Michael Savage Tees Off On Limbaugh

All is not well in the world of talk radio today, as an internecine spat is being brewed up by right-wing host Michael Savage, who today spent a portion of his airtime criticizing fellow conservative talker Rush Limbaugh. Oh noes! What has come between the two men? England, it seems! Well, according to Media Matters, here's what Savage said:

SAVAGE: And yet here in America, I've had some people come to my aid. They see the bigger picture. They're not like [Bill] O'Reilly; they're not like Limbaugh, who's the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst all of them, he is the biggest fraud. Rush Limbaugh is a fraud. When he was accused of the drug usage, I supported him. But that man is a one-way street. It's all about him. He's in it for nobody but himself.

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I guess that Limbaugh wronged Savage by not coming to his aid when Great Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith barred Savage from entering the United Kingdom, along with white supremacist Stephen "Don" Black and anti-gay gadabout Fred Phelps. In Limbaugh's defense, I find it hard to believe that Savage actually wanted to go to England. I mean, wouldn't all the socialized heath care anger him? Wouldn't he be revolted at the thought of "bangers and mash," which Savage would inevitably misconstrue? Anyway, I'm guessing it was news to Limbaugh that Savage actually wanted to piss off to dear old Blighty, but there you have it.

In another month or so, these two will be fighting over what remains of the ad revenue generated by the auto industry. So, look forward to that!

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Comments

[labman]

When there is nothing left to feed off of, you cannibalize.

[harmonikasavingsbonds]

Pass the salt, please.

[dax49]

i see the snakes continue to dine on each other- glad to hear it

[Diogenis]

you are wise beyond your years.

[sprootles]

I'd say that I love to watch snakes turn on each other, but that would be an insult to snakes, wouldn't it?

[lmpub]

Rush Limbaugh is the Elmer Gantry of American politics.

[Dbos]

Bless you brother

[Paul]

This is like watching wrestling on TV. A lot of noise and no substance.

[1dogs2]

OMG!!! Michael Savage (nee Weiner) finally got something right!!!

[finishcurve]

If I knew how to photoshop, I'd put all those hosts in Tali-turbans.

[dukesman]

School children in England know R!ush Lamebaugh is a phony...lol.

[billygore2000]

School children across the great pond don't even know who he is. . .

[AddyGmom]

Another advantage to living abroad.

[SaintZak]

Aren't they ALL frauds? I mean its a line of work totally built around inflated self-promotion. If they flopped in the radio racket they'd be selling time-shares in Ft. Meyers. They're ALL charletans. Its their business. To be honest, I don''t know how anyone can or would listen to talk radio of any persuasion...and that goes for the cable "news" shows as well.

[InsideBrooklyn]

Let them eat each other up. . . But honestly who thinks this isn't about publicity? I don't know what the market share for all these bozos but it's got to be dropping . . . the country is sick of all of them.

[SpeedRoach]

My goodness the "Christianity" just oozes from the Republican talk show hosts!

[BullMoose1]

Savage is Jewish.

[floridafun]

i know!! LOL!!

[fredisfred]

lol if you go to the Weiner's website he has a link to his defamation lawsuit against Smith. What's funny is that his real name Michael Weiner is crossed out every time it appears. The Weiner doesn't want people to know his real last name is Weiner lol

[StrayTalk]

I did just that--thanks. I have one of his books from the eighties on herbs and healing under his real name Michael Weiner. He comes across as an intelligent and competent researcher. On the radio he comes across as someone with a lot of rage, delusions and (self) hatred. Guess there's a bigger market for that then studying herbs.

[fredisfred]

Salon has a great article about the Weiner, about how he's gone from liberal herbologist to whacko radio host:

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/03/05/savage/

[James Laing]

Yeah, how can the world revolve around Limbaugh when iwe all know t revolves around Savage.

[Budokan]

Name me a RepubliKan on hate-radio who isn't in it for himself.

[Jazzman323]

Michael Savage goes after everyone on his show, right or left. Why is this news??