Tuesday, August 19th
• MARGARET CHO CALLS IN AT 7:30AM TO TALK ABOUT THE DEBUT OF HER NEW SHOW ON VH-1, “THE CHO SHOW.”
• BARACK OBAMA SHARPENED HIS ATTACKS ON MCCAIN REGARDING DOMESTIC ISSUES
YESTERDAY, SAYING THAT MCCAIN HAS “HIRED THE SAME OLD FOLKS WHO BROUGHT
YOU GEORGE W. BUSH,” AND THAT THE COUNTRY IS UNDER AN ECONOMIC DISASTER
WITH THE BUSH POLICIES.
• JOHN MCCAIN TOLD FELLOW VETERANS IN ORLANDO YESTERDAY THAT BARACK OBAMA TRIED TO LEGISLATE FAILURE IN IRAQ
AND HAS REFUSED TO ADMIT HE ERRED WHEN OPPOSING THE MILITARY INCREASE
THERE LAST YEAR. HE SAID OBAMA PLACED HIS POLITICAL SELF-INTEREST AHEAD
OF HIS COUNTRY’S.
• JOHN MCCAIN IS PLANNING A MAJOR RALLY IN DAYTON, OHIO FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH,
STOKING SPECULATION ON THE PART OF THE LOCAL GOP CHAIRMAN THAT THE
ARIZONA SENATOR MIGHT USE THAT OCCASION TO ANNOUNCE HIS RUNNING MATE.
• SUICIDE BOMBERS TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO STORM A U.S. MILITARY BASE NEAR THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER
IN A DARING ATTACK ON A MAJOR AMERICAN INSTALLATION, OFFICIALS SAID
THIS MORNING. SIX INSURGENTS DETONATED THEIR VESTS AFTER BEING
SURROUNDED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO U.S. DEATHS.
• TROPICAL STORM FAY MADE LANDFALL IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING.
FORECASTERS IMMEDIATELY DROPPED HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE STORM AS IT
NEVER REACHED THE 74 MPH THRESHOLD NECESSARY FOR HURRICANE STATUS.
Monday, August 18th
Special thanks to everyone at KPTK-AM 1090 in Seattle for hosting a great forum this past Saturday night! Listener Treefriend has posted pics of the event, and you can check them out in the Gallery section!• CNN’S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SUZANNE MALVEAUX CALLS IN AT 6:30AM TO TALK ABOUT HER NEW HOUR-LONG DOCUMENTARY ON BARACK OBAMA, DEBUTING THIS WEDNESDAY AT 9PM EASTERN ON CNN.
• PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN MCCAIN APPEARED ON STAGE BEFORE A CROWD AT PASTOR RICK WARREN’S SADDLEBACK CHURCH
IN LAKE FOREST, CA ON SATURDAY. THEY APPEARED SEPARATELY BUT WERE ASKED
THE SAME QUESTIONS, RANGING FROM ABORTION, THEIR GREATEST MORAL
FAILURES, GAY MARRIAGE, AND THEIR VIEWS ON CHRISTIANITY.
• CNN
IS REPORTING THAT JOHN MCCAIN WAS NOT IN A “CONE OF SILENCE” AT
SADDLEBACK CHURCH WHILE BARACK OBAMA WAS BEING ASKED QUESTIONS (AS
RICK WARREN KEPT SAYING), BUT WAS IN FACT IN HIS CAR ON HIS WAY TO THE
CHURCH. WARREN TOOK MCCAIN AT HIS WORD WHEN HE SAID THAT HE HADN’T
HEARD ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF OBAMA, WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN
MCCAIN AN ADVANTAGE.
• YESTERDAY, OBAMA CALLED THE U.S. ECONOMY A DISASTER THANKS TO “JOHN MCCAIN’S PRESIDENT, GEORGE W. BUSH,” AND CHIDED HIS GOP RIVAL’S CAMPAIGN FOR TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK UNPATRIOTIC AND WEAK.
• SEN.
JOE BIDEN (D-DE), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND
THOUGHT TO BE ON OBAMA’S SHORT LIST FOR VICE PRESIDENT, IS HEADED TO
GEORGIA TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI AND TO SHOW HIS SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA’S PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Steph on CNN's Larry King Live last night!Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
• GOV. HOWARD DEAN CALLS IN AT 6:30AM TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACES LEADING UP TO THE CONVENTIONS, AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AT THE D.N.C.
• CNN’S SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JOHN KING
CALLS IN AT 7:30AM TO TALK ABOUT HIS UPCOMING SPECIAL REPORT ON THE
LIFE OF JOHN MCCAIN, WHICH DEBUTS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH.
• FRANGELA JOINS US IN STUDIO AT 8:30AM FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF “FRIDAYS WITH FRANGELA!”
• CONDI
RICE LANDED IN THE GEORGIAN CAPITAL OF TBILISI TODAY WITH DOCUMENTS
THAT SHE SAID SHOULD FIRM UP A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA
EVEN AS THE DEAL APPEARED TO BE FALTERING. RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN
CONTROL OF TWO KEY GEORGIAN CITIES DESPITE PLEDGES OF WITHDRAWAL.
• POLAND AND THE U.S. HAVE SIGNED A PRELIMINARY DEAL TO PLACE PART OF A U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IN POLAND, A PLAN THAT HAS DRAWN SHARP OBJECTIONS FROM RUSSIA.
• OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN HAS AGREED TO PUT FORMER RIVAL HILLARY CLINTON’S NAME IN NOMINATION AT THE DEMS’ CONVENTION THIS MONTH. THE MOVE IS SEEN AS A BID TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF THE BITTER PRIMARY SEASON.
• JOHN EDWARDS’ POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PAID HIS MISTRESS $14,000 AFTER SHE STOPPED WORKING FOR IT
TO OBTAIN 100 HOURS OF UNUSED VIDEOTAPE SHE HAD SHOT FOR HIS
UNSUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN
PAID $100,000 FOR THE PROGRAMS.
Thursday, August 14th
• ACTOR AND “HUFFINGTON POST” BLOGGER STEVEN WEBER
(”WINGS” “JEFFREY” “STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP”) JOINS US IN STUDIO
AT 8:30AM PACIFIC TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS AND THE 2008 RACE.
• GEORGIAN POLICE HAVE BEGUN RETURNING TO THE CITY OF GORI TODAY AS RUSSIAN FORCES MOVED OUT,
GEORGIA’S INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA
RICE, MEANWHILE, IS TRAVELING TO FRANCE AND THEN TO GEORGIA’S CAPITAL,
TBILISI, TO CONFER WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS.
• THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIED YESTERDAY, ABOUT FOUR
HOURS AFTER A GUNMAN ENTERED HIS LITTLE ROCK OFFICE AND SHOT HIM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE UPPER BODY. THE SHOOTING SUSPECT ALSO DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A POLICE CHASE ENDED IN GUNFIRE.
• COLIN
POWELL’S OFFICE DENIED A REPORT ON FOX NEWS BY COMMENTATOR BILL KRISTOL
YESTERDAY THAT THE RETIRED GENERAL HAD DECIDED TO PUBLICLY BACK BARACK
OBAMA AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. “I AM NOT GOING TO THE
CONVENTION, I HAVE MADE THIS CLEAR,” POWELL TOLD REPORTERS YESTERDAY.
• CINDY MCCAIN VISITED A MICHIGAN HOSPITAL AFTER A CAMPAIGN EVENT YESTERDAY, COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HER HAND. SHE WAS TREATED FOR A MINOR SPRAIN. JOHN MCCAIN SAID YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE SHOOK HER HAND “TOO VIGOROUSLY.”
• IN AN INTERVIEW WITH “THE WEEKLY STANDARD” YESTERDAY, JOHN MCCAIN SAID HE WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHOOSING AN OPENLY PRO-CHOICE RUNNING MATE.
Wednesday, August 13th
• CHEECH AND CHONG CALL IN AT 7:30AM PACIFIC TO PROMOTE THEIR UPCOMING CONCERT TOUR, “LIGHT UP AMERICA!” CHECK OUT THEIR CLASSIC MOVIES AND CD’S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE STEPHSTORE!
• GEORGIA’S
PRESIDENT ACCUSED RUSSIA TODAY OF VIOLATING THE TERMS OF A CEASE-FIRE
DEAL BY ATTACKING AND “RAMPAGING” THROUGH THE GEORGIAN TOWN OF GORI. RUSSIA SAID ITS TANKS WERE NOT IN THE CITY AND JOURNALISTS IN THE TOWN SAID THEY HAD SEEN NO RUSSIAN TANKS.
• MARK
PENN, FORMER TOP STRATEGIST TO HILLARY CLINTON, SAID YESTERDAY THAT
NEGATIVE ADS ARE OFTEN EFFECTIVE IN FORMING PUBLIC OPINION OF A
CANDIDATE. HE POINTED TO THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN’S RECENT AD FEATURING
PARIS HILTON AND BRITNEY SPEARS AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EFFECTIVE TV SPOT.
• SEN.
CHUCK HAGEL (R-NE), A LEADING GOP VOICE ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND AN
OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE WAR IN IRAQ, WON’T ENDORSE EITHER MAJOR-PARTY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2008, A SPOKESMAN SAID YESTERDAY. HE ALSO SAID HAGEL HAS NO INTENTION OF GETTING INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE CAMPAIGNS.
• HAWAIIAN VACATIONS AREN’T USUALLY MONEY-MAKERS, BUT BARACK OBAMA’S HAS BEEN, AS HIS HOME STATE SUPPORTERS CONTRIBUTED $1.3 MILLION TO HIS CAMPAIGN AT A SOLD-OUT FUNDRAISER IN HONOLULU LAST NIGHT.
• TODAY, AMERICAN SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS BECAME THE WINNINGEST OLYMPIC ATHLETE EVER
WITH HIS 10TH AND 11TH CAREER GOLD MEDALS, AND HE’S NOW JUST OVER
HALFWAY TO HIS GOAL OF BREAKING MARK SPITZ’S RECORD SEVEN IN A SINGLE
OLYMPICS.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Steph on MSNBC's "Verdict with Dan Abrams" last night!
Steph on CNN's American Morning this morning!
Very special thanks to CNN's Paul Begala for calling the Celebrity Hotline this morning to talk to us about the campaigns leading up to both political conventions.
Also, thanks to Eliza Jane Schneider ("Wendy" from "South Park") for joining us in the studio this morning to tell us about her new political show, "Freedom Of Speech," playing at the Sidewalk Studio Theater in Burbank, CA.
• CNN’S PAUL BEGALA CALLS IN AT 6:30AM PACIFIC TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE POLITICAL RACES GOING INTO THE CONVENTIONS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
• ELIZA JANE SCHNEIDER (”WENDY” ON “SOUTH PARK”) JOINS US IN STUDIO AT 8:30AM PACIFIC TO TALK ABOUT HER NEW PLAY, “FREEDOM OF SPEECH.”
• RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS ORDERED AN END TO MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST GEORGIA.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME MINUTES BEFORE FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY
WAS TO LAND IN MOSCOW TO MEET WITH MEDVEDEV TO NEGOTIATE TERMS FOR A
POSSIBLE CEASE FIRE.
• HILLARY CLINTON’S ONE-TIME CHIEF STRATEGIST MARK PENN WANTED TO ATTACK BARACK OBAMA FOR LACKING “AMERICAN ROOTS”
DURING THE DEM PRIMARY BATTLE, REFERRING TO HIS BOYHOOD IN INDONESIA
AND HAWAII, ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN “THE ATLANTIC”
YESTERDAY.
• FORMER HILLARY CLINTON COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR HOWARD
WOLFSON SAID YESTERDAY THAT HE BELIEVES HILLARY CLINTON WOULD BE THE
DEM PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IF JOHN EDWARDS HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN HIS LIE ABOUT AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR AND FORCED OUT OF THE RACE LAST YEAR.
• THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO WEAKEN THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
BY ALLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER HIGHWAYS,
DAMS, MINES, AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MIGHT HARM ENDANGERED
ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Very special thanks to director Adam McKay ("Anchorman," "Talladega Nights"), co-creator of FunnyOrDie.com, for calling the Celebrity Hotline to talk about the runaway success of the Paris Hilton Energy Plan video. Check out the interview via the link below!
AUDIO
Right Wing World
Stand Up News
Tinsel Talk
Adam McKay Interview
• ADAM MCKAY, CO-CREATOR OF FunnyOrDie.com CALLS IN AT 8:30AM TO TALK ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PARIS HILTON “ENERGY POLICY” VIDEO.
• JOHN EDWARDS ADMITTED FRIDAY THAT HE REPEATEDLY LIED ABOUT AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
WITH A 42-YEAR-OLD CAMPAIGN EMPLOYEE, BUT STRENUOUSLY DENIED BEING
INVOLVED IN PAYING THE WOMAN HUSH MONEY OR FATHERING HER NEWBORN CHILD.
• HILLARY CLINTON WILL HEADLINE HER OWN NIGHT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION,
BARACK OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IN A NOD TO HER STRONG
SECOND-PLACE SHOWING IN THE PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. SHE WILL
SPEAK ON THE SECOND NIGHT, TUESDAY, AUG. 26 - THE 88TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE.
• BOTH
JOHN MCCAIN AND BARACK OBAMA SPOKE TO GEORGIA’S PRESIDENT SATURDAY AND
CONTINUED TO CALL FOR AN END TO RUSSIA’S BOMBING OF THE FORMER SOVIET
REPUBLIC. BOTH CANDIDATES PRESSED FOR RECOGNITION OF GEORGIA’S SOVEREIGNTY AND PUSHED FOR DIPLOMACY IN THE CONFLICT.
• MCCAIN’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER YESTERDAY REPEATEDLY DECLINED TO RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE MAY PLEDGE TO SERVE JUST ONE TERM.
ACCORDING TO “THE POLITICO,” MCCAIN COULD COMBINE THE ONE-TERM PLEDGE
WITH A VOW THAT HE WOULD RUN AN APOLITICAL ADMINISTRATION.
• MICHAEL PHELPS’ QUEST FOR OLYMPIC HISTORY CONTINUED THIS MORNING WITH A 4x 100m FREESTYLE RELAY GOLD MEDAL THAT MOVES PHELPS WITHIN ONE GOLD MEDAL OF TYING THE ALL-TIME MARK OF 10.
Friday, August 8, 2008
• FRANGELA JOINS US IN STUDIO AT 8:30AM PACIFIC TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS POLITICS AND POP CULTURE IN “FRIDAYS WITH FRANGELA.”
• SEVEN YEARS AFTER BEING AWARDED THE GAMES, CHINA WAS FOCUSED THIS MORNING ON THE BEGINNING OF THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS, KICKING OFF THE BIGGEST AND MOST SCRUTINIZED GAMES IN HISTORY.
• HILLARY CLINTON ASSURED SUPPORTERS YESTERDAY THAT SHE AND BARACK
OBAMA ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THE PARTY “FULLY UNIFIED HEADING INTO THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.” HOWEVER, WHEN
ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HER NAME WOULD BE PLACED INTO NOMINATION AT THE
CONVENTION, SHE SAID, “OBAMA AND I SHARE THE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT THE
VOICES OF EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS HISTORIC PROCESS ARE
RESPECTED.”
• FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, THE NIGHT OF THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION SPEECH, 3 SOURCES TO CNN HAVE SAID.
• A
MAN WAS BEING HELD IN FL YESTERDAY ON CHARGES HE TOLD CLASSMATES AT A
TRAINING SEMINAR THAT HE WOULD KILL OBAMA IF HE IS ELECTED. THE
THREATS CAME JUST DAYS BEFORE OBAMA WAS SCHEDULED TO VISIT FL AND WERE
MADE BY A PERSON DISCOVERED TO HAVE AMMUNITION, A HANDGUN, AND OTHER
WEAPONS.
• MCCAIN’S CAMPAIGN SAID YESTERDAY IT IS RETURNING $50,000 IN CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED BY A JORDANIAN MAN. FEDERAL REGULATIONS SAY A FOREIGN NATIONAL MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN A PERSON’S DECISION-MAKING REGARDING CONTRIBUTIONS.
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