Howard Stern interviews Alfonse D'Amato about drugs, sex and war

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Howard Stern interviewed friend of the show and retired U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato live in the studio during Monday’s broadcast.  D’Amato talked to Howard Stern about America’s war on two fronts, legalizing marijuana, sex during pregnancy and his love of internet poker.

D’Amato (who sounds a lot like Gilbert Gottfried to the untrained ear) told Howard Stern that he believes that America should get out of both Iraq and Afghanistan immediately, stating that both wars are unwinnable.  D’Amato also spoke about current efforts to reform the U.S. healthcare system.  D’Amato stated that he preferred “marginal” reform to overhauling the entire system, which he states would result in huge tax increases for most Americans.

“What about legalizing pot?” asked Howard Stern, pointing to new reports about the flourishing legal marijuana industry in California.

After thinking on it carefully, D’Amato responded: “I think there’s some merit in it.”

It wasn’t all shop talk for Alfonse D’Amato.  Howard Stern asked D’Amato some of his classic questions.  Alfonse D’Amato admitted that he still regularly has sex with his 6-month pregnant wife, spoke about it openly, and  then sheepishly followed up his response by saying: “This isn’t going to be on TV is it?”

After all this time, you would think a fan of Howard Stern would know better than to get “glamoured” into sex talk.

Alfonse D’Amato has been a longtime advocate of Howard Stern’s fight for freedom of speech, speaking out against Howard Stern’s unfair treatment by the FCC when he was broadcasting on terrestrial radio.  The 71-year-old retired Republican senator was a surprising fan of The Howard Stern Show due to his conservative political leanings.  Howard Stern also openly backed Alfonse D’Amato during his bids for re-election.