Midweek Politics 11.15.2006 - More election stuff, Rumsfeld, Borat, president, more..

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This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 54:37

This Week's Topics:

--Latest election results news in the House of Representatives, Senate, and Governors' houses.

--Midweek Politics article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

--Nancy Pelosi and George W. Bush, among others, pledge to try to work together across party lines, which is a promise that seems to be made after every election.

--John McCain and Rudy Giuliani head towards the first steps in running for president in 2008.

--Why would the first Muslim Congressman have to prove that he "is not working with our enemies?"

--The Donald Rumsfeld resignation: How does it affect the Middle East, did Bush acknowledge lying about the resignation, who would describe the resignation as evidence that George W. Bush is decisive, and did Donald Rumsfeld flip off a crowd?

--Who is "outing" homosexual Republicans?

--Senators John McCain (R) and Carl Levin (D) give their ever-more-similar opinions on the situation in Iraq.

--Which pundit swore on live television...or did they?

--OJ Simpson is writing a new book on how he would have committed the murder of which he was acquitted.

--The idea of the "homosexual mafia" comes up once again.

--The Borat movie is quickly racking up lawsuits.

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[DosEquis]

With rumsfeld i dont really blame the president for doing what he did. He didn't have a confirmed replacement for him and probably hadn't even officially asked rumsfeld to resign yet. Its one of those, do you want rumsfeld to hear from the news that he was fired instead of the president first?

I agree with tucker that he could have answered it differently, such as 'he is doing a great job bla bla' and then move on.

[DosEquis]

I agree with carville that there are some races that could really have used some funding. Jim Esch could have probably defeated Lee Terry in nebraska's second district had there been more advertising. Terry, in this state that didn't vote blue since LBJ, only won like 53-47 and Esch had about 4 commericals run total. He refused any major contributions from business and only took up to $1000 from individuals. If the DNC helped him out a little bit he would have won.

[DosEquis]

McCain must have been cranky. He normally doesn't whistle that much when he talks.

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by DosEquis

McCain must have been cranky. He normally doesn't whistle that much when he talks.

yeah he looked almost in a coma, the video is floating around

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