Jay Severin is one of Boston's 96.9 FM Talk daily occurrences along with other notables, such as O'Reilly, Ingraham, Graham, and, to provide some 'liberal balance', Barnicle and Braude.

Severin is one smooth individual, reeling you in with apparent logic (he was a political consultant at one point in his mediocre career), slowly tapping into your emotional responses by circling hot buttons such as illegal immigrants, and culminating into a hate fest with such 'witty' gems as 'crimaliens'.

A perfect example of this was his approach to Senator Kerry in '04:
During the Democratic primaries, Severin was very generous in his praise for JK, calling him a war hero, an upstanding citizen, a great candidate for president. When Kerry won the primaries, Severin became a bit more critical, but still limited his criticism to the issues.

Then the Swiftboat Liars crawled out of the woodwork. A subtle change came over JS as he at first hesitantly condemned the charges made by the group, stating that, he was inclined to side with Senator Kerry due to lack of proof.

Gradually, as the days and weeks wore on, Severin's opinion of JK 'changed'. By election day, he was fully in the camp of the liars, promoting them, stating that he was convinced beyond doubt that there had to be truth to the allegations.

Such is the nature of the more subtle, but highly effective conservative talk radio beast.

Evidently Severin is back to his logical and fair persona and has decided that Senator Kerry is right on the Iraq war - a war he, Severin, vehemently opposes. (now)
So last night, he invited Kerry to phone in for an interview, in which they discussed Iraq, Pakistan and sleeping on the couch.

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