Weekend Show *Preview* for 10/7 - 10/8/06 (not the live thread)

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. I think this scandal was set off about two weeks early and, if I'm right, it shows a high degree of desperation on the part of the party of Michael Moore. Not only weren't their attacks on Bush having the desired affect of "sealing the deal" for the dims, they were actually beginning to lose ground. The counter attacks by Bush and company on Iraq and the war on terror were a big part of it, but the biggest effect was coming from the drumbeat about who would be in charge if the Republicans get thrown out. The thought of a Speaker Pelosi or a Chairman Rangel just was too much for most Americans to take. Therefore, they needed to change the subject and fast. Unfortunately they did this clumsily and way too soon. The effect, if any, will have worn off long before election day and, in fact, the blowback might end up damaging the Soros/Clinton war machine most of all.

NBC Meet The Press has the fourth installment in their Senate debate series. This time it's Talent versus McCaskill for the seat Talent currently holds from Missouri. This is being touted as the "bell weather" race to watch on election night. If the Republicans can't hold this seat then they'll lose control of the Senate, "they" say. Talent has maintained a slight lead in all but the most tortured and tilted polls, but they keep plugging away and dumping millions of campaign dollars gathered from their billionaire sugar daddies via 527s. Reportedly they are even crossing the line and illegally using Democrat party resources in prohibited ways to support the McCaskill campaign (damn that CFR!). McCaskill seems to be an ineffective candidate, so watch for lil Timmah to carry more of the Dhimmicrat water against Talent in this weeks "debate." Following the Timmah/McCaskill tag team assault on Talent they'll try to resurrect the flagging fortunes of Bob Woodward's new book (which is losing big time to... OMG... O'Reilly!). Woodward was supposed to have at least a week where he "dominated the news cycle" to build up his book sales, provide fodder for the drive by media (DBM) and been given an opportunity to restore his reputation for bashing Republicans. Unfortunately the premature launch of La Cage aux Foley (hat tip for the phrase of the week to JER) has ruined that plan and Woodward clearly sees a future in the remainder bin for his latest tome. The usual suspects will try to revive this turkey. I give them little or no chance. "OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?" (apologies to Zaphod Beeblebrox).

CBS Face The Nation offers us a B team of minor leaguers from the House with Davis (R, VA) and LaHood (D, IL) squaring off over le affair Foley. The inclusion of LaHood will give them the chance to question the fate of Speaker Hastert, also of Illinois. Schieffer is joined by the Washington Post's political band director to try to get a little oompah out of the old dinosaur media tuba section. Watch for a lot of declarative statements and not much in the way of enlightenment or information.

Fox News Sunday provides a "panel of experts" to discuss the Foley scandal which is made up of a spectrum of "good" to "bad" conservatives. Representative Jack Kingston (R, GA) is the sole member of Congress listed and he has come out forcefully in support of Speaker Hastert. He has also called for Pelosi, Emanuel, Dean and other Democrats to testify under oath about what they knew and when they knew it regarding the potential crimes involved in Foley's nasty behavior. They then bring on the "bad conservative" Tony Perkins (Family Research Council). Perkins has committed the ultimate sin of being a Christian who actually dares to think that Foley's

sexuality and proclivity for preying on boys is relevant to the discussion. Not real informative, but helpful for the DBM sound bite brigade, I'm sure (unless Perkins gets really, really smart and messes with them). David Bossie (Citzens United) is trotted out as a conservative voice calling for Hastert's head (he will be celebrated in song and story by the drive by media) and Laura Ingraham, who may or may not be out for Republican blood. That makes it a panel of four conservatives, 2 to 1 against the Republicans, with one "easily dismissed religious fanatic." Chris Wallace's Coming Up on 'FOX News Sunday' piece speaks about there being discussions "with key congressional leaders," but no names are listed, other than Kingston. We'll have to see. Could it be a surprise list of guests not revealed to give the opposition a chance to counter program?

ABC This Week brings on the A team partisan pairing for the Foley scandal with the heads of the Republican and Democrat House campaign committees, Tom Reynolds (R, NY) and Rahm Emanuel (D, IL). If the Republicans were going to go with the aggressive strategy of calling out the Soros/Clinton war room over the Foley scandal this would be the place to do it, but ABC has made sure that Reynolds is damaged goods in this regard and he may well be checkmated from pursuing this tack with Emanuel. This is because one of the most likely sources (according to "leaks" from ABC (Brian Ross, no doubt) and assorted Dhimmicrat sources) of the incriminating emails and instant messages is Reynolds' gay chief of staff, who is Foley's former chief of staff, Kirk Fordham (Blackmail target of Mike Rogers, but ABC won't mention that). Also, Reynolds is said to have "convinced" Foley not to retire and therefore "keep this seat Republican," which is now being portrayed as the ultimate act of political cynicism. Fordham will be the "guest who speaks but is not on the shows" this week, as quotes from him will shower down like a bad thunderstorm, particularly on this show. Reynolds is a clear target of ABC's plan in this whole thing. If they can't get Hastert they'll be happy to settle for Reynolds. And to complete the trifecta for ABC their next guest, James Baker, has a new book and a "bipartisan report" that bashes the Bush policy in Iraq. He will probably be kept away from the Foley controversy as he has come out strongly against "sacrificing" Speaker Hastert this week (good imagery about throwing someone off the sled to keep the wolves at bay). My great hope is that they've once again misunderstimated the Bush strategery because Bush is the one who appointed Baker to the Bipartisan Iraq Study Group which issued the "critical report" on Iraq. Some on the left are beginning to smell a Rovian plot and warn of Bush's own October surprise and many tie it to the recommendations coming out of this group (see show links for some of the silliness). Right now Baker is being feted by the drive by media and the left because he's criticizing Bush's policy, but what if Bush takes the Study Group's advice? Bada Bing, Bada Boom! This Sunday might tell the tale on that. I will look at Baker's appearance on This Week with a magnifying glass. George Will, Cokie Roberts and Fareed Zakaria will be called on by Steponallofus to "explain" the true significance (read "doom for the evil Republicans") of all of this in the roundtable segment. ABC is working hard to pay back their Clintonian Overlords for daring to show that awful "Path to 9/11" thingy, dontcha know?

CNN Late Edition trots out the Iraqi foreign minister, no doubt to ask him to confess that our Iraq policy is a disaster and that we've actually made things worse since toppling Saddam, who was truly harmless, after all. I think that is a minor, almost pro-forma part of the show this week. Cornyn (R, TX) is set to face off with Biden (D, DE) over all things to do with foreign policy, including the border fence and middle east policy. Biden is pushing the old Europe like "let's divide Iraq" plan and I think Cornyn will gut him like a fish over this issue, if given a chance. Cornyn's cynical statements about funding for the border fence will be used as a starting point for the discussion of that issue, which puts him on the defensive and lets Biden pontificate about how evil and racist Republican immigration policy is while also claming that Dhimmicrats have a real plan to protect our borders (no doubt he wants to eliminate our borders, then they can't be threatened, of course). The co-authors of the new political book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008" will work to position themselves as good members of the DBM, since they are being criticized by the MoveOn left over whatever conclusions they draw in their book. My guess is that they argue that to win you have to support America against those who want to destroy America, which Dean, Pelosi and Moore would of course find objectionable. Watch for fierce anti-Bush spinning with very little reference to what's really in the book. CNN's Dana Bash has also been criticized from the left for her recent reporting, primarily that it wasn't sufficiently slanted against Bush (she bothered to include facts, which messed up the narrative they wanted to achieve). Wolfe will give her the opportunity to correct those "errors." And then they offer up Ted Turner's idea of a "real" conservative, Pat Buchanan, in all his wild eyed, racist and jingoistic glory. Wolfe will give him a free field of fire to attack Bush while still spouting off offensive comments that they will then try to tie to all conservatives, especially Bush. It's a win-win for the MoveOn crowd, and good ol' Pat has filled this role faithfully for years.

With the exception of the Journal Editorial Report I am singularly uninterested in the Saturday shows this week. Mort and Fred are really getting tiresome with their inside the beltway conventional wisdom. I long ago decided that this isn't a "conventional wisdom" election, good or bad for us, and they just keep on keeping on with the same old tired analysis. Russert's Danforth hagiography will likely be truly offensive. I wonder if Timmah will ask him about his uber liberal US church leaders rejecting the Bible, at least as far as the leaders of his church in the rest of the world are concerned (except dhimmi England, of course)? Nah! Fox News Watch is simply boring, as their "defend journalists at all cost regardless of any fraud" approach is way too predictable at this point and totally uninteresting. When Neal Gabler is the only voice remotely interesting on this show you know they're in trouble. I keep saying that Fox should turn this into an hour, give half to the guys from Media Research Center and half to the Soros moonbats from Media Matters and let them have at it, with a panel of adults to hose down the rhetoric between segments. Now that would draw an audience! But JER may redeem Saturday for reasoning hominids. They deal with the Foley mess, but it appears to be a throwaway for them. 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. Bravo, folks. Let's hope it starts a meaningful dialogue on this complex and important topic. Wait, what am I thinking. This is dinosaur media TV (even if it is cable). They will be a lonely voice, crying in the wilderness. Noble effort, but will anyone notice?

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. I'll be interested to see how the gay community ends up reacting to being used as a stalking horse and sacrificial lamb in this way. I've talked before about a potential sea change in racial politics coming out of this election. Could there be a sea change in the politics of sexual orientation? Will the Log Cabin Republican types (R and D?) realize and communicate that Republicans may not approve of their lifestyle or agenda, but they don't want to set them up for lynching, while Nancy Pelosi isn't averse to that as a tactic, so long as it buys her power? The ultimate denouement of this part of "la cage aux Foley" may be whether Mike Rogers is investigated (dare I say indicted?) for having blackmailed a gay Republican Senator (reportedly over the Alito vote, which would probably make the target Lincoln Chaffee). If he faces serious jail time for that little bit of political theater (which he has trumpeted publicly) what doors might he kick open? I wonder if he knows where Fort Marcy Park is?

This has been cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com. This post exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with rare insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

I'll post a link to Mark Kilmer's excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at RedState.COM when it is up.

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:
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

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)

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

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

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

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

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

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

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

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)

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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!!!!!!

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.

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.

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