Posted on 01/12/2011 6:27:55 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Michael Savage a conservatives radio personality who is one of the harshest critics of Sarah Palin and of her choice of VP candidate in 2008 now says that he has renewed respect for her and that her Tucson shooting response was the "best said" and that "she is the only conservative that truly is standing up to the left" He criticized Republicans for hiding and being too timid " afraid to confront the left as Palin has done" "Let me tell you I have a now renewed respect for Sarah Palin"
I’d love to say something but FR would probably crash before the comments gets posted. (sarcasm).
Savage called for the resignation of the Republican Speaker of the House when the big media came out with their Foley fake scandal.
Unfairly Bashing Palin.
These are just 3 examples of hundreds that I know of that proves Michael Savage is a leftist mole, the Berkley graduate, liberal,who hung out with communists for years in San Francisco.
While I am a Savage listener and have always applauded
his calling the left what they are-—MARXIST.
I get really POd at his disregard for Sarah, as well as the other talkers on our side.
Maybe he is starting to realize that she is best one out there
at this time.
Democrats and the media need to be called out on the shameful political opportunism and baseless accusations.
It needs to be pointed out how they’re so morally bankrupt that they would take advantage of the pain and suffering of the victims of this tradgedy.
Have you read his recent book Trickle Up Poverty? My guess is no based on your previous post. Obviously you do not like Michael Savage.
To call Mike a liberal is quite a stretch. I listen to him pretty regular. Michael is probably the biggest conservative radio without a doubt. Oh the most intelligent and has written multiple books (not just political).
All of your points are out of context, and I know you know that.
Yeah he is liberal... (sarcasm off). Obviously, you do not listen to him.
I never listen to Savage, but have read a lot about him on FR. If he has been anti=palin all along and has gained a new respect for her, good for him that he stated it...Minds can be changed under the right conditions..Even those that are hard nosed about someone..
I do listen to him. That is why I distrust him. He is always ranting about his not being allowed in Briton. Who cares. A county does not have to let you in if they don’t want. Why the donations to Brown? He is the type of politician he rails against. Why is he constantly ranting against the other right wing talkers above him in the food chain? Rush, Hannity or Beck have never mentioned him. Why the jealousy? Finally what is this strange obsession with this dead military man? He has no evidence other than MacHinernies belief that his friend wouldn’t do this.
If you listen closer he says he is Conservative, but rails against those who actually are trying to push the agenda. He just says stuff that puts my radar up. I believe he’s a SF Lib just doing a gig for cash. His son swims around with the ultra left Hollywood types peddling his energy drinks and Mike tags along sometimes with no problems.
I wish someone would print out the speech..I have tried quite a few times today to down load, even tho I have dial up its much slower than usual and I would like to read it..does anyone know where there is a print of it...
Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent, but we do mourn for the victims’ families as we express our sympathy.
I agree with the sentiments shared yesterday at the beautiful Catholic mass held in honor of the victims. The mass will hopefully help begin a healing process for the families touched by this tragedy and for our country.
Our exceptional nation, so vibrant with ideas and the passionate exchange and debate of ideas, is a light to the rest of the world. Congresswoman Giffords and her constituents were exercising their right to exchange ideas that day, to celebrate our Republic’s core values and peacefully assemble to petition our government. It’s inexcusable and incomprehensible why a single evil man took the lives of peaceful citizens that day.
There is a bittersweet irony that the strength of the American spirit shines brightest in times of tragedy. We saw that in Arizona. We saw the tenacity of those clinging to life, the compassion of those who kept the victims alive, and the heroism of those who overpowered a deranged gunman.
Like many, I’ve spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance. After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now with sadness, to the irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame for this terrible event.
President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle, not with law-abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their First Amendment rights at campaign rallies, not with those who proudly voted in the last election.
The last election was all about taking responsibility for our country’s future. President Obama and I may not agree on everything, but I know he would join me in affirming the health of our democratic process. Two years ago his party was victorious. Last November, the other party won. In both elections the will of the American people was heard, and the peaceful transition of power proved yet again the enduring strength of our Republic.
Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions. And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere. If you don’t like a person’s vision for the country, you’re free to debate that vision. If you don’t like their ideas, you’re free to propose better ideas. But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.
There are those who claim political rhetoric is to blame for the despicable act of this deranged, apparently apolitical criminal. And they claim political debate has somehow gotten more heated just recently. But when was it less heated? Back in those “calm days” when political figures literally settled their differences with dueling pistols? In an ideal world all discourse would be civil and all disagreements cordial. But our Founding Fathers knew they weren’t designing a system for perfect men and women. If men and women were angels, there would be no need for government. Our Founders’ genius was to design a system that helped settle the inevitable conflicts caused by our imperfect passions in civil ways. So, we must condemn violence if our Republic is to endure.
As I said while campaigning for others last March in Arizona during a very heated primary race, “We know violence isn’t the answer. When we ‘take up our arms’, we’re talking about our vote.” Yes, our debates are full of passion, but we settle our political differences respectfully at the ballot box – as we did just two months ago, and as our Republic enables us to do again in the next election, and the next. That’s who we are as Americans and how we were meant to be. Public discourse and debate isn’t a sign of crisis, but of our enduring strength. It is part of why America is exceptional.
No one should be deterred from speaking up and speaking out in peaceful dissent, and we certainly must not be deterred by those who embrace evil and call it good. And we will not be stopped from celebrating the greatness of our country and our foundational freedoms by those who mock its greatness by being intolerant of differing opinion and seeking to muzzle dissent with shrill cries of imagined insults.
Just days before she was shot, Congresswoman Giffords read the First Amendment on the floor of the House. It was a beautiful moment and more than simply “symbolic,” as some claim, to have the Constitution read by our Congress. I am confident she knew that reading our sacred charter of liberty was more than just “symbolic.” But less than a week after Congresswoman Giffords reaffirmed our protected freedoms, another member of Congress announced that he would propose a law that would criminalize speech he found offensive.
It is in the hour when our values are challenged that we must remain resolved to protect those values. Recall how the events of 9-11 challenged our values and we had to fight the tendency to trade our freedoms for perceived security. And so it is today.
Let us honor those precious lives cut short in Tucson by praying for them and their families and by cherishing their memories. Let us pray for the full recovery of the wounded. And let us pray for our country. In times like this we need God’s guidance and the peace He provides. We need strength to not let the random acts of a criminal turn us against ourselves, or weaken our solid foundation, or provide a pretext to stifle debate.
America must be stronger than the evil we saw displayed last week. We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy. We will come out of this stronger and more united in our desire to peacefully engage in the great debates of our time, to respectfully embrace our differences in a positive manner, and to unite in the knowledge that, though our ideas may be different, we must all strive for a better future for our country. May God bless America.
- Sarah Palin
PS It was a very great American speech...better than anything I have heard coming out of the president in the last 2 years.
Obama made the most inspiring speech of his entire miserable existence Monday morning -- one minute of silence.
Sarah Plain is being crucified every day by Democrat crazies. All she did was campaign in a spirited way. I can see this and I am not a huge fan of hers either
Cross hairs on an election map> What nonsense to make a big deal about this
” who is one of the harshest critics of Sarah Palin “
The “ harshest “ things I ever heard him say about her were that she was “ one of the reasons “ McPain lost , and that she was unelectable for POTUS. I have heard him say on several occasions that her “ heart is in the right place ...” , and that she is a “ nice woman “ , etc...
Thanks for the ping, Sushiman. thanks for posting Bigtiger mike
Savage ping!
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