Posted on 11/28/2005 5:03:33 PM PST by mastercylinder
Edited on 11/28/2005 5:07:49 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I've heard him a few times. The guy is a cynical idiot who cares more about ratings derived from extreme views than his responsibility as a "personality" with a microphone whom others may actually believe just because he has a microphone.
So he's sorta like Phil Hendrie? If what you say is true - and I'm willing to consider it - I might give him a re-hearing.
I agree, and I said nothing of Savage himself, rather of his detractors.
"He does more damage for the conservative cause than good."
That he does us more harm says nothing of his rightness. Screaming on the radio is most alienating, I admit.
"And as a convservative Republican who was born overseas, speaks 4 languages, and has a multi-cultural background, his views offend and anger me."
I am sure that it's only miscommunication on both sides. He's a fair man with a good heart. What you fear is his shouting, not his ideas.
"He has a right to say what he wants. I have a right to turn the dial or pop in the Disney CD for my kids."
Point taken, though it's greatly ironic that your alternative is Disney, a vehicle which serves as one of many tools used for the Leftist indoctrination of our kids.
haha.....I agree with you.....though not sure if Rush is a genius, he has more common sense then most and knows how to influence without falling out of his chair in hysterics....and Sean....well, you are right....he says the same things over...and over...and over.....*yawn*....zzzz
I do, and so does savage. He clearly saw that the conservative side of talk radio was already claimed but that there was an unclaimed audience of "other" people out there. So he marketed himself to that other group.
Likes: His wicked sense of humor, his views on borders/language/culture, and his independence of thought.
Dislikes: His constant patting himself on the back about his superior "formal" education, his conspicuous envy/hatred of any political talk show host who has higher ratings (mostly Rush and Hannity), his occasional irrationality (he advocated nuking the Chicoms off the map after they forced down our recon plane. ....and he wasn't joking), his obsession with cuisine (sometimes he'll ignore politics and talk about nothing but food for hours at a time), and his rudeness to guests.
But he's absolutely right about the Elephants being virtually indistinguishable from the Donkeys in not a small number of ways these days. ....especially in their love affair with big gov't.
He thinks conducting the war the way it has been conducted so far is a losing bet.
Yes, he raves about how poorly it has been done. He's just flat wrong, and has nothing but hot air and hyperbole to back up his claims.
>Drink the Koolaid, bushbots.
Enjoy yours, Weinerbot.
Phil has numerous characters, I think. Savage really only has one.
If every radio host has an 'on air persona,' with a 1 being close to the real personality and a 10 being complete fiction, I would rate guys like Medved, Ingraham, and Prager a 2, guys like Hannity and Rush a 3 or 4, and a guy like Savage a 6 to 7.
Hendrie would be a 10 - it's a total put-on.
Just my guess. :-)
Dude, he plays the oldest cards in the book:
A)Give people someone or something to hate.
B)Provide seemingly common sense solutions to highly complex problems.
It's the lowest form of pandering. It's only a matter of time before some lunatic takes his cynical ravings seriously and someone gets hurt. Like the DJ in Fisher King.
Agreed. Savage is a joke. He's like Michael Moore, but at least Moore is occasionally funny.
Wow. You are unbearably condescending. I think you are Micheal Savage. Documented IQ? Documented where and what IQ test? What a ridiculous thing to pull out of ones butt, to prove a point. Why is it always the loud loser who screams that their IQ is superior to everyone else's in the room. Therefore, they win every argument.....even when they are so clearly wrong?
I didn't say his act was original! :-)
It is entertaining, though. And Savage doesn't call for violence or anything like that. He is a ham, and a character. I think most people who listen to him realize that.
I could be wrong, though.
And I will admit, I fell for Hendrie . . . more specifically, I fell for Ted Bell, who was complaining to Phil that his wife was mad at him because he took a cell phone call during an intimate moment, and she shouldn't be mad because "I'm a busy man and can't stop my business just because we're doing it!"
"At Te-e-ed's, we want to put our meat in your mouth!"
My hand to God, I was picking up the phone to call Hendrie and tell that jerk what I thought of him . . . and then Doug Dannger, gay man and gay journalist, came on, and something whispered to me to check it out online.
I was THIS close to making an ass out of myself on national radio. Ah, well, there's always time for that later.
yikes
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