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.
More reaction to the Leahy audio, plus audio from a lot of other Senate Democrats today. Columnist and humorist James Lileks also dropped by.
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.
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.
Hugh spends this hour taking calls and recounting his trip to the Camp Pendleton this morning, and visiting wounded Marines.
The Pennsylvania Senator minced no words when asked to comment on comments made earlier today by Senator Hillary Clinton, that her husband essentially would have stopped 9/11 if they had the same warnings the Bush administration apparently had.
Jonathan and Hugh mix it up over the way Clinton reacted, and also the reaction to the Thomas Edsall interview last week, where he admitted to much of the liberal bias conservatives have theorized about the mainstream media.
The Pennsylvania Senator minced no words when asked to comment on comments made earlier today by Senator Hillary Clinton, that her husband essentially would have stopped 9/11 if they had the same warnings the Bush administration apparently had.
Jonathan and Hugh mix it up over the way Clinton reacted, and also the reaction to the Thomas Edsall interview last week, where he admitted to much of the liberal bias conservatives have theorized about the mainstream media.
Authors Jim Geraghty and David Limbaugh joined Hugh this hour looking at the moral bankruptcy of the Democratic Party, and the effect it may, or is already having on the upcoming mid-term elections.
Senators Mike DeWine and Rick Santorum each made a visit to start the first hour, as did deputy OMB director Clay Johnson on the signing of the new law on earmarks.
