Neal Boortz says "government schools" led us to vote for "a man like Barack Obama."

[madfloridian]

He was at the Tea Party rally at the RNC convention in Tampa.

Public Schools Denounced at Tea Party Rally in Tampa, Blamed for Election of Barack Obama

Conservative talk show host Neal Boortz, speaking at yesterday’s Unity Rally 2012 in Tampa ahead of the Republican National Convention, denounced public schools as “government schools” that are “forced upon us.” Boortz blamed “100 years of government education” for bringing America “to the point that a man like Barack Obama could be sworn in as president of the United States.”

Boortz directed the crowd to change the way they speak about public schools – calling them “government schools” instead. He also called on the audience to “preach school choice,” by which meant efforts to defund public schools and provide taxpayer dollars for religious and private schools and homeschooling.

[NickP]

1. Pfft.

Free public schools that foster free thought for its students are exactly why the United States is becoming more liberal and why people like President Obama are elected, because students are taught how to think, not what to think, which is what conservatives and the right-wing want.

[Skittles]

3. BINGO

welcome to DU, NickP

[madfloridian]

13. Media and political leaders trying to drag us kicking and screaming to the right...

But this country is still becoming more liberal in spite of it.

[still_one]

2. Your history boortz

[Hoyt]

4. Go away. Write a book about your favorite job - speech writing for Georgia ' s last

openly racist gubnor. You are truly a despicable person. Retire to a compound somewhere, and hold court with bigots.

[FieryLocks]

5. STFU you POS!

You're just a slightly slimmer version of Rush Limbaugh
but equally pathetic.

[savebigbird]

6. I find it disgustingly ironic

that this man, who preaches school choice and directing public monies to religious schools, clearly missed the main ideas of the New Testament. It's been a while since I read the Bible, but didn't Jesus teach his followers to respect others by affording them the right to free will and free choice to do what is right rather than to force their views on others?

Last time I checked, Obama seemed to stand up for individual rights considerably more than Romney. I am relieved to know that the American public put their vote behind someone like Obama. If that is due to our public education system, I'd thank a teacher for that.

[joesdaughter]

7. Dominican Nuns

educated me grades 1-12. The Jesuits in university. I voted for President Obama twice, as did four of my similarly educated siblings.

[ladjf]

8. Over the years Boortz has gotten worse. nt

[Adsos Letter]

9. Another good reason to support public schools.

The irony of Boortz's statement escapes him.

[madfloridian]

11. Exactly right.

He has no idea that he presented one of the best reasons to keep public education.

[x2 vancouverite]

10. Boortz

Sounds like something your ass does after too much spicy food.

[dvduval]

12. Cheers

Having a glass of wine and Neil Boortz can soak my cork.

[wilt the stilt]

14. truly a pathetic man

I once went into his"law office" in Atlanta when I was selling for Dictaphone. What a mess. He was a two bit lawyer who couldn't make it in private practice and a came back to talk radio to make a living. This genius went to John Marshall law school. The Walmart of law schools. leave us already.

[RebelOne]

15. He said on the radio yesterday

that only the dumb liberals voted for Obama.