The Savage Weiner Burns

(My apologies if this has already been diaried; if so, I'll delete. I couldn't find it if it has...)

One of Hate Radio's most f***ed up personalities, Michael "Weiner" Savage is not having a good day. A campaign that was launched by  Brave New Films is having a most desireable effect. Sponsors like  Intuit,   Chattem,   ITT Technical Institute and   Union Bank are all pulling ads from Mr. Weiner's "Savage Nation" radio talk show. Just a few reasons why below the fold.

If you've never heard Michael Savage (whose real name is Michael Weiner... but seriously; who'd take THAT name seriously?) then consider yourself lucky because he really is a ranting, reich-wing lunatic. And we all know what that means: He's quite popular in Wingnuttia Land.

According to The Wiki, Savage's nationally syndicated radio show: "reaches more than 10 million listeners on 410 stations throughout the United States, ranking third in number of stations syndicated nationwide and third in nationwide audience behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity".

This is a man who characterized his radio persona as being "To the right of Rush and to the left of God." Let's take a (very!) brief tour into the mind of one of our leading "Compassionate Conservatives" by reading just a few of his quotes:

"90 percent of the people on the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and molestation, according to the latest scientific studies"

On MLK Day, Savage called civil rights a "racket" designed to steal "white males' birthright

To "save the United States," lawmakers should institute "outright ban on Muslim immigration" and on "the construction of mosques"

Citing more sex-change operations, increased lesbian fertility clinics, Savage said of 9-11: "That was God speaking"

"Jimmy Carter is like Hitler"

Source with audio links: http://nosavage.org/

That ought to give you an idea. There's more on this story over at Huffpo. It couldn't hurt to  support the folks at Brave New Films - who've helped make Weiner's advertisers see the light - if you feel so inclined.

I believe in free speech but Weiner can't spew his hate for free - he's got to eat and pay his bills. Let's hit him where it hurts, in his pocketbook, by letting advertisers aligned with the "Savage Nation" know how we feel. It's time for that celebratory "Burnt Weiner Sandwich" now - with apologies to Frank Zappa - because a bad day for Michael Savage is a good day for us.

•  Tips for burnin' that Weiner? n/t

  by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:49:47 PM PDT

  •  As a Weiner...

    ...who is a librul, I approve this action!

    by JeffW on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:54:01 PM PDT

    •  There are GOOD weiners!

      And bad ones...

      by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:54:41 PM PDT

    •  Well, there are Weiners...

      ... and there are WEINERS.

      I approve your approval, and approve too ;-)

      by highacidity on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:02:39 PM PDT

•  Wow! n/t

  by BluejayRN on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:49:50 PM PDT

•  Can't one buy an ointment for that?

  If not, there should be one made available. Savage weener burns sounds really painful and so does Michael Savage. I hope that he has many bad days ahead due to all efforts.

  by cosmic debris on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:51:52 PM PDT

•  SavageWeiner, the red hot, foot long

  hot dog of hate.

  by Birdman on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:52:40 PM PDT

  •  LOL... It's too easy, isn't it? n/t

    by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:54:02 PM PDT

  •  Oh, I'll bet he's more like a

    Vienna sausage.  I doubt he'd have such pent-up anger if he really had a foot-long . . .

    by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:01:20 PM PDT

    •  I dunno...

      ... I am trying to keep from busting up over the potential comedic value of:

      Cocktail Weiner

      Eh? The possibilities are endless. We could use some time out to bash wingnuts!

      by highacidity on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:04:22 PM PDT

      •  Maybe cocktail wieners and wingnuts

        would be happier if they were served in the same dish . . .

        by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:29:50 PM PDT

    •  You *do* know what "person from Vienna" is

      in German, right? :)

      by Randgrithr on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:05:16 PM PDT

      •  Do tell... I don't know. n/t

        by highacidity on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:06:33 PM PDT

      •  Curiously enough,

        the same sausage that in Vienna is called a "Frankfurter Wuerstchen" is called, in Frankfurt, a "Wiener Wuerstchen."

        Small wonder that that part of the world birthed Sigmund Freud.

        by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:15:15 PM PDT

  •  vienne sausage would be more apropo n/t

    by beneldon on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:20:34 PM PDT

•  Thanks for the good news.

  Power to the people.

  by nicejoest on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:52:43 PM PDT

•  this movement started before Brave New Films

  as reported here in Nov of last yr. http://www.dailykos.com/...

  by SmileySam on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:54:53 PM PDT

  •  Oh yeah! Sorry, I was remiss

    in not mentioning that. Lots of folks here have written some great diaries on what a nut he is and the crap he spews. Thanks for the reminder and the link!

    by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:58:13 PM PDT

•  Free speech for Michael Weiner? Sure.

  He's free to say anything he wants on a street corner, or to a bunch of fellow idiots hanging at a bar.

  But as soon as he's on the airwaves puking out his rightwing hate, WE have the power to exercise our free speech rights too, as well as our consumer rights, and tell his sponsors:   you keep paying for this unAmerican creep, and we will not buy your product.  Ever.

  Free speech is a two-way street, whether pathetic little fascist wannabes like Weiner like it or not.

  Fuck you, Weiner.  We're gonna get you off the air, loser.

  by chumley on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:58:48 PM PDT

  •  This is the Market speaking,

    ... Mr. Weiner Savage. Listen up...

    by highacidity on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:05:34 PM PDT

    •  The savage weiner

      does not listen .
      Spew is what he does .
      If he loses his microphone ,
      he could get a job as a sewage outfall pipe .

      by indycam on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:14:47 PM PDT

•  savage wiener burns?

  Sounds like a job for a 500 mg Cipro pill.

  If not that, then a healthy dose of anything beginning with "Cef" ought to do the trick.

  Might be better off with Ceftriaxone or Azithromycin anyway, in case of multiple infection.  He is, after all, a spirochete on the body politic . . .

  by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 06:59:36 PM PDT

  •  Reminds me of another Zappa line:

    "My balls feel like maracas 'cause I got the gonococcus" ;-)

    by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:03:22 PM PDT

    •  Any Zappa quote

      gets a rec from me. :-)

      by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:13:52 PM PDT

•  I actually listen to mr. wiener on occasion

  talk about wanting to make your head explode! and then there are the people who actually agree with him....

  by dansk47 on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:00:55 PM PDT

  •  Yeah, I've heard him a few times too

    Remember when MSNBC replaced Phil Donahue with Weiner? He lasted maybe a month before going ballistic, on-air.

    Of course MSNBC never got Phil to come back. Jeez - talk about going from one extreme to the other!

    by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:05:35 PM PDT

    •  AFAIK

      MSNBC never had any desire to rehire Phil Donahue.

      I'm sure they'd love to fire Olbermann too, but can't because his ratings are just too good.

      by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:26:35 PM PDT

  •  My parents think he's quite sensible. n/t

    by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:25:40 PM PDT

    •  My dad will occasionally tune in...

      ...which is where I heard him first. But I don't think he thinks he's sensible. My dad's a "Jeffersonian Republican" and shakes his head, muttering under his breath when The Weiner spews forth.

      (That didn't sound very good, did it?)

      by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:28:43 PM PDT

      •  It doesn't sound very good, but

        if you want to trade dads for a while, I'll consider it. :-)

        by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:30:39 PM PDT

    •  Poor you.

      Thank God my Dad was and still is a Yellow Dog democrat.

      by KeepingItBlueKrstna on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 09:14:23 PM PDT

•  "The Weiner" rails against gay people

  but quite possibly had an affair with Allen Ginsberg the gay beat poet. If you listen to him much, it's really clear he is obsessed with homosexuality. He's pathetic.

  by Ian S on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:03:35 PM PDT

  •  Yeah, he's in denial about that too

    At least Ginsberg knew who the hell he was. Weiner also hung out with Timothy Leary for a while.

    Weiner reminds me a bit of David Horowitz - who also bounced from far-left to waaay far-right. They're both insane, methinks.

    by Snud on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:08:53 PM PDT

  •  Worse than that!

    If you read his letters to Ginsberg, it becomes painfully obvious that he was practically offering himself to AG, and AG wouldn't have him.

    Considering that Ginsberg wasn't exactly picky, I'm sure this was pretty humiliating.

    by corvo on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:27:54 PM PDT

•  My ex business partner

  would turn on that show everyday .
  The savage weiner is a flaming idiot .
  His chestnuts got dropped into an inferno of stupid and no ones pulled them out .

  by indycam on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:07:12 PM PDT

•  This man is a such a disgrace

  that it defies imagination.

  He should be shunned!

  by Radiowalla on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 07:44:13 PM PDT