Posted on 05/28/2009 7:06:18 PM PDT by Mozilla
Out of the 250-plus replies I received regarding my recent article, "The Savage silence of the lambs" and the radio interview Dr. Savage did of me, about half of the respondents took up my challenge to answer the question: "Why have virtually the entire conservative and liberal media so hardened their hearts and closed their bowels of compassion against Michael Savage?"
Here is a summary replies:
* The reason why Fox News, Rush, Hannity, conservative talk radio and the mainstream media daily ignores the work of Michael Savage is because he calls them names all the time.
* Savage has mocking epithets for all the big-named conservative talk show hosts: "Hush Bimbo," "the golfer" (Rush Limbaugh), "the wall-banger" (Sean Hannity), "the leprechaun" (Bill O'Reilly), "the hemorrhoid with ears" (Glenn Beck), etc.
* Because of Savage's ad hominem attacks against the GOP, the liberal mainstream media and conservative talk-show hosts, they are having their revenge by ignoring him during his hour of need. Michael is now reaping what he sowed.
These conservative commentators realize that Savage is head and shoulders above them intellectually, philosophically and spiritually. Because of their lack of intellectual honesty, rather than learning from Dr. Savage or taking his criticisms to heart, they take the intellectually dishonest approach, put on their hypocrite's hat and do the things against Savage that they for 20 years have so bitterly complained that the Democratic Party and the liberal mainstream media did to them ignoring them, slandering them, libeling them, mocking them. It is shameless hypocrisy writ large!
Furthermore, unlike Fox News, Rush, and Others, Savage was never in the tank for the Republican Party or the one-world socialism of Bush 41, Clinton or Bush 43, leading to Obama. Neither did Savage behave as a mouthpiece for the GOP.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
WND’s take on why the big names don’t come out and back Savage.
“he is above them spiritually, economically and...”
Says who? Spiritually, if I were him, I’d be concerned for we are accountable for every word that proceeds out of our mouth. I worry about that myself sometimes - we all should - but those who talk for a living are particularly vulnerable.
lol..yeah well, I find Savage entertaining and occasionally insightful, but let's not get carried away.
Oops - don’t know where I got “economically” from other than that’s all that’s in the news these days.
I don’t know why anyone thinks Savage is spiritually and intellectually superior to the likes of Prager, Medved, Hewitt, and so forth. No way.
Savage is truly on his own IMO and it’s what he deserves. He makes some points and keeps issues alive the others don’t do. So he’s helpful, but he’s not going to be RNC chair anytime soon.
I would be afraid to associate with him, since I would not want to apologize for him, later.
If you want the team to come to your defense, you should be a team player.
Savage is the lone ranger by choice, and he has no right to complain.
I don’t know anyone on the air who can discuss ethics, morals, and politics like Prager. He’s a gentleman. Let’s the caller talk. And makes sure he understands the caller before he responds. Savage is none of this.
I would agree that Savage “savages” his
conservative competition with name calling
and that this could be why he’s dangling
in the wind. However... when Savage has
a guest, he lets them speak until they
have said what they need to say.
THAT’S refreshing.
Savage used to have good ideas. Since he got thrown off TV, he has become too angry to understand, let alone listen to!
He’s smarter than the big names he makes fun of. That much should be obvious to all.
Savage is being blackballed just like orson wells was...and just like orson wells, savage is very smart.
Ditto to that. He let’s the authors and experts have a long interrupted say. I like that about the show.
Face it Folks , We Are All On Our Own in This.
Why wasn't this posted in "Infantile Humor?"
Savage has his moments, but the name calling is mostly counter-productive (except for “the leprechaun”).
What the hell does that mean?!?!?!?
Savage just showing off his "intellectual" and "spiritual" superiority.
Savage mocks his peers and yet expects those same peers to come to his defense? LOL! Savage’s reaping what he sowed. OTOH, his competition do understand that the gov’t are coming after them too and they should circle the wagons a little more.
Savage is a genius in some ways but an idiot at human relations. You do not attract people to support you with childish insults and name calling.
How would any of you Savage sycophants like being called a hemorrhoid with ears?
He’s a Panderer with Bi Polar disease.
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