Posted on 12/16/2007 8:45:41 PM PST by camerakid400
SAN FRANCISCO The humbling of Don Imus last spring over his remarks about the Rutgers womens basketball team has done nothing to quiet Michael Savage, a radio host with a far bigger following and far more checkered track record.
Mr. Savage, whose program reaches an estimated eight million listeners a week on nearly 400 stations, suggested over the summer that a group of college students on a hunger strike in support of easing immigration restrictions should fast until they starve to death. In October the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, the city from which Mr. Savage often broadcasts, took the unusual step of passing a resolution condemning him for the remarks.
Then, a few weeks ago, Mr. Savage uncorked a cascade of invective about Islam. Among his on-air comments: the Koran is a book of hate; some Muslims, at least, need deportation; and adherents of Islam would do well to take your religion and shove it up your behind because Im sick of you.
In response the Council on American-Islamic Relations, whose stated mission includes correcting mischaracterizations of Islam, tore a page from the playbook of Mr. Imuss critics. It made Mr. Savages comments widely available on the Internet and called on advertisers to boycott his program, which is behind only Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannitys in number of listeners, according to Talkers magazine, an industry publication.
At least two of his major sponsors Citrix, which sells remote access to computers, and Trusted ID, which provides protection against identity theft have pulled their spots. Thus far, Mr. Savage said in an interview last week, the boycott had cost his program more than a million dollars in advertising revenue committed for next year.
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BFD
I can't count how many times I've heard conservatives, even here on FR, say there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans.
So what's your beef?
This guy is just rediculous.
No all the talk show hosts like Mark Levin, Hannity . Laura Ingraham and the conservative blogoshpere defeated that Amnesty bill.
Savage helped the pro-illegal socialist/Democrats get into power by for years relentlessly bashing Bush and Republicans UNFAIRLY. See that’s why I can tell Savage is liberal putting on a radio act to make money. Because why would be call for the resignation of the Republican Speaker of the House during the peak of the election? Only a liberal would call for his resignation because he knows that this would give the election to the democrats. He bashed Hastert UNFAIRLY. There was no proof that Hastert had done anything wrong in the liberal media created Foley scandal. A real conservative would have taken Haster’s side and called this for what it was a liberal media october suprise to give the election to the Demorats. That’s just one example but I’ve seen hundreds.
I have a right to free speech too. And I am just putting out the truth and the facts. I have a right to buy from anyone i choose to also. I am not calling for the government to ban Michael Savage which is what you are saying if you say I am against free speech. I don’t think the government should ban anyone including me or savage from putting on his act but a private company can do what it wants to with its money just like i can as a private individual.
It is you savage supporters that are wrong. You shouldn’t worship any man least of all a liberal who hates you and is making fun of you savage supporters.
My pointing out the truth , that savage is a fake and a liberal, has nothing to do with CAIR. just because of that doesn’t make Savage immune from criticism . Savage can bash everyone even our president unfairly but I can’t speak the thruth against Savage?
There is no difference between Democrats and SOME Republicans.
But I’m sure you’ve seen that the Republican congress has this year blocked a lot of the socialist proposals by the Democrat Congress.
Savage is lying when he says there is no difference between the parties and he is lying so that conservatives stay home and so socialists/democrats get elected. Practically all Democrat politicians are for government healthcare and higher taxes. Most Republican politicians in congress are not for governemnt healthcare and are for lower taxes. Sure there are few liberal Republicans like many Running for the nomination now like MccAin and Huckabee but there is a difference between the parties and i’ve seen the difference in votes on taxes, government and immigration( hello Amnesty was stoped as most Replicans voted against Amnesty with only a minority of Democrats joining them)
"Rurgan", you are an absolute imbicile.
I love Savage’s style and hope be beats these scumbags.
You would side with CAIR you fricken Liberal!
To paraphrase Doc Savage - You should be more concerned about what was wrong with your daddy’s seed.
The radio persona is kind of twitish, but he is not likely twitish in reality. He is philosophically superficial which seems strangely typical of those with a PhD which is odd since they have a Doctorate of Philosophy.
After Drudge’s tease, awaiting the NYT article, I was expecting the usual hatchet job.
But, does any one agree with my suprise that the Times article actually wasn’t THAT bad . . . you know, for the Times.
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I don’t listen to Savage very often, only once this year IIRC and that was only for a short time . But if he is getting out the truth about Islam to the American people I’m 100% behind him and his right to say anything he pleases about the danger that Islam poses to the US. If his former sponsors want to boycott him then I will boycott them. The trouble is that I haven’t listened to his program enough to know who they are.
I use it on six different machines and have for a few years now.
Better than GTMPC and free.
Savage is a nut and I consider him to be a co-conspirator in the fraud that is DirectBuy. He gets his basic facts wrong constantly and he is highly irrational. And the Moonbeam endorsement-donation? Listening him explain it was pathetic.
Still, entertaining nonetheless - much more so than anyone else on at that time.
LogMeIn is an excellent alternative to GoToMyPC. We have special needs which require scripting and so will be using another product. But I urge everyone on this forum who is in business and uses GTMPC to abandon its terror-coddling maker, Citrix Inc., in favor of ANY other solution.
I reiterate, as of Jan 1st 2008, Citrix will have approx. 2,500 fewer licenses from us alone, with more being removed as the year progresses. We simply will not do business with a company like Citrix, which has endorsed an anti-American, racist and terror-supporting organization like CAIR.
OK Dude, your right, Michael Savage is a communist liberal who doesn’t believe in anything he says, and it is all an act.
I don't think that the Savage audience is interested in any national advertisers that aren't scams (gold, directbuy). Though, the TrustedID is kinda dodgy.
Nothing like a little Motley Crue to fire up the masses... “rock, be rocked, or step aside.”
1. Nobody in radio has more integrity than him. He doesnt carry water or shill for anyone. 2. He has the passion and heart of a true conservative.I dunno about that. Admittedly I haven't listened to him in quite awhile. But back when I did he was often ill prepared. Often didn't know central or basic facts regarding the issues he was addressing. Liberal callers would frequently get the better of him, and he would seemingly be too stupid to even notice. But I doubted he was really that stupid. Then I heard about his past (IIRC not too far past) political donations to liberal Democrats. Could easily be wrong, as I never considered this loud mouth important enough to do a fullsome personal investigation of the matter, but I've tentatively concluded that he's a phoney: pretending to be a conservative to make real conservatives look hateful and stupid, or to make a buck. Flame away. Won't bother me. I really don't care that much about this jerk.
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