Michael Savage

I hate the Michael Savage Show. I've listened to it on occasion and almost always find myself wanting to stab my radio with an icepick. He is a nasty, nasty man, a lot worse than Rush Limbaugh. I don't know why I listen to it because I hate it. I think it's because I feel the need to hear what idiots like him are spewing to the American listening audience.

For those of you who have never had the displeasure of listening to this man. He is nationally syndicated conservative radio host whose show is on for 3 hours every Monday through Friday.

Here is his latest...

Only July 16, 2008, this is what Michael Savage said about autism:

SAVAGE: Now, you want me to tell you my opinion on autism, since I'm not talking about autism? A fraud, a racket. For a long while, we were hearing that every minority child had asthma. Why did they sudden -- why was there an asthma epidemic amongst minority children? Because I'll tell you why: The children got extra welfare if they were disabled, and they got extra help in school. It was a money racket. Everyone went in and was told [fake cough], "When the nurse looks at you, you go [fake cough], 'I don't know, the dust got me.' " See, everyone had asthma from the minority community. That was number one.

Now, the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is.
What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, "Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot."

Autism -- everybody has an illness. If I behaved like a fool, my father called me a fool. And he said to me, "Don't behave like a fool." The worst thing he said -- "Don't behave like a fool. Don't be anybody's dummy. Don't sound like an idiot. Don't act like a girl. Don't cry." That's what I was raised with. That's what you should raise your children with. Stop with the sensitivity training. You're turning your son into a girl, and you're turning your nation into a nation of losers and beaten men. That's why we have the politicians we have.

All I want to know is: What is the reason this man has the # 3 most listened-to talk radio shows in the nation?