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Saturday Shows for 10-7-06

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 Kondracke, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • The Republicans are dooooomed! (Mort) - No they're not, but Hastert's got to go (Fred)
  • Santorum, DeWine and Chafee are dooooomed! (Mort and Fred)
  • The economy is lousy, CBSCNNABCNBC tells people so, but why do they believe the 24/7 propaganda with no one in the DBM saying anything different?
• Topics:
  • Assessment of damage done to the GOP by the Foley scandal
  • The Senate races heat up in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Rhode Island
  • With gas prices down and the market up, why are people cynical about the economy?
• 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:
  • The Bush administration has completely lost focus in the war on terror by attacking Iraq.  They must get back to the real threat: conservative Christian Americans!
• Topics:
  • Former Republican Senator John Danforth talks with Tim about the influence of the Christian Right and his new book, “Faith and Politics.”
• Guests
  • Former Republican Senator John Danforth
    • Author Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together
    • John Danforth (Christian Science Monitor, MA - Sep 27, 2006)
    • John Danforth speaks about his new book "Faith and Politics" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sep 15, 2006)
    • Excerpts from John Danforth's book "Faith and Politics" (Kansas City Star, MO - Sep 15, 2006)
    • Live Talk: John Danforth on 'Faith and Politics' (Newsweek - Sep 9, 2006)
    • Newsweek Editor Tops Book Blurbs For Danforth's Attack On Religious Right (NewsBusters - Sep 20, 2006)
    • Danforth separates faith, politics in book (Pasadena Star-News, CA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Alien Nation? (Now - Oct 5, 2006)
    • The GOP - Inclusivity or Danforth Elitism? (Town Hall, DC - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Pointing out the wrongs of the Right (PopMatters, IL - Oct 5, 2006)
    • A Book Divided (National Review Online, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • Never mind the facts, everyone knows that Foley is guilty and that the Republicans covered it up, but that's not our fault!
  • Saint Bob speaks, all bow down before Saint Bob
  • The evil right wing fascists at Fox News have survived much longer than we expected
• Topics:
  • Should the media have reported on Mark Foley long before they did?
  • What effect will Bob Woodward's reporting have on the Bush administration?
  • FOX News Channel turns 10!
• Panel:
  • Eric Burns
  • Jane Hall
  • Cal Thomas
  • Jim Pinkerton
  • Neal Gabler
• 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:
  • Yeah, yeah, Foley, cover up, conspiracy, who cares?
  • Radically changing demographics, uncontrolled immigration, particularly of people hostile to America, are the real issue.  Wake up and smell the guacamole.
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web site: La Cage aux Foley
    • Will the GOP survive the fallout from the Mark Foley brouhaha?  We'll gauge the consequences for next month's congressional elections.
    • The U.S. population soon will hit 300 million.  Is a surging population good for America, or does it pose problems for future generations?
  • Fox News web site
    • More immigrants, more newborns and more Baby Boomers living longer means America just keeps getting bigger. What will this brave new America look like?
    • Plus, our Hits and Misses
• 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 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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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:
  • So, Senator Talent, as a corrupt gay bashing homo loving child molesting Republican, will you kill yourself now or must we vote you all out of office first?
  • So, Ms McCaskill, we've handed you the election on a silver platter and it's a forgone conclusion that you'll sweep back to power and all will be right with the world, so how long before peace breaks out all over the planet, everyone loves us again and embryonic stem cells cure all of the diseases that evil Republicans have forced on us all of these years?
  • Saint Bob!  Saint Bob!  Your book has been run off of the front pages by the Foley scandal.  What can we do to fix that?
• Topics:
  • "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" presents the fourth debate in its award-winning "Senate Debate Series" with another one of the most closely watched Senate races: Missouri, where the latest polls showing a statistical dead-heat
  • All of Washington is talking about Bob Woodward's new book, "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III," which was dubbed by Slate magazine as "the hottest book in the country right now" and this Sunday we will see why.
• Guests
  • Incumbent Senator Jim Talent, Republican - Missouri
    • Senate web site | Bio | Campaign web site
    • Bush attends event for Sen. Jim Talent (Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS - Sep 8, 2006)
    • Where The Senate Stands - Part I (RealClearPolitics Blog - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Race for Senate control tightens (USA Today - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Polls: Democrats lead in Senate races (Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Battleground Dispatches for Oct. 6 (CQPolitics.com, DC - Oct 6, 2006)
    • GOP asks federal agency to step in (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Outside money fuels Missouri Senate race (MSNBC - Oct 4, 2006)
  • State Auditor Claire McCaskill, Democrat - Missouri
    • Missouri auditor page | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Actor Michael J. Fox to host McCaskill fundraiser (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • A learning experience for progressive politics (People's Weekly World - Oct 5, 2006)
    • McCaskill in the lead, poll finds (News-Leader.com, MO - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Claire McCaskill intern updated Facebook info. (UM Maneater, MO - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Claire McCaskill at a glance (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Sep 5, 2006)
    • Campaign '06: The Paris Primary (TIME - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Beware — this grilling can burn (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 6, 2006)
  • Bob Woodward
    • Assistant managing editor of the Washington Post | Biography from Harry Walker Agency
    • Author, "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III" | About the book
    • Denying Woodward (Yahoo! News - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Bob Woodward, Revealed at Last! (American Politics Journal, FL - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Rumsfeld goes from hero to zero in just three Woodward books. (Slate - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Bob Woodward Defends Claims Made in New Book (FOX News - Oct 4, 2006)
    • NATO Chief Denies Quotes in Woodward Book (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 4, 2006)
    • US European Commander Confirms Quotes in Book (Washington Post - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Bob Woodward's 'Secret' Chart Wasn't (Human Events, DC - Oct 4, 2006)
    • White House denies Bush called Blackwell a ’nut’ (Columbus Dispatch - Oct 3, 2006)
    • The doyen of capital insiders has written a misleading account of the debate that led to war (The Atlantic Monthly - June 2003)
• 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)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

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:
  • So, Congressman Davis, as a corrupt gay bashing homo loving child molesting Republican, will you kill yourself now or must we vote you all out of office first?
  • So, Congressman LaHood, we've handed you the election on a silver platter and it's a forgone conclusion that you'll sweep back to power and all will be right with the world, so how long before peace breaks out all over the planet and everyone loves us again?
  • So, Dan, the WaPo plan for giving the election back to the Democrats, as God intended, appears to be working, so how do you feel now?
• Topics:
  • The Congressional Page Scandal And The Midterm Elections
• Guests
  • Representative Tom Davis, Republican - Virginia
    • House web site | Bio
    • Is Allen an Albatross? (Burke Connection, VA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Success not measured in dollar signs alone (Salem News, Ohio - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Shell says talks on US oil royalties partly done (Reuters - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Thanks to War, Business Is Booming (Burke Connection, VA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • DNC: GOP Implodes Over Foley Scandal (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Representative Ray LaHood, Republican - Illinois
    • House web site | Bio
    • Another page comes forward in the Foley scandal (WREG, TN - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Page uproar reverberates in Illinois (Chicago Tribune - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Rosa Brooks: Grand Old Party of Child Endangerment (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • LaHood's plan criticized (Springfield State Journal Register, IL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Page Scandal Political Dynamite In House Races (CBS2 Chicago, IL - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Dan Balz
    • National Political Correspondent, The Washington Post
    • Foleygate Mushrooms (RealClearPolitics Blog - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Voter reaction may hand majority to Democrats (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Anger grows over e-mail scandal (The Herald, WA - Oct 3, 2006)
    • After Foley, new fears for GOP (MSNBC - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Keep Cash Coming, Steele Tells The GOP (Washington Post - Sep 28, 2006)
    • '08 Scrutiny Shines Unkind Light on Allen (Washington Post - Sep 30, 2006)
    • Bill Clinton's 60th birthday benefit blowout (China Post, Taiwan - Sep 28, 2006)
    • Oil Politics (Washington Post - Oct 1, 2006)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

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:
  • Republicans have completely bungled the Foley / page scandal, they should have known!
  • Hastert should have known that Foley was gay and therefore a threat to the pages
  • Hastert better not blame this on Foley being gay, that's gay bashing
  • Hastert was completely clueless, so he should resign, but he obviously knew everything and covered it up... wait a minute...
• Topics:
  • Congressional page scandal: Who knew what and when? We'll get the fallout from a panel of experts
  • "The controversy over former congressman Mark Foley’s explicit communications with House pages hit fever pitch this week with questions as to whether top GOP leaders adequately investigated early warnings. Could the scandal spell doom for Republican hopes of maintaining their Congressional majorities? We will assess the political fallout with key congressional leaders."
• Guests
  • Representative Jack Kingston, Republican - Georgia
    • House web site | Bio
    • Congressman Kingston speaks out on Foley Scandal (WALB-TV, GA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Kingston, Nelson debate mild (Savannah Morning News, GA - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Former page comes forward about Foley (Florida Today, FL - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Kingston says he was out of the loop (Savannah Morning News, GA - Oct 3, 2006)
    • The facts about the Kingston-Nelson race (Camden County Tribune, GA - Sep 29, 2006)
    • (Human Events via FreeRepublic - Oct 6, 2006)
  • Laura Ingraham
    • Host of the Laura Ingraham Show
    • GOP Bets the House on Hastert's Bid to Survive Scandal (New York Sun, NY - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Good Politics, Good Policy (TCS Daily, DC - Oct 6, 2006)
    • “Shut up and sing!” -- conservatives stifle patriotism and disregard our Bill of Rights (Online Journal, FL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • DNC: GOP Implodes Over Foley Scandal (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Progressive Talk Radio Show Hosts More Accepting Than Conservative (Think Progress, DC - Sep 25, 2006)
  • Tony Perkins
    • President of the Family Research Council | Bio
    • First Amendment Under Attack: FRC's Tony Perkins (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Valuing The Values Voter (And Tony Perkins) (National Journal, DC - Sep 22, 2006)
    • Perkins claimed that "homosexual men are more likely to abuse children than straight men"; experts disagree (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 4, 2006)
    • A Psychotherapist on the Hysteria Over Foley (CounterPunch, CA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Are Gays Scapegoats in Foley Scandal? (EDGE Boston, MA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Reform lambastes Christian right for Foley claim (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Oct 6, 2006)
  • David Bossie
    • President of Citizens United | Bio
    • DNC: GOP Implodes Over Foley Scandal (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Sean Hannity Bullies One Of His Own (News Hounds, CA - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Conservative Activists Call on Hastert To Resign (Think Progress, DC - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Throw the Bastard Out (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 3, 2006)
    • From the "Truer Words Have Never Been Spoken" Department (Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 4, 2006)
    • GOP core "outraged," fearful over Foley scandal (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Q&A: David Bossie on 'Border War' (Human Events, DC - Sep 26, 2006)
  • Sunday Panel
    • Brit Hume, Fox News Managing Editor
    • Bill Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard
    • Juan Williams, NPR Senior National Correspondent
    • Mara Liasson, NPR National Political Correspondent
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

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:
  • So, Congressman Reynolds, as a corrupt gay bashing homo loving child molesting Republican, will you kill yourself now or must we vote you all out of office first?
  • So, Congressman Emanuel, we've handed you the election on a silver platter and it's a forgone conclusion that you'll sweep back to power and all will be right with the world, so how long before peace breaks out all over the planet and everyone loves us again?
  • So, Jimmy Baker.  You've seen the light, want to bash Bush and the Iraq war, and you have a book to sell.  Or did things happen in the reverse order?  Anyway, we've finally removed you from the blacklist since we believe that you'll say bad things about a Republican.  Welcome to ABC This Week!
• Topics:
  • The Foley fallout, the heads of the Republican and Democrat Congressional campaign committees debate
    • The realities of the new political landscape after the Mark Foley e-mail scandal.
    • Are Democrats poised to retake control of the House?
    • Can Republicans get back on offense after a week of negative headlines and intraparty fighting?
  • Former Sec. of State James Baker
    • "The man asked by President Bush and Congress to take a fresh look at the situation in Iraq"
    • What's the next step for the United States in Iraq?
    • Does Baker have a plan to bring troops home next year?
    • His latest book, "Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!"
  • Voices Segment: Patricia Heaton, star of "Everybody Loves Raymond", the national spokeswoman for Cure Autism Now, and her urgent fight for record funding for autism research and education.
• Guests
  • Representative Tom Reynolds, Republican - NY
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee
    • For Reynolds, no place to hide his folly (Buffalo News - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Rep. Tom Reynolds' Leadership in Jeopardy - Dan Frisa (NewsMax.com - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Poll: Davis Edges Out Reynolds For Congress (WBEN 930, NY - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Reynolds Resignation Watch: Day 5 (WNY Media Network - Oct 6, 2006)
    • New Davis Internal Poll: Reynolds Trailing By Eight (TPMCafe, NY - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Tom Reynolds Gets Strong Bid Of Support From First Lady, Governor (NY1, NY - Oct 4, 2006)
  • Representative Rahm Emanuel, Democrat - Illinois
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee
    • They'll Regret It (American Spectator - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Demos move to capitalize on Foley mess (Times Picayune, LA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Democrats decide they don’t need ‘Contract’ to win (Pryor Daily Times, OK - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Rahm Emanuel should resign for flirting with underage candidates (Sound Politics, WA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • RJ Eskow: Rahm Emanuel: Democratic Time Bomb (Yahoo! News - Sep 23, 2006)
    • Rahm Emanuel: Rejuvenating the hopes of House Democrats (CNNMoney.com - Sep 21, 2006)
    • Hastert says he's set on staying despite Foley fallout (Houston Chronicle - Oct 6, 2006)
    • McHenry calls the bluff (American Thinker, AZ - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Dem denials don't end talk of impeachment (Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 6, 2006)
  • Former Secretary of State James Baker
    • Baker Institute web site | Bio
    • Co-chair Bipartisan Iraq Study Group
    • James Baker Won't Join 'Early Show's' Blame Hastert Bandwagon (NewsBusters - Oct 6, 2006)
    • James Baker III works on ending continued carnage (Houston Chronicle - Sep 18, 2006)
    • BAKER FLUMMOXES HANNITY: RIPS BUSH FOREIGN POLICY (OpEdNews, PA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Will a coup in Iraq follow the US elections? (World Socialist Web Site, MI - Oct 4, 2006)
    • October Surprise? (Antiwar.com, CA - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Group Says Iraq Needs to Prove Itself - Forbes.com (Forbes - Sep 19, 2006)
    • James A. Baker III: An Unexpected Political Life (ABC News - Oct 5, 2006)
    • 10 Questions for James Baker (TIME - Oct 1, 2006)
    • James Baker: Hastert Shouldn't be 'Sacrificial Lamb' (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Musharraf Spilling the Beans—Why Now? (American Muslim, MO - Oct 2, 2006)
  • ROUNDTABLE:
    • George Will
    • Cokie Roberts
    • Fareed Zakaria
  • Voices Segment: Patricia Heaton, star of "Everybody Loves Raymond"
• ABC This Week comment web page

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

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:
  • So, Senator Cornyn, as a corrupt gay bashing homo loving child molesting immigrant hating Republican bigot, will you kill yourself now or must we vote you all out of office first?
  • So, Senator Biden, we've handed you the election on a silver platter and it's a forgone conclusion that you'll sweep back to power and all will be right with the world, so how long before peace breaks out all over the planet and everyone loves us again?
  • OK, towel head collaborator with the evil Bushitler, admit that Iraq is dooooooomed!
  • CNN has decided that the person best suited to represent the true conservative point of view on the Foley scandal is (wait for it) Pat Buchannan!
• Topics:
  • A status report from Iraq: Are things going from bad to worse?
  • How key races in the upcoming elections could be swayed by the Foley scandal.
• Guests
  • Hoshyar Zebari
    • Iraqi Foreign Minister
    • Rice to Iraq: Speed up political progress (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Rice discusses developments with Iraq's President, PM (Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Oct 5, 2006)
    • World opinion of Iraq seeming to change (Ottawa Recorder, Canada - Sep 26, 2006)
    • Iraq Getting More Respect in Global Eyes (Washington Post, United States - Sep 26, 2006)
    • IRAQ APPRECIATES BULGARIA'S SUPPORT HIGHLY - FOREIGN MINISTER (Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Sep 21, 2006)
    • Regretful skirmishes on Iraqi-Kuwaiti border will not affect ties (Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Sep 25, 2006)
    • Iraq's Neighbors Pledge Support On Security, Yet Again (AINA, CA - Sep 22, 2006)
  • Senator Joseph Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee member
    • Blind To Iraq's Majority (ZNet, MA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Iraq's Bosnian Future (Tikkun, CA - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Iraqi resistance leaves Bush isolated (Workers World - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Oct. 03, 2006: A Deal WIth Iran - III (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 3, 2006)
    • CIA Warned Rice About Al Qaeda Attack (OhmyNews International, South Korea - Oct 3, 2006)
  • Senator John Cornyn, Republican - Texas
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Armed Services Committee member
    • Fence follies (Houston Chronicle - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Texans in position to gain leadership clout in Senate (Houston Chronicle - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Sen. John Cornyn Meets the Racist Right (Huffington Post, NY - Sep 19, 2006)
    • Wright started Love situation, and he helped end it (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Senator Cornyn vs. reality at the Judiciary Committee (Houston Chronicle - Sep 26, 2006)
    • Cornyn Calls for Release of NIE (Power Line, MN - Sep 26, 2006)
  • John F. Harris
    • Washington Post political editor
    • Co-author, of "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008"
    • Here's how dishonest Beltway journalism has become (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 3, 2006)
    • 2008: Halperin and Harris Describe the Winning Formula (Washington Post - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Excerpt: 'The Way to Win' (ABC News - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Bill Clinton Tells WashPost: We Expect Old Media To Fight Our Battles (NewsBusters - Oct 6, 2006)
    • New Media A Weapon in New World Of Politics (Washington Post - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Newspapers Using Web to Cover '06 Campaign From All Angles (Editor & Publisher - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Mark Halperin
    • ABC News political director
    • Co-author, of "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008"
    • Here's how dishonest Beltway journalism has become (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 3, 2006)
    • 2008: Halperin and Harris Describe the Winning Formula (Washington Post - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Excerpt: 'The Way to Win' (ABC News - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Mark Halperin Pimps Book to 500 People With Review Copies (Wonkette  - Oct 6, 2006)
    • The Midterm Dynamic (or, What Mark Halperin Doesn't Understand) (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Mark Halperin's Swan Song (TPMCafe, NY - Oct 1, 2006)
    • Oops, I Thought Matt Drudge Was the "Walter Cronkite of His Era" (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Dem Timing Plays & GOP Silver Bullets (FOX News - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Inside Politics (Washington Times, DC - Oct 2, 2006)
  • Dana Bash
    • CNN congressional correspondent
    • CNN's Bash repeated Hastert's conspiracy theory about Foley email (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • The Foley scandal and the power of the public closet (The Advocate, CA - Oct 6, 2006)
    • CNN, NBC, AP continued to advance GOP conspiracy theory that Dems orchestrated Foley scandal (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Investigators to House: Keep Foley documents (CNN - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Aide: I Warned Hastert's Office About Foley (KTIV, IA - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Pat Buchanan
    • Author of "State of Emergency"
    • Pat Buchanan on Scarborough: This Happened Because Nancy Pelosi Is a Flamer (Wonkette - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Patrick J. Buchanan: Right From the Beginning (Magic City Morning Star, ME - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Michael Smerconish | THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAT BUCHANAN (Centre Daily Times, PA - Sep 28, 2006)
    • Are Gays Scapegoats in Foley Scandal? (EDGE Boston, MA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • What's Gay Got To Do With It? (TPMCafe, NY - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Pat Buchanan's new book will save us from the Atzlan plotters (Ely Daily Times, NV - Sep 8, 2006)
    • Study proves Pat Buchanan wrong: New immigrants do assimilate (ePluribus Media - Sep 15, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks Phsstpok, I'll try to muddle through this tonight. Or tomorrow. LOL

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, some of the Foley e-mails discussed things such as penis measurements.


So we should conclude that Republicans are closeted gays or perverts who measure male organs. Whereas Democrats would never measure the male parts.


And all of this should influence how we vote because????????/

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See the initial post for my "usual witty commentary"

It's week five of the drive by media campaign to win back power in Washington for those who truly deserve it (in their minds), the Dhimmicrats.  This week the attention shifts away from President Bush, because their lame but continuous attacks were beginning to work for him.  Instead they are starting to point out to the ignorant boobs out there that the Republicans are really the party of homo values, kiddie porn, dirty talk and probably worse things, like drugs or even (horrors) rock and roll!  They fully expect all right thinking conservatives (particularly those really stupid ones, you know, the Christians) to run away screaming and never support a Republican again. 

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So, what's the bottom line this week?  This is a week of frantic spin where the DBM and the Dhimmicrats try to frame yet another new "winning argument" to replace their latest "losing argument" (number 974).  Watch for lots of declarations of victory for the forces of Soros that ring increasingly hollow.  The question at this point is how desperate will they be to shut down the investigation if it dares to look at "what the Dhimmicrats knew and when they knew it."  Several senior members of the moonbat left may be seriously at risk over this whole Foley affair.

Woo hoo!  All I have to do to get my post up on Friday night is to take the day off on Friday!  Wait a minute, that's not a viable solution...! 

Anyway, have at it and sleep well in the knowledge that the terror that is Phsstpok isn't responsible for the Sunday awards until sometime in December!!!!!! 

[Morgan in Denver]

Get a grip.

As repugnant as it is, Foley wrote those emails to an adult, by law. There's a difference between IM and e-mail that seems to get lost on all this too.

Beyond that, wait for the facts to come out instead of jumping to conclusions. We hate it when Democrats do it and it's no better when Republicans do it.

[Morgan in Denver]

I'll probably watch FNS and none of the others, no surprise. I am hoping this will be the end of the Foley surprise and we can address important issues. Maybe not, but I hope so.

I fully expect Brit Hume to be the only person this weekend to understand and comment about Foley and what's going on. Foley is gone, Democrats need to get used to that. The Democrats who had knowledge of what really happened are still there and need to be held accountable.

All of the above could be somewhat moot IF the North Koreans launch a missile tomorrow.

[Miss Marple]

I will check in on Fox News Sunday in order to see how much of a turncoat each of those pseudo-Republicans are. Feh.

[Txsleuth]

Good point about the N. Korean missile...but, the dems would just say that Bush told them to...to get the Foley thing out of the news....LOL

[Txsleuth]

Hey...I like it when you do the awards...you always are really sweet and manage to find ONE decent post by me..LOL


BTW..I saw on a Fox show tonight...they are advertising Jack Kingston and Marty Meehan on Sunday.

Marty Meehan...the last time he was on Fox...it was BOR, I believe, and I can't remember the topic...but, I remember that Meehan didn't answer even one of Bill's questions...LOL

[MNJohnnie]

And all of this should influence how we vote because????????/

A good question. It seems the Democrat Noise Machine, having decided that references to female homosexuality (aka Mary Cheney in 2004) did not drive us nasty right wing Christian Fundemnatlists running screaming from the Republican Party maybe a story on male homosexuality with a phony child molestation charge worked in would.

[MNJohnnie]

will check in on Fox News Sunday in order to see how much of a turncoat each of those pseudo-Republicans

Is kind of a defining moment for our side. Intresting to note once again the DC-Real world divide. The "Conservatives" most in angst and looking for Hastert's head are mostly inside the Beltway people. The ones outside the belt way have seemed better able to resist getting sucked into the Democrat Noise Machine

[Phsstpok]

TXSleuth informed me that Marty Meehan has been added to the Fox News Sunday lineup, so here's his info

• Represnetative Marty Meehan, Democrat - Massachusettes
  • House web site | Bio
  • Meehan Statement on the Resignation of Former Representative Mark Foley (House web site - Oct 3, 2006)
  • investigation pulls Washington's Rep. Hastings into spotlight (Seattle Times - Oct 6, 2006)
  • Scandal is page out of history (Berkshire Eagle, MA - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Teen Works To Keep Program Alive Amidst Scandal (CBS4Boston, Boston - Oct 3, 2006)
  • Congress Passes On Gay Bills, Goes Home (365Gay.com - Oct 1, 2006)
  • Gays Stand to Gain if Dems Win House (New York Blade, NY - Oct 2, 2006)

Still no change on the FNS web site and the news outlets haven't posted their show listings yet, nor has Mark Kilmer.  More if anything comes along.

Thanks, sleuth.

[Morgan in Denver]

Wallace admitted Friday they were still working on the lineup so this isn't a surprise, but thanks for the heads up on who it would be.

One guess is more than a few Democrats want to keep a low profile for tomorrow in light of more truth on Foley coming out.

[Bahbah]

Agreed that the Beltway Boys has gotten so predictable it isn't worth the time, and FNW lacks any smidgen of courage. A real examination of BIG media would be worthwhile, but would end party invitations. When the only interesting comments come from Gabler (a liar and a moonbat), it's over.

But there is the JER:They're real focus is American demographics, like Social Security a controversial topic that everyone simply wants to ignore but one which will clearly affect all of our lives far more than almost anything else on the world stage today.

Every thinking person (unfortunately, there are not enough of them) knows Social Security is doomed unless something is done. The President, wisely, wanted to give people the right to keep a small part of the confiscated funds and see how it would work out in the free market. The dems knew that people would like having ownership of some of their money and watching it grow so they couldn't let that happen. If dems ever take charge (please don't let that happen), you will have a reprise of the Clinton's "I had no idea how bad the situation was, and I have no choice but to raise taxes" refrain. And the clobbering of the citizens' pocketbook will be massive.

[Alas Babylon!]

I think you hit the nail on the head!

Political purists disturb me, because they have to put political thought into little cubicles of activity and substance, despite the fact that in reality, everyone is different, and can't be so easily categorized.

This is how we can get a Harry Bellafonte calling Colin Powell a "house Negro", Clarance Thomas an "Uncle Tom" or Condi Rice "Bush's sex Negress". You see, in the purist's mind, all blacks MUST think alike. They could never, ever be Republican, unless there was something mentally wrong with them, they hated themselves for being born black, or they hate their race. REAL black people are left-wing democrats just like them, with left-wing biases and demands. Tow the line!

The same line of thought applies to many homosexual activists. To wit, you cannot be a homosexual Republican. Republicans hate fags, and therefore want to murder them like Scot Shepard in Wyoming, or go back to the days when Greasers got their kicks beating up queers. So any outing of gay Republicans is perfectly alright, because they're hypocrites who deserve it.

Republicans, in the purist's minds, since they hate fags, but allow some in the party to secretly be fags, must be using homosexuals to get votes they do not deserve. So dirty tricks against them, lies, half-truths, etc, don't matter; all are perfectly allowable in the war against the RepubliNazis.

If smearing some homosexuals as child molesters, and the Republican leadership as secret supporters/enablers of child molesters gets those evil Republicans out of government then that is obviously a good thing. And sticking it to those homosexuals who have the gall to be Republicans or support the ideals of Republicanism is a wonderful thing, akin to St George slaying the dragon.

This is the attitude that many so-called journalists have, and why they report certain stories the way they do. My thought is that these "journalists" are far more dangerous than the purists, as they act as gatekeeprs to what the rest of us learn (however wrongly) or remain in ignorance thereof, because we're never told.

People like you, and the rest of the "Jedi Council", are absolutely essential in showing the truth, especially to those so-called journalists. That you can do so with humor and laughter makes it all the better. The free press is dying because of these reporters, and it is up to us to kick them off their high horses so that they (or others willing to step up to the task) may become once again what a free press is supposed to be--a free, fair, balanced accounter of what is happening in the world.