Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 06.06.2007
This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 57:20
This Week’s Topics:
–The Scooter Libby conviction, and reaction to it.
–The William Jefferson conviction, reaction to it, as well as confusion when it comes to black politicians on television.
–The tuberculosis case in the news recently caused a bizarre lashout from one pundit, including references to “godforsaken hellholes” and “ooga booga fever.”
–Another pundit likened the actions of the man with tuberculosis to that of liberals.
–A conservative book publisher is coming out with global warming denial books for kids, and a book titled “Mom! Help! There Are LIBERALS Under My Bed!”
–One pundit says that Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s wife could only be married to him as a result of being on some kind of “date rape drug.”
–Another pundit suggests that Fred Thompson’s wife could be a stripper.
–In both the recent Democratic and Republicans debates, the candidates who were leading the polls going in ended up getting the most talk time.
–The Democratic candidates discuss Darfur and moral authority.
–John Edwards calls out Senators Clinton and Obama over their actions regarding Iraq-related votes in the Senate.
–Senator Hillary Clinton comments on the idea of “diplomacy” coming from Vice President Dick Cheney.
–A variety of the Republicans candidates endorse, to varying degrees, a presidential pardon of Scooter Libby.
–Rudy Giuliani had an incredibly muddled response on the topic of abortion interrupted multiple times by lightning.
–Mitt Romney gives an even more disjointed and bizarre answer when asked about his position on abortion.
–Bill O’Reilly’s name is added to the list of candidates who seem to find Mitt Romney’s looks a significant asset in his campaign for presidency.
–Congressman Ron Paul visits The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Links:
Lower bandwidth MP3: http://www.midweekpolitics.com/shows/midweek_politics-2007-06-06-low.mp3
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com
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