Conservative Radio Hosts Lampoon McCain

He continued: "I can't speak for other radio hosts in America; I don't want to even begin to criticize the colleagues of mine who are now fighting with each other over whether John McCain is a true conservative or not....[But] I can control what comes out of my mouth, and I am going to ask you a very simple pointed question for those who are eviscerating, vilifying, crucifying John McCain: If he gets the nomination and its John McCain against Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, what are you going to say then as a Republican?"

Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz Show

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Boortz, a fiscally conservative libertarian radio host, has generally sided with Mike Huckabee for the former governor's Fair Tax proposal. After McCain's win in Florida, he wrote about the senator on his website: "Look, I'm sure he's a genuinely nice guy...and there are many things that he gets right. I believe that McCain recognizes the threat we face from radical Islam, and is prepared to continue the fight. It's hard, though, to ignore his vote against the Bush tax cuts, his antipathy to free political speech and his unwillingness to do something about the Mexican invasion."