Fun With Dick & Jane

It’s the second installment absolutely no one requested! This time I’m covering –in a wholly untimely fashion– Jane’s comments on the April 15th Tea Parties, Democratic hypocrisy, the CIA torture investigation, Obama & racism, and healthcare. This episode is about twice as long as the first, so if you disliked it, you’re really gonna hate this one a bunch.

Oh, and stay tuned for a full episode of FWDAJ, which I’m editing even as I post this.

Dick and I were both excited about having met Kerry Healey Monday night at our weekly Rotary meeting.  Kerry is the former MA Lt Governor (under Mitt Romeny) and a former Rotary Ambassadorial scholar.  She was a spectacular guest, and about as open and friendly a politician as I have ever seen.

We also talked about the Government takeover of GM (Govmo), the pushback on Chrysler by the bondholders and other funky economic moves under President Obama.

Next we were on to the Obama’s date night to NY city, which Dick believes is the status quo, and I think is outrageous given the state of the economy.

We talked about the disparity between Dick Cheney and President Obama on the gay marriage issue.  Cheney supports gay marriage as passed by the states – my position, and President Obama supports civil unions but opposes gay marriage.

We also talked about Sonia Sotomayor’s battle to be named to the Supreme Court and the double standard applied to minorities and white men.

We wondered when Nancy Pelosi will address her allegations that the CIA often lies to Congress , and we talked about a Chinese audience laughing at Tim Geithner’s assurances that the US economy is strong and Chinese assets are safe.

Enjoy!

The President  announced the appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor shortly before we went on the air which provided fodder for discussion.  I lamented that it is getting tougher and tougher to be a white male in this country these days, particularly in light of Judge Sotomayor’s remarks:

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life”

What a double standard we have in this country! A white male who made those remarks about white men would have been immediately disqualified.

We went on to discuss the Nancy Pelosi v Leon Panetta prize fight.  Dick believes a  Pelosi explanation or apology will save the day.  I mentioned that our intelligence agencies have a time proven way to win a fight (leaking) and the President and Speaker should be careful in this matter.

We talked briefly about the Cheney v Obama smackdown of last week.  Dick did not see it, so my gloating went unanswered.

We also talked about the situation in N. Korea which has worsened overnight.

Enjoy!