Far right radio host, Michael Alan Weiner, better known by his pseudonym Michael Savage recently played Dead Kennedys' track, "California Über Alles" to insult US Senator Ted Kennedy who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Savage explained himself, saying the song wasn't supposed to be mocking:

The poor guy's been suffering for years, you know? Unfairly he's been accused of alcoholism, but we see now that it was something much more deep-seated. And so, to cut this out in some respect for Ted Kennedy, here's a tune coming at you from the Dead Kennedys. Go ahead and play it, please.

After reading from the lyrics of "California Über Alles, No gloating today, no laughter, all serious. You don't joke about a man's cancer. I do it, but I won't do it today; it's something I will not do. You know I'm playing the Dead Kennedys not to mock Ted Kennedy. It's just appropriate, that's all."

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