Weekend Show *Preview* for 10/28 - 10/29/06 (not the live thread)

Network and Cable News Networks | 10/28/06 | Network and Cable News

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Saturday Shows For October 28, 2006

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:
  • Rove can pull this out with GOTV... nope, probably not.  No one here in Washington thinks so therefore it's not true.
  • Embryonic stem cell research is the only hope for humankind and anyone who says otherwise is evil (Mort) ... Ummmm, Mort?  You're wrong (Fred)
• Topics:
  • How are the GOP getting voters excited with just days to go before midterms?
  • After all the controversy, stem cell research is 'up' in Missouri
• 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:
  • Angelina Jolie, The Rolling Stones and the Sex Pistols are the true leaders of American culture
• Topics:
  • As much of an icon as the people she photographs, Annie Leibovitz talks to Tim about "A Photographer's Life."
• Guests
  • Annie Leibovitz
    • ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: The Eye Of The Beholder (The BV Entertainment Newswire Blog, New York - Oct 27, 2006)
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • Boy is the White House stupid to try to use the media, since we all hate them
  • The media does not play favorites in politics, but Republicans are evil and Democrats are good.  That's a simple fact.
  • It's all Madonna's fault
• Topics:
  • The White House turns to the media to recraft its Iraq message
  • Midterm madness! Who are the media's political heroes and villains this season?
  • Madonna's adoption controversy: The star blames the media
• 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:
  • Wait.  Wait.  There are really damaging consequences, not only for the US but for all Human civilization, if we pull out of Iraq?  Who knew?
  • Might it conceivably be just slightly possible that the reason there are so many bombs going off in Baghdad is that they want to help the Democrats?
  • Can a mobbed up Democrat ever be defeated?  It's not likely in New Jersey.  They didn't set Sopranos there by accident.
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: The Big K
    • An interview with Henry Kissinger on the stakes in Iraq--both for U.S. credibility and for the larger Middle East.
    • How will the debate over Iraq in Washington affect the chances for U.S. victory in Baghdad?
    • Will corruption cost Democrats a Senate seat in New Jersey?
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on dangers of premature withdrawal from Iraq
    • Will furor over Iraq in Washington help or hurt the chances of success in Baghdad?
• Guests
  • Henry Kissinger
    • Former Secretary of State (Nixon administration)
    • Bush's new adviser: Henry Kissinger (San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 29, 2006)
• 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 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:
  • Republicans want to kill the handicapped and steal their wheelchairs
  • Black voters will too come out and vote for their masters Democrats
  • Black Republicans slavishly support the Bush war mongers - did I say slave?  Never mind
• Topics:
  • The Meet the Press Debate Series features the Maryland Senate Race to fill retiring Senator Paul Sarbanes (D) open seat in a live, in studio debate.
• Guests
  • Representative Ben Cardin, Democrat - Maryland
    • House web site | Bio
    • Our Say For US Senate: Ben Cardin (Annapolis Capital, MD - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Michael J. Fox Endorses Rep. Ben Cardin (WJZ, MD - Oct 24, 2006)
    • AP Continues to Report That Rep. Ben Cardin Supports Stem Cell Research (NewsBusters - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Is Michael J Fox Aware Cardin Voted Nay on Stem Cell Research? (Blogcritics.org - Oct 25, 2006)
    • MD-Sen: Michael Steele vs. Ben Cardin (Human Events, DC - Oct 22, 2006)
    • Cardin responds to Steele (Washington Times, DC - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Black Republicans Urge New Voter Habits (ABC News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Who is Ben Cardin? (Washington Times, DC - Oct 3, 2006)
  • Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, Republican - Maryland
    • Office of Maryland Governor web site | Bio
    • Steele ad hits back on stem cell issue (Baltimore Sun - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Steele rebuts Fox ad (Washington Times - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Michael J. Fox Ads Inaccurate, Steele Says (CNSNews.com, VA - Oct 24, 2006)
    • This should be good news for Michael Steele: (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Michael Steele for US Senate (Washington Times, DC - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Black Republicans Urge New Voter Habits (ABC News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • MD-Sen: Michael Steele vs. Ben Cardin (Human Events, DC - Oct 22, 2006)
    • An alarming wake-up call (Washington Times - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Don King Stumps for Michael Steele (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Rep. Steny Hoyer Apologizes to Michael Steele for 'Slave' Remark (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 18, 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)

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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:
  • Republicans are evil, let's get that straight from the beginning, OK?
  • Any questions about a Democrat are unfair and untrue, while any questions about a Republican are presumed both true and a disqualifying offense
  • Republicans want to kill the handicapped and steal their wheelchairs
  • Democrats are pure and moral while Republicans are evil and secretly all gay, so stay home all you values voters, you're not wanted anyway
• Topics:
  • Midterm elections and Iraq, what else? (CBS has not listed guests or topics as of 9 AM, 10/27/06)
• Guests
  • Representative John Murtha, Democrat - Pennsylvania
    • House web site | Bio
    • No fans of Murtha (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 27, 2006)
    • What if: A look at how Dems would lead on defense issues (GovExec.com - Oct 27, 2006)
    • FBI Tape Reveals John Murtha's Role in Abscam Scandal (FOX News - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Rep. John Murtha: The Foley Fallout: On Red Flags and Immediate Resignations (Huffington Post via Yahoo! News - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Rep. John Murtha: Confessions of a 'Defeatocrat (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 16, 2006)
    • The ‘Swift-boating’ of John Murtha? (People's Weekly World - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Stem Cell Research Now In National Spotlight (KDKA, PA - Oct 27, 2006)
    • WHY IS JACK SCARED TO DEBATE? REASON NUMBER 10 (IREY/Murtha) (Irey for Congress via FreeRepublic - Oct 27, 2006)
  • Duncan Hunter, Republican - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Wolf vs. Duncan Hunter [Tim Graham] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Rep. Duncan Hunter: CNN Airing 'Enemy Propaganda' (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 22, 2006)
    • Hunter Duncan, Joe McCarthy and some smelly blue cheese (AlterNet, CA - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Self-Defense: CNN Asks Rep. Hunter If People Have the 'Right to Know What War is Like' (NewsBusters - Oct 24, 2006)
    • RINALDI CALLS FOR REP. DUNCAN HUNTER TO 'ADMIT HIS GUILT' ABOUT VIOLATING INSIDER TRADING LAWS (California Chronicle, CA - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Rep. Duncan Hunter: Fund US Missile Defense (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Bush Approves Bill To Stretch Border Fence (NBC Sandiego.com, CA - Oct 27, 2006)
  • Howard Dean
    • Chairman, Democratic National Committee
    • DNC web site | Bio
    • Angelides campaigns with Howard Dean (Scripps News, DC - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Howard Dean Explains Why He Won’t Debate RNC Chair Ken Mehlman on TV (NewsBusters - Oct 24, 2006)
    • ABC's 'The Note' Jokes: Media Having Secret Conference Calls With Dean and Soros (NewsBusters - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Democrats Work to Bolster Rising Fortunes (NPR - Oct 27, 2006)
    • DNC Chairman Howard Dean Sends Eid al-Fitr Greetings (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Oct 23, 2006)
    • Air America Pretty Much Just Paid Advertising For Democrats (Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, North Dakota - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Hillary Takes Swipe at Howard Dean (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Coming in Sunday 'NYT': Will Dean Destroy the Democratic Party? (Editor & Publisher - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Howard Dean: Race, Immigration Key Issues in 2008 (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 30, 2006)
  • Ken Mehlman
    • Chairman, Republican National Committee
    • GOP web site | Bio
    • Ken Mehlman Says the Tennessee Ad is not "Racist" (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Mehlman: Controversial Ford attack ad is 'fair' (MSNBC - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Mike Rogers Targets Ken Mehlman (Queerty, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Ken Mehlman Demeans Gays, Rush Limbaugh Ridicules Parkinsons, RNC Goes Racist and Ann Coulter Calls 9-11 Widows Harpies. (OpEdNews, PA - Oct 26, 2006)
    • My dinner with Ken Mehlman (MSNBC - Oct 17, 2006)
    • RNC's Ken Mehlman: GOP Can Hold Congress (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 17, 2006)
    • RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman May Have Illegally Accepted U2 Tickets (BuzzFlash, IL - Oct 16, 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:
  • Are Republicans actually evil?
  • Are any questions about a Democrat unfair and untrue?  Are any questions about a Republican presumed both true and a disqualifying offense?
  • Do Republicans want to kill the handicapped and steal their wheelchairs?
  • Are Democrats pure and moral?  Are Republicans evil and secretly all gay?  Should all values voters therefore stay home?  Are they really welcome in the process?
• Topics:
  • You Decide 2006:
    • The state of play in critical U.S. Senate races and whether Republicans will be able to maintain their majority.
    • Discussions with the two Senate campaign chairman:
      • What are the key races for each side as the election comes down to the wire?
      • Which has the financial advantage and which will be able to turnout the most voters on November 7?
      • Will Americans turn Congress over to Democrats or reaffirm their support for Republicans?
    • With the political rhetoric hitting a fever pitch in the campaign’s final days, we will assess the latest developments in two crucial Senate races, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, with candidates from each state.
  • The FOX News Sunday panel will then discuss the impact of this week’s events in the U.S. and Iraq on the midterm elections and the latest polling from key races.
  • Fox Show Essay: Coming Up on 'FNS'
• Guests
  • Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat - New York
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • Attn: Chuck Schumer (National Journal, DC - Oct 17, 2006)
    • A Senate Landscape on the Brink of Change (ABC News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Senate control hinges on the outcome in four races (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 27, 2006)
    • How to Turn This Election Into a Progressive Mandate (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Democrats top Republicans in fundraising (Sky Valley Journal,  USA - Oct 26, 2006)
    • 'Meddler' pushes the Dems (Ocala.com, FL - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Democratic confidence soaring (Canada.com, Canada - Oct 27, 2006)
  • Senator Elizabeth Dole, Republican - North Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • Iraq Is the Issue in Final Days to Election (ABC News - Oct 26, 2006)
    • A Senate Landscape on the Brink of Change (ABC News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Dole takes heat as GOP hold on Senate loosens (Wilmington Morning Star - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Senate control hinges on the outcome in four races (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Senate elections preview (Penn Live, PA - Oct 26, 2006)
    • The Senators' Dilemma (Yahoo! News - Oct 26, 2006)
  • Senator Rick Santorum
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Casey says Santorum attacks a sign of GOP desperation (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 27, 2006)
    • College Democrats protest Santorum (Penn State Digital Collegian, PA - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Competitive nature fueled Santorum (Penn Live, PA - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Worst politician ever (Patriot-News, PA - Oct 27, 2006)
    • SANTORUM'S LAST STAND (New York Post, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • WHY ELECTING RICK SANTORUM MATTERS (Yahoo! News - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Sen. Rick Santorum: 'Pro-Security' on Immigration (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 15, 2006)
  • Representative Harold Ford Jr.
    • House web site | Bio
    • Oooh! That Naughty 'Playboy' Attack Ad on Harold Ford Jr.! (Memphis Flyer, TN - Oct 27, 2006)
    • As Ford-Corker Race Starts Smoking, National, International Scrutiny Intensifies (Memphis Daily News - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Newsweek Cover Story Left Out Harold Ford's Playboy Party -- But Not Back in March (NewsBusters - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Playboy Party Affiliation (American Spectator - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Playboy Party Jab Could Hurt Republican's Senatorial Hopes (ABC News - Oct 26, 2006)
    • ‘Straight’ group attacks Ford in Oak Ridge visit (Oak Ridger, TN - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Mehlman: Controversial Ford attack ad is 'fair' (MSNBC - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Harold Ford's Playboy Party (Accuracy In Media, DC - Oct 25, 2006)
  • Sunday Panel
    • Bill Kristol
      • Editor, The Weekly Standard | Bio
      • Friday Night Fights: Shepard Smith vs. Bill Kristol (NewsBusters - Sep 30, 2006)
    • Juan Williams
      • Senior National Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Juan Williams scolds black community in 'Enough' (Indianapolis Star, United States - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Political Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Virginia Senate Race Too Close to Call (NPR - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Michael Barone.
      • Senior Writer, US News and World Report | Blog
      • The House Elections (BaroneBlog - Oct 24, 2006)
  • Power Player: Mark Russell
    • Mark Russell, Zinging to the Younger Set (Washington Post - Oct 11, 2006)
• 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:
  • Republicans are evil, let's get that straight from the beginning, OK?
  • Republicans want to kill the handicapped and steal their wheelchairs
• Topics:
  • Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Iraq, Foley, and whether Republicans can hold the House
  • Actor Michael J. Fox on his role in the 2006 elections
  • VOICES SUNDAY: Sarah Jessica Parker trick-or-treats for UNICEF
• Guests
  • Majority Leader John Boehner, Republican - Ohio
    • House web site | Bio
    • Ethics Committee Investigates House Officials (note: about Foley investigation) (Time Magazine - Oct 20, 2006)
    • GOP ads warn of 'homosexual agenda' from SF (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Letter from John Boehner to the Washington Times (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Witnesses in Foley investigation (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Time to throw out the Republican Congress (Allentown Morning Call, PA - Oct 28, 2006)
    • House GOP officials likely will be at odds in ethics testimony (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - Oct 24, 2006)
    • John Boehner Testifies Before House Ethics Committee (WXIX, OH - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Stakes are High for Business in Nov. Elections (HispanicBusiness.com, CA - Oct 26, 2006)
  • Actor Michael J. Fox
    • Michael J. Fox Foundation web site | Bio
    • The Swift Boating of Michael J. Fox (Yahoo! News - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Media Unfair to Michael J. Fox And Rush Limbaugh? (FOX News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Weekly Standard: Michael J. Fox Isn't Telling The Whole Truth About Stem Cells (Weekly Standard via CBS News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • The Truth About Michael J. Fox and Rush Limbaugh (FOX News - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Michael J. Fox Defends Commercial (Broadcast Newsroom, CA - Oct 27, 2006)
    • The Unconscionable Claims of Michael J. Fox (The American Thinker - Oct 25, 2006)
    • The Michael J. Fox Effect (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 26, 2006)
  • Sunday Roundtable:
    • George Will
      • ABC News contributor, syndicate columnist
      • Questions to guide an exit policy (Jewish World Review - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Jay Carney
      • Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, Time Magazine | Bio
      • Breaking Old News: Brian Ross and the Foley Story (Poynter.org, FL - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Claire Shipman
      • Senior National Correspondent, ABC News
      • Shipman Daydreams: 'Do You Let Yourself Think, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi?' (NewsBusters - Oct 27, 2006)
    • E.J. Dionne
      • Columnist, The Washington Post
      • EJ Dionne: Religion need not be Republican
  • VOICES SUNDAY: Sarah Jessica Parker
• 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:
  • Republicans are evil, let's get that straight from the beginning, OK?
  • The war in Iraq was a mistake and we've lost.  Any other position just isn't allowed on CNN
  • If you want to know the Democrat/DBM position on foreign policy for the last 10 days of the election, just watch this show on CNN.
• Topics:
  • It’s been one of the deadliest months for U.S. troops in Iraq. Can the U.S. mission there be completed?
  • With only nine days until the midterm elections, experts provide political insight on key issues.
• Guests
  • Senator Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Foreign Relations Committee chairman
    • Lugar responds to Bush's 'time-table' plan (WTHR, IN - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Why does foreign policy heavyweight hold back? (Indianapolis Star, United States - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Lee Defends N. Korea Policy (Korea Times, South Korea - Oct 23, 2006)
    • Bush administration tries to debunk growing clamor for direct North Korea nuclear talks (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Lugar: New fuels key (Gary Post Tribune, IN - Oct 23, 2006)
    • AP CENTERPIECE: Farmers urged to enroll in carbon exchange (Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Oct 23, 2006)
    • Transcript: Top Senators Discuss Iraq on 'FOX News Sunday' (FOX News - Oct 22, 2006)
  • Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Foreign Relations Committee member
    • If We’re Not Going to “Stay the Course” … (Across the Aisle, DC - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Op Ed: Bipartisan Redeployment (Wall Street Journal via Council on Foreign Relations, New York - Oct 24, 2006)
    • White House Says No Ultimatums For Iraq (RedBolivia.com - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Biden addresses foreign policy issue (UNLV The Rebel Yell, NV - Oct 23, 2006)
    • With Biden, Hodes blasts Iraq strategy (Concord Monitor, NH - Oct 17, 2006)
    • White House in tight spot over Bush's Iraq war comments (ABC Online, Australia - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Iraq threatens to derail Republicans (Globe and Mail, Canada - Oct 20, 2006)
    • The UN's Rigged Standards (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Oct 19, 2006)
  • Samir Sumaidaie
    • Iraqi Ambassador to United States
    • Iraqis offended Saddam treated well (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Iraqi Ambassador Speaks At CWRU About Saddam Trial (NewsNet5.com, OH - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Ayoon Wa Azan (I Am Not Optimistic) (Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - Sep 26, 2006)
  • Representative Charles Rangel, Democrat - New York
    • House web site | Bio
    • There’s No Security with Democrats (National Review Online, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Charles Rangel's Ticket (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 14, 2006)
    • The Rangel Factor (Forbes, NY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Democrats Say New Medicare Handbook is Misleading on Drug Program (SeniorJournal.com, TX - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Majority report (World Magazine - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Stakes are high for business community in Nov. elections (USA Today - Oct 25, 2006)
  • Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican - Florida
    • House web site | Bio
    • The Miami Herald recommends (Miami Herald, FL - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have Missed (Jewish Press, NY - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Congresswoman: Safeguard US aid to Abbas (Ynetnews, Israel - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Congresswoman Demands Supervision Of Aid To Palestinians (All Headline News - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Summit united in support for Cuban people (Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Oct 24, 2006)
  • Major General Paul Eaton (Retired)
    • U.S. Army; Iraqi Troop Training
    • Retired generals say Rumsfeld is bungling war (Boston Globe, United States - Sep 26, 2006)
    • Withdrawal? It isn’t an option (Sunday Herald, UK - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Rumsfeld criticized over Iraq war (NDTV.com, India - Sep 25, 2006)
  • Michael Gordon
    • New York Times chief military correspondent, author
    • To Stand or Fall in Baghdad: Capital Is Key to Mission (New York Times - Oct 23, 2006)
    • Twenty-one reasons Iraq is not working (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Oct 4, 2006)
    • The Latest Chapters On the War (Washington Post - Oct 15, 2006)
    • Pseudo-histories of the Iraq war (Washington Times, DC - Oct 13, 2006)
    • The Most Important Culture War (TCS Daily, DC - Oct 16, 2006)
  • Norm Ornstein
    • American Enterprise Institute Scholar, author
    • The Way Out (Huffington Post - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Snyder: Pentagon getting free pass (Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Foley Probe a Critical Juncture for House Ethics Panel (FOX News - Oct 24, 2006)
    • GOP waiting, Kohl's millions led to easy re-election path (Examiner.com - Oct 25, 2006)
    • White House changes Iraq mantra (CNN International - Oct 24, 2006)
  • Jeff Greenfield
    • CNN senior analyst
    • Where the right went wrong (CNN - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Greenfield: Fear a popular theme in political ads (CNN - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Greenfield: Who's going to show up this fall? (CNN - Oct 12, 2006)
    • A break from your regularly scheduled scandal (CNN - Oct 9, 2006)
  • Amy Walter
    • CNN political analyst
    • Senior Editor, The Cook Political Report | Bio
    • Analysts Set the Stage for the Home Stretch (PBS - Oct 27, 2006)
    • President pitching in to help Sekula-Gibbs (Houston Chronicle - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Drake and Kellam are neck and neck (Daily Press, VA - Oct 27, 2006)
    • National GOP's focus turns from 7th CD (Denver Post, CO - Oct 27, 2006)
    • GOP fails to cash in on bright economy (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Rumsfeld tells critics of war to 'back off' (The Spokesman Review, WA - Oct 27, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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See the initial post for my "usual witty commentary."  Some excerpts:

It's the last two weekends of campaign '06 and all pretense (and restraint) has been abandoned.  The reliable hard left old media is pulling out every stop and ignoring even the simplest of ethical consideration in their all out commitment to defeat Republicans and elect Democrats....

This week they're no longer touting the polls because even their own stilted polls are trending the "wrong way" from their point of view.  They're instead concentrating on three main themes: it's a done deal, why fight; if the Democrats don't win it's because the Republicans cheated / are racists; Republicans are evil, by definition....

So, the gloves are off and the agenda is clear.  The Dhimmicrats and their allies in the DBM will do anything, say anything, tell any lie, ignore any ethical boundaries, so long as it gets power back for the "right party (the leftist one)." ...

Well, it's only about ten days till the opening law suit of the post election day election process.  I wonder who it will be and when it will be decided? ...

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks for the p;ost, as usual. Hope you sight is holding up too.

[Morgan in Denver]

By the way, I anticipate the Lynn Cheney on CNN stint will get some play on all the FNC programs along with O'Reilly on Letterman. FOX News has hyped them both quite a bit.

[Bahbah]

a barn burner debate. Tim Russert and Ben Cardin versus Michael Steele.

LOL. I'm laughing already and I've only gotten this far.

I don't know if you saw the interview by Russert of Mehlman over the Ford ad, but it was a mind boggling thing. Russert keeps insisting that the ad is racist and Mehlman (like me)keeps saying he doesn't see anything racist about it. But Russert has his action line, so he just keeps hammering.

Imus and his guests have been opining for weeks that Ford is such a wonderful candidate that the only reason he will lose is because of those redneck Tennessee racists. It certainly can't be because the whole family is a crime syndicate.

[Seattle Conservative]

Too bad they're not having Rush on w Fox. But, of course, Steffy wants to make sure the DNC talking points get out appropriately. I won't be watching this - will try to catch Rush's take on it on Mon.

[Seattle Conservative]

Dang, I wish the Pubbies would put someone on these shows besides Lugar. That said, Wolfie probably wouldn't let them on. It's a sure thing he's not going to have Lynne Cheney on anytime soon! She was FABULOUS and I sent an email to the VP telling him just that!

[Seattle Conservative]

Phsstpok - thank you so much for all of your hard work in putting this incredible thread together week after week!
Bless you

[Seattle Conservative]

I suspose they'll be harping the 'racist' line (that's what they do when they don't have anything else to say), but, from what I've read, the only thing they could consider racist is that it was a white woman who partied w him at the Playboy party and said call me. Of course, they would have yelled racist had it been a black woman.

If that's in fact what they were thinking, then, his previous dating history debuncts that:

Harold Ford's Old Flames Website (she's white, gasp!)
juliaallison.com ^ | 10/26/2006 | milwguy

Posted on 10/27/2006 11:10:09 AM PDT by milwguy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727093/posts

[Bahbah]

"I repeat my prediction that the Dims won't take both chambers, not even the House by itself, and that they may just lose some seats."

I have been with you on this since the beginning. I think the only way the dims can pull off a takeover of either chamber is by fraud and, in addition to the concerns about the Venazuelan lunatic having an interest in the voting machine company, here in Missouri we have ACORN.

ACORN Accused of More Bogus Election Forms:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725676/posts

Voter Registration Fraud by Liberal Advocacy Group Goes Virtually Unreported
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725653/posts

More bogus election forms found
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725552/posts

We have a hugh and series problem here. If the dems can't win, they are going to toss overboard the notion of an orderly transition of power regardless of what it will do to this country.

[Seattle Conservative]

Agree Bah. Some have already started chanting the voter fraud (by the Pubbies) since they see the 'hugh wave to vote Dims' starting to crash down upon them.

BTW everyone - another potentially good show this weekend:
Hannity on America - FNC 9 ET, 6 PT. Mark Levin said he had decided to come back to TV and will be on, too (debating some leftwingers). Could prove to be good.

Also, there is a Corker/Ford debate on C-Span 1 at 7 this evening. Need to leave soon, so will record it!

[Bahbah]

This is from the Wolf v. Hunter piece that Phsstpok posted:

This insurgent video showing sniper attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq was given to CNN by insurgents calling themselves the Islamic Army after CNN sent e-mail questions to the group.

This makes one wonder if CNN isn't actually soliciting things like this video.

[rodguy911]

What a job, can't believe how much work you put into this every week!! You should get an emmy or something!!
I was rather upset that Rush devoted so much air time into the fox thing but will not bring it up any more,since I am hoping we will all concentrate on the major issues of the race during the last few days.
I will be judging the thread tomorrow.
Great job once again phsstpok!

[Txsleuth]

Thanks for the reminder on the debate...


BTW...watching Newswatch right now...and this is the WORST ever...there is absolutely NO ONE talking FOR the conservative side..

Cal Thomas even laughed about being able to have lunch and meetings with Condi, Rummy and Cheney....while Neal said "it is out of desperation"....and no one disputed that.

Jane HALL is WAY over to Neal Gablerland these days.

BTW..I was listening to Hugh Hewitt last night..and he played the whole interview between Wolf and Lynne Cheney...and then, later played TWO sentences that Wolf said during the interview..back to back...

When talking about the sniper video...he said, "We SAID it was a propaganda piece.."..."this was NOT a propaganda piece"...LOL Hugh kept playing those two sentences back to back, over and over.

[Txsleuth]

They did play part of that Wolf/Lynne Cheney interview on Fox this afternoon....on Fox News.

Please see post #19 for more comments about that interview...I forgot to put your name on the TO: header...SORRY!