{"id":2247,"date":"2008-02-13T22:19:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T06:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2008-02-14T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T00:49:09","slug":"obamas-rhetoric-vs-mccains-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Rhetoric Vs. McCain&#8217;s Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/talkradio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3\">From Dennis Prager<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\"><span class=\"Verdana10Black\">                                         Wednesday February 13, 2008                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" class=\"Verdana12BoldBlue\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/TalkRadio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&amp;ContentGuid=fa99039b-b0c0-40c0-b477-cbac9989bdee\">                                         H1: This Is the Man We Want to Entrust with Our Security?                                     <\/a><span class=\"red10bold\">With                                         Dennis Prager                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 2px;\" class=\"Verdana10Black\">Prager H1: Barack Obama sides with Chris Dodd on FISA, that is, he wanted to give the trial lawyers a chance to sue phone companies if they cooperate with the government in providing terrorists phone records&hellip; Dennis talks to Alfred S. Regnery, the publisher of The American Spectator. His latest book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1416522883\/ref=nosim\/townhallcom\">Upstream<\/a>: The Ascendance of American Conservatism. They discuss the conservative movement from post-WWII to the present&#8230; Dennis congratulates the winner of the Westminster Dog Show &ndash; Uno, the beagle.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 8px;\">\n<p><a href=\"javascript:launchAudioWindow(&quot;\/MediaPlayer\/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=fa99039b-b0c0-40c0-b477-cbac9989bdee&quot;)\">                                         <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_listen_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/talkradio\/SetUpPodcast.aspx?pc=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_podcast_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <span class=\"Verdana10Grey\">                                                     Length:                                                     00:33:41                                                 <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\"><span class=\"Verdana10Black\">                                         Wednesday February 13, 2008                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" class=\"Verdana12BoldBlue\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/TalkRadio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&amp;ContentGuid=b1e12ec8-dbb3-4302-a4a2-5ce9f38da912\">                                         H2: Soaring McCain Rhetoric                                     <\/a><span class=\"red10bold\">With                                         Dennis Prager                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 2px;\" class=\"Verdana10Black\">Prager H2: John McCain gave an excellent victory speech last night. His rhetoric doesn&rsquo;t soar like Senator Obama&rsquo;s, but it&rsquo;s powerful and clear&hellip; Dennis talks to Jeffrey Kramer, a trial lawyer for the Los Angeles Law firm of Troy, Gould. They discuss the legal profession and morality&hellip; Dennis plays clips from Barack Obama&rsquo;s victory speech and comments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 8px;\">\n<p><a href=\"javascript:launchAudioWindow(&quot;\/MediaPlayer\/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=b1e12ec8-dbb3-4302-a4a2-5ce9f38da912&quot;)\">                                         <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_listen_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/talkradio\/SetUpPodcast.aspx?pc=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_podcast_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <span class=\"Verdana10Grey\">                                                     Length:                                                     00:33:58                                                 <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 2px;\"><span class=\"Verdana10Black\">                                         Wednesday February 13, 2008                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" class=\"Verdana12BoldBlue\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/TalkRadio\/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3&amp;ContentGuid=299dbbf9-1b67-4d8a-8b2a-0f12576f68d6\">                                         H3: Soaring Obama Rhetoric                                     <\/a><span class=\"red10bold\">With                                         Dennis Prager                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 2px;\" class=\"Verdana10Black\">Prager H3: Barack Obama has a much more effective speaking style than John McCain, but what he makes up in style, he lacks in substance&hellip; A school in Colorado encourages a second grader to cross dress.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 8px;\">\n<p><a href=\"javascript:launchAudioWindow(&quot;\/MediaPlayer\/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=299dbbf9-1b67-4d8a-8b2a-0f12576f68d6&quot;)\">                                         <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_listen_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.townhall.com\/talkradio\/SetUpPodcast.aspx?pc=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"74\" vspace=\"2\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" align=\"absmiddle\" src=\"http:\/\/media.townhall.com\/Townhall\/btn_podcast_white.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <span class=\"Verdana10Grey\">                                                     Length:                                                     00:33:56<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Verdana10Grey\">Leon Wieseltier on Obama&#8217;s false hope. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/politics\/story.html?id=76832a5a-4c74-41f1-98b7-82f6b74638b8\">The best piece on Obama so far.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--adsense-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Dennis Prager: Wednesday February 13, 2008 H1: This Is the Man We Want to Entrust with Our Security? 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