Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review shed no tears over Moammar Gaddafi’s death and are glad the man with so much American blood on his hands is gone. They also point out several Obama blunders after the president claims he’s made all the right decisions on the economy. And they slam Vice President Biden for insisting that rapes and murders will increase – unless Congress passes legislation to pay for more police officers.
Regulatory Reform = Good Economics
President Obama is now trying to secure passage of his jobs bill piece by piece. Will any of it find approval in the Republican-led House of Representatives? Why does South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy say he’s not swayed by Obama’s emotional push for money to hire new teachers and first responders? Why does Rep. Gowdy believe regulatory reform will be far more helpful for job creators? How does he respond to Obama’s contention that the GOP jobs plan amounts to a push for dirtier air and water and fewer people with health coverage? And why does Gowdy compare Obama’s jobs plan to a Brittany Spears outfit? Listen here for the full conversation.
Demographic Winter
In the third part of our conversation, former presidential candidate, White House aide and author Pat Buchanan discusses the controversial issue of American demographics and why he believes the plummeting birth rate among white Americans is also contributing to the decline of America. Why does the demographic breakdown matter? Why is immigration now different than immigration of generations ago? And is there anything that can be done about it anyway? We discuss it with Buchanan, author of “Suicide of a Superpower”.
The Death of Christian America
In this second installment of our interview with “Suicide of A Superpower” author Pat Buchanan, the three-time presidential candidate explains why he believes America’s distancing from God over the past 50 years has resulted in the chaos we see within the American family and will eventually lead to the disintegration of the America has has existed since its Founding. Buchanan discusses what the impact will be of further erosion of our Christian moorings, why secularists despise Christianity but are quite tolerant of Islam and what if anything can be done to reverse the trend. Buchanan also explains the difference between freedom and equality and how the two concepts are very different.
Suicide of A Superpower
Can America as we’ve always known it survive until 2025? That the question posited by former presidential candidate, White House aide and columnist Pat Buchanan in his new book “Suicide of A Superpower”. In the first of three parts of our interview, Buchanan explains why the next 14 years will be pivotal, how we’ve shifted from a nation of ‘makers’ to a nation of ‘takers’, what it will take to get America out of our current fiscal mess and whether anyone in Washington has the will to deal with the crisis head-on.
Three Martini Lunch 10/19/11
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are pleased to see Virginia Democrats staying as far away from President Obama as possible – and even asking him to change his schedule to keep him out of their districts. They also groan as the latest GOP presidential debate was more feisty but still doesn’t give them great confidence that any of the candidates can beat a very beatable Obama. And they finally find a good thing about Occupy Wall Street.
Obamacare Lacks CLASS
On Friday, the Obama administration announced it was shelving the long-term insurance component of Obamacare known as CLASS because it is fiscally unsustainable. How important is this development? What will removing the CLASS program mean for the overall financial footing of Obamacare? And what else could happen before the Supreme Court rules on the individual mandate? We discuss it all with Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute.
Prisoner Exchange the Right Call
While many Americans may be stunned to learn Israel agreed to release more than 1,000 imprisoned Palestinian militants in exchange for one captured soldier, the overwhelming majority of Israelis support the decision. Why? Why do they believe releasing terrorists is worth the return of one man? What cultural attitudes about the military impact that attitude? We ask retired Israeli Brigadier Gen. Elihu Ben-Onn, who also hopes this episode might even foster further constructive negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
Three Martini Lunch 10/18/11
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review celebrate the Obama administration scrapping a key part of Obamacare – even if they still insist it’s a good idea. We also slam Obama for claiming the Republican jobs plan is to have dirtier air, dirtier water and fewer people with health insurance. And we speculate upon the sheer panic in the Obama bus when the president learned the truck carrying his teleprompter was stolen.
A Victory for Hamas
In 2006, an Israeli Defense Forces soldier was abducted by Hamas. Five years later, Israel has agreed to release over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners (many of them terrorists) in exchange for that soldier. Why is Israel making this deal now? Will this just invite more attacks on Israeli soldiers? How do Egypt, Turkey and even Fatah factor into this? And what other development lends more weight to the belief that Egypt became much more radical with the ousting of Hosni Mubarak? We discuss it all with Clifford May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.