Midweek Politics with David Pakman - 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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