Mudcat on the air in Harrisonburg!!!!!
By: kestrel9000
Published On: 10/10/2006 7:24:25 PM
On Sunday, October 8 at 7:30 AM, the Valley Perspectives public affairs show on the radio stations I work for featured representatives of va4marriage.org and Valley Family Forum, promoting the "Defense of Marriage" constitutional amendment on this November's ballot.
The audio is available for download here.
This is a large file; it is 29 minutes of mp3 audio.
More below the fold.
Listen as:
interview subject asserts that Virginia's legislature passed a law legalizing gay marriage, then tries to pass it off as if he misspoke himself - or does he?
interviewees repeatedly assert this is not a political issue, then try to explain away New England's stance on the issue by saying, "Look who they send to the Senate...look who they vote for for president."
interviewee from Harrisonburg's "Valley Family Forum" flat out says his organizations purpose is to get pastors to stand in the pulpit and tell their congregations how to vote
as interviewee from va4marriage.org asserts that this is legal - or is that what he says? He can't quite seem to get the words out.
as interviewer expresses support for the ballot initiative and thereby brands the radio stations as supporting it, concluding the show by prompting the interviewees, "Tell 'em how to vote."
I was, as you may well imagine, furious.
But I'm somewhat less angry now..........
Commonwealth Coalition was offered rebuttal time by our public affairs director. They sent us a heavy hitter:
Dave "Mudcat" Saunders.
The show will be recorded this Thursday morning by telephone, and will air one week from this Sunday at 7:30 AM on WBOP "Magic 95.5" and Real Country 96.9 WSIG in the Harrisonburg/Staunton area.
I will be handling the technical end of the production for interviewer Cliff Davis. I have also been asked to develop questions for Mudcat on the marriage amendment or anything else you might wish to ask.
Magic 95.5's webstream can be heard here.
This link is also in my Daily Kos signature line.
Any comments, questions, or suggestions that you may have would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
Comments
Oh, boy..... (kestrel9000 - 10/10/2006 7:33:12 PM)
this is gonna be fun......
Please ask Mudcat (George Allen's Noose - 10/10/2006 8:09:54 PM)
about any or all of the following issues:
Outsourcing
Corporate profits as compared to average wages
Corruption in Congress (rules on financial disclosure)
Fake cowboys from Southern California
Iraq
Discrimination by Constitutional Amendment (Bubby - 10/11/2006 9:42:21 PM)
Should Virginia be picking on one segment of our society and restricting their access to legal protection - the second paragraph of the Amendment - with an amendment to our sacred Constitution?
Christian values? (Bubby - 10/11/2006 9:45:06 PM)
Where, in the teachings of Christ were we instructed to make queers second class members of our community?
Can evangelicals trust Republicans? (Bubby - 10/11/2006 10:26:07 PM)
With the disclosure that Republicans in the Congress have protected a pedophile and endangered young interns can Evangelicals trust George Allen? Are Republicans taking advantage of devout Christian's support - courting it on election day, but backsliding on Capital Hill?
Do you have ESP? (PM - 10/11/2006 10:36:03 PM)
Olbermann just did a segment on a book coming out next Monday -- "Tempting Fate" by the former #2 "Faith-Based Initiative" guy in the White House, David Kuo. The book is a tell all, saying that the White House had contempt for the religious right (Rove called them "nuts"). Crooks & Liars has the Olbermann video up.
Good question.
From my personal experience of 5 years ago, when a GOP operative befriended me at work (he was doing purely pol work at the agency I was at) he said the same thing. Basically, he said the White House types laughed at the religious right behind their backs.