Politics as Blood Sport: Michael Savage Back on the Air in Bay Area

Mike In Kokomo - January 26th, 2010 at 1:11 am

Not a fan…but good for him.

DanielTUSA - January 26th, 2010 at 1:12 am

Savage has some good political instincts but he is afflicted with the same narcissim our president has.

LaughOutLoud - January 26th, 2010 at 1:22 am

I read his book on Poltical Animals and it was childish, imature and stupid …After that I never listened.to "WeinerNation" again……Hey, Mark Levin is on, anyway…

Cowboy Logic - January 26th, 2010 at 1:49 am

Although not a huge fan, the man is intelligent, and i respect him for that. Perhaps it is his northeast Yankee drone that turns me off.

Savaged - January 26th, 2010 at 1:50 am

Mark who?, Never heard of him. (or anybody that doesn't even show up on Arbitron beyond 50 miles from their home station)
I love the Blood Sport title.

Lucky Station. They'll be FLOODED with advertisers who jumped KSTE's ship.

UConn Blue - January 26th, 2010 at 1:59 am

So Air America goes down the tubes for good and Savage gets back on in San Fran??!? Certainly not a "change" the liberals were "hoping" for!! LOL

RightWingStuff - January 26th, 2010 at 2:13 am

Back in the belly of the Liberal Beast.
Whatchout SanFransicko.

http://RightWingStuff.com

RightWingStuff - January 26th, 2010 at 2:13 am

Back in the belly of the Liberal Beast.
Whatchout SanFransicko.

http://RightWingStuff.com

john - January 26th, 2010 at 2:19 am

The more free speech we have the better!

The Omission of Edwards admission about his emission was a media transgression.

The media pouts because it's out they have a snout to try and route conservatives.

There's a lie and it comes from the media high about Obama distribution pie in the sky.

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ALLAMERICAN - January 26th, 2010 at 2:23 am

Whether you like him or not Doc Savage loves America and hates her enemies Foreign or Domestic. He puts his money where his mouth is and doesn't sugar coat his opinions.You know where he stands and he gives as good as he gets. He's well aware that politics is a Blood-Sport. He's OK in my book.

Laura - January 26th, 2010 at 2:24 am

Savage is a patriotic conservative but unfortunately also a self-promoting narcissist with delusions of grandeur. Anyone who would put down other patriotic American talk show hosts (today's Sons of Liberty) needs to realize that they are inflicting DAMAGE on the cause they claim to hold dear and repent – Join the army and fight WITH with your brothers or find an island somewhere and start your own country – where you can be recognized and admired uniquely for the superior specimen of humanity that you think you are.
Sorry I was raised by a malignant narcissist and I find the odor repugnant – even tho in some ways he is lovable at time. Over all he is deficit to the cause of rebuilding a rational united republic.

Cowboy Logic - January 26th, 2010 at 2:24 am

Loved your little ditty, especially about Edwards, it was quite witty.

Charliemax - January 26th, 2010 at 2:24 am

Savage is great, unless he's talking about himself. He has a great utube piece on truth. He knows a lot of history, religion, politics and culture. I wonder if he thought anything was going on all the while he was blabbing about Banned in Britain. He was fantastic during the immigration fight against McCain-Kennedy and he is keenly aware of the war Islam is waging against us. Let's not forget the war the communiists are waging against us. Savage is definitely worth listening to.

Laura - January 26th, 2010 at 2:27 am

Find Mark Levine!!! classic Book – "Liberty and Tyranny" MUST read!!

cyclonaut - January 26th, 2010 at 3:29 am

Savage has a shtick unlike any i've seen before. i'm not a fan of it, but if i stumble on one of his high octane screaming episodes, i gotta laugh. he's definitely a very intelligent man, but due to the wacky delivery he loses more than he gains. good luck to him and maybe he'll get the meds right some day.

stang289 - January 26th, 2010 at 4:03 am

savage is the best ! way to go SAVAGE NATION !

cornpone - January 26th, 2010 at 4:16 am

Ditto, Charliemax,………….Savage can be so hum-drum at times I can't bear to listen,……BUT…………
in a knock down drag out barroom brawl fight, there is none better, or more valuable to the conserva-
tive cause. His range of interests & education is unbelievable. I believe his genius is grossly under-
used & misunderstood by most conservatives. After 9-11 he was on top, & out in front of everyone
on radio & tv. At that time I could catch his show in the morning on one station, & another in the after-
noon. I listened to all six hours, he was disseminating so much info I could barely absorb it. I've had
nothing but the utmost respect for him since then.

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Jettboy - January 26th, 2010 at 4:49 am

I don't like him. However, him having a radio gig after the liberal PC groups kicked him off the radio for something a black comedian would have gotten away with is great news. Slowly . . . oh so slowly . . . sanity may be returning to the U.S. Hopefully 2010 will be a great year and not a big letdown.

Motleycroo - January 26th, 2010 at 5:11 am

Savage is like the talk radio version of Dave Letterman. Just cranky, old and bitter, but he can be genuinely entertaining when he wants to be. He walks a fine line between being a wise, mature sage and the old coot at the park who yells at the squirrels. When he's on fire and on point, there's nobody better. The other guys in talk radio could learn a thing or two about having some passion about something other than democrat = bad, republican = good.

Kevin Smith - January 26th, 2010 at 5:52 am

Sweet. I just wish they'd bring him back to Wichita. Anyone think he'll back off his abrasive style. I hope not. http://www.rightwingagenda.blogspot.com

CthragSardius - January 26th, 2010 at 8:05 am

Savage was angry before it was cool to be angry. I prefer Levin myself but Savage makes West Coast loons wet themselves and gnash and foam, and that can't be all bad.

flappdoodle - January 26th, 2010 at 8:15 am

I prefer almost any other talkshow host, but defend his right to speak. I do think he does us more harm than good.

badcrow - January 26th, 2010 at 9:13 am

Savage is mercurial and bombastic; at times maudlin or corny, eminently knowledgable, disractingly independent. He is one of the founding fathers of conservative talk. He's equally as hard on Republicans as he is on the commucrats. A huge supporter of the military, often supporting our soldiers with his own money. He's also big on police. Say what you will, and yes he can go on a bit about himself, but he is consistently the most entertaining of the bunch. And when he's firing on all cylinders–he may well be the best. What puts him over the top is that broadcasts from the belly of the liberal beast.–San Freaksicko. He is constantly under assault on all side from interest groups, lawsuits, protests, boycotts and threats of violence and has never, backed down. I wish more of his peers would come out in support of lifting the British ban–and expose the American Dems who pushed it through…But then again, Savage has always "rode alone."

duh_swami - January 26th, 2010 at 1:26 am

Any American who gets banned from Britain can't be all bad…

RonaldWR - January 26th, 2010 at 10:30 am

I'm just happy he drives Liberals banana's. I know, I know, I am petty. Don't always agree with him and actually do prefer Mark Levin. Still, love the fact that we do have the option to tune in if we want too.

SteelWheel - January 26th, 2010 at 11:08 am

Does anyone remember Savage's incredibly short run on (yes) MSNBC as a once-a-week host? I believe he lasted for all of three weeks, before he managed to insult a caller with some typically Savage-ish mean-spiritied name-calling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAA2KxgqVvk

Needless to say, MSNBC canned him immediately. I have no doubt that Fox or CNN would have done the same. The part that I find of interest is that I believe that neither Fox nor CNN would ever have put him on their air in the first place. This whole incident says more about MSNBC that it does about Savage. I can just picture the meeting where the MSNBC execs came up with this lame-brained idea: "Hey, you know Fox is beating our brains in with those crazy conservatives. You know what we need? We need one of those crazy conservatives too. Let's see, who can we get? Limbaugh? No, not available. Hannity? No, he's with Fox. I know, let's get this guy Savage. Doesn't really matter anyway, right. I mean, all these crazy conservatives are interchangeable, anyway, right? They're all just f—in' crazy."

There is a unique qualitative difference between Savage and Limbaugh/Hannity/Hewitt/Beck et al. Savage (or at least his public persona) is that of a mean-spirited hate-monger. All the other big names in conservative talk radio are generally friendly and gracious with their callers, and actively solicit callers with opposing points of view. Savage just uses his callers as piñatas.

Savage on MSNBC just shows how hopelessly out of touch the people over there are.

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ReaderRedux - January 26th, 2010 at 4:24 am

Michael Savage is the Anti-PoliticalCorrectedness. Distinctive broadcaster and, as mentioned above, well worth a listen.

Scott-n-Texas - January 26th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

I used to listen to Savage before I discovered Mark Levin. Savage is too hot-headed, and he tends to go off the deep end. With that said, I do believe of all radio personalities, he would be the most enjoyable one to meet and spend time with.

Scott-n-Texas - January 26th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

The top few Radio shows black balled Savage. I used to wonder why… but after a period of time I understand. Savage is counter productive. If people followed his lead he'd do much more damage than good. You got to see the big picture, Savage doesn't. For 8 years Savage ripped into Bush as much as any Lib. While I was against a number of Bush's moves, I still generally supported the guy. And I believe he's a good man, not deserving of the attacks of Savage.

fantum - January 26th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Savage is GREAT… in small doses.

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erp - January 26th, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Savage is tiresome because he's humorless, but he is knowledgeable and doesn't lie. He's tolerable in short doses.

Dhasselhoff - January 26th, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Levin is the hothead and he has a childish intellect.

Bohemond - January 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Savage goes too far. He's the one case that Lefties can point to, in attempted defense of Air America and MSNBC, and say "See! You do it too!" We've got Rush and Sean and Glenn and Ann and Laura and Mark and (sometimes) Bill- we don't need an opposite number to Ed Schultz.

(Yes, I do listen to him. My car radio is usually tuned to our AM talk station, and driving home from choir practice at night I wind up listening to Savage rant- unless there's a decent basketball game on.)

Dhasselhoff - January 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Because he bucks the trend and didn't drink the "Free Trade" Flavor-aide. Or the multicultural flavor-aide.

OGolly - January 26th, 2010 at 4:30 pm

Huh? Have you ever listened to him? Having personal convictions does *not* equal narcissism. Savage (whose opinions, I agree, are sometimes a bit extreme) exhibits little sign of narcissism.

Taqiyy. - January 26th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Dittoes erp and Bohemond, both of you.

I miss B-1 Bob Dornan. Now, that was the happy medium on radio, however short-lived, between anger and entertainment. He pissed off many in the "gay mafia" for telling truths about the Catholic seminaries. and the intentional infiltration thereof by the agenda-driven (and flesh-driven) folks in that movement. (when the rest of the MSM wanted us all to know that the problem was celibacy. tools.)

philosophe - January 26th, 2010 at 6:14 pm

Good points. I haven't listened to savage for awhile, but I used to. I believe he occasionally admitted to being an "entertainer." Not to say he doesn't sometimes make good points—including a number of instances where he was ahead of practically everone else.

the rifleman - January 26th, 2010 at 10:38 am

I find Dr Savage to be a conservative intellectual. Hes at his best when he plays Dr UnSavage, the commie Dr Savage(I wish hed do it more often). Savages biggest weakness is he needs to realize Limbaugh,Beck,Coulter, etc are on the same side as he is. Its the far left and Islam thats the enemy, not his competition.

Golly_G - January 26th, 2010 at 7:20 pm

Savage is very entertaining and enjoyable to listen to. Such provocative thinking does attract attention and because of that people feel compelled to state up front "they don't agree with all of it" well duh…..since when is it assumed people agree with everything just because they are listening?

Savage is entertainment 1st and politics 2nd. I like it that way. He is also as rich a character as anyone in entertainment, let alone radio history. Even if half of his act is a put on, which it seems to be at times.

Taqiyy. - January 26th, 2010 at 7:39 pm

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Thing is, I like the guy, and would LOVE to chill over a beer or three with the man.

Trouble is, on the air he seldom acknowledges the correct-ness or originality or any other quality of any other living person in the broad field of communications, be it authors, broadcasters, bloggers, or speakers. Not only this, but he even denigrates them, quite visciously, when, as you said, they are ON OUR SIDE.

Makes you think of the angry conspiracy threory guy (everyone's known one) who thinks "I'm the ONE GUY who has it all figured out. Everyone else is a either a charlatan or a sheep, and unworthy of notice."

In fact, (damn! I'm good) that almost sounds like it could be a quote.

Taqiyy. - January 26th, 2010 at 7:41 pm

Can you imagine Savage participating in a discussion panel?? With actual other people?

LOL I am trying. Nope. Can't imagine it.

Taqiyyotomist - January 26th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

Indeed. Wasn't it Pres. Bush who lied about Islam being a "noble religion", basically helping the M.Brotherhood and the Umma with both the taqiyya and the da'wa all at once, free of charge?

He needed ripping into for that, badly.

ALT - January 26th, 2010 at 7:50 pm

Savage is all schitck. Whatever intelligent he might have to say gets lost in his "Angry White Man" routine. I resent his "I'm the only one who knows what's REALLY happening in the world" attitude. Also, he acts like he doesn't care if anyone listens to his show…then never misses the opportunity to slam other conservative broadcasters. It's like listening to a sad descent into madness. In my market, he comes on against Hugh Hewitt. No Contest, Hugh wins every time! Alternatively, if I'm feeling angry at the world, I can listen to Mark Levin. If I feel contemplative, I listen to Catholic radio. Or Baseball, or Hockey, or Business, OR reruns of Laura Ingraham. Savage is so far down on my list of people to listen to that he does not register.

All that being said, I'm happy he is on in San Francisco, driving those loons crazy!

Xanthippe - January 26th, 2010 at 10:12 pm

Michael Savage makes me cringe. I can't stand listening to him because of his vitriolic mean spirit, even though we share many of the same opinions.

He does more harm than good.

I won't be tuning in.

Cliff Crosthwaite - February 8th, 2010 at 10:02 am

I have been a reader for a long while, but this is my first time as a commenter. I just wanted to let you know that this has been / is my favorite post of yours! Keep up the good work and I’ll keep on coming back.

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