Hugh Hewitt at GodBlogCon

Hugh's radio show just started. He's broadcasting from GodBlogCon, and it's standing room only. He started the program with Lynne Cheney smacking down Wolf Blitzer on CNN but good. What a woman!

"But, Wolf, there's a difference between news and terrorist propaganda."

More after the break...

[I lost the second section when I tried to publish, because the wireless connection wanted me to sign in again. Argh!]

Lynne Cheney whupped Wolf some more after the break, when Wolf tried to equate James Webb's fiction sex scenes with Lynne Cheney's fiction.

Forget Condoleeza Rice for President. Lynne Cheney in 2008!

[3:44]

John Mark Reynolds, who did a hysterical previous segment with Hugh that I can't do justice to, is up now, with La Shawn Barber.

La Shawn and John Mark both believe the evangelical Christian base is energized. And I have to agree. There's enough going on, like the New Jersey same-sex marriage-or-whatever-the-legislature-decides-to-call-it, that Christians are looking forward to the November elections.

[3:55]

Hugh and John Schroeder, of Blogotional and Article 6 Blog, briefly discussed Article 6 Blog. It covers issues of religious tests for the presidency, in particular the Mitt Romney campaign, since Romney is a Mormon.

I've left comments on Hedgehog Blog before, expressing my current support for Romney. Of the people who are unofficially officially running for president, too many of them have too many strikes against them. McCain has burnt bridges with the GOP, including the Gang of 14 stunt he pulled over the blockade of judicial nominees. He won't get my vote. Frist is missing his spine and hasn't shown any sign of growing a new one. Giuliani is pro-choice and isn't making any of the moves that unofficial candidates make, so he probably isn't in the running. From what I've heard so far, Romney is where I would want a presidential candidate to be on the issues that are important to me.

As far as religion is concerned, most of the time we're given a choice of two secular candidates to choose from, and Christians actually vote for one of them. Why should it be any different to vote for a Mormon?

[4:06]

Time for the Beltway Boys. Mort and Fred discussed the Wolf Blitzer/Lynne Cheney interview and the Michael J. Fox ad. Mort Kondracke is adamantly in favor of embryonic stem cell research, to the point that he claims adult stem cells don't have the promise that ESCs have. You could see the heads shaking in the room, and as soon as they went to the break, the sound in the room exploded.

[4:23]

Larry Kudlow on the economy. He talks about "the Goldilocks economy" and says it's still intact.

Ford Motors is "the deep yogurt story." They've gone so far in the hole that it's going to be hard to get itself out. He's gotta be right. My brother-in-law in Texas refuses to buy another Ford again--even if it's the best vehicle--as long as Ford continues to not only support but to promote the leftist agenda. Obviously he's not alone.

[4:44]

Charmaine Yoest and Joe Carter, both from Family Resource Council, are the guests this segment. Joe wants the frcblog to be able to respond quickly to media mistakes and attacks.

Hugh has said for the fourth time, about the dinner he attended last night with some Marines, "They hate the media." The military believes they're getting a raw deal from the MSM, and there's no love lost at all.

The students who organized this year's GodBlogCon are up next, and they're being given a hard time from last year's organizer and from their loving professor, John Mark Reynolds. Hugh is in good humor with everyone during the breaks. It's a different show during the breaks, but it's all the same Hugh.

[5:06]

Hugh read a piece by Carol Platt Liebau on Wolf Blitzer's sandbagging of Lynne Cheney.

The patent bias, the lack of decorum, the utter unapologetic tackiness of the entire episode is like an ugly train wreck -- it makes normal people want to avert their eyes. And take a mental shower. Pronto.

Hugh's producer Duane put together Wolf's contradictory statements. "With all due respect, this is not terrorist propaganda." "We said it was propaganda." They played it over and over for a minute. Beautiful!

[5:23]

Hugh is interviewing the conference's token Catholic blogger, Jimmy Akin, and publisher James Kushiner, who has a new magazine, Salvo.

"When we write, we read each other's words, but there's nothing like the human interface." - Kushiner

[5:35]

"Punch Foley for Joe" in Florida's 16th Congressional district.

Lowell of Hedgehog Blog called in and pointed out that he's the one working today, and his co-blogger at Article 6 Blog, John Schroeder, is sitting here at GodBlogCon. The crowd here loved it.

[5:44]

Somebody commented during the break that Wikipedia mentions the "mystery" of Hugh's wife's first name. Find it here.

References to Hewitt's wife of over 20 years, "the fetching Mrs. Hewitt," are made from time to time, although Hewitt will not reveal her first name to preserve an aura of mystery about her.

Hugh is talking to Andrew Jackson and Matt Anderson. Andrew was the one who got last year's GodBlogCon going, and Matt was the organizer.

Hugh has brought up the question that has already been brought up in some of the panels: Do you worry about the idea of your blog posts coming to haunt you for the rest of your career? Matt said some of his friends are curtailing their blogging a bit.

Andrew has a new group blog: RedBlueChristian.com

Hugh ended the segment with the teaser about comparing how Lynne Cheney did with CNN to how Bill Clinton did with Fox. Can't wait.

[5:55]

Finishing up the show with Mark D. Roberts, who is taking on Andrew Sullivan in a series over at his blog.

And finally, a poem by Tarzana Joe, "Energizing the Base."

Great show. Lots of fun.

Hugh's question to Mark Roberts after the show went off the air was, "Has a pastor ever said anything in less than a minute?"