Ditto-Heads Turn On El Rushbo

[DougD]

I wouldn't necessarily call SAVAGE a far-right winger.

This isn't the appropriate venue to discuss whether Michael Savage is correct or incorrect in his views. But, I don't think anyone can deny that Savage's opinions are not only on the right, they are on the extremely far right. Savage is much farther to the right than most other conservative talk hosts. 

I wasn't saying he and only he is right. I was responding, as you may notice in the quote I used, to someone else's post claiming Savage is far right.

Listen to his show. He talks about opera, classical music, his Jewish mother's cooking, an experience he had at an Italian restaurant, his experiences collecting plants in southeast Asia, etc. Very varied topics.
It's hardly political. It's more cosmopolitan and more conversation-oriented radio.

A far right-wing host is hardly a label that can be slapped on him unlike the other "yes men" on WABC and its ilk.

[clichemoth]

Agreed on Savage.  Over the past year or so, he's left the extreme right act behind for the most part.  The ratings haven't been very kind to him since he started sounding more like Larry King and less like Pat Buchanan, though, even though (just IMO) his show is better now.

Rush has kind of forgotten what brought him to the dance and he does rely on catchphrases that non-fans don't get a bit too much, but it doesn't really matter. Like C2C, he has an iron grip on his timeslot in every market that isn't large enough to have live, local competition for him and a few of the ones that are.

[Holland Cooke]

It's A SHOW.

NOT thoughtful dialogue.
It's A SHOW.

Executed to produce results.

[country24]

Rush has never been terribly popular with the far right and it hasn't seemed to hurt him too much yet.  Anyone who thinks he is a shill for the RNC has obviously never heard him talk about immigration, budget reduction or election reform.  But he is closer to center right than far right.