For some reason I heard about 5 minutes of Michael Savage this evening

[Orrex]

Wasn't really on purpose, but once I heard his smug, hateful voice I simply had to listen for a bit.

Here's the basic shtick from the segment that I caught:

1. Read a headline hinting at some dire event or consequence, but give no context or perspective.
2. Sneeringly blame it on Obama

Like so:

"Man dies while waiting in ambulance because hospital is too full. Thanks, President Obama."

or

"Gas price inch higher as Memorial Day approaches. Way to go, Mr. President."

or

"College degrees worth less today than ten years ago. Take a bow, Mr. President. Take a bow."


If I were the kind of uncritical mouth-breather who deliberately listened to Savage's spew, I imagine I'd draw a direct line between President Obama and The Dire Event, even though (and especially because) Savage doesn't actually give any support for that conclusion. He simply reads these blurbs in no obvious order and attributes them to Obama through some weirdo association never actually made clear.

Savage is quick to tout his own credentials, of course, and he's very fond of the obscure reference and ten-dollar word, but that doesn't mean that his nonsense is anything but nonsense.


But try telling that to his avid listeners...

[NYC_SKP]

1. Like's to hear himself rant, think's he's funny, has a huge chip on his shoulder over...

...having missed some opportunity in university.

And he's a monumental asshole.

[Cleita]

2. He's so awful, he makes Rush Limbaugh seem reasonable

in comparison.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. I was listening to a few minutes of the Neal Boortz show

and he was complaining about a bunch of Michael Savage's listeners flooding his show with abusive comments and outrage over him not talking about Savage being banned from traveling the UK and because he refused to address the subject fast enough for them, he decided not to bring it up at all. When you're too unhinged for Neal Boortz, I can't imagine how bad Savage's listeners must actually be. Actually, you'd have to be pretty unhinged to listen to Savage for more than a few minutes. :puke:

What you're basically talking about is the same damned thing that Fox News and every hate radio host says: Something "bad" happens and it's somehow invariably the fault of President Obama, the Democratic Party, etc.............:eyes:

[mmonk]

4. I'm sorry.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Republicans support S&M, thanks Michael

[Capitalocracy]

6. Well, looks like it didn't take you long to crack his code.

I haven't listened to much Savage... but he appears to be one of the craziest among the crazies and overtly calling for violence.