Jack Hunter (radio host)
Jack Hunter (born June 1, 1974), also known as the Southern Avenger is a conservative radio host and political commentator in the United States. He appears every Tuesday and Friday morning on WTMA News-Talk 1250 AM. Hunter is also a weekly contributor to the Charleston City Paper.[1]
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[edit] Political views
Hunter is known for often providing commentary from both paleoconservative and paleolibertarian viewpoints, as he sees the liberal internationalism that is found in the Democratic Party and the neoconservatism that is prominent in the Republican Party to be ultimately indistinguishable from one another, which has led to criticism from both the mainstream left and the mainstream right. He has also been highly critical of fellow conservative talk radio hosts such as Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Cunningham, and most famously Mark Levin for putting what he perceives to be their Republican Party allegiances before true conservative principles.
Hunter is also a contributing editor to both Taki's Magazine and The American Conservative Magazine,[2][3] while often filling in for Constitutional conservative Sirius Radio talk show host Mike Church and appearing as a weekly guest on The Savage Nation. He co-wrote Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's book The Tea Party Goes to Washington[4]
[edit] Nickname
He goes by the nickname the Southern Avenger. Hunter said the name was a rip-off of 1990s conservative radio host Ken Hamblin who went by the name The Black Avenger. Hunter also stated that the nickname was suggested to him by a friend while in a Jim Beam-induced haze and it stuck. [5]
[edit] Feud with Mark Levin
After writing a piece critical of nationally syndicated radio host and political pundit Mark Levin,[6] Levin has added Hunter to his List of the World's Most Deranged Bloggers in which he refers to Hunter as "Charleston City Paper's First Lady, Jackie Hunter".[7] Levin has referred to Hunter on air as a "freak", "effeminate", and a "punk". [8] Hunter responded with amusement, but further criticized Levin for not posting a link to the original article on his website.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/ArticleArchives?author=1072546 Jack Hunter at the Charleston City Paper
- ^ http://www.takimag.com/blogs/jackhunter/ Jack Hunter at Takimag
- ^ http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/jul/28/00010/ The Right Democrat
- ^ Woods, Tom (2011-02-21) Rand Paul’s Tea Party Manifesto, The American Conservative
- ^ http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/southern_with_a_vengeance/ Southern with a Vengeance
- ^ http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/an_unpatriotic_conservative/ An Unpatriotic Conservative
- ^ http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=33180/ The World's Most Deranged Bloggers
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqNdSlCXhdU Mark Levin Doesn't Like The Southern Avenger
