Weekend Show *Preview* for 6/10 - 6/11/06 (not the live thread)

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Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th, 2006 (not the live thread)

The main message is the Sunday Shows on 6/11/006.  Message 1 will be the Saturday Shows and message 2 will be the show guest links post.  Then I'll post the ping list.

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Yeah, yeah, a minor annoyance was murdered by the ruthless US military and Bushitler.  So what?
  • Did you get a look at the hunk, Al Gore, with Steponallofus last week?  Talk about Presidential!
• Topics:
  • Amb. L. Paul Bremer on al-Zarqawi's death and the fight for Iraq
  • Rep. Reynolds vs. Rep. Emanuel over the bitter battle for Congress
  • ROUNDTABLE: Iraq, 2006 elections and all the week's politics
  • VOICES: George Will gets Grover Norquist's take on taxes and the Republican agenda
• Guests
  • Ambassador L. Paul Bremer
    • "Don't blame the problems on me!  It's all Bush's fault!™"
  • Representative Tom Reynolds, R-New York
    • OK, this is simple.  We won in California in a district we should have lost and which the dims spent all of their war chest on.  Got it?
  • Representative Rahm Emanuel, D-Illinois
    • OK, this is simple.  We won a moral victory.  We scored exactly the same as John Kerry did in this district with a Republican candidate who should have lost big and THAT IS A VICTORY.  Get it?
  • Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria (roundtable)
    • Pay no attention to the dead guy under the building
  • ABC News consultant Donna Brazile (roundtable)
    • If Al gets another shot then so do I!  Unless, that is, you're a racist bigot?
  • George Will (roundtable)
    • Hate Bush!  Destroy Bush!  They never listen to me!
  • VOICES segment: Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform
    • Now here's a conservative George Will can get behind!  He criticizes Bush too! (maybe)
• ABC This Week comment web page

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Yeah, yeah, a minor annoyance was murdered by the ruthless US military and Bushitler.  So what?
• Topics:
  • none listed, but you know it's Zarqawi
• Guests
  • Army Gen. George Casey, top U.S. commander in Iraq
    • He's dead, Bob.
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • Yeah, yeah, a minor annoyance was murdered by the ruthless US military and Bushitler.  So what?
  • The Bush administration even pisses off loyal Republicans... like Snarlin Arlen
• Topics:
  • Now that the most wanted man in Iraq is dead, we’ll look at what Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's killing means for the future of that country.
• Guests
  • Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, Iraqi national security adviser
    • Hello!  Remember us?  We're the Iraqi people and the new Iraqi government.  Anybody listening?
  • Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, Judiciary Committee chairman
    • George Will is on to something
    • The most despised RINO there is, and he's not satisfied.  He's going for impeachment next.  Bush must bow down before his greatness!
  • Senator Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, Armed Services Committee member
    • "I'm with Arlen"
  • Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister
    • "What am I doing here?"
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt: Deputy director, U.S. Central Command
    • He's dead, Wolf
  • Queen Rania of Jordan
    • There are rational people in the Middle East.  Even Palestinians.
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Yeah, yeah, a minor annoyance was murdered by the ruthless US military and Bushitler.  So what?
• Topics:
  • Big picture on Iraq
• Guests
  • Gen. George Casey, commanding general, Multi-National Force
    • He's dead, Chris
    • We're winning
  • Newt Gingrich, former House speaker
    • Hello?  Did you see that I won a straw poll?
    • Wo!  Bush actually can get one of the bad guys, every once in a while.
  • Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.
    • Thanks to the MSM she handily beat her challenger from the left.
    • Now she has to make sure that those folks don't stay home in November so... she appears on Fox?????
  • Dan Senor, former CPA spokesman
    • OK, I didn't get the Google gig... or did I?
    • "No matter what he did wrong in Iraq (and I'm not saying) Bremer is still a good friend of mine."
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Yeah, yeah, a minor annoyance was murdered by the ruthless US military and Bushitler.  So what?
  • Pay no attention to the fascists over at FR.  KOS RULES!!!!!

• Topics:
  • A big week in Iraq:
    • How will the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi affect the war and the U.S. effort to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people?
    • Will the insurgents' struggle to fill the leadership vacuum created by al-Zarqawi's death lead to more violence?
  • Then, we turn to politics to interview the man with one of the world's most widely read political weblogs, Markos Moulitsas, the founder and editor of DailyKos.com. He is hosting the first "YearlyKos" convention this weekend in Las Vegas where key Democrats such as Senator Minority Leader Harry Reid and DNC Chair Howard Dean will be speaking.
  • "Meet the Press Roundtable" - insights and analysis on the week in politics & primaries, and on the upcoming elections.
  • Please note:  Meet the Press will air at special times this Sunday, June 11th, due to NBC's coverage of the French Open.  To find special air times in your city, please click here.
• Guests
  • Gen. George Casey, U.S. commander in Iraq
  • Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas
  • Newsweek's Jonathan Alter (roundtable)
  • Cook Report's Amy Walter (roundtable)
  • National Review's Byron York (roundtable)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

This is NOT intended to be the live Sunday Morning Talk Show thread. I trust AB will do that as usual. This is strictly a preview of who will be on the main shows. The idea is to give folks a chance to muster their resources for that thread.

I would particularly ask that anyone with specific knowledge or resources about the topics / guests announced for these shows post them here so that the rest of us can go into the shows with a heads up on what to look for. For example,

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks for the thread, and have a good time in blue-state territory. Well, have a good time IF you can.

(How bad must a job be that sends someone to dens of radicalism and hatred?)

[Morgan in Denver]

I was doing fine until awhile ago. Really! For some reason, reading this thread and some others on FR, I'm changing into a totally ticked off mood. Rats. Worse, I'm certain the current assault by the media is just cranking up more and will get worse as the year goes on. The Democrats and left are really getting desperate, and it's putting the rest of in a worse mood.

[Morgan in Denver]

Holy cow-bells, Batman! I'm having visions of House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Murtha!!!

This dream-team is a nightmare!!!

[Miss Marple]

Hi, Morgan! Yes, I know what you mean. The only good thing is that by now, we know what they will be doing.

Bck in 2000 I was taken aback by the sudden ignoring of then candidate Bush. After the DNC convention, he suddenly disappeared from the news, while Gore got all of the glory. It was obvious what they were up to, but we were taken unawares.

After 5 years of this stuff, we are able to anticipate their tatics, which is a good thing. We will have to keep on our toes and refute all sorts of stuff. Thankfully, we are now read by enough people that our refutations will be seen by a lot of people.

[GregB]

Coyote ugly but not as bad as Helen Thomas!!!!

[Seattle Conservative]

Excellent point RG! I failed to remember that at post time.
I agree w you. I would add that w him, it could be a virtual smorgasbord of issues ;-).