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President Discusses Reform On Conservative Talk Radio To Clear The Air PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ― President Barack Obama took his healthcare fight conservative talk radio Thursday. After weeks of often heated public debate, the president took to the airwaves to clear the air about what he does and doesn't want. It wasn't exactly Daniel in the lion's den, but to try to quell all the rancor, the President spoke to conservative radio listeners about his healthcare plan. One caller expressed doubt that the Federal Government was capable of administering such a huge bureaucracy. "A lot of us feel that the...

How many lies can a man tell in one interview?, how many times can Smerconish give the President (who he endorsed) a pass?... Oh look, there's Smerconish on Hardball, Matthews just loves him...

Here is video of President Obama being asked on the Michael Smerconish Radio Show broadcast live from the White House today, "Are your knees buckling" on getting a Health Care Bill passed. Obama guaranteed the caller, "We are going to get health care done." . . . . (Watch Video)

Philly lawyer and national radio talk show host Michael Smerconish will be lighting up the White House Thursday as he interviews President Obama during a live broadcast. Smerconish plans to grill the president on his hotly debated health care plan, while also talking questions from callers -- turning the program into a de facto town hall meeting. Smerconish says he did not allow the White House to screen his questions, so the president's reactions cannot be scripted. “There are no ground rules," he said in a statement Wednesday. The Obama Administration's health care overhaul calls for a reformed system which...

The darling of MSNBC who thinks he looks great wearing the other Team's Jersey gets to go to the White House and interview Obama....awwww...I'm sure he'll ask some Hardball questions of his Dear Leader...

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Philadelphia radio host Michael Smerconish is coming to WTKK-FM (96.9) on Sundays. The station plans to air his “best of” from noon to 3 p.m. starting this weekend. Smerconish had filled in for WTKK afternoon-drive host Jay Severin during his month-long suspension. Here’s more from the station: ================= Boston’s Talk Evolution 96.9 FM, WTKK Adds Michael Smerconish to Weekend Lineup Smerconish’s Weekend Show Premieres this Sunday on 96.9 FM Boston, MA (June 18, 2009): Boston’s Talk Evolution, 96.9 FM WTKK, announced today The “Best of” Michael Smerconish Program, will be added to the station’s weekend lineup beginning on Sunday June...

Michael Smerconish is probably what you would call a blowhard. When he’s not on the radio — on Friday, he did nine hours of talk radio alone — he’s on TV, doing much of the same. He’s kind of tricky: a Republican who backed Obama.

Yo Smerc: who’s “we”? You voted for Barack Obama . . . But let’s leave aside Michael Smerconish’s presidential preferences and focus on the substance of his remarks. On this evening’s Hardball, Smerconish claimed that Republicans need to “dilute the influence of the conservatives in the Republican presidential nominating process, because we are nominating people who can’t get elected.” Smerconish was responding to a clip of Rush Limbaugh calling on RNC Chairman Michael Steele to do just the opposite, and do something “about our open primary system and fixing it so that Democrats do not nominate our candidates.” If you...

When you think "Big Talker," CBS-owned WPHT-AM (1210) in Philadelphia with conservative-talk morning show host Michael Smerconish may come to mind. It appears very soon, you'll be thinking the same thing about Washington, DC. Radio-Info has found a webpage for "1580-AM, The Big Talker." That's the frequency of CBS-owned WPGC-AM (1580) in Washington which recently dropped "inspirational talk" to simulcast its FM sister-station. There have been rumors WPGC-AM would flip to talk, and this certainly adds fuel to the rumor. Meanwhile, the DCRTV.com website says Smerconish would be simulcast in mornings, and the talk lineup would include syndicated talkers Dr....

So talk radio personality and well known Philadelphian Michael Smerconish has endorsed Barack Obama. While this is completely within his right to do so, Smerconish has lost all credibility and has proven himself to be a man without integrity. One of the greatest causes he has championed has concerned the continued incarceration of convicted murderer and death row inmate Wesley Cook, AKA mumia abu-jamal. Smerconish has been a crusader in reminding people of the vicious murder commited by Clark when he murdered in cold blood Philadelphia police officer David Faulkner. Clark has been embraced by the left and other organizations...

Head Strong: McCain fails the big five tests His aim is untrue in too many areas, so a longtime Republican is voting for Obama. By Michael Smerconish - Inquirer Inquirer Currents Columnist I've decided. My conclusion comes after reading the candidates' memoirs and campaign platforms, attending both party conventions, interviewing both men multiple times, and watching all primary and general-election debates. John McCain is an honorable man who has served his country well. But he will not get my vote. For the first time since registering as a Republican 28 years ago, I'm voting for a Democrat for president. I...

I read today where Philadelphia talk show host Michael Smerconish has endorsed Obama. Michael also worked in the Bush Administration and has been a frequent guest host for Glenn Beck. He will be paraded about as another "conservative" who is voting for Obama by the MSM. This is not like voting for Bill Clinton in 96 or voting for a local Democrat for governor or Congress. Any national "conservative" who supports a Marxist like Obama and thinks it would be best for America to elect him along with a Congress controlled by Pelosi and Reid has either lost their mind...

Michael Smerconish lit up the phone lines and filled his in-box this morning at his WPHT show with word that he's planning to vote for Barack Obama -- marking the first time since he registered to vote 28 years ago that he'll pull the Democrat lever for president. He'll explain all in his Sunday column in The Inquirer's Currents section -- as much as he can do in 750 words. The intro reads: "John McCain is an honorable man who has served his country well. But he will not get my vote." In a chat this afternoon, Smerconish acknowledged that...

Bad News for McCain This morning, the talk radio guy, michael smerconish, stated he was voting for obama. WPHT airs Rush, Beck, and Hannity, but they have been shifting to the middle over the past couple of years, probably in order to bigger audience. They had Imus for a while, then replaced him with smerconish a few years ago. smerconish is a registered republican, served in the GHW Bush administration, and is a proponent of closed borders, the 2nd amendment, profiling, and has long advocated for Daniel Falwkner (the police officer murdered by mumia abdul jamail). He parts company with...

Absolutely no surprise of course. He styles himself as a macho guy who would be riding his horse in the lead of F troop into Tora Bora to root out Bin Laden , except the horse came up lame. This has been his phony rationale for "considering" Obama, that other synthetic terrorist fighter. The problem is by continuing the Hamlet act, "oh who am I going to vote for, " he has helped outlets like Hardball maintain a masquerade of balance and blocked any true conservative from those positions. For instance, he is guesting Bill O'Reilly radio show today, and...

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama talked about gun control and the Second Amendment during a radio interview in Philadelphia on Friday morning. Illinois Senator Barack Obama was a guest on KYW's sister station, WPHT-AM 1210. Obama told talk show host Michael Smerconish he's a firm believer in the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms -- but admits there must be some limits: "I do believe in some gun safety measures -- so, for example, with all the shootings in Philadelphia, most recently police officers, I want to make sure that we can trace back guns and bullets that...

In an interview with conservative Philadelphia radio talk show host Michael Smerconish today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said his relationship with William Ayers is being questioned and his middle name is being invoked at events for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to distract voters from the economy. You can listen to the audio HERE, courtesy of Politico. "This is a red herring," Obama said of the Ayers story," because people don't want to talk about the fact that economy over the last eight years has been mismanaged to the point that we're teetering on a really,...

How unbalanced was MSNBC's "Race for the White House" panel this evening? The two Obama-friendly panelists—Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post and Richard Wolffe of Newsweek—were ostensibly offset by Philly radio talker Michael Smerconish and Independent Women's Forum head Michelle Bernard. But channeling Dem congressman James Clyburn on this morning's Today, Smerc called the House Republicans "sophomoric." That was nothing. One-upping Smerconish in the pejorative department, Bernard said that every recent McCain move has been "like an epileptic fit." Joe Scarborough, putting in a long day's work and subbing for regular host David Gregory, teed up Bernard's snipe with a...

Why this lifelong Republican may vote for Obama The party of Bush and McCain outsourced the hunt for bin Laden, failing to accomplish a vital mission since 9/11. By Michael SmerconishSep. 11, 2008 | Where the hell are Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri? And why does virtually no one ask anymore? What's changed since the days when any suburban soccer mom would have strangled either of them with her bare hands if given the chance? And what happened to President Bush's declaration to a joint session of Congress nine days after 9/11 that "any nation that continues to harbor...