This weekend we started the show by remembering our friend Dean Barnett who passed away last week after a courageous, life-long battle against Cystic Fibrosis.
Rob put together a great tribute to Dean, pulling clips from his recent visits with us. In just a few minutes, Rob really captured who Dean was a person and a pundit. The one thing that comes shining through loud and clear are Dean’s passion for politics and his incredible wit and sense of humor.
We were also joined by Bill Kristol, Dean’s friend, mentor and boss at the Weekly Standard. Bill was very gracious to take time out of his busy schedule to talk with us and remember Dean.
We were lucky to get to know Dean a bit personally and we are really going to miss him. It’s hard to believe he is gone.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
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 your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
I’ve admired his writing about politics for a long time and it was great to finally welcome D.R. Tucker to Pundit Review Radio. We talked about the loss of Dean Barnett, the missed opportunities of the McCain campaign as well as the final days of the presidential campaign.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
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 your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce is a veteran of the Vietnam war and spent 28 years in the U.S. Army. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. Tonight he told us the story of Army Capt. Greg Ambrosia, ,
Ambrosia’s actions and direction of his men repelled the enemy fighters long enough for the helicopters to arrive. The modest captain said he doesn’t know exactly how many enemies were killed, but knows that two of his men were wounded. None were killed.
“I’m very thankful for that,†Ambrosia said.
The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Bruce McQuain from QandO does an incredible job with the series every week.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
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 your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
So GM and Chrysler are next in line with their hand out, asking for $10 billion from the taxpayers to fund a merger between the two companies. I sure don’t see the logic of combining one crappy company with a really crappy company but nobody asked me.
Should the government help the auto companies? Not Chrysler, which is owned by Cerberus Capital Management LP, a private equity firm run by former Treasury secretary John Snow. Cerberus’s portfolio companies generate revenues of more than $60 billion a year. They put up only $500 million of the $12 billion they paid for Chrysler, the rest was put up by investment banks.
Cerberus takes control of Chrysler today
August 3, 2007. Today is the day that Cerberus Capital Management LP takes an 80.1% controlling stake in Chrysler, leaving DaimlerChrysler a minority 19.9% share. The “merger of equals” that took place back in 1998 has officially ended, and Chrysler is now a privately-held company with a wide open future. Much ado was made about the difficulty in financing the deal and Chrysler’s turnaround effort, but it appears the original amount of $12 billion has been secured. Around $10 billion will come from investment banks, while Cerberus will throw in $500 million and DaimlerChrysler $1.5 billion.
Actually, it was an even better deal than that for Cerberus,
Cerberus’ winning bid is, rather than the highest price, more like the proposal that will cost Daimler the least. “DaimlerChrysler is paying Cerberus to take Chrysler off its hands,” says David Healy, auto analyst at Burnham Securities.
And now they want you and I to take Chrysler off their hands? This is really another bailout of Wall Street investment banks. I’m sorry fellas, but $700 Billion will have to be enough for now.
October 11, 2008
By Michael Barone
The Coming Obama Thugocracy
Attempts to shut down political speech have become routine for liberals.
Obama supporters who found the campuses congenial and Obama himself, who has chosen to live all his adult life in university communities, seem to find it entirely natural to suppress speech that they don’t like and seem utterly oblivious to claims that this violates the letter and spirit of the First Amendment. In this campaign, we have seen the coming of the Obama thugocracy, suppressing free speech, and we may see its flourishing in the four or eight years ahead.
There is a reason Michael Barone is one of the most respected pundits in Washington, he knows what he is talking about. Here it is, arriving a tad bit early if you ask me, the Obama Thugocracy, via DRUDGE,
The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president!
The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs — and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Despite pleas from top editors of the three newspapers that have covered the campaign for months at extraordinary cost, the Obama campaign says their reporters — and possibly others — will have to vacate their coveted seats so more power players can document the final days of Sen. Barack Obama’s historic campaign to become the first black American president.
Ed Morrisey at Hot Air,
Obama and his supporters have gotten vicious with reporters who ask questions and do research that put Obama in a bad light, and this adds to the general pattern we’ve seen since the primaries. It also looks a little self-indulgent. Obama’s clearing room on the plane for — what? Documentarians who will produce hagiographies about his historic importance. That fits into another pattern we’ve seen for months, one marked with fake presidential seals, The Barackopolis, and infomercials. In the coming Age of Obama, only the worshipers will get front-row seats to history.
People asking legitimate questions, what do they get? How about an involuntary colonoscopy!
What a joke that Obama and many of his supporters consider themselves “liberals“.
lib·er·al (lbr-l, lbrl)
adj.
1.
a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
They are lusting for the so-called Fairness Doctrine and labor union intimidation via card check. They are anything but liberal. They are among the most intolerant segments of American society.
