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Mark Reed Levin ( lə.ˈvɪn ) is an American conservative radio talk show host. Levin was born on September 21, 1957, of Jewish heritage.

Education

Mark Levin holds a 1977 Phi Beta Kappa and magna-cum-laude B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.

Professional Career

Levin has served as a top adviser to several members of President Ronald Reagan's Cabinet —including as Chief of Staff to then United States Attorney General Edwin Meese. In 2001, the American Conservative Union named Levin the recipient of their Ronald Reagan Award. He currently practices law in the private sector, and serves as President of the Landmark Legal Foundation in Leesburg, Virginia.

Book and Punditry

Levin is author of the bestselling book, Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America (ISBN 0895260506), about the perils of what Levin and others say is judicial activism. Levin is a strong believer in originalism as the proper theoretical framework for Constitutional interpretation. He is also a strong advocate of the unitary executive theory, and often criticizes liberals in the Congress for what he feels is an attempt to stack the Supreme Court of the United States with activist judges who aim to legislate from the bench.

Levin is also a contributing editor for National Review Online, and writes frequently for other publications. In 2006 he began his own blog at National Review Online.

Contributions to other conservative talk shows

For many years he was a frequent contributor of legal opinions to Rush Limbaugh, who referred to him on-air as "F. Lee Levin", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. He and Sean Hannity, who both have talk shows originating from the WABC studios, often call-in to each others' radio programs, referring to each other playfully as "Doctor Hannity" or "Doctor Levin". Levin mainly calls Hannity's program to debate or insult a liberal caller, most often calling to deliver a one-line insult or off-color joke only to then quickly hang up.

Baiting

Levin is known for using the catchphrases "Are you a lib?", "You're annoying!", and "Get off the phone, you big dope!" on the air. He is also known for using two ranges of voice pitch on the air, and switches between them to indicate anger or for effect. For comic relief he occasionally does a show as an alter ego, the effete "Maurice", who is a "lib". He also makes fun of the names of politicians and others whom he disagrees with; a particular target of his toilet humor has been the last name of New York Representative Anthony D. Weiner.

Music

More than most talk show hosts, Levin plays music, beyond just the standard metal-flavored bumpers. Favorites played at length include Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" as well as the service hymns "The Army Goes Rolling Along", "Anchors Aweigh", "Marines' hymn", "The U.S. Air Force", and the Coast Guard hymn. Mark also frequently plays the song "Walking Around in Women's Underwear" Lyrics Here, a parody of "Winter Wonderland" produced by Bob Rivers. The song was first played on the show in December 2004 and was only intended to be played during the holiday season. However, when many people started calling up to request the song, Mark decided to continue playing the song throughout the year.

Syndication

By 2006 his show was carried by three other stations besides WABC-AM: WBAP-AM (Arlington, Texas), WMAL-AM (Washington, District of Columbia) and WJR-AM (Detroit, Michigan). As announced on a press release, Levin's show will be syndicated by ABC Radio.

On-air jargon

Levin's nicknames for liberal politicians and institutions:

• "The Dumbest Man in the Senate" - Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE)
• "The Man with the Worst Comb-over in the Senate" - Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
• "The Shortest Politician on Earth" or "The Dwarf Senator" - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
• "The Cape Cod Orca" - Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
• "Hillary Rotten" or "Hillary Rotten Clinton" or "Hitlery Clinton" - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
• "'Little' Dick Durbin" - Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
• "Howard 'Dr. Demento' Dean" - Howard Dean
• "Chucky 'Schmucky' Schumer" - Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)
• "Senator Frankenstein" - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
• "John 'D Student' Kerry" - Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA)
• "Harry 'The Body' Reid" - Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
• "Olympia Snowball" - Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
• "Goober Graham" - Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
• "The Coward Marine" - Rep. John Murtha
• "Lincoln Chafing" - Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
• "Carl 'I Want to Vomit Because We Share the Same Last Name' Levin" - Senator Carl Levin, (D-MI)
• "Blanche 'I Wish She Was Dead Like' Lincoln" - Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
• "John McLame" or "The Despicable John McCain" - Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
• "Robert 'KKK' Byrd" - Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
• "Nancy 'Stretch' Pelosi" - Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
• "Madeleine Half-Bright" - Madeleine Albright
• "B.J. Clinton" - Former President William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton
• "Jimmy Farter" - Former President James (Jimmy) Earl Carter
• "Harry Un-Truth-Man" - Former President Harry S. Truman
• "The Crippled, Tax-Happy Moron" - Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• "Screwball with Screwball" - Hardball with Chris Matthews
• "Countdown to No Ratings, with Keith Overbite" - Countdown with Keith Olbermann
• "Meet the Depressed" - Meet the Press
• "Depraved and Sick-sty Minutes" - 60 Minutes
• "MSLSD" - MSNBC
• "The New York Slimes" - The New York Times
• "The Washington Compost" - The Washington Post
• "The Atlanta Urinal Constipation" - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• "Left Angeles Slimes" - The Los Angeles Times
• "Hollyweirdos" - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
• "Katrina vanden Heuvel" - Hurricane Katrina
• "People for the Un-American Way" - People for the American Way
• "Center for No Constitutional Rights" - Center for Constitutional Rights
• "American Criminal Liberties Union" - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• "Alliance for Injustice" - Alliance for Justice
• "National Organization for Ugly Women" - National Organization for Women

Radio Stations

• WABC 770 New York (flagship station)
• WMAL 630 Washington, D.C.
• WBAP 820 Dallas/Fort Worth (broadcasts 7-9PM ET (6-8PM CT))
• WJR 760 Detroit

External links

• News Talk Radio 770 WABC-AM
• WABC-AM Windows Media Audio stream
• And Another Thing . . . on National Review Online
• Mark Levin Fan, unofficial fan site (with show clips and Levin bio info)
• Landmark Legal Foundation
• Dahlia Litwick's review of Men in Black from Slate.com

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