Nutty old Lars Larson had his producer call again this morning to ask that I be on the show. Once again, I declined. I did, however, tune in for the first hour and heard Larson briefly try to link me with the Sam Adams mess and another Portland scandal that took place twenty years ago. Oddly, he told listeners that I was defending Adams. The mayor might feel differently since I asked him to resign (Larson had even called on Friday to ask me on air why I’d called on the mayor to resign). Lars never mentioned me again during that first hour but he did use the public airways to promote just about every hateful stereotype about gays and lesbians you could come up. Portland’s own Rush Limbaugh-wannabe has become a pathetic excuse for a journalist, a term he sadly clings to.
Update: Need a little more proof that larson is a hateful bigiot? Consider this from Media Matters for America:
Radio host Lars Larson played a spoof "Barney Frank for President" advertisement, in which a person said: "Now remember, this Erection Day -- Election Day, vote for Barney Frank for President. I'm Barney Fag -- uh, Frank and I approve this massage -- message." Larson also baselessly suggested that Frank allowed his relationship in the 1990s with a Fannie Mae official to improperly influence his conduct as a member of the House Financial Services Committee. In fact, Frank repeatedly took actions over the years to strengthen oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
