The Democrat
Alan Grayson was my first guest this morning. As Congress embarks on its Memorial Day recess, I spoke with the congressman about the way the press is going after him (according to Howie Klein, very likely at the behest of Chuck Schumer), about the fact that he will “probably” run for the senate, along with the Patriot Act and TPP/Fast Track currently being debated and voted on in the senate, and more.
If you haven’t seen Congressman Grayson‘s Trade Treachery video, now’s a good time to watch and learn….
The Republican
John LeBoutillier joins me during the first hour each Friday and is usually my favorite Republican because he’s usually sensible. Unfortunately, today he proved himself to be a climate denier, so there’s that…
The Rock Star
Ryan Adams is the quintessential rock star. I became a fan the moment I heard the second Whiskeytown album, Strangers Almanac, which still sits on my top 10 albums list.
I wrote a couple of articles about him for the trade publications Radio & Records , and Totally Adult, which show just how much I love Ryan’s music.
The final Whiskeytown album, Pneumonia, was finally released on this date in 2001. Between that and the fact that Ryan was one of the final musical guests on David Letterman’s show, I thought today would be a good day to feature the world premiere radio special that I wrote, co-produced and hosted on our Flashback Friday segment.
I’m still not sure whether or not we’ll have a live show Monday morning… but if not, we’ll run something fun on the stream. Either way, I’ll see you next week, radio or not!
[…] Very few things make me as crazy as hearing a climate denier. But that’s what happened on Friday of last week, as my usually “reasonable Republican” friend John LeBoutillier out…! […]
Dunno, Nicole, I like Grayson’s positions and his personal life should stay personal, but … look, we know the personal can explode into the political … in bad ways, it happened with Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, John Edwards, and Anthony Weiner … I’m sorry if I pissed people off in the chat the other day, but I just can’t get the way he’s treating his wife of 25 years, even if she IS nuts… and named Lolita. I read Howie Klein’s explanations of his offshore Cayman accounts, and it makes sense … but come on, the “optics” of a guy who constantly criticizes others for offshoring look bad, and he knows it … JUST LIKE probably Hillary Clinton never did quid pro quo for Clinton Foundation donations, but it still looks bad …
The other thing that bothers me is if he really is going to run statewide here in Florida, exploding at the media, even if deserved, makes him look nasty like Christie, and I’m not sure it’s going to help, he really needs to work on his self control, that won’t play throughout the state.
BTW, it’s neither here nor there, but I wonder how his kids feel about their names. I mean, really, Alan? Stone, Storm, Skye, Sage, Star? What are they, Power Rangers? Hey, people make fun of the Palin kids’ names.
As for your other guest, “reasonable Republican” my tukhas, there’s nothing reasonable or rational about denying climate science.