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MSNBC fires a conservative blowhole!
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MSNBC fires Savage on anti-gay remarks
DAVID BAUDER
Associated Press
NEW YORK - MSNBC on Monday fired Michael Savage for anti-gay comments.
The popular radio talk show host who did a weekend TV show for the cable channel referred to an unidentified caller to his show Saturday as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die."
"His comments were extremely inappropriate and the decision was an easy one," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said.
There was no immediate comment from Savage, according to a spokesman at his office in California.
The brash, tough-talking Savage is one of radio's hottest jocks. His Paul Revere Society advocates closing borders, deporting illegal immigrants, mandating health tests for immigrants and eliminating entitlement programs.
The televised version of "The Savage Nation" began March 8 despite the protests of such advocacy groups as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Aired at 5 p.m. EDT Saturday, Savage didn't translate into a television hit. He increased the ratings for the time slot marginally, according to MSNBC.
The incident that resulted in his firing began innocently enough. Savage was taking viewer phone calls about airline horror stories, and a male caller began talking about smoking in the bathroom.
"Half an hour into the flight, I need to suggest that Don and Mike take your ..." the caller said, before he was cut off and his words became unintelligible.
"So you're one of those sodomists. Are you a sodomite?" Savage asked.
The caller replied: "Yes, I am."
"Oh, you're one of the sodomites," Savage said. "You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down, you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it."
He asked for another phone caller who "didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today."
These bums "mean nothing to me," he said.
GLAAD spokeswoman Cathy Renna said of Savage's firing: "It's about time.
"This latest attack made the clearest case for why Savage has no place on any reputable news network. MSNBC witnessed firsthand exactly the kind of verbal assaults GLAAD's been warning them about for the past five months, and to their credit, they backed up their promises to hold Savage accountable."
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July 7, 2003, 21:03
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I'm suprised he lasted as long as he did.
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July 7, 2003, 21:05
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Good news 
Now, when will it be O'Reilly's and Limbaugh's turn ? 
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July 7, 2003, 21:07
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Couldn't happen to a nicer jackass.
OTOH, MSNBC is decidedly timid when it comes to controversy of any kind.
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July 7, 2003, 21:08
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Originally posted by Spiffor
Now, when will it be O'Reilly's and Limbaugh's turn ?
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O'Reilly doesn't do that, at least not on his Fox TV show. I haven't listened either his or Limbaugh's radio show.
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July 7, 2003, 21:08
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MSNBC is such a horrible news network.
I can't explain how they lasted this long.
Who's that Scarborough guy?
Why have they gone conservative?
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July 7, 2003, 21:09
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Fantastic. Savage is...well, appropriately named. He's a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal.
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July 7, 2003, 21:12
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Originally posted by Dissident
Who's that Scarborough guy?
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The financiers are probably asking the same question 
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Why have they gone conservative?
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To cash in on the Fox News trend.
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July 7, 2003, 21:17
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I don't mind O'Reilly all that much. He's just on Fox, and most intelligent people realize it's the GOP news station. Scarborough isn't too bad either... Savage is in his own class of Nazi-style blowhole. The other guys are harmless crackpots.
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July 7, 2003, 21:28
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Hmm...if he was a liberal wouldn't he be screaming "censorship"?
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July 7, 2003, 21:30
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Originally posted by Berzerker
Hmm...if he was a liberal wouldn't he be screaming "censorship"?
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A liberal is less likely to wish the death of the show's watchers.
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July 7, 2003, 21:32
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yeah, but liberals don't say stupid things like that
well I take that back. Liberals say stupid things all the time- that is their nature. But they don't make inflammatory remarks about gays.
gays are a protected class of people ya know  . They can't handle anyone saying anything bad about them, so they insist those people be fired.
I was just kidding above. Please don't take that as an anti-gay remark. You could say I love gays, and want to have sex with gay women. Please don't fire me from Apolyton 
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July 7, 2003, 21:32
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Originally posted by Berzerker
Hmm...if he was a liberal wouldn't he be screaming "censorship"?
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Just wait, I'm sure he will. Right-wingers love to cry censorship when people call them on spewing their bile.
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July 7, 2003, 21:41
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to MSNBC. It had no choice really, given the atrociousness of Savage's words.
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July 7, 2003, 21:45
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The question is, why did they hire him in the first place? Have they not heard his radio show? He says similar things on that. They had to know it would come out eventually.
What does that say about MSNBC?
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July 7, 2003, 21:48
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They are desperate for ratings.
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July 7, 2003, 22:07
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and want to have sex with gay women. Please don't fire me from Apolyton
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July 7, 2003, 22:14
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You could say I love gays, and want to have sex with gay women. Please don't fire me from Apolyton
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But they wouldn't want to have sex with you. Although if you're THAT enamoured with the idea, there is this operation ... 
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July 7, 2003, 22:15
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I'd rather have sex with bisexual women.... YEAH, THAT'S THE TICKET!
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July 7, 2003, 22:22
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How come every discussion in ACS tends to turn into a picture thread about 'bisexual' women who look sexually attractive to most males?
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July 7, 2003, 22:27
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Puberty?
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July 7, 2003, 22:35
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what is ACS?
yes puberty. I've just entered that stage in my life. I developed slowly.
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July 7, 2003, 22:42
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Apolyton
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Surely you've been there once or twice?
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July 7, 2003, 22:44
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TMM has it dead on - MSNBC is afraid of any controversy, which is why it will always remain nth in a Universe of N cable news outlets.
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July 7, 2003, 22:44
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Savage makes Ann Coulter look like DinoDoc.
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July 7, 2003, 22:46
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what is ACS?
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Apolyton Civilization Site
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July 7, 2003, 22:49
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Originally posted by Guynemer
Savage makes Ann Coulter look like DinoDoc.
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You mean that Ann Coulter  now looks like DinoDoc  ? 
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July 7, 2003, 23:06
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msnbc fired savage, which is good for msnbc.
in the meantime, i've lost more respect for hannity because he seems to be buying into coulter's new book... which appears to seek a rehabilitation of mccarthy.
naturally, all the democrats who voted for war proved their treasonous nature by virtue of trying to hide it.
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"How come every discussion in ACS tends to turn into a picture thread about 'bisexual' women who look sexually attractive to most males?"
I believe you mean "every male".
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July 7, 2003, 23:08
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Okay, even I find that one hot.
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