Ups and Downs

" Welcome back let's check out the ups and downs for the week now and Hillary Clinton. The Democratic Party and Barack Obama for that matter thought the days of Clinton were long gone. You still retains the delegates cheered during the primaries. Let's hope there would be peaceful handover at the convention. But recent comments by the runner up indicate that might not be the case watch."

" The best way I think I could be wrong but the best way I think to do that is to have a strategy so that. My delegates feel like they've had a role and that there legitimacy he has got invalidated."

" Well Fred I think I'm sure that that she would like to have a lot of legitimacy she said went on to say that you wanted to catharsis among her. Her her supporters there likely be a lot of demonstrations. But I think that she is not likely to get everything that she wants. Obama. Would very much like to prevent her from getting a roll call put her name in nomination. But everybody -- watching for the one thing this is the main subplot of the democratic convention. How will the clintons under cut Obama yeah. Clearly something is going to happen that always does and and and that will be the main. The could be the only drama. That happens in this otherwise scripted event -- he again but another skull Hungary is the word you were trying to think of by the clintons and and -- whatever they do there at the convention it's not going to be with foremost in their mind the idea of electing Barack Obama presents. And and and I think what you're talking about is exactly what you're suggesting a demonstration. Hillary got so to speak on Tuesday night of the convention. There's a demonstration by her delegates noisy all over the floor. With that just doesn't stop goes on and on and on -- prime on primetime TV the next night Wednesday Bill Clinton gets up there. Another demonstration on and on and it it would it would not be what the what the Obama people officer -- stop before the before the roll call down. China the eyes of the world are firmly fixed on the country this week with the start of the Olympic Games and we're holding our breath that they go off without a hitch of course. But between violence in the north extreme protests an an icy relationship between bush and the Chinese Government. -- less optimistic. Yeah well look you know the other the International Olympic Committee. And China are very similar they're -- they're they're arrogant they're on democratic. Their high handed. And I don't think the Olympic should've gone to China in the first -- but are there. I think we need to get over this political story after the -- couldn't go back to wouldn't talk about all the bad things China does let's focus. On the athletes now the athletes are what matter and I don't want these sportswriters talking about politics and -- one does the great American basketball team there are men's and women's soccer team. -- Jeff this is the last Olympics where we have baseball is the Olympic Committee is -- got that name because it's an American sport but. It's athletes that matter well yes but I think also. Bush was trying very hard to make sure that the Chinese knew that he didn't like their human rights activities. And tried to do that in Thailand before he got I think to China. He's probably will be criticized -- before the athletes take center stage for showing up as he did at that spectacular opening. Day on Friday night. In my won't criticize you can download the Pentagon and military tribunal delivered a guilty verdict for Osama bin Laden's driver. Salim Ahmed Mohammed was found guilty on all five counts of providing material support for terrorism. He was only sent -- the five and a half years in prison hand the judge gave him a credit of five years already served -- get well. This is sure to reignite the controversy Jeff over military tribunals. I think I I think that this what we -- is a black guy basically to the United States government. And to the Pentagon it did it points up what a lot of critics of the Bush Administration have been saying that these. Tribunals the first the holding of all of these detainees was wrong and unjust and I mean the judge even if you've said. Said Tom Dunn is relieving hoping get to see your family do right this is this it was not a good outcome for the Bush Administration and it was a great victory I think for the opponents of get -- yeah I think had done this that justice was. I'll serve here would not for the reason you say I think that it was trading hub and as if he would just some poor guy who mistakenly unwittingly became the driver of Osama bin Laden and -- he said you know when he -- shocked. What about the terrorism what's going on and that you mentioned what -- what what -- judge captain feast of allred said he said. I hopefully in this one so the hub and I hope the guy comes. That you return to your wife and your daughters and your country. And that you are able to be a provider and a father and husband of the best sense of those terms and -- replied god willing. This man is a terrorist he was not only the driver. He was the guardian of Osama bin Laden and fall below that captain -- feel strapped his wife and children with. With explosives and set them off to kill women and -- and Americans now. So anyway."