Why you’re not likely to see another Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz and his radio crew, after his last broadcast on Friday. AJC/Rodney Ho
Neal Boortz signed off for the last time on Friday.
You won’t hear the likes of him again. And not just because retirement has doomed him to wander the world in an over-sized bus, like some middling country music singer who can’t find enough studio work.
The larger reason is that talk radio and its conservative clout have probably peaked.
As a cause, Boortz fans are sure to point to the Talkmaster’s departure, after four decades on our airwaves and 20 years at AM750 and 95.5FM News/Talk WSB. But four months ago, Clear Channel’s WGST – once a burning bush of conservative talk in Atlanta – shifted to sports. In Spanish. Last week, Allen West, the fire-breathing, former congressman from Florida, joined the corps of professional talkers. His program will be on the Internet.
It’s all of a piece.
Forty-eight hours before he bade farewell from the basement studios of WSB, Boortz sat for a relaxed conversation about the mark he’s left, and the where the talk industry is headed. And why, after all the shouting was done, the combined forces of conservative talk radio had been unable to push Mitt Romney across the finish line and stop the re-election of President Barack Obama last November.
Possibly, he said, talk radio had been a little too hot and, at the same time, a little too cold. “The failure of talk radio in this election may have been a little less time on the dangers of this man’s political philosophy” – if you know Boortz, you know this “this man” is how he speaks of Obama – “and a little more time trying to empathize with some of these voters out there. ‘I understand why you feel that way. Let me try to explain to you why this guy is not the answer.’ Maybe a little more of that would have helped,” Boortz theorized.
As for the mark he leaves, the Talkmaster understands that, despite 14 years of national syndication, he was always a “backbencher.” His phrase, not mine.
“One of the things that hurt my syndication was broadcasting from Atlanta. I was a Southern show. There is a bias against the South. We are ignorant, we are uneducated, we have stills, we drag our knuckles, there are dogs chained under our porches,” he fumed.
He pointed to an article by a talk radio consultant on the website of Talkers magazine, forecasting success for Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, who will take Boortz’ seat before the mike on Monday. Boortz has nothing but good things to say about Cain, who he is sure, will thrive. What galled him was the writer’s contention that Cain, though he was born in Memphis, would come across as “less Southern,” while Boortz had regionalized himself by using phrases such as “up in Washington.”
And so Boortz doesn’t place himself in the ranks of giants who, like Uncle Miltie and Walter Cronkite before them, may be the last of their kind. “The whole radio thing is changing. I don’t think you’ll ever see another [Sean] Hannity or [Rush] Limbaugh come along, because the spectrum is so much broader now,” he said. “You have people that are streaming shows on the Internet. And whatever listeners they do have will probably be taken from somebody else.”
Prior to sitting down with Boortz, I’d put in a call to Michael Harrison, the publisher of Talkers magazine. He didn’t write the article that Boortz had cited, but Harrison does think that parochialism – though not “bias” — had kept the Talkmaster in the second tier of talk jocks.
“His mark will really have been made as one of the great broadcasters in Atlanta history,” Harrison said. “He made an impact nationally – but not on an A-plus level. He would have had to abandon a lot of the flavor and the roots and the substance that made him such a star in Atlanta. And he didn’t do that. It hindered him going into that next national level.”
But Harrison agreed with Boortz’ larger point – that talk radio, over the next few years, is likely to become a more pallid version of itself. More voices, with less individual impact.
Talk radio, especially the conservative version, has enjoyed a fine run — for a couple reasons, Harrison explained. “Liberals are more likely to listen to a conservative host with whom they disagree. Many, many people love to listen to Rush Limbaugh because they enjoy hating him. The conservative listener is less tolerant of listening to a liberal,” he said. Result: Fewer liberal talk radio show hosts.
Conservative listeners are also a more compact demographic group, and thus easier for marketers and advertisers to target. “There is more of a diversity among people who might vote for Obama or vote for a Democrat or vote for a liberal,” Harrison said.
The looming problem for talk radio – as well as for talking heads on television and columnists in newspapers – is the Internet. “The Internet is causing a dilution of impact for everything. The bar to entry has been lowered. The bar to anyone paying attention to you has been heightened,” Harrison said.
As it shifts to a digital world, the talk industry on both sides of the political spectrum is likely to become more extreme, the publisher of Talkers said, because of the need to attract attention. But with hundreds of Boortzs, Hannitys and Limbaughs competing for your ear, chances are that no single set of voices will dominate as they do now.
The final question, of course, is what young up-and-comers Boortz sees on the horizon. He gave good marks to Erick Erickson, who handles WSB’s evening talk. But after that, his list is pretty short. He was never one for busman’s holidays. “I’ve never been much of a talk radio listener. So I can’t really tell you who’s out there. I’ve got friends in the business, but I don’t listen to them,” he said.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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blue dog
January 19th, 2013
9:29 am
Please take Rush, Hannity, etc with you and don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
America, without these bigots, would be one far more united. A nation moving forward for the common good, not fractured by intolerance, racism and downright hatred of all that is not WASP.
Woofy One
January 19th, 2013
9:32 am
The shift is disappointing. The internet “radio” will never develop a similar following. He and other talk show hosts stimulate those on both sides of the issues. Our news and our talk shows are being dumbed down.
hiram
January 19th, 2013
9:48 am
The bigger story is Chip Roger’s $150,000 salary over at Georgia Public Broadcasting. GPB’s solvency is largely based on donations from liberals, and their programming is counter to the right wing’s, anti-science, flat earth agenda. The last thing they want is an informed electorate – so what is the best way eliminate this threat to ignorant bliss? Cut off the funding – the comments on the AJC “Rogers” article indicate that it’s working as planned. One comment after the other is vowing to stop donations to GPB. It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
only a matter of time
January 19th, 2013
9:48 am
I listened to him sometimes and like he always said his job was to get people to listen long enough to get to the next car commercial. I didn’t see eye-to-eye with him on a number of issues and I don’t think he truly believed much of what he said, but that’s how radio is played. He used to say he was a libertarian but how many libertarians drive Benzes and have a plane? I wish him well in his next endeavors.
Mr_B
January 19th, 2013
9:51 am
“Our news and our talk shows are being dumbed down.”
Largely as a result of hucksters like Boortz, who discovered very early that they could make a lot more money trying to shout people down than they could bringing actual ideas to the airwaves.
jd
January 19th, 2013
9:59 am
Hey Hiram — while everyone else took a 5% cut in the FY13 amended, GPTV got a 5% increase ($500,000) and another $1.5 million in FY 14… A double digit increase — name another state agency that did likewise
Sam
January 19th, 2013
10:00 am
I’ve listened to Neal since I sat across from him on the control board at WRNG back in the 70’s. He’s highly intelligent, but, in my opinion, much more earthy and plain-spoken than Limbaugh or Hannity. I fail to understand why Hannity is on the air. He’s all bluster and no substance, in my opinion. I don’t agree with many of Neal’s opinions or rants, but, as he liked to say, that’s why they have knobs on the radio. Best of luck to you, Neal. I’m glad you made it to retirement with your mind mostly intact.
GardenDiva
January 19th, 2013
10:09 am
Neal will be missed by those of us who are members of “the Church of the Painful Truth”!
Bill
January 19th, 2013
10:15 am
Neal always said he was in the business of “entertaning” and in my opinion, he was good at it. He was not afraid to get on anybody, lib or conservative, if they deserved it. And there is never a shortage of them. The other talk guys are all business, not entertaining at all . I won’t be a listener to any of them after Boortz is gone except for Ericson. He should have been the replacement for Boortz. Wish “The High Priest of The Church of The Painful Truth” the best in his retirement.
Chris
January 19th, 2013
10:22 am
Boortz was at his best when he pointed out all of the corruption in government and stuck to his libertarian roots. He offered his listeners a chance to hear the truth. What they chose to do with that information was of course up to them.
He will be missed. We’re left with GOP pom-pom wavers like Hannity and Rush. Time for a change.
why are people so stupid
January 19th, 2013
10:23 am
blue dog please give us examples of the announcers being bigots.you cant fix stupid and you are the prime example of liberal dribble with no basis of common sense and the truth .nobama has done more to divide this country than any other person but you uninformed/ignorant voters keep smoking and drinking the same crap god no wonder this country is screwed.
Peach Buzz
January 19th, 2013
10:34 am
Ah yes, I will always remember this fellow as the guy that WSB played between commercials for Mr. Plumber and D. Geller and Son jewelers.
James
January 19th, 2013
10:36 am
Neal often spoke what was on the tongue of people who feared the consequences of saying it in today’s environment. Do not be fooled and allow yourself to believe that there is not a huge number of people out there that are close to reaching a tipping point with the excesses of government. They are not activists by nature but firmly believe that the overreach of the federal government has now reached a critical point where it threatens the very existence of our country. Political leaders should take this seriously.
bucket
January 19th, 2013
10:39 am
How’s that liberal talk show network working out?
Wilbur
January 19th, 2013
10:40 am
It’s not hard to find a racist in Atlanta but it gets a lot easier south of I-20.
Who Me?
January 19th, 2013
10:41 am
Good Bye Neal. You will be missed but not forgotten. For years I thought you were nothing but hot air, but I learned alot more about you when Royal passed so unexpectedly a few years back. You are truly a conservative man of substance and one that a whole lot of people won’t know just how much a difference you made til many years from now. I didn’t listen to you a whole lot the last 10 years as I found that your shtick just got old, but I will miss the election invective and anti-corruption threads you wove in your tireless anti-Washington crusades.
Much peace and relaxation in your retirement sir. You do deserve that, and we hope to hear from you while you’re on the road during the next few years.
As our friend Furman Bisher used to say – Selah…
South GA Gnat
January 19th, 2013
10:44 am
I think us GOP voting conservatives are now a minority. It scares me to know that the Obama liberals have taken over in this country. Our population has become so fractured & diverse that us “Good Ole Boys” don’t stand a chance anymore.
Jon Lester
January 19th, 2013
10:58 am
The 2012 elections went the way they did because people are tired of being lied to, and they’re tired of hearing racist, sexist and worse when these guys say what they really think.
Linda
January 19th, 2013
10:59 am
Blue Dog, I couldn’t have said it better myself!!
Weetamoe
January 19th, 2013
11:12 am
Tell us where the liberal talk shows may be found and we will listen. Tried Air America–listened as often as possible until it went off the air. It was repetitive, gossipy, and really very dumb. Listened to Mike Malloy when he was local.. One day he spent the whole segment discussing, mainly paraphrasing passages from, that Madison County Bridges romance novel because he had not a single caller. I think my liberal friend Jim, a Boston expat, called in at times out of a sense of duty to give him a bit support, though even he found Malloy incredibly stupid. Malloy was wont to scream—and such ignorant stuff as *that painting the nude madja* and *religious art is an oxymoron.* So give us some broadcasts and we will listen. We read Bookman’s blog for heaven’s sake. People like NPR’s Ira Glass listen to Rush because they say he is smart and witty. So don’t give me that bilge that conservatives listen to only conservative radio. There is not much else out there now.
Distro
January 19th, 2013
11:14 am
@bucket It’s called the Internet. The conservative radio talk show demographic hasn’t quite figured that collection of tubes yet.
Mel
January 19th, 2013
11:15 am
Just wondering if those that claim the country would be less divided without Boortz, Hannity, Limbaugh, have ever listened to MSNBC? Or is it just that you want everyone to believe like you? And believe me, you should not throw stones. Some of the people that yell the loudest about bigots, racists, etc are just as bad from their point of view.
nathan's political arsonist
January 19th, 2013
11:20 am
we’ll not see another, hopefully, because the world and georgia are becoming more diversified and educated. factual information is powerful. old racist white dudes like borish are dwindling away forever. evolution and karma combined
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
11:21 am
And why, after all the shouting was done, the combined forces of conservative talk radio had been unable to push Mitt Romney across the finish line and stop the re-election of President Barack Obama last November.
I agree that the lamestream media probably did “push obozo across the finish line,” and when you really think about it, it says a lot about how sad and pathetic America has become.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
January 19th, 2013
11:34 am
Won’t see “another” because without the draft we won’t see another draft-dodger so militant in his support for fascist, warmongering traitors.
milanomania53
January 19th, 2013
11:35 am
Neal may have not been considered a first tier of radio talk show hosts but he was one of the best ones. He was not only entertaining but intelligent and had integrity. And he was not afraid to tell it like it was in our crazy world of that stupid liberal political correctness. I’ve listened to him on WSB since he started and quite a few times I disagreed with him. I turned off his show a few times when he started mocking soccer as an unAmerican sport and soccer players as being sissies in shorts but there is nobody like Neal on the horizon. Ericsson and Herman Cain are fine but they come across as boring dudes. Neal, I wish you good luck and happy retirement and hope to hear your commentaries or when you fill in. You will be missed a lot!!!!
jwc
January 19th, 2013
11:36 am
It’s easy when the head clown is preaching to the circus, but now that centrist level-headedness is settling in nationally and there is a voice or two of reason available from channels outside the dog-whistle circuit, it’s best that the Johnnie One-notes (Boortz being just another of these) quietly fade into their clouded personal misconceptions ….(quietly not being their usual style.)
bigbill
January 19th, 2013
11:37 am
Atlanta will be a different – and very much better – place with Neal Boortz no longer spewing hatred, especially racial hatred, over the radio airways. I have so intensely looked forward to this day. And now, at long last, it is here!
MrLiberty
January 19th, 2013
11:40 am
The media is all now run by a small handfull of individuals who all benefit greatly from the oppression and tyranny of the state. Their advertisers are protected by regulations, tariffs, etc. that keep away competition. They will do whatever the state asks of them including perpetuate blatant lies on behalf of the ever-growing Leviathan (yellow cake uranium, WMDs, the “official” Sandy Hook story, biased polls, etc. While Neal was certainly no libertarian (the principled belief that individuals should be able to do with their bodies and their property as they see fit so long as they do not harm another or their property), he certainly spoke out occasionally against the state apparatus (unless it was murdering innocent brown people in foreign countries – which was perfectly ok with him). If it wasn’t for his great ratings and the potential backlash, he would have been gone a long time ago. Frankly it was probably his love for big government and government power (when wielded in support of the military/industrial/prison/surveillance state) that kept him going as long as it did.
Thankfully the internet is providing intelligent people and those unsatisfied with the lies the mainstream media is telling them, an outlet for finding the truth. Neal’s passing may be the end of an era, but it likely marks the beginning of a much bloodier era for freedom, and liberty.
CB
January 19th, 2013
11:41 am
I use to enjoy listening to Boortz until his show morph into a anti Barack Obama rant. I had to tune him out. Every now and them I would tune in to listen, but, it never fails Barack Obama this Barack Obama that bla baa bla Barack Obama. And so, I would quickly change the dial again and enjoy good music as opposed to a deranged rant.
I will try Hermain Cain, Limbaugh and Hannity never, Erick Erickson for sure as he calls out Republicans when they are wrong.
That been said I wish him well in his retirement, and I hope he can find a cure for his Barack Obama deranged syndrome.
Attack Dog
January 19th, 2013
11:43 am
It is intersting that I finally understand why Boortz used to say some folks “voted for a living.” I thought he was talking about poor liberal folks, when it was actually wealthy conservative folks. Wealthy conservative folks don’t work, they play like in the market, with peoples’ livelyhood, and in some cases peoples’ very lives.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
11:44 am
I wonder why so many people want to get into the various Conservative talking formats? I wonder why there are so few liberal talking formats? Is it because Conservatives can actually discuss their issues without grossing people out?
Like liberals can’t?
clem
January 19th, 2013
11:48 am
with what they paid neal to bloviate, wonder why rogers did not apply for this job?
3d
January 19th, 2013
11:50 am
I’ve met a lot of black racist.
I can’t walk bankhead or through Pittsburg.
Daddy D
January 19th, 2013
11:50 am
@Why Are People… Prior to the election, NB said he was looking forward to retirement and taking a trip to Antarctica to be”…surrounded by as much white as possible” on inauguration day. Veiled, but there. I won’t miss him. Plus, I don’t need millionaires shouting at me about how bad things are.
Attack Dog
January 19th, 2013
11:51 am
If there is “stupid liberal political correctness,” then based on all credible studies, there is a seriously “stupid conservative political incorrectness.” The reason Boortz is leaving is because conservative talking-heads have been uncovered for being nothing more than puppets for folks like the Koch brothers. Have you noticed that Dixiecans have stopped talking about George Soros?
DannyX
January 19th, 2013
11:57 am
Whoopee!!! Conservatives dominate am radio with comical talk radio. Wow, hundreds a day get entertained this way. They probably listen while polishing their guns.
Liberals dominate the vast majority of radio with music. The cool liberals are in your favorite band. The nerdy talk hosts are ranting on am radio.
Although conservatives did once, about 35 years ago, have Ted Nugent! LOL. Republicans, a one hit wonder.
KMcClure
January 19th, 2013
11:59 am
Its time all americans to start thinking for themselves and not be influnced by people who have hidden agendas. like make a lot of money, ownning a plane, big mansions (creflo dollar). Always educate yourself dont leave it to others. always hidden agendas
Patriot
January 19th, 2013
12:05 pm
Hopefully the same can soon be said for fat, bespectacled, socialist columnists.
WAW
January 19th, 2013
12:08 pm
The Church of The Painful Truth is following in the footsteps of many other mainline churches, the congregations are dying. As an insurance / investment TV commercial points out, 10,000 people are retiring everyday and these Boomers are dropping out of the “fire and brimstone” talk show faithful. And don’t forget that the average life expectancy is 78. Their main political thinking is changing as they age. From a) gotta protect America for my grandchildren, to b) you better not touch my Social Security and Medicare, to c) Granny said there’d come a time. Well, the time is getting closer when Boomers will be “a voice from the past”. The next 20 years (a generation) will wonder what Elvis was all about and who Rush was.
Bob
January 19th, 2013
12:16 pm
From this right wing nut job Atlanta native…Boortz is no southerner. He may live in Atlanta, but he is a Yankee.
Keep doing this GOP
January 19th, 2013
12:20 pm
The next 20 years (a generation) will wonder what Elvis was all about and who Rush was.
See, Rush was this really cool band who…………………………
Corey
January 19th, 2013
12:25 pm
Could it be that people are realizing that anger being spewd daily is not the solution, for anger only generates more anger until it becomes poison? Notice how right wing talk radio popped up like mushrooms with the election of and reelection of Clinton and intensified with the election of Obama. Now Mr. Obama has neen reelected. Ask yourselves how is that right wing talk radio working our for you, and how effective have the puveyors of anger been at improving this nation?
George Burdell
January 19th, 2013
12:28 pm
I love the fact that Boortz listeners are convinced that there is a “Liberal” media when 98% of the talk shows are conservative and are on the air 24/7. Why aren’t there liberal talk shows? It’s simple, liberals actually work for a living and cannot lounge around all day listening to and calling in to radio shows. When was the last time you saw a cashier at Walmart listening to a radio and calling a talk show? Good riddance to the spoiled multi-millionaire who spent everyday trying to convice the masses that things that were good for the uber-rich were good for everyone.
Dave
January 19th, 2013
12:30 pm
I think he had said about everything he had to say by about ten years ago, ten times.
WillinRoswell
January 19th, 2013
12:31 pm
Wilbur says:
“It’s not hard to find a racist in Atlanta but it gets a lot easier south of I-20.”
He is absolutely right. Just check out south Fulton, south DeKalb, all of Clayton, Bibb, Daughtery, etc. etc.
Get the picture?
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
12:39 pm
the gop’s token is taking over for the racist?…lol
Lee
January 19th, 2013
12:43 pm
Never cared too much for “talk radio”. Just give me a classic rock or oldies station that has a playlist of more than 30 songs and I’m happy.
(Yeah, yeah, I know. Just pop for the XM radio already…)
td
January 19th, 2013
12:46 pm
DannyX
January 19th, 2013
11:57 am
Most country music in conservative.
Conservative rockers are a few more then just uncle Ted.
Ever hear of:
Kid Rock
Johnny Romone
Joe Perry
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sammy Hagar
Dave Mustaine
Styx
Should I go on to prove how ignorant your post is? BTW: It is not AM talk radio any longer most of them now have sister FM stations. WSB/99.7
Pizzaman
January 19th, 2013
12:51 pm
Thank God!
Who-knew?
January 19th, 2013
12:54 pm
Hey Blue Dog, why don’t you move out of the country if its so baaaaaad here. Liberals….pffft.
HoppedUpOnClarity
January 19th, 2013
12:55 pm
Here is what I find insulting. You can take these people who subscribe to Neal Boortz’s racist, sexist, everything -ist philosophy and are apologists for it and they will tell you how it was nothing more than “harmless ENTERTAINMENT”. That jerk Neal Boortz did more to stoke the anger of resentful White people over especially the past 4 years than just about anyone else. Here is what is insulting…
You take these same people and Neal who was not shy about taking aim at all things “Urban”, “Hip-Hop” and “Ghetto” and engage them on the subject of RAP MUSIC. See if they tell you that THAT is “entertainment”?? It uses the same medium as Neal, expresses the perspective seen from THEIR eyes, is gritty, “thought provoking” and all of that. Yet, you see…people like Neal and his ilk view that as POISONING THE MINDS OF THE PUBLIC and the people who consume it as idiots. They are so myopic though that in THEIR minds they cannot possibly be consuming poison.
There is where the intellectual disconnect is. How in the hell can you simply pass off vitriol and hatred packaged as “entertainment” put out over the air for years and years as “harmless” and ineffectual to those who gladly consume and espouse it, and in the same breath present (Black ) rappers, athletes and anyone else in the public eye who consumes hip-hip as some type of mindless uncivilized animal. That supremacist perspective (let’s just call it what it is), is what needs to change. Boortz knew exactly what he was doing. It is who he is. I mean…it’s not like he’s moving out of the country or anything. His situation doesn’t change to anything much different than it has been in life. He just could no longer contain his hatred for having a man with brown skin elected to the highest office in the land again, that it became too much for him to deal with. He admitted it as much. Now THAT’S some hatred for your @**! Glad he’s gone. P.O.S.
…and Herman Cain. You will see REAL SOON what those who claim they would “support you in a heartbeat” think of you now that “Uncle Neal” is gone and you are no longer needed as window dressing and camouflage for his bigotry. You are seeing it already on these blogs with listeners. They have already begun WRITING YOUR EPITAPH; they have no use for you any longer. There has always been a place in history for people like HC. Six months Herman…tops! Watch and see.
Alphare
January 19th, 2013
12:55 pm
WillinRoswell ,
yes I do, Limbaugh has houses in all those places.
td
January 19th, 2013
1:02 pm
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
12:54 pm
The token HERMAN CAIN will try to make the racist birthers happy!
Glad you could come back on Representative Johnson. Has Guam tipped over yet?
td
January 19th, 2013
1:05 pm
HoppedUpOnClarity
January 19th, 2013
12:55 pm
Must be nice to walk thru life and see everything in color. Look in the mirror my friend if you want to see tru racist HATE.
td
January 19th, 2013
1:09 pm
Aesop’s Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
11:44 am
I wonder why so many people want to get into the various Conservative talking formats? I wonder why there are so few liberal talking formats? Is it because Conservatives can actually discuss their issues without grossing people out?
Like liberals can’t?
It is because liberals have to be stealthy and hide what they really are. They do not want their uniformed voters to really know that they hate God, hate capitalism, hate whites and hate our country in its present form> Remember “This is the first time in my life that I am proud of my country”?
Tom
January 19th, 2013
1:13 pm
Hope he has a happy retirement. I know I’m glad to be able to listed to WSB radio again.
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
1:21 pm
td
spoken like the racist birther that you are!
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
1:24 pm
YESSS @td!!!
Because EVERYONE knows that when one speaks out AGAINST racism and bigotry, it by default makes THEM the racist and bigot and not the ones they spoke out against in the first place.
Off yourself fool.
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
1:24 pm
td
conservatives hate the fact that its not 1950 anymore…lol
JDW
January 19th, 2013
1:25 pm
Goodbye and good riddance. Boortz and his ilk are one of the greatest sources of misinformation in politics today. When you look at the dysfunction that is todays Republican Party and try to understand why…Boortz, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc… are right there towards the top of the list.
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
1:25 pm
conservatives think that speaking out against racism is racist…smh…
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
1:26 pm
conservatives think that being a racist birther is proof that you’re a good AMERICAN.
BRW
January 19th, 2013
1:27 pm
Just looking at his picture, all I have to say is he better be glad it wasn’t a TV show!
In fact I think he had a short run on the telly and now we know the real reason it was cancelled….
Not enough makeup to go around.
Good riddance. Talk about dividing a nation. This guy wrote a book on how to do it.
seriously
January 19th, 2013
1:31 pm
sad to him go… maybe it’s time, but the thing about it is that liberals will always play dirty and name call. He had a good run at WSB.
BRW
January 19th, 2013
1:33 pm
td is back. Couldn’t stand not reading his own drivel for a day.
Neal’s gone td and as the song says “Another bites the dust”
Obama is Neal’s president and your president. LOL!
td
January 19th, 2013
1:33 pm
liberalefty
January 19th, 2013
1:24 pm
Yes Hank we believe everything you have to say.
William Baranowski
January 19th, 2013
1:40 pm
The “right wing” is NOT anti science and does NOT have a flat earth agenda. That is just left wing hate speech.
BRW
January 19th, 2013
1:41 pm
Looks like Savannah struck a chord too close to the truth with wittle td.
BRW
January 19th, 2013
1:43 pm
“The “right wing” is NOT anti science and does NOT have a flat earth agenda. That is just left wing hate speech.”
Then I would invite you to check some of Mr. Broun’s and Mr. Mourdoch’s mouth garbage.
Knowshon5dollafootlong
January 19th, 2013
1:55 pm
Neal Boortz was nothing more than a professional complainer. He consistently preferred tearing down as opposed to offering anything productive. The only time he paused from his vitriolic bitch session was to gloat about his home in Florida, his airplane, and his latest trip to play golf at Augusta. I’m sure his bloated ego has convinced him that he’ll be missed. Sorry, Phil…what was his name? We’ve already forgotten you.
t-bone
January 19th, 2013
1:55 pm
Neal disagreed with most of the liberal agenda before Obama even came on the scene and correctly predicted that anyone who disagreed with Obama would be deemed a racist. He was 100% correct. Whenever a liberal can’t win a debte on facts he/she just calls someone a racist for daring to question liberal policies.
JKL
January 19th, 2013
1:57 pm
Tell Boortz his smear campaign against Brandon Hall School failed. He was such a shallow person that he refused to have lunch on the campus even when he was invited after whining about the school in his old neighborhood….
findog
January 19th, 2013
2:01 pm
I still have my SAWB button
While I may have never wholly agreed with Neal I never thought it right for a Mayor of Atlanta to denigrate free speech just because it came from a Caucasian, Christian, heterosexual, male of European decent
Kris
January 19th, 2013
2:08 pm
Nate shady dealer, I want a job like this.
Former state Sen. Chip Rogers will start his new job Tuesday earning a lofty $150,000 – making him the seventh executive at Georgia Public Broadcasting
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/chip-rogers-will-make-150000-at-gpb/nT2Nc/
Will crooked deal have enough back bone. Spine. Say no to BLANK, no money No stadium. Do the will of the 73% who do not want a stadium..
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/falcons-face-pressure-to-ask-for-less-public-funds/nT2QX/
Buy shady Dealer 2014.
The falcons will go down in flames!
Doug
January 19th, 2013
2:13 pm
G O O D
R I D D A N C E ! ! !
td
January 19th, 2013
2:19 pm
We will now have a good conservative African American on the air everyday. Maybe he can show the good Christian African Americans and fiscally conservative African Americans that they are being used by the White secular humanist progressive plantation owners and some more will shed the yoke.
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
2:19 pm
So @td let me get this straight…
If I sit and listen to someone over a period of years day in and day out rant about a specific demographic or group for no other reason than to piss off another group and pit them against other because it’s great for his ratings and enriches him. This person boldly and gladly attaches ALL of the stereotypes, taglines and slogans of a racist or sexist nature to the individuals he attacks, and for ME to point that out is playing the “race card”???
Oh I get it. It’s the turn the other cheek principle eh? The good old “Christian” way. Accept the oppression of your oppressor. Don’t complain about it. Just be humble and thankful for it, lest it be perceived as your playing the race card. Sure, I get it now. Like I said before…
td
January 19th, 2013
2:25 pm
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
2:19 pm
So @td let me get this straight…
“If I sit and listen to someone over a period of years day in and day out rant about a specific demographic or group”
If you are talking about the moochers of society. The ones that refuse to get an education, not develop a marketable skill set, have children when they can not afford them and want to be dependent on the government for their subsistence regardless of race then yes that is what Neal was talking about. If you think Neal was only talking about Black people then you are full of crap and see nothing but see the KKK behind every corner.
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
2:27 pm
How ironic that right after I post, I see this statement of “good Christian African Americans”. You see people, some people’s ideas just don’t come from nowhere. “Christianity” has been used since the beginning to neuter masses of people so that those who desire to take advantage of them can continue to do so. Just be “good Christians….(and allow yourselft be $*** upon)”. And None of that is said to attack faith, spirituality or belief in a higher power, because I myself do. I do see things for what they are though.
Paul
January 19th, 2013
2:27 pm
Erick Erickson is fine with me.
Keep It Real
January 19th, 2013
2:29 pm
I would like to personally thank Neal Boortz and the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for getting President Barak Obama re-elected in November. The vernacular used on election day to describe African Americans was very demeaning but in the end, it backfired. It is great to see that all people are not bigots like you and your counterparts named above. You guys are killing the Republican party. The Republicans are scrambling trying to come up with a new strategy for the next election when all they need to do is shut you guys up. You guys purport to be the voice of your party as a whole and people don’t like you for it. All I can say is “One down and two to go”! It’s funny how they brought Rush Limbaugh over to 95.5 FM in Atlanta recently. It’s obvious they thought he was better than you anyway but just did not want to hurt your feelings. The token boy Cain won’t cut it either. I only pray that you stop teaching hate and teach your family how to love.
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
2:31 pm
” moochers of society…..”
This is Neal Boortz’s impact, contribution to society and legacy. It’s like quoting the Bible for some people. On full display…
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
2:33 pm
Does anyone else find it hilarious that these libs have the nerve to complain about “right wing anger” in the midst of their own vein bulging, purple foreheaded, slobbering curled lip fit of rage?
What a bunch of whackjobs.
td
January 19th, 2013
2:40 pm
LiveFromSavannah
January 19th, 2013
2:31 pm
” moochers of society…..”
This is Neal Boortz’s impact, contribution to society and legacy. It’s like quoting the Bible for some people. On full display…
And what would you call them? The under privileged? The non LUCKY of society? After 46 years of the “Great society” with no progress in war on poverty with government programs. You leftest still refuse to see the real problem and that problem is government intervention.
Phil
January 19th, 2013
2:41 pm
Go back to watching American Idol people
Steve Lathem
January 19th, 2013
2:44 pm
Someone explain why if you have different views than liberals you are a hateful bigot when they claim the mantle of all inclusive!!!!!!
Google "NEA" and "union"
January 19th, 2013
2:44 pm
Dream on, Galloway. Thirty of the fifty states have Republican governors. In Georgia, both houses of the legislature are controlled by that party. And Fox News continues to dominate cable TV ratings.
Then consider the AJC’s rapidly dwindling circulation.
clem
January 19th, 2013
2:45 pm
cain is a carny at best
Mark Silver
January 19th, 2013
2:49 pm
Yes, I agree, we will not find another Neal Boortz, for I have noticed, he was just a handful of talk radio shows that had the guts to speak the truth. I found that every other media refused to admit the truth and allowed obama to constantly get away with out right lies, fraud and half-truth. The media is supposed to report the truth and be unbiased. During the months before the elections it was amazing how the media pointed out how Romney plan or speech had errors, but obama could give a flat out lie, and the media ignored it. Even when proof showed obama lied, everyone in the media and radio ignore his lies and even passed it on as the rock solid truth, but you had a few out there with the guts and morals to report the lies, like Neal Boortz, Glen Beck, and Herman Cain. What are we to do, and who are we going to look to, to report the truth with Neal Boortz retiring? We know we can not believe the local news media and papers, or most talk show host, for they all will follow the leader when it comes to obama and his constant lies.
BORING
January 19th, 2013
2:51 pm
Boortz was pretty good at one time but the same ole shtick grew to be tiresome.
Erickson and Cain have zero pizzaz.. They are about as amusing as those “sea monkeys” they use to advertise in comic books…
WSB landed Rush which will help their bottom line, but the other two are dreadful…
Neither Red or Blue
January 19th, 2013
3:10 pm
Promise we wont see another of his kind? Please dont tease us with these titles!
West Point
January 19th, 2013
3:11 pm
Hey blue dog, I got another Titanic for you, Obama, Biden, and the rest of you tree hugging commies. We don’t need wussies like you in this country. Get out!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
3:18 pm
Does anybody else wonder how bookman is able to post 3 or 4 articles per day? You think he spends a lot of time thinking about each and everyone of them? Ever get the feeling there is a bunch of in depth investigative reporting going on behind the scenes? Heh, me either.
Must be nice to have the white house do all the work that you claim as your own.
Ever wonder how the Closeminded News Network can say the same things over and over, all day long, and the morons and obozombies just sit and stare at it? Until what is being said finally dawns on them and they are programmed? And able to go forth and babble?
Look, here’s a few of them now.
Old Hippie
January 19th, 2013
3:21 pm
Herman Cain won’t last a year – he was an embarrassment to the GOP during the campaign and will do the same for talk radio. Neal Boortz was/is a racist anti-intellectual, flat-earther – good riddance.
Talk Radio Listener
January 19th, 2013
3:23 pm
Guess what Galloway … newspapers have peaked too. There won’t ever be another Henry Grady or Ralph McGill. Deal with it.
Avery Bundren
January 19th, 2013
3:25 pm
It is great that Boortz is finally giving it up. Here is a man who has the capacity to appeal to people’s basest emotions and fears and has made a damn good living doing it. I have always said and will continue to say it: Boortz is an oral aggressor and he comes off as a coward as most people of this ilk do. He has had great appeal to the economically oppressed and the intellectually disinherited. Too bad that we have such individuals who see civility as a sign of weakness and sincerity is never subject to proof.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
3:28 pm
Rush, Cain, Hannity et al. use big words, and talk about all kinds of different subjects and this frightens and confuses the average liberal. It’s like way over their heads. They are unable to comprehend such things so they become angry and sullen. Do those acting out here not seem dumbfounded? They are used to flashcard type clown shows such as johnie stewart, who acts like a fool to establish that special connection with the mouthbreathers who watch him. They have no attention span so he must make like an ape to keep them sentient. It’s all pretty sad.
irwin
January 19th, 2013
3:37 pm
President Obama re-elected; Boortz “retires ” sounds right to me.
Vashtai
January 19th, 2013
3:39 pm
Well said Jim! I’ve been listening to Neal on the radio since I got my driver’s license. I didn’t always agree with him, but even you haters have to agree he was well informed. Besides, Neal is 68 years old. It’s time to do something else. And BTW, do any of you know why Clark Howard’s show was replaced with “Rush, Radio’s own Goebbels?” Clark’s show was so much more interesting.
Joel Hitt
January 19th, 2013
3:47 pm
Thanks for doing this piece on Neal and conservative talk radio, Jim. It is well written, but I thought you were way too nice to him.
I listened to Neal for 20 years, mostly to understand what makes the conservative mind tick. I indeed failed at this task. Over the course of these two decades I steadily moved to the left further and further, and still tried to understand Neal and his callers. I still don’t get it. I am so glad he is gone.
I don’t look forward to Herman either, as you would imagine. I think his run at Washington has made him more dangerous because he now believes he is really a figure of national prominence, and that seems to have given him a puffed up opinion of himself. At least in Rabun County I don’t receive WSB clearly anymore, so that’s a blessing right there.
Joel Hitt
dadopee
January 19th, 2013
3:48 pm
Because there’s no place for bigots in America.
partlycloudy
January 19th, 2013
3:57 pm
What’s so sad about all these ugly, angry, bigoted and scared, old white men is that they really don’t care how much hate they spread all over the radio airwaves. They really do think they are smarter and better than women and minorities. Of course, what do they see when they look in the mirror? Surely they see their ugly faces. Of course most of them drink so much and use prescription drugs that they probably think they look like gods.
I agree with the poster who said for this dude to take all the other haters with him. They are all destined to go to a part of hell where they must listen to and watch Obama and Hiliary 24/7. Obama and Hiliary have been successful despite all the ugly, angry old white male bigots.
WOW
January 19th, 2013
4:05 pm
Rush, Cain, Hannity et al. use big words, and talk about all kinds of different subjects and this frightens and confuses the average liberal. It’s like way over their heads.
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. These three have done more to dumb down the national dialogue on issues than anyone else I can think of. They are exactly what’s wrong with our political process The base non of their info in facts or ideas, they just push hate. There are some thoughtful intellectual conservatives out there, but it isn’t any of these guys.
If two college drop outs and Mr. 999 is where you are getting your ideas from, then Republicans will truly never win another national election.
WOW
January 19th, 2013
4:05 pm
Rush, Cain, Hannity et al. use big words, and talk about all kinds of different subjects and this frightens and confuses the average liberal. It’s like way over their heads.
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. These three have done more to dumb down the national dialogue on issues than anyone else I can think of. They are exactly what’s wrong with our political process The base non of their info in facts or ideas, they just push hate. There are some thoughtful intellectual conservatives out there, but it isn’t any of these guys.
If two college drop outs and Mr. 999 is where you are getting your ideas from, then Republicans will truly never win another national election.
Rabbit
January 19th, 2013
4:07 pm
Bye.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
4:12 pm
These three have done more to dumb down the national dialogue on issues than anyone else I can think of.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you sandra fluke.
Can I get a duh?
Larry30
January 19th, 2013
4:13 pm
WGST switched to Spanish sports because they had destroyed their listenership. Starting with planet radio and the final blow when they fired all their on air talent management made mistake after mistake. They could never accept and cater to the niche they had in this market. GST would never be WSB. The demise of conservative talk radio is a myth. More of a dream in Galloway’s mind. And the reason there aren’t liberal talk show hosts is because they can’t sell any advertising. No one wants to listen to the drivel they foist upon their listeners.
catlady
January 19th, 2013
4:13 pm
I think he said, “Backbitcher.”
S
January 19th, 2013
4:28 pm
There are plenty of liberal talk radio channels and in fact a new one here in Atlanta…10 10 on your dial. Internet Ring of Fire, Progressive talk radio out of Chicago, just a few that come to mind, we listen to the latter on our cells or on our computers. I think people are tired of listening to all the anger coming out of all these Right Wing conservative talk shows, I know I was and quit listening to them years ago. You can only listen to hate talk so long and then you too will start to hate.
tom brown
January 19th, 2013
4:29 pm
sure am glad this jerk of a racist is gone. Why did it take them 30 yrs to get rid of him. No respect for the office of President. Oh America is going down the tubes unless you choose Willard. What a laugh. Over and over the same downgrading crap about President Obama. Take Rush , Hannity, Savage and the ilk with you on your RV trips. Dont come back. I can actually tolerate Hermain Cain for more than 5 minutes. And keep Jamie the only one that would tell Boortz when he was full of crap/ The radio waves will lift up with Boortz gone. What a hateful egotistacle person he was. No one on that show liked him they just liked the paycheck. Boortz made no differance in regular peoples lives. Rudeness and dumbars is where he spent his time. Take your 10 million you made off vindictiveness and hate and dont come back.
gdfo
January 19th, 2013
4:45 pm
The only ‘hate spewing’ I have read or heard is from people who don’t agree with a conservative persons ideas.
Some of you have forgotten what it was like in the Old Democratic South.
You do not remember how bold it was for a Democrat like JFK to even openly discuss de-segregation. You have forgotten to much and are willing to put blame others for your own shorcomings.
Remember that Lincoln was a Republican.
People who have a record of making acheivements in the personal business world become conservative when other people make silly accusations. Remember history. What happened to the man who started Boeing Aircraft? What were his accomplishments? Who tried to bring him down. In the end he did more for his country then his detractors did. Boortz has faults like other people but unlike most people he did turn his life around by hard work.
BTW some of you are posting like he is dead, NO, just retired. And if you listened to him you would know why. Is he correct in all of his assesments? No. Is he always personable and charming? No. Personally I did/do not like it when he mis-pronounced words or made slips when he talked to fast. I do miss The Kimmer. He was entertaining. None of these people are political advisors, they are entertainers and opinionists. Don’t you just love to hate someone who has a different opinion than yourself. But it sure reads like most of you listened to his show. LOL..
BigAintheBigA
January 19th, 2013
4:46 pm
I remember Neal from way back in the WRNG days too when he was low man over there. Think Ludlow was the reigning star at the time. Talk about southern bias! HA! What I don’t understand about the libs is that if you’re not perfect, or not one of them, then you’re this or that and don’t deserve a voice. WSB has clearly thought otherwise. The game is changing but the rules will still be the same. If you don’t like it then for godssakes don’t listen. Happy retirement, Neal!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
4:53 pm
Notice how the foamy ones have to tell us that YES, THERE IS LIBERAL TALK RADIO. Must be some really profound thoughts being exchanged on these powerhouses that everyone wants to hear and reflect upon. Or not.
Deep Thoughts
January 19th, 2013
5:03 pm
It is wishful thinking to think that conservative talk radio, Fox News, etc. is on its way to extinction. Just read liberal blogs like this one on a daily basis, you are the ones, their loyal listeners and watchers, that LOVE to HATE. Liberals are the ones that listen, watch, and comment ad naseum. You are your own worst enemies.
It’s not about the quanitity of votes, but the quality of the voter. Liberals are the lowest common denominator and the most uninformed. A bunch of single minded, entitled voters banding together – lying to each other about their unifeid support.
You may be larger in numbers but you’ll never have the power and / or wealth you are so desperate to steal.
He was a fraud
January 19th, 2013
5:03 pm
Boortz would go on and on about govt. schools and indoctrination, but refused to actually see first hand what the classroom was like. He was like the other radio hacks, who bullied people with opinions different from their own, won’t miss him in the least.
catlady
January 19th, 2013
5:11 pm
Larry: No, the liberals are too busy working and being productive to devote time to such (stuff). NOT full of hate, NOT believing that bellyaching about everything solves anything.
Libby
January 19th, 2013
5:12 pm
Why are we discussing Boortz? What is more important is that our 1st black president is being inaugerated for his second reign and our FOTUS has a new ‘hairdo! This is the weekend to focus on the future of our country minus white people.
catlady hates white people
January 19th, 2013
5:15 pm
she loves her illegal aliens that keep her employed.
catlady
January 19th, 2013
5:20 pm
Was it Rush or Neal who said they would quit if Obama was reelected? Or was that what the man promised?
Ellen
January 19th, 2013
5:25 pm
Thank you, Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity et al for ensuring the reelection of Barack Obama. Thank you for turning off young people, women, all brown people and anyone who doesn’t go to your church. While you have greatly enriched yourselves, you have ensured the death throes of the GOP. Keep up the good work! Thanks to you, the GOP will be extinct as a national party. And your grandchildren will compare you to the Whig Party. HOORAY!
Randolph Phillips
January 19th, 2013
5:33 pm
I will never forget two things about the 2008 Presidential Campaign when i think about Neal Boortz. He was bonkers to keep Hillary Clinton from getting the nomination, and seemed quite happy that Obama beat her, He wasn’t alone. Only Limbaugh warned that Hillary was preferable to Obama. And Boortz/s sister taught Ob ama in Hawaii’s Punatubo School.
As for the dilution of impact of Talk Radio, and other “old media”, I think that is true in at least some respects. But a thousand almost unheard and almost, unread voices will not have the impact of a single voice with a big audience. So I don’t know the end result of that phenomenon.
Boortz admitted that he was essentially an entertainer, not a political thinker. He also made it clear he wasn’t a conservative. He was always promoting libertarianism, which is not the same thing at all. As a conservative, I probably agreed with him less than 15% of the time. I won’t miss him much, and actually like the idea Neal won’t be around to sell RINO Jeb Bush for President in 2016.
Otherwise, I wish him the best.
Watchful Eyes
January 19th, 2013
5:36 pm
I am a conservative, but tired of Boortz a long time ago, and not because 9of his views. What sickened me was his incessant reminders to his audience about his possessions and how rich he was. Hardly a class act., Hannity, Rush, Herman…… none of them talk about their acquired weath. It just doesn’t belong on talk radio. Good riddance to Boortz. I look forward to listening to Herman Cain.
Ronald Reagan
January 19th, 2013
5:41 pm
Liberals can’t comprehend anything that’s too complicated! They are good at repeating “one liners” & voting more than once in an election. We need another President like George W. was! Good man & had respect for his country!
Two-Tiered
January 19th, 2013
5:46 pm
“The looming problem for talk radio – as well as for talking heads on television and columnists in newspapers – is the Internet.”
Galloway; You forgot the most important aspect of this shallow statement: The Internet is eating newspapers lunches and biased “journalists’” (are you really a journalist?) days are even more numbered. Best dust off your high school resumes and hpe someone has a spot open on the “Weekly Reader.”
nike
January 19th, 2013
5:49 pm
I think there are ought to be more like Neal, Hannity and Rush. With these type of people on the air waves it will just guarantee the republican party will continue to have the same results as the last election. This country’s demographics are changing and people don’t want to hear the mess these folks continue to spout. Good bye and good riddance.
sandra
January 19th, 2013
5:53 pm
He will be missed.
td
January 19th, 2013
5:56 pm
catlady
January 19th, 2013
5:11 pm
Larry: No, the liberals are too busy working and being productive to devote time to such (stuff). NOT full of hate, NOT believing that bellyaching about everything solves anything.
HA, HA, HA and that is why 70% of the people making under $30,000 per year voted for Obama? Yes the moochers are conservatives. Try again.
So what?
January 19th, 2013
5:57 pm
I first listened to Neal Boortz in the early seventies when he was at WRNG radio, at a time I was just beginning to get interested in politics. I thought at the time he was a breath of fresh air. Perhaps my memory is wrong but I don’t recall him being such a Republican lap dog in those days. I would listen to him sporadically over the years and came to realize what a phony he was. Of course he openly admitted that he was just an entertainer, sort of a Limbaugh lite. I think that fact was lost on most of his followers, who take him seriously.
ATLien
January 19th, 2013
5:58 pm
Good riddance.
Try thinking, blue dog
January 19th, 2013
5:58 pm
blue dog says: “Please take Rush, Hannity, etc with you and don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
America, without these bigots, would be one far more united. A nation moving forward for the common good, not fractured by intolerance, racism and downright hatred of all that is not WASP.”
WTF? Huh? If a person has conservative values and advocates personal responsibility over a nanny state funded by the taking of assets from folks who actually work, that person is intolerant, racist, and hateful of non-WASPS?
You are literally out of your mind.
Alex
January 19th, 2013
6:01 pm
Just out of curiosity, how well has liberal talk radio been doing? Air America, bankrupt. Damn, I’m trying so hard to think of another, but I just can’t seem to do it. See Galloway, what you are missing is talk radio has ben so successful for conservatives because conservatives deal in facts. Liberals have been abysmal failures at talk radio because liberals deal in emotion. When a liberal caller calls a conservative talk show, they must be prepared to debate facts. If a conservative could find a liberal show to call, they would be able to make the host look bad on their own show by utilizing facts.
Bobsie
January 19th, 2013
6:06 pm
Neal didn’t speak the truth, he spoke his honest opinion. Sometimes it was close to the truth, other times not so much.
Best wishes Neal.
Alex nailed it
January 19th, 2013
6:08 pm
Well said!
Cliff
January 19th, 2013
6:15 pm
I listened to him for several years in the 90’s, and I actually agreed with much of what he said. But I grew tired of him bashing the Clintons day after day after day after day.
Then one day there was a terrible wreck on I-85 where father, mother, and infant were burned alive. He referred to them as “crispy critters”, and never apologized. That was the last day I listened to him.
Ralph Nader
January 19th, 2013
6:25 pm
It is intersting that I finally understand why Boortz used to say some folks “voted for a living.” I thought he was talking about poor liberal folks, when it was actually wealthy conservative folks. Wealthy conservative folks don’t work, they play like in the market, with peoples’ livelyhood, and in some cases peoples’ very lives.
The divisiveness in this country can simply be traced to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. No one has done more to divide Americans than Obama . Boortz and his ilk are/were simply trying to point out that all Americans whether they be black or white, rich or poor, old or young need to rally together to fix the problems that we currently face. It’s pretty simple that when the White House and Senate fight spending cuts to the point that they cut the equivalent of 35 cents to you and me they aren’t serious. Plus raising taxes on the rich accomplishes virtually nothing (runs the government for a whopping 8 days). We simply can’t survive as a nation with fools such as this in Congress and the White House. If your family is in debt what do you do? Spend more like Obama recommends? Or do you cut your budget. This isn’t rocket science. It’s also extremely sad to see the race card used so often. It seems like whenever someone disagrees with Obama it’s because he’s black. That is preposterous. It is because he is ruining this country.
Ol' Timer
January 19th, 2013
6:31 pm
I cannot think of Boortz without thinking of the quote by Josh Billings who said, “As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
Keep It Real
January 19th, 2013
6:45 pm
Someone mentioned that Boortz was “well informed”. Someone was paid to have his materials prepared for the show. Whenever anyone got close to exposing his pure ignorance, racism, bigotry, etc., he hung up in their face. So above everything else, he was a coward! All of you “Boortzites” either already possessed the same traits or were converted somewhere along the way. There was nothing civil or humane about his behavior on the radio. It is a shame that radio owners sell their souls to the devil in order to profit at the expense of humiliating, demeaning, insulting, etc. all of mankind. It is apparent they are all Republicans too. I knew that Boortz and his “Boortzites” had issues when they could not figure out that Clinton left the country with a surplus after inheriting a deficit from Bush, Sr. Bush W. spent every penny of it, and then some, fighting a senseless war among other things yet Boortz and his “Boortzites” still found a way to blame President Obama. Everything that went on to further fuel the deficit was already in place by Bush W. and inherited by President Obama. It was so refreshing on November 6, 2012 to see that most of the world understood that. Guys like Hannity, Limbaugh and Boortz (looking at these names…are they even Americans?) should be embarrassed for themselves and their families. As for Cain, turn the 9-9-9 upside down and you’ll have your answer.
Roll Out
January 19th, 2013
6:52 pm
Prob won’t see another boortz for a couple of decades. Takes along time for that kind of cynical hatred of your fellow man to ferment.
tom brown
January 19th, 2013
7:21 pm
Willard goes down in the election and Boortz quits
Its a great time in America !!!
Now America will prosper and thrive.
George W aint showing up at the inaugeration , haha he wasnt invited anyway.
Hope the RV dont run into a ditch and BOortz has to change a tire
He probably has someone he pays to drive . He is a much better follower.
buh bye Boortz dont let the door hit you in your fat ass
tom brown
January 19th, 2013
7:25 pm
Whenever anyone got close to exposing his pure ignorance, racism, bigotry, etc., he hung up in their face. So above everything else, he was a coward!
……………………………………………………
wow did you ever hit the nail on the head there.
COWARD BOORTXZZZ .
thats the tickit
justin Case
January 19th, 2013
7:27 pm
Roll Out & Tom Brown you two are some kind of stupid!!!
NoWingedAngel
January 19th, 2013
7:37 pm
I’m laughing at all the conservatives on here asking where all the “liberal talk” stations are. The entire internet is a liberal station. Today’s youth are able to get news and then fact-check it in moments.
If conservatives want to stay a viable group, then they’re going to have to update their platform to something that’s pro-science, pro-technology, pro-diversity, pro-woman, and they’re going to have to stop making it harder for minorities to vote.
Take a look at the last election. Your major constituency, white males over 50, are continuing to die off and what do you do? Instead of changing your platform and becoming more moderate, you shift as far to the right as you can go and then try and rig elections by gerrymandering, enacting voter ID laws, and attempting to change the way electoral votes are allocated.
If your party has to cheat to win… there’s something wrong with your party. Not the electorate.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
7:50 pm
I’ll give the dummycrats the pro stupidity crowd but that’s about it.
Mick Dee
January 19th, 2013
7:54 pm
Boortz and his ilk failed to stop Obama’s reelection. So Boortz leaves as a failure.
Boortz’s high point was during Dubya’s years of trashing our budget, starting wars, Abu Ghraib torture, enacting the Patriot Act to rob us of our right to privacy and our right to assemble and our right to a trial. Did Boortz complain about it? No, instead he sounded the drumbeat to weaken our public schools and ship our jobs overseas.
Thanks for nothing Neal!
Old timer
January 19th, 2013
8:10 pm
Neal will be greatly missed by this former liberal who realized her father spoke the truth…it takes years. I wish we could listen to him for many more years, but as a retiree now, I know one just must slow down and smell the roses. AMF
vuduchld
January 19th, 2013
8:22 pm
Good bye to an over hyped, over blown wind bag who was nothing but a mangy hound. Could care less were you headed, as long as it’s off a deep, steep cliff.
Sukie
January 19th, 2013
8:22 pm
Hooray…he is finally going off the air…should have been done years ago. We don’t need his kind mouthing up the airways…this is 2013 not 1913.
PM
January 19th, 2013
8:24 pm
I used to be a huge consumer of talk radio, but those days were before Rush came along. Boortz was all I had left, and now that he’s left, I may stay for the traffic reports but not even sure about that. 106.7 does a good news show but the Waze smartphone app runs circles around waiting for traffic reports on the sixes.
commonsense
January 19th, 2013
8:33 pm
Thank God this lying bag of wind is finally off of the air! Too bad he can’t Hannity, Limbaugh, O’Rielly, Ingram, Alex Jones, Micheal Savage and the rest of the hate talkers with him.
jeepers
January 19th, 2013
8:42 pm
Oh is Boortz signing off? Wow. Taking his money and running eh? His hate speech has done much to bring us to the point that we are at today. Of course he had much help with the other right wing hate filled radio hosts. I have nothing good to say about him at all. He has much to answer for- AND he will answer for them one day.
td
January 19th, 2013
8:48 pm
Hate speech, racism. Do you libs actually know any other terms?
HeBlewMyEarsOff
January 19th, 2013
8:53 pm
I finally went to XM radio. $9.99 a month and my ears are slowly healing. I fundamentally agreed with most of his philosophy it was just the same stuff every morning. It was as if he didn’t prepare for his shows and it bacame cookie cutter and bloviating.
honested
January 19th, 2013
8:54 pm
Push the flush handle and watch the vermin swirl away.
Good riddance to all of the miscreant ideas pretending to be truth and appropriateness.
One less fascist apologist!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 19th, 2013
9:02 pm
Do blog comments about wishing the demise or death of a political opposite qualify as mental health precursors for HHS? I’m just asking because I noticed they are stepping up efforts to identify those most likely to show up at their workplace or a school with an assault rifle, intent on killing a bunch of people. If this is true, and the government is searching out those with violent tendencies or rhetoric, they should look no farther than the liberals that post to the ajc blogs. These people seem awfully angry. Pushing someone off a steep cliff?
I agree, we should lock these lunatics up and medicate them for the rest of their lives.
Capitol Idea
January 19th, 2013
9:10 pm
I think it was way past time for this man to sign off for good. He is such a bore. I mean, have you even tried to follow the illogic in that lame fair tax scam that he pushed.
This is Mrs. Norman Maine
January 19th, 2013
9:13 pm
I really enjoyed reading this, best column I’ve read in ages. No more Boortz, less Hannity and Rush. The decline of wingnut radio is a plus for the country. We’re on an upswing folks. I’m going to print it out and read it over and over again.
Lee York
January 19th, 2013
9:33 pm
You BlueDog, I have never heard a word come out of the 3 people you mention to be a bigot. The truth is very hard to take sometimes, thanks to these 3 people the lose of our once great nation has been slowed down,
Alphare
January 19th, 2013
9:57 pm
Stop listening to the guy long time ago. The only time I would turn to WSB is when I go out for lunch at 12:00 when Jamie Dupree is on the air, the only bad part for that is somebody else would chime in when Dupree is talking.
Limbaugh the drug head, Hannity the professed “Christian”, give me a break. What an insult to the public air, pollution to say the least.
DGAD
January 19th, 2013
10:05 pm
Belinda is gone too, right????
Gary
January 19th, 2013
10:14 pm
Glad to see him go. I really believe the only reason he stayed on the air so long was the fact that his station was the only one that could be received over most of the Atlanta area. He must have said “..um” at least 25 or 30 times in each sentence. His views were on the mark, but his delivery was terrible. I could not stand to listen to him saying “..um” a million times and bragging about his wealth. I will give Herman a try … it has to be better.
KA Turner
January 19th, 2013
11:07 pm
Talk radio has peaked but it is here to stay. It will not go away. We’ll see wannabes like Erickson lose their jobs. Gallagher and the other clones won’t be around too long. The radio market for talk isn’t like the “classic rock” or “CHR” craze; it’ll not go away but instead will consolidate.
Neal Boortz retired because he wanted to; nobody or no market factors made him retire. He was a master at his art and kept us glued to the radio. I called the Niels Bohr atom the “Neal Boortz” atom when I took notes in school- and I meant to give it than name too! Never will there be another. The best of luck, Neal Boortz!
Elle
January 19th, 2013
11:32 pm
Whaaaa? Neither Talk radio nor conservatism is disappearing. It is alive and well and working for a living unlike liberal Obama-tites’ entitled welfare / unemployment / food stamp / section 8 / collecting Cadillac drivers floating around this and many towns. I say the producers secede for a decade or so and see how much federal funding the liberals THEN decide they can get by without. Or wHen the country collapses because it cannot sustain, everyone will awaken to the painful truth Neal was honest enough to speak about at personal cost despite his color blindness……it has been content of character based, so Happy MLK Day. Then the vast majority of good and true Americans who really do want to work including conservatives will rise from the ashes. Please call in Neal if you don’t hear anyone speaking what needs to be said.
John
January 19th, 2013
11:59 pm
Hannity and Lumbaugh couldn’t carry Boortz’s jock strap if the shows were based on intelligence and ideas.
hackswa
January 20th, 2013
1:56 am
I don’t understand how or why the Boortz show was labeled as a conservative talk show. I listened to Neal for almost 20 yrs & his program was vastly unique from Hannity,Limbaugh,etc..Neal was very conservative on fiscal matters, but as liberal as anyone on the left when it came to social issues.To Neals credit he also spoke of other topics that were not political in nature. I believe these accolades set him apart from the rest of the industry.
Sir Aslan
January 20th, 2013
2:49 am
Liberlefty should realize by now that the worst racists are the ones who spout liberal demagoguery from their mansions in the lily white suburbs….do gooder Liberals who thumb their noses at the persons responsible for all of our troubles….the racist mean old white man..its all his fault…right!!? Also, by now he should realize that Obama was the son of a Chicago Communist by the name of Frank Marshall Davis…check it out…it will blow your mind..the birther thing is really just a coverup to hide the fact of who his real father was.
Sir Aslan
January 20th, 2013
2:52 am
If you want to know the reallllll Truth..check out what Dr Jerome Corsi has to say about it.
rawmilkdrinker
January 20th, 2013
5:11 am
Perhaps the most important requirement for a “talk” radio host of any stripe is to be mesmerized by the sound of one’s own voice.
marko
January 20th, 2013
6:43 am
The harms already been done. You don’t need any more Boortz. He helped turn America’s small tent party into a regional pup tent party. If there’s any silver lining, old Neal and his right wing counter parts managed to line their pockets pretty well. There’s a future for a party that’s fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That’s America. Today’s GOP is neither. Overwhelmingly old, fat, stupid and obsessed with other peoples sex lives. Now which party would that be, and who in their right minds would choose to voluntarily listen to their vile drivel. talk radio should be mandatory punishment for shoplifting.
Enjoy your golden years Neal. Sit back and marvel at everything you accomplished.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Vote American)
January 20th, 2013
6:55 am
The reason it’s hard to imagine “another Neal Boortz” is that, for decades, we haven’t had to. I’ve heard several folks, including Ericson and Cain, who can likely grow into the role. My personal favorite is a Rush fill-in, Mark Steyn. Of course, if you went to public schools or are so stupid as to vote for Obozo, you probably won’t be able to follow much of what he says, so perhaps there’s a natural limit to his audience…
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 20th, 2013
7:36 am
I can help with this -
obozo seeks “fuller understanding” of what happened in Algeria siege
al qaeda, who you said was on the run, killed a bunch more Americans while you stood by and did nothing but point fingers at some clerks in Washington, DC.
The only part I’m not sure about, do you say bang when you point that finger at other people?
LIBERALEFTY
January 20th, 2013
7:41 am
@ass hop 7:36
dont worry OBAMA wont let America get attacked like dub dub dubya did on 9/11
libweralefty
January 20th, 2013
7:44 am
li’l fairy
unless youre a angry homophobic racist white man with penis isssues or an ignorant woman who wants the government to control her womb, why listen to hate talk radio?
liberalefty
January 20th, 2013
7:46 am
li’l fairy
who listens to talk radio besides angry petulant white men whose easily intimidated by black men…
…
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 20th, 2013
7:57 am
LL fool J – This may be way over your empty head, kinda like filling out your username on every comment and forgetting to turn of the caps lock when doing it, but a US Embassy is America, same as new york city.
obozo got one burned to the ground.
liberalefty
January 20th, 2013
8:11 am
bushy boy couldnt protect America AND REPUBS think theyre better at defending AMERICA…priceless..thankfully 9/11 debunked this myth
liberalefty
January 20th, 2013
8:16 am
OBAMA has emasculated the whole republican house and senate…at least y’all have TIM SCOTT, HERMAN CAIN….hahahahaha
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 20th, 2013
8:18 am
I believe this was on obozo’s watch -
The Fort Hood shooting was a shooting that took place on November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas. In the course of the shooting, a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29 others. It is the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base. According to eyewitnesses, Hasan had taken a seat at an empty table and bowed his head for several seconds when he suddenly stood up, shouted “Allahu Akbar!” and opened fire.
And there were far more clues to this happening than there ever was for 9/11.
LiveFromSavannah
January 20th, 2013
8:30 am
“You may be larger in numbers but you’ll never have the power and / or wealth you are so desperate to steal.”
THAT statement right there highlights what this whole entire climate in what we call a country is really all about. It is also what the election and re-election of Barack Obama represents. That is, that the inevitability of the U.S. becoming more of a pluralistic society. You want to know the obsession with guns by certain segments of the population? Here you have it. Voter suppression and gerrymandering in “minority” districts. There you go. That statement above tells you all you need to know. They believe in their heart of hearts those are the firewalls of sorts to hold on to any perceived wealth and power that is held by the current majority. See every now and then, you get someone who will actually spill the beans for you. By the way, nobody needs to “steal” anything. Most citizens only want fair competition and opportunity to share in those things. But people like the poster who made that statement are xenophobic, weak and power hungry. They see no problem with ill-gotten gains when its on THEIR end. They’ll pretend like it was actually worked hard for. No, in many instances it was “STOLEN” or gained off the backs of others in the first place.
Neal Boortz appealed to that in these loons.
liberalefty
January 20th, 2013
8:44 am
@ass hop
u equate the fort hood shooting with the masterminds that attacked AMERICA on 9/11…youre even more stupid than i thought..and u blame OBAMA because he didnt stop this soldier who he didnt know from killing people,,,lol,,,you are pathetic in youre denial of dub dub dubyas incompetence…fail
steve373
January 20th, 2013
8:50 am
Boortz needed to retire 5 years ago. The increasingly bitter tirades just got to be too big a downer for most to listen to each morning. Seems like this has become the common thread of conservative talk radio. Even reasonable conservatives have to turn it off at some point.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 20th, 2013
9:23 am
LL fool J – I get it, an attack on America can only be considered an attack on America if it happened at 8:58 am on September 11th, 2001. Anything other than that, things such as panty bombers and massed attacks on US territory et al, we’ll just call those “incidents.” Or “campaign setbacks.” How about “islamo eruptions?” This is like a groupthink session back on the home planet, Moonbat, isn’t it? What else do we want to wish away? The federal debt? Our educational scores? The 2nd Amendment?
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 20th, 2013
10:14 am
As Sheldon Richman reminds in the Library of Economics and Liberty, “As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a capitalist veneer. For those with the hubris to think they, not free markets, could better serve society, ‘fascism‘ (or as we prefer, “fascistic economics”) was seen as the happy medium between boom-and-bust-prone (classic) liberal capitalism, with its alleged class conflict, wasteful competition and profit-oriented egoism, and revolutionary Marxism.”
Somebody else is going to have to explain all the big words^^ to the see spot run liberals, so that they don’t go all race card on us. I’m not in the mood.
Whirled Peas
January 20th, 2013
10:40 am
We conservatives have made this nation great for 200 years. We are not going away, James.
Cliff
January 20th, 2013
11:06 am
I thought Boortz was moving abroad if Obama was reelected? Guess things aren’t as bad as he pretended they were.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Vote American)
January 20th, 2013
11:07 am
Our President Bush was handed a problem, Islamofascist terrorism, and did the hard work needed to fix it, and without blaming His predecessor. Obozo inherited a recovering economy, made all the wrong moves, and unemployment is higher today than it was four years ago. And of course he’s been a petulant partisan putz the whole time. The most divisive and biggest failure ever.
clem
January 20th, 2013
11:13 am
still bitter from losing i see
honested
January 20th, 2013
11:26 am
lil’ barry,
Still don’t have an adequate grasp of reality do we?
Take your meds and spend more time learning about the real world, it will astound you!
Guest
January 20th, 2013
11:32 am
“Obozo inherited a recovering economy…”
He did? Please cite your source.
liberalefty
January 20th, 2013
11:42 am
li’l fairy
Osama made dubya his bi@tch.lol
LiveFromSavannah
January 20th, 2013
11:42 am
So when did this economy FAIL exactly LBB? You did afterall state that Obama inherited a “recovering economy”. When did it FAIL, on the Clinton watch???
Tell us LBB, when exactly did it FAIL?? You really do need meds like the other poster suggested.
Corey
January 20th, 2013
11:45 am
@td
January 19th, 2013
5:56 pm
“HA, HA, HA and that is why 70% of the people making under $30,000 per year voted for Obama? Yes the moochers are conservatives. Try again”
Ladies and gentelmen, therein lies why the GOP does not get it. TD, you are aware that Asians(high earners), Jews(high earners), the Silicon Valley types, W. Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Colin Powell, people with post graduate degrees voted Obama.
LiveFromSavannah
January 20th, 2013
11:59 am
@Corey.
They really don’t get it and never will. I had the great pleasure of being amongst the most beautiful crowd last night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. All of these highly successful people of Atlanta – Indian, Arab, Chinese, Mexican, Thai, Black, etc…and yes, White. These are the people who voted for Obama. These are people who can come together and appreciate each others’ cultures, contributions and potential…and enjoy the humor in it all. This is the future of the U.S. They can keep fooling themselves if they wish. They can and will go to their graves miserable, just like their buddy Boortz will.
honested
January 20th, 2013
12:14 pm
It is truly a shame that WSB does not take this opportunity to expand it’s offerings and add at least one ‘talk’ host that is not a knuckle-dragging wrong wing troglodyte unable to accept the world as it is.
Atlanta’s loss is the lack of real, honest issue discussion rather than a place to go for one’s daily talking points.
Jay
January 20th, 2013
12:25 pm
Bill, don’t you fret – Ericson will take over the show in a year or two when Herman Cain has made a hash of it. Cain’s talk shows are extremely tightly controlled and limited in scope to appeal to a national audience – you really have to agree with him or be willing to be convinced to find him palatable whereas the article cites the large numbers who listened to Boortz just to get upset (and entertained). Ericson comes across as much more willing to listen and discuss multiple viewpoints. Don’t know how many syndicates Ericson will still have at that point though…
td
January 20th, 2013
1:08 pm
Corey
January 20th, 2013
11:45 am
@td
January 19th, 2013
5:56 pm
“HA, HA, HA and that is why 70% of the people making under $30,000 per year voted for Obama? Yes the moochers are conservatives. Try again”
Ladies and gentelmen, therein lies why the GOP does not get it. TD, you are aware that Asians(high earners), Jews(high earners), the Silicon Valley types, W. Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Colin Powell, people with post graduate degrees voted Obama.
Where did I say ALL poor people voted for Obama and where did I say ALL rich people voted for Romney? The only real wage group that Romeny carried was the people that make between $30,000 and $100,000. Yes it is the middle class that think Obama is bad for the country.
td
January 20th, 2013
1:11 pm
honested
January 20th, 2013
12:14 pm
It is truly a shame that WSB does not take this opportunity to expand it’s offerings and add at least one ‘talk’ host that is not a knuckle-dragging wrong wing troglodyte unable to accept the world as it is.
Atlanta’s loss is the lack of real, honest issue discussion rather than a place to go for one’s daily talking points.
Like who on the left will be able to have a greater market share for WSB then Cain? We have tried the Air America model and it was a complete failure.
clem
January 20th, 2013
1:56 pm
another loon on the blog, sir asian.