Last night Republican nominee for governor, Charlie Baker, joined us once again to talk about the key issues and differences between he and governor Deval Patrick.
While the Sunday Globe had a very encouraging poll saying that Baker Catches Patrick, it also said that nearly 1 in 3 citizens don’t feel like they know Charlie Baker. I had to ask, who is Charlie Baker, private citizen?
I also asked about a topic near and dear to my heart, social media and the role it plays in his campaign.
The more voters focus on the differences between he and the governor, on the most important issues, like taxes, spending and immigration, the better those polls should get for the Baker campaign.
Now THIS is some serious momentum!
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On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
Erick Erickson, editor of RedState.com, CNN contributor and author of a great new book, Red State Uprising, joined me last night on WRKO. The book is a brutal critique of the modern GOP and of Washington itself. It makes a great companion to the final six weeks of this campaign cycle.
I really wanted to talk to Erick about two issues in particular. Being a dreaded RINO, I wanted to hear from this national conservative leader how the GOP could establish a governing coalition that can last without folks like me, fiscal conservatives who put social issues further down the priority list. Are we welcome in what the Red Stater’s hope will be a new GOP? The second thing I wanted to know was, will Red State, with all of its influence among national grassroots conservatives, get behind Sean Bielat and help him Retire Barney Frank?
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What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
I’ve often said one of the best parts about doing Pundit Review Radio on WRKO is access to all of the books and authors that publicists send our way. In this case, the book didn’t come from a publicist, but from producer Rob’s father, who read, enjoyed and recommended the book Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America.
This was my favorite book of the summer of 2010 and it was a pleasure to speak with author and Marblehead native Eric Jay Dolin about both Leviathan and his new book Fur, Fortune, and Empire.
Eric does an amazing job bringing together natural history with American history. The result is a fascinating book about the history that is all around us here in Massachusetts.
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What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
Last week, two men were awarded the nation’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Last weekend, Bruce told us about one of those men, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert James Miller. This week, he told us about the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. His name is Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta,
Giunta’s squad of eight soldiers was ambushed during a nighttime patrol in the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan, an area so dangerous to American troops it had become known as the “Valley of Death.”
An Army specialist at the time, Giunta survived a bullet to the chest, but his life was saved by the protective body armor he was wearing. Under fire, Giunta immediately proceeded to recover two fellow soldiers wounded in the attack who had become separated from the main part of the squad. It was after this that Giunta saw two Taliban fighters dragging away the body of another wounded soldier, Sgt. Josh Brennan, who was also one of his closest friends. Giunta threw grenades at the insurgents and after firing all his rounds forced them to drop Brennan to the ground. While under fire, he provided care to Brennan until medical help could arrive. Brennan did not survive his wounds nor did the squad’s medic, Spec. Hugo Mendoza. Most of those on patrol that night suffered serious injuries.
The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Bruce does an incredible job with the series every week. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
Photo: Boston Herald
The face of Washington arrogance, Barney Frank, is feeling the heat from first time candidate, businessman, father and Marine Sean Bielat. Just how worried is Barney? He’s asked the impeached former president Bill Clinton to come to town and campaign for him.
Barney says he’s not worried, just campaigning. Right. That’s as believable as saying “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not in crisis.”
To support Sean’s campaign and rid this country of one of its most arrogant and destructive career politicians, visit SeanForCongress.com and donate and spread the word.
If Scott Brown can replace Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank can be RETIRED!
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What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-8pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
Last week, two men were awarded the nation’s highest award, the Medal of Honor. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta was named as the first living recipient of America’s highest medal for valor since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bruce will tell us his story next week. This week, Bruce wanted to make sure the story, and incredible heroism, of the other recipient, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert James Miller, was not overlooked. This is one of the most epic and amazing stories we have ever told.
On Jan. 25, 2008, while serving as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant for his team, Miller volunteered to take lead on a nocturnal patrol in the Konar Province near the Pakistan border. Because of his Pashto language abilities, he led and directed the small local contingent of Afghan National Army Soldiers from the front. As they approached their target area his team was attacked by insurgents.
In the ensuing chaos Miller showed his mettle by directing fire and providing cover for his men. Miller deliberately moved forward making himself vulnerable as he engaged several enemy positions to provide suppressive fire, buying time for his teammates to take cover. Exposing his position repeatedly, he drew fire from more than 100 enemy fighters, ultimately saving the lives of his fellow Green Berets and 15 local ANA Soldiers.
Miller’s unwavering courage and selfless actions embodied the highest principles of the Special Forces community, and are a testament to the Army values he lived every day.
The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Bruce does an incredible job with the series every week. The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-9pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
In the wake of 9/11, I don’t think the country is any more bitterly divided, politically, than we were before it. After all, on that Tuesday morning, we were still feeling the effect of the Gore-Bush hanging chad hangover.
What has changed about us is how we feel about the men and women in uniform. They enjoy, rightfully, near universal respect from the American people. Sure, in a country of 300 million, you’ll find the Westboro Baptist Church’s and Code Pink’s, but could they be any more marginalized or irrelevant? No.
Here is a story about a group of wounded vets taken to a spring training ballgame, and the spontaneous and sustained reaction of the crowd. It’s a two hanky story. The people at that game, about 15,000 weren’t all Republicans or all Democrats, they were all Americans.
Here is another example,
The fact is, support for our men and women in uniform is the final frontier of unity in America, and I’m ok with that.
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What is Pundit Review Radio?
On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called “groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to the radio every Sunday evening from 6-8pm on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.