He told the crank caller to drop dead 3 times. Choke on sausage, get trichinosis, and get AIDS. Is AIDS a politically protected disease? It's better to choke to death (asphyxiation) or to die from parasites?
He did not inleash a torrent of profanity at the caller even though he believed himself to be off the air. The caller certainly was not harmed by the insult; he went bragging on his blog about getting Mike fired.
While some early reports identified the caller as a gay man, that does not seem to be the case. Calling the "gay" caller a "sodomite" would have been enough to get him fired in this PC climate.
Ironically, as I searched the web for the name of the caller and his admission of making a prank call (and not being gay), I found numerous blogs that cheered Mike's firing. One of the posters even called Michael Savage a "retard". So much for consistancy on compasion, feelings, and health issues from the left.
By the way, your tax dollars pay Nina Totenberg at NPR. She wished that Jesse Helms or his grandkids would get AIDS. She's still on the air.
"If there is retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it". - July 8, 1995 Inside Washington
Meanwhile, the man who made the prank call is revealing what he told Savage. Only part of his statement was broadcast, but Savage said he heard all of it in his earpiece and was angrily reacting to it when he told the caller that he should get AIDS and die. Bob Foster, a Sacramento resident who goes by the handle "East Coast Bob," said he told Savage: "I need to suggest that DON and MIKE take your show so you can go to the dentist because you teeth are real bad."Foster was referring to Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara, hosts of a syndicated radio talk show.
Foster has gotten a huge response to his MSNBC prank through e-mails people have sent to his EastCoastBob.com Web site. He said the e-mails are "about 20-1 positive."
Foster's site boasts of a number of hoaxes he's pulled on local and national shows. The site includes clips of him faking his reaction to an earthquake on Fox News. But Foster said he's never got more reaction than from the Savage hoax.
The prankster added that he doesn't buy Savage's explanation that he thought his outburst would be cut off the air and he doesn't believe Savage's apology was genuine.
"He was sorry it got over the air, not sorry for what he said," Foster said.
Foster called in after Savage asked for viewers to respond with airline horror stories. After launching into a seemingly legitimate story about someone smoking in a plane's lavatory, Foster then slipped in the line about Savage's teeth.
Savage shot back asking Foster if he is a Sodomite. Foster answered that he was and Savage responded that Foster should get AIDS and die.
For the record, Foster said he's not gay.
So a troll calls a news program and fakes witness testimony about a tragic earthquake and it's "funny" or admirable. He gets told to drop dead and it is a national outrage.
Perhaps you need to find a kinder gentler conservative web forum than FR. While we do not wish AIDS on trolls who post on FR, we do ZOT them and offer many an insult. I take it from your earlier post that you do not approve of such actions here.