should we still be waterboarding terror suspects? i would strongly support using it again if circumstances arose where we had a high-valued detainee. that was the only way that we could get him to talk. even though so many people have condemned it, people call it torture, you think it should still be a tool? yes. in the book, cheney s highly crit calf many form bush administration officials including colin powell, condoleezza rice, and george tenet. but cheney knew that he was an objective controversy and he offered his resignation several times prior to bush s re-election. but he writes that after a few day s consideration, bush said that he wanted him to stay. in june of 2007, if cheney s view had prevailed, the united states would have bombed a suspected nuclear reactor in syria. the president asked, does anyone here agree with the vice president? not a single hand went up around the room. let s bring in the host of the ring of fire radio show, mike papantonio.
potential legal violations. he was applauded by republicans the day he returned to work. let s bring back the panel that was with us the night congressman weiner first admitted to his behavior over a week ago. nationally syndicated radio talk show host bill press with us tonight, author of toxic talk. and i can tell you, bill, it s still out there. all right, ed. how the radical right is on the airwaves of america. and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, mike papantonio. and sheila it up tuplitz, political reporter for roll call. a lot of water has gone under the bridge in the last ten days, and bill, i wanted to know how has this unfolded in your opinion? where are we tonight? and your thoughts on what has happened in the last ten days. well, it s been a sad ten days, let me tell you, foefsh. i m glad to see the whole thing disappear, ed. i couldn t agree with you more. i think anthony weiner, with all the wrong that he did, today he was a mensch, he was a class act, he
he was applauded by republicans the day he returned to work. let s bring back the panel that was with us the night congressman weiner first admitted to his behavior over a week ago. nationally syndicated radio talk show host bill press with us tonight, author of toxic talk. and i can tell you, bill, it s still out there. all right, ed. how the radical right is on the airwaves of america. and co-host of the ring of fire radio show, mike papantonio. and sheila it up tuplitz, political reporter for roll call. a lot of water has gone under the bridge in the last ten days, and bill, i wanted to know how has this unfolded in your opinion? where are we tonight? and your thoughts on what has happened in the last ten days. well, it s been a sad ten days, let me tell you, foefsh. i m glad to see the whole thing disappear, ed.
welcome back to the ed show. we ve been talking throughout the show tonight about the fallout from killing osama bin laden, what it really means. the fallout, it just keeps coming. cbs reporting tonight that there are more leads that are coming out by the hour. let s bring in washington post columnist and senior fellow at the brookings institution e.j. dionne and also the host of the ring of fire radio show, mike, gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. let s talk about osama bin laden and the raid and the legal wrangling that is going on by some liberals in this country and how they re struggling with it. the killing of osama bin laden, there is some liberal hand wringing but, mike, you re an attorney. were we on legal solid ground to do this the way we did it? well, the president pulled off was clearly legal, an act of national self-defense. bin laden was no different than any other enemy commander in the
consumers and if we doesn t it s not just a political problem. it s a problem for you and me and everyone watching the show. we re talking about groceries, filling up your car to get to work. i would advise both parties to be looking at that and possibly say a gas tax holiday to try to bring these prices down. no. that s a gimmick. i m talking about $4 billion into the treasury. either the republicans are serious about this or boehner is lying to the country. amy, good to have you with us tonight. thank you for your take. thank you. let s turn to the nationally sinld kated ring of fire radio show. mike, gosh. did we get an ounce of truth out of john boehner there? what do you think? we know how the story is going to end. look at the history of john boehner. this is a man who was handing out checks as a vote was being taken on the floor of congress about whether to give the tobacco industry additional subsidies. he was handing out checks from the tobacco industry to other republ