Weekend Show *Preview* for 6/17 - 6/18/06 (not the live thread)

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[Phsstpok]

Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for Saturday June 17^th and Sunday June 18^th, 2006 (not the live thread)

The main message is the Sunday Shows.  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)

• 'This Week' will NOT air on Sunday, June 18, due to ABC's coverage of World Cup soccer. 'This Week' returns on Sunday, June 25
• ABC This Week comment web page

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Big couple of weeks for Bush in Iraq, so what's wrong with this picture?
  • Tony Snow is the face of evil in the White House because of his insensitive remarks about the 2,500th death in Iraq
  • Bush is a brave leader (tricky bastard, sneaking into) visiting Baghdad that way, but it doesn't affect the deep trouble we're in over there
• Topics:
  • War In Iraq and President Bush's Surprise Trip To Baghdad
• Guests
  • Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary
    • the honeymoon is definitely over
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican - South Carolina, member Senate Armed Services Committee
    • Lindsey Graham: proof that you can live without a brain or a backbone
  • Sen. Joseph Biden, Democrat - Delaware, Ranking (minority) Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    • Joseph Biden: proof that you can get elected without a brain capable of coherent thought nor any principles whatsoever, so long as you can get face time on the networks
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • Big couple of weeks for Bush in Iraq, so what's wrong with this picture?
  • Tony Snow is the face of evil in the White House because of his insensitive remarks about the 2,500th death in Iraq
  • We must not stop the vital work of the NSA, but they must reveal all of their most precious secrets to Congress... trust us, we can keep a secret.
  • Iraq has had a really good couple of weeks, how can we denigrate that?
• Topics:
  • White House press secretary Tony Snow weighs in on Iraq, the war on terror, and President Bush's poll numbers.
  • Plus, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.
• Guests
  • Tony Snow: White House press secretary
    • Not only is the honeymoon over, but the demands for resignation might even start today!
  • Senator Pat Roberts: Republican-Kansas, Intelligence Committee chairman
    • I was against more congressional oversight before I was for it (??? I think this is manufactured via creative quoting)
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Democrat-California, Intelligence Committee member
    • I am for the NSA surveillance program because I'm one of the ones that knows what's really going on, but Bush is still wrong on the war
  • Hoshyar Zebari: Iraqi foreign minister
    • Hello?  Remember us?  The Iraqi's?  We're still here.  We formed a government.  Anybody care?
  • Lawrence Eagleburger: Former secretary of state
    • OK, we beat Saddam when I was in office but then left all of the tough problems for others to solve, therefore you should look to me for advice on how to solve the problems we didn't solve when we had the chance..... ??????
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski: Former national security adviser
    • OK, we created the modern Jihadi terrorist state when I was in office and then left all of the tough problems for others to solve, therefore you should look to me for advice on how to solve the problems we didn't solve when we had the chance..... ??????
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Big couple of weeks for Bush in Iraq, so what's wrong with this picture?
  • The Hillary Wing (Podesta) and the Dean wing (Rosenberg) of the left hold a peace summit, live, on network TV, will they kill each other or bury the hatchet in George W. Bush?
• Topics:
  • Are Americans impatient with Bush's Iraq strategy? White House Press Sec'y Tony Snow responds
  • Can Dems win House with unity on Iraq? John Podesta and Simon Rosenberg weigh in
• Guests
  • Tony Snow: White House press secretary
  • John Podesta
  • Simon Rosenberg
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • John Murtha can now come out of hiding because he can be portrayed as a victim, thanks to Ann Coulter's nasty remark
  • The oil companies: evil incarnate or simply greedy bastards who ought to be shot and have their obscene wealth confiscated?
• Topics:
  • Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), the 37-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who has become the Democrat's leading critic of the Iraq war will join us exclusively on this Sunday's "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" to detail his problems with the Bush administration's handling of the war and further explain his plan for the redeployment of U.S. troops.
  • Murtha will also discuss his decision to both seek a leadership position in the new Congress and to suspend until November his campaign for the position of Majority Leader should the Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.
  • Then, we turn to gas prices with a historic, exclusive interview with the heads of three of the major oil companies, all together on the "Meet the Press" set... All three leading businessman will share their views on the rising prices at the pump, the effect the war and Hurricane season will have on our markets, and whether an energy independent America is a future possibility.
• Guests
  • Rep. John Murtha, D-PA
  • Shell Oil's President John Hofmeister
  • ConocoPhillips Chrmn. & CEO James Mulva
  • Chevron's Chrmn. & CEO David O'Reilly
• 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.

[MNJohnnie]

Fabulous addition to the Murtha info on an FR thread, below, taken from the NRO Media Blog:

Murtha: Change Directions Like Clinton Did In Somalia


Then check out this thread for the perfect response. Hope Irey hits him with this at a Canidate forum.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651076/posts


BIN LADEN'S FATWA 1996 (Read this Osama Bin Murtha!)
PBS Online News Hour ^


Posted on 06/17/2006 8:53:47 AM PDT by hipaatwo


(snip)

But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where- after vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order- you moved tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.

[rodguy911]

I gotta tell you if I hear another conservative or drive-by fair and dizzy spinner advocating the theory that we have had such a great couple of weeks that we will keep the house and senate I will get physically ill.

Who ever proffered the idea that we would lose any seats in either house!! People/voters just can't be stupid enough to vote for the terrorists CS party, they need the party that stands up to terrorism and there is only one; us.

[rodguy911]

My mistake.

[rodguy911]

Diana Irey may have a chance at kinking off al Murtha, she did a good job on the live thread the other night here. Lots of FReepers in attendance, it was a great thread.

[Bahbah]

There is a wealth of amusement in your links. Here is Rahm Emanuel on Ann Coulter: "Not a single Republican elected official has stepped forward to reject her hate, so I have to conclude they are comfortable with her as their spokesperson.

So according to him, Ann Coulter, a private citizen, is now an official spokesperson for the Republican party. Does that make Larry Johnson, who said that Karl Rove is so terrible, his mother committed suicide, an official spokesperson for the Dems? Rahm also said that Ann is afraid of the Jersey Girls. Obviously, he does not know Ann.

[MNJohnnie]

So wonder if he is comfortable with everyone hate filled wacko from Mike Moore to Cindy banSheehan speaking for his party? Utterly absurd for the Democrat Party, which has spewed nothing but political hate speech for the last 5 years, to start whining when someone fires back.

Ann Coulter did not give fire ON the Jersey Girls and Murtha, she RETURNED fire on them.

[Miss Marple]

Once again you have posted a really valuable thread. I am glad to see Tony Snow on so many shows, and will be watching. I expect nothing but good news from his appearances.

I am going to early Mass tomorrow so that I can be here for Alas Babylon's thread. I hope you guys had a great time when you met!

[Phsstpok]

I am going to early Mass tomorrow so that I can be here for Alas Babylon's thread. I hope you guys had a great time when you met!

I'm really looking forward to participating in the thread tomorrow.  I think this could be a pivotal weekend.

And I really enjoyed meeting AB.  I hope he enjoyed it as well. 

I now regret not blowing away my co-workers and seeing if I could work out spending the week with him.  From what he shared of his week I think he hit a lot more of the business contacts I was looking for than I did by staying close to my co-workers.

Ah, children, they have no idea of the opportunities before them.  What's really sad is when someone who should know better, like me, second guesses their own instincts and doesn't act on the best chances.

Ah well.

[Bahbah]

I found this while trolling through your links. Formerly found at the Center for American Progress, the daily talking points are now found here, and they are out after Bolton for the time being:

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=700005

[Phsstpok]

Mark Kilmer has posted his preview on Redstate.COM

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - lineup

By: Mark Kilmer · Section: Other Politics

For Sunday, June 18, 2006

  Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tim Russert talks to Jack Murtha, the hip new face of the Democratic Party. Then he speaks to three oil company execs about gas prices.

FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace interviews White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, then he turns to former Clinton (Bill) boss-staffer John Podesta and Simon Rosenberg of the NDN to discuss the rifts within the Democratic Party regarding Iraq.

Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer discusses the war in Iraq and the President's trip to Baghdad last week with Snow, and the ubiquitous Joe Biden and Lindsey Graham.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos will not air, as Steph participates in Soccer's World Cup. Or maybe he won't even go there. Either way, Steph gets the weekend off.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer talks to Snow, Pat Roberts and Diane Feinstein, and his usual cast of thousands. He usually lines up some nifty guest like an Iraqi cabinet minister or the UN undersecretary of something, fitting them in at the beginning.
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Murtha-mania again strikes Russert's show, the most watched. Give him airtime, make him seem the mainstream Democrat! Thanks, Tim.

Tony Snow will make the rounds, and he's the star. Podesta of the Center for American Progress and Rosenberg from the NDN are visiting from the belly of the tepid, smarmy beast on FNS, and Linsey Graham is a familiar face. (Biden, of course, goes without saying.)

But the best contrast of the week will be Murtha for the Dems vs. Snow for the White House (GOP). Murtha's taken some flak the past week, so he might be even more unhinged. Who knows what he'll say?

I shall, of course, have the review of these shows here at ReddState.com tomorrow afternoon.

(3 comments, 3 new) Comments >>

Jun 17th, 2006: 11:40:21

 Mark seems to have missed the meme entirely this week.  Ah well.

[Bahbah]

Did you know that C-Span links to FR in its Blog section? I did not realize that. I just read Dean's speech to the KosKids. He says the most amazing things...e.g, the dems are not the party of big government. It's too hot and steamy to work in the yard so I am having a quiet and interesting afternoon learning lots thanks to your hard work, like how much Podesta is a stalking horse for Hillary! and maybe for Bill, because he is heavily promoting the UN.

[Bahbah]

I'm having so much fun that I'm going to share my findings, even if I'm the only one here. LOL. I thought this was interesting:

Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller, who write for the liberal blog MyDD.com, took control of BlogPAC earlier this month. It will no longer operate as a traditional PAC, raising money to support candidates and participate in elections, Bowers said....

If you read the rest, you will soon discern that Bowers and Stoller have just set up a little scam for themselves.

Daily Kos turns over BlogPAC to MyDD.com (The Hill, DC), found under the Simon Rosenberg heading in Phsstpok's links.

[Alas Babylon!]

Nah, you were doing just fine! You almost won the $2,500!!!!

I really enjoyed meeting Phsstpok very much.

As you can all see we survived the week in Kerry/Kennedy land. I suggested to Phsstpok we go freep Kerry's house, but he was too busy trying to win cool stuff!

[Libloather]

'This Week' will NOT air on Sunday, June 18, due to ABC's coverage of World Cup soccer.

It must mean something HUGE when ABC Snooze gets the boot by something as worthless as soccer.

I didn't see anything listed about the big story of the current millennium -

House strips Jefferson of seat on Ways, Means
Richard B. Schmitt
Los Angeles Times
Jun. 17, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - The House on Friday voted to strip Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., of a powerful committee post, while an effort by the Democrat to fight a search of his Capitol Hill office ran into a skeptical federal judge.

The voice vote, without debate or dissent, to expel Jefferson from the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee appears to be the first time the House has taken such a step against a member who has not been charged with a crime.

The Congressional Black Caucus said that Jefferson was being punished unfairly before even being charged with a crime. Some of the 43 members have said Jefferson was singled out because he is Black.

The congressman is being investigated for possibly using his office to promote business ventures in Africa in which he had an interest.

On Friday, lawyers for Jefferson and the House leadership went to federal court to challenge an FBI search of his Capitol Hill office on May 20-21, saying it violated the doctrine of separation of powers and the "speech and debate" clause of the Constitution. The constitutional provision protects members of Congress from lawsuits and forced testimony stemming from their official legislative acts.

More -

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0617jefferson0617.html