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Michael Savage is the pseudonym of Dr. Michael Alan Weiner, Ph.D. (born March 31, 1942). Savage is a controversial independent American conservative talk radio host, author and political commentator. He holds masters degrees in medical botany and medical anthropology, and earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Epidemiology and Nutrition Science. As Michael Weiner, he has written a number of books on herbal medicine and homeopathy. As Michael Savage, he has written four New York Times bestsellers: The Savage Nation (2003), The Enemy Within (2004), Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder (2005) and The Political Zoo (2006). His nationally syndicated radio show The Savage Nation reaches more than 8 million listeners on 377 stations throughout the United States, ranking third in number of stations syndicated nationwide and third in nationwide audience behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. NewsMax.com Magazine's "Top 25 Talk Radio Host" list selected Savage as the fourth most influential host in the nation.

Biography and education

The Savage Nation

Michael Savage was born Michael Alan Weiner in the borough of the Bronx in New York City to a Russian Jewish family. He grew up in Queens and graduated from Jamaica High School, a public high school in New York City. His family was not wealthy and he worked odd jobs that include ice cream factory worker, busboy and lifeguard.

After high school, Savage attended and earned a bachelors degree from Queens College in education and sociology. He taught high school for several years in New York City. His first marriage in 1964 ended in divorce and he remarried after meeting his current wife in 1967. He then earned two masters degrees in ethnobotany and anthropology from the University of Hawaii. He then received a Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of California, Berkeley. According to Savage's book The Savage Nation and NewsMax's biography, Savage earned his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in epidemiology and nutrition sciences, but UC Berkeley records report his Ph.D. to be in nutritional ethnomedicine. His thesis was titled "Nutritional Ethnomedicine in Fiji". Savage spent many years researching botany in the South Pacific and has a background in alternative medicine.

In the early 1970s, Savage had liberal political views. Savage, then Michael Weiner, introduced himself to part of the literary scene in North Beach, San Francisco, California. He befriended and traveled with Beat generation poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Neoconservative scholar Stephen Schwartz, also an acquaintance of Savage from this time, reported that Savage once even posed naked in a photograph with Ginsberg while swimming in Hawaii and used the photograph as sort of a "calling card". Another acquaintance of Savage from this time was poet and author Neeli Cherkovski who recalls that Weiner had dreamed of becoming a stand-up comic in the mold of Lenny Bruce.

Around 1980 the conservative political views for which Michael Savage is known today became apparent. An acquaintance of Savage, Dr. Robert Cathcart, says that in his private conversations with Savage during this time, he knew Savage to have conservative political views. Stephen Schwartz stated that Michael Savage became alienated from the North Beach scene in the early eighties, to the point of carrying a gun and yelling at former friends and acquaintances when he encountered them. When Savage was asked about his shift in politics and other views, he replied "I was once a child; I am now a man".

In 1994, Savage began his talk radio career working as a fill-in on the San Francisco's news/talk radio station KGO. In 1996 he applied to be a dean at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism but was not granted an interview due to lack of qualifications. Savage filed a discrimination lawsuit that was eventually dismissed. The position instead went to historian and China scholar Orville Schell. In 2000 the Talk Radio Network took his show and syndicated it nationally. After finding his place in radio, Savage and his former friends and acquaintances from the North Beach area of San Francisco have traded barbs. Savage now derides Ferlinghetti and calls Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookstore "that once-famous communist bookstore". Ferlinghetti claims that Weiner's "reincarnation" as Savage represents "total opportunism", the crowning achievement of someone who was "always looking to make a fast buck" and "always trying to think up new schemes to get famous". Regarding Ginsberg, Savage now attacks his "lifelong communism" and association with NAMBLA. Savage said "I looked at almost like a rabbinic figure, little did I know that he was the fucking devil". One of the letters allegedly written by Savage to Ginsberg describes an encounter with a black man some interpret as romantic. Savage claims the letter is part of a "smear campaign" by "gay fascists".

Radio

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Savage's radio show is known as the "Savage Nation"

Michael Savage's program is currently syndicated by Talk Radio Network, based in Oregon. In the 1990s, Michael Savage began his radio career on San Francisco's #1 news/talk radio station KGO as a fill-in host for the liberal Ray Taliaferro. Less than a year later he was given a weekday show on KGO's sister station KSFO. He chose his "nom de voix" in the Tonga Islands in the 1960s. "I stumbled upon the name of a shipwreck who was locally infamous - Charles Savage. His exploits were legendary," he said. "So the name was bouncing around in my head." At the time, his slogan was "To the right of Rush and to the left of God." On January 1, 1995, he was given his own show during the drive-time hours. The show quickly became a local hit. During his time at KSFO, Michael Savage soared to #1 in Arbitron ratings among both adult men and women over 18 during afternoon drivetime in San Francisco and became top talk host in his timeslot in Northern California. In 1999, he came to the attention of the Talk Radio Network.

On January 17, 2000, he started doing an additional two hours of radio which was broadcast nationally. For the next eight months, Savage would spend a total of five hours a day just talking. His national experiment was a success, and on September 21, 2000, he stopped doing separate shows, beginning a full three-hour national show. After one year, he was in 150 markets. By 2003, he was in over 200 markets.

In June 2003, he had a salary dispute with his flagship station KSFO which refused to renegotiate his contract. He was off the air for three weeks. On July 1, 2003 he began his show on a different station: KNEW in San Francisco. Since that dispute, he speaks badly of KSFO and of "Vanity" or "Pretty Boy" Sean Hannity, whose show replaced his on the station. Savage also speaks pejoratively when referring to talk radio hosts or individuals with whom he disagrees. (Hannity is affiliated with Citadel Communications' ABC Radio Networks).

As of 2005, Savage draws eight to ten million listeners per week, making his show the third most widely heard broadcast in the United States. Savage attributes his success in part to his listeners whom he considers "literate callers with intelligence, wit, and energy". He says he tries to make a show that has a "..hard edge combined with humor and education....Those who listen to me say they hear a bit of Plato, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Moses, Jesus and Frankenstein".

On July 19, 2006, Michael Savage officially became the #1 talk radio host in his timeslot, in New York City. This is the first time in his 12-year career that Savage has ranked #1 in his hometown. Savage now proclaims himself to be "The King of New York Radio".

However, in the world of talkradio, the #1 position can change quarterly as new ratings are published. In January 2007, Michael Savage had slipped to #2 in New York with a 3.4% share of the audience (the percentage of listeners who tune in versus the total number of people listening to a radio during any given quarter hour). (The #1 spot at this writing, according to the New York Daily News, belongs to rival Mark Levin with a 4.1% share.)

Michael Savage's fill-in guest hosts include former U.S. congressman "B-1" Bob Dornan, Rick Roberts, Peter Weisback and Douglas Urbanski (movie producer/manager of actor Gary Oldman.) Talk radio host Lars Larson was a former guest host.

Introduction and music

The signature musical introduction to The Savage Nation is the beginning of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" followed by an announcer saying "Warning: The Michael Savage Show contains adult language, adult content, psychological nudity. Listener discretion is advised". This is followed by Mötley Crüe's "Looks that Kill", and Metallica's "The Shortest Straw" to conclude the introduction.

For bumper music, Savage has used "Eye of the Beholder", "Frayed Ends of Sanity", "Holier Than Thou", "Jump in the Fire", "To Live is to Die", "Battery", "Blackened", "Sad But True", "Ain't My Bitch", "Fuel" and "The Shortest Straw" by Metallica, as well as "Du Hast" and "Tier" by Rammstein, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "Big Gun" by AC/DC and "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine.

While Savage has previously criticized rock n' roll culture on his program, he still claims to be a rock music fan. On his July 19, 2006 show, Savage said that he is a huge fan of the German group Rammstein, and that he often drives around at night blasting their music. When challenged by a caller to explain why he likes Rammstein, Savage said that they are "the only true form of poetry and music that reflect the real world nowadays". Savage played their music at length during that specific broadcast. Savage is also a fan of Dean Martin and similar crooner style music, which is played on his 'Rock and Roll Friday'.

MSNBC

Savage was hired by MSNBC president Erik Sorenson to do a one-hour show beginning March 8, 2003, despite Savage's previous slamming of the network in his book The Savage Nation, where he calls it "More Snotty Nonsense By Creeps" and calls anchor Ashleigh Banfield "the mind-slut with a big pair of glasses that they sent to Afghanistan...She looks like she went from porno into reporting." Reportedly, NBC anchor Tom Brokaw objected to hiring Savage, asking NBC executives, "Is this the sort of man who embodies the values of NBC?"

Four months later, on July 7, he was fired after remarks made in response to a caller, later identified as prank caller Bob Foster. Savage was doing an "Airline Horror Stories" piece, when Foster called in to his show to talk about undercover security guards smoking in the bathroom. His next words were, "half hour into the flight, I need to suggest that Don and Mike should take your show so you can go to the dentist because your teeth are really bad". The words after "should" were bleeped out by an MSNBC executive. Savage then asked if Foster was a "sodomite", to which the caller answered "yes". Savage then said to the caller:

"Oh, so you're one of those sodomites. 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 to do than to put me down, you piece of garbage, you got nothing better to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it. Get trichinosis. Now do we have another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today? Put another, put another sodomite on....no more calls? I don't care about these bums, they mean nothing to me. They're all sausages".

The show then cut to a video of two people grilling sausages to the tune of "The Marines' Hymn".

Personal views: Borders, Language, Culture

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The Enemy Within

Michael Savage calls himself an "independent-minded individualist" and says he "fits no stereotype". Savage criticizes "big government" and what he characterizes as liberal bias in the media, and champions the environment and animal rights. He believes there are three aspects that define a society: borders, language, and culture, and advocates a review of policy concerning those three areas. He founded The Paul Revere Society to "bring together Americans who actively seek to take back our borders, our language, and our traditional culture from the liberal left corroding our great nation." The society was co-founded in 1996 with his son Russell Weiner to combat illegal immigration. The organization boasts 4,000 members.

In 1998, Russ ran for a seat in the California legislature (State Assembly, District 6) on the platform of being a card-carrying Paul Revere Society member. His candidacy was endorsed by his father, mother, and one other person and he did not win office. On June 5, 2006, The Paul Revere Society was stripped of its tax-exempt status by the IRS.

Immigration

Savage states that America needs "only the strongest" immigration controls and borders to protect itself from illegal immigration which he says undermines national security and the economy. In March 2006 he said, "Clinton opened the door to Mexico, but Bush has taken it off its hinges" He also advocates English as the official language of the United States. In The Enemy Within, Savage compares earlier generations of immigrants to the United States who learned to speak English, with more recent immigrants, who he says are placated by the government because "they don't bother to learn English". He has also called for "an outright ban on Muslim immigration."

Savage says that whites are being erased from America and that people should be worried that Europeans are projected to become a minority. Savage does not believe that a non-white majority would treat a white minority as "fairly as non-whites are treated today", and that Americans should worry about the future for their grandchildren.

On April 11, 2006, Media Matters for America, a progressive group, reported that in his radio program of the previous day, Savage had described recent protesters in support of illegal immigrants as "vermin who are trying to dictate to us how we should run America" and added that feminism and homosexuality are "destroying America". Savage's reply in a following program was that "vermin" referred to "...the leadership behind them... and I have described to you who they are. They are the communist Marxist bloc of International ANSWER".

Culture

Savage says that American culture has always centered around a strong family life and Judeo-Christian ethics. He considers that failure to maintain this culture will result in the decline and disintegration of the United States and often discusses this on The Savage Nation.

Savage claims that he popularized the phrase "compassionate conservative". The slogan later became a pillar of George W. Bush's election campaign in 2000. Savage also frequently accuses the national political parties of sharing identical philosophies and not having any real differences, and he uses the coined terms "Republicrat and Democan" to describe their members. Savage claims to have popularized the term "Islamofascism", although it was used in 1990 by Malise Ruthven, before he used the term.

Savage has also advocated the reintroduction of the repealed Sedition Act, accusing mainstream media sources such as ABC, CBS and NBC of being "mouth pieces for the enemy". On the January 19, 2006 broadcast of his radio show, he called for the internment of roughly 380,000 radical fundamentalist Muslims for the length of the war on terror, comparing the action to measures taken by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He included Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy and all non-citizen Muslims in his list of those to arrest. In closing, Savage indicated that these statements were satirical when he said that people should not get ahead of themselves (with regards to just imprisoning everyone) and that Americans should deal with such things when the time comes.

On Nov 28, 2006 in his radio show while discussing Muslim protests against arrests of six Imam's at Minneapolis airport he said Muslims should be thankful their heads have not been chopped off and presented on silver platters which he says they deserve due to 9/11.

On March 28, 2006, Savage encouraged his listeners to burn Mexican flags to counter protests of pro-illegal-immigration groups during which American flags were burned while Mexican flags were waved.

Judaism

Though Savage is very discreet about his Jewish heritage, he is very vocal about atheist/secular Jews who he believes are causing damage to the traditional Jewish people through what he sees as liberal actions. For instance, Savage frequently criticizes Jewish activist George Soros for his liberalism and he says that Soros is hurting the image of the Jewish people. On June 12, 2006, Savage said that Soros should "shut mouth and understand the damage doing to this world and to the Jewish people", calling Soros among other things a "punk, lying, coward, satanist, backstabbing freak" and saying that people like Soros "brought about the Holocaust".

Savage has also criticized non-Jews for perceived anti-Semitism, including Mel Gibson and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. On May 15, 2006, Savage accused Carter of being a "Jew-hater through and through", called him a "war criminal", and compared him to Hitler.

Savage has also criticized former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon for withdrawing from certain lands that Israel had been occupying. Savage is supportive of an interventionist foreign policy favoring Israel.

On August 7, 2006 he said during his radio program: "That's why the department store dummy named Wolf Blitzer, a Jew who was born in Israel, will do the astonishing act of being the type that would stick Jewish children into a gas chamber to stay alive another day. He's probably the most despicable man in the media next to Larry King, who takes a close runner-up by the hair of a nose. The two of them together look like the type that would have pushed Jewish children into the oven to stay alive one more day to entertain the Nazis."

Views on religion

Although Savage is a Jew (and had a Bar Mitzvah for his son), he claims to be a Universalist. In a radio interview with Jerry Falwell on April 29, 2004, he opposed Falwell's view that people will go to hell if they do not believe in the doctrine that Jesus is the unique son of God. He refuses to believe that good people who do not accept Jesus will go to hell, while repentant, practicing Christians will go to heaven. Savage believes that religion is "a wheel" with God at the center and the world's major religions as "five spokes": Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

Defense of Marines accused of crimes in Hamdania, Iraq

Michael Savage has attacked government officials for charging eight U.S. Marines with the death of an Iraqi man in the village of Hamdania. The seven Marines and Navy Corpsman, all members of the Camp Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, currently deployed in Iraq, were first confined to quarters in Iraq on May 12 after allegations rose over the April 26 attack on Iraqis. The servicemen were held in shackles and maximum restraint until late June, 2006. Michael Savage donated $5,000 to the legal defense of the Marines and Corpsman and has named the imprisoned Marines the "Pendleton 8."

Controversies and criticism

Critics such as GLAAD, FAIR, and Dave Gilson of Salon.com accuse him of fascist leanings, racism, homophobia and bigotry, because of his controversial statements about Arabs, Islam, homosexuality, feminism and immigration. Critics point out his various controversial statements, such as calling for the arrest of liberal activists, and quashing protests with violent force. In April 2006, Savage called for the killing of those that constitute the radical fundamentalist wing of Islam, saying, "Intelligent people, wealthy people...are very depressed by the weakness that America is showing to these psychotics in the Muslim world. They say, 'Oh, there’s a billion of them.' I said, 'So, kill 100 million of them; then there'd be 900 million of them.' I mean...would you rather us die than them?...Would you rather we disappear or we die? Or would you rather they disappear and they die? Because you’re going to have to make that choice sooner rather than later." In 2004, Savage described radical Islamic fundamentalist Arabs as "non-humans" and "racist, fascist bigots" and advocated a nuclear attack on a "major Arab capital".

Recently, Savage has been extremely critical of talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, whom he has called "Hush Bimbo", and Sean Hannity "Pawn Vanity," for what he views as their blind support of the Republican Party and President George W. Bush. Savage has called Bush and most neo-conservatives in government and talk radio "checked-pants, country club Republicans." Savage presents himself as a "Goldwater Republican," part of the traditional conservative movement, and opposed to government largesse and globalism. He has also attacked Bill O'Reilly (whom Savage has dubbed the "Lepre-con" and "Loofah-Boy" in reference to O'Reilly's sexual-harassment scandal) and William Bennett as hypocritical and phony conservatives for advocating morality while living what he views as immoral lives.

Savage has also broken from the present conservative stereotype by showing strong support for the environmental and animal rights movements and describing any right-winger who opposes such movements as "ignorant" and "knee-jerk" conservatives. He has questioned the existence of anthropogenic global warming, however, and has also spoken out against PETA.

In July 2005, Bernard Goldberg ranked Savage number 61 in his book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. Goldberg wrote that "Savage's brand of over-the-top bile...puts him right in there with the angriest haters on the Left..."

In March 2006, Savage verbally berated the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in America, accusing them of breaking federal law by giving assistance to illegal immigrants (in response to statements by Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, calling it "pastoral support"). He angrily denounced its leaders as "pigs" and "molestors" (in reference to the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases) and called the Church "rotten from the top to the bottom". On other issues however, Savage has supported and defended the Catholic Church. Savage praised Pope Pius XII as "one of the great men of all time" for his efforts in saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.

On October 9 2006, Savage labeled Madeleine Albright a “traitor” because the Clinton administration was in office when North Korea bought two nuclear reactors from a Western company in 2000. Savage said former Secretary Albright should be “tried for treason and when she’s found guilty she should be hung” Savage has previously called Albright a "hag" and "a monster in a dress".

Michael Savage has responded on his radio show to the postings of Media Matters calling their organization "Meatier Matters." He also jokingly and frequently says, "This is not something you'll hear on Media Matters" after clarifying things he previously said.

Critics suggest that funds from the nonprofit Paul Revere Society may have been improperly used. The Paul Revere Society has garnered tax-free donations from 4,000 members.

Books and other writings

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions

Along with his four best selling political books The Savage Nation, The Enemy Within, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, and The Political Zoo, Michael Savage, as Michael Weiner, PhD, is the author of the book Herbs That Heal and 17 other books.

The publication of Weiner's Herbal: The Guide to Herb Medicine in 1980 raises some controversies. The book states the medical benefits of marijuana. However he recently stated that the chemicals in marijuana make it too dangerous to be used as medicine. On his program, he strongly cautions against the recreational use of marijuana, occasionally devoting his show to "marijuana horror stories" and its claimed potential to ruin lives. He has authored a number of other books on various herbal medicine topics as Weiner. More recently, Savage's books are political in nature and published by WND Books, a partnership between the conservative website WorldNetDaily and Thomas Nelson, a publisher of Christian books.

In January 2003 he published The Savage Nation: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Borders, Language and Culture, his first book under the pseudonym Michael Savage. The book quickly reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list, earning Savage, as noted above, a commentary show on MSNBC. The book directs attacks at "liberal media bias", the "dominating culture of 'she-ocracy'", gay activists, and liberals.

In January 2004, Savage published his second political book, The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military. His next book, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, was released on April 12, 2005. Unlike The Savage Nation, both of these books cited sources for some of the more controversial claims made.

In January 2006, Savage announced that he would be releasing a new book The Political Zoo in mid-April. The book contains satirical profiles and cartoons of different public figures, most of whom are liberal political figures and celebrities, who are depicted in caricature as as animals in the Political Zoo, with Savage himself portrayed as the zookeeper. Savage has remarked that the book will be "easier to digest" than his previous political books.

Bibliography

Books as Michael Weiner

  • Plant a Tree, New York : Collier Books, 1975, ISBN 0471571040
  • Bugs in Peanut Butter, Boston : Little, Brown, 1976, ISBN 0316928607
  • Man's Useful Plants, New York: Macmillan. 1976.
  • The Taster's Guide to Beer: Brews and Breweries of the World, Macmillan, 1977.
  • Earth Medicine, Earth Food, New York : Macmillan Pub. Co., 1980.
  • The way of the skeptical nutritionist, New York : Macmillan, 1981, ISBN 0026256207
  • The Art of Feeding Children Well, Warner Books, 1982
  • Nutrition Against Aging, Bantam books, 1983.
  • Secrets of Fijian Medicine, Quantum Books, 1983.
  • Vital Signs(the book), Avant Books, 1983
  • Getting Off Cocaine, Avon Books, 1984.
  • Maximum Immunity, Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
  • Reducing the risk of Alzheimer's, New York : Stein and Day, 1987.
  • The Complete Book of Homeopathy, Garden City Park, N.Y. : Avery Pub., 1989.
  • The Herbal Bible, San Rafael, CA : Quantum Books, 1992.
  • Healing children naturally, San Rafael, CA : Quantum Books, 1993.
  • Herbs that heal : prescription for herbal healing, Mill Valley, CA : Quantum Books, 1994.
  • The Antioxidant Cookbook, Mill Valley, CA : Quantum Books, 1995, ISBN 0912845139

Books as Michael Savage

Trivia

  • Russell Goldencloud Weiner, Savage's son, is the founder and CEO of Rockstar, Inc., the manufacturer and marketer of Rockstar energy drink.
  • In 1998, Russ Weiner ran for a seat in the California legislature (State Assembly, District 6) on the platform of being a card-carrying Paul Revere Society member but was defeated.

References

  1. ^ NewsMax biography. Accessed 10 June 2006. <http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/bios/Savage-bio.shtml>
  2. Talk Radio Network| accessdate=09/10/2006 bio
  3. Talkers Magazine| accessdate=09/10/2006
  4. Top 25 Talk Radio Host
  5. ^ Mark de la Viña, "The Man Behind the 'Savage Nation': Neo-Consertative Host Once Embraced the Counterculture", San Jose Mercury News, July 20, 2003.
  6. ^ Ron Russell, " Inside the Savage Nation", SF Weekly, July 19, 2006.
  7. ^ "UC Berkeley Pathfinder", October 5, 2006
  8. "http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2004/041504savagesedition.htm". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. ^ David Gilson, "Michael Savage's long, strange trip", Salon.com, March 5, 2003.
  10. "http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/05/savage/index1.html". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  12. ^ "A Savage letter?", New York Daily News, June 7, 2003.
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  16. Howard Kurtz, "Protest Letters To MSNBC Draw Savage Response", Washington Post, March 5, 2003.
  17. ^ Jake Tapper, "The Savage Mind", GQ, September 2003.
  18. "MSNBC Fires Shock Host Michael Savage After He Tells Caller, 'Get AIDS and Die, You Pig'", Democracy Now!, July 8th, 2003.
  19. "Paul Revere Society Mission Statement".
  20. "Tax-free status allowed by IRS".
  21. "Russ Weiner's candidacy".
  22. "4,000 plus members".
  23. "Membership card pullout".
  24. "Russ Weiner's candidacy".
  25. "Tax Exempt Status".
  26. "Savage: To "save the United States," lawmakers should institute "outright ban on Muslim immigration" and on "the construction of mosques", Media Matters for America, November 29, 2006.
  27. "Savage's trifecta: smears of Hispanics, gays, and Jews", Media Matters for America, May 12, 2006.
  28. "Savage warned U.S. politicians not to "take to the streets" to support illegal immigrant "vermin"", Media Matters for America, April 11, 2006.
  29. "Responding to "Mr. Media Matters," Savage claimed his "vermin" comment referred to "the communist Marxist bloc of International ANSWER," not illegal immigrants", Media Matters for America, April 13, 2006.
  30. "Savage: "Burn the Mexican Flag!"", Media Matters for America, March 31, 2006.
  31. "Savage to George Soros: "It's people like you who brought about the Holocaust", Media Matters for America, June 13, 2006.
  32. "Savage: "Jimmy Carter is like Hitler"", Media Matters for America, May 18, 2006.
  33. Media Matters (2006). Savage: CNN's Blitzer and King "would have pushed Jewish children into the oven"; "curry favor with the turbanned hoodlums". Retrieved January 5, 2007.
  34. "http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1875786.php". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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  36. Dave Gilson, "America's laziest fascist", Salon.com, May 20, 2004.
  37. ^ "GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life", Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, February 12, 2003.
  38. "Urge MSNBC to Rethink TV Show for Anti-Gay 'Savage'", Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, February 26, 2003.
  39. "Savage advocated "killing 100 million" Muslims; called alleged Duke rape victim a "drunken slut stripping whore"", Media Matters for America, April 19, 2006.
  40. "Savage: Arabs are "non-humans" and "racist, fascist bigots"". Media Matters. Fri, May 14, 2004. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  41. "Savage Remarks Anger Catholics", NewsMax, April 3, 2006.
  42. Michael Savage, "Was the Catholic Church Silent During the Holocaust?", NewsMax, April 24, 2000.
  43. "4,000 plus members".
  44. "Enormous sums of seed money".
  45. Publisher Thomas Nelson

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