I have not listened to him for that long but I agree that he seems to garble things frequently. He brags a lot that he broaches subjects that others do not. Do you agree with that?
If the latter is true does that mean that he raises topics well but does not execute upon them well?>
Why do you think that he feels a compulsion to so frequently attack other conservative radio talk show hosts? >
Do you think he has any justified criticism of other hosts or is it just egotism?
That’s a lot of essay questions. I may not answer them in order.
I think that his reasons for attacking other hosts have already been brought up by others here at different times—jealousy, insecurity, trying to provoke the other hosts, shaming listeners out of switching to, say, Levin. Sometimes it’s a joke that’s gotten out of hand and become mean-spirited. I think that the talk radio leaders do need to be taken to task from time to time, and not just by people like Obama, who will do it for partisan political reasons. If Savage didnt get so mean-spirited about it, I’d think it was a worthwhile service and this is one of the reasons I used to listen to him. For example, Rush has off days and has used some bad judgement, and I’m not talking about Sandra Fluke. I think that it was OK for Savage to bring up the problems with Hannity’s Freedom concerts. Nobody else seemed to want to. It’s not OK for him to endlessly pick on Hannity for how his pants fit, where he went to school, and other personal stuff.
I am racking my brain to think of other birthers who have been on Savage. A Hillary supporter named Berg was on Medveds show I think, but don’t know if he’s been on Savage. I don’t remember if Jerome Corsi is a birther or if he’s been on Savage. I don’t know if Trump is a birther, but he certainly has been on Savage, and my thoughts on his most recent appearance have been expressed in this forum.
I would say that yes, he does raise topics well, but doesn’t always execute them well.
As far a raising new and different topics, compared to what? It’s true that people won’t probably be talking about near-death experiences on Limbaugh, but they might on Dennis Prager and its bread and butter on Coast to Coast. Then there are the topics not being discussed by other hosts and perhaps with good reason. Jody Arias? I know a lot of people were put off by a circumcision story a few months back. One I am fond if bringing up is the documentary “Unclaimed”. This was about a missing Viet Nam veteran who had turned up after 44 years. The only trouble was, the guy had pretty much been exposed as a con artist by the time Savage picked up on the story. I felt that he really insulted the audiences intelligence with that one. Then there are the stories he doesn’t do. For example the Justina Pelletier case has been going on for over a year and has a lot of the elements Savage likes, yet as far as I know, he hadn’t covered it. I heard about it from Glenn Beck, who Savage used to call the Hemorrhoid, until he interviewed him about his book, I think.