Today on The David Pakman Show / August 27, 2012
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On the Show:
–Wendell Potter, author of Deadly Spin, former VP of Corporate Communications at CIGNA, and Senior Analyst at the Center for Public Integrity joins us to discuss the disingenuous likening of President Obama’s Medicare changes and those included in the Paul Ryan budget.
–The Republican National Convention is delayed and shortened due to weather, which must be a sign from God.
–7 birthers are speaking at the Republican National Convention.
–Luke Vargas from Talk Radio News Service, our correspondent on the ground at the Republican National Convention, joins us to preview what’s happening in Tampa.
–Mitt Romney gets into the birther action with a birth certificate joke in Michigan.
–David recommends the book “The City & the City” by China Miéville.
–Jeffrey Johnson shoots and kills his former boss near the Empire State Building, and all 9 bystander victims were shot by New York police officers.
–New Hampshire sheriff candidate Frank Szabo promises to use “deadly force” to stop abortions.
–Michigan police shoot mentally ill homeless man Milton Hall 46 times.
–Fox News outs Navy Seal Team 6 member who participated in Osama Bin Laden’s killing.
–Astronaut Neil Armstrong passes away at age 82.
–Voicemail & email on Megadeth, from Sweden, gun dorms at University of Colorado, Americans wasting food, and more.
–On the Bonus Show: Obama & Romney condoms, SF first responders making $300k+, Journey playing for Republicans?
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