MSNBC fires Savage after anti-gay remarks

Associated Press ^ | Jul. 7, 2003 01:00 PM

[sakic]

NEW YORK - MSNBC on Monday fired Michael Savage for anti-gay comments.

The popular radio talk show host who did a weekend TV show for the cable channel referred to an unidentified caller to his show Saturday as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die."

[paulklenk]

Sorry, Jim, I meant to ping you to post 559.

[concerned about politics]

Either we behave like disgusting, uncivilized pigs, or we support homosexuality?

Um....aren't they all the same? Is there suppose to be an option here?

[sonofron]

". You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it"

BWAHAHAHA!! ROFLMAO!! *wiping tears away*

[Lijahsbubbe]

Supposing he was fired for saying to a liberal Jewish caller something to the effect of "Why don't you crawl into an oven and die?" Would you be as passionate in his defense?

You equate being Jewish to a man sticking his penis in another mans anus?

[concerned about politics]

I'll keep listening. I love his show.

Never listened to him before today, but his ratings just went up by 4 more people tonight. Not bad!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Huh? You got me wrong. The last time I took my kids to Disneyland, we were in the Dumbo ride and two hairy overweight 50 year old men were tonguing and groping each other, and warmly showing love for each other. My daughter started to vomit and my boy thought it was part of the show or something. I told them this was real and this is just part of their life style, and we should all respect that.

I've hadenuf of disrespect for somomites. Besides they may even vote Republican.

[concerned about politics]

You equate being Jewish to a man sticking his penis in another mans anus?

LOL! Good one!

[666beast]

FAR from being any kind of Einstein, admittedly.

Just sick of all the cowardly conservatives and the get-along, go-along Mr. Milquetoasts that permeate the Republican party and pander to all. It doesn't work.

I'm not bothered though. I realize that people on Freerepublic who type from some undisclosed location are not always going to be who they say they are.

For all the REAL conservatives, take all freeper posts with a grain of salt. The ones who don't get Savage's back will not get yours either. These cowards don't have principles nor integrity and are not worth any of your energy unless you want to burn some off by running circles around them.

It's pretty pathetic when people just come on here to flame Savage and REAL conservatives have to engage in games of one-upsmanship and pissing contests with lying posters who don't even have anything worthwhile to say. I wonder if they have anything worthwhile to do???

Whatever the case may be, flame on!

FreeRepublic is being hijacked by dishonest liberals.

[faithincowboys]

I wonder if the Left will take up his cause, like they took up the Dixie Chicks.

[concerned about politics]

. Besides they may even vote Republican.

Nah. They'd lie about it.

[sinkspur]

I'm hoping Fox picks up Savage's show and puts him on the air.

Roger Ailes wouldn't touch Savage, especially now.

The only time I watched his TV show, it was rambling, stumbling, he had dead air with his guests, and--as he usually does--he spent half the show talking about himself.

Nobody cares about Michael Savage's psychoses. They want an interesting show, fast-moving, and provocative.

And they don't want to see people insulted on television.

[rmlew]

Weiner/Savage hates liberals, not Jews.
Given his history, he obviously has issues. However, he is no self-hating Jew.

[Coleus]

Romans I, they killed themselves off with diseases. God let them. He helped them do it!>>>

[24] In order to expose the depth of humanity's rebellion against the Creator, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts. Instead of curbing people's evil interests, God abandoned them to self-indulgence, thereby removing the facade of apparent conformity to the divine will. Subsequently Paul will show that the Mosaic law produces the same effect; Romans 5:20; 7:13-24. The divine judgment expressed here is related to the theme of hardness of heart described in Romans 9:17-18.

[paulklenk]

Yes, there's supposed to be an option. Let me explain it to the hard of thinking:

It's one thing to denounce homosexuality and the gay activists' agenda -- which I do unapologetically. It's another thing to degrade oneself making the remarks Savage did. And celebrating those remarks in this forum is an insult to decent conservatives.

There is a time for drawing a line between good and bad behavior. This is one of those times.

[rockfish59]

I support Savage.

From what he just said, it was MSN's fault for airing the call as he understood they weren't on the air at that moment. (I'd have chewed the bastard out myself over the phone). I'll believe Savage WAY before any spin put out by MSN (More Snotty Nonsense)

Most of the naysayers here on FR are whining most likely because he calls himself an independant!

Queers can't handle the truth!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I used to listen to him in the car. Now I have Savage on the radio and will catch O'Reilly and H&C on the later repeats.

BTW some stations have dropped his show. His show is carried on non Clear Channel stations in most all markets. He's working with Clear Channel in those areas where they dropped him. He hasn't said but I think it's an all or nothing deal. Meaning he would have to change stations in almost all markets if he went to CC. Wouldn't be a bad move.

[paulklenk]

I would support your explaining to your kids that what there were doing is wrong. I would not support teaching them to taunt them, berate them, or wish they were dead.

I'm sorry you're too stupid to see the difference.

[Celantro]

I never cared for the misuse of the word "gay" and the homosexual community never liked the word homosexual, because it too accurately described what they are, so why not "sodomites"? That very clearly describes what male homosexuals are.

[Jonez712]

This is a lot of BS. Unfortunately, I missed his show on Saturday, but he explained it in great detail today on his radio show. When he heard that the guy was a crank caller, he signalled to have him cut off, and he went off the air, but Savage could still hear him in his earpiece. The guy was still attacking him, so he responded like any of us would have if someone was personally insulting us. He thought they were off the air, although apparently they weren't.

Michael Savage is a great man and it's people like him who can save America from the liberal assault on our borders, language, and culture.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Oh, on our way to Fantasyland I explained to them that it's really not that unusual, and gave them examples of animals and told them baboons do this kind of thing all time.