After having had the privilege of interviewing Michael Yon on Pundit Review Radio multiple times, from all parts of Iraq and elsewhere, it’s Michael’s turn to interview Gregg.
Michael has just completed an interview with Gregg as part of his regular First Person Singular series. The topic, Greggâ??s new book Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies: Issue by Issue Responses to the Most Common Claims of the Left from A to Z.
What is the most important piece of equipment (or skill) in your arsenal?
Passion and enthusiasm. When I am genuinely committed to accomplishing something, I believe whole-heartedly that there is nothing that can stop me except for my own negative thoughts and fears. God gave me that determined will and I have had it my entire life. Aside from that, my wife is my rock and secret weapon. She provides the ultimate encouragement, confidence, and support which has enabled me to achieve success in many areas in life. They say behind every successful man is a great women and I am living proof.
Gregg, truer words have never been written:)
To read the complete interview, click here.
The book is currently has an Amazon.com Sales Rank of #479 in Books. That is very, very impressive! Pick up a copy for yourself!
Congratulations Gregg.
Blue Mass Group has quickly solidified its position as the leading liberal blog focusing on Massachusetts politics. I check the site out multiple times per week to see what is happening in the Democrat primary for governor. I like to say that the value of blogs is when subject matter experts share their expertise and passion with the rest of us. These guys follow this stuff far more closely than I do, and I find value in visiting the site.
The editors (aka founders) of Blue Mass Group have endorsed Deval Patrick for governor.
Bob, Charley, and David — enthusiastically endorse the remarkable candidacy of Deval Patrick for Governor:
* Most thoughtful, substantive, and consistent of the candidates on the issues;
* Most inspiring leader and speaker in Massachusetts in a generation;
* Most independent of the moneyed interests and hackocracy that make our party far less than it could be;
* Most likely to beat Kerry Healey and Reed Hillman in November.
Fair enough, perfectly legitimate thing to do. In my visit to the site today, I came across an article ripping into the very candidate endorsed by the site. It is posted by CentralMAGuy, who takes issue with a TV spot of Patrick’s that hails,
the “landmark” legal cases he fought while head of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department under Bill Clinton.
CentralMAGuy goes on to highlight, among other things, a 1995 article by DLC founder Al From that takes a very tough stance against Patrick’s work at the Clinton Justice Department,
But in a… deeply disturbing line of cases, Patrick has aligned the Administration with his former colleagues in the world of minority pressure groups, the champions of set-asides, quotas, and other forms of preference for women, the disabled, and racial and ethnic groups, be they actual victims of discrimination or not.
CentralMAGuy closes with this,
There’s no doubt that Deval’s personal story is inspiring and that he overcame personal adversity to attain personal success. However, it is important that voters are able to square his campaign positions with his public and corporate records. It is also important that a potential Democratic nominee be able to stand in the face of relentless GOP attacks. It’s a sure bet that the Healey campaign has been sitting on a lot of this information for some time, as have right-wing blogs and publications, waiting for the right moment. But where has the press been, to ask the tough questions? To start, what do “justice” and “fairness” mean to Deval Patrick?
I’ll put aside the line about relentless GOP attacks, as if the Dems are not going to do the same. The point is that this is great information, stuff that I didn’t know, and I found it on a site that endorsed Deval Patrick for governor. You won’t find liberal versus conservative commentary, but you will find a healthy, vigorous debate between different factions of the left. And the best part of all, it is a moonbat free zone.
Harvard and Yale, two of America’s elite universities, are in a race to the bottom. What is the goal of this race? Surely it has nothing to do with education. Perhaps it is a game to see who can insult the most Americans?
As my friend Todd said, “Always trying to out do Yale.” So true. Yale had its Taliban Man, Harvard has the former terrorist leader of Iran.
Harvard University could hardly solidify itself more in the September 10th camp could they?
Romney orders state agencies to boycott former Iranian presidentâ??s visit to Harvard
Governor Mitt Romney denounced Harvard University today for inviting former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami to speak at the school on Sept. 10 and ordered all state agencies to boycott the visit by refusing to provide state police escorts and other service typically given to former heads of state.
“State taxpayers should not be providing special treatment to an individual who supports violent jihad and the destruction of Israel,” Romney said in a written statement, calling Khatamiâ??s visit a “disgrace” on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The governor said that the U.S. State Department listed Khatami as Iranâ??s number one state sponsor of terrorism, saying that he oversaw the torture and murder of dissidents who spoke out for freedom and democracy.
Khatami is scheduled to speak at Harvardâ??s John F. Kennedy School of Government at 4 p.m. on Sept. 10. Harvard did not immediately return several phone calls seeking comment.
I can hear the liberals around town now, saying Romney is simply playing politics, “he’s running for president you know”. Ah, yea, that’s true. Much of what Romney does these days in positioning himself for 2008 (hello Big Dig), but does that mean he is wrong to take the action he did? Only if you think its a good idea for Harvard to roll out the red carpet for the world’s most influencial sponsor of terrorism on the eve of September 11.
During our discussion with Pat Buchanan, the conversation moved from immigration to the Middle East when a fellow blogger, Papi Joe from Marlowe’s Shade, called in and joined the conversation.
Here is the portion of the interview that deals with the situation between Israel and Hezbollah.
Let’s just say that we agreed to disagree.
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Pat Buchanan joined us this week on Pundit Review Radio to discuss his #1 best seller State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America
This was a lively discussion on immigration, and became even more animated when the subject turned to the situation between Israel and Hezbollah.
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What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.
Our friend Matt Burden from Blackfive joined us on Pundit Review Radio to talk about his outstanding new book Blog of War: Frontline dispatches from Iraq and Afghanistan
This book is awesome, it enables you to hear directly from not just the men and women on the front lines, but from the families they leave behind.
Vanity Fair, September 2006
“Can you handle the truth?…The Blog of War (Simon & Schuster) is loaded with firsthand reports from the Internet diaries of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Grab it before the Pentagon orders it burned…”
This is also available as a download at iTunes, just search Pundit Review Radio Podcast.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.
Matt from the #1 milblog Blackfive joined us for our weekly collaboration to bring the inspirational, true stories of the men and women that are fighting for us around the world to the radio.
This week we heard the jaw-dropping story Lieutenant Neil Prakash
This is also available as a download at iTunes, just search Pundit Review Radio Podcast.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Leader.