Re: Michael Savage

[Dan.Strassberg@att.net]

I agree that the name calling gets old quite early on. It's the most obvious 
reason to question Savage's credibility. I think that my initial reaction, 
based on the constant raving and the imprecations to nuke Saddam ("I can't 
understand what we're waiting for.") was pretty typical--that the guy is at 
least one hors d'oeuvre short of a cocktail party. But I found him absolutely 
mesmerizing.

Considering his academic credentials (he has a PhD--I think in Nutrition), I 
decided that he knew exactly what would sell and had decided to deliver it. In 
other words, the whole show is nothing BUT a big act. Then I decided that the 
name calling indicated the kind of single-digit-IQ listeners he was pandering 
to. So in the span of less than two months, I went from loathing him, to still 
loathing him but being drawn to him like a moth to a flame, to just straight 
loathing him all over again. I no longer listen.

I also think that they guy is potentially dangerous. If you've ever heard any 
recordings of Adolph Hitler's speeches (they're in German, of course, and I 
don't understand German, but I have a feeling that what Hitler said is no more 
off the wall than what Savage says), Savage seems to have Hitler's intonation 
and tempo down cold. I can almost hear Savage saying to himself, "if this 
worked so well in Germany 70 years ago, why won't it work equally well in the 
US today?" The scariest part is that that line of thinking seems to be correct.

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> Seems like this is what sells.  Unfortunate. 
> 
> The guy also sounds so immature with his name calling. Once in a while, 
> name calling is fine...but when everybody and dog you don't like gets a 
> little derisive nickname it gets overbearing.