Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 10/6 - 10/7/07 (not the live thread)

The reboot of the Dhimmicrats legislative agenda is being primed with the "heartless Bush veto" of the HUGELY expanded SCHIP program. Pelosi Galore, Charlie "Taxes R US" Rangel and Jon "Tony Soprano is a piker" Corzine are the chosen purveyors of version 9.0 of the party message. I think I know why Nancy and Charlie are out front on this (more on that later) but why Jon Corzine? Could it be that he's in big trouble back home and needs a major distraction? And why would the party agree to something like that? Could it be that he's one of Hillary's inner circle, destined for a powerful position in her administration? Or could it be that he has something on her or her husband? Enquiring minds want to know.

And the '08 presidential sweepstakes is represented this week by John "Silky Pony" Edwards and Bill "capitulation is the best foreign policy" Richardson. Say, is it significant that they've got two Dhimmicrat candidates and no Republicans? Not even loony toons and also rans like Ron Paul? Prior to this weekend the last Republican presidential candidate to appear was John McCain on the 16th of September. McCain has been on three other times, going back to the Republican "debate" on August 5th. In fact, going back to that August 5th debate there have been 23 appearances by Democrat candidates and 17 by Republicans (not counting non-candidate Newt). Here's how it breaks down

NBC Meet The Press is offering up their contribution in kind to John Edwards. Lil Timmah better be nice to John or Mrs. Edwards will jump ugly all over him. Edwards and Richardson are vying for the title of "viable candidate that most panders to the moonbats." Both get their shot this week. Edwards is playing a dangerous game by having his wife take the personal shots at Rush over his draft deferment, given his own lack of service and the shifting stories he's told about how that happened to come about. They also have a roundtable that looks primed to take on the Rush Limbaugh phony soldiers faux scandal, with 3 folks who will dump on Rush, Koppel, Broder and Carlson and 1 who might (might) defend him in CBNs Brody. But he's only a Christian, so he can be easily dismissed. Lil Timmah is nominally a friend of Rush, so we'll see if he recuses himself from any Rush bashing. Jay Barbree is also around to acknowledge that it's been 50 years since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and with it the space race. I expect little of substance from this bit, with some snide "why are we wasting our money on space when we have so many problems here" type questions.

CBS Face The Nation serves up Charlie Rangel to tell us how mean and heartless Republicans are and how he's going to soak the rich with taxes to pay for health care for the children. Then Old Bob will invoke the Spanish inquisition on Republican Adam Putnam, trying to find out why he and the president want to hurt poor kids. Finally they trot out Tony Perkins of The Family Research Council to serve up threats of a 3rd party run if Rudy is the Republican nominee. You knew they wouldn't have him on unless he was going to trash a Republican, didn't you? Roger Simon of the Politico joins Old Bob for the questioning and analysis.

Fox News Sunday provides queen Nazi Pelosi, the greatest Speaker of the House that has ever been, to tell us all just how triumphant the Dhimmicrats are and how everything she's done has been an historical success. Really. No, really. No Brit this week but Bryon York is on instead and he's done some excellent work on the Rush kerfuffle, so I expect that to be a central part of the roundtable. Juan Williams took lots of heat for defending Bill O'Reilly in the previous weeks Media Matters assault on BOR. I wonder if the "Happy Negro" will take the opprotunity to restore his cred by taking the party line on Rush. I feel sure that Mara will, so we'll get the high dudgeon and moral equivalence arguments in full. Bill Kristol is on hand in case one of them needs a smack down. They round out the show with Hillary's campaign manager as their Power Player of the Week.

CNN Late Edition takes up Iraqi partition with Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish president of Iraq. Joe Biden and Sam Brownback got a non-binding resolution passed calling for de facto partition, which thrilled the left but enraged most of the rest of the world, particularly those who remember the history of colonial powers making these kinds of decisions for them. Talabani is one of the few Iraqi officials who haven't denounced the plan. Kurds have Syria to their west, Iranians to their East, Shiites to their South and Turks to their North. And the Americans are leaving come hell or high water if (when?) a Dhimmicrat gets in the White House. And you wonder why they like the idea of partition and want to cut a deal with their neighbors? They then move on to discuss Darfur with the Sudanese Foreign Minister and the head of a human rights group pushing for economic sanctions against the Sudanese government. Originally listed for last weekend, it appears that either the CNN web master got his signals crossed or some "scheduling difficulties" came up. I wonder if there's a story there? Turning to politics they talk to a Clintonista insider for the dirt on who the likely players are in a Dhimmicrat administration if one is installed next year. They also trot out Alan Greenspan, still pushing his new book. No doubt they're hoping for more sound bites to beat up Bush with or to praise Billary. We'll see if Alan obliges.

ABC This Week offers up the other Dhimmicrat presidential candidate for the week, Bill Richardson, the candidate of MECHA. Bill is braving the fierce anger of Dhimmicrat primary voters by daring to suggest that we surrender in Iraq... no, wait... stand that comment on it's head and you get the idea. Besides Bill Incurious George presides over a "debate" on the SCHIP veto between HHS Secretary Leavitt and New Jersey's Governor Jon Corzine. There's no doubt what the narrative will be in this "debate." What interests me is any side story there may be in Corzine being picked as the Dhimmicrat participant. It's apparent that he's a close ally of the Clintons, but is there more to this than that? And is his presence something designed to help them or perhaps something intended to help him with his ethics problems. The most astounding thing to me, however, would be if Incurious George were to ask Corzine about his fellow Democrat, the phony soldier and now MIA mayor of Atlantic City. ABC then rounds out their show with a panel that is guaranteed to trash Rush (and no doubt Bush and any other person with "ush" in their name). I mean, seriously! They're becoming caricatures of the biased "journalists."

The Saturday shows are most over as I finish this up. The Beltway Boys was singularly uninteresting and I almost leapt through the screen to throttle everyone on Fox News Watch they were so outrageous. Rush is evil and Clarence Thomas was obviously guilty of sexual harassment. Yep, there's no bias there. Morons. Tim Russert's show has moved to MSNBC from CNBC and changed it's name to Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC (how brilliant), but it's still unwatchable. And though they prominently provided the information about the channel and time change they didn't think it worth mentioning what Tim would be covering this week. My bet is that Timmah had Jeffery Toobin on to tout his Clarence Thomas bashing book as a counterpoint to Thomas' own book coming out. The DBM has to maintain their narratives at all costs. Rounding out the day is the Journal Editorial Report. They take a serious look at the Supreme Court and Clarence Thomas as well as the Rush Limbaugh "phony soldiers" hysteria. Set your TIVO.

Any pretense that the Sunday Shows are anything but infomercials for the DNC and George Soros is getting very thin. Virtually everything on the dinosaur media shows seems set up to echo Howard Deans latest talking points. Fortunately they are increasingly only fooling themselves. They tried to steamroll shamnesty through and recently tried to take a second bite of that apple, but were rebuffed both times. They're trying to set up a lose/lose situation for Republicans over SCHIP, but it may fail as well. They seem to be intent on not only proclaiming Hillary as the inevitable Democrat nominee, but also already putting her in the White House. Could that too be a fools mirage? We'll see.

This thread 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.

Show by Show Preview

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.

Saturday Shows For October 6, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- It's ordained, we tell you. Ordained! Prepare now for the reign of Hillary!
Topics:
- Barack Obama is 'down' this week and the 'Beltway Boys' will tell you why
- Rumblings on the right about Rudy Giuliani
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 is now Tim Russert's show on MSNBC (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- no listing
Topics:
- no listing
Guests
- no listing
~~CNBC's Tim Russert Show~~ Tim Russert's show on MSNBC airs Saturday noon/6p.m., Sunday 2a.m./noon ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- OK, here's the spin, those who point out the truth that Media Matters and the dims are lying are "taking Rush's side"
- Repeat after me "they all do it, they're all bad, so don't bitch at the Dhimmicrats over the 'general betray us' ad anymore"
Topics:
- Limbaugh Lambasted: The radio talk show host is attacked by Media Matters and the press rush to take sides
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:
- Clarence Thomas is not the buffoon the MSM has been portraying... who'd have guessed?
- If the Dhimmicrats are trying to destroy you then you must be doing something right
Topics:
- Opinion Journal web page: Court Is in Session
  - An interview with Jan Crawford Greenburg on what to expect in the new Supreme Court term.
  - Democrats try to mute Rush Limbaugh, and military contractors in Iraq.
- Fox News Channel web page
  - The Supreme Court begins a new term — we'll tell you about the big cases to look for
  - The Rush Limbaugh 'phony soldier' controversy — what's it really about?
  - The latest on the Blackwater
Guests
- Jan Crawford Greenburg
  - ABC News Legal Correspondent | Profile
  - Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out (ABC News (interview) - Sep 30, 2007) Note: includes links to the rest of the interview and related articles
  - ABC's Greenburg cast Anita Hill's allegations as charge that Thomas simply "pressured her to date him" (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 1, 2007)
  - All eyes on Clarence Thomas (Baltimore Sun, United States - Oct 1, 2007)
  - But Why Is He So Angry? (Yahoo! News - Oct 6, 2007)
  - Inside the Supreme Court (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Sep 22, 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)

Meme:
- This weeks tryouts for the "real left wing candidate" presents the silky pony, who will promise to surrender in Iraq, no matter what
- You'll be able to tell if Hillary is worried about Edwards by whether or not Timmah brings up Edwards dodging the draft
- Let's see 3 movement leftist guests and a hard left host and one conservative Christian... yep, that's balance NBC style
Topics:
- Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC) joins us exclusively this Sunday to talk about his race for the White House.
- A special look back at the 50th anniversary of Sputnik
Guests
- Former Senator John Edwards, Democrat - North Carolina
  - Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Edwards Attacks Clinton on Iraq (The Trail blog, Washington Post - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Edwards-Obama, Go Edwama (Huffington Post - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Edwards discusses Iraq war at forum (Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Edwards takes hard line on contractors in Iraq (Foster's Daily Democrat - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Edwards Tells Rural Crowd To Ignore Polls, Fundraising Horse Race (WCPO - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Edwards plays the Bubba card (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Edwards Calls For Private Security Restrictions (KELOLAND TV, SD - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Edwards Slams Top Clinton Strategist's Ties to Blackwater (ABC News - Oct 5, 2007)
  - We Endorse John Edwards (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Elizabeth Edwards "disappointed" in Kerry (Washington Times, DC - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Dems Criticize Limbaugh's Comments (Associated Press - Sep 29, 2007)
  - Elizabeth questions Rush's draft deferment (Politico.COM - Oct 4, 2007)
  - FIRE AT WILL (Radio Equalizer - Oct 4, 2007)
  - AWOL Edwards (Don Surber, Daily Mail blog - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Edwards: Did he have a Vietnam draft deferment? (QandO Blog - Oct 5, 2007)
- Jay Barbree
  - NBC's veteran space correspondent
  - Author "Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
  - Soar into a behind-the-scenes look of space (MSNBC - Sep 7, 2007)
- roundtable
  - David Brody
    - Senior National Correspondent, CBN News | Bio
    - Fred Thompson Has No Desire to Talk With James Dobson (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
    - Can Anyone Stop Hillary Clinton? (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
    - New Fred Thompson Video on Gay Marriage: “So Be It” (CBN News - Oct 4, 2007)
  - David Broder
    - Washington Post op-ed columnist
    - Clinton's Game of Dodgeball (Washington Post - Sep 30, 2007)
    - David Broder Praised and Slammed on Politico.Com (Editor & Publisher - Sep 5, 2007)
    - GOP swallows poison pill (Indianapolis Star, United States - Sep 26, 2007)
    - Who's 'poor'? GOP disagrees with SCHIP definition (Indianapolis Star, United States - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Margaret Carlson
    - Columnist, Bloomberg News
    - Fasten Belts for 8 Hours on Tarmac: Margaret Carlson (Correct) (Bloomberg News - Oct 4, 2007)
    - Spendthrift Bush Draws Line on Kids' Health: Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg News - Sep 27, 2007)
    - Bush wants to take away our kids’ health care (Socialist Worker Online, IL - Oct 2, 2007)
    - Jailed Governor Needs Another Day in Court: Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg News - Sep 19, 2007)
  - Ted Koppel
    - Former host ABC Nightline
    - Dead ender, Discovery Channel
    - Ted Koppel Snipes at Rush, Sympathizes With Rather (NewsBusters - Oct 3, 2007)
    - Koppel on Discovery: Breaking Point (Variety - Oct 4, 2007)
    - Breaking Point (documentary description - Discovery Channel - airs Oct 7, 2007)
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)
Note New Re-Broadcast Time: Effective this Sunday, Meet the Press will be re-broadcast on MSNBC-TV Sunday night at 6 pm ET/3pm PT and again at 2 am ET/11pm PT

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Meme:
- Charlie Rangel: "Remember, we're ~~confiscating all your money~~ raising your taxes for the children"
- What Ol' Bob will ask Congressman Putnam: "Why do Republicans want children to suffer and die?"
- CBS News playbook rule one: invite on any conservative who will trash a Republican, even if he's a, yuck, Christian
- CBS News playbook rule two: always pump up the virtues of any Dhimmicrat
- CBS News playbook rule three: always minimize or ignore the failings of any Dhimmicrat
- CBS News playbook rule four: if you have to mention something bad about a Dhimmicrat never identify their party
Topics:
- Politics
Guests
- Representative Charles Rangel, Democrat - New York
  - House web site | Bio
  - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
  - Lawmakers criticize Bush's kids' health plan veto (Newsday, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Schumer-Rangel Tax Hike (New York Sun, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Fund Managers Fail to Sway Rangel With Argument for Lower Tax Rates (Wall Street Journal - Sep 7, 2007)
  - Rangel’s Massive Tax-Increase Plan Gets Nearly Zero Old Media Coverage (NewsBusters - Sep 22, 2007)
  - House passes bill giving tax relief to struggling borrowers (Forbes, NY - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Clinton As The Black Candidate (New York Press, NY - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Congress Targets CU’s Funding Over Ahmadinejad Visit (CU Columbia Spectator, NY - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Is Rangel's 'Monument to Me' Worth It? (CBS News, NY - Sep 14, 2007)
  - Charles Rangel (Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - Sep 13, 2007)
  - No Doha deal till Bush goes (The Australian, Australia - Sep 25, 2007)
- Representative Adam Putnam, Republican - Florida
  - House web site | Bio
  - Chairman, House Republican Conference
  - Democrats Says They Will Not Compromise With President Bush on SCHIP (Kaiser network.org, DC - Oct 5, 2007)
  - SCHIP Veto Override: Dems Say "Do it for the Children" (Human Events, DC - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Dems Accused of Playing Politics on SCHIP (Crosswalk.com, VA - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Putnam's Profile Rising Within GOP (Tampa Tribune, FL - Sep 23, 2007)
  - Thompson courts Florida vote (St. Petersburg Times, FL - Sep 13, 2007)
- Tony Perkins
  - President, Family Research Council | Profile
  - GOP fracture? Evangelicals prepare to fight 'pro-abortion' Giuliani (Raw Story, MA - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run (New York Times - Sep 30, 2007)
  - Hotline After Dark -- America's Next Top Candidate (National Journal, DC - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Secretive conservative cabal considering fielding third-party candidate (Raw Story, MA - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Hate Crimes Bill Passes Senate - "Conservatives" Pray for Veto (BBSNews, NC - Sep 27, 2007)
  - FRC to Congress: All Violent Crimes are 'Hate Crimes,' Protect Equal Justice Under the Law (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 27, 2007)
- Roger Simon
  - Chief Political Columnist, Politico.com | Profile
  - Barack Obama acts like he understands Iowa (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Thompson exceeds (low) expectations (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Expect less Mr. Nice Guy from Fred (Politico.COM - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Why Hillary will say no to Obama (Politico.COM - Sep 26, 2007)
Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- Nazi Pelosi: "Remember, we're ~~confiscating all your money~~ raising your taxes for the children"
- Nazi Pelosi: "Republicans want children to suffer and die"
- Nazi Pelosi: "This is the most successful congress in history"
- Nazi Pelosi: "Rush Limbaugh is a traitor and hates our military, so you better never mention MoveOn.ORG again"
Topics:
- A progress report on the Democrat House of Representatives as the fight with the White House heats up
  - Will Congress be able to override the President's veto of children's health care legislation?
  - What are the prospects for government shutdown over the budget?
  - After failing to end the war in Iraq during their first nine months in power, do Democrats have a new plan to bring the troops home?
  - How does the she explain the public's record low confidence in Congress?
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - A rift is developing among conservatives about whether the Republican party should nominate a pro-choice presidential candidate — namely Rudy Giuliani.
  - Our panel will discuss whether the religious right will make good on threats to nominate a third-party candidate and what that means for the Republican party
- Power Player of the Week:
  - As Sen. Hillary Clinton continues to cement her overwhelming lead in the Democratic primary race, we speak to the person behind the strategy — Clinton's Campaign Manager
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
Guests
- Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat - California
  - House web site | Bio
  - Speaker of the House of Representatives | web site
  - Pelosi: Dems Show Fiscal Responsibility (The Associated Press - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Pelosi vows 'media shield' law (Washington Times, DC - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Threesome Offer From Whoopi Goldberg For Nancy's Hubby Paul Pelosi (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Nancy Pelosi lives in the gutter (Red State - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Weak Has a Face, and It's Pelosi's (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Barbara Walters Hits Speaker Pelosi from the Left (NewsBusters - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Pelosi Opposes Surtax Proposal To Pay For War (CBS News, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Op-Ed: Nancy Pelosi Must Be Replaced as Speaker of the House (AXcess News - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Pelosi: 'We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law - With or Without the President's Support' (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Setting the Record Straight: Speaker Pelosi Misleads on SCHIP (Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Democratic leaders mapping congressional gains (Baltimore Sun - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Pelosi Criticizes Border Fence (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 28, 2007)
  - Bill Stalls Over Transgender Protections (The Associated Press - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Pelosi deadline is HRC gala Oct. 6 (San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 28, 2007)
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - Bill Kristol
    - Editor, The Weekly Standard
    - The American Left in Action (Town Hall, DC - Sep 28, 2007)
    - Neocon Bill Kristol Calls Cutting Child Healthcare A Good Idea (2 Oct 2007 by The Angry Independent )
  - Byron York
    - National Review White House correspondent
    - Limbaugh Makes His Case (National Review Online, NY - Oct 3, 2007)
    - The Real Media Matters (National Review Online, NY - Oct 4, 2007) Note: reprint of 2004 article
  - Juan Williams
    - National Public Radio and Fox News
    - Why I Called Juan Williams a ‘Happy Negro,’ and Why He and Bill O’Reilly Aren’t Happy About It (Black America Web, Tx - Oct 1, 2007)
    - Juan Williams Sets Record Straight on O'Reilly Row on Time.com (NewsBusters - Sep 29, 2007)
  - Mara Liasson
    - National Public Radio and Fox News
    - Presidential Contenders Firm Their Positions (NPR Morning Edition, Oct 5, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
    - Clinton Dominating Race for Democratic Nomination (NPR Day to Day, Oct 3, 2007) Note: page has link to streaming audio
- Power Player of the Week: Patti Solis Doyle
  - Clinton's Campaign Manager
  - Who is Patti Solis Doyle? (Journalism is for Rock Stars blog - Mar 19, 2007)
  - Clinton Raises $22 Million, Bests Obama (Newsday, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Hillary Clinton's consigliere speaks. (The Plank on TNR.com, DC - Sep 13, 2007)
  - Donor Hsu projected wealth, likability (Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 15, 2007)
  - Clintons persuade GQ to pull critical article (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 26, 2007)
  - How the Clinton campaign killed a bad story (Baltimore Sun - Sep 26, 2007)
  - Hillary Clinton's Campaign Progress (TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Oh-eight (D): Edwards' match game (MSNBC - Sep 28, 2007)
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- Partition, partition, who's got the partition?
- Did you know that the UN is going to solve the Darfur problem? No, really. Stop laughing. Oh, you're not laughing, you're crying...
- We already know which party is going to win the White House, so who will be in their cabinet?
- Maybe we can get that old fool Greenspan to say something else bad about Bush and good about Clinton
Topics:
- Wolf sits down with the President of Iraq and the Foreign Minister of Sudan
- Alan Greenspan on the U.S. Economy and his new book.
Guests
- President Jalal Talabani, Iraq
  - Founder and Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | Bio
  - Iraq’s President Talabani Expresses Support For Biden-Brownback Federalism Amendment (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Biden's Quiet Resolution (Bangor Daily News, ME - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Federalism, Not Partition (Washington Post, United States - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Can They Sink Any Lower? The Democrats and Iran (CounterPunch, CA - Oct 5, 2007)
  - A divided Iraq just doesn't add up (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Brownback Meets with Iraqi President (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 4, 2007)
  - US president strongly opposed to partition of Iraq (Xinhua, China - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Iraq: Criticism Of U.S. Senate's Partition Resolution Echoes Across Arab World (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police (Washington Post - Oct 4, 2007)
  - US looking to speed up arms deliveries to Iraq: Gates (AFP - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Talabani opposes execution of Saddam aide (AFP - Sep 7, 2007)
  - No clemency for condemned Saddam aides: judge (AFP - Sep 10, 2007)
  - Execution of 'Chemical Ali' delayed (AFP - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Talabani to pursue Iranian detainee's release: official (Tehran Times, Iran - Sep 30, 2007)
  - Iraqi President Talabani displeased at U.S. troops' arrest of Iranian officer (Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Sep 22, 2007)
  - Iraq's Talabani asks for US release of detained Iranian (People's Daily Online, China - Sep 22, 2007)
  - Kurds losing $1 million a day on Iran’s closing of border (Azzaman.com, Iraq - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Iraq-Iran border chaos over detainee dispute (AFP - Sep 25, 2007)
  - Kurdish delegation to Iran over border issue (Alsumaria, Iraq - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Iraq: Blackwater Fired Unprovoked (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 22, 2007)
  - No Blackwater talk as Bush meets Talabani (AFP - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Bush, Talabani meet in Washington (United Press International - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Bush Prods Iraq's President for Progress (The Associated Press - Oct 2, 2007)
- Lam Akol
  - Foreign Minister of Sudan
  - Note: John Prendergast was listed for last weeks show - I find no evidence that he was on and didn't see the show
  - Interview: Sudan FM Lam Akol Ajawin on Darfur (Middle East Times, Egypt - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Sudan: Govt Pledges to Honour Peace Deal With the South (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Moon & Akol Discuss Arrangements for Tripoli Talks (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Sudan releases Darfur war crime suspect wanted by ICC (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Sudan: Darfur Peace Talks Set for 27 October in Libya (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 7, 2007)
  - Sudanese FM says situation in Darfur improving (Xinhua, China - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Darfur Remains Adrift: A skeptical assessment of UN resolution 1769 (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Sep 24, 2007)
  - Darfur peace force composition causing tension (Reuters UK, UK - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Rebel says Darfur forces must include non-Africans (Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Sep 22, 2007)
  - Darfur talks end in disagreement (ImediNews, Georgia - Sep 22, 2007)
  - Will the failed Abuja diplomacy be repeated in Libya? (Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Sep 25, 2007)
  - Get a move on, then (Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - Sep 27, 2007)
  - Darfur rebels urged to attend peace talks in Libya or face sanctions (Citizen, South Africa - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Akol and Moon Discuss Developments of Darfur Dispute (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 27, 2007)
  - FM, UNSG Stress All Factions Involvement in Talks (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 29, 2007)
  - Minister of Foreign Affairs Addresses Climatic Changes Summit (Sudanese Media Center, Sudan - Sep 27, 2007)
- John Prendergast
  - Note: John Prendergast was listed for last weeks show - I find no evidence that he was on and didn't see the show
  - Co-founder of Enough, the project to abolish genocide + mass attrocities | Bio (from Wikipedia)
  - Rights Groups Call for Strong Support for AU/UN Force for Darfur (Voice of America - Oct 4, 2007)
  - US Congress Considers New Sanctions Against Sudan (Voice of America - Oct 3, 2007)
  - US Congress bids to punish foreign companies over Darfur (AFP - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Africa's Sudden Splash of Good News (Washington Post, United States - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Cause Celeb (Irish Independent, Ireland - Sep 26, 2007)
  - DC conference puts Darfur in the spotlight (University Daily Kansan, KS - Sep 24, 2007)
  - Darfur shows limits of diplomacy Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 20, 2007)
  - UN Plans to End Fighting in Darfur Will Fail, Rebel Leader Says (Bloomberg - Sep 4, 2007)
  - Sudan: Echoes of Genocide in Darfur and Eastern Chad (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 6, 2007)
  - Averting the Nightmare Scenario (Center For American Progress, DC - Sep 12, 2007)
  - Central Africa: Great Lakes Drifting Towards Bloodshed Again (AllAfrica.com, Washington - Sep 18, 2007)
- Susan Rice
  - Former Assistant Secretary Of State
  - Brookings Institute Scholar | Profile (includes link to bio in PDF format)
  - Nevermind the Veepstakes--Who's Next As Secretary of State? (Washington Post - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Handicapping the foreign-policy primary (Foreign Policy Passport - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Experts Debate Iraq Progress Ahead of Bush Speech (Voice of America - Sep 13, 2007)
  - Obama's policy team loaded with all-stars (Chicago Tribune - Sep 16, 2007)
- Alan Greenspan
  - Author, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
  - Chairman, Federal Reserve (1987-2006)
  - McCain jokes he'd pick Alan Greenspan even if he were dead (13WHAM-TV - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Greenspan: Worst of Subprime Crisis Over (Houston Chronicle - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Greenspan: Inflationary Pressures Beginning To Mount (CNNMoney.com - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Greenspan says Shanghai equities market has characteristics of a bubble (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Greenspan's memoir: Adam Smith rides again (Baltimore Sun - Sep 21, 2007)
  - The Media's Spin on Greenspan (Yahoo! News - Sep 20, 2007)
  - Greenspan slams PM (The Statesman, India - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Bernanke defends Greenspan legacy to Congress (Independent, UK - Sep 20, 2007)
  - Jon Stewart to Alan Greenspan: Why Do We Need the Fed? (John Birch Society, WI - Sep 20, 2007)
  - While amazed at China's new prosperity, Greenspan doubts it has legs (Globe and Mail, Canada - Sep 19, 2007)
  - Bush Disagrees With Greenspan on Economy (FOX News - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Greenspan criticizes Chavez-style Latin American populism (AFP - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Greenspan: I misjudged subprime lending crisis (Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 17, 2007)
  - Greenspan Backtracks On Iraq War Oil Claim (CBS News - Sep 17, 2007)
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- What Incurious George will ask Secretary Leavitt: "Why does the President want children to suffer and die?"
- What Incurious George won't ask Governor Corzine: "You preside over the most corrupt state in the nation and are refusing to turn over documents as ordered by the court, so exactly how crooked are you?"
- What Incurious George should tell Governor Corzine: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy show"* but it won't be, mores the pitty
- And now, direct from his triumphant appearance on CBS Face The Nation last week, the ~~surrender now~~ anti-war candidate!
Topics:
- Live in the studio debate of the president's veto of the the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation
- Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., discusses
  - his presidential campaign
  - the retirement of New Mexico's senior Republican senator
  - his attempt to separate himself from the '08 pack
  - coming off a speech in which Richardson said his fellow candidates are "wrong" on Iraq, he talks about his plan to end the war.
- Voices segment: the recently appointed National Poet Laureate
Guests
- Michael Leavitt
  - Secretary of Health and Human Services | Profile
  - Bush Vetoes Expansion of Children's Insurance Program (Bloomberg - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Bush veto of kids' health bill puts pressure on House GOP (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Spinning the CHIP Cuts (Texas Observer, TX - Sep 20, 2007)
  - Leavitt predicts 'Travelocity' system for healthcare pricing (Healthcare IT News, ME - Sep 26, 2007)
  - Secretary: It's Time for Tailored Medicine (Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events, DC - Sep 24, 2007)
  - Congress Tackles Child Health Care (New York Times - Sep 24, 2007)
  - Consternation Greets Bush Health Plan (New York Sun, NY - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Gov. seeks more CHIP funds (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Sep 21, 2007)
  - Bipartisan Effort to Prevent S-CHIP Veto (WCAX, VT - Sep 23, 2007)
  - Inspection not answer to import woes, health chief says (Arizona Republic, AZ - Sep 11, 2007)
  - Panel urges "smarter" tracking of risky imports (Scientific American - Sep 10, 2007)
  - Import safety panel prefers prevention over border checks (USA Today - Sep 11, 2007)
- Governor Jon Corzine, Democrat - New Jersey
  - New Jersey Governor's web site | Bio
  - Corzine denounces Bush and his veto (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 3, 2007)
  - SCHIP-ing away at kids' health (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 3, 2007)
  - NJ's Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules (Washington Post - Sep 13, 2007)
  - NJ files lawsuit to block SCHIP cut (New Brunswick Home News Tribune, NJ - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Eight states support suit vs US over kids' health (Scientific American - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Not 'for the children' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Senator Jon Corzine's Own Personal Culture of Corruption (American Chronicle - Oct 5, 2005)
  - NO SUNSHINE FOR CORZINE (New York Post, NY - Sep 29, 2007)
  - Republicans claim victory with ruling on Corzine-Katz e-mails (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Judge gives Corzine new e-mail deadline (Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 5, 2007)
  - JERSEY UNION SLAMS CORZINE'S EX (New York Post, NY - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Corzine's ex now fighting her own union (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 17, 2007)
  - Corzine's ex-love wants union bigs to stay out of suit (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 28, 2007)
  - Corzine to the rescue (Hudson Reporter, NJ - Sep 28, 2007)
  - Gov. Corzine races to Atlantic City over missing mayor (New York Daily News - Oct 6, 2007)
  - AC and Corzine both ask: Who is in charge here? (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
  - What a deal (Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Corzine back in public eye (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Sep 26, 2007)
  - Hold Me Accountable: Lance hammers Corzine-Riccio connection (Politics NJ, NJ - Sep 25, 2007)
  - New Jersey bridge repairs could cost billions (Land Line Magazine, MO - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Secretary Corzine? (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 4, 2007)
- Governor Bill Richardson, Democrat - (New) Mexico
  - New Mexico Governor's web site | Bio
  - Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Former Congressman, New Mexico (January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997)
  - Former US Ambassador to the UN (January 21, 1997 – September 1998)
  - Former Secretary of Energy (August 18, 1998 – January 20, 2001)
  - Bill Richardson (Forbes, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Richardson woos black, Hispanic support (Savannah Morning News - Oct 6, 2007)
  - Richardson: I'm the only major Dem who wants full withdrawal from Iraq (USA Today - Sep 24, 2007)
  - Richardson's Anti-War Bet (Atlantic Online - Sep 25, 2007)
  - New Richardson Ad Features Praise From Lefty Bloggers (National Review Online, NY - Sep 26, 2007)
  - Richardson's New Iraq Ad (Washington Post - Sep 25, 2007)
  - Richardson: No residual forces in Iraq (Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 18, 2007)
  - Richardson whacks Dem front runners (MSNBC - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Richardson: Leading Democrats 'wrong' on war (Baltimore Sun - Oct 4, 2007)
  - Biden, Richardson offer fresh perspectives on Iraq (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 3, 2007)
  - Bill Richardson’s Remarkable Plan to Disarm Iran (Commentary, NY - Oct 2, 2007)
  - Richardson Would Drop Boy Scouts Over Anti-Gay Policy (365Gay.com - Sep 27, 2007)
  - Several Prominent Politicians Won't Vie For Domenici's Seat (KOAT - Oct 5, 2007)
  - Richardson Camp Says Their Candidate is Surging (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 2, 2007)
  - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Appears on Azteca America's Inaugural Political Forum 'Issues: Caras y Voces' (Earthtimes.org - Oct 2, 2007)
- Roundtable
  - Katrina vanden Heuvel
    - Editor, The Nation
    - Bush, the bomb and Iran (Aljazeera.com, UK - Sep 29, 2007)
    - Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes (The Nation Editor's Cut blog - Oct 2, 2007)
    - The Queerest Denial (Wall Street Journal - Oct 1, 2007)
    - Madness beyond the water's edge (Washington Times, DC - Sep 13, 2007)
  - Jay Carney
    - TIME Magazine Washington Bureau Chief | Bio
    - The Siegelman Case in Alabama (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 5, 2007)
    - The Asterisk on Romney's Bottom Line (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 4, 2007)
    - Edwards and Nukes (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 4, 2007)
    - Biden: Quit Lying About My Partition Plan! (Time Magazine Swampland blog - Oct 1, 2007)
  - Claire Shipman
    - ABC News Senior National Correspondent | Profile
    - ABC Frets: Local Governments Going 'Too Far' Against Illegals? (NewsBusters - Oct 5, 2007)
    - Sicko: GMA Uses Moore Movie, Liberal Group to Push Universal Health Care (NewsBusters - May 30, 2007)
  - George Will
    - Columnist
    - George Will: 17 questions with Barack Obama (The Union Leader, NH - Sep 29, 2007)
    - George Will Obama's right-hand economist (Indianapolis Star - Oct 3, 2007)
    - HYPOCRISIES OF THE TIMES (New York Post - Sep 27, 2007)
- Voices segment: Charles Simic
  - Winner1990 Pulitizer Prize for poetry
  - The nation's 15th Poet Laureate | Bio
  - Charles Simic: From Belgrade to Poet Laureate (PBS - Sep 27, 2007)
  - Immigrant poet (New York Times via The Register Guard, OR - Sep 9, 2007)
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