NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Analysis: Lil Timmah has found a pastor he can like, mainly because that pastor is falling all over himself praising Osama Obama (as Teddy Kennedy called him).  This gives him a twofer, starting with a chance to criticize conservative Christians as knuckle dragging morons while pointing to a "real Christian" who obviously is smart (because he likes a Dhimmicrat).  That way he can't be accused of being an anti-Christian bigot, dontcha know?  He also gets to elicit the wisdom of Newsweek and let that font of all knowledge bestow on a benighted world the message of what's wrong with most Christians.  Oh, and the Newsweek spokesman may even tell us his conclusion that this whole Messiah / Son of God business is just some tripe dreamed up in the fourth century to sell to the yokels.  Seems Mr. Meacham has bought the whole gnostic / Koran version of Jesus as a "prophet" but not God's Son.  Yep, the perfect guy to edumacate us igorant ijits.  This from the same people that got several thousand people killed with a fake story about flushing the Koran down a toilet.  I don't know about you but I detect a not so subtle pattern to the common viewpoint developing in "intellectual" circles about Christianity that is startlingly reminiscent of the most loathsome movements in history.

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • It's Christmas!  Let's talk about what's wrong with Christians and how the Christian church has to change... well it make sense to the people in the DBM.
• Topics:
  • Faith in America:
    • Can religion unite the country for the greater good?
    • What role will God and values play in the 2008 presidential election?
  • Two "Meet the Press" holiday traditions
    • A "Meet the Press Minute" with famed poet Robert Frost from Christmas weekend 51 years ago
    • A special performance of holiday music from the United States Navy Band Brass Quartet.
• Guests
  • Dr. Rick Warren
    • Author "The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?"
    • The Purpose Driven Life web site | Bio
    • Rick Warren and Barack Obama (ProLife Blogs - Dec 20, 2006)
    • Rick Warren: on Barack Obama, and being a “back channel for peace” (Hot Air, MD - Dec 18, 2006)
    • Rick Warren continues to deceive (WorldNetDaily, OR - Dec 14, 2006)
    • Field testing Pastor Rick Warren's peace plan (OCRegister, CA - Dec 10, 2006)
    • Faith, Russert and Two White Guys (Huffington Post, NY - Dec 22, 2006)
    • The Purpose of Christmas with Rick Warren (Fox News Channel special, 12/24/06)
  • Jon Meacham
    • Newsweek Magazine Editor
    • Author of "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation"
    • Faith, Russert and Two White Guys (Huffington Post, NY - Dec 22, 2006)
    • Miracles and New Testament Studies (American Thinker - Dec 23, 2006)
    • 'Newsweek' Editor Jon Meacham Likens Journalists To Cartoon Morons (NewsBusters - Dec 4, 2006)
    • Mohler, Land part of new on-line religious dialogue (Florida Baptist Witness, FL - Dec 8, 2006)
    • Reflecting local religious flavor (GetReligion, DC - Dec 4, 2006)
    • 'On Faith' Conversations Shed Light on Religion (Christian Post - Nov 25, 2006)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)