is taking over this country and people are losing their freedoms. He said he believes that we will be a religious state within 20 years because of this. He said he's been pulled from 6 stations and when he comes back he will tell us more about this stuff. He said that we've lost the fight already. He said he knows he won't be on the air for the upcoming election and all he asks of his fans is to vote against Bush. He said he's going to support Kerry himself. The biggest mistake these people could make is to kick him off the air. He said that he has the power to swing a vote and that's what he did with Governor Patacki when he ran. Howard said that it's the last minute votes that he got for Patacki. He said that if he can get his fans to rally, in a Million Moron March, we could swing this thing.

Howard said he's been really depressed about the way the country is going. He was watching a video by the band KoRn yesterday because they sent it over to him because they can't get it played on the air. He said that he believes that young people between 16 and 20 are freaking out now and they're angry about the stuff that's going on. He said that this KoRn video is the best video he's seen. He said that it's the band and their fans ripping apart a music store. He said they ask if it's okay that there all five of the big video channels are owned by the music industry. There were a bunch of things that they show in the video that show the band's frustrations. Howard said he knows how they feel because he feels the same way. Howard said that the video is great but it may not be seen anywhere but on the web. He said the song is good as well.

Howard said that you can't get anything done anymore in this country. He said that the President is talking about changing the Constitution because of the gay marriage thing and it's crazy. He also talked about Janet Jackson and how they're making a big deal about her being on Saturday Night Live. He said she's not going to do anything outrageous after what she did on the Super Bowl half time show. He said that TV has become very bland and people like Jay Leno are the ones who are dragging it there.

Howard said he got a call from someone who tells him about what's going on inside the FCC. He said that he heard that the FCC is going to fine him and make it impossible for his company to keep him on. He said he has to get this message out before he's kicked off the air. He said he kept thinking of the KoRn video and Clear Channel. He said that Clear Channel set him up and threw him to the wolves. He wasn't under any investigation by the government when they kicked him off. There's a congressman out there saying that if Clear Channel got rid of him then Infinity has to do the same to level the playing field. Howard said that no one has gone to court and none of this has been declared indecent yet.

Howard said the guy who told him this stuff told him that he was 99 percent sure that the fines would be filed. Howard read an article about it and said that he is one of the targets that the FCC is going after. They're also going to fine Emmis and Clear Channel. Howard said that they're going to reverse their fine over the Bono using the F-word thing. Howard said that the Government is going to do weird, odd tricks to pressure his company to get rid of him. There's nothing that we can do about it either. Howard said that we've already lost and all he's asking is to remember him when you go in the voting booth. He asked that we vote Bush out of office.

Howard said that people may never hear from him again and he had to get this stuff out now. He said it's outrageous and scary what these people are doing. He said he thought that 10 years ago he thought it was over too but this is really serious. He said he really does see the end now though. He said that if it was his company he would fight to the end but it's not under his control now. He said it has nothing to do with him.

Robin asked him if he's going to get on a ship and do a broadcast from outside the country. Howard said he doesn't want to do something like that. He likes where he is... he said he didn't say that he wouldn't go to satellite radio though.

Howard said that the FCC will probably issue the fines over the weekend. He went on to say that this Senator from Kansas by the name of Brownback, wrote a letter to Mel Karmazin and asked him why he hasn't taken Howard off the air yet. This is a guy who Howard claims, lives with some other politicians in a million dollar townhouse that's paid for by a religious organization. Howard said that this is disturbing to him and anyone living in a place like that has to bow to the pressure of the group. Howard said that the name of the group is The Fellowship. He read an article and said that these guys are out of control. They are in congress and in the senate. He said that the house is valued at $1.1 million and the people living there pay just $600 a month for rent. Howard said that the religious organization is actually the C Street Center which is part of The Fellowship.

Howard said that he has inside information from the FCC that says they're going to fine him for something that's 3 years old. He said he will never be given his day in court. He wants people to wake up and see what's going on. He said you can't believe that this isn't true and his days really are over. He said that there has to be a payback and he's running out of time. He said that when you go into the voting booth, just remember him when he's not on the air.

Scott DePace, a huge Bush supporter, came in and said that if this is all true, he's not going to vote for Bush. Howard said that the Republican party as they knew it no longer exists. They are changing things right before our eyes and the country is turning into a religious country just like the countries we despise in the Middle East.