AUDIO: Jim Alger's Very Personal, Very Heartfelt Special Comment on Health Care Reform

By GottaLaff

The following is Jim Alger's heartfelt special comment on health care reform: Bringing the reality of the debate home. It's from the radio show we do together, "Common Sense with Jim Alger". Broadcast 8/14/09.

Please give this a listen. Jim went through some pretty heart wrenching stuff that ties right into the health care debate:

AUDIO: All 3 My Tweet Spots from August 7

By GottaLaff







There you go. A whole Common Sense Radio show's worth of My Tweet Spots in a single post. These 3 were from Friday's show, which I now co-host, just by the way.

Did you even know that I do radio segments every Friday? Look at me going all podcasty and stuff!

"My Tweet Spot" is a recap of the week in politics via Tweets from Twitter.

I do three per show every Friday. Podcasts here.

Hope you like 'em!

AUDIO: All 3 My Tweet Spots from July 31, Palin impression included

By GottaLaff







There you go. A whole Common Sense Radio show's worth of My Tweet Spots in a single post. These 3 were from Friday's show.

Did you even know that I do radio segments every Friday? Look at me going all podcasty and stuff!

"My Tweet Spot" is a recap of the week in politics via Tweets from Twitter.

I do three per show every Friday. Podcasts here.

Hope you like 'em!

POLITICAL CARNIVAL EXCLUSIVE-- AUDIO: Sen. minority leader's office admits Dem. public health care plan good for small business

By GottaLaff

As you may know by now, my friend and colleague Jim Alger has a political radio show, Common Sense, that features My Tweet Spots segments by yours truly. Well, today, Jim had some time to do a little digging, so he called Mitch McConnell's office to discuss health care reform. He managed to entice Don Stewart into a conversation.

Who is Don Stewart?

Current Position: Communications Director for the Senate Minority Leader (since 2006)

Boss: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

Stewart, or “Stew,” as he likes to be called, is widely considered one of the top communications directors in the Senate. He is a workaholic, who sends e-mails and press releases throughout the night and knows how to promote his boss’s agenda.

Stewart joined Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) office after the 2006 elections in an attempt by McConnell, who has often shied away from the spotlight, to bolster his communications office after becoming the Republican Senate leader. Stewart was a key part of Sen. McConnell’s plan to build a strategic communications center to help Republicans redefine and promote their message starting at the beginning of the 110th Congress. [...]

Stewart’s game is definitely media and message control, and he became one of Washington’s best and most aggressive communication directors while working for Cornyn. [...]

Stewart has worked in McConnell’s office since the start of 2007. But his job puts him in direct contact with other members of the Senate Republican leadership, including aides to Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Senate GOP Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). In particular, Stewart has strong Texas connections. Before working for McConnell, he spent three years as communications director for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and three years in the press office of Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas).

In McConnell’s office, Stewart has worked alongside Chief of Staff Kyle Simmons, Simmons’ deputy Sharon Soderstrom and Press Secretary Jennifer Morris.

Jim Alger seemed to trip up the Director of Communications for the Senate Minority Leader in about two minutes. "Stew" had no prep, and appeared to admit that the Democratic plan for a public option is good for small business by saving them money. This from the party that wraps themselves in small business regularly, from tax cuts to fighting unions. According to Jim, Stew seems willing to abandon their constituency on health care.

Listen carefully and see if you agree. Did Senator Mitch McConnell's own guy sell out small business? He sure got off the phone quickly at the end. (Trouble streaming? Here's the YouTube link)



UPDATE: He also admits that Barack Obama's plan does not create a government mandate for public insurance, contrary to all the spin. Check it out.

AUDIO: All 3 My Tweet Spots from July 17, Palin impression included

By GottaLaff







There you go. A whole Common Sense Radio show's worth of My Tweet Spots in a single post. These 3 were from yesterday's show.

Did you even know that I do radio segments every Friday? Look at me going all podcasty and stuff!

"My Tweet Spot" is a recap of the week in politics via Tweets from Twitter.

I do three per show every Friday. Podcasts here.

Hope you like 'em!

AUDIOS: 3 "My Tweet Spots" in one post! Aired June 10, 2009

By GottaLaff







There you go. A whole Common Sense Radio show's worth of My Tweet Spots in a single post. These 3 were from yesterday's show.

Did you even know that I do radio segments every Friday? Look at me going all podcasty and stuff!

"My Tweet Spot" is a recap of the week in politics via Tweets from Twitter.

I do three per show every Friday. Podcasts here.

Hope you like 'em!

AUDIOS: 3 "My Tweet Spots" in one post!

By GottaLaff







There you go. A whole Common Sense Radio show's worth of My Tweet Spots in a single post.

Did you even know that I do radio segments every Friday? Look at me going all podcasty and stuff!

"My Tweet Spot" is a recap of the week in politics via Tweets from Twitter.

I do three per show every Friday. Podcasts here.

Hope you like 'em!

AUDIO: Gitmo Detainee Lawyer Major Barry Wingard interviewed

By GottaLaff

As you know, I do a weekly radio show with Jim Alger (I just contribute My Tweet Spot segments). I got Major Barry Wingard an interview on the show. My other posts about him can be found here.

Ana Marie Cox's Air America interview here. She has been a wonderful supporter both on her show and on Twitter. Kudos to MSNBC's David Shuster too.

If you are interested in helping Free Fayiz, please e-mail me at The Political Carnival's address (on the sidebar to the right). We are forming a group of about 20 people to try to bring this case to the attention of, well, everyone, and see if we can get him out of Gitmo. He's an innocent man.

Here's Jim Alger's interview in two parts:

What John Cole Said

From an ex-Republican.

This is a spent and exhausted movement. It is intellectually bankrupt, completely out of ideas and energy, and running on fumes. This has been a long eight years for the country, and the three decade reign of Republicans is winding down in a most undignified matter.

The last gasp of the current GOP was birthed in 2000 in the elderly communities of Florida in the confusion of the butterfly ballot, and now they are slowly, though they do not recognize it, heading back to the retirement home. Hate is not a guiding political principle, and it is time for the elephant to take a little break. They are spent, and they just don’t know it.