Politix & books (Franken, Kennedy, Conason) tonight on C-Span 2

[gauguin57]

Tonight at midnight (eastern time) on C-Span 2

Toni Morrison, Joe Conason, Sidney Blumenthal, Al Franken and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., "Books, Politics and The Culture War" from the first day of the Demo. Convention.

Sounds interesting (may be a repeat, but I haven't seen it).

[jean]

1. should be great! I hope Franken is resting up this weekend - he really

worked his tuchas to a nub last week. When he wasn't doing his own show he was hauling all over the Fleet Center working and helping eveyone else.

Keep the man home, Frannie!

[nostamj]

2. it is a repeat (from before the convention)

but, it is great if you missed it.

Kennedy gives an amazing speech on the environment and bush that gets a standing ovation. he blows everyone else off the stage (but, he comes last so you get to enjoy Blumenthal, Morrison, and Franken first...

[TacticalPeek]

3. Also replays at 9:45 am, Eastern Establishment Time.

From the BookTV/c-span 2 site:

On Saturday, July 31 at 5:45 pm and Sunday, August 1 at 12:00 am and at 9:45 am
Books, Politics and The Culture War
Toni Morrison, Joe Conason, Sidney Blumenthal, Al Franken, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Description: Al Franken, Toni Morrison, Sidney Blumenthal, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participate in a discussion on how books impact our politics and culture. The panel, moderated by author and columnist Joe Conason, takes a critical look at the Bush administration and its policies concerning the media, censorship, and the environment. After the discussion, the panelists answer questions from the audience.


more
http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=4867&schedID=287

:kick:

[Sugarbleus]

4. I saw that today... Kennedy was FABULOUS.... worth another

look all.

[gauguin57]

5. bumping, because it's

midnight in the east

[Bozita]

6. Thanks for the reminder ... just shifted over from C-SPAN1...

... and the anchorperson discussion on the media coverage of the presidential election.

Blumenthal's on now.

[Bozita]

7. Franken: "John Stewart said that MSNBC doesn't deserve all those letters"

lmao

[gauguin57]

8. Franken says, of the lawsuit against "Lies ..."

... when Fox sued him over having O'Lielly's face and "fair and balanced" on the cover of his book ...

"I knew that, in this country, satire is protected speech, even if the object of that satire doesn't get it!"

LOL!

[Bozita]

9. RFK Jr.: One in four black kids in NYC suffers from asthma

Couldn't be the air, ... or could it?

[gauguin57]

10. Robert Kennedy Jr ...

... as always, speaking beautifully about the rape of our environment by corporate America. Talking about how pollutants are causing so much childhood asthma in New York. And the pollutants in fish in New England. Talking about how much mercury he, himself, has in his body from coal-burning power plants -- and how in pregnant women, that amount of mercury lowers the child's IQ, permanently, by 5-7 points at least.

Every time I look at him, I see Bobby. It shocks, and yet thrills me. Bobby's spirit is really alive in him.

Off topic ... when I saw Andre Heinz at the convention, I was so taken aback! He is the SPITTING IMAGE of his late father (who was one of the GOOD Republicans ... moderate, compassionate -- someone a Democrat could support back in those days).

[kskiska]

11. Kennedy says his book, "Crimes of Nature"

was thought by his publisher to be a biography of Strom Thurmond.

[Bozita]

12. This is excellent -- Can you picture anybody with the name of Bush ...

... speaking with such a passion?

I long for the days of the good Republicans. Everett Dirksen, Lowell Weicker, George Romney, John Lindsay.

Even Barry Goldwater warned us about the direction of the Republican party.

[Kanary]

13. What's with his voice?

Not an important thing, but just curious, as it sounds almost like he's kinda choking.

I agree John Heinz was one of the "good Republicans". There's another thread asking if you would ever vote for a Republican, and if I was in a state where it was a choice between a DINO Dem, who would make all the wrong votes, and Heinz, I'd certainly vote Heinz. It would pain me to have to vote for a Republican, but......

Kanary