Though Libertarians have personal liberty in common with Democrats, the popular ones often side with Republicans due to financial concerns. He's quite popular in the South, broadcasting from his red-state home in Atlanta's WSB.
Don't let the fact that he's a "Libertarian" keep you from recognizing that he beds with the enemy.
Today was my occasional 5-minute sampling of Boortz. In that time, he mentioned his belief that Fox News isn't biased to the right--but rather, they're centrist! There are a few things with which I agree with Neal, mainly in the area of separation of church and state, but on this one he's clearly smoking some high-density stuff. He has made the same claims before:
This so-called right wing bias in the news coverage on Fox News is a complete joke. Last year I asked --- no I begged my listeners and Nuze readers to watch Fox News and present me with an example of right wing bias in their news coverage. We did have a few people who...would cite Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly as examples of right wing bias. Hellooooo! These people are expressing opinions, not presenting the news. Focus on the premiere Fox News political news show, Special Report with Brit Hume, and try to find some right wing bias in its presentation of the news ... not the panel discussions .. the news!
Neal's Snooze: That's not bias.
Although their opinionists are clearly radical rightists, Brit Hume isn't the dead-center icon Boortz wants to believe he is. It's been documented that Hume's guests on his "premiere" show, according to one study, were 83% conservative and 17% liberal. That doesn't account for his appearances on Sunday Morning talk shows in panel discussions. Nice try. I'm sure Media Matters' observations about Hume are disqualified by Boortz also, because--after all--they're "libruls."
Skimming for the above section, I ran across this laugher on today's "Nuze":
By the way, the Blob (that's Rosie O'Donnell for those of you who are new to the show) thinks we made the whole thing up. That's right, the Blob implied on 'The View' that the United States somehow set up this whole thing so as to provoke the Iranians into giving us an excuse to start a war with them.....I'm starting to think that this hideous woman really is as stupid as she sounds.
Guess what, Neal? As soon as I read the kidnapping story, I thought to myself that it might be a nice pretext to an attack on Iran. Within 15 seconds, and I forcefully argue that is NOT outlandish or extremist in any way--although I'm also no Rosie fan. Here's an example that I remind people of from time to time: Operation Northwoods.
If you want to believe your country couldn't possibly plot to mislead you, that is a document you do NOT want to read. Northwoods was never implemented, thank God, but it reached the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Secretary. Highlights of the plan include--skim just this one page for these three whoppers:
* Real or simulated sinking of Cuban refugees
* Destroying an unmanned drone and portraying it as a plane-ful of students on holiday
* firebombing a ship at Guantanamo and blaming it on the Cubans
False Flag ops are common. Allegedly, George Bush suggested one to Tony Blair before the Iraq war--that we paint a US plane in UN colors, to provide more justification for our invasion. Some allege that Vietnam was exacerbated by misinterpreted or even falsified information re: the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
There is NO room for anyone to tell you that it's impossible (or worse, a "conspiracy theory") that something could be shown to us in a way that will motivate support of military action. Unlikely, fine--I'll tell you they're unlikely myself--but not impossible. I am skeptical of my government, particularly this administration when it comes to waging war. Boortz' attempt to portray Rosie as an extremist because she won't rule out false flag play is bunk if you're familiar with history.