For many it is simply a sign of his charisma. But for a growing
number of Barack Obama sceptics, there is something disturbing
about the adulation with which the senator and Democratic presidential
frontrunner is greeted as he campaigns for the White House - unnervingly
akin to the hysteria of a cult, or the fervour of a religious
revival.
If
anything was going to derail John McCain’s White House bid,
it was the fear that he was too old to be president, not the likelihood
of being embroiled in a sex and favours scandal. But when the
Arizona senator reached for the lawyer who steered Bill Clinton
through his women troubles, it was a sign that he was seriously
rattled.
Alex
begins this report by taking calls and discussing the presidential
candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul. Has Paul's recent announcement
derailed the Ron Paul Revolution or are we too naive to abandon
the cause at such an early stage? Alex explains that taking
stock of the progress made and safeguarding what we have achieved
was the shrewdest move.
Alex welcomes
former Congressman Daniel Hamburg to the show to talk about
detention camps and the inconsistencies surrounding the official
narrative of the 9/11 attacks.
Until last week John McCain's political handlers had been complacently
sketching out their basic strategy: to portray Obama as a mere
novice in statecraft, devoid of those powers of mature wisdom
and sober judgment with which the seasoned McCain is so richly
endowed.
Iran on Sunday warned it would hit back with an appropriate
response to new UN Security Council sanctions over its contested
nuclear programme, as Western powers stepped up efforts to punish
Tehran.
Chris Davies, a Liberal Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
for the North-West of the UK, is a member of the Budget Control
Committee of the European Parliament. As he told BBC’s
Today Programme, he discovered, quite by chance, that Parliament’s
auditors had made a report detailing abuses on a vast scale,
abuses that suggest some MEPs are simply plundering the system
to enrich themselves.
Motorists will
be targeted by a new generation of road cameras which work out
how many people are in a car by measuring the amount of bodily
fluid it contains. The latest snooping device on the nation's
roads aims to penalise lone drivers who abuse car-sharing lanes,
and is part of a Government effort to combat congestion at busy
times.
A DNA database containing details on all people in the UK would
create a "nation of suspects", the Tories say. Shadow
home secretary David Davis said allowing the state to hold profiles
would be "incredibly intrusive" and called for an
"effective" debate.
George Bush comforting John McCain
by assuring him that a senile, drooling, near catatonic
President, would be a vast improvement over the current
Administration.
