Posted on 09/10/2009 4:00:57 PM PDT by Kevin in California
All I can say is this was a bad business decision. I just took KNEW off my preset stations.
Take a look at the comments...it tells the story!
Bye KNEW!
You know what my point was, don’t try to turn the tables on me, you have your own problem with ‘hating’ Savage with false premises.
I have mixed feelings about this. I richly doubt that John & Ken will fit the bill, but Savage did this to himself.
THE GOOD:
1. He’s original and funny
2. He can realllllly land a punch when he wants to (best example is probably against that fat slob lefty child molesting church hater who pee’d in Mikes fedora, from KGO)
3. He’s good at mixing politics with personal vignettes
4. He has a great eye for detail, image, and poetry
5. Extremely good knack for adopting leftist tactics, then USING it on them with relish (almost none of our guys do this...maybe Ann Coulter and a few others)
6. Integrates fun into political attack at every opportunity
7. Can quickly recognize and dispose of listener calls that are going nowhere
8. Effectively avoids some popular show killers (”HR 232.4 has moved from special cabinet session into BLAH BLAH BLAH —give some thought to putting a call to the WH switchboard at 1-800 BLAH BLAH BLAH.......”)
THE BAD:
1. He loves the idea that he’s being BETRAYED —undertakes actions that turn this into self-fulfilling prophecy
2. Admonishes competitors about taking his ideas, all while doing exactly that to others
3. Laments bad workplace treatment at the hands of others (antique store, UC Berkeley, Food & Beverage companies, NY social services), then turns around and VERY RICHLY hands this over to others, often without ANY reason at all.
4. Calls for unswerving loyalty from listeners, then short-changes them with clumsily pre-recorded interviews
5. Lifts up his fans to the heavens (I have the smartest audience in talk radio), then grinds them into the dirt (You probably didn’t know that...)
6. Boasts of robust scientific knowledge, only to later bungle much of the basics
7. Gives off occasional signs that selling something is undignified (a staple or leftists and academics in general)
8. Politically unreliable (often takes exactly the opposite political position on some topic the next day, or even the next hour)
9. Might not even really be a conservative
10. Shuns any critique however constructive as a personal slight by some NOTHING WORM IN HIS MOTHER’S BASEMENT BANGING AWAY ON A KEYBOARD
PS - SCREW YOU MIKE, YOU SCUMBAG, YOU’RE NOT HALF THE MAN RUSS IS AND YOU FRIGGING **KNOW** IT
Really? What evidence do you have to make that false claim against me. Using a poor argument to make your point doesn’t lend well to convincing anyone of your point. Just ask Obozo about that.
Michael Savage is a nutjob. Stations that carry him are making a poor business decision. Understand?
Michael Savage called the Oil Industry in America a “monopoly”.
Savage is always saying dumb things.
I liked Michael Savage’s show at first, but after a while it became very wearing. A one-note samba. And I didn’t like his habit of savaging callers he disagreed with.
You have issues and I feel no need to try to make any 'points' with you concerning Savage because I already know you're a lost cause in that respect.
The man can be brilliant at times. But unfortunately, he is nothing but a con man, and a pr!ck as well. He plays the role of a disgruntled poor-me conservative on the radio that “everybody has it out for”, when who knows what he really is politically?
He may be a Lib — he donated serious money to Gov. Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) in his campaign for I think it was CA AG. Would a real conservative do that? Hell no.
Hmmmm. Me thinks you doth protest too much. So, tell me, which comment did I make where I stated I hate Savage? And, just who is it that you are referring to with your “your ilk” comment? Which snarky comment have I made on this post? The one where I stated I listened for 30 seconds and that was more than I could take? Which part was “snarky”? Perhaps the part about Savage’s claim that he’s the only one in the universe who is covering whatever topic he was referring to? Games? Oh, you mean the one your playing where you use the exact tactic you accuse others of in your snarky attacks against them? I’ll say this; you and Savage are two peas in a pod. You both make wild accusations against other people without any evidence while complaining about their tactics (which you then employ in our attacks). Pathetic.
You're a hateful individual, I stand by my observation, therefore imo you have no authority to try to lecture ANYONE on what 'bearing false witness' means. Good day!
Interesting that you continue to employ the same lame tactic despite being called on it. Hate Savage? Hardly. I don’t have enough time in my life to “hate” him or anyone else. Hate only saps energy I need for more important things. I do, however, call Savage on the banality of his program; on his egocentric personality; on his propensity to use sophistry to put down people who are head and shoulders above him. But, you may continue to enjoy your love fest of the man. That’s the beauty of living in the U.S. You have the right to be wrong.
Thank you, don't mind if I do, and may you someday learn to get over your hate fest of the man.
LOL you are funny. Thanks for the entertainment. That is something Savage cannot provide.
I suspect station program directors have also taken notice so I presume the Savage share of the radio market is in decline and at this point having already announced his desire to hang it up, he likely could care less.
I’d suggest you get out more often if you believe Savage is entertainment. That is, of course, unless you find listening to a shrill narcissist entertaining.
Weiner did have a show on MSNBC. He was fired for telling a caller: “I hope you get AIDS and die.”
Savage is a narcissistic self-promoter who stabs his conservative radio compatriots in the back because they’re on the front lines of the fight getting all the glory.
Thanks for the suggestion, but considering where it’s coming from, no thanks, I’m doing just fine as is, and more than likely Savage will do fine after all is said and done. I’m not sure the same can be said for the likes of you and others like you.
Let’s see. Hmmmmm. Associate with a nutjob like Savage and his deluded minions or associate with people who have the intelligence to see through his schtick???? What to do, what to do?
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