No show today
September 24, 2004Tonight is “Kol Nidre,” the beginning of Yom Kippur. Mark’s show will resume Sunday at 7 pm.
The Polls Are Wrong!
September 23, 2004(archived broadcast 
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(Mark’s One-Minute Scoop )
The race is a tie. All those polls showing Bush way ahead are based on mistaken methodolgies.
Today’s show gives the INSIDE SCOOP on how polls work, why Kerry is coming back, and why he’s likely to win the Election of 2004.
As predicted by Mark in August (when Kerry was up), it will all come down again to one state: FLORIDA!
Today we again analyze the election state by state, as Mark risks his neck to give predictions on how each and every state will vote on November 2, 2004,
Kerry's Speech on the War in Iraq
September 22, 2004(archived broadcast )
(Johnny and George: A Bedtime Story)
When the history of Election of 2004 is written, John Kerry’s speech Monday on Bush’s War in Iraq will likely be remembered as the turning point: the point where Kerry, having been hurt by the Swift Boat Smear, rose again to take control of the agenda and win the Election.
As a public service to you, we will play the speech today commercial-free with Mark’s comments (and yours!) at the conclusion.
A transcript of the speech is posted in the blog below (thanks to frequent “Scooper,” Gordon from Michigan).
PLUS
The “Johnny and George” Children’s Story
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AWOL REDUX
September 20, 2004(archived broadcast )
The interesting part of the 60 Minutes examination of Bush’s National Guard record is not the probable forgery (which, by the way, may well turn out to be a classic Karl Rove dirty trick).
The interesting thing is that the facts underlying the likely forged documents are all true.
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The Success of the Big Lie
September 19, 2004(archived broadcast )
Back in my native home in Tennessee for Rosh Hashanah — yes, there are Jews in Tennessee. I grew up there. Stop changing the subject! — I spoke with some of my extended family that are actually planning to vote for George W. Bush. To my shock and chagrin, I discovered that many of the Big Lies told by Republican operatives and FOX News, their propaganda mouthpiece, were actually being believed by intelligent human beings who simply do not follow politics and world affairs as closely as I do for this radio show.
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