It's The Killer B's this week on Politically Direct as Bender is joined by Begala, Brock and Bobby Kennedy in our countdown to the Big Vote.  Author and political strategist Paul Begala ("Third Term: Why George Bush Loves John McCain"), Media Matters for America founder and CEO David Brock and Ring of Fire's Bobby Kennedy, Jr ("Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief") will all BE here to share their views about the campaign in general and Republican John McCain specifically. We will also talk to Variety Magazine's Editor at Large Ted Johnson and legendary rock and roll artists David Crosby and Graham Nash will be here so don't miss this weeks Politically Direct!

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Progressive Accountability mentioned by David Brock on today's show.

Crosby and Nash concert dates

Hi it's David Bender....well she didn't say "I can see Russia from my house," but Sarah Palin's debate performance this week was almost a comedy routine...replete with smiles, winks and the occasional verbal pratfall.  This Sunday on Politically Direct, we'll be talking about the Grating Debater with Newsweek's Jonathan Alter as well as with America's greatest man of letters, the incomparable Gore Vidal.  All this and your calls, this Sunday on Politically Direct, right here on Air America Radio and Airamerica.com.

You can purchase Jonathan Alter's new book, Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture here.

Well, John McCain blinked and unsuspended his not-really suspended campaign. So join me this Sunday on Politically Direct when we'll deconstruct the first presidential debate with political strategist Joe Trippi, scholar and author of the Political Brain Drew Westen, environmental activist Van Jones and GoLeft TV's's Farron Cousins...all this and your calls, this Sunday on Politically Direct right here on Air America Radio and airamericaradio.com.

This week on Politically Direct, David Bender will be joined by actor and producer Robert Gant on his new film "Save Me".  Save Me is a deft exploration of the controversial ex-gay movement. The story follows Mark (Chad Allen), a drug-addicted young man who overdoses and finds himself at the mercy of his disapproving family. Their solution to Mark's problems is to check him into a Christian run ministry overseen by Gayle (Judith Light), who believes she can help cure young men of their 'gay affliction' through spiritual guidance. And as he does every Sunday, our friend Farron Cousins of GoLeft.TV will also be here with an important story that somehow the mainstream media just doesn't cover. All this and your calls at 866 303-2270 today on Politically Direct.

Today on Politically Direct we've hit the Trifecta with three smart guests: Time Magazine's Joe Klein, the New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin and actor and activist Hal Sparks. They'll all be here to give us their perspective on this increasingly close presidential race and the impact that the unbearably light Sarah Palin has had on this contentious campaign. And as he does every Sunday, our friend Farron Cousins of GoLeft.TV will also be here with an important story that somehow the mainstream media just doesn't cover. All this and your calls at 866 303-2270 today on Politically Direct.

If you're a music fan and live in the San Francisco Bay area, Bear Kittay, National Director of Music for Democracy will also be calling in to tell us about their big event in Oakland this Tuesday.