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There seems to be a time in every backbench Republican talking head’s career when they look at the more successful, much wealthier pundits at the deep end of the media trough and think to themselves (or their agents): “Why isn’t that me down there with slop from ear to ear?” And who can blame them really? Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter et al have no special skills and simply repeat blast fax talking points like trained monkeys. Michelle Malkin discovered that their realm was not so impenetrable if one is willing to say absolutely anything with (more or less) a straight face. It appears that Neal Boortz, recently seen suggesting that wealthy people be saved from disasters first, has decided that he wants in. And as a sign of good faith, he’s kicked it into gear:

Boortz: Her name — the female is Rolanda. She has a 1-year-old baby and her boyfriend, who apparently likes to lounge around on the bed without a shirt on. Well, at least that was the picture in the newspaper. And the whole story was about how worried Rolanda is that she’ll be kicked out of her taxpayer-paid hotel room.
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Boortz: And it goes through the whole article here talking about how fed up Rolanda is with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] and how she spends all this time on a computer looking for more free housing. Not one mention in the entire story anywhere about the “W” word, W-O-R-K, work, job. I dare say she could walk out of that hotel and walk 100 yards in either direction on Fulton Industrial Boulevard [the street on which the hotel is located] here in Atlanta and have a job. What’s that? Well, no, no, no –
Marshall: (Atlanta radio host and former engineer of Boortz’s show): Watch out, Neal. Those people who know Fulton Industrial Boulevard think you might be suggesting something a little risqué [prostitution.]

Boortz: Well, that’s true. Well, you know what? [laughing] Now that you mention it –

Marshall: That’s not the way.

Boortz: If that’s the only way she can take care of herself, it sure beats the hell out of sucking off the taxpayers.

That’s right, prostitution = good, emergency assistance = bad.

Criticizing someone for wishing to keep a roof over their head is one thing. That’s standard Republican bootstrapism. Suggesting prostitution as a solution to unemployment is so far across the line that Boortz has managed to make Coulter look sane. Look for him to move a few rungs up the greased ladder of right wing punditry.