David Pakman

Midweek Politics 07.23.2008

2008-07-23T18:06:00.001-04:00

NOTE: We lost half of this show due to technical error. Our apologies...will be back next week with a full show.

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 28:51

This Week's Topics:

--Lawrence Alexander / D.W. Buffa joins us live to discuss his political thrilled Rubicon.

--Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, and media coverage of it.

--More talk about Obama's lack of experience from conservative pundits, and a suggestion that the White House wants a Republican to win since there would be too much evidence still around if a Democrat were elected.

--John Ashcroft responds to questions about torture and waterboarding in typical fashion.

--Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen says that he's already fighting two wars, and a third one in Iran would not be a good idea.

--Al Gore talks about gas prices and the oil situation at Netroots Nation, the conference that Bill O'Reilly compared to a KKK meeting.

--Mike Huckabee and Trent Lott both say that not a drop of oil was spilled during hurricane Katrina.

--Republican Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens, of all people, is at the center of a campaign to reduce dependence on foreign oil, but what's the root of that plan?

--Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says that two oil men in the White House are the cause of high oil prices, and calls President Bush a total failure.

--John McCain says that oil executives, not surprisingly, think his energy plan is just great.

--The Michael Savage autism controversy.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 07.16.2008

2008-07-16T18:01:00.002-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

July 16th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 56:02

This Week's Topics:

--Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center joins us to talk about the latest 2008 election polls, how much July polls means, and what might swing polls towards either candidate.

--The Jesse Jackson - Barack Obama controversy.

--The controversial New Yorker Barack Obama cover, and G. Gordon Liddy's reaction to it.

--South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford goes hilariously blank when asked about the differences between John McCain and George W. Bush.

--Carly Fiorina, who supports McCain, claims McCain didn't always support President Bush on the war.

--John McCain has basically no answer to a question about insurance coverage of Viagra, but not birth control.

--On The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets involved in another political discussion about Barack Obama with Whoopi Goldberg.

--ABC asks John McCain to comment on Barack Obama's changes of position, but doesn't even ask him about his own.

--False ideas from Sean Hannity about Barack Obama's tax plans.

--John McLaughlin calls Barack Obama an Oreo.

--President Bush lifts the offshore drilling ban. Why, will anything change, and what was the point?

--General Motors confirms they're cutting jobs and car models.

--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talks about the bad state of the economy, and what the Fed might do.

--We follow up on a project to get a viable solar car built and available.

--One pundit says that withdrawal of troops in Iraq would help John McCain in the 2008 election.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 07.09.2008

2008-07-09T18:10:00.002-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

July 9th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 55:17

This Week's Topics:

--A preview of the Jesse Jackson - Barack Obama controversy.

--Gas prices keep rising as GM says it will cut certain models and many white collar workers.

--George W. Bush insists drilling domestically is the solution to the gas price situation, and has a recent speech interrupted by protesters numerous times.

--Iraq is requesting a timetable for withdrawal of troops from the US.

--In the middle of the overwhelming disapproval on Iraq, Condi Rice is still proud that the US invaded Iraq, while President Bush is confident that the strategy in Iraq will work...but what is the strategy this week?

--US exports to Iran have increased under the Bush White House, and responding to a question about it, John McCain made another poor taste Iran-related gaffe, and then suggest he hates bloggers at one of his town hall meetings.

--Senator John Kerry again says that there are two John McCains.

--More suggestions that McCain is a maverick straight-talker, and even more confusion about just what McCain's position on the new GI Bill is.

--A Fox News panelist suggests that gay-bashing might be McCain's best strategy going forward.

--More inaccurate explanations of the Wesley Clark - John McCain controversy over McCain credentials to be president.

--The false claim that unemployment is lower now than under Bill Clinton is pushed by Bill O'Reilly.

--Michael Dukakis says that suggesting Obama is a far-left candidate is delusional.

--Chris Matthews, in what's become his trademark type of statement, asks if Obama can win over regular, white voters.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 06.25.2008

2008-06-25T17:54:00.001-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 54:54

This Week's Topics:

--Steve Baldwin, co-author of From Crayons to Condoms, joins us live to discuss the book.

--Imus once again in the news comments about race, and his explanation might as well have been in another language. Also, Barbara Walters defends Imus.

--John McCain says more oil drilling might not change the price of gas much, but it would have a psychological effect.

--Glenn Beck inflates the estimated ANWR oil production by almost 70 times.

--One of John McCain's advisors says that a terrorist attack would be a big advantage to McCain in the presidential election.

--John McCain is very into eBay as a possible solution to the recession, but McCain seems to know so little about computers that his campaign's recent statement could only go as far as to say that McCain is "aware of the internet."

--Condi Rice says she's not interested in being McCain Vice-President.

--Michelle Obama's appearance on The View.

--3 in 10 Americans admit to having a racial bias when it comes to Barack Obama and the presidential election.

--Many members of the media have been claming that "suburban women," which may be a code for white, don't like Barack Obama.

--James Dobson's bizarre comments about Barack Obama's interpretation of the Bible.

--Bill Kristol suggests that if George W. Bush believes Barack Obama will win the election, he may try to bomb Iran himself before Obama takes office.

--Dick Morris is still suggesting that Barack Obama might be a sleeper agent or Manchurian candidate.

--Much more.

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2008-06-18T20:45:00.000-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

June 18th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 57:14

This Week's Topics:

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

--President Bush accuses a UK journalist of slander just for mentioning GITMO and Abu-Ghraib.

--Even though Hillary Clinton is out of the presidential race, the crazy attacks against her continue.

--Fox News admits that a McCain town hall that supposedly was made up of Republicans and Democrats was actually just Republicans with some conservative independents.

--Joining Michelle Obama, John McCain also says that sometimes it's tough to be proud of America.

--Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is afraid of John McCain because of his views on abortion, women's rights, and other issues.

--Al Gore endorses Barack Obama for President.

--The newest possibly racist term for Barack Obama: exotic.

--Chris Matthews' latest weird comments, this time about Governor Ed Rendell, Obama needing a patriotic running mate, and Democrats not wanting to reduce the number of abortions.

--More calling Obama the most liberal member of the Senate, as well as bringing on disgraced former Congressman Tom DeLay to bash him, and Ben Stein making stuff up about Obama's tax plan.

--Congressman Bobby Jindal thinks that intelligent design should be taught in schools alongside evolution.

--Gay marriage, an openly gay former ambassador, and more allegations about the so-called homosexual mafia.

--Ben Stein suggests the best way to reduce gas prices is by taxing the rich.

--The un-green Carbon Belch Day set up by a conservative group.

--John McCain gets a little confused about the price of gas.

--British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges his support in the war in Iraq.

--Senators Carl Levin and Lindsey Graham address the White House and torture.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 06.11.2008

2008-06-11T18:03:00.001-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time:

This Week's Topics:

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

--Frances Moore Lappé joins us live to discuss her recent book Getting a Grip, which the New York Times Sunday Book Review said all candidates for president in 2008 should read.

--Hillary Clinton finally concedes the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama, but she only suspends her campaign for now.

--Hillary's official endorsement of Barack Obama, and a bunch of other stuff she said.

--One Republican strategist says Hillary Clinton ran as a man.

--Accusations that black voters only want to vote for Obama because he's black.

--Barack Obama's confrontation of Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor.

--John McCain wants to hold town hall meetings with Barack Obama, and also says he will "veto every beer."

--Laura Bush on Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.

--An unbelievable segment on Fox News about whether spelling many English words is too hard.

--When asked about when troops will be coming home, John McCain said that it's not really that important.

--More controversy over the latest GI Bill proposed by Senator Jim Webb.

--Dennis Kucinich introduces articles of impeachment for President Bush.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 06.04.2008

2008-06-04T17:50:00.002-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 56:24

This Week's Topics:

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

--Barack Obama gets the delegates he needs to secure the Democratic nomination for President, but Hillary Clinton still won't concede.

--The recent iCap bill proposed by Massachusetts congressman Ed Markey, as well as the Climate Security Act from the Senator, and reaction to it.

--More on the controversial Scott McClellan book, including a bunch of stuff Scott himself said, including that Karl Rove should have been fired for his involvement in the Valerie Plame case.

--One journalist calls McClellan naive for believing the President Bush would be a uniter.

--A CNN correspondent says there was pressure from news executives to make George W. Bush look good during the leadup to the war.

--Bill O'Reilly's interview with McClellan about the book.

--Dick Cheney's bad joke about incest in West Virginia, and of course the apology that always follows it up.

--Obama's statement about being the nominee, and comments about whether the Democratic Party is divided.

--Harold Ford's comments about Cindy McCain's wealth, and the recent McCain speech, which he thought was simply great. Then we actually listen to some of the McCain speech.

--More typical talk of Hillary being a bitch and Obama only doing well because he's black.

--Accusations that it's the Democratic Party that is racist and sexist.

--John McCain gets caught off guard about his ties to lobbyists by Chris Wallace.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 05.28.2008

2008-05-28T21:07:00.001-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 55:07

This Week's Topics:

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

--The controversial book by former White House Press Secretary that will be released, including excerpts from it, Karl Rove's reaction, George W. Bush cocaine stories, and more.

--An energy expert says gas could easily reach $12 to $15 per gallon.

--The increasing GI Bill controversy, including commentary from a few senators and members of the media.

--The most recent delegate numbers for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic nominee race.

--The outrageous comments by Liz Trotta, joking that Obama and Osama should be knocked off, and then of course the standard follow-up apology.

--Barack Obama slam John McCain during a recent speech in Iowa about having the same positions and campaigns strategists as George W. Bush.

--George Stephanopolous calls Karl Rove an unofficial McCain advisor, and even though Rove doesn't like it, there might be some truth to it.

--John McCain's appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, where he talked about gay marriage, as well as his recent statements distancing himself from President Bush.

--A statement from 2000 that some say was McCain saying he'd retire by 2008, and a poll that says his age is an issue to voters.

--Senator Lincoln Chafee refers again to the idea of two John McCains, the senator and the presidential candidate.

--War protesters interrupt a John McCain speech in Colorado.

--The recent news that Americans can now send cell phones to Cuba.

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Midweek Politics 05.21.2008

2008-05-21T18:00:00.002-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

May 21st, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 55:29

This Week's Topics:

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

--The recent developments of Ted Kennedy's brain tumor and the reaction to it from politicians and the media.

--Results from this week's Democratic primaries, and the updated delegate totals.

--More hilarious comments about politics from Elizabeth Hasselbeck on The View.

--Rush Limbaugh's recent comments about Barack Obama, more strange comments from Chris Matthews about Obama and shooting pool, and Mike Huckabee's weird joking about Obama and guns during an NRA speech.

--Obama says that the media and others should lay off his wife.

--A GOP operative says that it's alright to call Hillary Clinton a bitch because she is one.

--Discussion about whether or not using liberal as an insult will work during this election.

--Mike Huckabee says the GOP is in big trouble.

--John McCain's inconsistent comments about taxes and whether or not Americans are better off after two Bush terms, his appearance on Saturday Night Live, and a heckler during his recent speech in Chicago.

--During a House hearing about the ozone, Congressmen Henry Waxman and Darrell Issa got into a heated exchange.

--California approves same-sex marriage, and some strange reporting about John McCain and his position on the issue in his home state of Arizona.

--John McCain's speech about Iraq, Senator Joe Biden's comments about it, and more talk from McCain about how safe it is to walk around in Iraq.

--George W. Bush's recent threat to veto the GI Bill.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 05.14.2008

2008-05-14T18:09:00.002-04:00

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

May 14th, 2008

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 54:46

This Week's Topics:

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

--Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia, but the latest delegate counts still don't have her close to gaining a lead in the Democratic primary.

--John McCain on the connection between the sex trade and terrorism, and his thoughts on equal pay.

--Much talk in the media has been downplaying the connection between John McCain and Reverend John Hagee.

--Cindy McCain is unchallenged on NBC when she says that John McCain is opposed to any negative campaigning at all.

--The suggestion is made that Barack Obama is pushing for a global tax where the United States would pay the United Nations.

--Following up on Ann Coulter's suggestion that Barack Obama might be a Manchurian candidate, Dick Morris says there's a question of whether Obama is a sleeper agent that doesn't believe in our system.

--We look at John McCain's recent interviews with both Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart.

--Leaked audiotapes of military analysts discussing public relations related to the Iraq war with Donald Rumsfeld.

--A recent article about conservatives being happier than liberals.

--Rush Limbaugh says gas prices have only climbed since the Democrats took the Senate in 2006.

--Gas is so expensive that churches are offering free gas if you'll go to their services.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 05.07.2008

2008-05-07T17:27:00.002-04:00

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

2008-04-30T17:57:00.002-04:00

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

2008-04-23T18:01:00.002-04:00

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

2008-04-16T18:01:00.002-04:00

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

2008-04-09T17:53:00.003-04:00

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

2008-04-02T18:03:00.002-04:00

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

2008-03-26T17:57:00.002-04:00

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

2008-03-19T18:08:00.002-04:00

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

2008-03-12T18:00:00.002-04:00

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

2008-03-05T18:01:00.002-05:00

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

2008-02-27T17:54:00.002-05:00

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

2008-02-20T17:55:00.002-05:00

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

2008-02-13T18:00:00.002-05:00

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

2008-02-06T17:51:00.000-05:00

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...

2008-01-23T17:49:00.000-05:00

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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