April 18 - Sudan Declares War on the South; The Real Issues in the War on Women; The Story That Killed Dan Rather's Career and Helped Re-elect George W. Bush

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Then we look into the so-called “war on women” that has been fanned by an overblown spat between Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney over working moms versus stay-at-home mums. The President of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Dr Heidi Hartmann joins us to discuss the real issue obscured by this fatuous debate, which is that women are not paid equally for equal work. And given that 95% of women in America don’t have rich husbands and work for a living, the Ann Romney flap is not a women’s but a class issue.

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Then finally we speak with Joe Hagan who has an article at the Texas Monthly, “Truth Or Consequences”.  We revisit the pivotal “60 Minutes” story in the 2004 Bush/ Kerry campaign that could have contrasted the war hero Kerry with a draft dodger who, because of family connections, received favorable treatment to enter the Air National guard. Joe Hagan  answers the mysteries still surrounding the story that killed Dan Rather’s career and helped re-elect George W.Bush.