Boortz on Barr
Neal Boortz has given his take on Bob Barr's candidacy:
Here they go again .. all those emails from people who are upset with (1) Bob Barr running for president on the Libertarian Party ballot; and (2) my support for the Libertarian Party. (I'm a lifetime member.) These people are concerned that Barr's candidacy are going to give us another Ross Perot situation ... where votes for Perot essentially put Bill Clinton into office.It's quite a change from his backing Mr. Nanny-State (Tax Hike Mike), but it is a welcome change.Frankly ... I'm really not going to be upset if the Republicans get their hats handed to them in this election. During the Bush years the only bright moments for the Republican Party were tax cuts and fighting Islamic fascism. Beyond that, what have they done? Well, they doubled the size and the cost of the federal government for one. How's that for a record of accomplishment. In 2007 Republicans were the pork champions in Washington; more pork spending than Democrats. Oh yeah --- let me get my checkbook out and make a huge contribution to the Republican Party right now.
The way things look right now, if Bob Barr is the Libertarian nominee .. and if he will pledge to continue to take the battle to, and not run from the Islamic fascists ... they he will have my vote. If the Democrats win ... so be it. We've become a nanny nation anyway. Might as well make it official. Remember .. this is the "I want my mommy" election. We're turning America into a giant assisted care living center. What sense does it make to continue to support a party that is helping this along?
Bottom line .. the Republicans haven't earned another shot at this.
[UPDATE] Political Insider has some audio from the interview dealing with the topic of immigration.
Comments
Barr did quite well on Boortz today. he stood his ground on Iraq and the border. i was afraid he was going to cave in and agree with Boortz which he did not.
Posted by: Doug Craig | April 8, 2008 05:00 PM
Wow, that is quite impressive coming from
Boortz. I was discussing it with my father the other day and I think I said the same thing verbatim... "The Republicans don't deserve another shot."
However, I think Boortz is a perfect example how, in this day in politics, people think the difference between being conservative or liberal is whether you support the war or not. Nothing else.
Posted by: Drew | April 8, 2008 07:03 PM
For me, after Boortz endorsed Tax Hike Mike, his opinion held the same value as Michael Savage's.
Posted by: Ryan Larosa | April 8, 2008 10:33 PM
Even though Boortz aligned 90% of his views with Ron Paul and Bob Barr, including the controversial ones such as the War on Drugs, he could not support them because of a single issue: the war in Iraq, which distorted and warped his libertarian beliefs about the size of government and foreign policy. At the same time, Boortz supported Mike Huckabee because of a single issue: the Fair Tax. Yet, when confronted about all of Huckabee's liberal and religious policies, Boortz's response was "Oh, nobody's perfect!" Hypocrisy, Neal, hypocrisy...
Posted by: Nate, from FL | July 15, 2008 09:49 PM