"Savage is really hard to listen to, but does have some good insights on many occasions. When he goes off on his rants, one does have to turn away and try again later"
True, Savage used to be very enjoyable when he targetted libs. But in the last couple years, he has decided to attack conservatives and liberal haters instead, for some reason. He sounds worse than the libs attacking Rush, using childish names along the line of "Push Bimbo". He is simply jealous and wants to sell his books, which he now has to give away during his program. He attacks Bush regularly on everything, which only helps embolden the libs. He would have made a good Judas 1,972 years ago.
I agree with your assessment of Savage. All that you say illustrates the reason for which he didn't last long on the show he had a couple of years ago on MSNBC. I believe it was in the 6 PM (ET) time slot which is now the Abrams Report.
Savage has an unappealing, cold, slicing, unaccommodating, mean spirited style. If he were a woman, you could call him "Nurse Ratchet."
Char :)