Mark Levin, Exaggerate? Never!

Asked if he was familiar with someone named Bob Sherman, Mark Levin said he was not, and wondered if the man in question was yet another homeless person influenced by the I-Man. Ha Ha.
 
Unlike recent YouTube phenomenon Ted Williams, an Ohio man with a booming voice who fell on hard times and claims he was inspired by a local radio DJ in the 1970s, Sherman was the person who, as the head of NBC radio, brought Imus back to New York radio in the late 1970s, and also hired Howard Stern. “He’s one of the great radio guys ever,” Imus said of Sherman, who has unsuccessfully been trying to contact Levin.
 
“He probably wants to make you some money,” Imus theorized, adding, “Thank you for not getting back to him. I appreciate that.”
 
Caught off guard by this assault, Levin, a nationally syndicated radio host, insisted he had never received a missive from Sherman. He promised to give Bernard his direct e-mail address, which Imus could then promptly deliver to Sherman, so long as Imus does not being e-mailing Levin himself.
 
“I write great e-mails,” Imus said. “Great e-mails.”
 
Having established pretty much nothing except that Imus is a bully, Levin, a staunch Conservative, was curious to know why Imus invites the likes of Frank Rich and Tom Friedman, both New York Times op-ed columnists, on his program. “I’m just trying to get different points of view, which is why you’re on, and they’re on,” Imus explained. Along those lines, he asked Levin if this country would be any worse off if Sarah Palin were president instead of Barack Obama.
 
“It’d be much better off,” was Levin’s predictable answer. “As a matter of fact, wouldn’t the country be much better if an orange juice can were President of the United States?”
 
Obviously no fan of the President, Levin conceded that things will not magically improve now that Republicans have control of the House. “We only have one house of a bicameral congress, and they have the Presidency,” he said, speaking of the Democrats. “This President has made clear he’s going to rule by fiat through executive orders, regulations, very much Hugo Chavez-like.”
 
Though Levin claimed, “I’m not overstating this,” he displayed even more hyperbole when he added, “This is an imperial presidency.” As an example, he pointed to a recent ban on incandescent light bulbs in favor of more environmentally friendly ones, and to the administration’s push for an anti-obesity campaign among children and adults.
 
Imus can usually get on board with Levin’s rants, but the food issue is an exception. “It’s a good idea to recommend to people they eat a much healthier diet…because we have an obesity epidemic in this country; food is full of cancer-causing ingredients; and the hideous diet of most Americans is responsible for the out-of-control, catastrophic, spiraling health care costs,” Imus said, breathlessly. “That’s why we’re trying to get you bastards to stop eating all that stuff, and start sucking on some tofu and have a baked potato every once in a while.”
 
No matter how strongly Imus protested that he was right (“People in China making nine cents a month—they’re never in the hospital and they don’t have cancer, because they’re eating rice and beans, not Big Macs!”), Levin was immoveable. “This government is completely out of control,” he said, and expressed hope that the new House will try to repeal “these radical agenda items that ‘Stretch’ Pelosi put through.”
 
In the meantime, Levin will be safe in his bunker, which is certain never to go dark. “I’ve got incandescent light bulbs in my closet like it’s East Germany,” he told Imus.
 
-Julie Kanfer