Midweek Politics 05.07.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:19

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Jonathan Cohn, author of the book SICK:The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis - And the People Who Pay the Price, and a senior editor at the New Republic and senior fellow at the think-tank Demos joins us live to discuss his book, and the 2008 presidential candidates' health care plans.

--Primary results from North Carolina and Indiana, as we as a look at whether there is still any questions as to who will be the Democratic nominee for President.

--Discussion on Fox News equating the working class with lower class.

--Barack Obama's comments about War on Terror vocabulary like "obliterate."

--Ann Coulter asks whether Barack Obama is a Manchurian candidate to American who love their country.

--Congressman Charlie Rangel brings up the strange beliefs of Falwell and Robertson when discussing the Reverend Wright situation.

--Hillary Clinton's much-publicized interview with Bill O'Reilly, and her comments on health care from that interview.

--Howard Dean's direct comments to Chris Wallace about race-baiting and Fox News' bias.

--The controversial statement by John McCain that is being called an admission by McCain that the war in Iraq was simply for oil.

--More talk of McCain being a "maverick."

--A strange discussion about whether illegal immigrants have "rights" of any kind, and another instance of mislabeling a Republican as a Democrat when they've done something wrong.

--John Murtha's recent comments on the war in Iraq, John McCain's 100 years statement, comparisons to Vietnam, and more.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 04.30.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 30th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 57:21

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia comments about the 2000 Bush/Gore election controversy and says he thinks the Supreme Court made the right decision.

--Howard Dean wants superdelegates to decide who they will support at the Democratic National Convention by June.

--The Reverend Wright controversy reaches new levels, with Wright lashing out against Barack Obama, and Obama more directly denouncing Wright.

--Which pundit suggested Obama pick a Jewish running mate simply for "ethnic balance?"

--Could the Democrats stand to lose more than they would gain if they can't fix the Bush administration's problems by the end of the next Presidential term and then everything could be blamed on them?

--John McCain's recent speech about health care, where he seemed to pick out the problems just fine, but doesn't seem to have realistic solutions.

--Elizabeth Edwards' response to the McCain health care speech.

--Craig Ferguson commenting on the "liberal media" at the White House correspondents' dinner.

--Tom Tancredo suggests putting up a fence between Texas and Mexico, but he wants to leave an American town on the south side of that fence.

--A candidate for Congress in 2008 stumps at an Adolf Hitler birthday ceremony.

--George W. Bush's recent comments on the environment, drilling at ANWR, and more, including bringing up making the tax cuts permanent in almost any context, and not needing to use the word "recession."

--President Bush gets agitated with Martha Raddatz during a press conference.

--Helen Thomas' recent run-in with White House Press Secretary Dana Perino on the issue of torture.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 04.23.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 23rd, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:03

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

--Hillary Clinton wins the Pennsylvania primary, but will it really get her much closer to the nomination?

--The Pope's visit to the US, and President Bush's speech immediately following it.

--Bill Maher's controversial comments about the Pope and the Catholic church.

--George W. Bush's strange appearance on Deal or No Deal.

--The comment made by a Colorado state representative referring to workers from Mexico as "illiterate peasants."

--The rapid decline in Army standards during recent years.

--What may have been one of the worst debates ever on ABC.

--Dick Morris disliked Hillary Clinton so much that he starts criticizing her with comments that are the direct opposite of what he's written in past books.

--Preacher James David Manning's comments, the latest preacher to make bizarre political comments.

--Chris Matthews links Jewish, African-American, and Catholic voters each to one issue he thinks makes the election for them.

--Talk about John McCain "seeming Catholic" as an asset even though he's simply not Catholic.

--Arnold Schwarzenegger actually makes reasonable comments about global warming and climate change, and Fox News tries to lead him along the opposite way.

--George W. Bush says "we're doing a lot" to protect the environment.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 04.16.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 16th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:07

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

--More follow up on General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress, including President Bush's speech following the event.

--Colin Powell says that regardless of who the next president is, there will be 140,000 troops in Iraq well beyond January of 2009.

--Wolf Blitzer casually says Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are not political appointees, but it seems they are.

--Talk of air-striking Iran within the next six months.

--The Pentagon's latest anti-terror device, a portable lie detector.

--Senator Barack Obama's statements that led to a week of talk about whether he is elitist.

--A news segment about Pennsylvania voters disgruntled by Obama's comments shows just one man saying he thinks Obama was right on.

--The man who brought us the War on Christmas starts telling callers to his radio show that they are voting for Obama simply because they are black.

--During an Obama event, a man reading questions refers of Osama bin Laden as Obama bin Laden.

--Talk of Michelle Obama being a cross between Kim Jong-Il and Oprah, while others say Hillary Clinton is being called a bitch simply because she acts like one.

--Another accusation that various terrorists are campaigning for Democrats to win in 2008.

--One pundit lets John McCain off the hook for his Sunni-Shiite confusion, while another tells him he's a maverick and prefaces a softball question with "we've had enough softball."

--Pat Robertson's latest comments about Islam being a political system bent on world domination.

--More funny talk about a possible global cooling problem.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 04.09.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 9th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:59

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Dr. John Andrulis, professor emeritus of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and a member of the Northampton Housing Authority joins us live in studio.

--The General David Petraeus testimony before Congress on the war in Iraq, as well as the protester at the hearings.

--Petraeus admits that Pakistan and Afghanistan are greater al-Qaeda threats than Iraq.

--Phil Donahue's recent media tour related to the war in Iraq.

--John McCain's speeches about how well things are going in Iraq seem to be repeatedly interrupted on television by news of violence in Iraq.

--Media outlets have been referring to a student who asked a tough question of John McCain during an appearance as a heckler, but why?

--Will John McCain's voting against Martin Luther King Day being a national holiday during the 1980's become an issue in the 2008 presidential race?

--John Kerry's recent comments about Senator McCain versus Nomination McCain.

--Strange questions from media figures about whether Barack Obama appeals to more than just African-Americans, and referring to him as Tiger Woods.

--More accusations that Barack Obama simply is a Muslim.

--Bizarre predictions from Dick Morris.

--Al Gore's recent comments about not believing global warming being like believing the earth is flat, and more.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 04.02.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 2nd, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 58:02

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Bill Scher of LiberalOasis.com and Campaign for America's Future and Isaac Mass, Republican State Committeeman for Franklin & Hampshire County, Massachusetts, join us live in-studio.

--Do Hillary or Obama have the advantage in a national election against Senator John McCain?

--Do Republicans really think liberal blogs really comparable to Hitler and fascists?

--Is Bill Clinton hurting Hillary Clinton's campaign for president much more than he's helping it at this point?

--Which party is better at using the internet to raise money and campaign?

--Lou Dobbs and Chris Matthews both make what might be racist comments, and we discuss the effect that having a woman and an African-American running for president has had on the demeanor of members of the media.

--Could John McCain's opposition to Martin Luther King Day being a national holiday during the 1980's resurface if Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination?

--Will the accusations that Barack Obama has no experience maintain throughout the campaign?

--Lots of strange comments from Rush Limbaugh.

--Joe Lieberman as John McCain's Vice-President?

--More discussion of whether John McCain has attached himself to religious extremists or not.

--Discussion of the McCain 100 years in Iraq comments, as well as his recent admission about there being hundreds of thousands of Iraqi casualties during the Iraq war.

--More on Senator Lindsey Graham's comments about the surge going well.

--Al Gore says not believing humans are causing global warming is like believing that the earth is flat.

--George W. Bush booed throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ first game at their new stadium

--Is our children really learning?

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 03.26.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

March 26th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:04

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--After last week's 5 year anniversary of the Iraq war, another milestone is reached with the 4000th US military casualty.

--More commentary from President Bush about Iraq.

--Vice-President Dick Cheney's crazy response to questions about polling in Iraq.

--Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says the surge has worked on all fronts, while Chuck Hagel, another Republican senator says that the surge simply isn't working.

--The passport leak story, and the follow-up from Condoleezza Rice.

--One pundit thinks the passport story was just something Barack Obama created to distract from the Jeremiah Wright story.

--Rush Limbaugh continues to campaign for Hillary Clinton.

--Chelsea Clinton is asked about Monica Lewinsky at a stump speech.

--Chris Matthews says maybe we should elect a Republican to end the war, and then says decisions made by politicians like the Clintons have led to 4000 dead in Iraq.

--Lou Dobbs makes more strange comments, wondering if simply accepting Bill Richardson's endorsement is a sign that Barack Obama is pandering to ethnocentric special interests, while a whole Fox News panel discusses Bill Richardson's beard.

--One radio host says that Barack Obama has disowned his white half, while another predicts African-Americans will riot in the streets of Obama loses.

--America: #22 In Prosperity And Stability

--Joe Klein embarrasses himself with a tasteless remark.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 03.19.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

March 19th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 56:22

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--The Barack Obama controversy over his pastor Jeremiah Wright, including Wright's comments, how this might hurt Obama, and more.

--Obama's much-discussed "race speech."

--Chris Wallace's apparent obsession over Obama's pastor, as well as Michael Savage's comments about Wright.

--Strange comments about McCain's attachment to far right individuals.

--One TV pundit seems to be suggested that the issues he liked to talk about most are the ones most important to voters, but that doesn't seem to be true.

--The five year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, and what has changed since the start of the war.

--Commentary from John McCain on the state of the surge, Dick Cheney's upbeat assessment of what's going on now that we're five years into the war, George W. Bush's comment on the topic.

--Paul Bremer, who headed up operations in Iraq previously, says he would do it all again the same way in Iraq if given the chance.

--The Bear Stearns/JP Morgan buyout controversy where Bear Sterns was trading for $30 per share and sold for about $2 per share.

--What is a recession, are we in one, and how does the Bear Stearns buyout play into it?

--Follow-up on the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal, including the revelations that both David Paterson, the new Governor of New York, and his wife, both had multiple affairs during their marriage.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 03.12.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

March 12th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 54:22

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--The Eliot Spitzer story, including his resignation as Governor of New York, how he got caught with prostitutes, and so much more, including his replacement as Governor and comments from the media about the situation.

--How will the fact that Eltio Spitzer is a super-delegate who has committed to Hillary Clinton affect her reaction to the story?

--Will John McCain use the Eliot Spitzer story against the Democrats as the campaign for President moves forward?

--The latest primary standings, including this week's results from Mississippi, and total delegate counts.

--Two conservative women's recent comments about the candidates for President this election.

--John McCain begins to distinguish between good and bad lobbyists, and later gets agitated with a New York Times reporter when asked some questions he felt he already answered to the extent he wanted to.

--One TV show asked about the downside of having a woman as President.

--A recent Pentagon report is again clear that there were no Al-Qaeda ties to Saddam Hussein.

--George W. Bush's recent comments about Afghanistan.

--Does staying in school lead to a longer life?

--A theory about naming kids.

--The new edgier eBay, PropertyRoom.com

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 03.05.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

March 5th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:00

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

--Primary results from Super Tuesday II, including Hillary Clinton's wins in Texas and Ohio.

--Can Hillary Clinton catch up to Barack Obama? What portion of the remaining delegates does she need to secure to overtake him?

--Senator John McCain clinches the Republican nomination for President.

--Mike Huckabee drops out of the Republican primary race.

--George W. Bush endorses Senator John McCain for President.

--Is John McCain backing off of his statement about staying in Iraq for 100 years?

--The recent back-and-forth between Obama and McCain about Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

--The topic of Barack Obama's middle name is filling the media even more over the last week, as is talk of Obama's religion, and even more name confusion.

--Strange global warming-related statements resurface in bunches it seems, with a number of new ones during this last week.

--A strange discussion about whether or not animals have rights.

--Comedian Lee Camp rips Fox News as a "parade of propaganda" live on their air.

--More biased focus groups on Fox News.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 02.27.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

February 27, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:02

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

--Deb Kozikowski, Vice-chair of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, and a super-delegate, joins us live in studio.

--A new poll gives Barack Obama a slim edge over John McCain in a hypothetical national election.

--Ralph Nader announces his candidacy for President in 2008.

--Follow-up on the Barack Obama and Deval Patrick "plagiarism" ordeal.

--The Bill Cunningham - John McCain - Barack Obama controversy.

--The recent MSNBC Democratic debate, including statements from Hillary Clinton that might hurt her campaign more than they will help.

--One pundit says we have a right to know if Obama is a "friendly Muslim" or not.

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Midweek Politics 02.20.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

February 20, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 56:54

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--The Roger Clemens controversy and House hearings.

--The most recent presidential primary results.

--The Barack Obama / Deval Patrick "plagiarism" controversy.

--Ralph Reed repeating George W. Bush's claim that Barack Obama said he would "embrace Ahmadinejad."

--A senior McCain adviser is refusing to campaign against Barack Obama.

--More comments from Ann Coulter, now focusing in on referring to Barack Obama as "Hussein" in every possible instance.

--Bill Clinton heckles back at some hecklers.

--Charles Barkley on the Republican Party being filled with "fake Christians."

--The Republican walk-out in Congress.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics - 02.13.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

February 13, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:01

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--David Pakman's recent appearance on Newstalk Ireland talk radio.

--Barack Obama's continued momentum in the primaries, including his wins this past weekend and on Tuesday as well.

--Mitt Romney drops out of the presidential race, and comments on Barack and Hillary, as well as marriage "equality" as he calls it.

--John McCain gets booed at CPAC while talking about illegal immigration, and is also the latest Republican to be labeled a Democrat by Fox News on screen.

--Pat Buchanan says that John McCain will make Dick Cheney look like Ghandi on issues of foreign policy.

--Karl Rove calls Barack Obama the most liberal member of the US Senate, but some studies disagree.

--CNN again associates Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden.

--Ann Coulter says that Barack Obama's first big accomplishment was being born half-black, and that he's been riding on that ever since.

--A look at Frank Luntz and his so-called "focus groups," as well as Luntz' history.

--Colin Powell discusses who he might vote for in the 2008 presidential election.

--Katie Couric's recent slip-up about McCain and Huckabee that we play but don't talk about on air for fear of FCC fines.

--Bo Dietl again talking about Muslim's, this time calling them "Aba Daba Doos."

--Follow-up on the torture and waterboarding debate from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 02.06.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:01

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Super Tuesday and primary results, including John McCain becoming the Republican frontrunner and the near-tie between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

--The five year anniversary of the infamous Colin Powell presentation before the war in Iraq, and White House Press Secretary Dana Perino's comment on that anniversary.

--Is there too much similarity between Obama and Clinton's positions for many voters?

--Mike Huckabee says the Republican primary is a two-man race, and thinks he's one of those two men.

--Media figures are quickly questioning the authenticity of Hillary Clinton's recent tears, the second recent incident.

--Chris Wallace again asks biased, leading questions, this time of Hillary Clinton, asking her why she is "so determined to declare defeat" in Iraq.

--Recent New York Times hire Bill Kristol says that "white women are a problem that we all live with" referring to the Democratic primary and Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

--More biased questions about the Latino vote, a pundit calling this the first "affirmative action election," and accusations that the Republican vote is being suppressed in New York.

--50 Cent's presidential endorsement.

--Attorney General Michael Mukaseys recent comments about waterboarding and torture, Senator Ted Kennedy's questions to Mukasey, and the not-so-intelligent follow-up from pundits on Kennedy's questions.

--David Pakman's Irish talk radio appearance, and guest hosting on WHMP the next two weeks.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 1.23.08 - Peter Paul LIVE, Primaries, SC Debate, plenty more...

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

January 23, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 55:31

This Week's Topics:

--Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

--Peter Paul, the Hollywood entrepreneur, co-founder of Stan Lee Media, and convicted felon who is the subject of the movie Hillary: Uncensored joins us live to discuss the movie and his accusations.

--The Nevada primaries and the South Carolina Republican primary from last weekend.

--General Petraeus on a "turning point" in Iraq.

--A new study on Iraq which determined that the Bush administration issued many false statements during the leadup to the war.

--The recent South Carolina Democratic Presidential Debate, possibly one of the first debates with much actual substance.

--Audience reaction at the debate to Hillary Clinton's criticism of Barack Obama's "present" votes, as well as the scuffle between Clinton and Obama that resulted in a bunch of personal attacks.

--One pundit thinks Hillary Clinton too rich and white to have experience discrimination.

--Hillary Clinton's flight attendant routine during a recent flight.

--Fred Thompson has decided to drop out of the presidential race.

--Mike Huckabee mentions marriages to animals and three-way marriages in his defense of legally redefining marriage.

--Mitt Romney's heated debate with an AP reporter about his campaign and lobbyists.

--Dick Morris' assessment of Bill and Hillary Clinton's tempers.

--Chuck Norris' bumbling comments about John McCain.

--Much more.

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