October 24 – Standing up to Voter Intimidation, Trickery and Suppression; More Misogyny From Another Republican Senate Hopeful; Billy Graham’s Deal With the Devil

Full Program

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Part 2

Then we go to Indiana and speak with Margorie Hershey, who is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University in Bloomington. We discuss the close Senate race and the likely impact of remarks by the Republican Tea Party candidate who defeated the Senate’s elder statesman Richard Lugar in the primary, who is now in trouble for views that he expressed in a debate yesterday on pregnancy as a result of rape being what God intended.

Part 3

Then finally we take a broader look at the politics of abortion and how they are playing out in this election. Frank Schaeffer, the son of one of the founders of the religious right, joins us to discuss the evangelical world’s apparent determination to get Romney elected and Billy Graham’s surprise endorsement of a Mormon, in what appears to be a renouncement of the evangelist’s vow after Richard Nixon’s fall from grace, not to endorse any politicians.