Weekend Watchdog
By Bill Scher
December 7th, 2007 - 6:51pm ET
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Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked.
And on Sunday at 4 PM ET, tune in to Air America Radio's "Seder on Sundays" program, where I'll offer the Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up.
For former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-N.Y. (NBC's Meet The Press): You recently said "Iran is seeking nuclear weapons and they’re threatening to use them," and you have regularly raised the prospect of military attack to prevent Iran from acquiring such a weapon.
But new conclusions from our intelligence community say (PDF file):
Tehran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggests it is less determined
to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005......some combination of threats of intensified
international scrutiny and pressures, along with opportunities for Iran to achieve its security, prestige, and goals for regional influence in other ways, might—if perceived by Iran’s leaders as credible—prompt Tehran to extend the current halt to its nuclear weapons program.
Now that you are presented with new evidence that Iran does not pose an imminent threat, will you adjust your Iran policy to fit reality, and emphasize diplomatic opportunities instead of military action?
For Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Fox News Sunday): On Thursday in New Hampshire, you were campaigning in support of alternative energy.
But on Friday, you missed a key Senate floor vote on major legislation to invest in renewable energy by ending handouts to Big Oil.
You have received nearly $200,000 from the oil and gas industries for your presidential campaign. Are you afraid of alienating your donors by voting for clean energy legislation?
For former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Fox News Sunday): To explain your role in the parole of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond, who then committed murder, your aide emailed conservative blog Hot Air and said: "the idea that Dumond was railroaded was a live topic in AR for many years."
Yes it was a live topic -- among Bill Clinton-hating conspiracy theorists. As blogger Duncan Black wrote in January:
Wayne Dumond wasn't just any criminal, he was a minor player in the grand epic of Clinton-era wingnuttery, and a cause célèbre of Freepers, a Village Voice writer, authors, and most of all NY Post columnist Steve Dunleavy, who had made Dumond his personal cause and even went as far as claiming that Stevens wasn't raped.
What does all this have to do with Clinton? Well, Stevens is a distant relative of Clinton and this happened in Arkansas and... well, that was about it. Still, by the rules of the time, there must have been some grand conspiracy.
Why did you embrace the arguments of conspiracy theorists in supporting the parole of Dumond?
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