Conservative Radio Host Jan Mickelson Is Totally Cool With Bringing Back Slavery

[Zaac]

Conservative Radio Host Jan Mickelson Is Totally Cool With Bringing Back Slavery

A conservative radio talk show host in Iowa wants to turn undocumented immigrants into "property of the state" and forced into labor.

"Put up a sign that says at the end of 60 days, if you are not here with our permission, can't prove your legal status, you become property of the state," Jan Mickelson said during his show on Monday. "And then we start to extort or exploit or indenture your labor."

Audio of Mickelson's segment was posted online by Media Matters.

When a caller said "it sounds an awful lot like slavery," Mickelson asked: "Well, what's wrong with slavery?"

He also claimed that Americans are "indentured" to undocumented immigrants by supposedly being forced to pay their expenses.

Mickelson said the undocumented immigrants could be housed in tents, similar to the "Tent City Jail" set up by Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

"Put up a tent village, we feed and water these new assets, we give them minimal shelter, minimal nutrition, and offer them the opportunity to work for the benefit of the taxpayers of the state of Iowa," Mickelson said. "All they have to do to avoid servitude is to leave."

In another excerpt posted by Media Matters, he also suggested that the "slaves" could be forced to build a wall across the Mexican border:

"We say, 'Hey, we're not going to make Mexico pay for the wall, we're going to invite the illegal Mexicans and illegal aliens to build it. If you have come across the border illegally, again give them another 60-day guideline, you need to go home and leave this jurisdiction, and if you don't you become property of the United States, and guess what? You will be building a wall. We will compel your labor. You would belong to these United States. You show up without an invitation, you get to be an asset. You get to be a construction worker. Cool!'"

Mickelson also insisted his proposal was serious.

"You think I'm just pulling your leg," he told the caller. "I am not."

Listen to his comments in the clip above, or read more of the transcript at Media Matters.

Mickelson has a history of both xenophobic and homophobic comments. Earlier this year, he said undocumented children should be banned from public schools. And in 2012, he said gays "are likely to shorten their lives in this world and impair their destinies in the next."

However, his talk show is influential among conservatives in the state and Republican presidential hopefuls routinely appear on the broadcast.

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Just a shame.

 

[Crabtownboy]

I wonder what other groups are on his list to be enslaved?

Hey, wouldn't that take away jobs from other Americans? After all slaves are not paid for their work.

 

[Zaac]

I wonder what other groups are on his list to be enslaved?

I know. After taking care of the Mexicans, who does he want to go after next?

Hey, wouldn't that take away jobs from other Americans? After all slaves are not paid for their work.

You mean them there new slaves would be taking away the very same jobs that GOP types are complaining about being taken away by illegal immigrants?

Gives the impression that they(some conservative GOP'ers) aren't REALLY concerned about the jobs, but rather are just a mean, nasty, vile group of selfish people who don't care about the welfare of anyone except those who look like them and hold the same ideologies.

 

[OnlyaSinner]

I know. After taking care of the Mexicans, who does he want to go after next?



You mean them there new slaves would be taking away the very same jobs that GOP types are complaining about being taken away by illegal immigrants?

Gives the impression that they(some conservative GOP'ers) aren't REALLY concerned about the jobs, but rather are just a mean, nasty, vile group of selfish people who don't care about the welfare of anyone except those who look like them and hold the same ideologies.

I wonder just how many conservatives have opinions as idiotic as the ones shown in the OP. Also, I have to admit my ignorance in having never heard of Jan Mickleson until reading this thread. Not all conservatives listen to talk radio (and of course nobody here has said that they do.)

 

[Bro. Curtis]

Not even going to look him up. The author of this OP and his lapdog have stated they want Whitey in perpetual payback mode anyway. This is just a swipe that misses. They're running a corrupt old woman and a stupid man.

 

[targus]

Illegal immigration is the modern day form of slavery - and all democrats/libs are in favor of that.

 

[Zaac]

Illegal immigration is the modern day form of slavery - and all democrats/libs are in favor of that.

So are all the big, money GOP'ers who are paying them under the table.

 

[targus]

So are all the big, money GOP'ers who are paying them under the table.

Got any proof of this?

Didn't think so.

 

[Zaac]

Got any proof of this?

Didn't think so.

Got any pRoof that ALL libs/dems are in favour of illegal immigration?

I'll wait.

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[Lewis]

This story is making the rounds on the progressive sites.

The 'Media Matters' version of it is titled "Iowa radio host and influential conservative kingmaker Jan Mickelson..."

Kingmaker? No one's even heard of the guy until now.

 

[InTheLight]

This story is making the rounds on the progressive sites.

The 'Media Matters' version of it is titled "Iowa radio host and influential conservative kingmaker Jan Mickelson..."

Kingmaker? No one's even heard of the guy until now.

He's big in Iowa and he has lots of listeners. There's this little Presidential caucus coming up in Iowa. You know, the one to kick of the election cycle. Candidates that don't make the first pass in Iowa are toast. So yes, he's influential.

 

[Lewis]

He's big in Iowa and he has lots of listeners. There's this little Presidential caucus coming up in Iowa. You know, the one to kick of the election cycle. Candidates that don't make the first pass in Iowa are toast. So yes, he's influential.

Yes thank you, I am aware of the Iowa caucus. Have never heard of Jan Mickelson until now, and doubt if many others have. In particular I doubt if many of the progressives who are quoting ever heard of him before.

 

[Revmitchell]

Yes thank you, I am aware of the Iowa caucus. Have never heard of Jan Mickelson until now, and doubt if many others have. In particular I doubt if many of the progressives who are quoting ever heard of him before.

He is local and it is doubtful he has any influence beyond that. Those who go to the area may hear him and then never again. The Caucus being there means little to nothing with regard to his influence and audience.

 

[Salty]

Depends on how he said -
As Rush says he uses absurdity to show the how liberals are absurd.

Was threre a link to the original monologue?

 

[Lewis]

He is local and it is doubtful he has any influence beyond that. Those who go to the area may hear him and then never again. The Caucus being there means little to nothing with regard to his influence and audience.

Yes apparently local and unknown anywhere else. In another week no one will even remember the name is my guess.

 

[padredurand]

He's big in Iowa and he has lots of listeners. There's this little Presidential caucus coming up in Iowa. You know, the one to kick of the election cycle. Candidates that don't make the first pass in Iowa are toast. So yes, he's influential.

Des Moines is number 72 in Arbitron's market system - 639,000 people live within that radio market. WHO is number 2 in the market with a 6.4 quarter hour share. AQH is the average number of persons, ages 12+, who listened during any average quarter hour from 6am to midnight, Monday through Sunday in the Metro Survey Area. Assuming every person in the market is listening to the radio during this fellers radio program the largest possible audience is 44,569.

Nielsen Book had WHO 1040AM at a 5.5 share this past summer. Granted the station is a 50,000 watt flagship in the market but it is not an influential powerhouse in the world of talk radio.

 

[targus]

Got any pRoof that ALL libs/dems are in favour of illegal immigration?

I'll wait.

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Can you name one that is not because I can't.

 

[InTheLight]

Nielsen Book had WHO 1040AM at a 5.5 share this past summer. Granted the station is a 50,000 watt flagship in the market but it is not an influential powerhouse in the world of talk radio.

It is in Iowa. He's the #1 radio talk show host and has an audience of 400,000.



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[InTheLight]

The Caucus being there means little to nothing with regard to his influence and audience.

Because he said something controversial he will get new listeners. The GOP candidates grovel to be on his show. He will eventually name a favorite in the GOP race. He has and does influence Iowans.



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[padredurand]

It is in Iowa.



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And without Huffington Post, Mickelson's mindless rant would have stayed there. He got more print coverage than airtime. He's a big fish in a little pond hoping someone will make him a big fish in a bigger pond.

He's in the middle of the BOTTOM half of the top 100 media markets. More folks watch Al Jazerra TV than listen to his radio station. My wife's turkey casserole recipe got more shares on Facebook.

Insignificant voices have been saying outlandish things since the beginning of time.

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He's the #1 radio talk show host and has an audience of 400,000.

I hope he doesn't do his own taxes because the math doesn't work. There are only 639,000 people in region where his radio station is heard. If every person in the Des Moines-Amea market were listening to the radio while he was on the air less than 45,000 people would be listening to TalkRadio 1040AM.