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Saturday Shows for 9/30/06

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.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- Wow, we've actually got a horse race to talk about! Now we can safely ignore any substantive issues or annoying little things like facts!
- He'll be back... no, he won't
Topics:
- Election Day is only 6 weeks away and several high-profile races that once were considered safe are now in play
- Is Gov. Schwarzenegger the new comeback kid?
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:
- Oh, I hope this is just funny and lil' Timmah doesn't drag in politics
Topics:
- Tim talks with Bob Newhart about his life in comedy and his new memoir, “I Shouldn’t Even Be doing This”
Guests
- Bob Newhart
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- Theater, drama, conflict, the Clinton vs. Wallace interview had everything... what? You want to know whether Clinton was telling the truth or not? Go away and stop bothering us.
- It doesn't matter how contrived or meaningless the T.O. incident was, it wasn't the fault of the press. It's those police, yeah, that's the ticket, they tempted us by telling us about it, yeah, that's the ticket...
- Million dollar bribes are being funneled to major world figures who control the fate of millions and they want to talk about it in terms of advertising!
Topics:
- Clinton vs. Wallace. The press AND the late night comics weigh in on the big 'FOX News Sunday' interview
- The Terrell Owens suicide circus
- Are world leaders becoming powerful pitchmen for books in the U.S.?
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:
- Barone's on board! Prepare for some serious analysis!
Topics:
- Opinion Journal web site: Off to the Races
  - Democrats believe they can finally win an election debate on national security.
  - We'll ask Michael Barone how the debates over Iraq, terrorism and intelligence leaks are playing out in congressional races.
  - Republicans say Democrats will raise taxes; Democrat Charlie Rangel agrees.
- Fox web site
  - The politics of national security:
    - Republicans stake the fight for Congress on the War on Terror
    - Democrats attack the White House over the war in Iraq.
  - Which strategy will win in November?
Guests
- Michael Barone
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

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

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

Meme:
- Week 4 of the DBM blitzkrieg against McChimpy Bushitler - this is our last chance, so screw reason and fairness... let's pile on the BS! if we tell enough lies they can't possibly respond to all of them in time!
- OK, Mike, you're a Republican, right? That means you eat puppies for breakfast, babies for lunch and, worst of all, support McChimpy Bushitler?
- OK, Sherrod, you're a Democrat, right? That means you love Mom, apple pie, truth, justice and People for the American Way©? Oh, and you hate McChimpy Bushitler?
- So, Pervez, you're a toady for the Crusader McChimpy Bushitler, right? Well, if you wanna sell your book you'll say yes right about now...
- There is secret evidence that the White House is hiding that will prove... PROVE, that George W. Bush is, in fact, the anti-christ!
Topics:
- Meet the Press Debate Series: The Ohio Senate race
- An interview with the president of Pakistan
Guests
- Senator Mike DeWine (Republican - Ohio)
  - Senate web page | Bio | Campaign page
  - DeWine says report not groundbreaking Stable Iraq will counter jihadists, he says (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Mike DeWine a better candidate for older citizens (Case Western Reserve University Observer, OH - Sep 22, 2006)
  - DeWine, Brown Prepare For Televised Weekend Debate (WHIOtv.com, Ohio - Sep 29, 2006)
  - DeWine in an uphill battle (Cincinnati Post, OH - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Battleground Dispatches for Sept. 29 (New York Times, United States - Sep 29, 2006)
- Representative Sherrod Brown (Democrat - Ohio)
  - House web page | Bio | Campaign page
  - The smart politics of the detainee vote (MSNBC - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Cleland Defends Brown From TV Attacks (Forbes, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Sherrod Brown of Ohio Capitulates to Bush and Approves Torture! (OpEdNews, PA - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Ohio Senate Candidates Criticize Rumsfeld (WTOV9.com, OH - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Sherrod Brown strikes back at GOP tax ad (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Aug 30, 2006)
  - Senate GOP Tries Anti-incumbent Message On Sherrod Brown (WCPO, OH - Aug 29, 2006)
  - Text of Sherrod Brown’s speech (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Sep 10, 2006)
- President Pervez Musharraf
  - President of Pakistan | Pakistan government | Bio
  - Author In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
  - Condemned Briton's family stage demo for Musharraf (Malaysia Star - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Pak not ready for true democracy: Musharraf (Hindustan Times, India - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Is this the emergence of a new Musharraf? (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Musharraf charm belies realities (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Musharraf seeks world assistance to fight terror (The News - International, Pakistan - Sep 29, 2006)
What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Meme:
- Week 4 of the DBM blitzkrieg against McChimpy Bushitler - this is our last chance, so screw reason and fairness... let's pile on the BS! if we tell enough lies they can't possibly respond to all of them in time!
- Joe Biden is running for president and he can win Southern conservative votes because... wait for it... Delaware was a slave state.
- There is secret evidence that the White House is hiding that will prove... PROVE, that George W. Bush is, in fact, the anti-christ!
Topics:
- The Bush Administration
- The War In Iraq
Guests
- Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.)
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Foreign Relations Committee
  - Daily Iowan Manufactures Joe Biden's Presidential Candidacy (NewsBusters - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Here comes Joe Biden (Town Hall, DC - Sep 4, 2006)
  - Democrats Joe Biden, John Edwards Blast Rumsfeld (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 4, 2006)
  - GOP ads on Israel anger Dems (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
  - White House rejects call to release full text of Iraq intelligence (USA Today - Sep 28, 2006)
  - The many costs of war (Springfield State Journal Register, IL - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Terror Report Fuels Political Fight (WTKR Your NewsChannel 3, VA - Sep 27, 2006)
  - 'Threat of the first order' (Princeton University The Daily Princetonian - Sep 29, 2006)
  - An alternative way forward for the US (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Campaign Firepower (WOWT, NE - Sep 22, 2006)
- Dan Bartlett
  - White House Bio
  - White House Counselor
  - US safer despite Iraq terror: US Intelligence chief (Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Senators Call for Release of Intelligence Estimate on Terrorism (New York Times, United States - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Spy report on Iraq invasion may hurt Republicans at polls (London Free Press, Canada - Sep 25, 2006)
  - They compromised away our basic values (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 24, 2006)
  - Torture and the death of an American myth (Minnesota Daily, MN - Sep 24, 2006)
Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- Jane is on a search and destroy mission, and it doesn't matter if there's nothing to search for and the only thing available to destroy is America. She's got her marching orders from George Soros and she's gonna carry them out.
- It looks like Newt might be a viable candidate for '08.... nah, but let's listen to him anyway... he's always good for a laugh...
- Now, about that interview... would anyone actually care to talk about Clinton's "facts," which he dropped like so many cluster bombs?
Topics:
- How last week's interview with former President Clinton changed the landscape for November
- What are the facts about the War on Terror?
- How accurate are Bob Woodwards new book and the picture being painted by the leaked NIE?
- Essay Coming Up on FOX News Sunday
Guests
- Representative Jane Harman
  - House web site | Bio
  - Harman to Negroponte: Deliver the NIE Before November (Think Progress, DC - Sep 27, 2006)
  - Bush Keeping Second Iraq Report Secret, Says Harman (Truthdig, United States - Sep 27, 2006)
  - Harman Blasts NIE Release Timeline as "Unacceptable" (TPMmuckraker, NY - Sep 27, 2006)
  - Leaked NIE Report Takes Center Stage in Pre-Election Battle (FOX News - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Campaign Rhetoric Won't Fix Iraq (TPMCafe, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
- Newt Gingrich
  - Web site | Bio | 21st Century Contract with America
  - Gingrich urges overriding Supreme Court (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Newt Gingrich Warns GOP To Watch Out For Hillary (NY1, NY - Sep 14, 2006)
  - Gingrich And Gibson Get Revenge After Clinton Interview (News Hounds, CA - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Newt Gingrich says U.S. leaders should get tough with Iran's Islamic theocracy (San Diego Union Tribune - Sep 7, 2006)
  - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich Addresses Terrorist Threats (American Enterprise Institute, DC - Sep 13, 2006)
- Lawrence Wright
  - author "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11"
  - Book Review: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (Blogcritics.org, OH - Sep 3, 2006)
  - Pampered prima donna (Washington Times - Sep 30, 2006)
  - Failure to catch bin Laden haunts US presidents (The News - International, Pakistan - Sep 28, 2006)
  - In today's controversies, the devil gets his due (Miami Herald, FL - Sep 30, 2006)
- Michael Scheuer
  - former chief of the CIA's Usama bin Laden Unit
  - The Bin Laden’s-Still-Alive Blame Game (American Thinker, AZ - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Former Head of CIA bin Laden Unit Says Clinton Had 10 Chances to Get Terror Mastermind (FOX News - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Clinton's Kosovo Whopper (Accuracy In Media, DC - Sep 27, 2006)
  - Parties trading blame on bin Laden (Boston Globe, United States - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Bill's bull? (New York Daily News, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Harry Smith Taken Aback as CBS Analyst Blames Clinton for bin Laden Failures (NewsBusters - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Clinton wags his finger once again (Arizona Republic, AZ - Sep 25, 2006)
- Daniel Benjamin
  - member of Clinton National Security Council
  - US Terrorism Strategy Troubles Muslim World (NPR - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Of Course Iraq Made It Worse (Washington Post - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Of course things are worse, our side isn't in charge (Power Line, MN - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Clinton's bin Laden record part of debate (Newsday, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Parties trading blame on bin Laden (Boston Globe, United States - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Clinton the Anti-Terrorist (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
- The Sunday Panel
  - Brit Hume, FOX News Managing Editor
  - Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard Editor
  - Juan Williams, NPR Senior National Correspondent
  - Mara Liasson, NPR National Political Correspondent
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- Week 4 of the DBM blitzkrieg against McChimpy Bushitler - this is our last chance, so screw reason and fairness... let's pile on the BS! if we tell enough lies they can't possibly respond to all of them in time!
- Did you know that John Murtha served in the military and opposes George W. Bush? Murtha is a true hero!
- Did you know that Chuck Hagel served in the military and opposes George W. Bush? Hagel is a true hero!
- There is secret evidence that the White House is hiding that will prove... PROVE, that George W. Bush is, in fact, the anti-christ!
Topics:
- White House Under Fire:
  - Shocking revelations in a brand new book, "State of Denial," by journalist Bob Woodward, paint an administration in disarray.
  - Did the White House ignore calls in 2003 for more troops in Iraq
  - Is the Bush team as dysfunctional as the book claims?
- A new congressional report details hundreds of contacts between a convicted lobbyist and top administration officials.
  - Did the White House mislead the public about the scope of its dealings with Jack Abramoff?
- The President's path to war
  - The White House declassifies a summary of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq in order to defend its strategy in the war on terror. Is politics overtaking policy in the weeks before the midterm elections?
- VOICES SUNDAY: U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall unveils his first work as the nation's poet
Guests
- Fran Townsend
  - White House Bio
  - Current White House advisor
  - DoJ intelligence officer under Clinton
  - The Terror Consigliere (TIME - Sep 3, 2006)
  - Scheuer, Townsend call BS on Clinton’s alleged Afghan invasion plan (Hot Air, MD - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Forging a World of Liberty under Law (Across the Aisle, DC - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Clinton spinning History (RedState, VA - Sep 27, 2006)
  - Press Gaggle by Tony Snow and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend (Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - Sep 5, 2006)
- Senator Chuck Hagel, ~~Republican~~ RINO - Nebraska
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Why the Israel Lobby Wants to Marginalize Chuck Hagel (New York Observer, NY - Sep 13, 2006)
  - The war against the war (Washington Times - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Bush Throws Down the Gauntlet (Consortium News - Sep 29, 2006)
  - 'Threat of the first order' (Princeton University The Daily Princetonian - Sep 29, 2006)
  - An alternative way forward for the US (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Campaign Firepower (WOWT, NE - Sep 22, 2006)
  - Bush Lied Part II (American Thinker, AZ - Sep 14, 2006)
  - Vulnerable EVMs - The Danger To Elections Is Real (The Statesman, India - Sep 29, 2006)
- Representative John Murtha, ~~Democrat~~ Dhimmicrat - Pennsylvaniastan
  - House web site | Bio
  - John Murtha: Meet the New Boss (TPMmuckraker, NY - Sep 21, 2006)
  - John Murtha: Another Term? Another Flaw. (The Conservative Voice, NC - Sep 19, 2006)
  - Rep. John Murtha: To Surge or Not To Surge (Yahoo! News - Sep 5, 2006)
  - Rep. John Murtha: A 1917 History Lesson (Yahoo! News - Sep 1, 2006)
  - John Murtha on Hillary Clinton: 'Slowly Coming Around' (New York Observer, NY - Aug 29, 2006)
  - Help Jack Murtha And His Friends Kick Some Lying SwiftBoat Wannabee Ass (Huffington Post, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
  - ‘Concern’ in Murtha camp (The Hill, DC - Sep 27, 2006)
- ROUNDTABLE
  - George Will
  - Tori Clarke
    - Former Pentagon Spokesperson
  - Mark Halperin
    - ABC News Political Director
    - Co-author of "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008"
  - Donna Brazile
    - ABC News consultant
- VOICES SUNDAY: U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall
ABC This Week comment web page

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- Week 4 of the DBM blitzkrieg against McChimpy Bushitler - this is our last chance, so screw reason and fairness... let's pile on the BS! if we tell enough lies they can't possibly respond to all of them in time!
- Bush is listening to the ghosts of Richard Nixon and giving us Vietnam all over again (Bob Woodward says so), therefore let's dust off a truly successful and respected foreign policy, that of our glorious Paresident Jimmy Carter and his brain trust, headed by Zbiggy Brzenski his own bad self.
- Is it time to dust off the "Americans are today's NAZIs yet?" Chris Dodd is asking.
- There is secret evidence that the White House is hiding that will prove... PROVE, that George W. Bush is, in fact, the anti-christ!
Topics:
- Did the Bush administration turn a deaf ear to warnings about the Iraqi insurgency?
Guests
- Dan Bartlett
  - White House Bio
  - White House Counselor
  - US safer despite Iraq terror: US Intelligence chief (Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Senators Call for Release of Intelligence Estimate on Terrorism (New York Times, United States - Sep 25, 2006)
  - Spy report on Iraq invasion may hurt Republicans at polls (London Free Press, Canada - Sep 25, 2006)
  - They compromised away our basic values (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 24, 2006)
  - Torture and the death of an American myth (Minnesota Daily, MN - Sep 24, 2006)
- Senator Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
  - Lugar, Bayh on opposite sides of terrorism vote (WTHR, IN - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Chafee holds up vote on Bolton nomination (Providence Eyewitness News, RI - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Democrat leader pledges to ensure passage of N-deal bill (Hindustan Times, India - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Bush wins on detainee rules (Indianapolis Star, United States - Sep 29, 2006)
- Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Foreign Relations Committee
  - Dodd to speak on Nuremberg (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
  - President Given Broader Powers Over Terror Suspects (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - Sep 29, 2006)
  - News Analysis: Democratic contenders saw opening to defy Bush in Senate vote (International Herald Tribune, France - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Senate Resolution Urging Backup Introduced (VoteTrustUSA, CA - Sep 28, 2006)
  - UN Madhouse Needs a Bolton (New York Observer, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Democrats Denounce Republican Voter ID Bill (Civilrights.org, DC - Sep 27, 2006)
- Zalmay Khalilzad
  - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
  - Bush to Khalilzad: "I'll Take Care of Politics" (TIME - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Iraq Impeding Efforts to Go After Shiite Militias, U.S. Military Says (Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 28, 2006)
  - Ayoon Wa Azan (I Am Not Optimistic) (Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - Sep 26, 2006)
  - Iraqi President Rules Out Withdrawal Timetable (RedBolivia.com - Sep 23, 2006)
- Zbigniew Brzezinski
  - Former National Security Adviser
  - "Victory Would be a Fata Morgana" (Spiegel Online, Germany - Sep 12, 2006) - note: appears to require IE
  - UN SESSION MARKS RAPIDLY CHANGING, UNSTABLE WORLD (From the Wilderness - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Forecast for the New Congress (American Enterprise Institute, DC - Sep 28, 20060
  - Afghanistan: The Other Lost War (Collective Bellaciao, France - Sep 29, 2006)
  - US Threatened To Bomb Pakistan Back To “The Stone Age” (CounterCurrents.org, India - Sep 27, 2006)
- Henry Kissinger
  - former Secretary of State
  - Bush's new adviser: Henry Kissinger (San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Exclusive interview with Henry Kissinger (MSNBC - Sep 29, 2006)
  - On the war path with Henry Kissinger, George Bush and Barney (TPMCafe, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Henry Kissinger: Danger of ‘War of Civilizations’ (Arutz Sheva, Israel - Sep 14, 2006)
  - Kissinger and Bush (New York Sun, NY - Sep 28, 2006)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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It's week four (or 297, depending on how you figure it) of the WOB (war on Bush) and all things "Republi-fascist," as the drive by media might style what they're doing. We've had a week of spin like we haven't seen since... well, since Clinton was in office. All the old hateful and hate filled faces were back on the screaming head shows pulling their electrically powered rapid fire mouths back out of storage and plugging them in for one more go around of lies, screaming lies and videotape.... In summary, this week the DBM returns full throttle to wallowing in Bush Derangement Syndrome, framing all of the discussion (that they can control) on "what's wrong with Bush and his policies."