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Yeah, Savage is, well, ..... sometimes he bothers me. Not that he keeps calling people names (what's a shmendrik?), but that, whether for-real or as part of an "on-air persona" act, he keeps losing his temper and saying really, um, "intemperate" things about "what should happen to people". "Psychological nudity", indeed. I think eventually he's going to say something that will get him yanked off the air, like so many of these morning-show yocks who make their reps dancing on a tightrope and then eventually get around to uttering some kind of career-ending closeout line.

But the point is, Doctor Savage has something to say -- and he says it. And it isn't for us to be picky, picky, picky about hearing exactly what we want to hear about all the time, and complaining up and down about this one and that one because they bring in topics we don't care about: "If that guy says 'Arkancide' one more time, I'm gonna scream!" Or, "Oh, God, not another 'musical moment' -- why are we supposed to care about [fill in the blank] ?!"

I think our thread poster has the misconception that political speech exists for its entertainment value to him. That's a misconception understandable in a recovering liberal, but it's a badly-founded way to think about other people's personal liberties and the ways they exercise them, anyway.