Midweek Politics with David Pakman 08.13.2008
This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
August 13th, 2008
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 57:10
This Week’s Topics:
–Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama in the 2008 election at the Democratic National Convention.
–The Beijing Olympics, including the controversy over the opening ceremony, George W. Bush’s interview with Bob Costas during which he said America does not have problems, and more.
–Suggestions that oil spills clean up after themselves.
–Many in the media continue to suggest that ANWR would provide oil much more quickly than all experts think it would.
–Brian Kilmeade says that George W. Bush never said there was any link between Al-Qaeda and Iraq, but who on earth would still believe that at this point?
–The John Edwards affair story…what if he had won the 2008 nomination on the Democratic side?
–Criticism of the Democrats based on Edwards’ affair is turned around on John McCain, who did the same thing years ago.
–Immediately, talk of Edwards’ affair as a liability to Barack Obama in the presidential race begins.
–Would John McCain provide as many funny sound bytes as George W. Bush?
–NPR journalists say that a Democrat talking about their faith is ironic, and that Obama going to Hawaii for a vacation may be too exotic, and even more strange comments.
–Fox News finds a way to turn a story about a heckler at an Obama event into a criticism of Barack Obama’s patriotism.
–A questionable large donation is made by a Queens couple to the John McCain campaign.
–More allegations from conservative media that no one on the Republican side has made Barack Obama’s race an issue.
–Much more.
Show Website: http://www.midweekpolitics.com
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