Originally posted by: rbloedow
Actually, he's an independantI like listening to him, I agree with him on a lot of his opinions, although last night I didn't know what in the hell he was on. I agree that Bush's new immigrant plan REALLY blows, but I don't agree with his invention talk.
Yea, he's a little nutty, but if he wasn't he'd just be another boring person. He gives me a good laugh evertime I listen, and his ideas on borders, language, and culture are right on the money.
Originally posted by: ShinKen
What is worse to me are the people who listen to people like Savage (be they republican, independent, democrat, etc) and all of their opinions are just replayings of what they hear on these talk shows. It is like some people can not think for themselves and form their own opinions. Really, how can you agree with someone 100% of the time?
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
His original name was Michael Weiner and he appears to be a self hating Jew, and possibly an anti-semitic Jew.
An article to be published in the August 2003 issue of FAIR's magazine Extra! documents numerous cases where Savage rails against the Jewishness of his political opponents:
Remarking that the "degenerate" Jerry Springer uses his "hooked nose" to make a living from talk shows.
Singling out progressives with Jewish-sounding names for mockery with an exaggerated New York accent; Savage even rails against an imaginary ACLU lawyer named "Mark Nobodyberg."
Routinely using Jewish ethnic references when criticizing Jewish public figures; Sen. Joe Lieberman is "throwing his bagel into the ring," Madeleine Albright was given a "Bat Mitzvah party" by North Korea, senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are "yentas" and Dustin Hoffman talks like he has "matzah" in his mouth.
Contrasting George W. Bush's "high-powered WASPy lawyers" (12/10/03) with Al Gore's "curly-haired boys from NYU" (12/24/02): "I don't like little guys from NYU with big glasses.... You know what I'm saying?"
Savage himself was born into a Jewish family (and originally named Michael Weiner), but on-air and elsewhere, "his Jewish upbringing is strictly taboo," according to a Salon profile (3/5/03). Mark Potok, the editor of the Southern Poverty Law Center?s Intelligence Report, told Extra!, "Whatever is in his head, he clearly makes statements that are anti-Semitic.... Savage operates in a milieu where it pays to be provocative and where his messages can reach Christian nationalists and anti-Semites."
