Michael "Savage" Weiner finally crosses the line

Via August, it seems that SavageNation has finally been cancelled:

The popular radio talk show host who did a weekend TV show for the cable channel referred to an unidentified caller to his show Saturday as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die."

"His comments were extremely inappropriate and the decision was an easy one," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said.

There was no immediate comment from Savage, according to a spokesman at his office in California.

The brash, tough-talking Savage is one of radio's hottest jocks. His Paul Revere Society advocates closing borders, deporting illegal immigrants, mandating health tests for immigrants and eliminating entitlement programs.

The televised version of The Savage Nation began March 8 despite the protests of such advocacy groups as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Aired at 5 p.m. ET Saturday, Savage didn't translate into a television hit. He increased the ratings for the time slot marginally, according to MSNBC.

Quick recap in case you haven't been following this:

Shortly before the start of Operation Iraqi Conquest, MSNBC cancelled Donohue, it's highest rated show, because they didn't want any damn liberals on their network (since then, nothing on MSNBC has come close to the ratings that Donohue). Shortly after they hired Michael Weiner to do a TV show. Since then, he's continued his hate-filled propaganda against free speech, homosexuals, and downplayed the effects of autism because, apparently, he's a horrific asshole of assholeness. I doubt this anonymous caller was the first to be called a "sodomite" by the obsequious bigot, but wishing AIDS on someone goes a step too far.

I'll echo August's comment on this and say no kudos to MSNBC until they acknowledge they were wrong to give this guy a show in the first place.