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Worst Person in the World

Posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:06 PM by Countdown

The bronze to Neal Boortz, one of the Right Wing Water Carriers on radio.

Explaining now that American teachers unions are quote "much more dangerous than Al-Qaeda."

There are only two possibilities here. Either you're right, pal, and Al-Qaeda is less of a threat than you've preached on the air...

Or you're wrong, and you're more dangerous than Al-Qaeda.


The silver medal, regrettably, to Representative Sam Johnson of Texas, the Vietnam POW now badgering for a vote on a quote "binding measure to prevent cutting or restricting money for the war," and accusing Congressman Murtha of planning such cuts and restrictions.

Unfortunately a quick search of the Congressional Record brands Mr. Johnson as a high-octane hypocrit.
On December 13th, 1995, after U-S troops were sent to Bosnia, he said quote:

"I wholeheartedly support withholding funds...this is the last best way I know how to show my respect for our American servicemen and women. They are helpless, following orders. But we, we are in a position to stop this terrible mistake before it happens."

And we are again, Sir.


But our gold-medalist Congressman Adam Putnam of Florida -- chairman of the House Republican Conference Committee, one of the guys who ran with, and pushed, the phony Nancy Pelosi plane request story.

He's now admitted to the Tampa Tribune newspaper that he not only doesn't know if the story was true... he doesn't care.

He read it in the Moonie Paper in Washington.

Don't know if it's true...don't care if it's true.

Watch this man. He could be nominated for President some day.

Congressman Adam Putnam of Florida... today's Worst Person In The World!

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Neil Boortz' personal low occurred during Cong. Gary Condit's involvement with the missing intern. Boortz actually suggested that the DC police should check the back yard of the Clinton's newly purchased DC residence for "freshly dug graves." Unlike wine, he does not get better with age.
Neil Boortz, Shaun Hannity, Mike Gallagher, El Rush-bo; all complete idiots and......not one of them ever served their country in ANY capacity yet they have no problem or minimize any Republican actions and excuse it as patriotic. HYPOCRITES ALL OF THEM.
Neil Boortz is a clown. His comment deserves WPITW status for at least a month.
I wonder if Congressman Adam Putnam also subscribes to The Onion?
Things in our great nation are not going to get any better until we remove people like Congressman Adam Putnam from office. Come on November 2008!!
P.S. Thanks for reporting the lack of good judgment and the incredibly poor values our leadership is exhibiting. Fox & Cnn sure aren't watching out for us.
It's no wonder Rep. Putnam doesn't care much about pesky little things like the truth. No one holds his feet to the fire nor challenges his word or method. There is absolutely no accountability here and much of what he speaks parrots the daily GOP/White House talking falsehoods and misinformations. Besides not caring about telling untruths he is also not caring about representing the people of his district. Still, he ran unopposed for re-election again in November 2006, so sadly this district will be without truth and representation for some time yet.
I agree with Helen Hancock of Tampa, FL. The average citizen here is so misinformed and so controlled through the churches that they blindly put Republicans like Rep. Adam Putnam into office while the average income floats around poverty. Charlie Christ, our now Governor, is another unhappy example (I'd give anything for Eliot Spitzer to be our Governor.) But what can you expect from a government that puts the department of consumer complaints under the Department of Agriculture and regards consumer complaints lower than the price of hogs? Charles H. Bronson's, who oversees consumer complaints, credentials are a reserve deputy and a law enforcement officer but NOT an attorney. This is yet another example of Republicans loading key positions with incompetence. I've listened to Rep. Adam Putnam in local campaign initiatives and he is a devout member of the GOP bobble-heads. It's awful. What does it take for this country to WAKE UP?
Why after the comments Chris Matthews has made about Hillary
"Let's not forget, and I'll be brutal, the reason she's a US Senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front runner, is that her husband messed around.
That's how she got to be a senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win it on her merit, she won because everybody felt, "My God, this woman stood up under humiliation, right?" That's what happened! That's how it happened. Matthews on Morning Joe January 9, 2008"
has he not been nominated for Worst Person In The World ?
I am sick to my stomach when I listen to the candidates who are running on either side. It is a shame, when we as voters, have to choose the lesser of the evils. Where are all of the "really qualified" people who are perfectly capable of running this country?

The Republicians are always saying that the Democrats are always creating new programs that will raise taxes? I haven't heard of any Republician yet who has made any effort to reduce the programs that are already in place.....They are ALL full of it....


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