Savage on Obama: "He's an Afro-Leninist, and I know he's dangerous"

Summary: Michael Savage asserted that Sen. Barack Obama is "a Marxist in his heart," adding, "He's an Afro-Leninist, and I know he's dangerous." Savage also claimed that if Sen. Hillary Clinton wins the election, "you're gonna get more of the lesbian-feminist propaganda thrown in your face than with [Sen. John] McCain, but other than that, it's gonna be almost the same exact -- the same exact administration."

On the April 14 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage asserted that Sen. Barack Obama is "a Marxist in his heart," adding, "He's an Afro-Leninist, and I know he's dangerous." Savage went on to compare Sen. Hillary Clinton with Sen. John McCain, claiming that "[t]he only thing you're gonna get different between Hillary and McCain, as I can tell it: Hillary, you're gonna get more of the lesbian-feminist propaganda thrown in your face than with McCain, but other than that, it's gonna be almost the same exact -- the same exact administration."

In the past, Savage has asserted that Obama was "an unknown stealth candidate who went to a madrassas in Indonesia"; has said of Obama, "I think he was hand-picked by some very powerful forces both within and outside the United States of America to drag this country into a hell that it has not seen since the Civil War of the middle of the 19th century"; and has stated: "[W]e, the American people, being at war with radical Islam have a -- have a need to know just exactly what kind of Muslim he was exposed to, what kind of Muslim he is, what kind of Muslim teachings he's -- he's friendly to. We have a right to know if he's a so-called friendly Muslim or one who aspires to more radical teachings."

Talk Radio Network, which syndicates Savage's show, claims that Savage is heard on more than 350 radio stations. The Savage Nation reaches more than 8 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 April 14 edition of Talk Radio Network's The Savage Nation:

SAVAGE: That's the problem. That's why I'm not too excited about the election. I'm really not excited. The only one I don't want to win is Obama because I know he's a Marxist in his heart. He's an Afro-Leninist, and I know he's dangerous.

Hillary, I know what to expect from her, which is eight horrible years, but I'm not so sure she's still a Leninist. Her husband has made so much money in so many different capitalist ways that I actually think they've matured and become good Americans.

[laughs]

No, there's a paradoxical statement I've just made. In other words, I think the Clintons probably started out as far-leftist characters in their early years, but they've been around so long in the power structure and now, finally, they've been allowed to make so much money and they've circulated with the rich for so long that I think she's a safe bet. In fact, there's an argument to be made that she might be a safer bet than McCain in that regard.

The only thing you're gonna get different between Hillary and McCain, as I can tell it: Hillary, you're gonna get more of the lesbian-feminist propaganda thrown in your face than with McCain, but other than that, it's gonna be almost the same exact -- the same exact administration. There really is no difference. Except -- now, here's an important difference: in the presentation. You know how I've said for years, you know, the queen of England is sort of a figurehead? McCain would make for a better figurehead than Hillary Clinton. And frankly, Cindy McCain would be a better first lady than would be Bill Clinton.

—T.Z.