This is a response to Hugh Hewitt's blog post Novak Runs Over Huckabee.

I would have posted it on his blog but I got a little long...

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Mr. Hewitt, I've gotta say, IMHO, your attack in this post on Thompson speaks more of your ego than his viability as a candidate.

I've noticed that the main complaint of the punditocracy about Fred is that he isn't catering to YOU!

McCain and many of the others have decided that their "base" is the media, in one form or another, and have been catering to them, courting them and addressing their concerns instead of the peoples'.  Yes, you're "people" too, but you're also part of an elite that feel slighted when a candidate doesn't drop dead in an attempt to woo them. 

Please get over yourselves!

I read and enjoy your site daily, many times.  I don't recall any notable post by you examining Fred's positions on any of the subjects that he has put out detailed policy proposals on.   His reference to NRO on Sunday was to their editorial praise (easily found) for his willingness to put out explicit positions on a number of issues, something all of the other candidates are notably unwilling to do.

I think I've read most of your stuff on the candidates, so far as I can tell, and my best recollection is that you don't talk about their detailed proposals (if any).  Instead my impression is that you have mostly been concerned with the "beauty pageant" aspects of this unending horse race and not the substance.  You've talked about "the best" candidate for one position or another but I don't recall much actual discussion of why that should be, just your judgment.

I easily could be dead wrong and you may be able to cite hundreds of very detailed posts on those subjects, but the fact remains that it's not what I've taken away from your site.

I will continue to read your blog and columns as I find you genuinely insightful, but I think you made your mind up early and aren't about to budge from the investment that you've made in that commitment.  It's uncomfortably like how I perceive the MSM and Dhimmicrat's devotion to the proposition that we must lose in Iraq since it favors their own self interest.  A victorious Thompson would go against your own self interest so you buy into the MSM "narrative" about him.

I just don't buy it.

Know this, my preferred ticket this fall is Thompson/Romney, with Fred delegating to Mitt the role supposedly Clinton set up for the Goracle: reinventing government.  That's something Mitt has proven that he could run away with and actually accomplish miracles with a partner who truly supported him and who would be providing the guiding principles grounded in true conservatism.  I think it would guarantee 16 years of a Republican executive and a real chance to rescue this country from the perils we now face.  And that's about the time it would take.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Ronald Brownstein Mary Matalin Mike Murphy Bob Shrum James Carville Fox News Sunday Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen Carl Levin, D-Mich

CBS's "Face the Nation" Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni CNN "Late Edition" Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi ABC's "This Week" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.

There is a clear meme emerging, in my eyes, with this weeks programs.  The left is getting darned tired of all this talk of "success" in Iraq and they're not going to stand for it anymore!  The MSM is going to try to reassert their control over the narrative and promote a litany of doom and despair if it kills us!

NBC Meet The Press goes a second week without any headline newsmakers as guests.  Is Lil Timmah being punished for daring to question the Hildabeast?  Is team Clinton planning a trip for him to Ft. Marcy Park?  Seriously, two weeks in a row with nothing but pundits?  If this stretches to a third week this could not only be the 60th year for MTP, but also the last.  And the lineup they chose!  Carville is in Hillary's pocket while his wife is a Fredhead.  Murphy is insisting that all of the conventional wisdom, at least on the Republican side, isn't necessarily so wise and Shrum is simply a loser (but a consistent one).  Talk about your empty calories, this weeks show is the intellectual equivalent of not just potato chips but bad soggy potato chips!*

CBS Face The Nation brings us the main "newsmaker" that the MSM wants us to listen to.  Retired (Clintonian) General Zinni is one of the MSM favorites because he's always good for a bad quote about Bush and the GWOT.  Even when he was in uniform he would diss the Commander in Chief at the drop of a hat.  Now that he's retired he makes his living pushing BDS and promoting the Clintonian world view.  Recently he participated in the creation of a think tank "white paper" that says we've got this whole global war on terror thing wrong.  Our problem isn't that the islamic jihadists are out to kill us.  No, our problem is that we're fighting back.  If we'd only roll over and play dead everything would be fine.  Okay, we'd have to roll over and actually die, but isn't that better than actually fighting to save ourselves?  Everyone would love us if we'd just surrender already.  Oh, and give them more money.  We really need to give other countries and organizations like the UN more money for them to love us.  This may very well be Zinni's official try out as Hillary's vice president, as well.  Sources on both the left and right of the punditocracy have floated this idea recently and, voila, he gets face time.  Who says that CBS is ignorant and doesn't pay attention to what's being talked about on the net?

On Fox News Sunday Chris Wallace will sharpen the Fox knives for Fred Dalton Thompson.  Fox News has made it abundantly clear that they are backing Rudy and Hillary and that people like Thompson have no business screwing up their carefully constructed (and funded) narrative.  Rupert wrote the headlines six months ago and doesn't want to have to change things so watch for a very hostile interview.  Unlike Bill Clinton's histrionics, however, Fred has demonstrated that he won't let an interviewer drive the conversation where they want to take it, but he does it calmly.  Last week on ABC This Week Fred bounced incurious George Steponallofus all over the set, all the time with a smile and calm, certain and assured manner.  Somehow I don't think Mike Wallace's boy will fair much better.  Following the attempted mugging of Fred FNS moves on to the new meme of doom and gloom in the GWOT and particularly in Iraq.  Wise old Granpa Carl Levin, Senator from Michiganistan, will give the Dhimmicrats official declaration of defeat.  Watch what phrases and catchwords he shares with General Zinni.  That will be the drum beat that will be hammered home by every liberal on the planet.  Normally I would expect the "good" Lindsey Graham to show up under these circumstances, but Senator Graham has been stuck on stupid in his condemnation of the Maliki government and the passage of the national reconciliation laws as the end all and be all of his definition of success in Iraq.  He's just back from spending some time over there so maybe, just maybe, he's learned something.  We'll see.  The roundtable is a modified "classic" line up with Brit, Bill, Mara and Juan.  Juan's latest NPR story is about good news for Bush, so maybe he won't need to be smacked down so much this weekend.  Brit, on the other hand, has been so outspoken in his disdain for Fred Thompson that I think he may break with convention and actually comment during the roundtable on Fred's interview on the show.  If so expect some heavy negative spin.  I wonder if Fred insulted Brit's wife or something?

CNN Late Edition Brings us this months MSM favorite Republican, Mike Huckabee.  He's surging in Iowa through a combination of a grass roots push in the evangelical community and a spate of very favorable coverage in the drive by media.  He's decidedly on the wrong side of most issues that Republican voters seem to care about, with the notable exception of Abortion.  He's particularly vulnerable on the issue of illegal immigration, given his history as Governor in his home state of ArkanTyson.  His campaign's breathless declarations to the contrary only serve to highlight the problem and I think that will start to be reflected in the polls.  CNN moves to the meme of the week with a combination of Ayad Allawi, once and perhaps future Iraqi Prime Minister, and the respective mouth "peaces" for Israel and the PLO.  The upcoming Annapolis "peace in our time" conference is it's own best evidence for a failed foreign policy, so Wolfe won't need to spin much on that one.  Allawi is "damaged goods," being identified by the left as a CIA man, so they don't want him back in power (well, maybe they might, given the current make up of the CIA) but he'll definitely come in handy for complaining about Maliki and the failed US policy in Iraq.  And Ron Brownstein is on board to declare that all of the problems in the world are the fault of McChimpy Bushitler and that he invented both partisanship and failure.  I expect there to be a roundtable of CNN talking heads, likely declaring that "Hillary's back" and in charge and that Fred Thompson still just doesn't float their boat at all, but that there appears to be alot for them to like in the Huckster, except for those religion and abortion things.

ABC This Week gives us the resurrected John McCain, the once and future front runner in their eyes.  The MSM wants someone to bring down Giuliani a peg and they just can't see themselves embracing Romney or Thompson and Huckabee is the designated Romney underminer (the rest of the Republican field doesn't exist in their eyes).  I expect a good bit of hostility towards McCain's unwillingness to admit defeat in Iraq but lots of praise for his willingness to criticize the Bush policy.  That point will be reinforced when they give Bill Richardson an "opportunity to respond" to whatever McCain might say.  Funny, I don't recall them ever inviting a Republican on with an opportunity to respond to some lefty loon.  If Richardson matches phrasing with Zinni and the rest we'll know that there actually was a fax on this meme.  They've been looking for a new lexiconographer for awhile now.  Maybe they've found them.  The other possibility is that they're just reading it on Kos or Hufpo.  Andrew Sullivan is on the roundtable segment to diss team Hillary and the Rudytoots equally, while Cokie is likely on simply to bash all of the Republicans except Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee, whom she approves of.  Go figure.  That pairing does not bode well for Hukcabee or his followers.  Jon Karl is on to carry the anti-war water and George Will is on just to bash all other conservatives in general.

The Saturday shows have settled into their new time slots, but I'm not settled in to watching them yet.  I did catch the final couple of minutes of Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC where he was talking with Howard Kurtz about his latest book, this one on the demise of the network evening news shows.  What little I saw was talk about the blogs and how they've ruined the gig by daring to point out the bias and errors of the once infallible anchors.  That was also the theme for the entire program on Fox News Watch.  Neil was replaced by a lefty from Huffington Post, Jane by a Fox blond info babe (Lonnie Anderson type eye candy) and Cal by a guy from NRO.  Jim and the host stayed in place as the "old media" part of the discussion.  They spent almost half the show explaining what a blog is.  That tells you what they think the intelligence level of their audience is.  The Beltway Boys was supposed to cover "success in Iraq" and the lack of recognition of it by the Dhimmicrats, along with a discussion of Obama's "mistake" of actually talking about his youthful drug use (the mistake was letting it be captured on tape, since he'd already written about it in his book).  I'll see if I can bring myself to watch the re-run late tonight or first thing tomorrow.  The Journal Editorial Report goes off into strange territory for them, the recent news about "superbug" germs causing problems in several communities around the country.  Not exactly the usual type of topic for this show.  Do you suppose Rupert is already beginning to affect content and editorial interests at the Wall Street Journal?
 

So, in sum, it's a combination this week of the horse race and loudly proclaiming Bush's "miserable failures" in the GWOT, particularly Iraq.  The horse race is still very much on and finally beginning to catch the attention of the public.  The media has settled on who they are backing and who they want to defeat and will be spinning frantically to try to insure their desired outcome in the various races.  They are in danger of losing control of the narrative in Iraq so they want to turn to other aspects of the war on terror to push back against a growing perception that we might actually be winning.  They can't have that.

We'll see how Fred does with Wallace.  Those of us either for Fred or not committed yet to some other candidate seemed to think he did really well last week with incurious George, but his critics (and they are many, particularly in the MSM) are still sticking to their prewritten narrative.  And with two weeks of no actual politicians, either presidential candidates, Senators, members of Congress or otherwise, is Russert being boycotted?  Has team Clinton put out the word that appearing on MTP (except designated surrogates) will earn the wrath of the President in waiting?  I have to believe that if that were the case that the word would have gotten out somehow, but you never know.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

* this is related to one of Niven's Laws - the actual law is "Never waste calories," which he explains by saying "Potato chips, candy, whipped cream, or a hot fudge sundae may involve you, your dietician, your wardrobe, and other factors. But FP's Law implies: Don't eat soggy potato chips, or cheap candy, or fake whipped cream, or an inferior hot fudge sundae."  And Niven makes a mean Irish Coffee so I think he knows where of he speaks.
 

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For November 24, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • This is the last time you'll hear anything about "success in Iraq" - the narrative is now about failure in the GWOT - you heard it here first
  • Obama is toast - he must not be allowed to overtake the Hildabeast - it is imperative
• Topics:
  • Fresh evidence the U.S. troop surge in Iraq is working. Will Democrats change their tune?
  • Barack Obama talks about his past drug use with a bunch of high school kids. Will this help or hurt his campaign?
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2 and 11:30 p.m. ET and Sunday at 6:30 a.m.

Tim Russert's Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • no doubt somebody selling some book that makes Bush look bad (still no listing for this week, and the show's been over for hours)
• Topics:
  • Howard Kurtz Reality Show
• Guests
  • Howard Kurtz
    • Author Reality Show
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • We think they're complete frauds and prove it week after week - do you suppose they've noticed?
• Topics:
  • SPECIAL EDITION: The brave new world of blogs
    • How powerful are they? Are they substance or just vapor?
    • The top five most influential blogs
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Perspective is everything
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Germ Expansionism
    • "Superbugs" and how to develop more antibiotics to beat them
    • The solution for airline travel woes
    • Rock 'n' roll's new capitalists
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Attack of the superbugs: Just how serious a public health threat are infections like MRSA?
    • Spending your Thanksgiving weekend at the airport? Why are there so many delays and what can be done about them?
• Guests
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • How McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney are ruining the whole world
  • It's a done deal, a lock for Hillary... bank on it
  • It's not a done deal or a lock for Hillary, you know.  You shouldn't put any money on her winning.
  • Bob Shrum: "Let me tell you how to lose this thing, I'm good at that."
• Topics:
  • Decision 2008:
    • With less than 40 days until the Iowa caucuses, the presidential nomination is up for grabs -- on both sides of the aisle. We will get insights and analysis into the race for the White House with four of the sharpest minds in politics today:
• Guests
  • Democrat strategists:
    • James Carville
      • Political pundit and consultant | web site
      • Two P's of politics in play (Stockton Record, CA - Nov 23, 2007)
      • Ken Bode How not to cover a campaign (Indianapolis Star - Nov 23, 2007)
      • Questions About Carville and CNN (New York Times - Nov 16, 2007)
      • CNN To Do Better Job of Disclosing Carville-Clinton Connection (mediabistro.com, NY - Nov 17, 2007)
      • Kos' Curious Attack On James Carville (National Journal, DC - Nov 16, 2007)
      • A Clinton Friend’s Role Sets Off Intense Criticism of CNN and a Re-examination (New York Times - Nov 16, 2007)
      • Hillary-Backer Carville Set To Appear On Sunday's Meet The Press -- Without Any Obama Or Edwards Backers (Talking Points Memo, NY - Nov 20, 2007)
      • Political odd couple Carville and Matalin speak at Mercer function (Macon Telegraph, GA - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Bob Shrum
      • Political pundit, former political consultant
      • NYU Wagner Senior Fellow | Bio
      • Author, No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
      • For Edwards, a Relationship That Never Quite Fit (New York Times - Nov 21, 2007)
      • Kerry & Edwards spar over '04... (The Nation., NY - Nov 21, 2007)
  • Republican strategists:
    • Mary Matalin
      • Political pundit, political consultant | Web site | Bio
      • Mary Matalin Q&A (Macon Telegraph, GA - Nov 8, 2007)
      • A Scooter Matalin Carville Halloween (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 31, 2007)
      • Head of 'The House' (Washington Post - Nov 12, 2007)
      • The Leading Ladies of Influence (Town Hall, DC - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Mike Murphy
      • Founding principal and member of the Executive Committee of Navigators | Web site | Bio
      • What Happened to Liking the Candidate You Support? (Washington Post - Nov 21, 2007)
      • NH SENATOR ENDORSES ROMNEY (MSNBC - Oct 29, 2007)
      • Hillary At 60 (CBS News, NY - Oct 26, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • The coming end of the Bush doctrine and the "healing" of our country's image in the rest of the world
  • Will Zinni be Hillary's VP?
  • Why we're losing the War on Terror (pay no attention to your lying eyes - we're losing, get it through your stubborn head)
  • How McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney are ruining the whole world
• Topics:
  • US foreign policy (failures)
• Guests
  • General Anthony Zinni, United States Marine, retired
    • Think tank: us needs to shift to "smart power" (Xinhua, China - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Change 'war on terror' policy, says study (MSNBC - Nov 6, 2007)
    • US focus on 'terror war' sinks image to all-time low: report (AFP - Nov 6, 2007)
    • The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America’s Military (Registan.net, WA - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Neo-consciousness on the couch (NJ Blog, New Jersey - Oct 28, 2007)
    • U.S. At War With Radical Islam (AINA, CA - Nov 19, 2007)
    • Will Cheney and Pelosi Be Partners in Mass Murder? (The People's Voice, TN - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Rice, Hadley to be subpoenaed in pro-Israel lobby spy case (AFP - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Time for a Military Coup (OpEdNews, PA - Nov 20, 2007)
    • Talking number twos (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Prediction Time (National Review Online, NY - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Are pakistan's nukes in safe hands? (TIME - Nov 7, 2007)
    • US worried about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal (Indian Muslims, CA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Former US officials form genocide task force (Earthtimes, UK - Nov 13, 2007)
    • Secretaries Albright and Cohen Should be Removed from Genocide Task Force (Huffington Post, NY - Nov 20, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Chris Wallace will attempt to put a stake into Fred's heart in a Van Helsing imitation - the MSM has decided he's not their guy, so he must die
  • How McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney are ruining the whole world
  • Why we're losing the War on Terror (pay no attention to your lying eyes - we're losing, get it through your stubborn head)
  • And since no one pays attention to this part of the show... a repeat of the "Power Player" (and ABC's "Voices") segment from November 4th on this holiday weekend!  More AIDS pandering with a gorgeous actress!  Woo hoo!
• Topics:
  • Choosing the President series: Fred Thompson
    • Once the great hope for conservative voters, the former Tennessee senator found himself in the top tier even before entering the race
    • Now, with the Iowa caucuses closing in, his numbers are slipping.
    • As he tries to convince the party faithful that he's still their man, he will unveil his plan to reduce taxes
  • A progress report on the war in Iraq with two key senators from the Armed Services Committee
    • What's the situation on the ground?
    • How will Congress move forward?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • The Bush administration tries again for Mideast peace, as leaders from the region head to Annapolis next week
  • Power Player of the Week:
    • Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ashley Judd helps fight a global epidemic (it's AIDS, as if you didn't know)
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Former Senator Fred Thompson, Republican - Tennessee
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Thompson Takes On Giuliani Over Guns (New York Times - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Thompson has always hit his mark (The Oregonian - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Dour Thompson Says I'm "Just Fred' (The Associated Press - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Poll: Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson Tied for Republican Lead in South Carolina (Associated Content, CO - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Poll: Hillary Clinton Trails Three Republicans in Alabama, but Gap is Closing (Associated Content, CO - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson on Supreme Court decision to hear DC Gun Ban case (Buckeye Firearms Association, OH - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson lining up Illinois delegates (Chicago Tribune - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Thompson aiming at Romney, Giuliani with trip to SC gun show (WIS, SC - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Revitalized Thompson Ready To Surge (CBS News, NY - Nov 20, 2007)
    • Tennesseans didn't like Al in 2000; but Fred Thompson is a candidate they like (KC Community News, KS - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Thompson advocates conservative principles (DesMoinesRegister.com - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Candidates' Stances on Social Security (The Associated Press - Nov 24, 2007)
  • Senator Carl Levin, Dhimmicrat - Michiganistan
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Armed Services Committee chairman
    • US Sen. Carl Levin Defends Democrats' Latest Iraq Proposal (Fox 28, IN - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Carl Levin: Levin Floor Statement on Iraq Bridge Funding Bill (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Nov 19, 2007)
    • Levin's Stock-Options Tax Bill Careens Off-Track: Graef Crystal (Bloomberg - Nov 14, 2007)
    • Carl Levin: Levin, Stabenow Hail Senate Override of President’s Veto of Water Resources Bill (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Dems Bill on Iraq Wouldn't End War (The Associated Press - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Levin urges caution on Iran, UN nuclear watchdog criticizes US talk (WTOL, OH - Oct 28, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Admits Cluelessness (Little Green Footballs - Noc 23, 2007)
    • Still Stumbling on National Security (TIME - Nov 20, 2007)
    • Senators press for way to collect back taxes from Medicaid providers (WKBT, WI - Nov 14, 2007)
    • Michigan Supreme Court lets presidential primary go forward (WOOD-TV, MI - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Dems Still "Trying" to Halt Iraq War (The Van Der Galiën Gazette, Netherlands - Nov 19, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican (sometimes) - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Armed Services committee
    • SC Republican to challenge Graham in '08 Senate GOP primary (WIS, SC - Nov 19, 2007)
    • Lindsey Graham Gets GOP Primary Challenger (CBS News, NY - Nov 13, 2007)
    • SC attorney, political newcomer to run as Democrat for US senate (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Graham says border-security measure yanked from defense bill (Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 6, 2007)
    • What is Lindsey Graham talking about? (The Carpetbagger Report - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Graham may seek to pull plug on Maliki (The Hill, DC - Nov 14, 2007)
    • Follow up on surge success (Charleston Post Courier, SC - Nov 20, 2007)
    • New law cuts $3B for border security (FCW.com, VA - Nov 13, 2007)
    • A fig leaf for Lindsey Graham and John McCain (Power Line, MN - Oct 31, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • Robert Redford Bashes Al Gore (FOX News - Nov 23, 2007)
      • Rough Politics Over Some of Sen. Feinstein's Votes (FOX News - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • Editor of the Weekly Standard
      • Not-So-Great Generation (The Weekly Standard - Nov 17, 2007)
      • Kristol: McCain and Iowa, Cont. (The Weekly Standard Campaign Standard blog - Nov 19, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • 'Barack Stars' Work to Win Iowa's Youth, Seniors (NPR All Things Considered - Nov 15, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • Health Care Initiative a Learning Moment for Clinton (NPR All Things Considered - Nov 7, 2007) Note: page has article plus link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Week Brings Positive News for Bush, Huckabee (NPR Morning Edition, Nov 23, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • Week in Politics: Clinton on the Attack (NPR Day to Day, Nov 16, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
  • Power Player of the Week: Ashley Judd
    • Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee
    • Sush, the samaritan (Times of India, India - Nov 23, 2007)
    • November 16, 2007: News Bites (UCLA Asia Institute, CA - Nov 16, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • OK, this Huckabee guy is way too religious and a fanatic on abortion, but everything else seems fine with the MSM... and you say he's a Republican?
  • How McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney are ruining the whole world
  • How McChimpy Bushitler invented partisanship and ruined Washington
  • Peace in our time!  Peace in our time!  Really!  Oh stop laughing.  Oh, you're not laughing, your crying.  Sorry 'bout that.
• Topics:
  • With the Iowa caucus only six weeks away, who will pull ahead in the Republican race? (hint, hint, look at the guest list)
  • The status of the political situation in Iraq
• Guests
  • Former Governor Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Huckabee earning more than laughs on Republican campaign trail (The Canadian Press - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee on Iowa Polls, US Economy and Taxes (FOX News - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Folksy Huckabee wins over Iowa Republicans (Independent - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Huckabee: I'm Against Illegal Immigration, But I'm Not A Lunatic About It (TPMElectionCentral.com, NY - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Immigration Hangover? (Political Punch blog, ABC News - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Huckabee Rising (Forbes, NY - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Summary: Huckabee Rides Surge in Iowa (The Associated Press - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Word of mouth boosts 'Huck' in Iowa polls (Washington Times - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Five Things Mike Huckabee Doesn't Want You to Know About Him (AlterNet, CA - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Examining Mike Huckabee's Fiscal Record: It's Very Un-Republican (Mother Jones - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Huckabee Tacky or Crooked? (Free Market News Network, FL - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Huckabee: I'm the toughest on abortion (Examiner.com - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris -- Perfect Together? (Washington Post - Nov 20, 2007)
    • Candidates' Stances on Social Security (The Associated Press - Nov 24, 2007)
  • Ayad Allawi
    • Former Iraqi Prime Minister
    • Maliki thrown a political lifeline (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Backing an Iraqi Leader Again, This Time for a Fee (New York Times - Oct 28, 2007)
    • How Iraq’s Elections Set Back Democracy (New York Times - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Allawi: Iran’s meddling is a tangible reality in Iraq (NCR-Iran.org, UK - Nov 22, 2007)
    • The anti-Tehran awakening in Iraq (NCR-Iran.org - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Allawi for tough steps on sectarian violence in Iraq (Gulf Times, Qatar - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Who killed David Kelly? (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 22, 2007)
    • A tragicomedy of errors (The Phoenix, MA - Nov 20, 2007)
  • Ron Brownstein
    • Columnist, National Journal
    • Author, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
    • ‘Meet the Press’ transcript for Nov. 18, 2007 (MSNBC - Nov 18, 2007)
    • Three Words For the Next President (Washington Post - Nov 22, 2007)
    • Looking for Grown-Ups to Send to Washington (The Moderate Voice - Nov 22, 2007)
    • GOP Lunacy (CBS News - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Divided Over Uniting (National Journal - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Do Many Political Reporters Not Have Brains? (Huffington Post, NY - Nov 13, 2007)
  • Miri Eisin
    • Israeli spokeswoman | web site | Profile
    • High price of failure raises urgency of Mideast peace conference (PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Israel welcomes Arab participation in US peace meet (Focus News, Bulgaria - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Hamas urges Arabs not to normalise ties with Israel (Africasia, UK - Nov 23, 2007)
  • Saeb Erekat
    • Chief Palestinian negotiator | Bio
    • Erekat still optimistic about Annapolis (PRESS TV, Iran - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Hamas: Annapolis historical chance for failure (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Defeating the demagogues (Ynetnews, Israel - Nov 24, 2007)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • How McChimpy Bushitler and Darth Cheney are ruining the whole world
  • John McCain is too still a viable candidate!  We, the MSM, say so!
  • Bill Richardson, the loony left candidate for those who can't bring themselves to embrace Dennis Kucinich
  • Why we're losing the War on Terror (pay no attention to your lying eyes - we're losing, get it through your stubborn head)
  • Since when is it policy that every appearance by a Republican must generate equal time for a Democrat to "answer" them?  Hmmmm?
  • The MSM is beginning to realize that none of the candidates (that they promote) are attractive to American citizens - what a concept!
• Topics:
  • An interview with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
    • His Thanksgiving trip to Iraq
    • What he has to say about the impact of the troop surge
    • His campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Bill Richardson, N.M., responds to McCain and discusses his plan to end the war
  • Voices segment: actress Marlo Thomas
    • Her "Thanks and Giving" campaign to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • New Hampshire voters have reason for thanks (Concord Monitor, NH - Nov 24, 2007)
    • 'Jobs Americans Won't Do?' (NewsByUs, ID - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Republican Role Reversal (Washington Post - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Mark Steyn: GOP looks like the party of diverse ideas (OCRegister, CA - Nov 24, 2007)
    • For both parties, Iowa is a key win (Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Conservatives lose voice on 'The View' (Orlando Sentinel, FL - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Candidates' Stances on Social Security (The Associated Press - Nov 24, 2007)
  • Governor Bill Richardson, Democrat - New Mexico
    • New Mexico Governor's web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • An Edwards collapse in Iowa? (The Carpetbagger Report - Nov 24, 2007)
    • New Hampshire voters have reason for thanks (Concord Monitor, NH - Nov 24, 2007)
    • More corn, more critics (Daily Herald, UT - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Polis: Private security firms risky in Iraq (Rocky Mountain News, CO - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Syndicated columnists sound off (Daily Camera, CO - Nov 24, 2007)
    • Who Needs Experience? (Washington Post - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Shields and Brooks Mull '08 Race, Pace of Economy (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Nov 23, 2007)
    • Talking number twos (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 23, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • Andrew Sullivan
      • Between Fear and Loathing (The Daily Dish - Nov 23, 2007)
      • Goodbye to All That (The Atlantic - Nov 21, 2007)
    • Jon Karl
      • ABC News Pentagon correspondent
      • Interview (of Condi Rice) by Jon Karl of ABC News (ABC News via State.GOV - Sep 12, 2006)
    • Cokie Roberts
      • Roberts: Running right and running wrong (MetroWest Daily News, MA - Nov 16, 2007)
    • George Will
      • George Will: 'Heroic conservatism' a mislabeled, misdirected goal (San Antonio Express, TX - Nov 23, 2007)
  • Voices segment
    • Actress Marlo Thomas
• ABC This Week comment web page

Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 18 November 2007

Here 's this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### Busted! - AP's lies -> on Military desertion. Their reporting is slanted, incomplete, selective, and inaccurate and has a demoralizing effect on the public which in turn makes it difficult to recruit an army so that we can defend ourselves.  Is it any wonder what the nation has stopped buying newspapers and turned off the TV?

###### Journalism Professor(!)'s Column Canned -> because of Plagiarism.

###### MSM's Refusal to hold U.N Accountable! 866 Violations of Safety Requirements so far. Bloomberg threatens halting visits to U.N. headquarters by School Children.

###### Are Reporters Doomed? -> Guardian Editor's Fear. Citizen journalism is here to stay. "The reporter will struggle to be heard over the cacophony of a 1000 other voices. Politicians will no longer fear us. And if that day comes, I'm afraid it really will be the end of the reporter."

###### Al-Jazeera 'Balanced' -> says NYTimes Columnist. No surprise there. The writer who exposes it is Rick Moran - brother of ABC's Terry Moran.

###### Ombudsman Scolds NYTimes! for not banning analyst who lied to investors.

###### Dan Rather interviewed, Saddam died! Now, Castro rebukes Rather in Cuba.

###### Low Death Toll Is News, too says Politico's Richard Benedetto.

###### Friendly Fire in the WH! -> WH Press Corpse, that is. Fight was about whether they 're stenographers or reporters (From accusations like they're 'an extension of the Clinton spin machine' to its 'meekness' in covering the Bush presidency).

###### UnReported Poll by MSM 75% of Americans don't care about Hollywood writers strike.

###### USA Today to Cut 45 Newsroom Jobs, says revenue has not kept pace. Free papers to Hotel rooms to show bogus circulation #s have consequences too.

###### Paging MSM! - WashPost Kitchen Closed! -> because of HEALTH CODE VIOLATIONS.

###### CNN & "Planet In Peril" -> Do as we say, Not as we do.

###### Rove & Markos in Newsweek -> Two peas in a pod.

B u z z .......

*** U.S. Navy launches -> new online TV network.

*** Victor Davis Hanson received the National Humanities Medal from President Bush.

*** President & Mrs. Bush will be interviewed by ABC's Charlie Gibson @ Camp David on Tuesday to be aired on ABC World News Nightly.

*** Republican Candidates REFUSED to appear on December 4 Iowa Republican debate by Fox, citing "scheduling conflicts" so it got cancelled. (Actions & Consequences).

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Ronald Brownstein, LA Times E.J. Dionne, the Washington Post Gwen Ifill, PBS Byron York, the National Review Chuck Todd, NBC News CBS's "Face the Nation" Presidential candidate former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C) Jeanne Cummings, Politico Fox News Sunday Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-AR Defense attorney Billy Martin

CNN "Late Edition" Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Presidential candidate former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C) ABC's "This Week" Presidential candidate former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) Author Kayce Freed Jennings

This week Wolfe Blitzer played the anti-Russert and restored the veneer of Hillary's inevitability claim in the debate by carefully shielding her from tough questions and turning on her "mean" rivals.  Now the MSM is free to concentrate on bringing down those they truly want to eliminate from the playing field to leave things clear for their "anointed ones."  The MSM have grown used to their position as the true constituency of the Washington politicians and they wanted to remind everyone of their power.  I feel, for example, that Fred Thompson's public statements that he refused to run a campaign by their rules singled him out for particular scorn by the ruling elites in the MSM.  They quickly constructed a narrative and have been merciless in spinning every news item to fit it.  On many of the other candidates the narrative is shifting as the competing drives for the desired outcome and the need to keep the interest of the viewers change in importance, thus the last two weeks for Her Thighness and the seemingly contrarian rise of Huckabee in the Republican contest.   But the powers that think they are don't want these trends to go too far and this week they dialed it back a bit to try to restore their carefully constructed "status quo" narrative.

NBC Meet The Press and Tim Russert take a breather after the back to back to back appearances of Obama, Thompson and Dodd (plus an appearance by Colbert to round things out) and the "notorious" performance by Russert at the Democrat debate (the right wing cad!).  Instead of a big name newsmaker they offer up an extended talking head roundtable to do a "state of the campaigns" round up.  If you take a look at the political leanings of the assembled media mavens you get a pretty good cross section of the MSM (5 left and 1 center slightly right).  Perhaps appropriately they are also celebrating the 60th anniversary of the show.  Sixty years of left of center bias.  May their era come to a swift close.

In our area CBS Face The Nation is up next and old Bob brings us the first of two appearances by the silky pony himself, John Edwards.  The amount of pandering this monster is doing to the bigotry of the hard left is staggering.  What's even more remarkable is that there apparently seems to be universal disdain for him from those he seeks to cater to.  Every once in a while there is clear evidence of a benevolent God.

Next for us in Memphis is Fox News Sunday, bringing us the (presumed) glory that is Mike Huckabee, he that the MSM seems to have been so enamored of the last few weeks.  There are plenty here on FR who honestly support and promote the ex-Governor or Arkansas.  There are also plenty of folks, here and elsewhere, who have serious doubts about significant parts of his worldview, not least of which are his views of limited government, taxation, federalism and several other issues important to me on principle.  I will say here that I understand the surface appeal of Huckabee to those here who support him.  I also emphatically state that I will actively support him over ANY of the potential Dhimmicrat nominees, as I will support Rudy, Romney or just about any of the other Republicans (except moonbat Ron Paul), however (you knew there was a "however") I am conceerned by some of the things I have found out about his background and worldview.  I'll be interested to see if his supporters address those questions/

CNN Late Edition is next in our market and they appear to be abandoning their "no one from the US" theme for at least half of this week's headline with only John "silk pony" Edwards and the PM of Japan on their advertised lineup.  I guess one could argue that a trial lawyer isn't strictly speaking an American, but then one could also argue that a trial lawyer isn't a member of the human species... but I won't go there (for now).  The session with the Japanese PM seems intent on proving that relations between the US and Japan are on the skids, but I have a feeling that isn't even remotely related to reality.  Then, of course, they move on to the viability of John Edwards as a presidential candidate.  Do I detect a them here?

This week marks a likely break in my format for this thread.  Life appears to be increasingly interfering with my ability to post this before the Saturday shows air, particularly with the seemingly random moves of these shows to earlier times.  More than that I have grown less and less enamored of these shows, with the noted exception of the Journal Editorial Report.  We'll see if I cover the rest of them in the future.  Having said that, here's the assessment of the Saturday shows (long past) for this week.  The Beltway Boys concentrated on this weeks theme of Hillary as the "comeback kid 2."  I'm sorry, I should have included a barf alert in that comment.  Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC did provide a preview of this weeks Meet The Press (while pimping for not one but two books) with authors who both condemn partisanship and imply (or outright state) that it was invented by George W. Bush.  Fox News Watch emphasizes the failings of these programs with some of the most mindless and trivial pabulum when they should be covering the momentous collapse of their profession (shhh... don't tell them... maybe they haven't noticed).  The aforementioned Journal Editorial Report has an interesting high end CEO counterpoint to the MSM darling Warren Buffet along with discussions of the issue of illegal aliens and drivers licenses as well as notice of the Goracles cashing in by selling out.  Gee, actual analysis of issues that are significant to the furtherance of human civilization.  What a concept!

I'm obviously well behind this week (so what's new?) and playing catch up.  I feel that this week is a conscious attempt by the powers that (want to) be (or think they already are) in the MSM to move back to their preferred narrative of Hillary as the inevitable nominee and eventual President.  I also feel that this week may mark a tipping point in the perception of the ability of the old media to dictate the narrative.  That means that I'm particularly interested in the narrative that comes out of this weekends shows, not only within the DBM but also the conclusions of the blogosphere.  Are we going to fall in line with the preferred perceptions of 30 rock, the Kosaks and their ilk or will we define a different and more persuasive "narrative" that will take hold?  This weekend has the potential for rearranging the conventional wisdom of this coming election.  Which reality will prevail, the one being promoted by the MSM or the real reality?

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up!
  • Wow, what a concept!  The Republican candidates actually noticed that the people are concerned about illegal immigration!  Will wonders never cease?
• Topics:
  • Hillary Clinton faces another round of attacks from her Democratic rivals — how did she do this time around?
  • The Republican presidential race gets feisty over immigration issue
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays 2 pm and 11:30 pm ET and Sundays 6:30 am ET (Note - this appears to be a permanent new time slot)

Tim Russert's Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Ron Brownstein, a typical liberal reporter, believes that politics is mean and too partisan and that it's all George W. Bush's fault
  • And now here's Michael Gerson, a real conservative, who agrees, but also blames it on how mean and immoral conservatives are
  • Lil Timmah is deeply... pleased
• Topics:
  • The authors of two books about partisanship in Washington discuss the topic (and promote their books)
• Guests
  • Ronald Brownstein
    • National Journal
    • Los Angeles Times national affairs columnist | Bio
    • Author, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
    • Divided Over Uniting (National Journal via Los Angeles Time - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Partisanship: America's Second Civil War? (NPR The Bryant Park Project, Nov 16, 2007) Note: page includes article and link to audio
    • THE SECOND CIVIL WAR (New York Times (book review) - Nov 12, 2007)
    • Extreme Politics (New York Times Sunday Book Review - Nov 10, 2007)
    • With us or against us (Economist, UK (book review) - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Bill Clinton Gives Advice on Presidential Role (New York Times Politics Blog - Nov 12, 2007)
    • America has a persuadable center, but neither party appeals to it. (Washington Post - Oct 27, 2007)
  • Michael Gerson
    • Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow | Bio
    • Former speech writer for George W. Bush
    • author of Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail If They Don't)
    • Gersonism Unveiled (National Review Online, NY - Nov 15, 2007)
    • After the vetoes (Bangor Daily News, ME - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Gerson sees ‘development of one secular party and one religious party’ (The Carpetbagger Report - Nov 2, 2007)
    • With Book, Gerson Is Back To Fight for gop's Identity (Washington Post - Oct 30, 2007)
    • What Compassionate Conservatism Did (Atlantic Online - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Conservative's book worth taking time to read (News-Leader.com, MO - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Does the GOP Need a Face-Lift? (Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - Nov 7, 2007)
• Tim Russert Show on MSNBC airs Saturday at noon and 6 pm ET, Sunday at 2 am & noon ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • "The questions get tougher?"  Not on CNN, at least not for Hillary!  What a joke!
  • OK, they're seriously asking with (radical secular humanist atheist) reporters are critical of something the Pope does (notice, they didn't use caps)
  • Oh, goody!  O. J. Simpson is back in court! (endless tabloid barf alert!)
• Topics:
  • Campaign Coverage: The questions get tougher
  • Coming to America: Why are the media already critical of the pope's upcoming trip to the U.S.?
  • O.J.'s Courtroom Sequel: What will the media make of it?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2:30 pm ET (Note - this appears to be a permanent new time slot)
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • No, greed is NOT good, but enlightened self interest is.
  • OK, what part of "they're illegal" can't you understand?
  • The Goracle cashes in... big time!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: License to Drive
    • An interview with the CEO of Cypress Semiconductor on taxes, entrepreneurship and U.S. competitiveness
    • A debate on licenses for illegal aliens
    • Al Gore takes Silicon Valley.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Billionaire Warren Buffett says Congress should raise his taxes. But are there costs to soaking the rich?
    • Al Gore's new gig: Is he a venture capitalist or Washington lobbyist?
• Guests
  • T.J. Rodgers
    • Cypress Semiconductor CEO | Bio
    • Cypress Semiconductor CEO’s big payday… (San Jose Mercury News - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Cypress posts record sales due to solar (EETimes.com - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Cypress Semiconductor 3Q profit soars (BusinessWeek - Oct 18, 2007)
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 pm and Sunday at 6 am ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Ron Brownstein, a typical liberal reporter, believes that politics is mean and too partisan and that it's all George W. Bush's fault
  • And now here's three other reporters even further left who agree, but also blame it on how mean and immoral conservatives are
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up!
  • Now a reporter for a conservative rag who doesn't think the nomination is such a foregone conclusion... at least for the Republicans
• Topics:
  • Decision 2008 heats up with 46 days to the Iowa caucuses:
    • A political roundtable with insights & analysis on the race for the White House
  • A special look back at the 60 years of Meet the Press -- the longest-running program in television history
• Guests
  • Ron Brownstein
    • National Journal
    • Los Angeles Times national affairs columnist | Bio
    • Author, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
    • Divided Over Uniting (National Journal via Los Angeles Time - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Partisanship: America's Second Civil War? (NPR The Bryant Park Project, Nov 16, 2007) Note: page includes article and link to audio
    • THE SECOND CIVIL WAR (New York Times (book review) - Nov 12, 2007)
    • Extreme Politics (New York Times Sunday Book Review - Nov 10, 2007)
    • With us or against us (Economist, UK (book review) - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Bill Clinton Gives Advice on Presidential Role (New York Times Politics Blog - Nov 12, 2007)
    • America has a persuadable center, but neither party appeals to it. (Washington Post - Oct 27, 2007)
  • E.J Dionne
    • The Washington Post
    • Billions for Guns, Vetoes for Butter (Washington Post - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Think Again: Liberals and Veterans: Welcome Back (Center for American Progress - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Breaking from political orthodoxy (Statesman Journal, OR - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Rudy's Red Sox Romance (Washington Post - Oct 30, 2007)
    • OUR SIDE STILL DOESN’T GET IT! Why are Republicans on the attack? (The Daily Howler - Oct 30, 2007)
    • The Press And The Dems (CBS News, NY - Oct 30, 2007)
  • Gwen Ifill
    • PBS, "Washington Week" & the "NewsHour"
    • Pakistan's Political Unrest Prompts Questions About Nuclear Arsenal (PBS Online News Hour (transcript) - Nov 13, 2007)
    • Fewer Mortar, Rocket Attacks in Iraq, US Military Says (PBS Online News Hour (transcript) - Nov 13, 2007)
    • Candidate Endorsements Start Shaping Conservatives' Role in '08 Race (PBS Online News Hour (transcript) - Nov 7, 2007)
    • The I-Man Cometh (Back), Will Advertisers? (MediaPost Publications, New York - Nov 5, 2007)
  • Byron York
    • White House Correspondent, National Review
    • Democrats Drowning In Hypocrisy (CBS News, NY - Nov 1, 2007)
    • The Rap Against Huckabee (National Review Online, NY - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Club vs Huck (Washington Post - Nov 8, 2007)
    • The Race Rudy Will Run (National Review Online, NY - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Can Rudy Convince the Skeptics? (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Nov 8, 2007)
    • The GOP’s Wide-Open Race (National Review Online, NY - Oct 22, 2007)
    • The Year of Flawed Candidates (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Nov 13, 2007)
  • Chuck Todd
    • NBC News
    • Political Director, NBC News
    • QUICK POST-DEBATE IMPRESSIONS (MSNBC First Read - Nov 15, 2007)
    • FIRST THOUGHTS: VIVA LAS VEGAS (MSNBC First Read - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Iowa Pollsters Pushing or Pulling? (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Nov 14, 2007)
    • The Suicide Strategy (Not) (Huffington Post, NY - Nov 8, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up, didn't she?
  • You are mean to that poor little girl, Mr. Edwards.  You should apologize... or maybe sue yourself...
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Former Senator John Edwards, Democrat - North Carolina
    • Democrat/trial lawyer presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Obama, Edwards throw jabs, NY senator fires back for 1st time (Baltimore Sun - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Edwards, dismissively to Kucinich: "Cute, Dennis." (The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Sat. Nov. 17: Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich Discuss Climate Policy (WorldChanging - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Las Vegas Smackdown? Nah, Clinton, Obama and Edwards Play to a Draw (Mother Jones, CA - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Edwards hits the pavement with striking writers (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Mr. Edwards goes to the picket line (World Socialist Web Site - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Readers Write: John Edwards' Plan to Get Serious About Healthcare (AlterNet, CA - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Edwards camp: nafta's no laughing matter (MSNBC - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Edwards campaign struggles but gains speed (KCRG, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Nov 14, 2007)
  • Jeanne Cummings
    • The Politico, Chief Money & Lobbying Correspondent
    • Money Woes Keep GOP Worried About 2008 (CBS News, NY - Nov 13, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

Just a comment about CBS FTN's web site - could they be any more minimal?  What, do they pay their web folks by the word?  Maybe it's by the letter since they abbreviated 2008.  Goodness!

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Huckabee rising!  Well, maybe not, but it sure makes for more exciting reporting that way, and we can't stand Fred because he doesn't genuflect to the MSM
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up!
  • Right now, it looks like it's either Clinton or Giuliani next year.  Of course a high power defense attorney is the "power player of the week."
• Topics:
  • An interview with Mike Huckabee
    • The latest polls in Iowa show him closing the gap with leading Republican candidate in that state, Mitt Romney
    • He's has barely been on the radar in most national polls, but could this Republican dark horse use a win in Iowa, or even a second place finish, to catapult him to the national stage?
    • How will he withstand the extra scrutiny that comes along with his bump in the polls?
    • A closer look at the former Governor's policies and past
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Hillary Clinton fights back against her two chief rivals in the latest debate
    • A blow by blow in the race for the Democratic nomination
  • Power Player of the Week:
    • one of D.C.'s top criminal defense attorneys, currently representing embattled Idaho Senator Larry Craig and Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Mike Huckabee
    • Former Arkansas governor
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Republican Race in Iowa Still Unsettled (The Associated Press - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee On His Chances of Getting the GOP Nomination (FOX News - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee: Pro-Life, Pro-Family Republican Presidential Nominee (Lifesite - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Huckabee's White House bid gets evangelical boost in Bellevue (Seattle Times - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Huckabee Stands By a Televangelist (TIME - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Huckabee continues to court religious voters (USA Daily - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Day One In The Major League, And Huckabee Whiffs (Atlantic Online - Nov 15, 2007)

    • Stop the Romney/Huckabee Cat Fight! Here’s the Fix for Illegal Immigration (North Star Writers Group, MI - Nov 15, 2007)

    • The Rap Against Huckabee (National Review Online, NY - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Club vs Huck (Washington Post - Nov 8, 2007)
  • Power Player of the Week
    • Defense attorney Billy Martin | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Michael Vick fires one of his attorneys (Atlanta Journal Constitution - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Feds: Snipes hid millions overseas (Ocala.com, FL - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Sen. Craig hired lawyer before his arrest in sex sting (KPAX-TV, MT - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Craig's timing raises men's room sex sting-related questions (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 26, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Majority Leader Reid's Latest Tactics (FOX News - Nov 16, 2007)
      • 'Special Report' Panel on the Huckabee Campaign, Politics, and Elections (FOX News - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • 'Barack Stars' Work to Win Iowa's Youth, Seniors (NPR All Things Considered - Nov 15, 2007) Note: page includes link to audio
      • Health Care Initiative a Learning Moment for Clinton (NPR All Things Considered - Nov 7, 2007) Note: page includes article and  link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Week in Politics: Clinton on the Attack (NPR Day to Day - Nov 16, 2007) Note: page includes link to audio
      • Democratic Presidential Debate Set for Las Vegas (NPR Morning Edition - Nov 15, 2007) Note: page includes article and  link to audio
    • Charles Krauthammer
      • Syndicated columnist - Washington Post
      • Alliances In Ruins? (Washington Post - Nov 15, 2007)
      • The Struggle for Pakistan's Future (Townhall.COM - Nov 9, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • So, Mr. Prime Minister, are you going to stand up to Bush or be his Japanese poodle?
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up, didn't she?
  • You are mean to that poor little girl, Mr. Edwards.  You should apologize... or maybe sue yourself...

• Topics:
  • U.S.-Japan relations; North Korea; China
    • An exclusive first ever interview with the Prime Minister of Japan
  • Presidential politics
    • Presidential candidate John Edwards.
• Guests
  • Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
    • Japanese Prime Minister | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Bush, Fukuda discuss nkorea, Afghanistan (AFP - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Japan's Fukuda Faces Tough Job With Bush (The Associated Press - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Bush, Fukuda Agree to Press Iran on Nuclear Weapons (Bloomberg - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Japan's new PM seeks to ease tensions with US (ABC Online - Nov 17, 2007)
    • NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR THREAT / Fukuda to walk diplomatic tightrope in U.S. (The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Japan's opposition to stall 'war on terror' bill (AFP - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Japan's finance minister under fire in scandal (AFP - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Japan minister named in defense scandal hearing (Reuters - Nov 15, 2007)
  • Former Senator John Edwards, Democrat - North Carolina
    • Democrat/trial lawyer presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Obama, Edwards throw jabs, NY senator fires back for 1st time (Baltimore Sun - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Edwards, dismissively to Kucinich: "Cute, Dennis." (The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Sat. Nov. 17: Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich Discuss Climate Policy (WorldChanging - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Las Vegas Smackdown? Nah, Clinton, Obama and Edwards Play to a Draw (Mother Jones, CA - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Edwards hits the pavement with striking writers (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Mr. Edwards goes to the picket line (World Socialist Web Site - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Readers Write: John Edwards' Plan to Get Serious About Healthcare (AlterNet, CA - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Edwards camp: nafta's no laughing matter (MSNBC - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Edwards campaign struggles but gains speed (KCRG, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Nov 14, 2007)

• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • She's back!  OK, maybe that's an exaggeration and she just didn't screw up as bad as last time... but she showed up, didn't she?
  • You're not being mean to your GOP rivals, Mr. Edwards.  You should step it up... or maybe just not be so lazy...
  • So, when are you going to realize that we won't let you win the nomination, Fred?
• Topics:
  • "On the Trail" with former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn
  • Voices segment - Kayce Freed Jennings
    • The legacy of ABC News' Peter Jennings and the new biography, "Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life."
• Guests
  • Former Senator Fred Thompson, Republican - Tennessee
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Thompson Making More Inroads Among Social Conservatives? (CBS News, NY - Nov 17, 2007)
    • Thompson touts support for military in Panhandle rally (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson treads lightly on fellow GOP candidates (New York Daily News - Nov 16, 2007)
    • gop's Thompson: 'Pendulum swinging against us' (Baltimore Sun - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Elon University Poll Shows Thompson Strength (American Thinker - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson Wants 'No Amnesty' (Washington Post - Nov 14, 2007)
    • National Right to Life Committee endorses Fred Thompson (KREN CW 27 TV, NV - Nov 15, 2007)
    • Mitt Romney Backer Accuses Fred Thompson of Bribing Pro-Life Group (LifeNews.com - Nov 14, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson keeps nose to Iowa grind (USA Today - Nov 12, 2007)
  • Roundtable:
    • David Brooks
      • The New York Times
      • Candidates in a Box (New York Times - Nov 15, 2007)
      • In Stealth Battle of NYT Columnists, Brooks Sinks Krugman Over Racist Reagan Claim (NewsBusters - Nov 12, 2007)
    • Donna Brazile
      • Can Clinton Ignore Foes' Criticism? (The Associated Press - Nov 14, 2007)
      • Duane 'Dog' Chapman's Racist Bark (Yahoo! News - Nov 16, 2007)
    • Jake Tapper
      • Pardon Me? (ABC News - Nov 15, 2007)
      • Kerry takes a Swift Boater up on a bet (ABC News - Nov 16, 2007)
    • George Will
      • Unorthodox Campaign Strategies (Townhall.COM - Nov 15, 2007)
      • The CIA Strikes Out with Curveball (Townhall.COM - Nov 11, 2007)
  • Voices segment
    • Kayce Freed Jennings
    • Peter Jennings Widow
• ABC This Week comment web page

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Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 11 November 2007

Here 's this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### Changing Times @ Fox! Important Story goes UNREPORTED. Explains why Tony Snow talking with ABC and "doesn't want to go back to Fox News".

###### German Journalist gets what MSM doesn't! Comeback of a War President. George W. Bush is no lame duck. As a wartime president, Bush dominates the political agenda. He is discreetly influencing his party's choice of presidential candidate while committing his country to an aggressive foreign policy, the effects of which are likely to continue well beyond his term in office. (Worth The Read.)

###### Washington Times, Detroit Free Press and A profile in insobriety?

###### Meeting The Press - Wash.Post concedes! -> George W. Bush is more accessible to the reporters than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

###### MSM's Biased Reporting is The True War Crime In Iraq.

###### A Media Conspiracy -> Of Lying About Iraq.

###### Associated with terrrorists Press' -> 'Grim Milestone' Watch. Associated Press has figured out how to put an anti-war spin on the declining casualty rate in Iraq, as they celebrate yet another grim milestone.

###### Manufacturing the news -> ABC Style! ABC News is engaging in media stage management and Theater of Journalism to expose anti-homosexual bigotry in the South. R I G H T.

###### A Caracas Musharraf! As Pakistan's tightening dictatorship draws global opprobrium, a curious double standard is emerging in Venezuela as democracy gasps its last and celebrities continue to file in. Where's the decency?

###### Many Top Papers Take Big Hits! -> in Circulation, including NYTimes, Wash.Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune.

###### Milwaukee Newspaper to Cut 60 Jobs to avoid losses.

###### Forbes Media has acquired 51% stake in RealClearPolitics.com.

###### Murdoch Influence? -> WSJ.com gain 1 million paid subscribers.

B u z z ......

*** Fareed Zakaria has joined CNN as the host of a weekly international news program.

*** Results Matter! -> Pro-Life and Faith and Cloning and Taxing.

*** Students @ University of Florida invite Alberto Gonzales, paying him $40,000 for his speech.

*** Glenn Beck's -> $50 Million Radio-Contract.

*** Monica Crowley debuts today on the shout-fest "The McLaughlin Report".

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL CBS's "Face the Nation" Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-AR Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX Fox News Sunday Gov. Bill Richardson, D-NM Sen. John McCain, R-AZ Amy Zantzinger, White House social secretary

CNN "Late Edition" Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Ciotola, U.S. Army ABC's "This Week" Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT

The reboot of the campaign coverage continues as Team Clinton fails to stop the bleeding and Rudy's "good friend" Bernie resurfaces in the news with a fresh indictment.  All of a sudden candidates who couldn't beg, borrow or steal air time are getting invites for the Sunday shows.  Some who were long written off are rising from the dead and even the true kooks are being treated seriously.  In fact, the drive by media is warming up to all of the candidates... except for Fred.  There's just something the dinosaur media don't like about him.  Maybe it's because he's publicly said he's not going to play the game according to their rules?

Anyway, the (relative) approach of the Iowa Caucus voting generates a little more interest and they're beginning to take a more concerted look at the field.  Couple that with actual news that involves judgments a president is called on to make and there might even be some real opportunity to learn what kind of leaders these mooks might be.  Or not.  So far almost all of those involved, on both sides of the microphone and cameras, a living down to my lowest expectations.

Lil Timmah Russert on NBC Meet The Press Brings on Hillary's chief rival for their Meet The Candidates series.  Obama has been the chief beneficiary, at least rhetorically, of the troubles in Clintonland.  Even a gaffe like the campaign plane landing in the wrong city, something that could have become iconic and devastating for a struggling campaign, is merely laughed off.  Will Timmah be open and generous to the Illinois Senator or will he be intent on proving that he's not anti-Hillary by being just as tough on Obama?  Since I consider Barack Obama to be an intellectual light weight, and I think the press knows this, I expect the interview to be fairly friendly to him.  The media is interested in stretching out the suspense and building up rivals to the front runners is the best way to do that.  They're in the business of selling our eyeballs to their advertisers and holding the interest of viewers is critical to them.  Presidential elections are to news divisions the equivalent of retailers' Christmas selling season.

CBS Face The Nation squeezes in two Republicans (at least officially) into their half hour.  I think the pairing of Huckabee and Paul is intended to provide a favorable comparison for Huckabee.  It appears that this ex-governor of Arkansas is following his predecessor's trajectory in the media. I get the impression that he's working very hard at pleasing the media and considers them the most important constituency at this point in the campaign.  It will be interesting to me to see how Bob Scheiffer treats him.   Ron Paul, on the other hand, is simply bug house nuts and provides ample opportunity for the press to cover "interesting" stories.  Besides, he's even more anti-war than Dennis Kucinich.  What could possibly please a reporter more?

On Fox News Sunday we also have a twofer, this time with one presidential hopeful from each party.  Or could this be the first meeting of the media's presumed vice presidential candidates?  I doubt they'll be on together, though it's possible.  They do represent nearly opposite ends of the spectrum on thoughts about the war on terror and the use of America's military.  With Richardson tacking left and McCain tacking right it could get interesting, particularly if they are allowed to compare and contrast views on success in Iraq and how to handle Pakistan and Iran.  One thing I expect them to avoid is illegal immigration, where their ideas seems to be much more in tune, with each other and the President, but distinctly out of tune with the growing tide in the vast majority of the voting public.  The roundtable discussion, with Hume, Kristol, Liasson and Williams, is set to talk about the problems for the respective "front runners" in the presidential race along with the latest news from Pakistan.  I'm expecting at least one smack down of Juan and hopefully Brit and Bill will continue the tag team smack downs of the last couple of weeks.  They've been fun.

ABC This Week has Condi Rice on to get lambasted about the "abject failure" of Bush administration foreign policy.  Incurious George Steponallofus will no doubt provide a cornucopia of examples of where "things have gone wrong," no doubt emphasizing "failure" in Pakistan and avoiding, as much as is possible, any reference to success in Iraq.  One area I'll be interested in gauging is how Georgie casts the proposed Annapolis peace summit between Olmert and Fatah.  Too much criticism of that effort could be seen as playing into the hands of the pro-Israel neo-cons and the all powerful Israel lobby.  Moving on from Ms Rice Incurious George chats up Dhimmicrat presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd.  Dodd is also the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee so expect him to pronounce the economy in total meltdown and tell us that we're all heading for new "Bushville" shantytowns as we lose our houses and jobs.  He'll probably have some choice words about the FISA legislation as defeating "amnesty" for the telcos is the hobby horse he's riding to win the hearts and minds of the nutroots crowd.  It should be painful to watch.  The "classic" roundtable, with Sam, Cokie and George (Will), might actually provide some dangerous rhetoric.  George Will has made some rather provocative statements that will warm the hearts of Code Pink and MoveOn.ORG over presidential war powers and the course he thinks Congress should take to "restore the Constitution."  I expect him to start sporting a Ron Paul button any day... right up until the time Al Qaeda sets off a nuke in his neighborhood.  There is a potential for fun if George and Sam pick back up their conflict over global warming, but I don't see anything in this weeks news to really spur that kind of discussion.  That is, unless they pick up on the hoax that caught Rush Limbaugh on his show on Thursday.

The Saturday shows are still on "odd" schedules and I missed all of Beltway Boys and Tim Russert's show and all but a few minutes of Fox News Watch.  The Beltway Boys seems to be all over the main meme of the weekend, the "troubles" of the GOP and Dhimmicrat frontrunners.  I am finding increasingly less reason to listen to these two whenever they are on the air.  My biggest complaint is that neither of them seem to be able to complete a coherent sentence without painful pauses to search for the word they want to use or to track down and skewer the latest random idea that has popped into their heads.  I've been unceasingly critical of Fox News Watch and it's abject failure to address the issue of media malfeasance that is supposedly their reason for being.  They certainly may have covered it (though I doubt it) but to not make this weeks revelations in the Al Dura trial in France (see here, here and here) in France the lead for their show is the final nail in the coffin of their credibility.  Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC continues the promotion from last weeks Meet The Press of Tom Brokaw's new book on the baby boomers and the "60s generation."  I never bought his formulation of my parent's age group as "The Greatest Generation."  After all, they gave us Korea and Vietnam and squandered my grandchildren's legacies with programs like Medicare and the quagmire of the "war on poverty."  But if he's trying to raise my own generation to the level of greatness he's simply delusional.  The Journal Editorial Report also concentrates on the "turmoil" in Pakistan.  With that crowd, however, I expect actual reasoned analysis, not hype and hysteria.  They also indicate that they  will discuss "accountability on Wall Street" and talk about the fact that some "CEOs get the boot" when they don't perform.  That could be a great and lengthy basis for a long "dorm room" type discourse.

So, for the dinosaur media this week is about a "newly competitive" campaign for the 2008 presidential nomination in both parties along with a "deteriorating situation" in the wider world, particularly Pakistan, which is part of the "umma" so near and dear to Osama Bin Laden's demonic little heart.  They get to trot out yet more Bush bashing non-entities as if they were seriously going to be the leader of the free world (is that a nullity yet?) while still pretending that this next election isn't primarily about the dynastic succession of the Evita of the north.  This is, in my humble opinion, the last gasp of the old media and their (long over) strangle hold on the "truth." 

So, where does that leave us?

Well, first, the DBM is beginning to question their own "narrative" for this election which they should take as a very bad sign.  Not necessarily good for us, but definitely bad for them.   Those previously "anointed" by the intelligentsia may not be the "sure things" that they've been trying to sell to us.  That means that the conventional wisdom for this election (big Dhimmicrat gains, Clinton redux, etc.) aren't such sure things after all.  I am a contrarian by nature (OJ was NOT proven guilty of murder, I still think that Saddam had WMD and that they were "moved somewhere else," etc.) and this type of development appeals to me on many levels.  Bottom line is that all of the "assumed wisdom" about this election is so much caca, as usual  the difference is that now everyone may be about to acknowledge that no one knows whats really going on.

Wow, what a concept!  This whole election thingie might actually be interesting.

Oh, one final thought.  Why is it that so much attention of the drive by media is devoted to the troubles in Pakistan, where no one has died at the hands of the government and no mention is made of the multiple murders of protestors in Venezuela and Iran by government forces this week?   Perhaps they don't like it when their allies come out looking badly?

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • Wow! We thought this election cycle was already over and done with!  After all, we told you who would win months ago.  Never mind.
• Topics:
  • Hillary's 'victim' defense backfires!
  • Giuliani's political headache
  • Bush is speaking French
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program is Airing this weekend on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET, and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET

Tim Russert's Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • As if 1/4 of last weeks Meet the Press wasn't enough, Lil Timmah now devotes a full hour to pimping Tom Borkaws new book!
• Topics:
  • Tim talks with Tom Brokaw about his new book, “Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the 60's and Today.”
• Guests
  • Tom Brokaw
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • Wow! We thought this election cycle was already over and done with!  After all, we told you who would win months ago.  Never mind.
  • Oh, goody!  Something going wrong in the WOT to allow Neal to criticize McChimpy Bushitler again!  He was getting so depressed!
  • Straight question: why so much coverage of Pakistan and not word one about riots in Iran or Venezuela?
• Topics:
  • Rudy Giuliani picks up a key endorsement
  • Hillary gets caught by the media when she claims 'sexism'
  • Chaos in Pakistan:
    • Are you getting the FULL story?
    • Are the media giving Bush enough credit?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Oh, goody!  Something going wrong in the WOT to allow the MSM to criticize McChimpy Bushitler again!  They were getting so depressed!
  • Straight question: why so much coverage of Pakistan and not word one about riots in Iran or Venezuela?
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Emergency and Accountability
    • Turmoil in a key U.S. antiterror ally:
      • A report from Pakistan
      • how should the U.S. respond to President Musharraf's "emergency" rule?
    • Accountability on Wall Street, as CEOs get the boot.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Pakistan in Chaos: We'll have a report from the ground
• Guests
  • none listed
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Barack Obama = pander bear
  • Hey, dumb old baby boomers!  I promise to let you "retire with dignity."  All it requires is for the government to confiscate all of your parents wealth.  Yours too, while we're at it.
  • We landed where?  Well, all of these cities full of white rednecks look the same, after all.
  • Wow! We thought this election cycle was already over and done with!  After all, we told you who would win months ago.  Never mind.
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Pakistan, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Iran, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • Yeah, yeah.  Things are better in Iraq... but we're not talking about it anymore so get over it.  And look at the deaths in Afghanistan... we should surrender immediately!
• Topics:
  • Meet the Candidates series continues as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Meet the Press
    • Presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
• Guests
  • Senator Barack Obama, Democrat - Illinois
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Obama Focuses on Pensions, Retirement (The Associated Press - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Former Cedar Rapids Farmstead workertells pension woes in Obama ad (Gazette Online - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Obama Ad Targets Blue Collar Workers The Associated Press - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Obama vows to ensure 'secure and dignified' retirement Boston Globe - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Obama pledges help for working mothers (Evening Echo, Ireland - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Obama Talks Ways To Strengthen Families (KCCI.com - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Obama: Race won't hurt me in Iowa (Chicago Tribune - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Political Memo Obama Fights Foes, Seen or Otherwise (New York Times - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Obama: Clinton has too much baggage (Chicago Sun-Times - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Where are Obama state Senate files? (Chicago Sun-Time - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Bill Clinton and Obama Agree: GOP Will Make Immigration an Issue (Washington Post - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Obama plane lands in wrong Iowa city (Reuters - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Shame on Clinton, Obama, Dodd & Biden for Skipping AG Vote (The Nation via Yahoo! News - Nov 9,. 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Wow! We thought this election cycle was already over and done with!  After all, we told you who would win months ago.  Never mind.
  • Okay, we, the MSM, have written these candidates off, but now we're bored, so let's promote them as "viable," just for fun.
  • Really, these guys are conservatives!  Pay no attention to the things they've actually said.  That wouldn't be fair!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Pakistan, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Iran, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • Yeah, yeah.  Things are better in Iraq... but we're not talking about it anymore so get over it.  And look at the deaths in Afghanistan... we should surrender immediately!
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
  • Pakistan
• Guests
  • Former Governor Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
    • Republican presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Huckabee Stunning Observers While Moving Up Polls (Newsroom America, New Zealand - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Huckabee, Paul make gains in South Carolina (MiamiHerald.com, FL - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Huckabee says he's best bet to beat Clinton (Gazette Online, IA - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Huckabee steps up religious message (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • THE SLOW REBELLION OF THE SOCIAL CONS. (Tapped, DC - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Several Christian conservative leaders gravitating toward Huckabee (Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 10, 2007)
    • On second thought, conservatives give Huckabee an amen (Los Angeles Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Maybe Huckabee was feeling left out (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Will Dobson Endorse Huckabee? (Catholic Online, CA - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Weyrich: Dobson Won't Back Huckabee (National Journal, DC - Nov 9, 2007)
    • From Back of GOP Pack, Huckabee Is Stirring (New York Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Chatting With Huckabee (New York Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Huckabee could star in ‘Dodge Ball’ (SmallTownPapers News Service, WA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Edwards, Huckabee & The Rise of Iowa's Huey Longs (Huffington Post, NY - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Huckabee: a faux conservative? (New Hampshire Business Review, NH - Nov 9, 2007)
  • Representative Ron Paul, Republican? - Texas
    • House web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Paul is not interested in third party run (Boston Globe - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Q&A: Libertarian Candidate Ron Paul (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Paul: Loss of freedom costly (Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Paul: Supporters buying into stance on Iraq (Nashua Telegraph - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Iowa GOP inundated by irate calls from Ron Paul fans (USA Today - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Ron Paul Q&A well received by UNH audience (Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Ogle Ron Paul (Columbia City Paper, SC - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Vines: Ron Paul supporters visible (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Grass Roots Shock: Ron Paul 'Money Bomb' Groups Set Megaboom Team (Free Market News Network, FL - Nov 9, 2007)
    • The Truman Show Campaign (Another Commentary on Media 'Coverage' of Ron Paul) (Nolan Chart LLC, VA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Ron Paul: The New Knight of Liberalism (Lew Rockwell, CA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Quietly, persistently, fans spread the gospel of Paul (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Giuliani & Paul: Republican Darlings of the Leftist Press (NewsByUs, ID - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Paul Returns Donations From Stolen Cards (CBS News, NY - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Paul Refuses To Hold Back In Candid Q-And-A (Evening Bulletin, PA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Ron Paul's extreme domestic policies would impoverish many (Drexel University The Triangle Online - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Ron Paul Will Have A Hard Time Winning Anything (CNBC, NJ - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Ron Paul's Old Newsletter Revealed (Little Green Footballs - Nov 9, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Wow! We thought this election cycle was already over and done with!  After all, we told you who would win months ago.  Never mind.
  • Really, these guys are viable!  Pay no attention to the things they've actually said.  That wouldn't be fair!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Pakistan, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Iran, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • Yeah, yeah.  Things are better in Iraq... but we're not talking about it anymore so get over it.  And look at the deaths in Afghanistan... we should surrender immediately!
• Topics:
  • 'FOX News Sunday' Choosing the President series
    • We’re just under two months away from the first in the nation caucuses in Iowa and beginning the process of determining the nation’s next president
      • Democrat presidential candidate Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M. :
        • One columnist named him "the Democratic candidate with the most appealing resume"
        • Former congressman
        • U.N. Ambassador
        • Secretary of Energy
        • Sitting governor of New Mexico
      • GOP hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
        • Vietnam War hero
        • Prisoner of war
        • Former congressman
        • Sitting senator for Arizona
        • How can the comeback kid put himself back on top?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Clinton and Giuliani took a few hits this week
    • The increasing turmoil in Pakistan.
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
  • Power Player of the week:
    • Behind the scenes of the White House Dinner with French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the White House Social Secretary
• Guests
  • Governor Bill Richardson, Democrat - New Mexico
    • New Mexico Governor's web site | Bio
    • Democratic presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Richardson: 'I Am the Greenest of Them All' (Washington Post - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Richardson calls Congress 'wimpy' on energy issues (The Union Leader - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Gov. Richardson releases book on energy (Earthtimes, UK - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Richardson stresses experience, diplomacy (Gazette Online, IA - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Richardson plays political roulette, moves chips to Iowa (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 8, 2007)
    • In NH, Richardson Camp Quietly Makes Its Move (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Richardson says ultimatum would end unrest in Pakistan (Nashua Telegraph - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Democrats Warn Pakistan Like '70s Iran (The Associated Press - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Biden, Richardson call for 'soft', 'smart' diplomacy (The Union Leader, NH - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Richardson Says 'Out of Irag Within 90 Days' (Tipton Conservative, IA - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Bill Richardson: Iowa Peace Group STAR*PAC Endorses Bill Richardson for President (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Doctors object to Richardson health plan (United Press International - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Richardson's Health Plan Excludes Some (The Associated Press - Nov 5, 2007)
    • Play of the Day: Richardson Awards Medal (The Associated Press - Nov 5, 2007)
    • Bill Richardson’s New Realism (Outside the Beltway, VA - Nov 7, 2007)
  • Senate John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Seeing Progress in Iraq, McCain Hopes for Credit (New York Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • McCain Considers $3M Loan To Fund Campaign (Atlantic Online - Nov 7, 2007)
    • McCain Irony Watch (Campaign Standard blog, The Weekly Standard - Nov 9, 2007)
    • McCain Gets Outside Help As Polls Rise (The Associated Press - Nov 9, 2007)
    • McCain seeks $3m loan, raps independent ad effort (Boston Globe - Nov 10, 2007)
    • McCain disavows SC ads on his behalf (The Hill, DC - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Play of the Day: McCain's Mom on Mormons (The Associated Press - Nov 9, 2007)
    • McCain Takes Aim at Kerik - and Giuliani (Washington Post - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Brownback throws his support to McCain in presidential race (Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 7, 2007)
    • McCain rises to second in 3 GOP polls (Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 6, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Bill Clinton's Impact on Hillary's Campaign (FOX News - Nov 9, 2007)
      • The Tangled Tale of Hillary Clinton and the Waitress She Either Did or Did Not Tip (FOX News - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Say It's So, Joe (The Weekly Standard - Nov 9, 2007)
      • Kristol: A Five-Way Race (Continued) (Campaign Standard blog, The Weekly Standard - Nov 4, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • Health Care Initiative a Learning Moment for Clinton (NPR All Things Considered - Nov 7, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • Election Day Update: New Hampshire (NPR Morning Edition - Nov 6, 2007) Note: page has article and link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Week in Politics: Mukasey, 'Swift Boating' Clinton (NPR Day to Day - Nov 2, 2007) Note: page has article and link to audio
      • Juan Williams: Kristol Is Pushing For ‘The Next World War’ (Think Progress, DC - Oct 14, 2007)
  • Power Player of the week: White House Social Secretary Amy Zantzinger
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Pakistan, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Iran, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • Yeah, yeah.  Things are better in Iraq... but we're not talking about it anymore so get over it.  And look at the deaths in Afghanistan... we should surrender immediately!
  • John F'n Kerry and Jesse MacBeth weren't available, so we settled for these two soldiers for Veterans Day.  Now, why won't you surrender immediately?
• Topics:
  • Progress in Iraq
  • The situation in Pakistan
  • What about Iran?
  • Veteran's Day
• Guests
  • Richard Armitage
    • Former Deputy Secretary of State | Bio
    • Need to hammer Musharraf: Armitage (The News - International, Pakistan - Nov 8, 2007)
    • "Hammer" Mush if he doesn't live up to his word:Armitage to US (Press Trust of India, India - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Pak talks tough (Times Now.tv, India - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Be careful of those you call friends (Brisbane Times, Australia - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Next president urged to fix global image (Boston Globe - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Think tank: US needs to shift to "smart power" (Xinhua, China - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Armitage: invasion of Iran "would be the worst of all worlds" (DemocracyArsenal.org, NY - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Couric Previews Valerie Plame Interview, No Mention of Leaker Armitage (NewsBusters - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Valerie Plame: "I'm not going away" (Red State - Oct 29, 2007)
  • John Bolton
    • Former UN Ambassador
    • AEI Fellow | Bio
    • Author, Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations
    • Ex-envoy Bolton hits US role in Pakistan troubles (Reuters - Nov 9, 2007)
    • 'US should back Musharraf to secure nuke weapons' (Hindu - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Bush Loyalist Now Sees a White House Dangerously Soft on Iran and North Korea (New York Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Bolton turns Bush critic (United Press International - nov 9, 2007)
    • Bolton Blasts UN at UN (NewsMax.com - Nov 10, 2007)
    • John Bolton on Surrender Is Not An Option (National Review Online, NY - Nov 6, 2007)
    • John Bolton Explains (Town Hall, DC - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Blunt Diplomacy (Wall Street Journal - Nov 5, 2007)
    • John Bolton: State Department Mired in Bureaucracy (NewsMax.com - Nov 5, 2007)
    • Bolton critical of Hagel, Rice for Iran diplomacy push [VIDEO.DE] (Raw Story, MA - Nov 9, 2007)
  • Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
    • Biden, Richardson call for 'soft', 'smart' diplomacy (The Union Leader, NH - Nov 8, 2007)
    • '08 Democrats hit Bush's stance on Pakistan (Washington Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Biden’s plan will ensure aid flows to people, not armaments (Daily Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • US Applauds Election Plan in Pakistan (The Associated Press - Nov 8, 2007)
    • US senator threatens punitive move in Congress (Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - Nov 4, 2007)
    • US Senate Resolution Demands Reinstatement of All Persecuted Judges (Pakistani Newspaper, Pakistan - Nov 9, 2007)
    • US Hawks Dive For Cover (Mathaba.Net, UK - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Mukasey's reply draws more fire (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Candidates Miss Senate Vote on Attorney General (New York Times - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Shame on Clinton, Obama, Dodd & Biden for Skipping AG Vote (The Nation via Yahoo! News - Nov 9,. 2007)
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, U.S. Army
    • Command Sergeant Major, First U.S. Army | Bio
    • CSM Hill assumes responsibility of MNF-I (Blackanthem.com, MI - May 8, 2007)
    • Coalition Force's top senior NCOs conduct battlefield circulation (Blackanthem.com, MI - Oct 31, 2007)
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Ciotola, U.S. Army
    • Corps Sergeant Major, Multinational Corps - Iraq | Bio (Note - PDF file, requires Adobe Reader)
    • Command Sergeant Major Ciotola on Harry Reid - MUST READ of the DAY (Blackfive - Jul 3, 2007)
  • Suzanne Malveaux
    • White House correspondent for CNN | Profile
    • IMF sees growth clouded by credit crisis (CNNMoney.com - Oct 17, 2007)
  • Jessica Yellin
    • Capitol Hill correspondent for CNN | Profile
    • In CNN report, Yellin claimed possible "political headache" for Dems with ENDA vote, citing 2006 ads "about Nancy Pelosi's radical homosexual agenda" (Media Matters for America, DC - Nov 8, 2007)
  • Joe Johns
    • CNN correspondent based in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau | Profile
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Pakistan, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • McChimpy Bushitler has now failed in Iran, too!  We must surrender immediately!
  • Yeah, yeah.  Things are better in Iraq... but we're not talking about it anymore so get over it.  And look at the deaths in Afghanistan... we should surrender immediately!
  • Really, this guy is viable!  Pay no attention to the things he's actually said.  That wouldn't be fair!
• Topics:
  • The tense situation in Pakistan
  • Democrat presidential candidate Chris Dodd discusses
    • the state of the economy
    • his bid for the White House
  • "Voice," architect Maya Lin. At age 21, Lin won a public competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This weekend, veteran's will gather at the site to commemorate its 25th anniversary. Lin joins us to discuss the impact of her creation
• Guests
  • Condoleezza Rice
    • Secretary of State | Bio
    • From Pakistan to Russia, Condoleezza Rice shares her assessment of the United States' role (Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Rice urges Pakistan to return to democracy (Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Rice Asked Bhutto to Give Some Time to Musharraf (Journal of Turkish Weekly - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Rice made 20-min call to Musharraf (Daily Times, Pakistan - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Rice's Management at Issue (Washington Post - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Rice has no plans to be VP in '08 (Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Rice: US bids to lift off any hindrance that might obstruct Middle East Peace Conference (Alsumaria, Iraq - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Bolton critical of Hagel, Rice for Iran diplomacy push [VIDEO.DE] (Raw Story, MA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Rice Says North Korea Nuclear Disablement Is Progressing Well (Bloomberg - Nov 7, 2007)
    • Condi's Crisis In-Box Is Full (CBS News, NY - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Moment of truth for Condoleezza Rice (Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Wahhab pledges funds frozen by US to mend Rice's looks, Bush's mental health (Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - Nov 7, 2007)
  • Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Senate Banking Committee Chairman
    • Sen. Dodd: Khalid Sheik Mohammed has taken the moral high ground from the US (Hot Air - Nov 8, 2007)
    • In Connecticut, many tire of Dodd's presidential bid (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Nov 10, 2007)
    • Voters to Dodd: Please give up the race (Connecticut Post - Nov 8, 2007)
    • One-on-One with Sen. Chris Dodd (CNBC, NJ - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Global Health Activist Gives Nod to Dodd (RH Reality Check, DC - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Dodd outlines veterans plan (DesMoinesRegister.com - Nov 8, 2007)
    • Dodd Not Happy With Peru Agreement (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Chris Dodd: The happy warrior (Chicago Tribune - Nov 6, 2007)
    • Dodd campaign's pledge on caucus hotly debated (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Nov 9, 2007)
    • Christopher Dodd (The Nation - Nov 8, 2007)
  • Roundtable:
    • Sam Donaldson
      • Sam Donaldson gives take on politics (The News-Press, FL - Oct 18, 2007)
      • Sam Donaldson blasts George Will’s climate denial (Think Progress, DC - Oct 14, 2007)
    • Cokie Roberts
      • Roberts: Stephen Colbert is a real fake (Milford Daily News, MA - Nov 3, 2007)
      • Roberts: The secret behind the appeal of Rudy Giuliani (Milford Daily News, MA - Oct 28, 2007)
    • George Will
      • George Will Warmaking and Congress (Indianapolis Star - Nov 4, 2007)
      • George Will They call themselves progressive? (Indianapolis Star - Oct 31, 2007)
  • Voices segment: architect Maya Lin
    • Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• ABC This Week comment web page

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-TN Tom Brokaw CBS's "Face the Nation" Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE Mark Penn, chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Clinton campaign Fox News Sunday Former President George H.W. Bush Ashley Judd

CNN "Late Edition" Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT Sen. John McCain, R-AZ Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA ABC's "This Week" Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. Ashley Judd

So, Hillary trips over Elliot Spitzer's voter fraud plot and all bets are suddenly off.  Or are they?  Much will depend on the next round of polling which will reflect any post debate problems for team Clinton and the shows this week may either reflect or influence what those polls will say.  The reactions from the Clintonistas and the usual suspects in media land seem to indicate that they think it was a big deal and could potentially derail the inevitability express that Hillary's been counting on as her chief qualification for office.  Do they already have numbers that bode ill for Her Thighness?  And is there anyone else on the Dhimmicrat side who anyone will take seriously?  Could the Goracle be mentioned again?  Or will it all blow over and serve only as proof that Dhimmicrats are so desperate to win at any cost that they literally will vote for an empty pants suit?

The villain of the debate, Tim Russert, hosts Fred Thompson on Meet The Press.  Since at least one Hillary insider called for him to be shot for what he did to their poor little girl, the expectation has to be that he will be looking to inflict serious damage on Fred as an act of contrition.  If Fred handles the situation well it could be a major turning point for his campaign.  The immigration issue will likely be center stage so watch for attempts to paint Fred and, by  extension, all Republicans as xenophobic racists and, logically, Hillary and Spitzer as "right" on the subject.  I also expect Fred's comments on the second amendment and the UN to be used as a means of painting him as a dangerous redneck goof.  Fred has good answers to those sorts of attacks, but will he get bogged down in quoting 17th century Dutch philosophers?  I'm expecting big things from this interview for Fred (I am a supporter) but I think Russert has a lot riding on winning back some points from the left.  It could be a titanic struggle.  Watch for Lil Timmah to be in extra severe hunch mode.  On a lighter note Tom Brokaw will also be on to promote his new book on Boomers and the 60s.  I guess Tim's usual book plugging venue, now on MSNBC, isn't prestigious enough for Tom.  Perhaps some invidious comparisons will be made to Hillary and the other boomers who are running this year?  That would be truly telling.

On CBS Face The Nation The Mouth That Roared, Joe Biden, is on to take his shot at being a "credible alternative" to Hillary.  The DBM loved his debate attack on Rudy, so expect plenty of opportunities for him to repeat that as well as a broad invitation to besmirch anyone he can, particularly McChimpy Bushitler.  It's curious that he's not the only guest for this half hour show.  With him talking I don't see how there can be any time left for anyone else.  The someone else in this case is Hillary's "chief campaign strategist," Mark Penn.  His tenor and performance will be a big indicator of how Team Clinton is reacting to the events of this week.  The fact that her main spinmeister, Howard Wolfson, was originally listed for this show and then changed to Penn does not indicate that they have a good handle on this yet.  Or it could just be CBS doesn't have a good web team and it was a simple mistake.  We'll see.

Fox News Sunday goes in an entirely different direction with the first of a new series of interviews with "American Leaders," starting with former president George H. W. Bush.  Forty One has made some comments on the Hillary situation this week so they probably won't get completely away from the topic, but they certainly won't be focusing on that.  Chris Wallace will likely be fishing for quotes about Forty Three.  The roundtable is back to semi normal with Hume, Kristol, Liaison and Williams.  They will definitely be focusing on Hillary's very bad week^TM.  With Kristol on instead of Barnes I would also expect some discussion of the Republican field, particularly Kristol's contention that it's still wide open.  They'll also discuss the Mukasey hearings, but it looks like that's already settled in Bush's favor, so it likely won't be a big issue.  The FISA related hearings in Judiciary may be more contentious and I expect some fireworks there between Kristol and Williams.  The Power Player of the Week is Ashley Judd, who is promoting a new documentary on efforts to address AIDS problems in India.  She's got a twofer as she's also on the Voices segment of Steponallofus' show.

CNN Late Edition gives us four senators, two of them running for president, and the ex prime minister of Britain, Tony Blair, who is now a "peace envoy" from the "Quartet Committee" (US, UN, EU and Russia).  Blair is really getting trashed in his own country's press and he's desperate for a legacy to wipe away the damage done to him by Iraq.  The image of Neville Chamberlain is just too strong for him to escape given the kind of naïveté being displayed by him and the US State Department.  I've included two links to articles that should give an adequate portrayal of how the "Quartet Committee" is viewed by the people they are supposed to be "negotiating" with.  Somehow I don't see how you can compromise with someone whose sole purpose is to kill you.  You can't agree to let them only partially kill you, but I wouldn't put it past the brain trust at Foggy Bottom to agree to something like that.  The mix of senators is interesting, with Dodd, Feinstein, McCain and Specter. Except for Iraq McCain is usually Wolf Blitzer's kind of Republican, one who will criticize other Republicans and thwart their plans by helping Dhimmicrats.  McCain has really stepped up his attacks on his Republican presidential rivals so Wolfie is looking for lots of ammunition to use in clips in the week ahead.  Arlen Specter is also usually a RINO in good standing.  This week both Specter and McCain provided some "great moments" over the waterboarding issue, but it looks like Mukasey will survive to be AG, thanks in no small part to DiFi.  They will all likely be chastised for that act of betrayal.  To make up for it they will all likely join Dodd in bashing the "warrantless wiretapping" program, particularly the "amnesty" for the cooperating telcos.  These arm chair generals are determined to lose this war to the Jihadis and they'll do everything they can to hurt our ability to defend ourselves.  Dodd is the flavor of the month for the Kossacks and the rest of the nutroots, so I expect him to sound more and more like Dennis Kucinich as things go on.

ABC This Week focuses on the silky pony, John Edwards.  Incurious George is such a Clintonista I expect him to try to score some points on Hillary's behalf, but that might be too obvious.  I expect at least a few gotcha moments on "flip flops" by Edwards on something, Iraq at the very least.  The roundtable may actually be interesting if they spend much time on the debate and immigration.  E. J. Dionne has a very interesting column on the topic this week and it may very well be the central issue of the rest of the campaign.  I think they think it's a winner for the Dhimmicrats, but they're not 100% sure, particularly after the debacle over shamnesty and the defeat of the "Dream Act."  Michael Gerson, blamed by many for much of the course of the Bush administration that so distresses conservatives, is likely to provide ammunition for the narrative of Republicans being the party of institutionalized xenophobic racism.  The spinning will be fierce.

The Saturday shows are concentrating on Hillary's very bad week^TM.  The Beltway Boys kicks it all off at what appears to be a new time (2 PM Eastern, it's half over as I type and I missed the beginning) by explicitly asking if Hillary is in trouble because she gave evasive answers.  Mort will likely protest and point to evasive or otherwise "bad" answers by Bush and the Republican candidates.  They seem to be spending a lot of time on downside issues for Rudy, so it looks fairly typical for them.  There's no listings for Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC.  Perhaps he's too radioactive for anyone to go on a show with his name in the title?  Or could it be a surprise, maybe even Hillary or Bill?  Doubtful.  Fox News Watch will likely concentrate on the proof, absolute proof I say, that the MSM is not biased or left leaning.  After all, Lil Timmah was mean to Hillary and she's a girl!  The Journal Editorial Report also covers Hillary's troubles, along with the Mukasey hearings and the possibility of a 2008 recession.  I wonder if the Friday jobs report will change the tenor of that conversation?

So, that's the week.  The endless campaign was declared a done deal but is now back in play.  Firm conclusions aren't so firm anymore.  Perhaps we're witnessing a macro quantum uncertainty principle being applied to politics?  Might Schrödinger's cat* be named Socks?  Nah, the main stream media just got bored and decided to turn on the front runner when she stumbled.  They're like that, you know.  This week is a second chance for the other Dhimmicrats running to be taken seriously, but I don't think any of them will be.  Might the talk of a "rescue" of the party by the Goracle start again?  After all, he's already credited with saving the world.  This may also be a last chance for Fred to break out of the narrative that the MSM has been constructing for him.  I trust that today he is getting intense moot court type training to be ready for a hostile interview.  He was a trial lawyer and should still be good at that.  The outrigger issues this week are likely to be the Mukasey and FISA fights in congress, with a little bit of SCHIP peaking back around the corner.  I get the feeling that the conventional wisdom inside the beltway may be in danger of collapsing on a host of issues, starting with Iraq.  It's kind of like how it must feel just before a cattle herd stampedes.  Nothing they've tried has worked, they're nervous about it and anything can set them off.  Oh, and they haven't noticed the big cliff they're headed towards.  Sounds like fun.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

* semi obscure reference of the week

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • You know all that "inevitability" stuff we've been pushing for over a year?  Well, never mind...
  • The would be emperors in the new congressional majority, in fact, have no clothes... who knew?
• Topics:
  • Is Hillary Clinton in trouble after being called elusive on issues?
  • The Democrats are 'down' and the 'Beltway Boys' will tell you why
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2 pm and 11:30 pm ET, Sundays at 6:30 am ET

Tim Russert's Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • no listing
• Topics:
  • no listing
• Guests
  • no listing
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • You know all that "inevitability" stuff we've been pushing for over a year?  Well, never mind...
  • How dare we get distracted from the official narrative by this Colbert guy?
• Topics:
  • Candidates on Attack: Obama, Edwards gang up on Hillary, Hillary attacks Tim Russert and more...
  • Colbert for President: Is the comedian's White House bid getting the press off track as 2008 looms?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • You know all that "inevitability" stuff everyone else has been pushing for over a year?  Well, now they think they may have been wrong...
  • Appeasing Dhimmicrats by giving them a "consensus" appointment will not make them play nice
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Obama's Opportunity
    • Hillary Clinton hits a speed bump on her drive to the White House. Can Barack Obama take advantage?
    • Democrats mobilize against Michael Mukasey's nomination
    • The odds of a 2008 recession.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Once seen as the consensus candidate for attorney general, Senate Democrats are now threatening to sink the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey
• Guests
  • 
    
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • The big bad Russert water board and interview show will now give The Treatment to Fred!  Beware!  (Will he be mean to Fred the way he was to Saint Hillary?)
  • Tom Brokaw is officially too important to hawk his book on Lil Timmah's no-show on CNBC MSNBC
• Topics:
  • Meet the Candidate Series
    • Presidential contender and former senator Fred Thompson (R-TN)
  • Former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw talks about his new book, "Boom! Voices of the Sixties."
• Guests
  • Fred Thompson, Republican - Tennessee
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • 2008 and counting: Thompson faces big Sunday talk show test (The Hill, DC - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens? No. (RedState.COM - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Romney raps Clinton, Thompson over immigration policy (Radio Iowa - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Romney Hits Back at Thompson's Immigration Jab (National Review Online, NY - Oct 31, 2007)
    • The Thompson Border Security Plan (NewsByUs, ID - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Thompson backed by key conservative (San Jose Mercury News - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Poll: Thompson edging Romney for GOP lead in SC (The State - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Republican Candidates Battle It Out In New Hampshire (ABC30.com - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson, in SF, calls civil unions 'not a good idea' (San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson California tour moves through San Francisco (San Jose Mercury News - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Thompson Questions Clinton's Diplomacy (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Fred, Opting Out of a News Cycle? Wait, Guess Not (National Review Online - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Thompson’s policy troubles get a little worse (The Carpetbagger - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Fred Thompson, the UN and Guns (SayUncle - Nov 1, 2007)
  • Tom Brokaw
    • Former NBC anchorman
    • Author, Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
    • THE GROOVIEST GENERATION (New York Post - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Brokaw Laments Too-Low Taxes on Rich: 'A Fundamental Injustice' (NewsBusters - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Tom Brokaw delivers message on free press (MSNBC - Oct 23, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Joe Biden attacked the Republicans instead of attacking Saint Hillary... let's give him some air time
  • We will now bypass the candidates and go directly to their chief spin meister instead... we do this only for Saint Hillary, mind you
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Biden warns on Iran, sees opening for candidacy (Boston Globe - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Biden's History Lesson to Fourth-Graders (The Associated Press - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Biden's Revisionist History Lesson (PowerLine Blog - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Biden for Dodd (if it isn't Biden) (Boston Globe - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Biden: Three Things in Rudy's Sentences, A Noun, A Verb, And 9/11 (National Review Online, NY - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Biden-Giuliani Smackdown Enlivens Campaign Trail (New York Times - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Biden v. Giuliani, Another Round (New York Times - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Biden's Loss....Rudy's Gain (he Conservative Voice, NC - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Joe Biden is Unqualified to be President (Red State - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Biden files in NH, touts qualifications (MSNBC - Nov 1, 2007)
    • WaPo Downplays Biden's Latest Racial Blooper; NYT, LAT Ignore It (NewsBusters - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Chris Wallace on the Biden Double Standard and Media’s Anti-war Bias (NewsBusters - Nov 1, 2007)
    • UNTOLD TRUTH (New York Post - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Biden: Campaign About Ideas, Not Money (CBS News, NY - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Blackwatergate: Joe Biden Questions Grants of Immunity to Blackwater Employees (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 31, 2007)
  • Mark Penn
    • Chief Strategist, Hillary Clinton for President | Profile (from Wikipedia)
    • Note: this is a change, Howard Wolfson, Communications Director, Hillary Clinton for President, was listed for this show on Friday
    • Queen Hillary Deflated by Tim Russert (NewsMax.com, FL - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Tim Russert Faces Debate Backlash (Huffington Post - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Hillary Strategist Mark Penn Complains Kucinich Got Easy Questions (National Review Online, NY - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Did Hillary play the ‘gender card’? (The Carpetbagger Report - Nov 2, 2007)
    • The Clintonites Panic II (Atlantic Online - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Women in a Man's World [Kate O'Beirne] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Mark Penn meets the press (MSNBC - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Rebutting Mark Penn (Washington Post - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Leave No Question Unpolled (The Plank on TNR.com, DC - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Home-Office Politics (New York Times - Nov 3, 2007)
    • Debate Gaffes (The Corner (NRO) - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Short Straw (The Corner (NRO) - Nov 1, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Now this is a good President Bush... a retired one
  • You know all that "inevitability" stuff we've been pushing for over a year?  Well, never mind...
• Topics:
  • A new series called "American Leaders": a conversation with former President George Bush
    • his view of our nation and its place in the world
    • an inside look at the moments that helped define his presidency
    • his perspective on public service and volunteerism
    • his hopes for the nation as well as his fears
    • a specially guided tour of never seen before sections of his presidential library
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • This week’s Democratic presidential debate
    • Did frontrunner Hillary Clinton stumble on immigration?
    • Which opponent is best positioned to take advantage?
  • Power Player of the Week: Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS
    • Ashley Judd who just came back from India exploring the impact of HIV across India’s population.
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Former President George H. W. Bush, Republican - Texas
    • 41st President of the United States | Bio
    • Bush Sr.: Race No Longer a 'Gimme' For Clinton (Washington Post - Nov 1, 2007)
    • President George HW Bush Endorses Prop 15 (Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Astronauts Take Presidential Call (Space.com - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Clinton, GOP selective in sharing facts about releasing records (News & Observer, NC - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Looking for Mr. Right (Yahoo! News - Oct 27, 2007)
    • George H W Bush Presidential Library
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Law of the Sea; Congress vs. President Bush (FOX News - Oct 31, 2007)
      • Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Takes Shot at Global Warming Alarmists (FOX News - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • A Two-Way or a Five-Way? (The Weekly Standard - Oct 29, 2007)
      • Does Neal Gabler Want Bill Kristol to be Killed in Iraq? (NewsBusters - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • Clinton No Longer Unscathed Frontrunner (NPR Morning Edition - Nov 2, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • Giuliani, Romney Blasting Through Granite State (NPR Morning Edition - Oct 31, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Week in Politics: Mukasey, 'Swift Boating' Clinton (NPR Day to Day - Nov 2, 2007) Note: page has article and link to audio
      • Dems Vying for President Wary of Attacking Clinton (Morning Edition - Oct 31, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
  • Power Player of the Week: Ashley Judd
    • Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS
    • CNN Heroes: Fighting AIDS with Ashley Judd (CNN International - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Judd featured in 'World Aids Day' docu (Hollywood Reporter - Oct 30, 2007)
    • National Geographic Channel, Ashley Judd and YouthAIDS Host World Premiere Screening of 'India's Hidden Plague' (Earthtimes, UK - Oct 19, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • Mr. Blair, will you please wave this piece of paper and say "peace in our time" just once for our cameras?
  • John McCain will say bad things about Republicans, we know that, but will Chris Dodd say bad things about Democrats?
  • Arlen Specter and Diane Feinstein will say good things about Mukasey and bad things about "warrantless wiretapping" - now that's balance!
• Topics:
  • A new push for peace? Mideast Special Envoy Tony Blair in an exclusive interview.
  • Presidential politics '08
  • The nomination of Michael Mukasey as Attorney General
  • The FISA reauthorization fight
• Guests
  • Tony Blair
    • Former British Prime Minister | Bio
    • Quartet Committee Envoy for Peace in the Middle East
    • At Jerusalem hotel, Blair joins intriguing guest list, including believers, spies, generals (International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Palestinian state important for Mideast peace: Blair (Earthtimes.org, New Zealand - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Arab League Chief criticizes the Quartet Committee (International Middle East Media Center - Jan 23, 2007)
    • Product of destructive chaos (Yemen Times, Yemen - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Bono sympathises with Blair on war on terror (Malaysia Sun - Nov 3, 2007)
    • Revealed: how Blair rejected Bush's offer to stay (Independent, UK - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Promise to reveal all about Bush landed Blair book deal (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Blair was warned of looming disaster in Iraq (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Blair 'relied too much on intelligence to justify Iraq war' says former head of MI6 (Daily Mail, UK - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Blair blamed himself, Iraq for election losses (Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Oct 28, 2007)
    • Powell surprised at Blair's closeness with Bush (Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Oct 28, 2007)
    • Blair failed to handle Bush on Iraq, claims biographer (Independent, UK - Oct 28, 2007)
    • Bush & Blair Holocaust Commission (uruknet.info, Italy - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Blair accused over soldier's death (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 29, 2007)
    • Blair years end with a parliamentary whimper (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 28, 2007)
  • Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • McCain Hits Rivals on Military (The Associated Press - Nov 2, 2007)
    • McCain Defends Mukasey on Waterboarding (The Associated Press - Nov 1, 2007)
    • John McCain, Rudy Giuliani dispute over waterboarding (New York Daily News - Nov 3, 2007)
    • McCain and Romney camps go at it,, too (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 31, 2007)
    • McCain links Iraq victory to ME peace (Jerusalem Post, Israel - Oct 30, 2007)
    • McCain: Iraq Pullout Bad For Israel (New York Jewish Week - Oct 31, 2007)
    • McCain Tells Jewish Leaders He Favors 'Step-by-Step' Peace Process in Mideast (FOX News - Oct 30, 2007)
    • John McCain Stresses Opposition to Mandatory Health Insurance (FOX News - Oct 31, 2007)
    • McCain returns to anti-spending theme in new ad (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 31, 2007)
    • McCain, 'baaack' on air in NH (MSNBC - Oct 31, 2007)
    • McCain takes immigration stance (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Nov 1, 2007)
    • McCain criticizes 'compressed' presidential primary process (AFP - Oct 30, 2007)
    • McCain Plans 'Comeback Kid' Surge (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 30, 2007)
  • Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat Presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Dodd Sees Progress -- Online, Anyway (Hartford Courant - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Dodd: Campaign Has Room to Grow (The Associated Press - Oct 29, 2007)
    • Dodd bucks the trend and goes after Edwards (News & Observer - Nov 2, 2007)
    • The Dodd-Biden Run-In (New York Times - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Chris Dodd Hearts Lou Dobbs? (Huffington Post - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Dodd pitches family issues to audience in Durham (Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Nov 3, 2007)
    • Dodd says he,not Clinton, can pass healthcare (oston Globe - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Dodd: 'Get ready, this is tough stuff' (Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Dodd says he'll oppose nominee for attorney general (Boston Globe - Oct 29, 2007)
  • Senator Arlen Specter, RINO - Pennsylvania
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member
    • Expert on Scottish law
    • Sen. Dick Durbin to Oppose Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey (FOX News - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Arlen Specter: Specter’s Comments on Judge Mukasey and FISA at Judiciary Hearing (All American Patriots (press release) Sweden - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Mukasey Unsure About Waterboarding (The Associated Press - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Republican senator: Should taxpayers pay for illegal spying? (CNET News.com, CA - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Sen. Specter wants answers on intel programs (USA Today - Oct 16, 2007)
    • BREAKING: White House to give Leahy, Specter access to wiretap docs (Raw Story, MA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Hallelujah! Leahy, Specter to See Surveillance Docs (TPMmuckraker, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Specter, GOP colleague spar over legislative 'earmarks' (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct 24, 2007)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Judiciary Committee member
    • Schumer and Feinstein Back Mukasey (New York Times - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Sen. Feinstein: Judge Mukasey has my vote (Los Angeles Times - Nov 3, 2007)
    • DiFi "explains" herself (Daily Kos - Nov 3, 2007)
    • Mukasey Makes It (Slate - Nov 3, 2007)
    • Leahy, Feinstein Urge Justice To Fill Vacant US Attorney Posts (CBS News, NY - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Feinstein, Rep. Hunter: Changes needed to lessen future fires (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 28, 2007)
    • Feinstein blasts lack of action on energy oversight (Central Valley Business Times, CA - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Outcry Against Dianne Feinstein for saying something “nice” about Bush (Stop the ACLU, PA - Oct 30, 2007)
    • Feinstein gets Dem. criticism, GOP raves over judge confirmation (San Jose Mercury News - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Fury at vote reflects a politicized process (Boston Globe - Oct 29, 2007)
    • Thank you, Sen. Feinstein (Hattiesburg American, MS - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Senator Feinstein’s Fair Play Exposes Liberal Extremists (Town Hall, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Where is Senator Feinstein coming from? (Vail Sun, AZ - Oct 24, 2007)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • You know all that "inevitability" stuff we've been pushing for over a year?  Well, never mind...
  • It's time to rally 'round Spitzer and call anyone opposed to illegal immigration a racist bigot homophobic doody head!
• Topics:
  • "On the Trail" - Former Sen. John Edwards
    • After a well-received performance in Tuesday's debate, he discusses where things stand with his campaign
    • Will his sharp critiques of Sen. Hillary Clinton continue?
    • Can his populist message help him break out of the Democratic field?
  • Voices segment: Ashley Judd, YouthAIDS Global Ambassador
    • With several Bollywood stars she traveled around India to explore why young women are increasingly at risk for HIV infection, and how HIV travels from high risk groups to the general population. Judd's journey was documented in a new National Geographic film, "India's Hidden Plague."
• Guests
  • John Edwards, Democrat - North Carolina
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Has John Edwards' Moment Arrived? (TIME - Nov 2, 2007)
    • EDWARDS STEPS ON THE GAS (New York Post - Nov 2, 2007)
    • In Pledge to Voters, Edwards Reflects on His Wife’s Fight With Cancer (New York Times - Nov 2, 2007)
    • The New Edwards Ad -- 'Heroes' (RealClearPolitics Blog - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Edwards on the “Politics of Parsing.” (Politics on the Hudson, NY - Nov 2, 2007)
    • A Clintonian Opening for Edwards, Obama (ABC News - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Hillary Clinton Can Be Stopped in Iowa (FOX News - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Dodd bucks the trend and goes after Edwards (News & Observer - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Edwards Eligible for Public Funds (The Associated Press - Nov 1, 2007)
    • NH service workers union backs Edwards over Obama (Boston Globe - Oct 31, 2007)
    • In Rock Hill: Edwards, actor Glover (Charlotte Observer, NC - Nov 2, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • E.J. Dionne
      • Washington Post columnist
      • The Issue the Democrats Dread (Washington Post - Nov 2, 2007)
      • The Bridge and The Fence (Town Hall, DC - Nov 2, 2007)
    • Michael Gerson
      • Washington Post columnist | Profile
      • A Second Home for Religious Voters? (Washington Post - Nov 2, 2007)
      • Open-Arms Conservatism (Washington Post - October 31, 2007)
      • The Corner Wonders Why Michael Gerson is Called a Conservative (Freedomworks.ORG blog - Oct 31, 2007)
    • Ron Brownstein
      • Political director of Atlantic Media Co.
      • Arnold's Balancing Act (National Journal - Nov 2, 2007)
      • Educated Women Climb Aboard (National Journal - Oct 25, 2007)
    • George Will
      • Washington Post columnist
      • They call themselves progressive? (Indianapolis Star - Oct 31, 2007)
      • A BMW in every garage (Dallas Morning News, TX - Oct 28, 2007)
  • Voices segment: actress Ashley Judd
    • Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS
    • CNN Heroes: Fighting AIDS with Ashley Judd (CNN International - Nov 1, 2007)
    • Judd featured in 'World Aids Day' docu (Hollywood Reporter - Oct 30, 2007)
    • National Geographic Channel, Ashley Judd and YouthAIDS Host World Premiere Screening of 'India's Hidden Plague' (Earthtimes, UK - Oct 19, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 28 October 2007

About ignoring Rush

in this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### MSM Continue To Disrespect Heroes -> Touching Moments @ Medal of Honor Ceremony. (Worth Reading)

###### Twisted Journalism @ Wash.TrashPost -> Misses the Facts in Their Report On Iraq.

###### Media myths about the Jena 6! Local journalist(!) tells the REAL story. Media got most of the basics wrong. In fact, I have never before witnessed such a disgrace in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts, and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerfully appealing but false narrative of racial injustice. (Read all 3 pages).

###### Fox News Foreign Policy "Expert" -> Exposed.

###### ABC hides Truth & lies! about the biggest auction in eBay history. How soon they forget Rush?

###### Ignore MSM, Respect NewMedia! Pentagon's Realistic strategy to spread the Truth anger left-wing Clintonistas.

###### Newsweek's amazing attempt at spin! Bush administration has now been accused of trying to cover up good news from Iraq. I call on all mainstream media outlets everywhere to join Newsweek's effort to expose this massive coverup!!!!

###### Houston Chronicle to Cut 5% of Workforce, affecting about 70 employees.

###### Tribune 3Q earnings drop 7%! as newspaper ad sales tumble.

###### Israel set to dump CNN.

###### Washington TrashPost! Clue-less, then & now. Greyhawk expose WaPo's David Ignatious.

###### MSM - CW & Reality Check! -> Bush The Big Spender?.

###### Pool Reports (written by NYT-Reporter no-less) mean NOTHING -> if it sheds +ve light on W. S H A M E. There was a time to trust Fox for truthful reporting.

###### Why tax-payer funding for NPR? First, NPR refused to air President's interview with Juan Williams. Now his interview with Justice Clarence Thomas. So, he gets it in Time Magazine.

This Just In ...........

*** Speak Easy Dana Perino -> Global Warming Saving Lives.

*** Mancow Muller might become regular in Fox News Channel or Fox Business Channel.

*** Laura Ingraham joins Fox News as primary substitute host of The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes, as well as a contributor.

*** Philadelphia Inquirer signs up Rick Santorum as a Columnist. Robert Bluey becomes editor-in-chief of Heritage.org.

*** Ouch! Oprah's Endorsement of Obama Repels More Than It Helps.

*** Benazir Bhutto wanted Blackwater guards, (the security contractor under fire in Iraq war) to handle her security.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT Tom DeFrank, New York Daily News William Safire, New York Times CBS's "Face the Nation" Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen. Carl Levin, D-MI Roger Simon, Politico.COM Fox News Sunday FLOTUS Laura Bush Gov. elect Bobby Jindal, R-LA

CNN "Late Edition" Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA Trent Lott, R-MS Mike Huckabee, R-AR ABC's "This Week" Sen. John McCain, R-AZ Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA

Well, here we are, like it or not.  The Dhimmicrats and their allies in the DBM are forced to relaunch their pogrom program ... what is it?  the 98th time... of world domination and simultaneous surrender to their Jihadi overlords.  Go figure.  We've got presidential (also ran) candidates Dodd (D), McCain (R) and Hunter (R) along with overvalued members of the legislature Graham, Boxer, Levin, Lott and Feinstein.  For variety we have fist lady Laura Bush (just back from a trip they can criticize) and Louisiana governor elect Bobby Jindal. Oh, and they grace us with Mohamed ElBaradei, Tom DeFrank, William Safire and Roger Simon for "balance".  Oh, goody!

NBC Meet The Press gives us the new darling of the nutroots, Chris Dodd.  Do you suppose that he might be pandering to their insane agenda to get some votes?  Wow!  What a notion!  Following senator "I'll do anything to  buy their votes" Dodd we are treated to Tom DeFrank and William Safire, two pundits guaranteed to put anyone watching to sleep.  Lil' Timmah really  screwed up on his booking this week.  Maybe he doesn't want to interfere with the World Series?  Whatever.

CBS Face The Nation has Carl "the wise old owl" Levin and Lindsay "two face" Graham.  The big question of the day is whether good Lindsay or bad Lindsey will show up.  We may get a treat and see both sides of this schizo today.  The central theme seems to be a bit of "inside baseball" considering whether New Hampshire will get to be the first primary or not.  We may end up only hours away from the first primary of 2008, sometime in December 2007.  Roger Simon of the Politico is along to pour gasoline on the barely smoldering embers of this "major controversy" and get the folks in his home state of New Hampshire completely bent out of shape.  I have this fantasy of the primaries being locked up in January with Hillary winning the nomination, an absolute lock, right before she's indicted on something in February.  Delicious.

Fox News Sunday brings us first lady Laura Bush, fresh from her hajib wearing tour of the Middle East.  No doubt Chris Wallace is going to throw all of those evil right wing bloggers comments about her daring to wear a head scarf in deference to sharia law in her face.  In fact I think that's why they booked her.  I have a feeling that not only will Laura hold her own against Mike Wallace's little boy, but she'll end up making him cry like a little girl, or wish he could.  To round out Wallace's humiliation he has Bobby Jindal.  You know the inside the beltway bigotry about the Indian American Republican governor elect of Louisiana and I expect Wallace to grotesquely embarrass himself in this one.  We may be looking at a future president in Governor Jindal and I don't think Wallace has a clue what he's going to be facing.  It's a "classic" roundtable with Hume, Kristol, Liaison and Williams, no doubt focusing on Bill "the war lover" Kristol's plans to start world war 3 by advocating an unprovoked attack on the peace loving mullah's in Tehran.  Really.  At least according to the nutroots, that is.

CNN Late Edition seems to be going a little light this week with only Mohamed ElBaradei of the IAEA from the usual UN chorus and three domestic pols.  ElBaradei is front and center to denounce the Bush administration for condemning Tehran's nuclear weapons program and for daring to suggest that that Iran is actually already waging war on us.  Just because they're killing American soldiers in Iraq, that isn't anything we should be upset about.  After all, we shouldn't be anywhere in the Uma anyway, so it's really all our fault.  After Mohamed Wolfie brings us one of CNN's favorite RINOs, Trent Lott.  He can always be counted on to stab conservatives in the back or serve up embarrassingly ignorant comments that can be used to pummel conservatives with (he's OUR guy, don't you know?).  I think he's on to blame all ills in this country on a) FEMA and b) evil insurance companies.  He'll no doubt threaten legislation if Geico doesn't completely pay for replacing Tom Cruise's Scientology bunker in Malibu, or some such nonsense.  Barbara Boxer is on to tell us how George Bush and the Iraq war are to blame for the California fires.  That's her story and she's sticking to it.  Mike Huckabee is this weeks media darling, "surging" in Iowa and passing Romney in the national polls.  As a bonus he can be spun to fit the DBM narrative of Republicans being nothing but rednecks who are intolerant religious fanatics and won't vote for anything but an evangelical.  Hillary's hope for winning the White House is based on splitting the Republicans and making them fight amongst themselves.  CNN is doing their part to see that that happens.

ABC This Week celebrates Halloween by rolling out the crypt keeper, John McCain.  They determined two years ago that he was their front runner and they don't let a narrative die easy.  They also think he might be building up to this years "Howard Dean scream" type moment as things begin to get nasty in New Hampshire and shows signs of real competition in South Carolina.  They follow McCain with a tag team of California legislators, Dianne Feinstein and Duncan Hunter.  Both are likely to criticize "Bush's bureaucrats" for some failings related to the California fires.  Dianne is probably going to focus on something like his failure to implement Kyoto as being the root cause of the fires while Hunter will kvetch about the US military not being the first responder for the fires.  They'll both probably implicitely defend Boxer's accusations about Iraq draining California's National Guard.  Hello?  Remember when you all voted for the "peace dividend" and raped the military budget in the 90s?

The Saturday shows (obviously already done) were all over the map, and the schedule.  I didn't watch the Fox shows because they've changed two of them from evening to daytime and I didn't know that till they were over.  The Beltway Boys focused on the Clintons, inevitable I'm sure, and the infighting in the Republican camp.  I don't think they even buy their shtick anymore.  Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC continues with yet more Stephen Colbert plus Howie Kurtz hyping his new book on the decline and fall of the dinosaur media.  Timmah won't let him get away with that.  Fox News Watch looks at the finger pointing in California, no doubt to defend placing the blame on McChimpy Bushitler and global warming, followed by dismissal of complaints about the coverage, or lack thereof, for Lt. Michael Murphy's Medal of Honor.  I'm glad I didn't see this as I have a feeling I would have smashed my TV listening to Neal's venom on that one.  The Journal Editorial Report brings us a glimpse of the emerging new Czarist Russia, followed by Rudy's bogus journey through evangelical land and finishes up with a look at the real root causes of the California fire disaster.

So, the Dhimmicrats are doing their best Night of the Living Dead imitation with their agenda that will not die... again.  Let's see if I get the narrative right.  Bush is lying and Iran really isn't alreday waging war against us.  Bush wants to kill sick children and throw seniors out on the street by stealing their Social Security.  The fires in California were caused by global warming and they can't fight them because all of the able bodied Californians and their equipment are either torturing women and children in Iraq or have been killed by Dick Cheney's order by Blackwater contractors.  Oh, and the Republicans are racists and the election of Bobby Jindal proves it.

That about sums that up.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For October 27, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • We know Hillary's going to win, so let's move on to the post election analysis of tactics...
  • It's over when we say it's over, never mind this silly business about needing to cast or count actual votes... how primative!
• Topics:
  • Is the media spotlight on the Clintons helping or hurting Hillary's campaign?
  • Why the GOP primary fight is quickly becoming a two-man race
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET, Sundays at 6:30 a.m. ET

Tim Russert Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • We know Hillary's going to win, so let's move on to the humorous pseudo campaigns... it's more serious coverage than we've given to any of the Republicans
  • Tim Russert (channeling Captain Edward Smith*) to Howard Kurtz: "Did you say 'iceberg?'"
• Topics:
  • More of Tim Russert’s "Meet the Press" interview with Stephen Colbert in his “bid” for the Presidency
  • "Interesting" observations from Washington Post Media Reporter, Howard Kurtz when he talks to Tim about his book, "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War."
• Guests
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Howard Kurtz
    • Washington Post Media Reporter
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • The MSM got caught grotesquely spinning and politicizing a natural disaster... is that wrong?
  • The MSM got caught displaying outright hatred for our military and tried to cover it up... no big deal, it's all the blogger's fault
• Topics:
  • California Fires: Were the media too quick to point fingers?
  • An American Hero: Why did many in the media ignore the story of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael Murphy?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • The bad old days are back in Russia... no, not the Communist bad old days, the Czar's bad old days
  • Rudy (you know, the guy who took on the mafia in New York) better look out, the evangelical's are out to get him
  • Okay, let's get serious about cause and effect in these California fires...
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Your Move
    • Chess champion Garry Kasparov talks about
      • his run for the Russian presidency
      • Vladimir Putin's maneuvering
      • the West's miscalculations
    • Rudy Giuliani and the Christian right
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Garry Kasparov in the match of his life: Why the Russian chess champ is taking on President Putin
    • As the losses from the California wildfires continue to mount, a look at what can be done to keep it from happening again
• Guests
  • Garry Kasparov
    • Chess champion
    • Candidate, Russian Presidential elections
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and, this week only, the program airs Saturday and Sunday at 6 a.m.

* semi obscure reference of the week

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • This week's loser Democrat presidential candidate in the spotlight is Chris Dodd, new darling of the Kossacks
  • Spying on terrorists violates their Constitutional rights and McChimpy Bushitler caused the fires in California... so there!
  • Did you know that Jerry Ford really hated conservative Republicans?  Well, he did, at least according to this liberal reporter...
• Topics:
  • "Meet the Candidate" series: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
  • Roundtable:
    • Decision 2008
    • The new book, "Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford"
• Guests
  • Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • The netroots' new hero
    • BELTWAY BLOGROLL Chris Dodd Really Wants The Blog Vote (National Journal, DC - Oct 25, 2007)
    • BELTWAY BLOGROLL Chris Dodd: The Next Howard Dean? (National Journal, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • And here comes Dodd's memo (MSNBC - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Ad Watch: Dodd, Obama, And Romney (Washington Post - Oct 24, 2007)
    • CQ: Surveillance Bill Will Go to Senate Floor Next Month (TPM Muckraker - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Chris Dodd Leads Where Reid Fails (Huffington Post via Yahoo! News - Oct 19, 2007)
    • This is Sen. Chris Dodd's Make-or-Break Moment (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Playing Up the Value of Experience and a Cheap Haircut (New York Times - Oct 25, 2007)
    • The buzz: Clear fields of fire (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 25, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • William Safire
      • New York Times Columnist | Bio (from The New York Times)
      • Former senior White House speechwriter (Nixon administration)
      • And Now This (New York Times - Oct 27, 2007)
      • 'Adultalescents' and other gyrations of campuspeak (Arizona Daily Star - Oct 1, 2007)
      • In Defense of the Term (CU Columbia Spectator, NY - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Tom DeFrank
      • Author, Write it When I'm Gone
      • Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | Bio (from the Harry Walker speaker's bureau agency)
      • Jerry Ford's Secret Slip of the Lip (Washington Post - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Nobel Spurs Gore Supporters to Urge Presidential Bid (Voice of America - Oct 12, 2007)
      • US Presidential Candidates Clinton, Giuliani Get Boost in Latest Public Opinion Polls (Voice of America - Oct 5, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Hey, I've got a good idea!  Let's have the states with the 30th and 41st most population in the US have most of the choice in picking who runs for president!  Don't like that one, huh?  But whyyyyyy?
  • Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, which state's gonna get the candidates doe?
  • Carl Levin wants to lose the war support the troops by bringing them home on the installment plan
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Lawsuit filed challenging Michigan presidential primary (Boston Globe - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Jealous, Carl? Levin's 'cockamamie' plan (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Splaine to Levin: You Hold The Final Primary Puzzle Piece in Your Hands (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 26, 2007)
    • It's peoples' lives, stupid! (Red State - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Alternate tax may blindside millions (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007) Note: this article referenced in article above
    • Levin says wars will tax future generations (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Levin: Withhold some war funds (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Carl Levin: Senate Approves Levin Amendment to Improve Oversight of FBI Background Checks (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Congress moves to put all armed contractors under military control (WAVY-TV, VA - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Mr. Levin's Stock Options (Wall Street Journal - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Levin Bill Targets Corporate Tax Deductions for Stock Options (Bloomberg - Sep 28, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican (sometimes) - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq (Think Progress, DC - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Republicans fire back at Sanchez for Iraq war criticism (SI.com - Oct 14, 2007)
    • Leaders of Anbar awakening in Washington to meet US officials (Indian Muslims, CA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Charleston Protects Troops (WCIV, SC - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Dream on (Power Line, MN - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Bush To Help Graham Begin Re-Election Campaign (WYFF, SC - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Graham Endorsements Show Campaign Clout (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Erwin says he won't challenge Graham for US Senate in 2008 (Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Graham fires aide accused of embezzling $215000 (Rock Hill Herald, SC - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Graham Has $4.22 Million Ready To Go (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Social Security Retirement Age Should Rise, Keep Americans Working Longer, Senators Say (Congressional Quarterly, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Roger Simon
    • The Politico
    • New Hampshire's turn as leader may be up (Politico.COM - Oct 24, 2007)
    • N.H. inches toward December primary (Politico.COM - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Is John Edwards subtly appealing to racism and sexism? (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Only the strong will survive (Politico.COM - Oct 23, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Damn these Bushes!  They're actually making friends and helping women in the Muslim world, of all things!
  • Evil nasty bloggers are attacking Laura Bush for wearing a head scarf!  That kind of thing wouldn't happen in the MSM!
  • Chrissy Wallace: "Mrs. Bush, you must be an idiot to believe what you said about their being progress in Iraq."
  • Chrissy Wallace: "So, Congressman Jindal, you overcame racism to win the governorship of Louisiana.  What we can't understand is why you're not a Democrat?"
  • Why is McChimpy Bushitler so intent on going to war with Iran?  Is he insane, or merely under Cheney's control?
• Topics:
  • Just back from a tour of the Middle East, a discussion with first lady:
    • a progress report on the region
    • her efforts to raise awareness in the Middle East about breast cancer
    • a look ahead at what's to come as the administration enters its final year in office
  • A discussion with Louisiana's Republican Governor-Elect
    • the nation's youngest governor
    • Louisiana's first governor of an ethnic minority since reconstruction
    • the first chief executive of any state who is of Indian American decent
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • The escalating situation with Iran and the latest U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • First lady Laura Bush
    • First lady of the United States | Bio
    • Laura Bush expands drive to fight breast cancer (AFP - Oct 25, 2007)
    • The sisterhood of Laura Bush (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Laura Bush Meets Breast Cancer Survivors (The Associated Press - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education (Voice of America - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Laura Bush: Signs Of Progress In Iraq (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush tells US troops Iraq is improving (AFP - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush to troops: Never mind those newspapers (Baltimore Sun - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush ends up wearing a headscarf after all (USA Today - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Right targets Laura Bush over headscarf (The Carpetbagger Report - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Right Wing Enraged: Laura Bush Is A ‘Butt-Kisser’ For Wearing Headscarf In Mideast (Think Progress - Oct 26, 2007)
    • ThinkProgress: A Double Misnomer (Little Green Footballs - Oct 26, 2007)
  • Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal, Republican - Louisiana
    • Campaign web site | Bio
    • Jindal vows to root out corruption (NDTV.com, India - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Our Views: Jindal can’t do it alone (2TheAdvocate, LA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Hurricane governor: Bobby Jindal (Hindustan Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Long Island's Indian diaspora thrilled with Jindal's win (Hindustan Times, India - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Jindal, Blanco team up for recovery (The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Bobby Jindal and the 'Southern Strategy' (American Thinker, WA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Bobby Jindal win due to "ethnic cleansing" (RedState.COM - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Daily Kos: Jindal wins becuase Rove let black, NO Dems die (RedState.COM - Oct 21, 2007)
    • Truly Excellent (RedState.COM - Oct 21, 2007)
    • Uncle Bob Jindal: Man of No Color (Asian Week, CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • The Colorless Society Has Arrived --- and by a Republican No Less (RedState.COM - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Tearing down Bobby Jindal (MichelleMalkin.COM - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Good enough for me and my Bobby Jindal (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 24, 2007)
  • Power Player of the Week: Michael Kahn
    • Artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company
    • Star Trek captain heads for the classics: Avery Brooks does Tamburlaine (San Jose Mercury News - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • Editor of The New Republic Stands by His Writer Who Doesn't Defend Himself (Fox News - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Krauthammer and Barnes: Bush and Cheney Serious About Threat to Bomb Iran. Playing Dangerous Game of Global Thermonuclear Chicken (News Hounds - Oct 24, 2007)
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Missile Defense and Campaign Elections (FOX News - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Kristol: Iran Is ‘The Only Real Threat’ To Success In Iraq (Think Progress, DC - Oct 21, 2007)
      • The New Lie to Justify Endless War (Dissident Voice, CA - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Mideast Hawks Help to Develop Giuliani Policy (New York Times - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • Are They Experienced? Depends on Whom You Ask (NPR All Things Considered, Oct 22, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • GOP Candidates Take Aim at Each Other (NPR Morning Edition, October 22, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • WEB EXTRA! Beauty Shop Politics & the Black Church (Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - Oct 26, 2007)
      • Economic Impact of Spending 'Blackout' Protesting Government and Hate Crimes Likely Minimal (Fox News - Oct 25, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • McChimpy Bushitler is lying about Iran's nuclear program, just like they lied about WMD in Iraq - or so says the IAEA
  • Syria had a secret nuclear program they didn't tell us about?  But we're the IAEA, we know everything!
  • McChimpy Bushitler started the fires in California in order to provide a distraction from his horrible failures in Iraq... yeah, that's the ticket...
  • It's the fault of the evil insurance companies.  It doesn't matter what "it" is.
  • Huckabee's back and Wolfie's got 'em!
• Topics:
  • The Iranian nuclear threat – an exclusive interview with the world’s top weapons inspector
  • The latest on the California wildfires
  • Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
• Guests
  • Mohamed ElBaradei
    • Director General, IAEA | Bio
    • Iran reformists assail leader over nuclear stance (Seattle Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • The confused mind of the feckless Mohamed ElBaradei (National Post, Canada - Oct 24, 2007)
    • One more Middle East mistake? (Brattleboro Reformer - Oct 27, 2007)
    • 5+1 Group to discuss Iran's N-case (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Olmert lashes out at ElBaradei (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Sarkozy supports Israel against Iran (Jerusalem Post, Israel - Oct 23, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Contacts Syria (Little Green Footballs - Oct 15, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Elects Syria Co-Chairman (Little Green Footballs - Sep 19, 2007)
    • ElBaradei Springs Into Action, Condemns US (Little Green Footballs - Sep 8, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Praises Iran (Little Green Footballs - Aug 30, 2007)
  • Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee member
    • CBS’s Storm Quotes Barbara Boxer, Who Blamed Wildfires on Iraq (NewsBusters - Oct 24, 2007)
    • The Fascists at Fox Want Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer to Shut Up (News Hounds, CA - Oct 24, 2007)
    • California Senator Boxer Condemned by Pro-Troop Group Over San Diego Fire Comments (Men's News Daily, CA - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Hannity Uses California Wildfires For Political Gain By Accusing Others Of Doing That (News Hounds, CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Yes, We Can Fight Wildfires and Terrorists at the Same Time (Washington Post - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Calif. 'greenies' set stage for widespread wildfires (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Boxer Asks EPA for Information on Health Effects of CA Wildfires (Oct 27, 2007)
    • Bush Adviser Weighs In on Climate and Health (New York Times - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Inhofe Warns of Global Warming Laws (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Senator Trent Lott, Republican (sometimes) - Mississippi
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Minority Whip
    • First insurance CEO comes to visit Lott (Biloxi Sun Herald - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Lott Supports "All Perils" Bill (WTOK, MS - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Vitter to put hold on bill for insurance (Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Southwick approved for 5th Circuit seat (Biloxi Sun Herald - Oct 25, 2007)
    • GOP Lauds Feinstein as "Linchpin" Vote for Racist Bigot Judge (Towleroad, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • I Got a Lotta Love (The Plank on TNR.com, DC - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Killing A Dream: Gordon Smith Votes Against Innocent Children (OpEdNews, PA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Trent Lott considering a new ‘Gang’ (The Carpetbagger Report - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Lott expects to whip GOP against Blackstone bill (The Hill, DC - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Republican rightwingers find an Iraq-on-sea (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Dorgan, Lott Call Media-Ownership Press Conference (Broadcast Newsroom, CA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Obama Weighs in on Media Ownership (Radio World, VA - Oct 25, 2007)
  • Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
    • Former Arkansas Governor
    • Republican presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Iowans Gives Huckabee a Second Look (The Associated Press - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Huckabee moves into top GOP tier after column (WorldNetDaily - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain, Huckabee talk tough on social security (USA Today - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Huckabee Feels the Heat, but That's a GOOD Thing... (Swampland - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee explains why he's surging (Slate - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Huck: More Than A Feeling, A Surge? (MSNBC - Oct 27, 2007)
    • What About Huckabee's Theology? (Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee: Chuck Norris Endorses Mike Huckabee for President (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Who Doesn’t Huckabee? (New York Times - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Dump the Huck (National Review Online, NY - Oct 26, 2007)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Hey!  There's this feisty guy from Arizona who might just make the Republicans palatable to us in the media, and his name's John McCain.  Ever heard of him?
  • McChimpy Bushitler started the fires in California in order to provide a distraction from his horrible failures in Iraq... yeah, that's the ticket...
  • The "insurgents" slaughtering Iraqi civilians and killing American troops are just people and we should embrace them in the spirit of multi-culturism and all will be well
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08: John McCain
    • Hear what McCain has to say about:
      • his fight for the Republican nomination
      • the topics he's asked about out on the campaign trail including immigration, Iran and Iraq
    • Two California lawmakers discuss:
      • the wildfires that ravaged California this week and forced the largest evacuation of U.S. citizens since Hurricane Katrina
      • what the California lawmakers think of the federal response to the disaster
  • Voices segment: filmmaker Molly Bingham
    • The photojournalist and former White House photographer talks about her new film, "Meeting Resistance." The film focuses on the Iraqi insurgency and what motivates Iraqis to join its ranks. The film features conversations with active insurgents and has been used by the U.S. Army to help soldiers better understand their opposition.
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Things Looking Up For Mccain (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Hits Clinton in 2nd Woodstock Ad (The Associated Press - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain’s ad recalls the continuing culture divide over the 1960s (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Woodstock Museum Becomes A Campaign Issue (CBS News, NY - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Marks 40th Anniversary of Crash (The Associated Press - Oct 26, 2007)
    • South Carolina Primary Shapes Up as a Main Contest for the Republican Field (New York Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain, Giuliani Like Gephardt, Kerry? (Yahoo! News - (Real Clear Politics via Yahoo! News - Oct 25, 2007)
    • McCain, Huckabee talk tough on social security (USA Today - Oct 25, 2007)
    • John McCain Swipes at Rudy Giuliani, Says Waterboarding 'Is Torture' (FOX News - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain's Disputed Fox Debate Clip a Viral Hit Online (Wired News - Oct 26, 2007)
    • DC insiders could deal with McCain, Richardson (Baltimore Sun - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain supports permanent ban on Internet taxes (Washington Business Journal, DC - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Still Glad for Gang of 14 Deal on Judges (National Review Online, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • McCain's latest acrobatics (Washington Times - Oct 27, 2007)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senator Feinstein Provides Update on California Wildfires to Senate (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Feinstein seeking $1 billion for fire recovery, prevention (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Fire-relief package may ignite new debate (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Feinstein: Cal communities should stop building in fire areas (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Feinstein Calls For 'Catastrophic Coverage' For the Uninsured (KPBS - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Controversial Judge Confirmed by Senate (The Associated Press - Oct 24, 2007)
    • GOP Lauds Feinstein as "Linchpin" Vote for Racist Bigot Judge (Towleroad, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Thank you, Sen. Feinstein (Hattiesburg American, MS - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Senator Feinstein’s Fair Play Exposes Liberal Extremists (Town Hall, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Rebel farm bill would help state, but puts Boxer, Feinstein in bind (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Where is Senator Feinstein coming from? (Vail Sun, AZ - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Feinstein calls on Congress to pass global warming legislation (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 11, 2007)
  • Representative Duncan Hunter, Republican - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Post-fire tasks for our local politicians (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Getting aircraft up and running is complex (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 27, 2007)
    • California Congressman Duncan Hunter Says Dems Are Playing Politics with The California Wildfires (Fox News - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Hunter Calls on Congress: Kill the Law of the Sea Treaty (NewsBlaze (press release), CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Q&A: Republican Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter (CBS News, NY - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Hunter still upbeat about presidential bid (North County Times, CA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Chertoff faces criticism over slow air response to California fires (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 25, 2007)
    • This time military choppers will aid fire effort (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Blackwater's run for the border (Salon - Oct 22, 2007)
  • Roundtable:
    • Paul Krugman
      • New York Times (psycho) columnist | Bio
      • Krugman Veers to Left, Longs for a New New Deal: Caroline Baum (Bloomberg - Oct 24, 2007)
      • Malefactors of Megawealth (The New York Times Book Review - Oct 21, 2007)
      • In defense of Krugman (Salon.COM - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Chrystia Freeland
      • US Managing Editor of the Financial Times | Bio
      • The McLaughlin Report or maybe renamed The Putin Apologists (The Revolutionary Political/Sports Blog - Oct 9, 2007)
      • McLaughlin Group defends Putin (The Revolutionary Political/Sports Blog - Oct 20, 2007)
      • America’s rich paradox (Newsletter Blog - Sep 15, 2007)
    • George Will
      • The $114.69 Speech Police (Orlando Sentinel, FL - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Sam Donaldson blasts George Will’s climate denial (Think Progress, DC - Oct 14, 2007)
      • George Will: GOP voters "have learned" that Giuliani "doesn't flip-flop" (Media Matters for America - Oct 14, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

 

Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 21 October 2007

Here 's this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### NYTimes crocodile tears @ Dow Jones Dropping CNBC Ads in Favor of Fox Business Network while never cared about Google's selective censorship criticising moveon.

###### TV Networks Continue to Lose -> Audience Share . The "big four" broadcast television networks are continuing to lose audience share, according to new figures from Nielsen Media Research.

###### Gannett Profit Falls as Ad Sales Decline Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, says 3rd-quarter profit fell 10% as newspaper classified advertising sales tumbled and television revenue dropped.

###### Distorting +ve news to -ve -> McClatchy way - "As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch".

###### Wake-up O'Reilly! -> Hillary Clinton, George Soros Connection.

###### McClatchy's Profit Plummets! -> 55% as Ads Drop. McClatchy, the publisher of 31 U.S. daily newspapers including the Miami Herald, says 3-quarter profit fell 55% as its classified advertising revenue declined.

###### Liberal Magazines BusinessWeek, Newsweek ads plummet ! -> BusinessWeek and Newsweek dropped 16.4% and 8.5%.

###### Phony Media/NYTimes -> says that Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation Inc, (Rush Limbaugh is a director) is not a charity and so Casey foundation might incur taxes on its purchase of the letter.

###### NYTimes leaks again about investigation into jihadist. Despite warnings not to publish his real name, The NY Times has outed an al Qaeda sympathizing blogger with possible ties to a Somalian terror ring.

###### NY Times Stock Plummets After Major Sale Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest shareholder in New York Times Co., sold off its entire stake Wednesday, sending the stock to its lowest in more than 10 years.

###### Financial Times apologised and paid libel damages to Singapore's prime minister for fake & inaccurate story. President Bush would be a billionaire now, if our laws match Singapore's.

###### Day of reckoning for BBC! -> 1000s of jobs axed and Television Centre to be sold.

###### Fox wobbly! -> Gary Ginsberg appointed News Corp exec VP, was former assistant counsel for Bill Clinton. (Footnote: CBS, NBC, ABC, FNC, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC cover President Bush's press conference. FBN does not. FBN's first interview on launch day - Hillary Clinton. The only cable network that skip's President's weekly radio address: Fox. Michael Murphy, Senior Manager, Media Relations at (Wash)FNC is out. Reason - liberal reasearch assistant of a leading anchor. And this idiot ).

###### The Slow Bleed of the Washington Post.

B u z z .......

*** Tony Snow Accepting the Freedom of Speech Award.

*** Why we love W -> unlike some clue-lesser!.

*** Associated Press is depressed because Brits admire Condoleezza Rice.

*** John Podhoretz, New York Post & Weekly Standard Columnist becomes next editor of Commentary magazine.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Kate O'Beirne Judy Woodruff Author Sally Bedell Smith ("For Love of Politics -- Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years") Author Stephen Colbert ("I Am America [And So Can You!]") CBS's "Face the Nation" Presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) Fox News Sunday Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Presidential candidate Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) Brit Hume Mara Liasson Bill Kristol Juan Williams

CNN "Late Edition" Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) Lebanese parliamentarian Walid Jumblatt Economy: Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh Russian presidential candidate Garry Kasparov Elaine Quijano Bill Schneider Gloria Borger ABC's "This Week" Presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) Author Tommy Lasorda Mark Halperin Time Magazine Donna Brazile George Will

The dinosaur media is intent, this week, on telling Republicans who to pay attention to (and who not to) in their primaries.  They even throw up a faux candidate (their favorite, by far) as a featured guest.  For the distaff side of the argument they offer up a long line of Hillarybots.  Gee, I wonder what their intentions are?

NBC Meet The Press leads the ersatz pack with Colbert and a gaggle of "experts" who will tell us that Hillary is a "shoe in" and John "DBM" McCain is back, talking straight talk and really giving those racist fascist Republicans what for (woo hoo!!).  How much do you want to bet that Doris Kearns Goodwin won't be asked about plagiarism and that Judy Woodruff won't be asked asked about when she knew that Valerie Plame was a spook?  Rule number 1: don't mess with the officially sanctioned narrative.

CBS Face The Nation spends their half hour fishing in the Romney pond for sound bites to use against other Republicans.  This is CBS 101.

Fox News Sunday brings us the actual "come back kid," John F'n McCain, and the DBM is so happy to tell you that he's really back and worth paying attention to.  Ho hum.  Oh, then there's Mike Huckabee, the other Republican that the DBM likes.  Not a really great recommendation in my book.

CNN Late Edition serves up their usual smorgasbord or non-Americans who will tell us what is wrong with us.  Oh joy.  This time their intent on telling us how wrong we are to be winning in Iraq, so we should just give up already.  Pretty standard fare.

Finally ABC This Week serves up the Dhimmicrat bound and determined to come in fourth place in Iowa.  No, seriously, that's the target of the Biden campaign.  Yep, that's the kind of president I'm lookin' for, one who finishes out of the money.  Pathetic.

The schedule for the Saturday shows are all screwed up, for what reason I don't know.  The FNC shows were on early this afternoon, but the FNC debate isn't until Sunday, so I'm just not tracking on their thinking.  What's new about that?  The Beltway Boys offer up a rare look at McChimpy's successes, such as they are (according to the inside the beltway intelligentsia).  Fox News Watch congratulates the omniscient MSM for taking Harry Reid's side in the dust up with Rush... no wait, they didn't mention that at all.  Instead they congratulated the MSM for reporting only the "newsworthy" Bush bashing by Sanchez and defebded ignoring the "not newsworthy" press bashing part of the same speech.  Yep, reality MSM style.  Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC serves up the babes and freakazoid talent from CNBC as proof, proof mind you, that no one should watch the Fox Business Channel stuff.  And ignore the actual math, we're in a recssion, no matter what others tell you!  So there!  Finally the Journal Editorial Report exmines the minor questions surrounding success in Iraq, Dhimmicrat attempts to sabotage that success by antagonizing our ally, Turkey, and even touches on the left's plans to raise taxes by 1 trillion dollars.  Yes, that's 1 trillion.  Just ask Charlie Rangel, he'll tell you.  It's his money and you must fork it over, ya hear?

This is a nothing weekend so far as the DBM is concerned.  As proof of that notion I point out that three Republican candidates are given air time.  I think they're assuming that most folks will be paying attention to the baseball playoffs.  Let's mess with their heads and actually tune in for a change. 

I'm rushing this while I prep for a week on the road.  I'm really, really glad that the DBM is cooperating and not actually putting up something interesting or controversial this week.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • Okay, okay.  Maybe, just maybe, there are one or two things that McChimpy has done semi okay at... maybe...
  • It was a very, very bad week for Nancy and her pals
• Topics:
  • A look at the areas where President Bush can claim success
  • The 'Beltway Boys' will tell you who's up and who's down this week
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• "Catch 'The Beltway Boys' at a special time of 2 p.m. ET this weekend"

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Things aren't as bad as you think... they're worse!
  • Listen to us!  Not those fools over at... yuck... Fox
  • We've got hotter babes than Fox does!
• Topics:
  • It's not business as usual when Tim Russert talks to CNBC's "heavy weights" about Wall Street, Main Street and their careers.
• Guests
  • Maria Bartiromo
    • CNBC anchor, Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo | Profile
    • The Fox Biz/CNBC Wars: Jessica Tandy Edition (mediabistro.com, NY - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Maria Bartiromo and Chris Matthews To Host Republican Economic Debate (DealBreaker.Com, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Transcript: The GOP Debate (Wall Street Journal - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Atop GOP, It’s Always Sunny (New York Times, United States - Oct 9, 2007)
  • Erin Burnett
    • CNBC Anchor, Street Signs | Profile
    • Tiger's Robertson Sees 'Doozy of a Recession' (CNBC, NJ - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Roger Ailes Misunderstands Simple Questions (Jossip, NY - Oct 8, 2007)
    • Profit Tears (Scientific American - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Interview (of Secretary Rice) with Mark Haines and Erin Burnett of CNBC (US Department of State, DC - Sep 24, 2007)
  • Jim Cramer
    • CNBC host, Mad Money | Profile
    • CNBC’s Jim Cramer Fires Shot at New Fox Business Network (NewsBusters - Oct 15, 2007)
    • You Ask, Cramer Answers (TheStreet.com - Oct 19, 2007)
    • TV host: 'I have to be entertaining to succeed' (Atlanta Journal Constitution - Oct 19, 2007)
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • Are the media fanning fears?  Are the media fanning fears?  You just now noticed that this is an issue?!!!!!!
  • Headline: Fox News Watch actually notices malfeasance by the media - but they'll find a way  to excuse it
  • Ellen's "doggy drama" is more important to talk about then Rush raising 4 mill and the MSM lying about it (when they noticed)
• Topics:
  • Deadly Staph 'Superbug': Are the media fanning fears?
  • The REAL story of Gen. Sanchez's recent remarks about Iraq
  • The media get all teary over Ellen's doggy drama
• The program airs this week on FOX News Channel Sat., October 20 AT A SPECIAL TIME: 2:30 P.M. E.T.
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • It was a very, very bad week for Nancy and her pals
  • But wait, Charlie Rangel will raise taxes 1 trillion dollars (not an exaggeration) and happy days are here again!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: A Turkey of an Idea
    • Congress riles ally Turkey over the 90-year-old Armenian massacre; why now, and how will the Turks respond?
    • The progress against al Qaeda in Iraq
    • A multistate tax-increase tour.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Congressional resolution condemning a massacre in Turkey a century ago threatens to endanger military progress in Iraq today
    • New report says Al Qaeda in Iraq is on its last legs. But is it really time to declare victory?
• Guests
  • none listed
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • You know, this Colbert guy sounds exactly the way the Republicans do... at least the parts we let on the air
  • Let the hagiography of Queen Hillary continue!
  • McCain's back... no really... stop laughing... oh, you're not laughing, your crying...
• Topics:
  • Insights and analysis on Decision 2008:
    • The Republicans court the "values voters" in Washington
    • The Democrats take aim at frontrunner Hillary Clinton
    • A major calendar shake up in the race for the White House
      • With merely 10 weeks until the voting begins, there are still no exact dates for the first contests.
      • How will the uncertainty affect Decision 2008?
  • Stephen Colbert (comedian... and presidential candidate?) will talk about his recently declared "candidacy"
    • His take on the issues and personalities of Decision 2008
    • How important is comedy in national Politics?
• Guests
  • Stephen Colbert
    • Author, I Am America (And So Can You!)
    • Host, The Colbert Report | Profile (from Comedy Central) | Profile (from Wikipedia)
    • The Colbert Notion (Atlantic Online - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Can Colbert Get on SC Primary Ballots? (The Associated Press - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Sit up and pay attention to Colbert campaign (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Colbert packs Lisner (Daily Colonial, DC - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Stephen Colbert's Hilarious FEC Violation (TV with MeeVee, CA - Oct 19, 2007)
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Presidential Historian | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Former Lyndon Johnson aide
    • Author Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    • Author No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
    • Doris Kearns Goodwin And The Credibility Gap (Forbes - Feb 27, 2007)
    • These United States (Opinion Journal - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Sally Field to play Lincoln’s wife (Times of India, India - Sep 25, 2007)
    • Historians hopeful after ruling against Bush on records (Dallas Morning News - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Sox Nation candidates meet for TV debate (MLB.com - Sep 27, 2007)
  • Kate O'Beirne
    • Washington Editor, National Review | Profile (from National Review Online) | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • A Second Look at McCain (National Review - Oct 15, 2007)
    • Oh-eight (R): Sam's endorsement? (MSNBC - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Senate Slaughter (The Corner, National Review Online - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Sounds True (The Corner, National Review Online - Oct 15, 2007)
    • The Fighting President (National Review - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Bush’s selective taste in company (The Carpetbagger Report - Sep 20, 2007)
  • Sally Bedell Smith
    • Author, For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years
    • Author, Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House
    • Latest Biography of Clintons Test Public's 'Fatigue' Levels (Wall Street Journal - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Slate reads For Love of Politics so you don't have to (Slate - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Not Really Feeling It (Newsweek - Oct 22, 2007 issue)
    • Hillary Didn't Support Nafta (The Plank, The New Republic - Oct 16, 2007)
  • Judy Woodruff
    • Senior Correspondent, PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | Profile (PBS) | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Attorney General Nominee Mukasey Questioned on Torture Views (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Former President Carter Reflects on His New Book, Recent Trip to Darfur (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Oct 12, 2007)
    • President Bush Vetoes Children's Health Insurance Legislation (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Progress in Iraqi military (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Sep 26, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Ol' Bob: "You're a member of a Satanic cult, aren't you?  Then how could you appear in front of those right wing Christians?"
  • This is a test: how many questions can CBS craft that offer only two choices, pissing off conservatives or pissing off moderates?
  • This weeks show: fishing for anti Republican, particularly anti-Bush or anti-Iraq war, sound bites
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Mitt Romney, Republican - Massachusetts
    • Former Massachusetts Governor
    • Presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Giuliani talks of NY; Romney of agriculture (Boston Globe - Oct 20, 2007)
    • For 3 Candidates, a Test on Religion (New York Times - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Romney Talks Christian Faith to ‘Values’ Voters (New York Times - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Romney camp stacking the Values Voter straw-poll (Baltimore Sun - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Caffein-free Romney: Ready for New Year's in Iowa (Baltimore Sun - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Romney: Wont beat Clinton by acting like Clinton (Baltimore Sun - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Romney calls UN an 'extraordinary failure' (MSNBC - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Mitt looks for support (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Mitt Romney: The Huckster (Rolling Stone - Oct 19, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Did you know that the Republicans have folks running for president too?
  • McCain's back and we've got 'im... no really... stop laughing... oh, you're not laughing, your crying...
  • Huckabee is the type of conservative the MSM likes, one who criticizes Bush as "arrogant" and thinks anti-smoking laws are too weak
  • It was officially a very, very bad week for Nancy and her pals
• Topics:
  • A preview of the First in Florida Republican debate
    • Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain.
      • Once the Republican frontrunner, the Arizona Senator is now struggling to keep his campaign solvent
      • How does the embattled Senator plan to stage a surprise comeback?
    • Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a second-tier candidate, tries to break through to the top
      • How can he convince America to take a better look at his proposals?
      • Why does he believe his campaign isn't getting the attention it deserves?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • A preview the Sunday night FOX Republican Debate. Who has the most to win and lose?
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain, Republican (sometimes) - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican residential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • McCain Is Back (TIME - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Maternal power helps propel McCain comeback (MSNBC - Oct 19, 2007)
    • McCain's Last Stand (Rolling Stone - Oct 5, 2007)
    • For 3 Candidates, a Test on Religion (New York Times - Oct 20, 2007)
    • McCain Tells Conservatives to Trust Him (The Associated Press - Oct 19, 2007)
    • McCain to social conservatives: 'I won't con you' (Baltimore Sun - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Three-Card Morality Monte (New York Times - Oct 20, 2007)
    • McCain-Led Group Active Abroad (The Associated Press - Oct 19, 2007)
    • McCain, Huckabee only GOP candidates to accept AARP invite (Radio Iowa - Oct 19, 2007)
    • McCain Passes On Warming Bill (Washington Post - Oct 18, 2007)
    • McCain Details Views on the Iraq War, Drive for the White House (PBS News Hour (transcript) - Oct 19, 2007)
    • McCain: World less stable now than during Cold War (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Q&A: John McCain on White House, Iraq (MSNBC - Oct 12, 2007)
    • McCain maps his new plan for health care, Iraq (Mt. Pleasant News, IA - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Afflicted monks should have won Nobel, McCain says (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 13, 2007)
    • McCain Issues Congratulations and a Challenge to Gore (New York Times - Oct 12, 2007)
  • Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
    • Former Arkansas governor
    • Republican residential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Huckabee Gets NY Times Nod As Brownback Bows Out (Today's THV, AR - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Brownback Exit -- Huckabee Surge (Red State - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Huckabee is the right-wing's last survivor (Town Hall, DC - Oct 17, 2007)
    • From the Back of the Pack (New York Times - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Huckabee: A nation that meets 'God's standards' (Baltimore Sun - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee raises eyebrows with safe sex remarks (KUAR, AR - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Huckabee wants new campaign finance system (Boston Globe - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Huckabee Discovers Corrupting Effect of Campaign Finance Laws (Nolan Chart LLC, VA - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Huckabee: Get Rid Of The IRS (CBS 4, FL - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Huckabee: Rock star status based on political post (Boston Globe - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Republican Ears Revealed: You Heart Huckabee (AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Dailykos Laugh at Gop Candidates, Except Mike Huckabee (Red State - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Huck-a-Mania (The Weekly Standard - Oct 18, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • More Questionable Contributions to Hillary Clinton (FOX News - Oct 19, 2007)
      • MSNBC's Abrams Hits FNC 'Attack Team,' Defends Matthews (NewsBusters - Oct 8, 2007)
      • CNN moves "Dobbs," expands "Situation Room" (Reuters - Oct 15, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • How Many Wars Will Bill Kristol Hatch? (Tapped, DC - Oct 19, 2007)
      • Epitaph for a Congress (The Weekly Standard - Oct 20, 2007)
      • Cheer Up! (The Weekly Standard - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Armenian Genocide Resolution (FOX News - Oct 18, 2007)
      • NPR Poll: Bush Rating Weighs Down GOP Prospects (NPR Morning Edition - Oct 12, 2007) Note: page has article plus link to audio
      • Presidential Contenders Firm Their Positions (NPR Morning Edition - Oct 5, 2007) Note: page includes link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Republicans Lack Clear Frontrunner for President (NPR Morning Edition - Oct 18, 2007) Note: page includes link to audio
      • On CNN, O’Reilly is ‘Ahmadinejad,’ Juan Williams is ‘Happy Negro’ (NewsBusters - Sep 26, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • It was a very, very bad week for Nancy and her pals
  • The world is a nasty, dangerous place.  Why didn't George Bush warn us?  Wait... it's all George Bush's fault... yeah, that's the ticket
  • Blackwater bad.  PKK bad.  Turkey good.  Remember that
  • A novel approach for the World Bank... trying to help poor people and get rid of corruption - no one's ever thought of that before...
  • Czar Vladimir has a critic who is still alive... will wonder's never cease?
• Topics:
  • Tensions with Turkey
  • The threat from Iran
  • The debate over domestic spying
  • Vladimir Putin's power grab
  • The World Bank President on the mortgage crisis and allegations of corruption
• Guests
  • Representative Jane Harman, Democrat - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Homeland Security Committee member
    • Harman flip-flops on Armenian genocide resolution (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Harman letter angers Armenian activists (Daily Breeze, CA - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Harman's flip-flop on Armenian Genocide resolution attacked (Los Angeles Daily News, CA - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Did Hill kill the Armenia bill? (Hot Air, MD - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Terror-Fighting Center Chief Steps Down (The Associated Press - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Harman: Threat was hyped (Daily Breeze, CA - Sep 27, 2007)
    • The Capitol Hill terror attack that never came (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Rep. Harman Claims She Was Not ‘Fully Briefed’ On Secret Torture Memos (Think Progress, DC - Oct 7, 2007)
    • Harman Shares Plunge on Buyout Rumors (Washington Post - Sep 21, 2007)
    • $8 Billion Buyout of DC Firm Collapses (Washington Post - Sep 21, 2007)
  • Representative Peter Hoekstra, Republican - Michigan
    • House web site | Bio
    • House Intelligence Committee ranking member
    • Hoekstra Dismissive Of Democrats FISA Measure (CBS News, NY - Oct 9, 2007)
    • What Happened in Syria? (Wall Street Journal - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Hoekstra Predicts Telecom Cos To Get Wiretap Immunity (CNNMoney.com - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Immunity Crucial in Talks on Eavesdropping Rules (New York Times - Oct 9, 2007)
    • House Dems propose fix on wiretaps (The Hill, DC - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Hoekstra Blasts Bringing Back Sulick (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 21, 2007)
    • House wants bribe case subpoenas quashed (Jordan Falls News, IA - Sep 26, 2007)
    • The rhetoric of climate change in US Congress (ISN, Switzerland - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Congressmen press Justice to test Sandy Berger (WorldNetDaily, OR - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Hillary: Sandy Berger No Official Role (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 8, 2007)
  • Walid Jumblatt
    • Lebanese Parliamentarian | Profile (from Wikipedia)
    • Jumblatt presses UN to set up Hariri court soon (Daily Star - Lebanon - Oct 15, 2007)
    • Jumblatt wags finger at Hezbollah-Israeli negotiations (Ya Libnan, Lebanon - Oct 18, 2007)
    • US 'will support' any freely elected Lebanese president (Daily Star - Lebanon - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Iran refutes Jumblatt's claims (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Jumblatt cries out for world leaders to 'protect us' (Daily Star - Lebanon - Sep 30, 2007)
    • Jumblatt accuses Hezbollah of plans to occupy Beirut (Ya Libnan, Lebanon - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Jumblat Accuses Hizbullah of Establishing Relations with Israel (Naharnet, Lebanon - Oct 18, 2007)
    • March 14 'prepares for armed conflict' (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 14, 2007)
  • Robert Zoellick
    • President, World Bank
    • Former Deputy Secretary of State | Bio (from US State Department)
    • World Bank welcomes new leader's stability (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 20, 2007)
    • The World Bank goes to the country (Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction (Mongabay.com - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Zoellick sets out World Bank aims (BBC News, UK - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Zoellick unveils globalization strategy for World Bank (Canada.com, Canada - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Nigeria: World Bank Insists on Global Benefits for the Poor (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Tackling poverty a priority for Zoellick (Financial Times, UK - Oct 10, 2007)
  • Ali al-Dabbagh
    • Iraqi Gov't Spokesman
    • Gallows beckon Chemical Ali (Independent Online, South Africa - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Criminal Blackwater must leave: Iraq (Tehran Times, Iran - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Al Dabbagh wants Blackwater out of Iraq (Alsumaria - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Iraqi: 'No country in world' would tolerate Blackwater (Baltimore Sun - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Al Dabbagh: Blackwater shooting unprovoked (Alsumaria, Iraq - Oct 8, 2007)
    • Iraq urges Turkey against incursion (AFP - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Iraq urges Turkey to solve crisis through diplomacy (Reuters - Oct 15, 2007)
    • Maliki calls for emergency crisis meeting (Alsumaria, Iraq - Oct 17, 2007)
  • Garry Kasparov
    • Russian Presidential Candidate | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Kasparov's new opponent proves formidable (USA Today - Oct 14, 2007)
    • Kasparov’s Crusade (Russia Profile, Russia - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Garry Kasparov's Endgame (BusinessWeek - Oct 7, 2007)
    • Q&A with Garry Kasparov (Boston Globe - Sep 30, 2007)
    • Russian chess: Kasparov vs. Putin (Yahoo! News - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Kasparov on Colbert – a closely contested draw (Chessbase News, Germany - Oct 18, 2007)

• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Joe Biden isn't out of this yet... no really... stop laughing... oh, you're not laughing, your crying...
  • The Goreacle is waiting in the wings... dontcha just love it?
  • Hillary supports it!  Hillary doesn't support it!  You know what?  They're both right.
• Topics:
  • "On the Trail" with Sen. Joe Biden in Iowa
    • With more than three decades in the Senate he is one of the most experienced candidates in the race,
    • But his campaign is struggling to gain traction
    • He sits down to discuss:
      • his career
      • his campaign strategy
      • his leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
      • where he stands on Iraq, Iran and health care
  • Voices segment: Dodger's Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda
    • His new book, "I Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer"
    • His long career and love of the game
    • A true "American dream" story, Lasorda went from being a scrawny kid with average skills to one of the most successful managers in baseball history.
• Guests
  • Sen. Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Biden Lands an Iowa Paper Endorsement (New York Times - Oct 20, 2007)
    • Joe Biden Keeps Fighting (CBS News, NY - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Biden targets Richardson in memo (MSNBC - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Presidential Hopefuls Blast Domestic Spying Immunity (eWeek,  NY - Oct 19, 2007)
    • Biden eyes 'close fourth' in Iowa (Boston Globe - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Biden Campaign: Biden discusses plan to train 100,000 domestic violence lawyers (IowaPolitics.com (press release), IA - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Biden unveils idea to curb domestic abuse (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 17, 2007)
    • At 5% and 1%, Biden, Dodd won't give up (Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Biden's Immoral Blueprint for Iraq Will Only Cause More Bloodshed (AlterNet, CA - Oct 15, 2007)
    • Brownback and Biden: On carving up Iraq (Baltimore Sun, United States - Oct 12, 2007)
  • Roundtable:
    • Laura Ingraham
      • Clinton and a 'freight train' coming (Baltimore Sun, United States - Oct 20, 2007)
      • Laura Ingraham on Ron Paul (Lew Rockwell, CA - Oct 5, 2007)
      • Laura Ingraham Smacks Down CNN's Toobin on Thomas's 'Rage' (NewsBusters - Oct 2, 2007)
      • Ingraham-Matthews Smackdown: Laura Has Last Laugh (NewsBusters - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Mark Halperin
      • Who Would Make the Best President? (ABC News - Oct 19, 2007)
      • HEARD THIS ONE? (Nuevo Mundo, CA - Oct 12, 2007)
      • Lou Dobbs: "If You're Not Engaged In The System, You're A Damn Fool" (mediabistro.com, NY - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Donna Brazile
      • Donna Brazile Speaks to NRO About Gore's Nobel Win (National Review Online, NY - Oct 12, 2007)
      • Brazile: Nine million reasons to override a presidential veto (Daily News Tribune, MA - Oct 9, 2007)
      • Is an '08 run the next step for Al Gore? (USA Today - Oct 12, 2007)
    • George Will
      • An Inconvenient Price (Newsweek - Oct 22, 2007 Issue)
      • Puzzled by liberals' logic (Indianapolis Star - Oct 17, 2007)
      • Will falsely suggested Sen. Clinton's support of tax credits for private retirement investment is new (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 18, 2007)
  • Voices segment: Dodger's Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda
    • Author I Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer
    • Lasorda grateful for 80 amazing years (MLB.com - Sep 22, 2007)
    • Tommy Turns 80; Former LA Dodgers Manager Lasorda Enjoys Golden Years (AHN - Sep 22, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 14 October 2007

Here 's this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### Biased, Unethical, Agenda-driven Press! says Former Iraq Commander. But then, SHAMEFUL MEDIA distorts Truth, as usual.

###### Washington TrashPost's crocodile tears for a Convicted Criminal, because his treasonous behaviour on National Security matches Wash.TrashPost's.

###### Can Ailes Outfox CNBC? On Alan Greenspan's recent criticisms of President Bush: You can't sell a book in America if you don't dump on Bush. That's the cheapest shot in the world. You cannot get an advance, and you can't sell a book because the publishers are all people who hate Bush and hate Republicans.

###### Credibility assessments, Washington Post style! -> Moveon.org must regard Wash.Post as quite a bargain. Unlike with the NYTimes, it didn't have to pay Wash.Post a penny to have it imply that General Petraeus is betraying the trust of his country.

###### Fox BabyTV! News Corporation's Fox International Channels has taken a major stake in BabyTV for an undisclosed sum. Launched in Israel in 2003, the channel is dedicated to infants and toddlers under three. Commercial-free, BabyTV is carried on more than 75 platforms in 50-plus countries.

###### "Reporter"'s careless-ness leaves 1000s of Michigan 5th & 6th graders to retake the the MEAP test.

###### Time Magazine Karen Tumulty recycles democrat-press release as her article. Karen Tumulty previously termed Al Gore as "Shakepeare of Politics"

###### Changing Times? -> CAIR, FOX Co-Host Hollywood 101 Workshop!. Bill Clinton & Jackson on latest Fox-promo ad!

###### NYTimes, liberals angry @ CBS for doing a fair profile of Lynne Cheney and her new memoir, “Blue Skies, No Fences. (they were angry for doing a fair interview with Justice Thomas too).

###### Fox Considers Joe Buck -> for Late-Night Show. With Jay Leno not expected to retire & Conan O'Brien replace him on NBC's "Tonight Show," the late-night scene "promises to get interesting."

###### Morning Sickness - Audience erosion -> causes upheavals at a.m. shows.

###### Radio One to pull the plug on Syndication One which includes Al Sharpton.

###### Wash.post Milbank expose -> of Nancy Pelosi lunch. On antiwar democrat-base: "If they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering, but because they have 'Impeach Bush' across their chest, it's the First Amendment."

###### Wash.Post's owner to dump -> 22% of its stake in the Washington Post Co!

B u z z .........

*** Donna Brazile on Condoleezza Rice.

*** 2 awards on the same day, but One is Nobler than the Nobel.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Comedian Bill Cosby Dr. Alvin Poussaint CBS's "Face the Nation" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Jim VandeHei, Politico.COM Fox News Sunday Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. John Boehner, R-Ohio Bill Kristol Charles Krauthammer Mara Liasson Juan Williams

CNN "Late Edition" Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski* Former president Jimmy Carter* Jessica Yellin, CNN Joe Johns, CNN Ed Henry, CNN ABC's "This Week" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Sam Donaldson Cokie Roberts George Will

The reboot of the Dhimmicrat agenda continues, this week with both Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer going head to head with Republican leaders.  We'll no doubt hear about the evils of the unjustified Iraq war, the cruel veto of SCHIP, the unconstitutional Bush warrentless wiretap program and the absolute moral imperative of raising taxes on "the rich." Of the presidential candidates only John "the new comeback kid" McCain gets any face time this week and the Goracle, that award winning elephant in the room for the Democrats' nomination, will be represented this week by his fellow Nobel laureate, Jimmy "the C" Carter.

NBC Meet The Press seems completely off message this week with an hour devoted to a new book about the problems confronting the "black community" in America but, wait for it, I think I know what they're  up to.  Bill Cosby and his co-author, Dr. Alvin Poussaint of Harvard Medical School, talk about their new book on the subject and their various events around the country dealing with those problems.  There is a theme in those events and it is that racism is still rampant in this country and, since government won't solve the problems (they don't say can't) then it's up to the black community to solve the problems themselves.  This is a message that most conservatives applaud and want to help and encourage these communities to adopt this attitude (though we might get heartburn over the charges of racism).  So, what's the problem, you ask?  Just this, I think that the reason that these worthies are on the MSM talk show is to counter attack over criticism of Barack Obama and John Edwards for their comments about the relative populations of blacks in school or in prison.  Read the links under Dr. Poussaint's name in the show by show listings.  I've included several that don't mention him, but do mention those candidates comments.  There's also a link to a conference on the subject where Dr. Poussaint and one of the "Jena Six" are panelists.  Coincidence?

CBS Face The Nation gives us the return of "straight talking" John McCain.  The MSM has decided that they're back in love with him, if nothing else because he can be a pain to the Republican front runners.  The narrative is that he's been "liberated" by no longer being the front runner so now he can say what he really means.  Whatever.  Jim Vandehei of the Politico is on for some good old fashioned Republican bashing.  Par for the course with SeeBS news.

Fox News Sunday has the line up of the day in Steny Hoyer and John Boehner.  I agree with Politico's assessment from their Tip Sheet preview (linked below): "a clash of the House titans, as Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) both sit for interviews.... The two will not face off directly. But look anyway for plenty of jabs, as they’ll surely discuss the fate of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the future of the war in Iraq."  The listing implies that Hoyer will go first, followed by Boehner.  Do you suppose that someone read my complaint that the shows have a habit of setting up Democrats to give rebuttals whenever a Republican is on?  If it's so or not it's still a healthy development.  No Brit again this week, but Charles Krauthammer will do nicely.  I'm betting the subject of his most recent column will come up, though, about how he won't vote for Hillary, but that he can live with her because she may just do the right thing out of sheer naked self interest, much as her husband did.  Oh joy.

CNN Late Edition starts off with what the left thinks it can complain about in the Mideast, our unfriendly friends in Pakistan and those evil nasty mercenaries from Blackwater.  It looks like both situations may actually be much more in our favor than has been portrayed by the MSM (surprise, surprise) and I know that Eric Prince acquitted himself well in front of Henry Waxman's kangaroo court recently.  I don't know how Shaukat Aziz will acquit himself, or even if I'll be pleased with what he has to say, but the articles I linked to are generally encouraging and there have been some interesting and positive developments in Pakistan in the last few weeks.  Lindsey Graham tags along on the conversation, likely as a witness for the prosecution in the Blackwater case.  Lindsey has some stiff competition from both sides of the political spectrum in his upcoming reelection bid and he needs all the free face time he can get, so watch for him to cater to what Wolfie wants in discussions of Blackwater.  There's a discrepency in the listings as to who (or what) comes next.  On CNN's web site they list Jimmy Carter, but AP is indicating that it's Zbiggy Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Advisor, who is on.  I think it's Carter, largely because he can serve as a stalking horse for Al Gore in the Dhimmicrat campaign as a fellow Nobel laureate.  I think that's their holy grail, getting the Goracle to enter the race.  We'll have to wait and see.

ABC This Week gives us the second coming of Nazi Pelosi in her campaign to convince us all how successful the Dhimmicrats have been in Congress.  In descending order, there are lies, damned lies, statistics, presentation graphics and Dhimmicrat politicians' statements on Sunday morning talk shows.  They then have the second offering this weekend of a Republican rebuttal in the person of Mitch McConnell.  Will wonders never cease?  I swear these folks have paid staff who read our stuff!  I have a feeling, however, that they'll be primarily setting Mitch up for the Republicans "cruel" opposition to SCHIP and poor, sick, children.  McConnell is apparently the prime target in this election cycle of  MoveOn.ORG (which means George Soros and Team Hillary) and ABC This Week is the most dutiful of their MSM coterie, so expect fireworks.  It appears that they too will be delving into the intricacies of a Gore candidacy, but with Sam Donaldson on the panel it is likely to be spun as putting cold water on the nascent movement.  Her Thighness must be served!

The Saturday shows are as to be expected, with The Beltway Boys touting the newly feisty Barack Obama and the tantalizing potential of Saint Gore gifting us with his candidacy.  Piffle.  The reborn Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC (having moved from CNBC... in anticipation of the Fox Business Channel competition/collapse?) provides the political analysis I would have expected from MTP while MTP does the book promotion that I would normally expect from Tim Russert's cable show.  Perhaps they did a switcheroo?  For partisan political reasons?  Perish the thought!  Fox News Watch proffers the Cincinnati school shooting, Fred's performance at the debate and the Goracle, anything to avoid the grotesque display of Soros inspired agitprop that is the "mainstream media's" current bill of fair.  The Journal Editorial Report has an intriguing mix of "us an them" with an analysis of the state of the Republican presidential field as well as a discussion of the continuation of the ban on internet taxation championed by a scion of the left.  OK, I get it.  Things aren't all black and white and there are a few folks on the left who we can do buisiness with.  I'm not 100% sold on Wyden, but I was also strangely intrigued by him before this week.  Perhaps I'm on the same page as the folks from the WSJ?

So, bottom line, the MSM is selling evil Republicans and claiming that they hate children, worship war and want to enslave all right thinking people.  Surprise, surprise, surprise!   They have become a caricature of themselves and are more instructive as farce than as news.  We are confronted with an industry which is one of the presumed arms of our anointed society, the "fourth estate," who abrogate unto themselves the right to declare what is right and what is wrong (which really boils down to to what is right and what is left from their point of view) who are not connected in any way with reality.  Oh boy, are we in trouble!

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

* note, conflicting info in listings for CNN, check show by show for details

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For October 13^th, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • Wait, if we declare Hillary the winner now no one will care to tune in the rest of the campaign...
  • Obama is striking back... yeah, that's the ticket
  • The Goracle is descending from the mountain with the tablets Nobel Prize, dare we hope?
• Topics:
  • Obama v. Clinton: Barack Obama shows off some newly sharpened elbows against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
  • Comeback Kid?: Is Al Gores Nobel Peace Prize win a political comeback in the offing?
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

Tim Russert's show on MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • We know what you're supposed to be thinking, so shut up and listen
• Topics:
  • Up-to-date political analysis
• Guests
  • Chris Cillizza
    • Washington Post - The Fix
  • NBCs Chuck Todd
  • Norah O'Donnell
• Tim Russert's show on MSNBC airs Sat. noon/6p.m., Sun. 2 a.m./ noon ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • So, what can we talk about to avoid the fact that the old media is now simply an outlet for George Soros?
• Topics:
  • Cleveland school shooting triggers a new gun control debate in the media
  • Fred's Debate Debut: How were the 'reviews' by the press?
  • Al Gore takes heat in the headlines
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Did you know that there were actual Republicans running for President?
  • OK, see, this one tax is bad, but all the rest of them aren't high enough, 'cause we need universal health care!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Getting Warmer
    • The GOP Presidential race heats up:
      • Mitt vs. Rudy
      • Fred Thompson's debut
      • Is John McCain making a comeback?
    • The Internet tax ban, and wiretap politics
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • The Republican campaign kicks into high gear and we've got it covered:
      • Rudy vs. Romney: Who's the real fiscal conservative?
      • How did Fred Thompson do in his first debate?
      • Is John McCain making a comeback?
• Guests
  • Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat/Socialist/Greenie - Oregon
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Press releases from Senate web site
      • Wyden Introduces Legislation to Make Internet Tax Ban Permanent   Congress Passes Final Legislation to
      • Renew Ban On Unfair, Discriminatory Internet Taxes   Senate Approves 4-Year Extension of Ban on Unfair,
      • Discriminatory Internet Taxes   Allen and Wyden Respond to Attacks on Internet Access Tax Ban  
      • Permanent Ban on Unfair Net Taxes Wins Senate Commerce Committee Approval  
      • Press Release: Bills to Ban Unfair Net Taxes Make Progress in Senate, House  
      • Press Release: Senators Highlight Growing Support For Permanant Ban on Unfair Internet Taxes
    • Internet Tax Revolt (Wall Street Journal - Sep 30, 2007)
      CIA Internal Inquiry Troubling, Lawmakers Say (New York Times - Oct 13, 2007)
    • A Market Makeover For Health Insurance (Washington Post - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Amid health care plans, Ore.'s Wyden sticks with his proposal (KTVZ, OR - Sep 17, 2007)
    • A work in progress (Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Smith, Wyden move to help Klamath Basin farmers (The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Smith, Wyden, split on DC voting rights (The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Merkley returns to his roots for campaign stop in Senate run (News-Review, OR - Sep 19, 2007)
    • 6th Oregon Leadership Summit set for December (Bizjournals.com, NC - Sep 14, 2007)
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Russert: "So, Cos, you have to go out and do this yourself because George Bush hates black people, right?"
  • Russert: "Dr. Poussaint, don't you agree that you only wrote this book because Clarence Thomas is a traitor to his race?"
• Topics:
  • The controversial and complicated issues facing black communities across the nation
    • the alarming statistics of "black on black" violence
    • high school drop out rates
    • the growing need for parental responsibility
• Guests
  • Bill Cosby
    • Entertainer
    • Co author Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors
    • Cosby's crusade (Arizona Republic, AZ - Oct 8, 2007)
    • Cosby, Morehouse chief: Parenting is the answer (Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - Sep 25, 2007)
    • Cosby: Comic and critic (Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Bill Cosby, new report urge parents to take more time with their kids (AXcess News, KY - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Bill Cosby Disputes the Post's Coverage of His Views (DCist.com, DC - Sep 26, 2007)
  • Dr. Alvin Poussaint
    • Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Professor | Bio
    • Co author Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors
    • Hospital exec a player in health care reform (Rocky Mountain News, CO - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Jena Six Students to Lead Panel at Summit in Washington, DC (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Obama on "glaring inequities" in justice system (Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Edwards Predicts Doom for African-American Males (FOX News - Sep 28, 2007)
    • John Edwards, racist (WorldNetDaily, OR - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Truthiness on Young Black Males in Prison Cells vs. College Dorms (Reason Online, CA - Oct 3, 2007)
    • The politics of blatant falsehood (Waterbury Republican American, CT - Oct 10, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Remember John McCain?  He's baaaaack, and Ol' Bob's got 'im!  Will he give us straight talk and bash Bush some more?
  • We're so disappointed that the Dhimmicrats haven't lived up to our left wing expectations, they must do better
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Presidential Candidate
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Campaign web site | Bio
    • Q&A: John McCain on White House, Iraq (MSNBC - Oct 12, 2007)
    • McCain maps his new plan for health care, Iraq (Mt. Pleasant News, IA - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Afflicted monks should have won Nobel, McCain says (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 13, 2007)
    • McCain Issues Congratulations and a Challenge to Gore (New York Times - Oct 12, 2007)
    • McCain: World less stable now than during Cold War (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Tax credit key to McCain's healthcare plan (Boston Globe - Oct 12, 2007)
    • McCain Tags Giuliani on Line Item Veto (The Associated Press - Oct 12, 2007)
    • McCain holds campaign forum in Amherst (Boston Globe - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Local Leaders Kick-Off McCain Campaign Thursday (Hawaii Reporter, HI - Oct 10, 2007)
    • McCain Doesn't Deserve Support as 2008 Presidential Candidate Just for His Vietnam Record (Hawaii Reporter, HI - Oct 12, 2007)
    • In Detroit, McCain calls for higher fuel standards (Detroit Free Press - Oct 9, 2007
    • Fall From the Top Lands McCain in a Comfort Zone (New York Times - Oct 6, 2007)
    • McCain's Last Stand (Rolling Stone - Oct 5, 2007)
  • Jim VandeHei
    • The Politico Executive Editor | Profile
    • GOP's budget blues (The Politico - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Predicting politics is exercise in futility (The Politico - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Dems could do far more to end Iraq war (The Politico -  Sep 27, 2007)
    • History teaches health care lessons (The Politico - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Media Matters Response (The Politico - Mar 7, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • We're so disappointed that the Dhimmicrats haven't lived up to our left wing expectations, they must do better
  • The evil Republicans are blocking all of the good and decent things the Democratics want, how do you defeat them, oh great House Majority Leader
  • McChimpy Bushitler wants to kill poor sick kids, eavesdrop on their parents, wage an unjust war and gut the safety net for the deserving upper middle class... how do you respond mister minority leader Boehner
  • Fred Thompson was an actor, you know, and he's old and lazy, too
  • We can live with Hillary, she's not that scary... not like Osama... pardon the (intentional) slip... Obama
  • The Goracle is descending from the mountain with the tablets Nobel Prize, dare we hope?
• Topics:
  • Two top leaders discuss the latest hot topics on the Hill
    • The looming vote to override the president's SCHIP veto. With the support of some Republicans, can Democrats garner enough votes to secure the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program?
    • FISA "reform"
    • Republicans are vowing a return to their mantra of fiscal conservatism, while vowing to protect funds to Iraq. What's their plan?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Fred Thompson makes his first debate appearance, his personality shows through, but did he live up to expectations?
    • Former Vice President Al Gore adds the Nobel Peace Prize to his Academy Award for his fight against global warming — fueling speculation that he might enter next year's crowded Democratic presidential race.
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Representative Steny Hoyer, Democrat - Maryland
    • House Majority Leader
    • House web site | Bio
    • Hoyer Calls Bush Veto of Child Health Bill a `Defining Moment' (Bloomberg - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Saturday Radio: Hoyer, Bush Talk SCHIP Children Health Bill (Bayou Buzz, LA - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Hoyer defends vetoed healthcare bill (Earthtimes.org, New Zealand - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Democrats propose safeguards in Bush's spy program (Reuters India, India - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Telecom Immunity May Be in Spying Bill (The Associated Press - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Hoyer speech blasts Bush budget, Iraq war handling (Montgomery County Sentinel, MD - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Limbaugh Latest Target in War of Condemnation (New York Times, Oct 3, 2007)
    • Bush Says Resolution Would Harm US-Turkey Relations (Bloomberg - Oct 10, 2007)
  • Representative John Boehner, Republican - Ohio
    • House Minority Leader
    • House web site | Bio
    • Child-Health Bill May Define Republicans (Wall Street Journal - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Democrats Criticize Boehner for War's 'Small Price' Comment (FOX News - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Dems demand apology from Rep. Boehner (ImediNews, Georgia - Sep 14, 2007)
    • Taxes On Your Internet Bill If Moratorium Expires? Not Likely. (CBS News, NY - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Officials reverse policy after public outcry, Republican protest (WorldNetDaily, OR - Oct 11, 2007)
    • McDermott Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Boehner Case (CBS News, NY - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Energy bill could take route that avoids committee (Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Timing of genocide resolution questioned (SI.com - Oct 12, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Read This Book (The Weekly Standard - Oct 6, 2007)
      • Kristol: Is Rudy the most electable Republican? (Campaign Standard Blog at Weekly Standard - Oct 7, 2007)
    • Charles Krauthammer
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Hillary: The Great Navigator (Washington Post via Real Clear Politics - Oct 12, 2007)
      • 'Special Report' Panel on State Children's Health Insurance Program (FOX News - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Battle Over Terrorist Surveillance Bill (FOX News - Oct 11, 2007)
      • NPR Poll: Bush Rating Weighs Down GOP Prospects (NPR Morning Edition, Oct 12, 2007)
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Juan Williams Sets Record Straight on O'Reilly Row on Time.com (NewsBusters - Sep 29, 2007)
      • Juan Williams, Fox News and the NPR conundrum (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 2, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • So, Prime Minister Aziz, since you are an evil and untrustworthy ally, why shouldn't be bomb you as Obama said?
  • So, Mr Prince (of darkness), how many innocent civilians have your people slaughtered this week?
  • The worst president in history calls George Bush the worst president in history... ironic, isn't it?
  • Lindsey Graham has serious challengers for his seat and isn't getting free face time from the MSM... quick say something bad about Iraq or Bush or both... bingo, face time with Wolfie
• Topics:
  • Wolf sits down with Blackwater founder Erik Prince to talk about the controversy over his company’s role in Iraq
  • An interview with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
• Guests
  • Shaukat Aziz
    • Pakistani Prime Minister | Profile (from infopak.gov.pk)
    • Musharraf's success was for sure: Shaukat Aziz (DailyIndia.com, FL - Oct 6, 2007)
    • President Musharraf secures over 55% votes in elections:Shaukat Aziz (Indian Muslims, CA - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Bulletproof cars becoming the norm (The News - International, Pakistan - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Govt encouraging reconciliation politics: PM (The Post, Pakistan - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Government committed to transfer benefits of economic growth to masses: Shaukat Aziz (Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Govt for transparent elections: Shaukat (The News - International - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Dr Qadeer (Khan) not to be handed over to anyone: Shaukat Aziz (Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan - Oct 11, 2007)
    • President, PM call for working on minimum agreeable national agenda for eliminating extremism, militancy (Online - International News Network, Pakistan - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Musharraf, Aziz may lose their country villas (Earthtimes.org, New Zealand - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Cases against Nawaz can't be revoked : Aziz (NewKerala.com, India - Oct 10, 2007)
    • NRO not single party specific: Shaukat Aziz (Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan - Oct 7, 2007)
  • Erik Prince
    • Founder, Blackwater USA
    • Survivors sue Blackwater (Detroit Free Press, United States - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Mystery man (World Magazine - Oct 12, 2007)
    • The life of Erik Prince (Detroit Free Press, United States - Oct 7, 2007)
    • Blackwater founder comes under fire (USA Today - Oct 8, 2007)
    • Did Republican ties turn a Prince into Iraq's security king? (The Age, Australia - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Blackwater Chief at Nexus of Military and Business (New York Times, United States - Oct 7, 2007)
    • Enter Erik the Viking (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 5, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican (sometimes) - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Armed Services Committee
    • Waxman Blackwater Grandstanding (National Review Online, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Blackwater’s Legal Netherworld (National Review Online, NY - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Armed Guards in Iraq Occupy a Legal Limbo (New York Times - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Senator Lindsey Graham Seeks Re-election (The Conservative Voice, NC - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Erwin considering run against Graham (The State, SC - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Sanford’s Quiet Senate Campaign? (Charleston City Paper, SC - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Front Row: Three Iraq debates, seen and unseen (Baltimore Sun - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Lindsey Graham's Iraq Deadline (TIME - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq (Think Progress, DC - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Lindsay Graham's Realism (Washington Post - Sep 15, 2007)
    • Commerce chief backs Graham's immigration plan (Savannah Morning News, GA - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Gutierrez: Immigration Reform Vital (Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Senate defense bill adds border funds (Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Sorry, Lindsey, but this mumbo-jumbo doesn't cut it (The State, SC - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Graham pushes for tax overhaul (The State - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Group’s ad takes aim at Graham (The State, SC - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Lindsay Graham accepts lobby money, backs off child obesity (Charleston City Paper, SC - Oct 9, 2007)
  • Jimmy Carter - Dhimmicrat - Georgiastan (Note: AP lists Zbigniew Brzezinski not Carter)
    • Former President of the United States | Bio (from whitehouse.gov)
    • George Bush authorised torture, says Carter (Telegraph.co.uk - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Jimmy Carter Derides Cheney and NBC's Brian Williams Jumps (NewsBusters - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Mika Defends Carter's Cheney-Bashing: 'A Responsibility to Say Something' (NewsBusters - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Former President Carter Blasts Bush's Administration as 'Worst in History' (AP via Fox News - May 19, 2007)
    • CBS Honors ‘Nobel Laureate’ Carter, Who Hails His Relations with Dictators (NewsBusters - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Carter hopes for Gore run (MSNBC - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Jimmy Carter Parties with Matt and Meredith Over Gore's Nobel Glory (NewsBusters - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Carter: 'No doubt' Gore is the best qualified person for president (Raw Story, MA - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Jimmy Carter hatred is alive in Iranian L.A. (The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Former President Carter Reflects on His New Book, Recent Trip to Darfur (PBS (transcript) The News Hour - Oct 11. 2007)
    • Carter's Claims (FOX News - Oct 12, 2007)
    • The 'Truth Police' and Jimmy Carter (FOX News (transcript) Talking Points, O'Reilly Factor - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Cutting Mr. Carter (TheRealityCheck.Org - Oct 11, 2007)
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski (Note: CNN lists Jimmy Carter not Brzezinski)
    • Former national security adviser | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Terrorized by 'War on Terror' (Washington Post - Mar 25, 2007)
    • Five Flaws in the President's Plan (Washington Post - Jan 12, 2007)
    • Former US Policy Makers Urge Dialogue With Hamas at Mideast Conference (Voice of America - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Brzezinski: U.S. in danger of 'stampeding' to war with Iran (CNN - Sep 24, 2007)
    • The Dignity Agenda (Washington Post - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Brzezinski, Kissinger Disagree Over Iran And Ahmadinejad (RTT News, NY - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Bipartisan Heavies Call for Engagement (TPMCafe, NY - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Uphill climb for Rice on Mideast peace (Christian Science Monitor, MA - Oct 11, 2007)
  • Jessica Yellin
    • CNN Congressional Correspondent
    • Jessica Yellin to Join CNN's Washington, D.C., Bureau (Time Warner Newsroom (press release) - Aug 1, 2007)
    • ABC Minimizes Bush Court Victory; Speculated on Impeachment for Last Ruling (NewsBusters - Jul 9, 2007)
    • Single, Female and Desperate No More - New York Times (New York Times - Jun 4, 2006)
  • Joe Johns
    • CNN Correspondent | Profile
    • Joe Johns Joins CNN as Capitol Hill Correspondent (Time Warner Newsroom (press release) - Jan 23, 2007)
    • CNN Correspondent’s 'Raw' Attack on Fred Thompson and Giuliani (NewsBusters - Jul 20, 2007)
    • CNN Gives Jack Cafferty 60 Minutes to Bash Bush and Republicans (NewsBusters - Oct 20, 2007)
  • Ed Henry
    • CNN White House Correspondent | Profile
    • Tony Snow Tells CNN’s Ed Henry to Calm Down (NewsBusters - Feb 14, 2007)

• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Week two of the Pelosi Galore road show, and this time it's in front of a friendly face, a member of Team Clinton!
  • We're so disappointed that the Dhimmicrats haven't lived up to our left wing expectations, they must do better
  • The evil Republicans are blocking all of the good and decent things the Democratics want, how do you defeat them, oh great Madam Speaker
  • McChimpy Bushitler wants to kill poor sick kids, eavesdrop on their parents, wage an unjust war and gut the safety net for the deserving upper middle class poor children... how do you respond mister minority leader McConnell
• Topics:
  • where things stand ten months into the Democrat-controlled Congress
    • what Pelosi has to say on
      • the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
      • the war in Iraq
      • the 2008 presidential election
      • what the Democrats have and have not accomplished so far this year
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. responds to the Speaker and gives the Republican take on the issues facing Congress.
• Guests
  • Senator Nancy Pelosi, Democrat - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Speaker of the House of Representatives | web site
    • Politics drive US Armenia resolution (AFP - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Rice and Gates called on Pelosi not to put H.Res.106 on vote (PanARMENIAN.Net, Armenia - Oct 13, 2007)
    • God and Nancy Pelosi (NewsByUs, ID - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Pelosi reverses Capitol flag policy to permit 'God' mentions (The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Groups Slam 'Deal' On ENDA (365Gay.com - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Pelosi/ HRC ENDA 'Bargain' - The Inside Story (Gay City News - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Pelosi warns against ‘all or nothing’ ENDA (Washington Blade, DC - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Bill Stalls Over Transgender Protections (The Associated Press - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Pelosi deadline is HRC gala Oct. 6 (San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Threesome Offer From Whoopi Goldberg For Nancy's Hubby Paul Pelosi (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Pelosi: Dems Show Fiscal Responsibility (The Associated Press - Oct 4, 2007)
    • US Rep Pelosi On Wiretaps: Cos Must Defend Selves In Court (CNNMoney.com - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Pelosi says Democrats must do more to stop the war (San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Oct 9, 2007)
    • Pelosi Admits Failure to Stop War (Beyond Chron, CA - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Pelosi vows 'media shield' law (Washington Times, DC - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Pelosi: 'We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law - With or Without the President's Support' (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Setting the Record Straight: Speaker Pelosi Misleads on SCHIP (Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Schip Howlers (Wall Street Journal - Oct 13, 2007)
    • Pelosi 'proud' of her Congress: 'We've drained swamp' (Baltimore Sun, United States - Oct 9, 2007)
  • Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican - Kentucky
    • Senate Minority Leader
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • A top-down smear? McConnell staffer connected to Frost family fiasco (The Carpetbagger Report - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Graeme Frost, Senator Mitch McConnell: and An Earlier Eye-Witness J’Accuse (The Moderate Voice - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Mitch McConnell Stands By Rush Limbaugh (FOX News - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Is this a little selective outrage from the McConnell Corner? (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Ads target GOP's formidable McConnell (USA Today - Oct 9, 2007)
    • New ads from 'Draft Gore,' Giuliani & MoveOn (USA Today - Oct 10, 2007)
    • MoveOn Launches New 'Betrayal' Ad (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Sep 21, 2007)
    • GOP Leader May Face Home State Primary Challenge (Crosswalk.com, VA - Oct 11, 2007)
    • McConnell campaign war chest tops $9M (Kentucky Post, KY - Oct 5, 2007)
    • McConnell's war stance unpopular (Kentucky.com, KY - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Senate Set for Key Vote on DC House Representation (FOX News - Sep 17, 2007)
    • Senate Party Leader Critic of Myanmar (The Associated Press - Oct 10, 2007)
    • McConnell emerges as Congress' most tenacious critic of Myanmar (Kentucky.com, KY - Oct 10, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • Sam Donaldson
      • Gore's Nobel Win Could Have Impact On Policy, Election (abc7news.com, CA - Oct 12, 2007)
    • Cokie Roberts
      • Hillary's campaign has made big gains (Billings Gazette,  USA - Oct 2, 2007)
      • What right-wing bias? (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 3, 2007)
    • George Will
      • More riches, less pleasure (Indianapolis Star - Oct 12, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

 

Posted by anita on the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 7 October 2007

Here 's this sunday's Media Nuggets

###### AP's Jennifer Loven comes out of the closet! noted Bush BDS queen tees off once again on the President. And, MSM even worse.

###### Guilt by Association! -> Culprit here 's MSM, & the Victim - it's Advertisers. It 's no secret that overwhelming majority of people don't trust TV News, now people don't trust the ads aired there too & word of mouth by people remains the most trusted than the ads according the survey by Advertising Age. Now, advertisers are smarting to abandon Newspapers and Television.

###### F&F Greg Kelly = 0, Wayne Simmons = 1.

###### From Perky Face to Honest Voice ie., Katie Couric. First, she reported that undeniable progress was being made in Iraq. Since then, possibly chastened by her pals in New York and Washington for her heresy, shes backtracked considerably. In remarks to Marvin Kalb (the guy who shows up on Fox with liberal idiocy), she said Iraq was confusing.

###### State Department hits the blogosphere! and says it offers the public an alternative source to MSM, for U.S. foreign policy information. Fox News, launched with such high hopes 11 years ago as the "fair and balanced" network, apparently hasn't lived up to its billing. CNN never had a chance. The other networks? Please. No citizen could dare trust the agenda-driven print media.

###### Rewarding for Leak! -> What Bush Admn. could follow.

###### Truth & Twisting! -> Washington TrashPost.

###### So transparent! -> CBSNews.com chief becomes Huffington Post chief executive.

###### Conflict of interest? -> NYTimes food critic never heard of it.

###### MSM wants another scandal badly! -> CNN, AP Sue to Open Federal Mine Probe. A coalition of news media organizations is suing the federal government to halt a probe into the Aug. 6 mine collapse in central Utah until a judge can decide whether the proceedings should be public. Requests to open investigative hearings to the public have been denied.

###### Media giant CBS Corp. stock downgraded! -> By Deutsche Bank.

###### NPR Tavis Smiley's hired gun -> Frank Luntz. Sean Hannity should see his true colors. He 's a fake pollster.

###### Associated Press or Terrorists Mouthpiece?

Iranian propaganda
Iraqi insurgents propaganda
Hugo Chavez propaganda
Hezbollah propaganda
Iran blames 'U.S.-backed terrorists'.

Buzz .........

*** Vice President Dick Cheney's barbecue with vets and their families.

*** Maya Kulycky is out from ABC News.

*** Fox News contributorleftie David Corn jumps from The Nation to Mother Jones.

*** Kos Traffic Numbers Inflated by 60%.

*** Perception / Reality! -> First Daughter Jenna Bush.

*** "Glenn Beck is as good for books as Oprah!".

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., presidential candidate Jay Barbree, NBC space correspondent CBS's "Face the Nation" Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council Fox News Sunday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign manager

CNN "Late Edition" Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol Susan Rice, foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution John Prendergast, co-founder of Enough, a project to abolish genocide former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. ABC's "This Week" Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt Gov. Jon Corzine, D-Sopranos Gov. Bill Richardson, D-Aztlan, presidential candidate

The reboot of the Dhimmicrats legislative agenda is being primed with the "heartless Bush veto" of the HUGELY expanded SCHIP program.  Pelosi Galore, Charlie "Taxes R US" Rangel and Jon "Tony Soprano is a piker" Corzine are the chosen purveyors of version 9.0 of the party message.  I think I know why Nancy and Charlie are out front on this (more on that later) but why Jon Corzine?  Could it be that he's in big trouble back home and needs a major distraction?  And why would the party agree to something like that?  Could it be that he's one of Hillary's inner circle, destined for a powerful position in her administration?  Or could it be that he has something on her or her husband?  Enquiring minds want to know.

And the '08 presidential sweepstakes is represented this week by John "Silky Pony" Edwards and Bill "capitulation is the best foreign policy" Richardson.  Say, is it significant that they've got two Dhimmicrat candidates and no Republicans?  Not even loony toons and also rans like Ron Paul?  Prior to this weekend the last Republican presidential candidate to appear was John McCain on the 16th of September.  McCain has been on three other times, going back to the Republican "debate" on August 5th.  In fact, going back to that August 5th debate there have been 23 appearances by Democrat candidates and 17 by Republicans (not counting non-candidate Newt).  Here's how it breaks down

10/7

9/30

9/23

9/16

9/9

9/2

8/26

8/19

8/12

8/5

Hillary Clinton

5 shows

debate

Joseph Biden

1 show

1 show

2 shows

debate

Bill Richardson

1 show

1 show

1 show

debate

John Edwards

1 show

1 show

debate

1 show

Dennis Kucinich

1 show

1 show

debate

Chris Dodd

debate

Mike Gravel

debate

Barack Obama

debate

Mike Huckabee

1 show

1 show

1 show

1 show

debate

John McCain

1 show

1 show

1 show

debate

Sam Brownback

1 show

1 show

debate

Rudy Giuliani

debate

Duncan Hunter

debate

Ron Paul

debate

Mitt Romney

debate

Tom Tancredo

debate

Tommy Thompson

debate

Gee, I wonder if this will ever be explored by the dinosaur media?

NBC Meet The Press is offering up their contribution in kind to John Edwards.  Lil Timmah better be nice to John or Mrs. Edwards will jump ugly all over him.  Edwards and Richardson are vying for the title of "viable candidate that most panders to the moonbats."  Both get their shot this week.  Edwards is playing a dangerous game by having his wife take the personal shots at Rush over his draft deferment, given his own lack of service and the shifting stories he's told about how that happened to come about.  They also have a roundtable that looks primed to take on the Rush Limbaugh phony soldiers faux scandal, with 3 folks who will dump on Rush, Koppel, Broder and Carlson and 1 who might (might) defend him in CBNs Brody.  But he's only a Christian, so he can be easily dismissed.  Lil Timmah is nominally a friend of Rush, so we'll see if he recuses himself from any Rush bashing.  Jay Barbree is also around to acknowledge that it's been 50 years since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and with it the space race.  I expect little of substance from this bit, with some snide "why are we wasting our money on space when we have so many problems here" type questions.

CBS Face The Nation serves up Charlie Rangel to tell us how mean and heartless Republicans are and how he's going to soak the rich with taxes to pay for health care for the children.  Then Old Bob will invoke the Spanish inquisition on Republican Adam Putnam, trying to find out why he and the president want to hurt poor kids.  Finally they trot out Tony Perkins of The Family Research Council to serve up threats of a 3rd party run if Rudy is the Republican nominee.  You knew they wouldn't have him on unless he was going to trash a Republican, didn't you?  Roger Simon of the Politico joins Old Bob for the questioning and analysis.

Fox News Sunday provides queen Nazi Pelosi, the greatest Speaker of the House that has ever been, to tell us all just how triumphant the Dhimmicrats are and how everything she's done has been an historical success.  Really.  No, really.  No Brit this week but Bryon York is on instead and he's done some excellent work on the Rush kerfuffle, so I expect that to be a central part of the roundtable.  Juan Williams took lots of heat for defending Bill O'Reilly in the previous weeks Media Matters assault on BOR.  I wonder if the "Happy Negro" will take the opprotunity to restore his cred by taking the party line on Rush.  I feel sure that Mara will, so we'll get the high dudgeon and moral equivalence arguments in full.  Bill Kristol is on hand in case one of them needs a smack down.  They round out the show with Hillary's campaign manager as their Power Player of the Week.

CNN Late Edition takes up Iraqi partition with Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish president of Iraq.  Joe Biden and Sam Brownback got a non-binding resolution passed calling for de facto partition, which thrilled the left but enraged most of the rest of the world, particularly those who remember the history of colonial powers making these kinds of decisions for them.  Talabani is one of the few Iraqi officials who haven't denounced the plan.  Kurds have Syria to their west, Iranians to their East, Shiites to their South and Turks to their North.  And the Americans are leaving come hell or high water if (when?) a Dhimmicrat gets in the White House.  And you wonder why they like the idea of partition and want to cut a deal with their neighbors?  They then move on to discuss Darfur with the Sudanese Foreign Minister and the head of a human rights group pushing for economic sanctions against the Sudanese government.  Originally listed for last weekend, it appears that either the CNN web master got his signals crossed or some "scheduling difficulties" came up.  I wonder if there's a story there?  Turning to politics they talk to a Clintonista insider for the dirt on who the likely players are in a Dhimmicrat administration if one is installed next year.  They also trot out Alan Greenspan, still pushing his new book.  No doubt they're hoping for more sound bites to beat up Bush with or to praise Billary.  We'll see if Alan obliges.

ABC This Week offers up the other Dhimmicrat presidential candidate for the week, Bill Richardson, the candidate of MECHA.  Bill is braving the fierce anger of Dhimmicrat primary voters by daring to suggest that we surrender in Iraq... no, wait... stand that comment on it's head and you get the idea.  Besides Bill Incurious George presides over a "debate" on the SCHIP veto between HHS Secretary Leavitt and New Jersey's Governor Jon Corzine.  There's no doubt what the narrative will be in this "debate."  What interests me is any side story there may be in Corzine being picked as the Dhimmicrat participant.  It's apparent that he's a close ally of the Clintons, but is there more to this than that?  And is his presence something designed to help them or perhaps something intended to help him with his ethics problems.  The most astounding thing to me, however, would be if Incurious George were to ask Corzine about his fellow Democrat, the phony soldier and now MIA mayor of Atlantic City.  ABC then rounds out their show with a panel that is guaranteed to trash Rush (and no doubt Bush and any other person with "ush" in their name).  I mean, seriously!  They're becoming caricatures of the biased "journalists."

The Saturday shows are most over as I finish this up.  The Beltway Boys was singularly uninteresting and I almost leapt through the screen to throttle everyone on Fox News Watch they were so outrageous.  Rush is evil and Clarence Thomas was obviously guilty of sexual harassment.  Yep, there's no bias there.  Morons.  Tim Russert's show has moved to MSNBC from CNBC and changed it's name to Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC (how brilliant), but it's still unwatchable.  And though they prominently provided the information about the channel and time change they didn't think it worth mentioning what Tim would be covering this week.  My bet is that Timmah had Jeffery Toobin on to tout his Clarence Thomas bashing book as a counterpoint to Thomas' own book coming out.  The DBM has to maintain their narratives at all costs.  Rounding out the day is the Journal Editorial Report.  They take a serious look at the Supreme Court and Clarence Thomas as well as the Rush Limbaugh "phony soldiers" hysteria.  Set your TIVO.

Any pretense that the Sunday Shows are anything but infomercials for the DNC and George Soros is getting very thin.  Virtually everything on the dinosaur media shows seems set up to echo Howard Deans latest talking points.  Fortunately they are increasingly only fooling themselves.  They tried to steamroll shamnesty through and recently tried to take a second bite of that apple, but were rebuffed both times.  They're trying to set up a lose/lose situation for Republicans over SCHIP, but it may fail as well.  They seem to be intent on not only proclaiming Hillary as the inevitable Democrat nominee, but also already putting her in the White House.  Could that too be a fools mirage?  We'll see.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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Show by Show Preview

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are 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.

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Saturday Shows For October 6, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • It's ordained, we tell you.  Ordained!  Prepare now for the reign of Hillary!
• Topics:
  • Barack Obama is 'down' this week and the 'Beltway Boys' will tell you why
  • Rumblings on the right about Rudy Giuliani
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show is now Tim Russert's show on MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • no listing
• Topics:
  • no listing
• Guests
  • no listing
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show Tim Russert's show on MSNBC airs Saturday noon/6p.m., Sunday 2a.m./noon ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • OK, here's the spin, those who point out the truth that Media Matters and the dims are lying are "taking Rush's side"
  • Repeat after me "they all do it, they're all bad, so don't b*tch at the Dhimmicrats over the 'general betray us' ad anymore"
• Topics:
  • Limbaugh Lambasted: The radio talk show host is attacked by Media Matters and the press rush to take sides
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Clarence Thomas is not the buffoon the MSM has been portraying... who'd have guessed?
  • If the Dhimmicrats are trying to destroy you then you must be doing something right
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Court Is in Session
    • An interview with Jan Crawford Greenburg on what to expect in the new Supreme Court term.
    • Democrats try to mute Rush Limbaugh, and military contractors in Iraq.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • The Supreme Court begins a new term — we'll tell you about the big cases to look for
    • The Rush Limbaugh 'phony soldier' controversy — what's it really about?
    • The latest on the Blackwater
• Guests
  • Jan Crawford Greenburg
    • ABC News Legal Correspondent | Profile
    • Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out (ABC News (interview) - Sep 30, 2007) Note: includes links to the rest of the interview and related articles
    • ABC's Greenburg cast Anita Hill's allegations as charge that Thomas simply "pressured her to date him" (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 1, 2007)
    • All eyes on Clarence Thomas (Baltimore Sun, United States - Oct 1, 2007)
    • But Why Is He So Angry? (Yahoo! News - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Inside the Supreme Court (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Sep 22, 2007)
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • This weeks tryouts for the "real left wing candidate" presents the silky pony, who will promise to surrender in Iraq, no matter what
  • You'll be able to tell if Hillary is worried about Edwards by whether or not Timmah brings up Edwards dodging the draft
  • Let's see 3 movement leftist guests and a hard left host and one conservative Christian... yep, that's balance NBC style
• Topics:
  • Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) joins us exclusively this Sunday to talk about his race for the White House.
  • A special look back at the 50th anniversary of Sputnik
• Guests
  • Former Senator John Edwards, Democrat - North Carolina
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Edwards Attacks Clinton on Iraq (The Trail blog, Washington Post - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Edwards-Obama, Go Edwama (Huffington Post - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Edwards discusses Iraq war at forum (Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Edwards takes hard line on contractors in Iraq (Foster's Daily Democrat - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Edwards Tells Rural Crowd To Ignore Polls, Fundraising Horse Race (WCPO - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Edwards plays the Bubba card (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Edwards Calls For Private Security Restrictions (KELOLAND TV, SD - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Edwards Slams Top Clinton Strategist's Ties to Blackwater (ABC News - Oct 5, 2007)
    • We Endorse John Edwards (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Elizabeth Edwards "disappointed" in Kerry (Washington Times, DC - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Dems Criticize Limbaugh's Comments (Associated Press - Sep 29, 2007)
    • Elizabeth questions Rush's draft deferment (Politico.COM - Oct 4, 2007)
    • FIRE AT WILL (Radio Equalizer - Oct 4, 2007)
    • AWOL Edwards (Don Surber, Daily Mail blog - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Edwards: Did he have a Vietnam draft deferment? (QandO Blog - Oct 5, 2007)
  • Jay Barbree
    • NBC's veteran space correspondent
    • Author "Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
    • Soar into a behind-the-scenes look of space (MSNBC - Sep 7, 2007)
  • roundtable
    • David Brody
      • Senior National Correspondent, CBN News | Bio
      • Fred Thompson Has No Desire to Talk With James Dobson (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
      • Can Anyone Stop Hillary Clinton? (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
      • New Fred Thompson Video on Gay Marriage: “So Be It” (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
    • David Broder
      • Washington Post op-ed columnist
      • Clinton's Game of Dodgeball (Washington Post - Sep 30, 2007)
      • David Broder Praised and Slammed on Politico.Com (Editor & Publisher - Sep 5, 2007)
      • GOP swallows poison pill (Indianapolis Star, United States - Sep 26, 2007)
      • Who's 'poor'? GOP disagrees with SCHIP definition (Indianapolis Star, United States - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Margaret Carlson
      • Columnist, Bloomberg News
      • Fasten Belts for 8 Hours on Tarmac: Margaret Carlson (Correct) (Bloomberg News - Oct 4, 2007)
      • Spendthrift Bush Draws Line on Kids' Health: Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg News - Sep 27, 2007)
      • Bush wants to take away our kids’ health care (Socialist Worker Online, IL - Oct 2, 2007)
      • Jailed Governor Needs Another Day in Court: Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg News - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Ted Koppel
      • Former host ABC Nightline
      • Dead ender, Discovery Channel
      • Ted Koppel Snipes at Rush, Sympathizes With Rather (NewsBusters - Oct 3, 2007)
      • Koppel on Discovery: Breaking Point (Variety - Oct 4, 2007)
      • Breaking Point (documentary description - Discovery Channel - airs Oct 7, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)
• Note New Re-Broadcast Time: Effective this Sunday, Meet the Press will be re-broadcast on MSNBC-TV Sunday night at 6 pm ET/3pm PT and again at 2 am ET/11pm PT

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Charlie Rangel: "Remember, we're confiscating all your money raising your taxes for the children"
  • What Ol' Bob will ask Congressman Putnam: "Why do Republicans want children to suffer and die?"
  • CBS News playbook rule one: invite on any conservative who will trash a Republican, even if he's a, yuck, Christian
  • CBS News playbook rule two: always pump up the virtues of any Dhimmicrat
  • CBS News playbook rule three: always minimize or ignore the failings of any Dhimmicrat
  • CBS News playbook rule four: if you have to mention something bad about a Dhimmicrat never identify their party
• Topics:
  • Politics
• Guests
  • Representative Charles Rangel, Democrat - New York
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
    • Lawmakers criticize Bush's kids' health plan veto (Newsday, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Schumer-Rangel Tax Hike (New York Sun, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Fund Managers Fail to Sway Rangel With Argument for Lower Tax Rates (Wall Street Journal - Sep 7, 2007)
    • Rangel’s Massive Tax-Increase Plan Gets Nearly Zero Old Media Coverage (NewsBusters - Sep 22, 2007)
    • House passes bill giving tax relief to struggling borrowers (Forbes, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Clinton As The Black Candidate (New York Press, NY - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Congress Targets CU’s Funding Over Ahmadinejad Visit (CU Columbia Spectator, NY - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Is Rangel's 'Monument to Me' Worth It? (CBS News, NY - Sep 14, 2007)
    • Charles Rangel (Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - Sep 13, 2007)
    • No Doha deal till Bush goes (The Australian, Australia - Sep 25, 2007)
  • Representative Adam Putnam, Republican - Florida
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, House Republican Conference
    • Democrats Says They Will Not Compromise With President Bush on SCHIP (Kaiser network.org, DC - Oct 5, 2007)
    • SCHIP Veto Override: Dems Say "Do it for the Children" (Human Events, DC - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Dems Accused of Playing Politics on SCHIP (Crosswalk.com, VA - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Putnam's Profile Rising Within GOP (Tampa Tribune, FL - Sep 23, 2007)
    • Thompson courts Florida vote (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 13, 2007)
  • Tony Perkins
    • President, Family Research Council | Profile
    • GOP fracture? Evangelicals prepare to fight 'pro-abortion' Giuliani (Raw Story, MA - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run (New York Times - Sep 30, 2007)
    • Hotline After Dark -- America's Next Top Candidate (National Journal, DC - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Secretive conservative cabal considering fielding third-party candidate (Raw Story, MA - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Hate Crimes Bill Passes Senate - "Conservatives" Pray for Veto (BBSNews, NC - Sep 27, 2007)
    • FRC to Congress: All Violent Crimes are 'Hate Crimes,' Protect Equal Justice Under the Law (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 27, 2007)
  • Roger Simon
    • Chief Political Columnist, Politico.com | Profile
    • Barack Obama acts like he understands Iowa (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Thompson exceeds (low) expectations (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Expect less Mr. Nice Guy from Fred (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Why Hillary will say no to Obama (Politico.COM - Sep 26, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Nazi Pelosi: "Remember, we're confiscating all your money raising your taxes for the children"
  • Nazi Pelosi: "Republicans want children to suffer and die"
  • Nazi Pelosi: "This is the most successful congress in history"
  • Nazi Pelosi: "Rush Limbaugh is a traitor and hates our military, so you better never mention MoveOn.ORG again"
• Topics:
  • A progress report on the Democrat House of Representatives as the fight with the White House heats up
    • Will Congress be able to override the President's veto of children's health care legislation?
    • What are the prospects for government shutdown over the budget?
    • After failing to end the war in Iraq during their first nine months in power, do Democrats have a new plan to bring the troops home?
    • How does the she explain the public's record low confidence in Congress?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • A rift is developing among conservatives about whether the Republican party should nominate a pro-choice presidential candidate — namely Rudy Giuliani.
    • Our panel will discuss whether the religious right will make good on threats to nominate a third-party candidate and what that means for the Republican party
  • Power Player of the Week:
    • As Sen. Hillary Clinton continues to cement her overwhelming lead in the Democratic primary race, we speak to the person behind the strategy — Clinton's Campaign Manager
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Speaker of the House of Representatives | web site
    • Pelosi: Dems Show Fiscal Responsibility (The Associated Press - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Pelosi vows 'media shield' law (Washington Times, DC - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Threesome Offer From Whoopi Goldberg For Nancy's Hubby Paul Pelosi (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Nancy Pelosi lives in the gutter (Red State - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Weak Has a Face, and It's Pelosi's (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Barbara Walters Hits Speaker Pelosi from the Left (NewsBusters - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Pelosi Opposes Surtax Proposal To Pay For War (CBS News, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Op-Ed: Nancy Pelosi Must Be Replaced as Speaker of the House (AXcess News - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Pelosi: 'We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law - With or Without the President's Support' (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Setting the Record Straight: Speaker Pelosi Misleads on SCHIP (Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Democratic leaders mapping congressional gains (Baltimore Sun - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Pelosi Criticizes Border Fence (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Bill Stalls Over Transgender Protections (The Associated Press - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Pelosi deadline is HRC gala Oct. 6 (San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 28, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Bill Kristol
      • Editor, The Weekly Standard
      • The American Left in Action (Town Hall, DC - Sep 28, 2007)
      • Neocon Bill Kristol Calls Cutting Child Healthcare A Good Idea (2 Oct 2007 by The Angry Independent  )
    • Byron York
      • National Review White House correspondent
      • Limbaugh Makes His Case (National Review Online, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
      • The Real Media Matters (National Review Online, NY - Oct 4, 2007) Note: reprint of 2004 article
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio and Fox News
      • Why I Called Juan Williams a ‘Happy Negro,’ and Why He and Bill O’Reilly Aren’t Happy About It (Black America Web, Tx - Oct 1, 2007)
      • Juan Williams Sets Record Straight on O'Reilly Row on Time.com (NewsBusters - Sep 29, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio and Fox News
      • Presidential Contenders Firm Their Positions (NPR Morning Edition, Oct 5, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
      • Clinton Dominating Race for Democratic Nomination (NPR Day to Day, Oct 3, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
  • Power Player of the Week: Patti Solis Doyle
    • Clinton's Campaign Manager
    • Who is Patti Solis Doyle? (Journalism is for Rock Stars blog - Mar 19, 2007)
    • Clinton Raises $22 Million, Bests Obama (Newsday, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Hillary Clinton's consigliere speaks. (The Plank on TNR.com, DC - Sep 13, 2007)
    • Donor Hsu projected wealth, likability (Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 15, 2007)
    • Clintons persuade GQ to pull critical article (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 26, 2007)
    • How the Clinton campaign killed a bad story (Baltimore Sun - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Hillary Clinton's Campaign Progress (TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Oh-eight (D): Edwards' match game (MSNBC - Sep 28, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • Partition, partition, who's got the partition?
  • Did you know that the UN is going to solve the Darfur problem?  No, really.  Stop laughing.  Oh, you're not laughing, you're crying...
  • We already know which party is going to win the White House, so who will be in their cabinet?
  • Maybe we can get that old fool Greenspan to say something else bad about Bush and good about Clinton
• Topics:
  • Wolf sits down with the President of Iraq and the Foreign Minister of Sudan
  • Alan Greenspan on the U.S. Economy and his new book.
• Guests
  • President Jalal Talabani, Iraq
    • Founder and Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | Bio
    • Iraq’s President Talabani Expresses Support For Biden-Brownback Federalism Amendment (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Biden's Quiet Resolution (Bangor Daily News, ME - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Federalism, Not Partition (Washington Post, United States - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Can They Sink Any Lower? The Democrats and Iran (CounterPunch, CA - Oct 5, 2007)
    • A divided Iraq just doesn't add up (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Brownback Meets with Iraqi President (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 4, 2007)
    • US president strongly opposed to partition of Iraq (Xinhua, China - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Iraq: Criticism Of U.S. Senate's Partition Resolution Echoes Across Arab World (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police (Washington Post - Oct 4, 2007)
    • US looking to speed up arms deliveries to Iraq: Gates (AFP - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Talabani opposes execution of Saddam aide (AFP - Sep 7, 2007)
    • No clemency for condemned Saddam aides: judge (AFP - Sep 10, 2007)
    • Execution of 'Chemical Ali' delayed (AFP - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Talabani to pursue Iranian detainee's release: official (Tehran Times, Iran - Sep 30, 2007)
    • Iraqi President Talabani displeased at U.S. troops' arrest of Iranian officer (Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Sep 22, 2007)
    • Iraq's Talabani asks for US release of detained Iranian (People's Daily Online, China - Sep 22, 2007)
    • Kurds losing $1 million a day on Iran’s closing of border (Azzaman.com, Iraq - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Iraq-Iran border chaos over detainee dispute (AFP - Sep 25, 2007)
    • Kurdish delegation to Iran over border issue (Alsumaria, Iraq - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Iraq: Blackwater Fired Unprovoked (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 22, 2007)
    • No Blackwater talk as Bush meets Talabani (AFP - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Bush, Talabani meet in Washington (United Press International - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Bush Prods Iraq's President for Progress (The Associated Press - Oct 2, 2007)
  • Lam Akol
    • Foreign Minister of Sudan
    • Note: John Prendergast was listed for last weeks show -  I find no evidence that he was on and didn't see the show
    • Interview: Sudan FM Lam Akol Ajawin on Darfur (Middle East Times, Egypt - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Sudan: Govt Pledges to Honour Peace Deal With the South (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Moon & Akol Discuss Arrangements for Tripoli Talks (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Sudan releases Darfur war crime suspect wanted by ICC (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Sudan: Darfur Peace Talks Set for 27 October in Libya (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 7, 2007)
    • Sudanese FM says situation in Darfur improving (Xinhua, China - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Darfur Remains Adrift: A skeptical assessment of UN resolution 1769 (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Darfur peace force composition causing tension (Reuters UK, UK - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Rebel says Darfur forces must include non-Africans (Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Sep 22, 2007)
    • Darfur talks end in disagreement (ImediNews, Georgia - Sep 22, 2007)
    • Will the failed Abuja diplomacy be repeated in Libya? (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Sep 25, 2007)
    • Get a move on, then (Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - Sep 27, 2007)
    • Darfur rebels urged to attend peace talks in Libya or face sanctions (Citizen, South Africa - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Akol and Moon Discuss Developments of Darfur Dispute (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 27, 2007)
    • FM, UNSG Stress All Factions Involvement in Talks (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 29, 2007)
    • Minister of Foreign Affairs Addresses Climatic Changes Summit (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 27, 2007)
  • John Prendergast
    • Note: John Prendergast was listed for last weeks show -  I find no evidence that he was on and didn't see the show
    • Co-founder of Enough, the project to abolish genocide + mass attrocities | Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Rights Groups Call for Strong Support for AU/UN Force for Darfur (Voice of America - Oct 4, 2007)
    • US Congress Considers New Sanctions Against Sudan (Voice of America - Oct 3, 2007)
    • US Congress bids to punish foreign companies over Darfur (AFP - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Africa's Sudden Splash of Good News (Washington Post, United States - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Cause Celeb (Irish Independent, Ireland - Sep 26, 2007)
    • DC conference puts Darfur in the spotlight (University Daily Kansan, KS - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Darfur shows limits of diplomacy Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 20, 2007)
    • UN Plans to End Fighting in Darfur Will Fail, Rebel Leader Says (Bloomberg - Sep 4, 2007)
    • Sudan: Echoes of Genocide in Darfur and Eastern Chad (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 6, 2007)
    • Averting the Nightmare Scenario (Center For American Progress, DC - Sep 12, 2007)
    • Central Africa: Great Lakes Drifting Towards Bloodshed Again (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 18, 2007)
  • Susan Rice
    • Former Assistant Secretary Of State
    • Brookings Institute Scholar | Profile (includes link to bio in PDF format)
    • Nevermind the Veepstakes--Who's Next As Secretary of State? (Washington Post - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Handicapping the foreign-policy primary (Foreign Policy Passport - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Experts Debate Iraq Progress Ahead of Bush Speech (Voice of America - Sep 13, 2007)
    • Obama's policy team loaded with all-stars (Chicago Tribune - Sep 16, 2007)
  • Alan Greenspan
    • Author, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
    • Chairman, Federal Reserve (1987-2006)
    • McCain jokes he'd pick Alan Greenspan even if he were dead (13WHAM-TV - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Greenspan: Worst of Subprime Crisis Over (Houston Chronicle - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Greenspan: Inflationary Pressures Beginning To Mount (CNNMoney.com - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Greenspan says Shanghai equities market has characteristics of a bubble (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Greenspan's memoir: Adam Smith rides again (Baltimore Sun - Sep 21, 2007)
    • The Media's Spin on Greenspan (Yahoo! News - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Greenspan slams PM (The Statesman, India - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Bernanke defends Greenspan legacy to Congress (Independent, UK - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Jon Stewart to Alan Greenspan: Why Do We Need the Fed? (John Birch Society, WI - Sep 20, 2007)
    • While amazed at China's new prosperity, Greenspan doubts it has legs (Globe and Mail, Canada - Sep 19, 2007)
    • Bush Disagrees With Greenspan on Economy (FOX News - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Greenspan criticizes Chavez-style Latin American populism (AFP - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Greenspan: I misjudged subprime lending crisis (Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 17, 2007)
    • Greenspan Backtracks On Iraq War Oil Claim (CBS News - Sep 17, 2007)

• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • What Incurious George will ask Secretary Leavitt: "Why does the President want children to suffer and die?"
  • What Incurious George won't ask Governor Corzine: "You preside over the most corrupt state in the nation and are refusing to turn over documents as ordered by the court, so exactly how crooked are you?"
  • What Incurious George should tell Governor Corzine: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy show"* but it won't be, mores the pitty
  • And now, direct from his triumphant appearance on CBS Face The Nation last week, the surrender now anti-war candidate!
• Topics:
  • Live in the studio debate of the president's veto of the the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation
  • Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., discusses
    • his presidential campaign
    • the retirement of New Mexico's senior Republican senator
    • his attempt to separate himself from the '08 pack
    • coming off a speech in which Richardson said his fellow candidates are "wrong" on Iraq, he talks about his plan to end the war.
  • Voices segment: the recently appointed National Poet Laureate
• Guests
  • Michael Leavitt
    • Secretary of Health and Human Services | Profile
    • Bush Vetoes Expansion of Children's Insurance Program (Bloomberg - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Bush veto of kids' health bill puts pressure on House GOP (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Spinning the CHIP Cuts (Texas Observer, TX - Sep 20, 2007)
    • Leavitt predicts 'Travelocity' system for healthcare pricing (Healthcare IT News, ME - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Secretary: It's Time for Tailored Medicine (Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events, DC - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Congress Tackles Child Health Care (New York Times - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Consternation Greets Bush Health Plan (New York Sun, NY - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Gov. seeks more CHIP funds (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Sep 21, 2007)
    • Bipartisan Effort to Prevent S-CHIP Veto (WCAX, VT - Sep 23, 2007)
    • Inspection not answer to import woes, health chief says (Arizona Republic, AZ - Sep 11, 2007)
    • Panel urges "smarter" tracking of risky imports (Scientific American - Sep 10, 2007)
    • Import safety panel prefers prevention over border checks (USA Today - Sep 11, 2007)
  • Governor Jon Corzine, Democrat - New Jersey
    • New Jersey Governor's web site | Bio
    • Corzine denounces Bush and his veto (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 3, 2007)
    • SCHIP-ing away at kids' health (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 3, 2007)
    • NJ's Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules (Washington Post - Sep 13, 2007)
    • NJ files lawsuit to block SCHIP cut (New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Eight states support suit vs US over kids' health (Scientific American - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Not 'for the children' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Senator Jon Corzine's Own Personal Culture of Corruption (American Chronicle - Oct 5, 2005)
    • NO SUNSHINE FOR CORZINE (New York Post, NY - Sep 29, 2007)
    • Republicans claim victory with ruling on Corzine-Katz e-mails (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Judge gives Corzine new e-mail deadline (Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 5, 2007)
    • JERSEY UNION SLAMS CORZINE'S EX (New York Post, NY - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Corzine's ex now fighting her own union (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 17, 2007)
    • Corzine's ex-love wants union bigs to stay out of suit (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Corzine to the rescue (Hudson Reporter, NJ - Sep 28, 2007)
    • Gov. Corzine races to Atlantic City over missing mayor (New York Daily News - Oct 6, 2007)
    • AC and Corzine both ask: Who is in charge here? (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
    • What a deal (Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Corzine back in public eye (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Hold Me Accountable: Lance hammers Corzine-Riccio connection (Politics NJ, NJ - Sep 25, 2007)
    • New Jersey bridge repairs could cost billions (Land Line Magazine, MO - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Secretary Corzine? (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 4, 2007)
  • Governor Bill Richardson, Democrat - (New) Mexico
    • New Mexico Governor's web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Former Congressman, New Mexico (January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997)
    • Former US Ambassador to the UN (January 21, 1997 – September 1998)
    • Former Secretary of Energy (August 18, 1998 – January 20, 2001)
    • Bill Richardson (Forbes, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Richardson woos black, Hispanic support (Savannah Morning News - Oct 6, 2007)
    • Richardson: I'm the only major Dem who wants full withdrawal from Iraq (USA Today - Sep 24, 2007)
    • Richardson's Anti-War Bet (Atlantic Online - Sep 25, 2007)
    • New Richardson Ad Features Praise From Lefty Bloggers (National Review Online, NY - Sep 26, 2007)
    • Richardson's New Iraq Ad (Washington Post - Sep 25, 2007)
    • Richardson: No residual forces in Iraq (Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 18, 2007)
    • Richardson whacks Dem front runners (MSNBC - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Richardson: Leading Democrats 'wrong' on war (Baltimore Sun - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Biden, Richardson offer fresh perspectives on Iraq (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 3, 2007)
    • Bill Richardson’s Remarkable Plan to Disarm Iran (Commentary, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Richardson Would Drop Boy Scouts Over Anti-Gay Policy (365Gay.com - Sep 27, 2007)
    • Several Prominent Politicians Won't Vie For Domenici's Seat (KOAT - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Richardson Camp Says Their Candidate is Surging (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 2, 2007)
    • New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Appears on Azteca America's Inaugural Political Forum 'Issues: Caras y Voces' (Earthtimes.org - Oct 2, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • Katrina vanden Heuvel
      • Editor, The Nation
      • Bush, the bomb and Iran (Aljazeera.com, UK - Sep 29, 2007)
      • Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes (The Nation Editor's Cut blog - Oct 2, 2007)
      • The Queerest Denial (Wall Street Journal - Oct 1, 2007)
      • Madness beyond the water's edge (Washington Times, DC - Sep 13, 2007)
    • Jay Carney
      • TIME Magazine Washington Bureau Chief | Bio
      • The Siegelman Case in Alabama (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 5, 2007)
      • The Asterisk on Romney's Bottom Line (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 4, 2007)
      • Edwards and Nukes (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 4, 2007)
      • Biden: Quit Lying About My Partition Plan! (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Claire Shipman
      • ABC News Senior National Correspondent | Profile
      • ABC Frets: Local Governments Going 'Too Far' Against Illegals? (NewsBusters - Oct 5, 2007)
      • Sicko: GMA Uses Moore Movie, Liberal Group to Push Universal Health Care (NewsBusters - May 30, 2007)
    • George Will
      • Columnist
      • George Will: 17 questions with Barack Obama (The Union Leader, NH - Sep 29, 2007)
      • George Will Obama's right-hand economist (Indianapolis Star - Oct 3, 2007)
      • HYPOCRISIES OF THE TIMES (New York Post - Sep 27, 2007)
  • Voices segment: Charles Simic
    • Winner1990 Pulitizer Prize for poetry
    • The nation's 15th Poet Laureate | Bio
    • Charles Simic: From Belgrade to Poet Laureate (PBS - Sep 27, 2007)
    • Immigrant poet (New York Times via The Register Guard, OR - Sep 9, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

* Semi obscure reference of the week