Dr. Helen Smith, aka Mrs. Instapundit, forensic psychologist, analyzed the culture and the rise in sucides by males in the United States. Later in the hour, House Rules Committee Chairman, David Dreier, reacted strongly to the actions of former Congressman Mark Foley, and analyzed the last week in this session of Congress.
Hugh put politics on hold for a day, and spent most of this hour, and in fact, most of the show, on what is wrong with this culture that suicidal people seem more intent on taking innocent people out with them, as in the Amish school in Pennsylvania today.
An expert on dealing with suicidal males and teen shootings, Dr. Smith looked a little deeper into why these guys are taking others out with them on their death journey.
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.
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.
Congressional candidate Rick O’Donnell joined Hugh from our affiliate in Denver, KNUS.
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!
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.
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.
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.
