On the August 25th broadcast
of Savage Nation, conservative host Michael Savage told
listeners that the Hispanic and gay lobbies of the Democratic Party
are “against the white person.”
Savage told an estimated 8.5 million
listeners that the Democratic Party was made up largely of minority
blocs. He included African-Americans, Hispanics and gays as
examples.
“The Democratic Party is the minority
party. There is no question about it. Obama is a minority, a half
minority at least,” Savage said. “The membership is made up
largely of minority blocs, the Hispanic caucus and the gay caucus –
caucuses that are all against the white person.”
And accused the Democrats of deceiving
white voters by posing as centrists, then stealing their child's
birthright.
“[The Democratic Party] is trying to
pose as a centrist party, trying to win over the white male 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 (a reference to a heroic Catholic sister who worked
with poor and incarcerated Blacks in New Orleans), the gay lobby, the
caucuses and the other lobbies that are trying to take away his
child's birthright.”
Savage's comments parallel those of
another conservative radio talk show host - Rush Limbaugh, who has
said that the reason Senator Barack Obama is the Democratic
presidential nominee is because racial political correctness has kept
people from discussing his faults.
While gay and lesbian representation
has grown over the past several decades, even in the Democratic Party
its influence is nominal. There are only two openly gay elected
representatives in the House – Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and
Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin. For the record, both Frank and Baldwin
are white.