Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 09.09.2009 - The Third Jihad, School Speech, way more

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This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

September 9th, 2009

Produced by

David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 57:43

This Week's Topics:

--Supna Zaidi joins us live to discuss her experiences with the Muslim faith and the documentary film The Third Jihad.

--We discuss Louis' waterboarding experience

--More discussion of the requested law change for a Gubernatorial interim appointment to Ted Kennedy's seat, including Democratic hypocrisy after changing the law in 2004 because of Mitt Romney and John Kerry.

--Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will run for Kennedy's seat.

--Barack Obama's speech to students, including the controversy leading up to it, the relatively conservative speech he gave, and the fear mongering and scare tactics from conservative media outlets.

--Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Laura Bush, and others' reactions to the speech.

--Fox News Special Do You Know What Textbooks your Children Are Really Reading?

--A teabagger literally too incompetent to be on the air complains about the Obama school speech and sites federal law.

--Glenn Beck cites intimidating groups of black people while the video on screen shows members of a black dance group, again putting his foot in his mouth.

--A Waco tea party protest with some bizarre characters and even more inane complaints.

--Science and evolution, including what must those who intepret the Bible literally think when they watch science and astronomy shows.

--Pastor Joel Osteen and the TV versions of his sermons on the Inspirational channel, complete with commercials for his CDs, as well as his comments about whether Jesus is the only way to heaven, and whether Jews are going to hell, and his amazingly professional politician style hedge.

--Senator Al Franken diffuses a group of anti-healthcare reform people at the Minnesota State Fair.

--Charlie Rangel's recent troubles, including doing a terrible job on his financial disclosures, and giving money to the members of Congress that are investigating his ethics gaffes.

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[HughRuss]

Louis was waterboarded?

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by HughRuss

Louis was waterboarded?

Yes, not on the show though.

[HughRuss]

Originally Posted by dpakman91

Yes, not on the show though.

Was it done professionally?

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by HughRuss

Was it done professionally?

ohhhhhh no.

[HughRuss]

Originally Posted by dpakman91

ohhhhhh no.

Well, did he still cry for his life? In other words, was it effective?

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by HughRuss

Well, did he still cry for his life? In other words, was it effective?

It's all in the first 10 mins of the show

[Stylerod]

--Barack Obama's speech to students, including the controversy leading up to it, the relatively conservative speech he gave, and the fear mongering and scare tactics from conservative media outlets.

You put that into context by discussing how Democrats reacted when GW Bush did the same thing, right?

Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), said "The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students."

Funding of Bush Speech Draws Fire; Democrat Calls Education Broadcast Paid Political Advertising'

They even held hearings

George H.W. Bush delivered a similar speech on October 1, 1991, from Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington DC, the controversy was just beginning. Democrats, then the majority party in Congress, not only denounced Bush's speech -- they also ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate its production and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for an extensive hearing on the issue.

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

You put that into context by discussing how Democrats reacted when GW Bush did the same thing, right?



They even held hearings

of course

[Stylerod]

Originally Posted by dpakman91

of course

I guess I need to actually listen to your show sometime, huh?

Lately I have been browsing LL while at jobs, so can't take the time