Check out my brother and I on RT (The Alyona Show) on Friday discussing President Obama’s VERY good week.

Last night I did a spot on Al Jazeera English to discuss President Obama’s major speech in Cairo, Egypt. Here’s the video.

If you haven’t yet done so, you should read the full text of the Obama speech. This speech is critically important and while it’s still to be determined whether it accomplishes a new beginning for American/Muslim relations, it was clearly an important first step.

My brother and I did a quick spot together on MSNBC this afternoon. Check it out.

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What a day for DoubleSpeak! This morning we scored an interview with Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia and were able to be among the first people to ask him about the Washington Post’s reports that he sits atop Senator Barack Obama’s shortlist for Vice-President.

We’ve posted over at HuffingtonPost’s OffTheBus but wanted to give some love to all you DoubleSpeakers out there too. Here’s the recap as described on the HuffPo:

Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia woke up this morning to a new reality. He is, as reported by the Washington Post, on the short list to be Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate.

Kaine’s monthly radio appearance to discuss local issues pre-scheduled for today on WTOP radio in Washington, DC, was cast in different, higher intensity light. Kaine was joined by his colleagues DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.

It was quite a scene with a catered buffet (which included an omelet station) and a throng of reporters waiting to get an answer to the question of the day: will Kaine be Obama’s Vice-Presidential pick?

Immediately following the radio broadcast, we were able to get a few minutes with the Governor and ask a number of questions about his personal reaction to the attention he’s receiving and to get his response to Sen. McCain’s recent attacks on Sen. Obama’s overseas trip.

Kaine on McCain’s campaign:

“It’s just desperation. They’re just looking for a handle to grab on and slow the momentum of this bus down. And, it’s a different strategy every couple of days. It really has the air of desperation about it.”

Kaine on Vice-Presidential Speculation:

“…I’m not going to make the case for myself because that’s not why I’ve endorsed Senator Obama…”

“And, it still seems unlikely to me, it’s nice being mentioned. My Mom likes it, you know, but look, I got on board in February of ‘07 because I knew the country needed a change in direction and from a good Democratic field– I thought the field was a good field– he just struck as the guy who could change the direction of the nation. I’m just so gratified by the way the campaign has been run and the chance we have nationally but also in Virginia.”

“It’s a little surreal. It’s surreal to be mentioned and again it’s nice to be considered but I know there’s a lot of folks they’re looking at– there’s a lot of different skills and attributes that they have to weigh– personal, geographic, political — a whole series of things. But, you know, I have grown to have tremendous confidence in Barack’s judgment, in the judgment of his team, in very hard moments along the campaign, you know, I’ve kind of been with him when things were going well and not so well but they’ve always, in a cool and deliberate way, made a good judgment, and I have no doubt that the pick they make is going to be a strong one.”

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A very special thank you to our talented photographer Kate Sokolov who negotiated her way through the gaggle of reporters to get some great pics. We also want to thank Governor Kaine’s staff for allowing us great access during the WTOP interview and for granting us one of the only one-on-one interviews of the morning.

Yesterday, my brother and I did a couple spots on MSNBC to celebrate our nation’s independence. Here they are, hope you enjoy.

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My brother was on MSNBC a few minutes ago discussing the final hours of the nomination fight between Obama and Clinton. I think he did a good job, but what do I know…I just work here.

In case you missed it last week, my brother and I did MSNBC, discussing the online fights taking place between supporters of Sens. Clinton and Obama and what that will mean for the general election. We hope to be doing a lot more television and radio in the coming months. Stay tuned.

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Peter on MSNBC:

Matthew on MSNBC:

I don’t have the video yet but I was featured on this morning’s CBS Early Show. The show did a piece on GoogleGangers (or “GoogleMe” as I prefer) and they interviewed me about the one and only Matthew Slutsky who I have befriended.

I will post the video as soon as it’s available but since there were so many great screenshots of DoubleSpeak- I thought i’d post and say hi.

Update: Here’s the video!

I have gotten a couple emails over the last few days concerning my hefty brother, Matthew. The DoubleSpeak audience wants to know where he is and why they haven’t read any of his witty repartee on the DoubleSpeak Blog lately. Well, the truth is…he has packed up his suitcase and moved to the Arizona boarder to join the Minuteman Project. No seriously, i’m kidding.

Matthew is returning tonight from London, England. He was on a junket there working to broker the peace accord in the Darfur region of Sudan. I just got a phone call from him this morning as he was boarding the airplane to make his triumphant return to the United States of America.

From Matthew:

Please let everyone know that I have had some productive meetings in London and I cannot wait to start blogging again and join Josh and Peter in producing ‘DoubleSpeak Episode 5′ in the coming days.

God speed, Matthew Slutsky.