This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 58:41
This Week's Topics:
--Doctor Robert Levine, author of Shock Therapy for America's Health Care System and practicing neurologist joins us live to discuss healthcare, single payer systems, wasteful spending and treatment, and more.
--Talk radio likening President Obama to a child molester.
--Teabaggers who have no business being on TV, including Mark Williams who says Obama is an Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug and racist in chief.
--A recent Tea Party protest in Washington DC, filled with outrageous commentary and bizarre people.
--Barack Obama's healthcare speech, including analysis of the plan, discussion of whether it is feasible, and more.
--The Congressman Joe Wilson YOU LIE controversy, including the childish outburst, almost immediate apology, and follow up media appearances.
--Looking at Joe Wilson's past votes, including one that authorized healthcare money for illegal immigrants, as well as his own wife's comments on the outburst.
--CQ Politics attempted to cover for Joe Wilson by saying his outburst at the exact time that President Obama was addressing issues of illegal immigrants was a direct result of stress caused by his children possibly being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
--The Republican response to the Barack Obama healthcare speech, delivered by Congressman and Doctor Charles Boustani, who has lost several malpractice lawsuits.
--The typical Bill O'Reilly ambush of an ACLU lawyer working on the John Adams Project.
--A California proposal to REALLY protect marriage by banning divorces.
--25 bold ideas from Popular Mechanics, including building highways above highways, better aircraft, and more.
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Midweek Politics with David Pakman 09-16-2009
