Posted on 04/08/2016 1:11:51 PM PDT by dynachrome
Long before Trump’s arrival on the scene, it was conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage, the idealogical godfather of “Trumpism,” who galvanized this insurgency. Savage gave it a voice and a powerful narrative, one that proved extremely helpful to those, like iconoclastic Senator Ted Cruz, who rose to prominence taking on the very same GOP beltway insiders that Donald Trump is now making so nervous.
Years before Trump, Savage had already redefined the nature of the American political landscape when he blew up the Republican Party establishment’s hold on its working class base. Trump can come or go, but this insurgency has a depth and breadth that can’t be ignored.
I have been a longtime listener to Savage because I think that, as a journalist, you risk being blindsided if you ignore someone to whom millions of your fellow Americans are tuning in. I saw the rise of Trump coming several months ago precisely because I know how deep the support runs in so much of America for Savage’s nativist mantra, that the very survival of the nation is threatened by the erosion of our “borders, language, and culture.”
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
"The talk-radio godfather of Trumpamania: What Michael Savage can tell us about America’s white working class"
Savage ping!
This writer will probably be fired for saying some good things about Savage. Otherwise, the usual hardcore marxist drivel
I think that’s right. The Savage listening audience probably has quite a bit of overlap with Trump’s core supporters.
I have been a longtime listener ...
...I think that, as a journalist, ....
...I saw the rise of Trump ....
...precisely because I know ....
This egotist is more self-centered than his subject.
I can take Savage for a while some times, but I still kind of equate him to Glenn Beck. When I found out he was a Trump supporter I kind of cringed.
Savage is complaining about Colorado’s “backroom” tactics.
1. They were known long time ago.
2. We might not agree with them, BUT, the Republican Party
is a PRIVATE organization. It can do things as it wants.
( cf. Augusta National Golf Course )
3. If you want to do things differently, change the rules OR
start your own party.
4. Trump can protest TOO MUCH or, play by the
rules. If he’s so RICH, let him spend
his own $$ and buy votes for himself.
If you can’t figure out that having a bunch of insiders choose the nominee without input from the people is reprehensible; then I feel sorry for you. You most likely has a very difficult childhood like Cruz. He has said that both of his parents had problems with alcohol and his dad abandoned the family when he was a toddler. What is your excuse?
I generally consider Savage to be in the same league as Glenn Beck and can’t take listening to him very much. The rest of your points are disgusting attempts to justify the inexcusable. Do not waste your time trying and convince me that you would be doing this if Cruz was not the recipient of this immoral skullduggery.
Sorry I didn’t mean to respond to you twice; now three times. ; )
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