Stephen King launching left-wing radio talk show
By Jeff MillsAugust 25th, 2011, 12:32 pmComments (30)
Author Stephen King, who has redefined prolific, is also a radio-station owner in Maine, and speaking at a press conference at his homebase in Bangor the other day, the Zone Radio Corp owner announced the launch, September 12, of a new drivetime talk show, The Pulse Morning Show, that will air six to ten a.m. on weekdays, as well as online at zoneradio.com. King said, "We're a little to the left, but we're right."
What sounds like Maine's own version of Air America will be hosted by former journalist and Green Party vice-presidential candidate Pat LaMarche, and former reporter Don Cookson. Judging by the press conference, LaMarche will do most of the talking, with Cookson occasionally chiming in. The show will have a humorous bent, and look to counterbalance the conservative leanings of other Maine stations. LaMarche said the show will have an eye towards politicians and public officials in Washington D.C. and Augusta who push around Mainers, especially regarding welfare recipients.
Sounding like the folksy "Uncle Stevie" you know, King said "We'd like to burn some feet once in a while — make some people a little bit angry. There are some people who deserve to be taken to the woodshed from time to time." Summing up the mission, King told reporters, "We're going to try to be informative. We're going to be provocative. We're going to be amusing and we're going to try to be a positive community force."
Comments ( 30 )
Still waoting for Steve-o to voluntarily pay all those extra taxes he's so fond of advocating...
Oh yeah, because taxes are on a voluntary basis. I'm still waiting for GWB, Dick Cheney and their ilk to go fight the wars they're so fond of starting. They could actually do that, if they wanted to, though Faceshooter probably couldn't pass the physical.
zing!
And King couldn't pay extra taxes? How is Obama doing? Fighting those wars he promised to end? He even started another!
Sure just as soon as Clinton or Obama send their children to the wars they've started!
Or even to the schools they support. How strange is it that Obama ended the charter schools in DC to support the teachers and then sends the girls to Sidwell Friends?
Paying taxes above what you actually owe is entirely voluntary. Why do you think otherwise?
Paying taxes above is voluntary, paying taxes isn't. Surprisingly enough, people only pay taxes when they have to. Wow. You made your point, I yield.
Maybe we should just have taxes at large be voluntary. Why not? Let's see who will give then.
yes you can send a donation to the IRS over and above the taxes you owe the government.
So yes Steve-o can give more to the government to reduce the debt out of the goodness of his heart.
But then that takes the fun out of making everyone else pay.
Exactly. You have to share the fun.
And by everyone else, I'm assuming you mean everyone else in his tax bracket. I drop a tear for all those oppressed people.
Very true. My plan for reducing the deficit is to make it "easy" for people to pay above and beyond what the tax code determines they owe. We'll see how much "extra" money people like Obama part with.
I believe Arkansas did this several years ago in response to calls for increasing taxes. After six months, something like $20k was raised, something like $0.01 per AR resident.
They should give you a tax break for overpaying your taxes to encourage it.
"We're going to try to be informative. We're going to be provocative." Too bad they can't be definitely informative and possibly provocative. But that wouldn't sell ad time.
Three months. No longer. It will likely be as bad as Air America and probably even worse.
*duhhhhh* OBAMA iznt 'MERICAN!! *puh pblthth* pray pray pray *ummmmm* sience is dumb! *errrrrrr* job creaters! *derp derp* voote Rik Parry moran!
Hooksexup - If we take donations, will you hurry with the sign-up system to prevent idiot trolls?
Hooksexup, I'm getting sick of somebody (as anonymous as myself) exposing the sheer idiocy of conservative wingnut comments. Please create a sign up system so that nothing will change.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, goodbye, troll!
I'm looking in the mirror.
That should be: "If we MAKE donations..."
King is a talented fiction writer. Why would we expect him to have any insight of interest on political matters? Adding to the list: Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Jeaneane Garafolo and dozens more. My favorite, though, has to be Barbara Streisand (sp?), who didn't graduate from high school but can hit the high notes, so certain people listen to her every political utterance as if it's from the mouth of G-d.
However, Palin doesn't factor into my list at all. Even though she is the GOP messiah.
I speak for everyone here when I say that Hooksexup needs a sign up system that can exclude people who lack the basic social skills to be on the Internet. The moron troll that pretends to be everyone else, lacking the force of personality to be himself, must be a conservative troll. That's the only explanation for someone who portrays the left in such a negative light.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I lack the balls to expose and confront the idiocy and lack of logical principles running rampant in comments made by Hooksexup conservatrolls and associated Republitards. Therefore, I am the true moron, pretending to be somebody who has a spine. That is the only explanation for someone who is an apathetic coward while assuming to think everything is about right and left.
If there were any question, the Enough-troll makes a strong argument for a login system.
If there were any question, the original Enough makes a weak argument for anything.
Exactly, troll. Keep playing - it will make the day that situation is corrected occur sooner.
Ooooh, so intimidating.
...says the one who lacks the balls to be himself...
Says the one who's name is "Enough"!
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