This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
June 3rd, 2009
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 54:30
This Week's Topics:
--The murder of Doctor George Tiller, the physician who performed late term abortions in Kansas, but an anti-abortion radical.
--While some blamed Bill O'Reilly for inciting violence against Tiller by covering him specifically, O'Reilly has responded that general anti-war coverage by MSNBC could just as easily be blamed for the shooting of an Army recruiter in the southern US this week.
--Previous attacks on Doctor Tiller, including when he was shot in both arms, and a discussion about the security measures he had to take on a daily basis.
--Conservative Randall Terry's response to the killing, including his comments that while this type of murder is bad, Tiller was a mass murderer and deserved to die.
--More on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, including questioning why, if she makes decisions based on her ethnicity, she ruled AGAINST a fellow Hispanic in the firefighter reverse discrimination case.
--Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, the first Hispanic to hold that position, comments on Sotomayor's nomination.
--The General Motors bankruptcy, including bogus claims from Michelle Malkin that Republican-owned car dealerships were being unfairly targetted to be closed down.
--Are electric hand dryers always more envrionmentally friendly than paper towels, as many public bathroom signs say?
--David Petraeus, in an interview with Fox News Channel's Martha McCallum, declines to agree with her GOP talking points, saying closing GITMO is a good idea, and that the US did make mistakes after 9/11.
--Griff Jenkins bugs Barney Frank for an answer about ACORN and funding, and ignores Frank's answer in giving his wrap up of the situation.
--One Republican Congressman wants to legislate this year as the year of the bible, and at the same time mentions that government has too much control.
--Dick Cheney makes the closest thing to a pro gay marriage statement we've heard from him.
--Much more
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