Tue, Aug 22, 2006
Hugh Hewitt Show – 8/23/06 – Hour 2
The second hour featured a visit from Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Claudia Rosett from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
The second hour featured a visit from Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Claudia Rosett from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Vanity Fair’s Christopher Hitchens caught up with Hugh after a month’s absence. Lots of topics discussed, and almost all of them tied back to the war on terror.
This hour featured a encore of the General John Abizaid interview from the first hour, and some closing thoughts about a couple of pranksters in Arizona that decided to release snakes in a theater showing Snakes On A Plane.
This hour, with exception to a call-in from Yoni Tidi on the Israeli-Hezbollah issue, was devoted to callers, including a lot of nutters, who were reacting to the John Abizaid interview from the first hour.
Centcom Commander, General John Abizaid, joined Hugh for a wide-ranging look at the state of the global war on terror, and the nature of the enemy we face around the globe.
In a very candid, wide-ranging interview, the top military commander in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa discusses conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus also talks about interference from Iran and Syria, and describes the nature of our enemy.
The legendary economist, host of CNBC’s Kudlow & Co., joined Hugh and suggested some good sectors and stock picks to look at.
This was was a mix between the callers, and audio of the day, including the president’s press conference, CNN’s Jack Cafferty confirming the assumption he’s the most clueless political analyst on television, Oliver Stone’s thinking process in making WTC, and Chris Matthews claiming how independent he thinks he is.
Hugh covered the news of the day, and was joined by write-in Congressional candidate to replace Tom Delay, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, and Yoni Tidi on the growing anger in Israel at the Olmert administration.
Hugh started the hour out discussing the impact of Oliver Stone’s new movie, WTC. Hugh saw it this weekend, and was very impressed. Listeners had mixed reactions.
The modern day Kipling of the American military, Kaplan joined Hugh with updates from his travels and embeds with U.S. military from Mali to Soviet Georgia, to Iraq, and Las Vegas.
Atlantic monthly columnist and author of Imperial Grunts, Robert Kaplan started the hour with Hugh discussing his embeds with the U.S. military around the globe this year. Ohio Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate, Ken Blackwell, and Yoni Tidi also were guests this hour.