More on Stern

More on Stern -- From Doc and Jeff.

Those of us who listen to Howard on regular basis know he's a lot more than tits and bits.

He is one of the honest people in media, telling things as he sees them, as well as when he changes his mind on how he sees things. In the past he's supported NY/NJ Republicans galore: Pataki, Whitman (who turned against him on Bill Maher's show), Giuliani, and D'Amato. In the aftermath of 9/11, he was a rabid supporter of Bush, as we almost all were. He was also for the invasion of Iraq, as maybe less of us were. Obviously, he's having second thoughts about the Connecticut Texan. And he tells us. And he tells us why.

Even my wife, who is far more socially conservative than I, has, for a long time, appreciated the honest, forthright social observations that came between the naughty bits between 6 and 11 weekday mornings. If you want to hear what Stern is really all about, listen to the first hour of the show, in which he's usually riffing on the day's news or on the interactions of his core cast.

People, whether they like Howard or not, listen to him to hear what he'll say next. Hopefully, he'll be able to have a "next" to say something in - at least until he decides he doesn't have anything else worth saying, not when some small-minded political bureaucrat decides for him, or more offensively, for us.