TALK / TALK
A fun, feisty, and philosophical dialogue among two leading independents as they reviewed the week's top political news.
ARCHIVES: 2006 ‐ 2010
For years, Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit ‐‐ two leading activists and intellectuals within the independent political movement ‐‐ watched the political talk shows and discussed them over coffee. In early 2005, they began transcribing these conversations and distributing them to their friends and followers. Over the years, their "talk about the talk" developed into a popular weekly missive distributed via e‐mail to tens of thousands of readers worldwide. Making ﴾Non﴿ Sense of an Irrational World is a compilation of some of their most popular and thought provoking discussions from the last five years.
The Disconnect.
The polls show a huge majority of the American people opposed to the war. . .it seems clear that overall confidence in governmental ability to handle the international situation is eroding, unraveling and weak.
Bush’s Folly.
The political ground is certainly shifting and today's shows are a good indicator of that shift. It's all about recalibrating relative to the war; whether you're a politician who's up for re-election in this cycle, talk show pundit, or a presidential contender.
It’s Not a Hockey Game.
General Barry McCaffrey said that in geopolitical, military and foreign policy terms, the comparison between Iraq and Vietnam is totally fallacious. Do you think that's the case?
Condi, Castro and Connecticut.
"What's going to happen on Tuesday up in CT? I don't know. If I have any prediction to make, it's that if Lamont wins on Tuesday, Lieberman will not run as an independent.
The Beat Goes Independent and Center-Left.
There are two critical things happening. The country is going independent and within the independent movement, the question is, Is it going to be pro-war or anti-war? It's going to be anti-war. It's a center-left independent movement that's emerging.
The Men in White Coats.
The neocons were effectively saying, 'We're the single superpower. We should make our play, and our play should be where it's in our greatest national interest...'
Who is Coming to the Table?
Here are two different views of what's going on in the Middle East ...
The Shadow Knows.
Sunday, July 9, 2006. One of the big stories this week was Joe Lieberman's announcement that he's going to petition to run for re-election as an independent in Connecticut, in the event that he loses the Democratic Primary.
Tim Russert, Trotskyite.
Sunday, June 18, 2006. There are at least two conflicting opinions from the talk show pundits as to where the country is at on the Bush war policy...They are both stories about polls..