The popular congressman broke news on Hugh’s show that his opponent, Bill Ritter, while serving as DA in Denver, plea bargained down legal and illegal aliens accused of felonies down to an unrelated misdemeanor in order to keep them from being deported. Over 190 times!
Congressional candidate Rick O’Donnell joined Hugh from our affiliate in Denver, KNUS.
Morton Kondracke and Charles Krauthammer started the hour discussing the political impact of the week that was, and then a very explosive development in the Colorado governor race, as Congressman Bob Beauprez has discovered a pattern of how his opponent treated legal and illegal aliens accused of felonies while serving as Denver D.A.
Emmett of the Unblinking Eye’s list this week? In honor of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez calling George W. Bush the Devil last week, the top ten devil movies of all time.
The fiery coach gave a very interesting press conference yesterday, giving Hugh the idea of what he might sound like as the White House press secretary.
Columnist to the world, Mark Steyn, called in from LaGuardia Airport on his way back from a day trip to Guantanamo Bay. The rest of the hour was devoted to playing a stunning speech on the floor of the Senate by Pat Leahy of Vermont, and getting caller reaction to it.
More reaction to the Leahy audio, plus audio from a lot of other Senate Democrats today. Columnist and humorist James Lileks also dropped by.
Caller reaction to the Democrats’ last stand in the Senate today to give the same Constitutional rights to foreign terrorists that citizens enjoy, plus a parody of what Bill Parcells would sound like if he were the White House press secretary.
Hugh spends this hour taking calls and recounting his trip to the Camp Pendleton this morning, and visiting wounded Marines.
Fine arts professor, David Allen White, joined Hugh to discuss the German production of Mozart’s Idomeneo which has caused so much controversy, plus Frank Gaffney from the Center For Security Policy on the President’s legislation on detainee treatment.