When Wingnuts Crave Attention ...

By Pepper of the Daily Pepper

It isn't pretty. Neil Boortz, a conservative talk-show host, doesn't get the kind of spotlight that Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter do. He doesn't even rank up there with Michael Savage. About all he's got going for him is a last name that translates rather well into a verb. "Boortz you!" could be a hefty insult if delivered with the right amount of gusto.

So what is a poor wingnut to do when he's not feeling the love? Blogenfreude at Agitprop writes: "Right wing radio host Neal Boortz recently suggested that, in the event of another Katrina or terrorist attack, we 'save the rich people first.' Boortz thinks this is a good idea because the rich are so obviously 'responsible for this prosperity.' "

Well, if Boortz wanted to win the Wingnut Sweepstakes, he's doing a mighty fine job. He goes into territory that some wingnuts might not tread. Because most wingnuts wouldn't be invited on that mysterious Rich People Spaceship that Boortz clearly believes is being built somewhere in the Utah desert.

Media Matters has the full transcript here, but the following lines from Boortz sum up his views:

Well, hell, yes, we should save the rich people first. You know, they're the ones that are responsible for this prosperity. I mean, you go out there and you look at this vast sea of evacuees, OK? You want to get an economy going in some city? Well, who you gonna take back? The people who own businesses? Or the people that sit around waiting to get their minimum wage job, work 'til Friday, get a paycheck and then not show up again until the following Wednesday? Come on. Just put a little logical thought into this, folks.

Well, Boortz him! "Logical" my foot! The whole spiel is worth reading, and the audio clip that Media Matters provides is even better. In it, you can hear Boortz get unusually excited about strangling a goose, and you can groove to the strange pseudo-disco that he uses for his transitions.