From the East Bay Express’s Bottom Feeder:

Dellums’ successor, Rep. Barbara Lee, has done an admirable job carrying on the Great Man’s progressive and pacifist legacy. She is best known for her lone vote against a bill giving the president a blank check to fight terrorism after 9/11. That led to death threats from some circles, praise from others, and the slogan “Barbara Lee Speaks for Me.” Among those Lee apparently speaks for these days is Live 105’s syndicated morning man Howard Stern — at least judging from the praise Stern heaped on our local rep last week. Naturally, he lauded Lee’s stance against the war in Iraq in his own politically incorrect idiom.

She is technically my congresswoman. *shudder* Barbara Lee Sure as Hell Doesn’t Speak for Me.

For Feeder readers not acquainted with Stern’s political turnaround, he was a big cheerleader for the military after 9/11. However, when the Federal Communications Commission ramped up its campaign against indecency, Stern became a vocal critic of the Bush administration.

This is what bugs me. When you’re fixated on a single pet issue, then you lose perspective on everything else. To suddenly turn your back on our military campaigns just because of some stupid indecency BS? I mean, when you look at the bigger picture, the FCC is pretty insignificant compared to what we’re dealing with around the world. I mean, I totally agree, F!@# the FCC [censored by the FCC]. You can bash the administration all you want, I do it all the time, but when it comes to critical things such as the Global War on Terrorism, don’t let such petty things get in the way.

Anyway, last week Stern saw Lee on C-Span speaking out on the need to withdraw US troops from Iraq. To paraphrase, he gushed, “This woman, Barbara Lee, some black chick, she’s good.” Or something like that. Hey, Feeder had to scribble this down while keeping his eye on the road as he drove past Berkeley High checking out the jailbait. Stern’s sidekick, Artie Lange, asked the question on most listeners’ minds after the host praised Lee: “Is she hot?” Stern never said.

I’ll let you readers decide: