Savage: Democratic Party's "membership is made up largely of minority blocs ... that are all against the white person"

Summary: On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "The Democrat [sic] Party is the minority party. ... Obama is a minority, a half minority at least. The membership is made up largely of minority blocs, the Hispanic caucus and the gay caucus -- caucuses that are all against the white person." Savage also claimed: "Now, the white women generally are not as hard-nosed about things as the white male, and so many white women don't even understand that they're being duped, and they vote for a Democrat, not knowing that they're digging their own grave."

On the August 25 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage said, "The Democrat [sic] Party is the minority party. There is no question about it. Obama is a minority, a half minority at least. The membership is made up largely of minority blocs, the Hispanic caucus and the gay caucus -- caucuses that are all against the white person." Savage added that Democrats are "trying to pose as a centrist party, trying to win over the white male voter" and claimed: "Now, the white women generally are not as hard-nosed about things as the white male, and so many white women don't even understand that they're being duped, and they vote for a Democrat, not knowing that they're digging their own grave." He then said: "But now they're going after the working-class white male, who is traditionally leery of the Sister Helen Prejeans, the gay lobby, the caucuses and the other lobbies that are trying to take away his child's birthright."

Savage has previously claimed that people are trying to "steal" a "white male[] birthright." As Media Matters for America noted, on the January 15, 2007, broadcast of his radio show, Savage called "civil rights" a "con" and asserted: "It's a racket that is used to exploit primarily heterosexual, Christian, white males' birthright and steal from them what is their birthright and give it to people who didn't qualify for it."

Talk Radio Network, which syndicates Savage's show, claims that Savage is heard on more than 350 radio stations. The Savage Nation reaches at least 8.25 million listeners each week, according to Talkers Magazine, making it one of the most listened-to talk radio shows in the nation, behind only The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Sean Hannity Show.

From the August 25 broadcast of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:

SAVAGE: The Democrat [sic] Party is the minority party. There is no question about it. Obama is a minority, a half minority at least. The membership is made up largely of minority blocs, the Hispanic caucus and the gay caucus -- caucuses that are all against the white person. So, the Democrat Party is the minority party, and it is trying to pose as a centrist party, trying to win over the white male voter.

And make no mistake about it, the white male controls this election, primarily because white people still make up about 65, 66 percent of the population, and they're all going after the white voter. Now, the white women generally are not as hard-nosed about things as the white male, and so many white women don't even understand that they're being duped, and they vote for a Democrat, not knowing that they're digging their own grave. But now they're going after the working-class white male, who is traditionally leery of the Sister Helen Prejeans, the gay lobby, the caucuses and the other lobbies that are trying to take away his child's birthright.

Yes, he is aware of the fact that the Democrat Party wants to continue these programs, which say to him, "If you have a daughter who excels in school, as a white man, and your daughter, even though you're a working-class guy, gets straight A's in high school, she will not get into the best colleges. She will go to a second-tier college, and those positions will be reserved for minorities because of affirmative action." The white male knows this, and he's not willing to sacrifice his child's future for the sake of political correctness to the extent that the white woman might be willing to do so.

—G.J.

Greg Johnson is an intern at Media Matters for America.