Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 07.23.2008
NOTE: We lost half of this show due to technical error. Our apologies…will be back next week with a full show.
This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, M
Total Running Time: 28:51
This Week’s Topics:
–Lawrence Alexander / D.W. Buffa joins us live to discuss his political thrilled Rubicon.
–Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East, and media coverage of it.
–More talk about Obama’s lack of experience from conservative pundits, and a suggestion that the White House wants a Republican to win since there would be too much evidence still around if a Democrat were elected.
–John Ashcroft responds to questions about torture and waterboarding in typical fashion.
–Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen says that he’s already fighting two wars, and a third one in Iran would not be a good idea.
–Al Gore talks about gas prices and the oil situation at Netroots Nation, the conference that Bill O’Reilly compared to a KKK meeting.
–Mike Huckabee and Trent Lott both say that not a drop of oil was spilled during hurricane Katrina.
–Republican Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens, of all people, is at the center of a campaign to reduce dependence on foreign oil, but what’s the root of that plan?
–Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that two oil men in the White House are the cause of high oil prices, and calls President Bush a total failure.
–John McCain says that oil executives, not surprisingly, think his energy plan is just great.
–The Michael Savage autism controversy.
–Much more…
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com
Tags: david_pakman, midweek_politics, News and Politics Collective, Podcast
