Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 12.31.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 51:31

This Week's Topics:

--The best of 2008 from Midweek Politics

--Senator John Kerry, one of the top vote getters in the history of presidential elections.

--Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church, the most listened-to interview of 2008.

--Tim Carpenter, the National Executive Director of Progressive Democrats for America.

--Deb Kozikowski, a superdelegate, one of the most controversial topics of the 2008 election.

--Joel Spiro, an Obama organizer from Massachusetts talks about why even Louis should vote.

--Bill Dwight, morning radio host, and Mike Hannahan, political science professor, discuss the 2008 election.

--Green Gateway renewable and energy conservation radio hosts.

--Steve Baldwin, author of the outrageous education book From Crayons to Condoms.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 12.24.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

December 24th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 56:44

This Week's Topics:

--British science fiction author Richard K. Morgan joins us to talk about the ideas and politics in his book, and he also discusses the election of Barack Obama and a bunch of other stuff.

--Tons of snow, and many in the media say there must not be global warming since we had so many snowstorms last week.

--Politics and Facebook.

--Barack Obama wants Rick Warren to pray at his inauguration, and it seems like a horrible idea, especially to anybody concerned with gay rights, as Obama claims to be.

--The US refuses to back a measure to decriminalize being gay.

--Obama is the increasingly irrelevant Time Magazine Man of the Year, but the more interesting thing is that conservatives claim it's because of liberal bias, even though many president-elects have won in the past.

--We hear some comments from George W. Bush about what he will miss the most once he is no longer President.

--Governor Rod Blagojevich says he's completely innocent of all charges, even though so much concerte evidence points the other way.

--The media frenzy about Rahm Emmanuel's supposed contact with Barack Obama, even though the news originally came from a gossip column.

--Will Obama get a new health care proposal through the House and Senate, and will Tom Daschle have anything to do with it?

--Joe Biden talks about wanting to be more like Al Gore than Dick Cheney.

--Strange comments about Barack Obama planning to use his middle name during the January inauguration.

--John McCain refuses to pledge support for Sarah Palin for President in 2012.

--Is the War on Christmas back again?

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 12.17.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

December 17th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 52:30

This Week's Topics:

--Alex Peterson and John Laux from Green Gateway on WHMP are in studio to talk about their radio show, recycling, sustainable product use, and more.

--Eric Gouvin, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Western New England College is in studio to talk about the economic crisis, subprime and discriminatory lending, and more.

--How bad are different everyday activities for the environment? What's the most environmentally friendly temperature to set the heat at during winter?

--The subprime lending situation, Community Reinvestment Act, and what information is okay to use to make lending decisions?

--What is the original cause of this the current economic crisis?

--How did some banks avoid the economic crisis, even though all banks had to operate under the same lending rules?

--A child is named Adolf Hitler Campbell, and a store refuses to put his name on a cake.

--The Governor Blagojevich scandal, including Jesse Jackson Jr's denial of any involvement, what evidence exists to suggest otherwise, Barack Obama's comments about the situation, and more.

--The McCain campaign sells their staffers' old Blackberries without first deleting a ton of confidential campaign information from the phones.

--Vice President Dick Cheney defends the US use of torture, and admits to having OKd waterboarding.

--George W. Bush says so what that Al-Qaeda only got into Iraq after the US invasion.

--Applications for jobless benefits reach an all time high, while Sean Hannity makes some deceiving claims about job creation under George W. Bush.

--Dick Morris, the author of countless failed predictions over the last couple of years, predicts that Hillary Clinton will run against Barack Obama in 2012.

--Very strange statements about Barack Obama planning to use his middle name during his inauguration.

--John McCain says he is not willing to say he would suppor Sarah Palin for President in 2012.

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 12.10.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

December 10th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 51:56

This Week's Topics:

--Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church calls in to give her thoughts on the election, God hating homosexuals and Jews, and the usual routine.

--Caleb Dean, Director of Generation Sustain, is in studio to talk about his sustainable shared office space project.

--Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is arrested and charged with a bunch of corruption, including trying to sell Barack Obama's vacated Senate Seat.

--Obama calls for Blagojevich's resignation, and says more.

--We hear from the prosecuting State's Attorney on the case, Patrick Fitzgerald.

--An auto industry bailout update, including the latest from the CEOs of the Big Three, as well as the head of the UAW union, and a few policitians too.

--Obama says the economy will get worse before it gets better, and George W. Bush calls it a recession for the first time.

--A strange Joe the Plumber update, it turns out he actually did not like Senator John McCain, and felt dirty after being on the campaign trail with him.

--Condi Rice gives Hillary Clinton some advice about her upcoming role as Secretary of State.

--Barack Obama chooses General Eric Shinseki to be his Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a man who is a favorite to critics of the Bush administration.

--Rick Warren continues to say insane things, and actually had his church give George W. Bush a medal of peace.

--False claims, including the the Bush administration created 10 million new jobs.

--Strange comments about poor people.

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Midweek Politics 12-03-2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 58:08

This Week's Topics:

--Bill Rosen, Massachusetts Democratic State Committeeman and political and government consultant is live in studio.

--Brooks Schuelke, personal injury lawyer from Austin, Texas, talks to us live about the death at Wal-Mart on Black Friday and the repercussions.

--Barack Obama names his national security team, including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and we hear both Obama and Hillary's comments.

--Finally word from Joe Biden, who has been mostly silent since the election on November 4th.

--President Bush discusses whether or not this election was a repudiation of him, and says that he was unprepared for war as President.

--The economic crisis, including the latest discussion of the Big 3 automakers, their bailout, and more.

--The recent hearing with the CEOs of US automakers, including the questions about their private jets and whether they would sell them on the spot. Also, the obsession with false claims about the hourly wages of auto workers.

--Michael Reagan changes his tone, saying that Barack Obama is Reagan-esque.

--The Republicans win a Senate race in Georgia, and it is still unclear whether Al Franken will win in Minnesota.

--Ted Stevens gives his last words in the US Senate, and we look at the whole scenario surrounding his departure.

--John McCain said the good lobbyists are okay, but which are those?

--Will there be special interest pork in the upcoming economic recovery plan?

--Might Wal-Mart be liable for the death at their store over the weekend? Could the police have some responsibility?

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 11.26.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

November 26th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 57:22

This Week's Topics:

--Tim Carpenter, National Executive Director of Progressive Democrats for America joins us live in studio to talk about a bunch of political stuff.

--Bill Scher, blogger and author from LiberalOasis.com and Campaign for America's Future joins us live in studio.

--Marcelo Da Luz of the Power of 1 Solar Car Project calls in live about the latest news with his solar electric car, breaking solar car records, and more.

--Would a bailout of the automakers hinder the development of alternative energy cars?

--What will Democrats and liberal groups do now that their side won?

--Are conservative or liberal lobbying groups more effective at what they do?

--We look at what Obama has been criticized for so far, and concerns about his upcoming presidency.

--The economic crisis, including the latest discussion of the Big 3 automakers, their bailout, and more.

--Discussion of Proposition 8 from California, reaction from across the media and blogs, and the popular slippery slope of polygamy argument that Mike Huckabee recently used.

--The recent hearing with the CEOs of US automakers, including the questions about their private jets and whether they would sell them on the spot.

--Ted Stevens gives his last words in the US Senate, and we look at the whole scenario surrounding his departure.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 11-19-2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 57:38

This Week's Topics:

--Craig Della Penna, a Realtor who specializes in properties near or on rail trails, greenways, and conservation land joins us live in studio.

--We discuss conservation land and the building up of bike trails, tips for real estate buyers and sellers, real estate disasters, subprime mortgages, and much more.

--Senator Ted Stevens loses his Senate race in Alaska after being found guilty in a court of law, which gives the Democrats 58 seats in the Senate with two more races still pending.

--Hillary Clinton may be the next Secretary of State, but Bill Clinton is being asked to bare all before the position is offered to her.

--4 million people might try to go to Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington DC this January 20th.

--Newt Gingrich says the Republican Party will be fine, even amidst many other Republicans saying otherwise.

--Al-Qaeda insults Barack Obama with racial epithets.

--Many conservatives insist the stock market has been down the days since the election because of Barack Obama, but the markets were actually in a free fall for weeks before the election.

--Circuit City files for bankrtupcty, and David Pakman looks back at his employee file from when he worked during high school.

--Sarah Palin continues the bogus interviews, this time with Wolf Blitzer, and she is still talking about William Ayers.

--Michael Savage finds it suspicious that Barack Obama's grandmother died the night before the election.

--We follow up on Proposition 8, including a whole bunch of wild claims.

--John McCain appears on The Tonight Show and talks about his lost election.

--Much more

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Midweek Politics 11-12-2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

November 12th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 56:59

This Week's Topics:

--David Simpson, Founder and Executive Director of the Commonwealth Center for Change & Storefront Art is live in studio.

--Greg Collins, President, and Jay Lincoln, Publicity Director, both from the University of Massachusetts Republican Club are live in studio.

--Was Sarah Palin a mistake?

--Wrapping up Joe the Plumber.

--Exit polls suggest that voters want government to do more, not less.

--Do we still not know of any ways that John McCain would have differed on policy from George W. Bush?

--The Barack Obama meeting with President Bush.

--Statements from President Bush, Condi Rice, and many others about the election of Barack Obama.

--One Republican Congressman is already talking about filibustering Barack Obama's supreme court nominees.

--We discuss Proposition 8 from California, and talk about how the same African-American voters that supported Obama mostly voted against gay marriage.

--The conservative pundits quickly blame the stock market decline over the recent week on the election of Barack Obama, but does that make any sense?

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 11.5.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:

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

Total Running Time: 58:13

This Week's Topics:

--Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential Election by a wide margin, becoming the first African-American President-Election in the history of the United States. We look at the results, exit polls, analysis, and so much more.

--Barack Obama's victory speech, John McCain's concession speech, and George W. Bush's congratulatory speech.

--Is this a mandate? Will Republicans who said Bush had a mandate in 2004 agree Obama has one in 2008, given he won by twice as much as Bush.

--Were there riots as many conservative media outlets predicted?

--We touch on local election issues and how the candidates who were on our programs did.

--Proposition 8 to eliminate gay marriage in California passes, and Michael Savage thinks you would only vote for gay marriage in California if you are insane, hate the family, hate your parents, and hate just about everything else.

--The Barack Obama national infomercial.

--The risk of assuming racism is fixed because Obama won.

--The Obama smears only get worse after his historic win.

--Ralph Nader asks if Obama will be an Uncle Tom as President, while Republican supporters start hedging the strength of Obama's victory.

--So much more about the election.

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Midweek Politics 10.29.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 58:20

This Week's Topics:

--Joel Spiro, co-coordinator for canvassing on the Barack Obama campaign is live in studio to discuss campaign strategy and getting out the vote.

--With less than one week to go, we take a close look at all the polls, and what will happen when on election night.

--John McCain does not believe the polls that have him down, but does believe the ones that have him ahead.

--The racism hoax where a McCain campaign worker claimed to have been assaulted and attacked by Obama supporters, and how the McCain campaign fed it to the media.

--Fox News starts scaring voters with talk of riots by Obama supporters on election day.

--Previous statements by John McCain about it being okay for those who make more to pay a little more in taxes, as well as his comments about not being George W. Bush, being a maverick, and being a huge fan of Sarah Palin.

--McCain and Palin talk about elitisits, and McCain addresses the recent Colin Powell endorsement of Barack Obama.

--John McCain's brother, Joe McCain, calls 911 about traffic delays, then swears at the operator and hangs up.

--Joe the Plumber is now doing events for the McCain campaign, even after lying in his initial confrontation with Barack Obama, and the conservative media obsess over him and plumbers in general.

--Alaska Senator Ted Steven is found guilty on all counts in his recent trial.

--Senator John Kerry confronts a Swift Boat funder at a recent hearing.

--Two men are charged with plotting to kill Barack Obama.

--Former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan endorses Barack Obama.

--Fox News continues to make stuff up, citing that about half of Barack Obama's tax plan would be a handout to people that do not pay taxes to begin with.

--Michael Savage believes people on welfare should not have the right to vote.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 10-22-2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 56:57

This Week's Topics:

--Bill Dwight, WHMP morning radio shot, and Mike Hannahan, University of Massachusetts political science professor, are live in studio to talk about the upcoming election and a whole bunch of other stuff.

--Which of the two presidential candidates might be an internet president?

--Is John McCain running too far to the right for the 2008 election, and is he overusing the POW storyline?

--Polling is all over the place, as close as tied and as far apart as Obama ahead by double digits.

--How much of a factor are race and gender playing in this election?

--Scary commentary from people leaving a John McCain rally in Ohio.

--Even scarier religious talk from a PBS special.

--Joe the Plumber, and the lies he told.

--The third and last presidential debate, including McCain saying he's not George W. Bush, talking about the health of the mother in abortions, and finally bringing up William Ayers.

--Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama, and asks why it would be bad even if Obama were a Muslim, even though some do not believe Powell that he is not making his endorsement based on race.

--Much more.

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Midweek Politics 10.15.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 56:14

This Week's Topics:

--Massachusetts State Senator Stan Rosenberg and his 2008 opponent Keith McCormic go head-to-head in studio over their upcoming election.

--Our run-in with Senator John Kerry and two US Congressmen at a recent event.

--New York state printed Barack Osama on absentee ballots sent to voters recently.

--We discuss the upcoming third presidential debate, and talk about the most recent polls.

--John McCain says he will bring up William Ayers at the third presidential debate, but it wasalso recently revealed that John McCain transition chief previously lobbied for Saddam Hussein.

--Barack Obama responded to questions about McCain and Ayers by saying that McCain was not willing to say it to his face at the second presidential debate.

--Even the typically biased, heavily-Republican Frank Luntz Fox News focus groups thought that Obama won the second debate.

--At recent rallies, John McCain says that he has Obama right where he wants him, and refers to the audience as fellow prisoners.

--Audience members at a McCain-Palin rally talk about how they believe Barack Obama is or may be a terrorist on their way out of the rally

--In defending the vitriol from recent McCain rallies, campaign manager Rick Davis brings up McCain's previous POW experiences.

--At a Sarah Palin speech, some audience members were yelling for her to speak louder, and she scolded them for protesting at her speech.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 10-08-2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

October 8th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 55:21

This Week's Topics:

--Senator John Kerry joins us live to talk about the election, Sarah Palin, Ralph Nader, campaigning, and much more.

--We look at past vice-presidential debates, and the most recent one with Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

--Sarah Palin's rambling answers on nuclear energy, knowing what the VP does, and of course, her repeated mentions of the word maverick.

--Joe Biden argued that he does not see the differences between Bush and McCain, and talked about his past as a single parent.

--Dick Morris, continuing his obsessions with the Clintons, says the loser of the VP debate was Hillary Clinton.

--The second presidential debate, which was in a town hall format. The candidates' best and worst answers, as well as whether or not McCain hates Obama, which his handshake denial seems to indicate.

--Polling about the debate, whether McCain made a racist comment to a young black man who asked a question, and whether Obama was succinct enough, or too longwinded once again.

--The last pieces of the hilarious Sarah Palin interviews with Katie Couri, including questions about the Supreme Court and the right to privacy.

--An Obama spokesman calls Sean Hannity out as a racist on Fox News, and the back and forth is fascinating.

--More more...

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Midweek Politics 10.01.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

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

Total Running Time: 59:40

This Week's Topics:

--Jesse Adams and Shawn Robinson from Young Democrats of America join us live in studio.

--John McCain insisted all of last week on canceling the debate because of the financial crisis, but did ultimately show up and debate in Mississippi, while Barack Obama insisted that the financial crisis was an important reason to still have the debate.

--Debate problems, including Obama being too nuanced for his own good, McCain getting visibly upset with Obama, and Jim Lehrer begging the two candidates to talk to each other.

--Some of John McCain's debate answers, including his analogy about earmarks as a gateway drug, creating a League of Democracies, and the random spending freeze suggestion.

--Some of Barack Obama's longwinded answers during the debate.

--A few other Republican Senators' comments about the economic crisis and proposed bailout.

--Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi blame the Republicans and are blamed by the Republicans for the original bailout bill not passing.

--The two Sarah Palin interviews with Katie Couric, including her hilarious non-answers about McCain's accomplishments, Alaska being close to Russia, and which newspapers she reads.

--John McCain had to sit next to Palin for the second interview with Katie Couric, and Palin is bewildered at basic questions about global warming and the morning after pill. Lastly, McCain and Palin have a weird definition of gotcha journalistm.

--Palin makes fun of Joe Biden's age, although McCain is even older.

--The controversy over the upcoming Vice-Presidential debate starts with moderator Gwen Ifill's book about African American politicians including Barack Obama.

--A bizarre clip of a deep south woman going off about Barack Obama.

--Much more...

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Midweek Politics 09.24.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

September 24th, 2008

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

Total Running Time: 57:11

This Week's Topics:

--Bill Scher, from Campaign for America's Future and LiberalOasis, and Isaac Mass, Republican political veteran, are live in studio to talk about their experiences at the DNC and RNC, and the upcoming election.

--Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Reserach Center joins us live to talk about the latest polls, Palin-mania, and more.

--Will McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' involvement with an advocacy group for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac become a big deal?

--Interesting ballot measures from the upcoming November election, including whether the state income tax should be dropped and whether to decriminalize marijuana.

--Funny moments from past presidential debates, and we discuss the upcoming debates, if they'll still happen.

--John McCain suspends his camapaign to go to Washington and work on the economic crisis, but how much of a political stunt is it?

--Larry Kudlow, Neil Cavuto, and others blame the economic crisis on minorities.

--John McCain plays dumb when asked about adviser Carly Fiorina's golden parachute from HP.

--Sarah Palin, at her first town hall meeting, stumbles badly when asked a simple question about her national security experience.

--On The View, Bill Clinton says that Hillary Clinton did not really want to be Vice President, and that he did not really have an opinion on it either way, but is that really believeable? He also talks about whether there was sexism during the primary campaign.

--More smears that Barack Obama is a Muslim, is misrepresenting his ethnicity, and might be a political Muslim.

--Much more.

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