[Milton Miteybad]

Michael Savage is what you get when you let an inebriated buffoon get behind a microphone. He's more of a drunken blowhard than a broadcaster, and your average drunken radio blowhard in Burnt Scrotum, New Mexico, is easily Savage's equal in talent and skill. There are times where Savage can actually make it worth my time to listen, but those occasions are so rare that it's just not worth tuning in on the off chance he happens to be lucid that day.

Now, I find Hannity to be redundant to the point of tedium. Gave up on listening to him a long time ago. But the management at Cumulus responsible for switching from Hannity to Savage must be looking at their ratings and asking themselves how it could have all gone so terribly wrong. (Answer: It's Cumulus Media, the least saavy radio operator in the business.)

[crazycatlady]

Although he claims to be only a light drinker and hates drugs, especially psych drugs, I have long suspected that he has a substance abuse problem. It would explain a lot, including the lame third hour, usually made up of spliced up recordings. On really bad days, the third hour would start mid way through the second hour.
It would explain things like his recent lashing out at Jimmy, which may have cost him as many listeners as his unfortunate political donations.
Savage also has serious issues with women.
I think it’s possible that this theory is not mutually exclusive from the leftwing plant theory. Both could be true