April 2008

I interviewed former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman for an hour Tuesday in the second hour of my radio program on Air America. These are blockbuster allegations of election fraud against Rove and the Bush Justice Department that go way beyond what he said on CBS's 60 Minutes last month.

Listen to the full audio here.

"click read more" for the transcript...

Hour One - Who arranged for for Rev Wright's appearance at the Press Club?  Photo from the National Press Club's website and outed in a story by Errol Louis in today's NY Daily News, captioned: "Rev. Wright gets the inside story from Rev. Barbara A. Reynolds, the Speakers Committee member who organized the Wright breakfast. (Photo by John Metelsky)"   According to Louis' article, Reynolds' website said that: "'My vote for Hillary in the Maryland primary was my way of saying thank you' to Clinton and her husband for the successes of Bill Clinton's presidency."  

Hour Two - Guest: Governor Don Siegelman  www.donsiegelman.org Topic: Will this finally get Karl Rove frogmarched out of the White House (or out of Texas) in chains?

Hour Three - Why Obama should agree to a "Lincoln-Douglas" type debate.

Barack Obama has been challenged by Hillary Clinton to a "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate. That particular debate had very specific rules - each side had an hour to speak, followed by an hour and a half rebuttal, followed by a half-hour closing speech. The rules of the debate would hugely favor an orator like Obama, and he'd be brilliant to take up Clinton on her challenge.

His doing this now will break the news cycle out of Rev. Wright - and will refocus this election on his topics.

Thom's Travel & Events Coming Up…May 3 - 5:00 - 9:00 pm - Coquille: Coos County Democrats - Coquille Community - 115 N Birch, Coquille (map)  Thom Hartmann, Bill Bradbury, Joanne Verger, Steven Novick, Arnie Roblan and others. Tickets $25

Hour One - Guest: Dr. Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org  Topic: Thom and Yaron will debate if the "free market" or government will be better dealing with food rationing & shortages in the U.S.

Hour Two - Guest: Lene Johansen www.cei.org Topic: Thom will be challenging Lene who claims - we should accept global climate change instead of trying to prevent it.

Hour Three - Guest: Jared Bernstein www.epi.org Topic: Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries

Guest: Congressman Keith Ellison www.ellison.house.gov Topic:In an outrageous move, Senate Republicans blocked a resolution recognizing Chavez's life and work.

Anything Goes Friday!

Sen. Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov is here taking your calls