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$\"\"$ <\/a>I don\u2019t listen to Howard Stern as host of his \u201cHoward Stern Show\u201d on Sirius XM. I have in the past watched his previous TV program a few times. He\u2019s too far afield with bad language and such for me as a Christian. But the guy does get to the point\u2013call a spade a spade\u2013and thus sometimes speaks the truth.<\/p>\n

Five days ago on his radio program, as reported in the media, I think Stern nailed it by calling the Republican Party the \u201cWacko Party.\u201d He explained, \u201cI miss the old Republican Party. It used to be nice to have a two-party system. Now it\u2019s wackos versus Democrats.\u201d My sentiments exactly! That\u2019s why I\u2019ve been advocating for years for more of a multi-party system since our two-party system just isn\u2019t working. Neither party now comes close to my values.<\/p>\n

Although I\u2019m an independent voter who voted almost all Republican in the 20th c., I\u2019ve blogged many times about this (Republicans: Three Strikes and You\u2019re Out<\/a>\u201c, \u201c The Republican Party\u2019s Reputation Is Shot to Hell<\/a>,\u201d \u201c The Republican Party Is as Phony as a Three Dollar Bill<\/a>\u201c) These are now chapters in my new book, Bible Predicts Trump Fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stern gave as an example the huge contingent of Republicans, which includes former Republican President Donald Trump, who like Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin. Stern said of them that they say, \u201c\u2018Putin is cool. We like Putin.\u2019 I mean, it\u2019s so outrageously bizarre.\u201d Indeed, since Putin\u2019s War in Ukraine began on February 24th, Trump has called the invasion \u201cgenius.\u201d It always looks like Putin has something on Trump, but it may just be that Trump so admires autocrats and dictators, just power itself.<\/p>\n

Even though Howard Stern has for many years been a friend of Donald Trump and interviewed him many times, Stern also said on last Wednesday\u2019s program, \u201cThe stupidity of the way we have our voting set up. The system was rigged \u2014 Trump\u2019s right. It was rigged in his favor. It was absolutely absurd that this guy got to be the president of the United States.\u201d Stern then blamed it on our antiquated Electoral College. Indeed, I\u2019ve blogged about that before (\u201c The Electoral College Is a Farce<\/a>\u201d and \u201c Most Americans Say Abolish the Electoral College<\/a>\u201c), which is also in the my Trump book.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"