Weekend Show *Preview* for 3/24 - 3/25/07 (not the live thread)

This is week two of the ongoing soap opera in Washington regarding the scandal of "the Exploitable Eight." The decibel level has been raised considerably and there is little or no attempt at masking the naked partisanship of the attacks by the Dhimmicrats and their myrmidon minions in the drive by media. The hysteria level is truly over the top, but that's part of the plan. They can't let anyone pause for a breath because people might actually figure out that there's nothing but partisan hyperventilation going on here. And the charges are being thrown around as fast as they can be, not with any real hope of making anything stick, but rather with the intent of creating an atmosphere so poisoned that everyone will view Gonzalez resignation as an end to be desired just to end the maelstrom.

Oh, and the second thing this whole imbroglio is about is distracting people from the obscene spectacle that the nations mother in law, Nazi Pelosi, put us all through with her bribe fest over the "Surrender in Iraq in 2008 Act." So long as the Republicans on the Hill and the White House are preoccupied in fending off the attacks of "the Exploitable Eight" they really won't be able to drive home the mendacity of the Dhimmicrats and the obvious treasonous nature of their actions. Bush's press statements after Pelosi and Hoyer squeaked out a bare win in the House on their never to be enacted feel good legislation were powerful and even his harshest critics on our own side have cheered his presentation. But before we could capitalize on that yet another round of banshee wails from the left crying for Gonzalez' head was laid on to provide yet more distraction. Do notice one thing, there doesn't appear to be one member of the House on any of the shows this week. I guess they don't want to get anywhere near questions about that vote.

This weekends shows appear to be as carefully orchestrated a partisan attack as any I've seen in a long time, with a single minded devotion to doing damage to the White House, regardless of cost to the nation or the world. I reiterate a recurring thesis, that the Dhimmicrats see this as all or nothing combat and that they feel they need to win or bring the whole thing down in a nihilistic orgy of destruction on all our heads.

Oh, and the whole thing may be blown out of the water by the inconveniently timed actions of their erstwhile allies in Tehran. You know that John Kerry and friends are franticly trying to get in touch with Imanutjob to get him to back off and let them get on with their carefully planned attacks on McChimpy Bushitler. Can't they understand that the Dhimmicrats will give them everything they could ever want if they'll only help win back power for the anointed ones?

NBC Meet The Press provides a platform for two of the US Attorney's who are the most reliably bitchy about losing their patronage jobs. Iglesias is obviously a very ambitious player and I think he had already decided to unhitch his wagon from the waning Republicans, particularly Domineci, and instead look for new patrons on the other side of the aisle, particularly the very powerful machine behind Governor Richardson (with tendrils into the Clinton Dixie Mafia). That would explain nicely his very strange reticence to look into what locals view as gross voter fraud in 2004 and 2006 by the Dhimmicrats. Likewise John McKay's obscene performance regarding the Gregoire "miracle votes" scandal. These guys have gone way out on a limb in this blitzkrieg, counting on powerful new patrons on the left coupled with sycophantic coverage by the DBM to protect them from any exposure of what they really did. If there is one Republican on the respective committees in the House or Senate with guts, or one honest reporter anywhere in the media, this could get blowed up real good! What am I talking about? That'll never happen! Famed Nazi hunter Dick "the turban" Durbin is front and center for the Dhimmicrats and that well known reliable Republican stalwart, Snarlin Arlen Specter, lines up for the defense. Arlen has announced that he plans to inflict himself on the long suffering people of Pennsylvania in the election of 2010, so he might not misbehave, but I'm not counting on it. He'll come up with some obscure bit of Croatian law and insist that Gonzalez must actually be sacrificed to the gods at the dark of the moon, or something.

CBS Face The Nation gives us only one of the newest class of instant celebrities (the only qualification for stardom nowadays is saying nasty things about Bush) while bringing in Patrick Leahy and Lindsey Graham for the Senatorial face off. Lindsey is another of the less realiably reliable Republicans, but he's done pretty good the last couple of appearances when talking about the surge, so perhaps he won't be a complete disaster. In fact his mewling soft spoken approach may contrast nicely with Leahy's increasingly out of control rhetoric. We'll see. Bud Cummins, the former US Attorney from Arkansas was a Huckabee protege. I take his defection as a sure sign that Mike's political star isn't on the rise. David Brooks of the New York Times and Jim VandeHei of Politico provide the "journalistic gravitas," though VandeHei will no doubt be taken to task for his faux pas of reporting that Edwards was going to drop out over his wife's cancer which turned out to be wrong. VandeHei has already printed a mea culpa about how he posted the story without a second source, which will certainly be used to condemn all internet "news" sources, particularly the blogs (even though Politico isn't a blog). It would be real interesting to have him imply that his source was an Edwards insider, which would put an entirely different spin on the event and lend an air of Machiavellian intrigue to the discussions. Can you say "a stake through the heart?"

Fox News Sunday continues their apparent drive to legitimize Chris Wallace's bona fides as a true blue son of the DBM. Is he auditioning to replace Bob Schieffer? As with the other shows there isn't a reliable supporter of the White House among the Republicans given face time today. Trent "vendetta" Lott has no great love for this White House, feeling that they betrayed him, so expectations in the DBM are that he will stab in the back as he thinks he was stabbed. I'm hoping they'll be disappointed, but we'll see. Trent has a self interest in executing his duties as Minority Whip well and this is a big test. The fact that he is out here this weekend instead of Mitch McConnell is either a sign that he's 100% on the team or that he's throwing over the whole party for his own reasons. Dianne Feinstein is in an interestingly vulnerable position to be on the shows this week. She was one of the most vocal critics of the San Diego US Attorney who was dismissed, reportedly for the reasons she was complaining about (lack of immigration prosecutions), yet she's now calling that dismissal "totally political," albeit for different reasons (that no one else has suggested and there's no evidence of). She also just resigned from a key subcommittee dealing with military contracts and veterans issues. Her husband has profited handsomely from multi-billion dollar contracts that she had a hand in steering his way, but has now divested himself of those businesses. And now membership in that committee poses a risk of imposing responsibility for the Walter Reed "scandal" on her own head. Questions on these issues would be most inconvenient right now, but perhaps Chris has given her reassurances of some sort. He's a most cooperative fellow, at least for Dhimmicrats and friends of his father, who are usually one and the same. Brit, Bill and Juan are on the roundtable, while Mara is being played this week by the wife of a McCain campaign operative, Fortune magazine's Nina Easton.

CNN Late Edition has a very interesting and frankly unpredictable mix of players. Orrin Hatch is a usually very reliable Republican, but reports are he had to fight the Justice Department over a Utah US Attorney who was one of his protégés (though the US Attorney in question denies it all). He may have an axe to grind with someone. Joe diGenova is also usually a favorite to those here and elsewhere on conservative blogs, but there are a surprisingly large number of quotes critical of the White House and Gonzalez coming from him over this affair. Bill Nelson is generally considered a lightweight by all and sundry, so his appearance can likely be dismissed, with vague hopes of a severe case of foot in mouth in the offing. Samir Sumaidaie, Iraqi Ambassador to U.S., has been a critic in the past, particularly when his relative was killed in a friendly fire incident, but he's been a strong voice in the Sunni community for our staying and being a force for good in Iraq. John Bolton is increasingly caricatured on the left as a loose cannon who now opposes Bush, but those appear to be wishful thinking on the part of the moonbats, and he's always been fun to listen to. Lanny Davis is one of the old reliable Clintonista insiders, but has been co-opted to some extent as he is a member of Bush's committee that has just endorsed his "domestic surveillance" programs (which aren't domestic and they said so), so he's problematic too. Brazile, Gillespie and Bash round out the talking heads with generally predictable fair, which may be a relief if some of the others stray as far off their respective reservations as they might. Of the three Brazile is the most shrill and invested in the current political warfare, having staked out a position of high moral dudgeon over Karl Rove's partisanship. Pot, meet kettle.

ABC This Week is emerging as a wholly owned subsidiary of the DNC, week after week offering up red meat tied directly to Howard Dean's talking points. This time it's nearly exclusive time for RINO Chuck Hagel, the mad prophet of the Republican left, to say any damn thing he wants to, so long as it hurts McChimpy Bushitler. Chuck is the ego from another planet, a would be Napoleon who sees himself with a messianic mission and an Olympian intellect. No one, absolutely no one, takes him seriously as a Republican candidate, but he gets air time in the DBM for obvious reasons. Plans changed late in the week to add a famous breast cancer researcher to "explain" the importance for the rest of us of the recurrence of Elizabeth Edwards' cancer. This must be taken as an opportunity to promote a noble cause, because no one else has ever gone through what she's going through at this level of public awareness... what's that... Tony who? Lenny Riefenstahl would frankly be appalled by this show. They're so clumsy. What's worse is they are taken seriously by anyone.

The Saturday shows are as expected. (Note: being written halfway through Fox Newswatch) Mort and Fred on The Beltway Boys offer up very little in surprises (though Fred did tear apart one of Mort's DNC talking points about the US Attorney's from last week). They hold to the conventional wisdom that Bush is on the run over Gonzalez and Iraq, but there is that vague feeling of unease underlying it all, as if they smell a shift in the wind and are just now noticing the huge pack of predators sneaking up on them from the other direction. CNBC's Tim Russet Show does its usual book pimping for favored authors, in this case Tom Friedman on the release of the "updated and expanded" version of his The World Is Flat, but there is trouble in the elite circles that usually genuflect before the New York Times resident prophet. Many of the same folks who are driving the Dhimmicrat party now, the extreme left of MoveOn and their anarchist allies, see Friedman as a "Jew lover" as well as a sell out, if not chief cheerleader, on globalization. I think Lil Timmah is less interested this week in promoting Tom's book than he is in using him to get good sound bites about "failure in Iraq" and how all of the problems in the Middle East are those stubborn Jews fault for not surrendering when they should. Ah well, the world doesn't have to make sense, particularly for leftists. One of their intellectual saints may have said it best, "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." Fox News Watch continues the embarrassment of providing Neal Gabler, a demonstrable liar and lunatic, a platform to bash Fox as a fascist joke but denying absolutely that his employer is a legitimate news organization. He should be sued for fraud for taking a check for doing a show on Fox purportedly to provide critical analysis of the media. I will say that Neal's statement tonight that there is "no other side" that is allowed to speak in the global warming "debate" forever relegates him to the ash heap of morons. This is a show that deserves a complete revamping or else a merciful death. That would be a mercy for it's audience. The grown ups at the Journal Editorial Report touch on both extremes of our current situation, the divine and the profane, if you will, by discussing Iraq with Bing West, a thoroughly informed, sober and objective voice in this debate, and then examining both the obscene pandering to the moonbats by Nazi Pelosi on her "legislation" and the all important constitutional questions involved in the "Bong Hits for Jesus" Supreme Court case. And Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

So, there you have my take for this week. I think I've got a pretty good handle on the DBM's intentions this week, but I also have this nagging suspicion that their own plans may blow up on them, and that doesn't even consider the inconvenient truth of Iran's madmen intruding on our DBM's "narrative" so unexpectedly. I gather the consensus (there's that word again) among linguists is that the old canard about the Chinese ideogram for "crisis" being a combination of "danger" and "opportunity" is, like most fruits of western culture, totally wrong, however, there are underlying truths that can't be washed away by "historic deconstruction." Regardless, this week proves the rule that chaos is equally dangerous for all players in the same way, most of the time.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today, though I have yet to cross post last weeks items to my blog and will rectify that first. 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 valuable 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!

Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.

Saturday Shows for March 24^th, 2007

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:
- The Dhimmicrats say: "McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us"
- The Edwards campaign would never think of exploiting the recurrence of her cancer and they're already working on crucifying anyone who suggests they would
- Remember, grasshopper, victomhood is one aid in the path to victory
Topics:
- Grand Inquisition: The 'Beltway Boys' take a look at all the investigations launched by the Democrats since they took over Congress
- John and Elizabeth Edwards are 'up'
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 cheerleader for the globalist elites explains why everyone should just follow the EU model of appeasement and let his friends get rich in the process
Topics:
- A robust analysis of globalization and the Iraq War
Guests
- Tom Friedman
  - New York Times columnist
  - Personal web site | Bio
  - Author of “The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century"
  - See also critical book: "The World Is Flat?: A Critical Analysis of New York Times Bestseller"
  - NYT's Tom Friedman and the Pundits Will Blame Us for Iraq (AlterNet, CA - Mar 7, 2007)
  - Tom Friedman can take his objectivity and go to hell (Arabisto.com, FL - Mar 8, 2007)
  - Zawahiri unloads on Hamas for being centrist sell-outs (Hot Air, MD - Mar 11, 2007)
  - Our World: Israel's man in Mecca (Jerusalem Post, Israel - Mar 5, 2007)
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- There are no examples of dishonest or inaccurate reporting to talk about, since that never happens amongst professional journalists
- Let's spend a half hour cherry picking "legitimate news stories" to bash McChimpy Bushitler over the Iraq war
Topics:
- Iraq: Four Years Later : We'll cover the coverage
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:
- It's reality check time on what's really happening in Iraq and the collapse of the Dhimmicrat's in the House
- Can you say "steely eyed Marine?" I knew you could
Topics:
- Opinion Journal web page: Fox Hits 4 Gigot
  - An interview with Bing West on what he saw on his latest trip to Iraq
  - Democrats scramble for votes to fund the war
  - "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" and the public schools.
- Fox News Channel web page
  - After four years in Iraq, are there signs of progress in the war-torn state?
  - 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus': Supreme Court revisits free speech rights for students
Guests
- Bing West
  - Personal web site with brief Bio
  - Author "No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah"
  - Handing Off a Country (Slate via www.westwrite.com - Apr 1, 2006)
  - Iraq in Books (American Enterprise Institute, DC - Mar 8, 2007)
  - Operation Green Light (Politico, DC - Mar 12, 2007)
  - ‘A failed state or a new country?’ (Gulf Times, Qatar - Mar 19, 2007)
  - The few, the proud among fans of '300' (calendarlive.com, CA - Mar 14, 2007)
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

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:
- McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
- There has never been and never will be any evidence of vote fraud by Dhimmicrats, by definition... remember Fort Marcy Park!
- The Taliban's man in the Senate would like you to know that he cares about our troops
- The master of the magic bullet would like you to know that he's running for reelection in 2010, so maybe, just maybe, he'll stay on the reservation for awhile (nah!)
Topics:
- Two of the dismissed U.S. Attorneys and two leading members, one Republican and one Democrat, of the Judiciary Committee on the continuing controversy over the US Attorney firings
- Bill Bradley on his new book, 'The New American Story.'
Guests
- David Iglesias
  - Dismissed U.S. Attorney, Albuquerque, NM
  - David Iglesias' Damage Control (Slate - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Why I Was Fired (New York Times (op-ed) - Mar 21, 2007)
  - What People Really Need (New York Times (editorial) - Mar 21, 2007)
  - David Iglesias, Bud Cummins, Arlen Specter, John Kerry, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics FNS review - Mar 18, 2007)
  - 2 key players were up for US attorney (Jordan Falls News, IA - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Ethics complaints unlikely for Wilson (Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Early attack: Democrats launch ads against Rep. Heather Wilson over her role in fired prosecutor case (Las Cruces Sun-News - Mar 21, 2007)
  - The hypocrisy of former US attorneys (DetNews.com, MI - Mar 22, 2007)
  - David Brooks: Between good and bad politics, and a little honor (Sacramento Bee, CA - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Voter fraud only the beginning of GOP complaints about Iglesias (Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Mar 16, 2007)
- John McKay
  - Dismissed U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA
  - Gonzales defends firing of Seattle US attorney (Bellingham Herald, WA - Mar 23, 2007)
  - John McKay in today's newspapers (Sound Politics, WA - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Republican Reichert calls for McKay reinstatement (Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - Mar 21, 2007)
  - McKay talked to the PI, oh my (Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Newly released e-mails shed new light on McKay dismissal (KXLY, WA - Mar 20, 2007)
  - NYT: John McKay was "standing up for the integrity of the election system" (Sound Politics, WA - Mar 16, 2007)
  - McKay calls for investigation into firings (Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - Mar 15, 2007)
  - What did McKay know and when did he know it? (Sound Politics, WA - Mar 14, 2007)
- Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat -Illinois
  - Senate web site | Bio (actually it's propaganda with a link to the biography in PDF or DOC format)
  - Durbin joins call for Gonzales to quit, cites 'crisis of confidence' (Chicago Sun-Times, IL - Mar 18, 2007)
  - Study: White House Guilty Of "Political Profiling" (Huffington Post, NY - Mar 21, 2007)
  - US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald Rated 'Mediocre' (CBS2 Chicago, IL - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Of rats and men on Capitol Hill (Chicago Tribune, IL - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Democrats Stymied by Internal Divisions on Next Steps for Iraq (FOX News - Mar 7, 2007)
  - Wanted: Durbin foe with money (Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Feb 26, 2007)
  - Durbin Unmasked: The nation's most liberal senator (Madison County Record, IL - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Durbin earns top ranking in study as most liberal senator (Chicago Tribune, IL - Mar 3, 2007)
  - Obama, Durbin speak at union rally in Chicago (WQAD, IL - Mar 3, 2007)
  - Clean Money, Clean Elections (TPMCafe, NY - Mar 22, 2007)
- Senator Arlen Specter, Republican - Pennsylvania
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Specter abstains on subpoena vote (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Specter’s Plan to Run at 80 More Evidence That Age is Less of a Barrier (New York Times, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Republicans don't need Arlen Specter Tony Phyrillas (Opinion Editorials, VA - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Senators Specter and Durbin Will Introduce “Clean Elections” Bill (Ballot Access, CA - Mar 21, 2007)
  - David Iglesias, Bud Cummins, Arlen Specter, John Kerry, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics FNS review - Mar 18, 2007)
  - Press Briefing by Tony Snow (InfoBolsa, Spain - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Compromise in Prosecutor Talks? (Fox 28, IN - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Transcript: Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on 'FNS' (FOX News - Mar 18, 2007)
  - Leahy gets OK to subpoena Rove; Sampson hesitates on testimony (The Hill, DC - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Jaw Droppingly Stupid (TPMCafe, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
- Bill Bradley
  - Former Democrat US Senator
  - Former Democrat Presidential candidate
  - Member NBA Basketball Hall of Fame
  - Author The New American Story
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:
- McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
- The Edwards campaign would never think of exploiting the recurrence of her cancer and they're already working on crucifying anyone who suggests they would
- Remember, grasshopper, victomhood is one aid in the path to victory
Topics:
- The U.S. Attorneys Controversy: Should White House Aides Testify In Congress?
- Elizabeth Edwards cancer
Guests
- Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
  - Excerpt from Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on September 23, 1999 (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Dems Want Rove to Testify Under Oath (Examiner.com - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Karl Rove is Patrick Leahy's target in attorney scandal (AlaskaReport, AK - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Leahy hints at more 'Attorneygate' whistleblowers (Raw Story, MA - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Leahy would subpoena White House officials (GOPUSA, TX - Mar 19, 2007)
  - Gregory omitted White House interview preconditions for a third time (Media Matters for America, DC - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Sen. Leahy Heading Charge Against White House (WCAX, VT - Mar 22, 2007)
- Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Minority member, Senate Judiciary Committee
  - Ann Wright: The Sheikh and the Torture Senator (Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Senator Graham, Double Standard, Noble Standard, Or NO Standards (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Mar 17, 2007)
  - Lindsey Graham strikes again? (Power Line, MN - Mar 1, 2007)
  - US EXPECTS ISRAEL TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM IRAN (Middle East Newsline, Canada - Mar 22, 2007)
  - South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham Speaks About the War in Iraq (WTOC, GA - Feb 21, 2007)
  - Levin watches terrorist abuse case (Detroit Free Press, MI - Mar 17, 2007)
  - SUPPORT FOR WAR DROPS IN SC (The State, SC - Mar 19, 2007)
  - Senator Wants Attorney General To Resign (NBC6.net, FL - Mar 12, 2007)
- H.E. "Bud" Cummins III
  - Former United States Attorney
  - More evidence emerges in Attorneygate-Little Rock (Facing South, NC - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Bud Cummins Named Specifically In White House E-mail (Today's THV, AR - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Cummins to Speak at Clinton School of Public Service (KATV, AR - Mar 21, 2007)
  - News Flash -- Ambition Spotted in Washington (Power Line, MN - Mar 23, 2007)
  - David Iglesias, Bud Cummins, Arlen Specter, John Kerry, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics FNS review - Mar 18, 2007)
  - Sifting the documents (Arkansas Times, AR - Mar 22, 2007)
  - This isn't a firing offense (Stockton Record, CA - Mar 24, 2007)
  - The hypocrisy of former US attorneys (DetNews.com, MI - Mar 22, 2007)
- David Brooks
  - The New York Times
  - David Brooks: Between good and bad politics, and a little honor (Sacramento Bee, CA - Mar 23, 2007)
- Jim VandeHei
  - The Politico
  - Journalamism, Politico style (Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - Mar 22, 2007)
  - John Edwards' Campaign Takes A More Human Turn (WJZ, MD - Mar 23, 2007)
Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
- There has never been and never will be any evidence of vote fraud by Dhimmicrats, by definition... remember Fort Marcy Park!
- The military industrial complex's woman in the Senate would like you to know that she cares about our troops, but the money isn't there anymore so she's bailing out of the relevant committee
Topics:
- Constitutional Showdowns:
  - The U.S. attorney firings
    - While the White House offered private interviews with key aides this week, the U.S. Senate is demanding full public testimony, under oath and threatening subpoenas. Will Karl Rove and Harriet Miers have to sit before Congress?
    - How much longer can the Attorney General weather the storm?
  - The war in Iraq.
    - The U.S. House passed a measure this week to withdraw troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008 but the president says the bill has "no chance of becoming law."
    - What is the next move from Capitol Hill?
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - The impact of the Elizabeth Edwards cancer revelations (note: Fox says "John Edwards cancer")
  - The passage of the House Democrats' Iraq resolution.
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
Guests
- Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
  - Feinstein sees Cunningham link in dismissal of San Diego US (KGET 17, CA - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Political Witch Hunt (FOX News - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the need for Key White House Officials to come Before the Senate Under Oath (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Justice E-Mails on Lam Show Frustrations (Wyoming News, WY - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Democrats Question Gap In White House E-Mails (abc7news.com, CA - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Senate Dems: Let's Talk (TPMmuckraker, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
  - FEINSTEIN RESIGNS (Free Market News Network, FL - Mar 22, 2007) Note: committee resignation only
  - Kyl wants US to pay its bills for immigrants (Tucson Citizen, AZ - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Smithsonian spending incites budget cutbacks (Albany Times Union, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
- Senator Trent Lott, Republican - Mississippi
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Senate Minority Whip
  - Bush unhappy about Gonzalez's handling of fired attorneys (Los Angeles Times, CA - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Bush defends Gonzales in firing of prosecutors (International Herald Tribune, France - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Senate votes to reverse provision of Patriot Act (WMC-TV, TN - Mar 20, 2007)
  - 2008 and counting: Watching Clinton, Obama ‘squirm’ on troop funding (The Hill, DC - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Lott weighs settlement or trial for his Katrina lawsuit vs. State Farm (WQAD, IL - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Rigsbys' case may complicate Lott's lawsuit (SunHerald.com, MS - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Senator Lott Calls for End of Antitrust Protection for Insurers (BankNet 360, NY - Mar 8, 2007)
  - Statement of Sen. Trent Lott (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - Mar 7, 2007)
  - Cochran, Lott announce hurricane recovery grants (WMC-TV, TN - Mar 9, 2007)
  - Veterans 'may be at risk' at home (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Run, Fred, Run (RealClearPolitics, IL - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Get Serious About Rail (Hartford Courant, CT - Mar 22, 2007)
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - Brit Hume
    - FOX News’ Washington, D.C. managing editor | Bio
    - Only on Fox: Hume said Democrats investigating U.S. attorney firings are like "a dog with a new bone" (Media Matters for America, DC - Mar 16, 2007)
    - Immigration Issue Could Trap Republicans for a Long Time (Huffington Post, NY - Mar 21, 2007)
    - Hume Launches New Smear: Valerie Plame Lied Under Oath (Think Progress, DC - Mar 18, 2007)
  - Bill Kristol
    - Editor The Weekly Standard
    - Fox News contributor | Bio
    - Wrong on Timetables (The Weekly Standard - Mar 23, 2007)
    - Surge showing hope of victory (The Australian, Australia - Mar 19, 2007)
    - 'A great little racket': The Neocon media machine (Spero News - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Juan Williams
    - National Public Radio | Bio
    - US Attorney Firings: Political Fallout (NPR - Mar 16, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
    - House Bill Sets Date for Iraq Withdrawal (NPR - Mar 23, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
    - End of Till case a sign of progress to some, not to others (San Diego Union Tribune, CA - Mar 3, 2007)
  - Nina Easton
    - Fortune Magazine.
    - The Governator's green agenda (CNNMoney.com - Mar 21, 2007)
    - Al's magical mystery tour (CNNMoney.com - Mar 21, 2007)
    - Journalist Spouses Tied to 2008 Campaigns (NewsMax.com, FL - Mar 20, 2007)
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
- There has never been and never will be any evidence of any crimes by Dhimmicrats, by definition... remember Fort Marcy Park!
- Karl Rove is the anti-christ, totally non-partisan truth teller Donna says so
Topics:
- Iraq:
  - As Capitol Hill debates deadlines and dollars, insurgents in Iraq are not backing down.
  - Is the “surge” working? We’ll ask the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S.
- Iran showdown
- The U.S. Attorneys "scandal"
Guests
- Samir Sumaidaie
  - Iraqi Ambassador to U.S.
  - Embassy web site | Bio (Wikipedia)
  - Personal web site | Bio
  - Greetings pouring in for soldier (The Republican, MA - Mar 16, 2007)
  - CNN.com - Transcripts (CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER - Apr 16, 2006)
  - Mission Acquires Mansion, Plans Extensive Renovations to Current Site (Washington Post, DC - Feb 22, 2007)
- Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Senate Judiciary Committee member
  - Sen. Orrin Hatch Backs 'Problem Solver' Mitt Romney (NewsMax.com, FL - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Leahy says former Gonzales aide offers to testify voluntarily (The Hill, DC - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Hatch Defends Former Justice Official (KUTV, UT - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Sampson denies he misled on firings (Deseret News, UT - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Gonzo-Meter (Slate - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Senate backs subpoenas in attorneys case (Salt Lake Tribune, UT - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Senate approves subpoenas in AG scandal; former Utahn to testify (Salt Lake Tribune - Mar 22, 2007)
  - House set to vote Thursday on giving DC and Utah new seats (WDBJ7.com, VA - Mar 22, 2007)
- Senator Bill Nelson, D-Florida
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Senate Armed Services Committee member
  - Bush's Nominee For Un Post Wins Praise (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Mar 15, 2007)
  - Troop Withdrawal Debate (Central Florida News 13|, FL - Mar 16, 2007)
  - Hot spot for junkets? Iraq (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Senators ask Rice to hold the line on aid to the PA (New Jersey Jewish News, NJ - Mar 23, 2007)
  - A national embarrassment (Orlando Sentinel, FL - Mar 11, 2007)
  - VA Crowding Concerns Nelson (Tampa Tribune, FL - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Bush suggests limited interviews of aides (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Martinez, Nelson propose hurricane relief 'six-pack' of bills (Times Picayune, LA - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Fla. gov. urges Congress to reject new offshore drilling bill (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Never say never (Bradenton Herald, FL - Mar 20, 2007)
- John Bolton
  - Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
  - John Bolton Defends Israel's War With Hezbollah (NewsMax.com - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Bolton: Iranian regime must be toppled (Ynetnews, Israel - Mar 23, 2007)
  - John Bolton, turns against Bush on Iran (IranMania News, Iran - Mar 3, 2007)
  - John Bolton: Only US Can Restrain Iran, North Korea (NewsMax.com, FL - Mar 2, 2007)
  - John Bolton: Iran will never give up N-ambitions (IranMania News, Iran - Mar 21, 2007)
  - John Bolton: Military Force Needed to Stop Iran (NewsMax.com, FL - Mar 21, 2007)
  - Former U.S. ambassador John Bolton writing book called "Surrender is Not an Option" (China Post, Taiwan - Mar 20, 2007) Warning: link resizes window
  - Bolton: Coalition Forces made a mistake in Iraq (PRESS TV, Iran - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Bolton in a China Shop (New York Magazine, NY - Mar 21, 2007)
- Lanny Davis
  - Former Clinton special counsel
  - Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Law Firm | Bio
  - Author, Scandal: How "Gotcha" Politics Is Destroying America
  - WH Board OKs 2 Bush Spy Programs (TIME - Mar 8, 2007)
  - O'Reilly compares MoveOn and "Soros-Lewis mob" to Nazi figure (News Hounds, CA - Mar 13, 2007)
  - Cheney bears share of guilt in Libby conviction (Detroit Free Press, MI - Mar 7, 2007)
  - Richardson Defense on Character Raises Questions (Politico, DC - Mar 7, 2007)
- Joseph diGenova
  - Former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1983 - 1988)
  - Partner, diGenova & Toensing Law Firm | Bio
  - The Real Mistake Made in the US Attorney Firings Rachel Alexander (Opinion Editorials, VA - Mar 22, 2007)
  - THE JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT (Opinion Journal (transcript) Mar 18, 2007)
  - Bush aides face more potential subpoenas (MSN Money - Mar 22, 2007)
  - Gonzales leaves attorneys furor behind (Buffalo News, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
  - Dealing the race card again (Examiner.com - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Pardon Me? (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Mar 9, 2007)
- Donna Brazile
  - Democratic Strategist, CNN Contributor
  - Hold the politics and restore the spirit of Justice (The Rolla Daily News, MO - Mar 20, 2007)
  - Power of Patrick, California Primary, Fox and Obama (NPR - Mar 15, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
- Ed Gillespie
  - Former RNC Chairman
  - A Conversation With Ed Gillespie (CBS News, NY - Mar 9, 2007)
  - Firings may be part of wider effort (The Olympian, WA - Mar 23, 2007)
- Dana Bash
  - CNN congressional correspondent
  - Subpoenas could target White House, Justice officials (CNN - Mar 15, 2007)
  - Quick Guide & Transcript: Sen. Hagel delays political announcement, Chirac calls it quits (CNN - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Hagel's bait and switch (News & Observer, NC - Mar 13, 2007)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
- The Dhimmicrats have Kucinich, therefore the Republicans are entitled to their own left wing lunatic. It's in the rules.
- Hagel's favorite quote "If there's anything around here more important than my ego, I want it caught and shot now!" Zaphod Beeblebrox
- If only we'd left Saddam in power nothing bad would ever have happened in the entire Middle East - it's all Bush's fault™
- The Edwards campaign would never think of exploiting the recurrence of her cancer and they're already working on crucifying anyone who suggests they would
- Remember, grasshopper, victomhood is one aid in the path to victory
Topics:
- Chuck Hagel pontificates on
  - the ongoing controversy surrounding the U.S. Attorney firings
  - the Iraq war spending debate
  - his possible presidential run
- Elizabeth Edwards cancer
- Voices segment: on caring for girls.
Guests
- Senator Chuck Hagel, RINO - Nebraska
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Chuck Hagel's Very Strange Speech (Washington Post, DC - Mar 16, 2007)
  - The GOP's Lonely Antiwar Wing (Yahoo! News - Mar 23, 2007)
  - March Madness, or The Chuck Hagel Show (NPR - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Chuck Hagel's Adventures in Presidential Never-Never Land (Huffington Post, NY - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Chuck Hagel: You can impeach Bush (Toronto Daily News, Canada - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Chuck Hagel Speculates About Bush’s Impeachment (Liberty Papers, CA - Mar 7, 2007)
  - Chuck Who? Poll Finds Few Opinions About Hagel (New York Times, NY - Mar 12, 2007)
  - Was Hagel's Indecision A Last-Minute Decision? (Nebraska StatePaper.com, NE - Mar 14, 2007)
  - Hagel vs. Obama: What a Dream (Washington Post, DC - Mar 13, 2007)
  - Chuck Hagel's Last Words (Esquire - Mar 6, 2007)
  - Senator Hagel, Egomaniac (Human Events, DC - Mar 13, 2007)
- Dr. Eric Winer
  - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute web site | Profile
  - Elizabeth Edwards Enters Second Cancer Fight (abc11tv.com, NC - Mar 22, 2007)
  - A moving target (Boston Globe, MA - Mar 12, 2007)
- Roundtable:
  - Sam Donaldson
    - Subsidies were intended for small, family farms (Fergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - Mar 1, 2007)
  - Cokie Roberts
    - Steve and Cokie Roberts: A lesson from Harvard's new president (MetroWest Daily News, MA - Feb 24, 2007)
  - George Will
    - Will: Our infatuation with anger is really maddening (Billings Gazette, MT - Mar 23, 2007)
- Voices segment: Lisa Ling
  - Host, National Geographic Explorer | Bio (MSNBC)
  - Lisa Ling Tells Stories of 'Daughters Left Behind' (The Ledger, FL - Mar 23, 2007)
ABC This Week comment web page

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Here's a sample of my usually witty commentary...

This is week two of the ongoing soap opera in Washington regarding the scandal of "the Exploitable Eight." The decibel level has been raised considerably and there is little or no attempt at masking the naked partisanship of the attacks by the Dhimmicrats and their myrmidon minions in the drive by media. The hysteria level is truly over the top, but that's part of the plan. They can't let anyone pause for a breath because people might actually figure out that there's nothing but partisan hyperventilation going on here...
Oh, and the second thing this whole imbroglio is about is distracting people from the obscene spectacle that the nations mother in law, Nazi Pelosi, put us all through with her bribe fest over the "Surrender in Iraq in 2008 Act." ...
This weekends shows appear to be as carefully orchestrated a partisan attack as any I've seen in a long time, with a single minded devotion to doing damage to the White House, regardless of cost to the nation or the world...
... I think I've got a pretty good handle on the DBM's intentions this week, but I also have this nagging suspicion that their own plans may blow up on them, and that doesn't even consider the inconvenient truth of Iran's madmen intruding on our DBM's "narrative" so unexpectedly. ...

I didn't have a visit with my surgeon this week so I laid out my plans based on that. Unfortunately I spent from 3 AM to Noon dealing with a car crash involving my oldest son. He's OK, but it did take up the better part of eight hours dealing with it so far. So I'm late. Big deal. I, for one, have my priorities straight!

Again, he is OK. Otherwise you might never hear from me again. I'm doing a lot of "thank You" prayers this weekend, believe you me.

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