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Saturday Shows for 7/1/06

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- The Senate may finally realize that the media isn't accurately representing the true feeling of the country about border security
- The Supreme's smack down the Bushies (who cares if it endangers the country, it's NEWS!!!)
- Bush may not look silly at Graceland, but he's standing next to that guy from Japan, which makes him silly by association
Topics:
- An immigration deal? How the Senate could be warming up to a plan to put border security first
- The White House runs into roadblocks in the War on Terror
- President Bush & Japan's prime minister go to Graceland
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 (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- Baseball been berry berry good to Timmah (and his last few shows have been real stinkers, maybe someone will watch this time)
Topics:
- Baseball’s great managers
Guests
- Joe Torre
  - baseball manager
- Willie Randolph
  - baseball manager
- Whitey Herzog
  - baseball manager
- Lou Pinella
  - baseball manager
  - bad tempter
- Yogi Berra
  - baseball manager
  - master of the malapropism
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- The most important institution in the history of mankind is under assault by the evil Bushies!
Topics:
- Should The NY Times be investigated following publication of the secret bank data story?
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:
- The Supreme's smack down the Bushies (who cares if it endangers the country, it's NEWS!!!)
Topics:
- Paul Gigot talks with former solicitor general Ted Olson and Journal editors about Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and other cases in the Supreme Court's term just ended.
- Warren Buffett's gigantic gift
- A special Independence Day "Hits and Misses" segment considers how the Founders would regard the events of today.
Guests
- Former solicitor general Ted Olson
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 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

Guests for Weekend Talk Shows

Bill Bennett (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- Host, Bill Bennett's Morning in America
- Home | Bio
- For School Equality, Try Mobility (Hawaii Reporter)
- Bill Bennett to Deliver Nationwide Commencement Address on Radio (dBusinessNews Dallas (press release))
- Inside the Post, Kurtz Laments 'Piling On' the Secret-Spoiling NY Times (NewsBusters)
- Westward the Course (Town Hall)
- The Conservative Revolution Begins July 4th (Town Hall)
Yogi Berra. (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
- Home
- Yogi Berra | BaseballLibrary.com
- AS YOGI BERRA NEVER SAID (Yahoo! News)
Saeb Erakat (CNN Late Edition)
- Chief Palestinian negotiator
- Israel Cages Palestinian Dy PM with Several MPs (Pakistan Times, Pakistan)
- Israel and the United States would be wise to heed the words of Pope Paul IV (VHeadline.com)
- Israel Kidnaps as Hostages Palestinian MPs, Cabinet Ministers (Al-Jazeerah.info)
- Olmert Rejects Negotiations to Release Captured Soldier for Imprisoned Women and Children... (Al-Jazeerah.info)
- Militants threaten Israelis amid raids (Bru Direct, Brunei Darussalam)
- Hamas Criticizes EU Aid Plan (Arutz Sheva, Israel)
- Math related problems (Ynetnews, Israel)
Mia Farrow (ABC News This Week, Voices segment)
- Mia Farrow on the Conflict in Darfur (ABC News)
- Actress Mia Farrow Slips In Anti-Bush Line On Hardball (NewsBusters)
- INTERVIEW-Actress Mia Farrow warns of chaos in Sudan's Darfur (Reuters)
- Mia Farrow launches plea to save Darfur victims (Sudan Tribune)
Rep. Barney Frank D-Massachusetts (CNN Late Edition)
- Home | Bio
- Snow: Program Vital to War on Terrorism (Houston Chronicle)
- Dem Rep. Barney Frank Smacks Down GOP Rep. Renzi (Truthdig)
- Your kung fu is powerful, Mr. Frank (AlterNet)
- Why we like Barney Frank (Arkansas Times)
- A Rebellion Grows Within the ACLU After 'Earthquake' (New York Sun)
- Budget vote backs Mars exploration (Kansas City Star)
Senator Lindsey Graham (Fox News Sunday)
- Home
- South Carolina's Graham gains notice, defies easy labels (San Jose Mercury News)
- Senator Lindsey Graham's Betrayal And Blunder (Post Chronicle)
- The friends of Lindsey Graham (Power Line)
- The friends of Lindsey Graham, Part Two (Power Line)
- Q&A With Congress: Should NYT Reporters Go to Jail? (Human Events)
Michael Griffin (Fox News Sunday, CNN Late Edition)
- NASA Administrator
- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (NASA.GOV)
- NASA Takes Risk With Shuttle Launch (Forbes)
- E-mails reveal doubts over safety of Discovery (Macon Telegraph, GA)
- Questions orbit around future of NASA (USA Today)
- NASA looks to leasing (Washington Times)
- Shuttle Crew Aware of Spaceflight Risks (CBS News)
- Statement by Michael Griffin - House Science Committee Hearing (Space Ref (press release))
Whitey Herzog (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
- Whitey Herzog Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com
John Harwood (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- Wall Street Journal, Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC
- WSJ | CNBC
- Washington Week . John Harwood | PBS
- This Week In DC (RM streaming audio) (Here and Now, MA)
- Bush and Business Struggle To Avoid Immigration Rout (Wall Street Journal (subscription)) - the title should be enough, but if someone has a subscription and can provide a summary?
Hugh Hewitt (CNN Reliable Sources)
- Hugh Hewitt's blog | Bio
- LA Times Bureau Chief Admits That Its Reporting Could Help Terrorists (NewsBusters)
- Lichtblau of the New York Times (HughHewitt.COM)
- Lichtblau's Defense: We Told The Terrorists Nothing They Didn't Already Know (HughHewitt.COM)
- The Senate Blinks (HughHewitt.COM)
- The House Should Defeat H.R. 895. Maybe the Senate Will Represent the People? (HughHewitt.COM)
- Lileks on the Times (HughHewitt.COM)
- The Right: The Next Big Thing? (NewsWeek)
- And people say blogs don't matter (Town Hall)
- The Conservative Revolution Begins July 4th (Town Hall)
Seymour Hersh New Yorker Magazine (CNN Late Edition)
- SPECIAL REPORT: Haditha and the Media -- Keeping My Lai in Mind (Editor & Publisher)
- Goldberg's War (Harper's Magazine)
- Fatal Flaws (New York Sun)
- Chilling the Press (The Nation)
- The Tillman Files -- Part 4 (From the Wilderness)
- Iraq is no Vietnam (New York Press)
- Making a difference (Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates)
- A debate that doesn't go away (Guardian Unlimited, UK)
Bill Keller (CBS Face The Nation)
- Executive Editor The New York Times
- PRESS 'POUND' TO INDICT BILL KELLER (New Republic)
- Q&A With Congress: Should NYT Reporters Go to Jail? (Human Events)
- Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report (New York Times)
- NYT Editor Bill Keller Feels Heat, Pompously Defends Latest Attack on a US Spy Program (NewsBusters)
- Government By And For The New York Times (Reno Gazette Journal, NV)
Rep. Peter King R-New York (CNN Late Edition)
- Home
- King welcomes the war of his words (Newsday)
- Rep. Peter King on Why The New York Times Should Be Investigated (FOX News)
- Peter King: Prosecute New York Times (NewsMax)
- Rep. Peter King: DHS Declared 'War on New York' (NewsMax)
Joe Klein (ABC This Week roundtable)
- TIME Magazine columnist
- Joe Klein Embraces Defeat (Think Progress) note: it's defeat for the left
- Collective amnesia: Matthews, Klein and Sullivan gush over Rice (Media Matters for America)
- Macho, Macho Man (TomPaine.com)
- New and archived articles by Joe Klein at Time.COM
Sen. Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan (CBS Face The Nation)
- Home
- Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee
- Iraqi amnesty: histrionics and reality (Washington Times)
- Democrats Demand a Real Plan for Iraq (U.S. Newswire (press release))
- Pardon me all to hell (Canada Free Press)
- The Buzz: Tornado watch (Kansas City Star, MO)
- Korean Threat Launches Senate Into Next Phase of Missile Defense (Human Events)
- Transcript: Sens. Warner, Levin on 'FOX News Sunday' (FoxNews)
Eric Lichtblau (CNN Reliable Sources)
- Reporter, New York Times
- Recent and archived news articles by Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times.
- Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror by Eric Lichtblau & JAMES RISEN (New York Times)
- The Times' Strange Defense: Our Big Spy Scoop? Old News (NewsBusters)
- Government By And For The New York Times (Reno Gazette Journal, NV)
- Power Line: A Colloquy With the Times (PowerLine)
- Why War? Eric Lichtblau (Why-War.COM)
- Risen & Lichtblau, one stooge short of the three (RedState)
- Press freedom in spotlight in US over reporting of terrorism (ABC Online, Australia)
- Chilling the Press (The Nation)
Senator John McCain, R-Ariz. (ABC This Week)
- Home | Bio
- John McCain's first blog post ever is mostly on ... (San Diego Union Tribune)
- McCain calls on Republicans to remember the lessons of Reagan (Thousand Oaks Acorn)
- Happy Endings: John McCain Still Backs 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (Queerty)
- Navajo Resist John McCain's SB 1003 (Bay Area Indymedia, CA)
- McCain stops in SC to raise GOP cash (WCSC, SC)
- John McCain Fundraising For GOP (WLBT-TV, MS)
- Hillary Clinton Versus John McCain: Last Hope of GOP 'Moderates' (National Ledger, AZ)
- A fitting end to a bad idea (Kansas City Star, MO)
- Sen. John McCain Cancels Bilbray Event (ABC News)
Senator Mitch McConnell, R-KY (NBC Meet The Press)
- Home | Bio
- Majority Whip
- Trent Lott may want leader`s job back (Monsters and Critics.com, UK)
- Don't be fooled (Orlando Sentinel)
- Editorial: McConnell to hold Bush to his promise (Meadville Tribune, PA)
- Weapon destruction remains top priority (Richmond Register, KY)
- The Buzz: Tornado watch (Kansas City Star, MO)
- Bush: Generals, Iraqis will decide on future troop strength (CNN)
Ted Olson (Journal Editorial Report)
- Solicitor general during George W. Bush's first term | Bio
- Was married to the late Barbara Olson, murdered on flight 77 on 9/11
- Death ruling boosts Kline (Kansas City Star, MO)
- Rep. Jerry Lewis hires high-profile legal team (MSNBC)
- A Race-Based State (National Review Online Blogs)
Tony Orlando (CNN Late Edition)
- Home
- Musician; author, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"
- 'Yellow Ribbon' Singer Tony Orlando Still Devoted to Vets (ABC News)
- Tony Orlando Loves The Troops Who Buy Records (TheCelebrityCafe)
- Tony Orlando turns Yellow Ribbon song hit into book to benefit vets (Brooks Bulletin, Canada)
- Tony Orlando book proceeds going to vets (7Online.com, NY)
Geneva Overholser (CNN Reliable Sources)
- Former Washington Post Ombudsman
- Some women disappointed in ABC's Vargas (San Jose Mercury News)
- Archived columns from Washington Post (1999-2001)
- Bozell's News Column -- 02/05/2004 -- Besmirching Brit Hume (mediaresearch.org)
- Knight Fellowships: Geneva Overholser Partial Bio (Stanford University)
- Op-Ed Contributor: The Journalist and the Whistle-Blower (New York Times) Published: February 6, 2004
- frontline: why america hates the press: Geneva Overholser | PBS (Interviewed September 96)
Shimon Peres (CNN Late Edition)
- Israeli vice premier
- Peres Says Hamas Must Resolve Identity Crisis (Arutz Sheva, Israel)
- Israel intends to continue talks with Palestine – Shimon Peres (ITAR-TASS, Russia)
- Shimon Peres urges "economic peace" with Palestinians (Interfax Russia, Russia)
- Comptroller Recommends Investigating Shimon Peres (Arutz Sheva, Israel)
- Goal of Israel's military action is questioned (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Peres places responsibility on Khaled Meshal (Israel Today, Israel)
- Peres: PA allows extremist like Mashaal to lead it (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Lou Pinella (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
- Lou Piniella Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com
- Baseball players, managers going batty this week (SI.com)
Dana Priest (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- Washington Week . Dana Priest | PBS
- Keller vs. WSJ (National Review Online Blogs)
- AIM Report - July A (Accuracy In Media)
- Turning Hardball into Sourball (Accuracy In Media)
- Questionable "Investigative" Reporting (Accuracy In Media)
- Secret Evidence for Secret Prisons? (National Ledger, AZ)
Willie Randolph (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
- Willie Randolph Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com
- Mets swept out of Boston (San Jose Mercury News)
- Randolph Lets Bygones Be Bygones (New York Times)
Senator Jack Reed (Fox News Sunday)
- Home | Bio
- Korean Threat Launches Senate Into Next Phase of Missile Defense (Human Events)
- Senators don't understand what fighting war is like (Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN)
- Democrats' Iraq gap (Huntsville Times, AL)
- John Nichols: Lieberman's stance hurts Democrats (The Capital Times, WI)
- Democrats Demand a Real Plan for Iraq (U.S. Newswire (press release))
- Senate Debates US Troop Withdrawl from Iraq (PBS)
- More Helpful Suggestions From the Dems (PowerLine)
Cokie Roberts (ABC This Week roundtable)
- ABC News reporter
- NPR : Cokie Roberts
- FEMA's forgotten children (The Rolla Daily News)
- Unexpected voices on a declining free press Steve & Cokie ROBERTS (The Argus)
- It's hard to smell the flowers this year (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Eugene Robinson (CNN Reliable Sources)
- Washington Post columnist
- washingtonpost.com: Eugene Robinson
- New and archived columns by Eugene Robinson at Washington Post
- EUGENE ROBINSON: Plain incompetence doomed New Orleans (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
- Checking the Decider (Washington Post)
- Eugene Robinson: Buffett's earnest money (Sacramento Bee)
- On 'Hardball,' NBC's Norah O'Donnell Laughs At Santorum, New WMD Revelations (NewsBusters)
- Eugene Robinson: This girl group has gloating rights (Sacramento Bee)
- Dixie Chicks should return to the henhouse (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS)
William Safire (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- New York Times columnist (retired)
- Bio
- Two controversial counter-terror programs share parallels (GovExec.com)
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY (NBC Meet The Press)
- Home | Bio
- Chairman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
- Chuck Schumer, kingmaker (National Review Online Blogs)
- Clinton and Schumer to visit flooded areas today (Times Herald-Record, NY)
- Schumer Promises to Use 'Clout' to Revitalize Falls Airport (WIVB, NY)
- Chuck on His Book, Reagan and the ACLU (New York Observer)
- Dean Reduced to Heading Web Grassroots, Analyst Says (CNSNews.com)
- Schumer vs. Kos? (National Journal)
- Dean V. DSCC Over Lieberman (National Journal)
- What they found: Weapons of Mass Deterioration (Beaver County Times, PA)
Sen. Sen. Arlen Specter, Republican - Pennsylvania (CBS Face The Nation)
- Home | Bio
- Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
- The Protean Politics of Arlen Specter (RedState)
- Why Is Sen. Arlen Specter Mad at Vice President Cheney? (Fox News)
- Arlen Specter to Dick Cheney: Butt Out on Wiretap Probe (NewsMax)
- Arlen Specter or Tom Daschle, take your pick (Power Line)
- Bush May Turn Legal Setback on Guantanamo Into a Political Win (Bloomberg)
- GOP Revisits Immigration Deal (Washington Post)
Former Senator Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. (ABC This Week roundtable)
- Bio | Filmography (from IMDB)
- Libby's Supporters Raise $2-Million Defense Fund (Los Angeles Times)
- McCain campaigns in Rhode Island for Chafee (Boston Globe)
- 'Heroes': An ex-senator's salute (New York Daily News)
Joe Torre (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
- Joe Torre Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com
- BIG TIME SPORTS: Joe Torre, on love, life, and other important stuff (Courier, NJ)
- Battered Bombers keep cashing in (Covers, Canada)
- AL looks like it's passing by NY Yankees (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)

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The forces of the Old Empire are continuing their counter attack against team Bush. They are throwing all caution (and discretion) away. This could be another real interesting weekend.

The most interesting guests to me will be the debate between Mitch McConnell and ~~Dick Durbin~~ Chuck Schumer. I can't understand what possessed ~~ABC~~ NBC to give Mitch the opportunity to trash the ~~turban~~ Schmuck... unless they felt that Turbin got trashed so bad last week they needed to bring in the "big guns?" Or maybe Hillary wants to set Schumer up for a fall? And watch for ~~a deal to be offered on immigration between~~ Pete King ~~and the amnesty crowd in exchange for more funding~~ to be made out as the bogey man in the assault on the NY Times. Pete ~~has~~ doesn't have to get reelected (unless the DBM helps), dontcha know?

Watch CBS FTN for the main thrust of the counterattack this week. They and CNN's Reliable Sources are going to try to set the debate for this week as the evil White House versus the noble free press.

The dominant meme appears to be that Bush is trampling on the Constitution and must be brought down a peg to protect us all (you know, "us," the media and the terrorists in Gitmo). Bush has had too many good weeks, but it's now time to get back to all of the bad things that the media wants to concentrate on. Oh, and the Democrats may be totally in disarray and not have a brain in their heads, but it's obvious to everyone (in the media) what they need to do in order to win in November... isn't it?