Posted on 10/23/2006 5:23:18 AM PDT by livesbygrace
Consider the case of Michael Savage, right-wing radio guy, and the not trivial effect he could have on the upcoming election. What’s curious about him is the tantalizing possibility — now with a smoking gun — that his three-hour daily show is an act, a put-on.
According to Talkers magazine, he’s the country’s third-most-listened-to radio talk host, with 8.25 million listeners who frequently call in to hail him as a “great American.” As Publishers Weekly records, his first book, The Savage Nation (2003), sold 400,000 copies while its rabidly titled successors (The Enemy Within, Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder, and The Political Zoo) have all debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. His shtick is that he’s an “independent conservative.” The San Francisco-based commentator with the honking Bronx accent reviles President Bush, supposedly from conservative principles, in characteristic way-over-the-top fashion.
The other day he was blasting the administration’s conduct of the Iraq war: “We need Patton, but instead we’ve got patent leather shoes from Yale.” Savage mused that “some [conservatives] are saying it would be healthy for the Republicans to lose” the election. “I’m not sure I agree with that,” he allowed, but permitted his listeners to draw their own conclusions and vote (or not vote) accordingly.
Admittedly, for Savage this is mild stuff. More typical are his comments, always straining to shock, on Jimmy Carter (“like Hitler”), Democrats in general (“like Mengele”), Bill Clinton’s memoir My Life (should have been called “Mein Kampf”), Wolf Blitzer (“would have pushed Jewish children into the oven to stay alive one more day to entertain the Nazis”), and so on.
Of his own political identity, Savage says, “I’m a Goldwater conservative…. If [another] Goldwater appeared, I’d work for him, I’d give money to him.”
....which brings us to the smoking gun.
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
Now I have a reason for not listening to him...
I can't listen to Savage for more than 30 seconds. I don't think he's sincere. It's possible that he's trying to discredit conservatism and conservative talk radio. IMHO.
That is what I've always suspected about him, that he's playing the role of the left wing's idea of the stereotypical conservative.
I saw the "great american" comment and realized the writer of the article didn't know what he was talking about.
I put it in the circular file portion of my mind.
I can't imagine anyone taking Savage seriously.
Jerry Brown is good for business. Of course he'd want him to win.
You needed this for a reason? Savage's, or should I say Weiner's (sheesh...the guy can't even use his own name?) makes Rush's ego seem tiny in comparison.
Even when I agree with what he's spouting I can't stand to listen to him.
Don't you love it when he plays that "I can't take it any longer...I can't talk about that any more" game?
Way to research this guy's show by listening to someone else's!!!
As a matter of fact, doesn't he "chide" another host for that pleasantry?
I can't listen to Savage for more than a minute but I always thought it was because he is crazy and I am not.
A little bit of Dr Savage can go a long way. Since I have had a choice between Mark Levin and the Savage Nation here in the DC area (starting in January of this year), I have hardly even listened to Savage.
bump
I only listen to him when I'm in the car and there's nothing else.
He's on around dinner time, and we turn him on and listen while preparing dinner.
I always get the impression that he's pulling a bit of a "Phil Hendrie" on his audience, saying things just to "get them riled."
He's inconsistent in his opinions, IMHO.
Love the Savage Nation!
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