Nick Confessore over at The American Prospect proposes, in all seriousness, inviting Howard Stern to join the lineup of Air America.

Is Stern more skilled at doing radio than, say, Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo? Sure. And Confessore says the downside is just that Stern is "trashy."

No, that's not the downside. If you want to know what the downside is, listen to a few choice Stern bits -- like, say, "Don't Go Rioting," a song parody from the time of the Rodney King trial (the second line is "you African-Americans"), or "Black History - Van Washington" (both available here, though the link for "Infamous 'Ni**er hatin' hats' bit" doesn't seem to work). Straight-up racist, as Air America's Chuck D said years ago in another context.