Sunday, May 17, 2009

Strange bedfellows (once removed): The Gavin Newsom-Michael Savage connection

Because some things are just too weird to let go without noting, I pass along, without comment, this oddity from blogger Josh Richman:

"Rockstar energy drink founder and CEO Russell Weiner — son of Michael Weiner, aka Bay Area-based, nationally broadcast conservative talk radio talk host Michael Savage — on Monday made a $25,000 contribution to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
"Yes, the son of Michael Savage, who just last October was saying Newsom is "in love again with the gay mafia" and "a whack-job as a mayor — 'Any-twosome' Newsom." Y'know, Savage — the guy the Brits don't care to have around.

"So what's the deal? 'We're personal friends, went to the same high school at different times,' Weiner told me a short while ago. 'And he's a businessman, I'm a businessman, so I hope he'll be good for the business community if he's governor.'"

Richman's blog: http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/

Richman also notes, with some wonderment, that Savage supported Jerry Brown in his 2006 run for attorney general. Richman: "Wonder if that means this Republican father and son will be disagreeing over who to support in next year’s gubernatorial primary – the Democratic primary, that is."

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