Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we get to talk to two good friends. First, Patrick Hynes joins us to talk about his experiences on the campaign trail for John McCain, as well as on the stimulus plan, where a New Hampshire Obama supporter has spent $100,000 fighting it. In the second half, Fausta Wertz joins us to discuss how Phoenix became the #2 city in the world for kidnappings, and how America has failed to protect itself from non-Muslim terrorists. We will conclude with an extra 30 minutes of Melt the Phones, trying to convince certain Senators to reject Porkulus — or at least to read it first.

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