The author Stephen King has always been a favorite for a variety of reasons. As Ive grown older I have grown fond of his politics as well.
I love that he bought up sports radio in Maine and turned it into progressive talk radio.
In this video he talks about the need to be taxed more for rich people like himself, disses Boehner, supports the unions, and shows what a 'rich man' should act like.
Updated by LieparDestin at Fri Mar 11, 2011, 05:13:47 PM
From Democratic Underground:
Stephen King's FM in Maine to flip from sports to progressive talk
Source: Radio-info
The best-selling fiction writer has long owned radio stations in his native Maine and programmed rock and more recently sports on the simulcast of WZON, Bangor (620) and WZON-FM, Dover-Foxcroft (103.1). Now WABI-TV reports that on Monday (¼), the FM will break out of the simulcast to premiere a new format featuring Montel Williams and Rachel Maddow from Air America Media, and a new affiliation with CNN. There will also be how-to shows plus Boston Red Sox baseball.
A spokesman for the station says owners Stephen and Tabitha King wanted a local station that reflected a progressive outlook on the country and the local scene.
Updated by LieparDestin at Fri Mar 11, 2011, 05:14:39 PM
Jadrie was nice enough to provide a better transcript: CLICK HERE TO READ
Someone asked for a transcript and I dont have time to come up with an exact one, but here are some basics:
He is rich and glad, because he grew up poor and his mom was turned down for government food assistance by republicans.
He also states that if you like weekends, 40 hour workweeks, fair wages, etc, then you need to support the union.
Says his tax rate is 26? (maybe 30ish percent) and that it should be at least 50, so he and his wife make up the difference by donating the other 25 percent to schools, libraries, radio, etc.
Updated by LieparDestin at Fri Mar 11, 2011, 05:36:25 PM
From Wiki:
King, talking to high-school students, had said: "If you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that."[62] The comment was described by the blog as "another in a long line of liberal media members bashing the military," and likened to John Kerry's similar remark from 2006.[63] King responded later that day, saying, "That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt...I live in a national guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career—military or otherwise."
Seriously... lets start a draft King campaign. Who has more name recognition than that?
Updated by LieparDestin at Fri Mar 11, 2011, 05:47:18 PM
Just for giggles:
King was quoted as calling conservative commentator Glenn Beck "Satan's mentally challenged younger brother."