Rabbi Lapin (of Abramoff fame) now has a show on SF's KSFO radio

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http://sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=1074

... This is no shock jock being irreverent — he's a real rabbi. But make no mistake, this is no jolly rebbe kvetching about marrying a nice Jewish boy, nor a lefty Jew talking about justice, diversity, and the Holocaust. He's Daniel Lapin, dubbed "the show rabbi of the Christian right" by the New York Times. And now he's a San Francisco talker, Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. on right-wing radio station KSFO.

But Lapin's more than a front man. He's a faith-based political operative who was deeply implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandals when Lapin's nonprofit, Toward Tradition, was exposed as one of a cluster of tax-exempt organizations through which Abramoff secretly routed tribal Indian and other gambling clients' funds to an aide to Rep. Tom DeLay in return for favorable legislation.

According to news reports published as recently as last month, Abramoff's nonprofit money-laundering operations are still under investigation. "It's not a tax-exempt activity to act as a bagman for Jack Abramoff," Marcus S. Owens, a tax lawyer and former IRS official, told the Washington Post in June.

... A rabbi without a congregation, the 59-year-old Lapin gave up his Seattle talk show in February. He'd been filling in for other KSFO hosts and began his show in April, broadcasting from a Seattle studio. Although Lapin denies it, observers opine that he moved to the Bay Area for a fresh start after national publicity about the Abramoff scandals made him radioactive in Seattle.

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1. oh, so that's the nitwit

that KSFO had subbing for Brian Assman a few weeks ago. i wondered where in the hell they got a rabbi that was nuttier than Shmuley Boteach.

i tune in to the Assman during Randi's commercial breaks. at least till i hear enough BS and lies requiring me to change the station before I regurgitate. at that point, ads for hair loss products and unruly child discipline techniques are preferable.