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The John Downs Show

November 20, 2009 @ 21:57

Let me preface this by saying I'm a big fan of am 640's John Downs. I'm not a fan of his politics, but I think he's a bright young talent who's going places.

However, that doesn't mean I don't want to crawl through the radio sometimes and grab the guy by the throat. I guess in a way that's a compliment because a talk show host is supposed to push buttons and John often pushes mine.

Filling in for Mike Stafford today, Downs spent 40 minutes after one o'clock discussing the Taliban torture issue and I desperately tried to get through on my cell phone.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Downs positioned the segment this way.

He basically called out Conservatives, saying even if the government knew that detainees were being tortured, we wouldn't care. He also seemed to think that our military should be able to somehow determine who the good guys are and who the bad guys are before handing them over to Afghan authorities.

But as I explained in the above posting, that isn't entirely the issue. The bleeding hearts don't think "anyone" should be handed over to the authorities if there's a threat of torture.

Anyway, it was interesting to hear Downs defend his position and handle the majority callers who really didn't give a shit who was being tortured over in Afghanistan.

As a staunch Liberal, Downs shrewdly belittled them and in the process took a few shots at the Prime Minister for not being aware, or not admitting he was aware that some detainees had been tortured.

I tried; I tried very hard to get through because I desperately wanted to engage John Downs.

But the line was busy. Johnny boy had struck a chord and had obviously made more than my blood boil.

It was great radio!

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29 Responses to "The John Downs Show"


Mike from Lowville
November 21, 2009 / 11:12

They saw your number on call display and gave you the busy signal!


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November 21, 2009 / 12:44

Wow! Pretty funny Lowman from Mikeville, you should be on at Yuk Yuk's.


Stafford
November 22, 2009 / 16:54

This explains the emails! :)


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November 23, 2009 / 13:56


Fred you say he's going places, maybe he can go back to Montreal.


Mississauga
November 23, 2009 / 17:06

What's with the riddle Stafford??


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November 24, 2009 / 19:50

Obviously you aren't that smart Mississauga. Stafford is stating this explains the emails means that based on Freds post there were a lot of people out there in radio land that were riled up about the topic. This would then further indicate that they wrote e-mails based on this topic. No riddle here for people with a regular IQ that is.


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