Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz is the host of talk radio show The Neal Boortz Show. A registered Libertarian and best-selling author, Boortz has courted controversy over the years for his stance on a variety of political and social issues.

Boortz is the co-author of The FairTax Book in which he proposed replacing the federal income tax with a national retail sales tax and is the sole author of bestsellers Somebody's Got to Say It and The Terrible Truth About Liberals.

Fast Facts

1. Born: April 6, 1945
2. Birthplace: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
3. Alma Mater: Texas A&M; University; John Marshall Law School
4. Radio show broadcast from Atlanta, GA
5. Radio show syndicated by Cox Radio and Jones Radio Network
6. Nicknames: Mighty Whitey, High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth, The Talkmaster
7. Nicknamed Rush Limbaugh "The Godfather", Michael Savage "The Antichrist" and Sean Hannity "Baby Jesus"
8. Refers to popular sayings and nicknames he's coined as "Boortzisms"
9. Spouse: Donna Boortz
10. Children: Laura Boortz

Quotes

1. Following Hurricane Katrina, Boortz referred to the storm's victims as "worthless parasites" whose displacement from New Orleans was "just a glorified episode of putting out the garbage."
2. Boortz called the Islamic prophet Mumhammad "just a phony rag-picker" and said it was "praiseworthy to recognize Islam as a religion of vicious, violent, bloodthirsty cretins."

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