Sunday, May 17, 2009

Hillary should speak up for Savage by Lois Kazakoff

It must be tough for Savage Nation talk show host Michael Savage to seek help from a woman he has excoriated for years -- now Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he has, and Clinton should help him out, if only to slam over-the-top political correctness.

The British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last week barred Savage and 15 others from entering the United Kingdom "to name and shame those who foster extremist views as I want them to know that they are not welcome here."

Savage's hot-button political radio show isn't broadcast in the U.K., so the move is purely political.

Regardless of what Clinton thinks of Savage's rhetoric, she should suggest to the British Home Secretary that the U.K. and the U.S. share a treasured value -- the right to free expression. Savage should not be barred.

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