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KPFK Wed. 10/29: Could McCain Win?

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Could McCain win? It’s not impossible:  JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation will look at the polls and the undecided voters in the swing states.  We’ll also have Your Minnesota Moment: Al Franken’s campaign to retire Senator Norm Coleman, and our new hero, El Tinklenberg, running [...]

KPFK Wed. 10/22: The Real Michelle Obama

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MICHELLE OBAMA: AMY WILENTZ explains how right-wing pundits made her into “a Black Power sistuh,” and how they raised the question: “Is she too black for America?“  In fact Michelle is a solid citizen of the black working and middle class, highly educated and motivated—and she’s had [...]

KPFK Wed. 10/15: The Republican Wrecking Crew

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How can we explain the incompetence, the corruption, the waste, the giveaways, the bridges to nowhere and the no-bid contracts in Washington, D.C., today?  The Republicans “have not done these awful things because they are bad conservatives,” says TOM FRANK; “they have done them because they [...]

KPFK Wed. 10/8: “A Nation Ruled by Swine”

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“In a nation ruled by swine,” Hunter Thompson wrote, “all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely.”  Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter [...]