Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 28 October 2007

Various big media television networks ^ | 28 October 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): First lady Laura Bush and Gov.-elect and Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-La.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., presidential candidate.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Guests: Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., presidential candidates.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Nabi Sensoy, Turkish ambassador; Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency chief; Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Trent Lott, R-Miss.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., presidential candidate.

[Bahbah]

I hate this “are we safer” question.

It’s just stupid. I want to be defended, not wrapped in cotton.

Dodd, of course, thinks we are not safer, whatever that means.

Timmy is trying to do some damage to Dodd, though heaven knows why. He is no threat to Mrs. Bill Clinton.

[jmyrlefuller]

Ugh... FNS... Chris Wallace now practically shilling for Hillary now. “But she’s a woman, Laura! How can you not have an inkling of support for her?”

Laura: “Because I vote Republican.”

[jmyrlefuller]

Possibly Russert sees Dodd as a potential VP candidate and Russert would rather see someone else in that slot...?

[Bernard]

Bless you for watching Christopher Dodd and reporting it, so we don't have to. Let me know when he declares that he is running for 2012 as well (no point in letting time slide on that, is there?)

"Are we safer" sounds like a symptom that indicates Bush Derangement Syndrome. That probably means we will hear it more and more.

[Bahbah]

Dodd says that the telcom companies that did not cooperate with the government suffered financially. Timmy tries to pin him down on this. He says, but way of support, there are allegations out there.

Someone this irresponsible is running for president. Unbelievable.

[maica]

You must steel yourself to watch the condescension from Chris Wallace when he closes his interview with Mrs Bush.

As a woman please let me say HE OFFENDED ME!!!!!

He started out by insinuating that the world sees her as hanging out in the private quarters of the White House, and ends by saying “you’re pretty good as a Sunday morning guest.”

Aaaaaghhhhhh!

[jmyrlefuller]

That’s the difference between liberalism and conservatism.

Liberals want to be coddled, protected, “safe” from anything that happens to them. Conservatives want to be left alone and handle any threats themselves.

[Bahbah]

Now Timmy is basically accusing Dodd of protecting hedge fund companies because they contribute to his campaign.

[anita]

100% agreed on that.

[jmyrlefuller]

Jindal now up on FNS... he’s ready for this interview. He’s got a fire in his belly and has got some good answers thus far. He’s railed against corruption, says Katrina gave an opportunity to make some much needed reforms. Calls pre-Katrina LA a “charity house.”

[Bahbah]

LOL. Timmy shows Dodd the current polls in which he is at zero. Steven Colbert is doing better.

Dodd’s answer...there is room to grow. LOL.

[mathluv]

'It has nothing to do with a Mac or PC. It has to do with the government changing the dates last year. Unless your computer (MAC or PC or time chip on any product) is updated, it will change based on the old dates.'<

That is why I suggested it might be done on-line. I have done nothing to change anything, and my Mac G4 did not change today - the old date for time change.

[jmyrlefuller]

Dodd’s answer...there is room to grow.

Actually... no. Who's he going to steal votes from? Clinton's got most of the Democrat base. Obama has the "I don't want Hillary" types. Edwards has the big-government socialists. Richardson has the moderates. And there are still a few nuts that still want Al Gore despite the fact he's not ever going to give up his high-paying job on the speaker circuit to run a campaign.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Jindal is impressive! Articulate AND smart.

[jmyrlefuller]

Jindal: The GOP was not conservative enough in 2006. We need to return to our principled roots.

Spot on.

[Phsstpok]

I'm way behind and only just finished the preview stuff. Rather than posting a separate thread I'm going to burden Alas Babylon!'s thread with my musings and links. Hope I don't bust the system.

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Preview and Analysis for Weekend of October 27^th and 28^th, 2007

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

NBC's "Meet the Press" Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT Tom DeFrank, New York Daily News William Safire, New York Times CBS's "Face the Nation" Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen. Carl Levin, D-MI Roger Simon, Politico.COM Fox News Sunday FLOTUS Laura Bush Gov. elect Bobby Jindal, R-LA

CNN "Late Edition" Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA Trent Lott, R-MS Mike Huckabee, R-AR ABC's "This Week" Sen. John McCain, R-AZ Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA

Well, here we are, like it or not.  The Dhimmicrats and their allies in the DBM are forced to relaunch their pogrom program ... what is it?  the 98th time... of world domination and simultaneous surrender to their Jihadi overlords.  Go figure.  We've got presidential (also ran) candidates Dodd (D), McCain (R) and Hunter (R) along with overvalued members of the legislature Graham, Boxer, Levin, Lott and Feinstein.  For variety we have fist lady Laura Bush (just back from a trip they can criticize) and Louisiana governor elect Bobby Jindal. Oh, and they grace us with Mohamed ElBaradei, Tom DeFrank, William Safire and Roger Simon for "balance".  Oh, goody!

NBC Meet The Press gives us the new darling of the nutroots, Chris Dodd.  Do you suppose that he might be pandering to their insane agenda to get some votes?  Wow!  What a notion!  Following senator "I'll do anything to  buy their votes" Dodd we are treated to Tom DeFrank and William Safire, two pundits guaranteed to put anyone watching to sleep.  Lil' Timmah really  screwed up on his booking this week.  Maybe he doesn't want to interfere with the World Series?  Whatever.

CBS Face The Nation has Carl "the wise old owl" Levin and Lindsay "two face" Graham.  The big question of the day is whether good Lindsay or bad Lindsey will show up.  We may get a treat and see both sides of this schizo today.  The central theme seems to be a bit of "inside baseball" considering whether New Hampshire will get to be the first primary or not.  We may end up only hours away from the first primary of 2008, sometime in December 2007.  Roger Simon of the Politico is along to pour gasoline on the barely smoldering embers of this "major controversy" and get the folks in his home state of New Hampshire completely bent out of shape.  I have this fantasy of the primaries being locked up in January with Hillary winning the nomination, an absolute lock, right before she's indicted on something in February.  Delicious.

Fox News Sunday brings us first lady Laura Bush, fresh from her hajib wearing tour of the Middle East.  No doubt Chris Wallace is going to throw all of those evil right wing bloggers comments about her daring to wear a head scarf in deference to sharia law in her face.  In fact I think that's why they booked her.  I have a feeling that not only will Laura hold her own against Mike Wallace's little boy, but she'll end up making him cry like a little girl, or wish he could.  To round out Wallace's humiliation he has Bobby Jindal.  You know the inside the beltway bigotry about the Indian American Republican governor elect of Louisiana and I expect Wallace to grotesquely embarrass himself in this one.  We may be looking at a future president in Governor Jindal and I don't think Wallace has a clue what he's going to be facing.  It's a "classic" roundtable with Hume, Kristol, Liaison and Williams, no doubt focusing on Bill "the war lover" Kristol's plans to start world war 3 by advocating an unprovoked attack on the peace loving mullah's in Tehran.  Really.  At least according to the nutroots, that is.

CNN Late Edition seems to be going a little light this week with only Mohamed ElBaradei of the IAEA from the usual UN chorus and three domestic pols.  ElBaradei is front and center to denounce the Bush administration for condemning Tehran's nuclear weapons program and for daring to suggest that that Iran is actually already waging war on us.  Just because they're killing American soldiers in Iraq, that isn't anything we should be upset about.  After all, we shouldn't be anywhere in the Uma anyway, so it's really all our fault.  After Mohamed Wolfie brings us one of CNN's favorite RINOs, Trent Lott.  He can always be counted on to stab conservatives in the back or serve up embarrassingly ignorant comments that can be used to pummel conservatives with (he's OUR guy, don't you know?).  I think he's on to blame all ills in this country on a) FEMA and b) evil insurance companies.  He'll no doubt threaten legislation if Geico doesn't completely pay for replacing Tom Cruise's Scientology bunker in Malibu, or some such nonsense.  Barbara Boxer is on to tell us how George Bush and the Iraq war are to blame for the California fires.  That's her story and she's sticking to it.  Mike Huckabee is this weeks media darling, "surging" in Iowa and passing Romney in the national polls.  As a bonus he can be spun to fit the DBM narrative of Republicans being nothing but rednecks who are intolerant religious fanatics and won't vote for anything but an evangelical.  Hillary's hope for winning the White House is based on splitting the Republicans and making them fight amongst themselves.  CNN is doing their part to see that that happens.

ABC This Week celebrates Halloween by rolling out the crypt keeper, John McCain.  They determined two years ago that he was their front runner and they don't let a narrative die easy.  They also think he might be building up to this years "Howard Dean scream" type moment as things begin to get nasty in New Hampshire and shows signs of real competition in South Carolina.  They follow McCain with a tag team of California legislators, Dianne Feinstein and Duncan Hunter.  Both are likely to criticize "Bush's bureaucrats" for some failings related to the California fires.  Dianne is probably going to focus on something like his failure to implement Kyoto as being the root cause of the fires while Hunter will kvetch about the US military not being the first responder for the fires.  They'll both probably implicitely defend Boxer's accusations about Iraq draining California's National Guard.  Hello?  Remember when you all voted for the "peace dividend" and raped the military budget in the 90s?

The Saturday shows (obviously already done) were all over the map, and the schedule.  I didn't watch the Fox shows because they've changed two of them from evening to daytime and I didn't know that till they were over.  The Beltway Boys focused on the Clintons, inevitable I'm sure, and the infighting in the Republican camp.  I don't think they even buy their shtick anymore.  Tim Russert's Show on MSNBC continues with yet more Stephen Colbert plus Howie Kurtz hyping his new book on the decline and fall of the dinosaur media.  Timmah won't let him get away with that.  Fox News Watch looks at the finger pointing in California, no doubt to defend placing the blame on McChimpy Bushitler and global warming, followed by dismissal of complaints about the coverage, or lack thereof, for Lt. Michael Murphy's Medal of Honor.  I'm glad I didn't see this as I have a feeling I would have smashed my TV listening to Neal's venom on that one.  The Journal Editorial Report brings us a glimpse of the emerging new Czarist Russia, followed by Rudy's bogus journey through evangelical land and finishes up with a look at the real root causes of the California fire disaster.

So, the Dhimmicrats are doing their best Night of the Living Dead imitation with their agenda that will not die... again.  Let's see if I get the narrative right.  Bush is lying and Iran really isn't alreday waging war against us.  Bush wants to kill sick children and throw seniors out on the street by stealing their Social Security.  The fires in California were caused by global warming and they can't fight them because all of the able bodied Californians and their equipment are either torturing women and children in Iraq or have been killed by Dick Cheney's order by Blackwater contractors.  Oh, and the Republicans are racists and the election of Bobby Jindal proves it.

That about sums that up.

This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today.

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.

Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet

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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.

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Saturday Shows For October 27, 2007

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • We know Hillary's going to win, so let's move on to the post election analysis of tactics...
  • It's over when we say it's over, never mind this silly business about needing to cast or count actual votes... how primative!
• Topics:
  • Is the media spotlight on the Clintons helping or hurting Hillary's campaign?
  • Why the GOP primary fight is quickly becoming a two-man race
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET, Sundays at 6:30 a.m. ET

Tim Russert Show On MSNBC (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • We know Hillary's going to win, so let's move on to the humorous pseudo campaigns... it's more serious coverage than we've given to any of the Republicans
  • Tim Russert (channeling Captain Edward Smith*) to Howard Kurtz: "Did you say 'iceberg?'"
• Topics:
  • More of Tim Russert’s "Meet the Press" interview with Stephen Colbert in his “bid” for the Presidency
  • "Interesting" observations from Washington Post Media Reporter, Howard Kurtz when he talks to Tim about his book, "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War."
• Guests
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Howard Kurtz
    • Washington Post Media Reporter
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • The MSM got caught grotesquely spinning and politicizing a natural disaster... is that wrong?
  • The MSM got caught displaying outright hatred for our military and tried to cover it up... no big deal, it's all the blogger's fault
• Topics:
  • California Fires: Were the media too quick to point fingers?
  • An American Hero: Why did many in the media ignore the story of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Michael Murphy?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • The bad old days are back in Russia... no, not the Communist bad old days, the Czar's bad old days
  • Rudy (you know, the guy who took on the mafia in New York) better look out, the evangelical's are out to get him
  • Okay, let's get serious about cause and effect in these California fires...
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Your Move
    • Chess champion Garry Kasparov talks about
      • his run for the Russian presidency
      • Vladimir Putin's maneuvering
      • the West's miscalculations
    • Rudy Giuliani and the Christian right
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • Garry Kasparov in the match of his life: Why the Russian chess champ is taking on President Putin
    • As the losses from the California wildfires continue to mount, a look at what can be done to keep it from happening again
• Guests
  • Garry Kasparov
    • Chess champion
    • Candidate, Russian Presidential elections
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and, this week only, the program airs Saturday and Sunday at 6 a.m.

* semi obscure reference of the week

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • This week's loser Democrat presidential candidate in the spotlight is Chris Dodd, new darling of the Kossacks
  • Spying on terrorists violates their Constitutional rights and McChimpy Bushitler caused the fires in California... so there!
  • Did you know that Jerry Ford really hated conservative Republicans?  Well, he did, at least according to this liberal reporter...
• Topics:
  • "Meet the Candidate" series: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
  • Roundtable:
    • Decision 2008
    • The new book, "Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford"
• Guests
  • Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • The netroots' new hero
    • BELTWAY BLOGROLL Chris Dodd Really Wants The Blog Vote (National Journal, DC - Oct 25, 2007)
    • BELTWAY BLOGROLL Chris Dodd: The Next Howard Dean? (National Journal, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • And here comes Dodd's memo (MSNBC - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Ad Watch: Dodd, Obama, And Romney (Washington Post - Oct 24, 2007)
    • CQ: Surveillance Bill Will Go to Senate Floor Next Month (TPM Muckraker - Oct 18, 2007)
    • Chris Dodd Leads Where Reid Fails (Huffington Post via Yahoo! News - Oct 19, 2007)
    • This is Sen. Chris Dodd's Make-or-Break Moment (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Playing Up the Value of Experience and a Cheap Haircut (New York Times - Oct 25, 2007)
    • The buzz: Clear fields of fire (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 25, 2007)
  • Roundtable
    • William Safire
      • New York Times Columnist | Bio (from The New York Times)
      • Former senior White House speechwriter (Nixon administration)
      • And Now This (New York Times - Oct 27, 2007)
      • 'Adultalescents' and other gyrations of campuspeak (Arizona Daily Star - Oct 1, 2007)
      • In Defense of the Term (CU Columbia Spectator, NY - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Tom DeFrank
      • Author, Write it When I'm Gone
      • Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News | Bio (from the Harry Walker speaker's bureau agency)
      • Jerry Ford's Secret Slip of the Lip (Washington Post - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Nobel Spurs Gore Supporters to Urge Presidential Bid (Voice of America - Oct 12, 2007)
      • US Presidential Candidates Clinton, Giuliani Get Boost in Latest Public Opinion Polls (Voice of America - Oct 5, 2007)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Hey, I've got a good idea!  Let's have the states with the 30th and 41st most population in the US have most of the choice in picking who runs for president!  Don't like that one, huh?  But whyyyyyy?
  • Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, which state's gonna get the candidates doe?
  • Carl Levin wants to lose the war support the troops by bringing them home on the installment plan
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08
• Guests
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Lawsuit filed challenging Michigan presidential primary (Boston Globe - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Jealous, Carl? Levin's 'cockamamie' plan (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Splaine to Levin: You Hold The Final Primary Puzzle Piece in Your Hands (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 26, 2007)
    • It's peoples' lives, stupid! (Red State - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Alternate tax may blindside millions (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007) Note: this article referenced in article above
    • Levin says wars will tax future generations (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Levin: Withhold some war funds (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Carl Levin: Senate Approves Levin Amendment to Improve Oversight of FBI Background Checks (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Congress moves to put all armed contractors under military control (WAVY-TV, VA - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Mr. Levin's Stock Options (Wall Street Journal - Oct 10, 2007)
    • Levin Bill Targets Corporate Tax Deductions for Stock Options (Bloomberg - Sep 28, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican (sometimes) - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq (Think Progress, DC - Oct 1, 2007)
    • Republicans fire back at Sanchez for Iraq war criticism (SI.com - Oct 14, 2007)
    • Leaders of Anbar awakening in Washington to meet US officials (Indian Muslims, CA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Charleston Protects Troops (WCIV, SC - Oct 11, 2007)
    • Dream on (Power Line, MN - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Bush To Help Graham Begin Re-Election Campaign (WYFF, SC - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Graham Endorsements Show Campaign Clout (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Erwin says he won't challenge Graham for US Senate in 2008 (Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Graham fires aide accused of embezzling $215000 (Rock Hill Herald, SC - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Graham Has $4.22 Million Ready To Go (Campaigns & Elections (press release) - Oct 16, 2007)
    • Social Security Retirement Age Should Rise, Keep Americans Working Longer, Senators Say (Congressional Quarterly, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Roger Simon
    • The Politico
    • New Hampshire's turn as leader may be up (Politico.COM - Oct 24, 2007)
    • N.H. inches toward December primary (Politico.COM - Oct 17, 2007)
    • Is John Edwards subtly appealing to racism and sexism? (The Union Leader, NH - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Only the strong will survive (Politico.COM - Oct 23, 2007)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Damn these Bushes!  They're actually making friends and helping women in the Muslim world, of all things!
  • Evil nasty bloggers are attacking Laura Bush for wearing a head scarf!  That kind of thing wouldn't happen in the MSM!
  • Chrissy Wallace: "Mrs. Bush, you must be an idiot to believe what you said about their being progress in Iraq."
  • Chrissy Wallace: "So, Congressman Jindal, you overcame racism to win the governorship of Louisiana.  What we can't understand is why you're not a Democrat?"
  • Why is McChimpy Bushitler so intent on going to war with Iran?  Is he insane, or merely under Cheney's control?
• Topics:
  • Just back from a tour of the Middle East, a discussion with first lady:
    • a progress report on the region
    • her efforts to raise awareness in the Middle East about breast cancer
    • a look ahead at what's to come as the administration enters its final year in office
  • A discussion with Louisiana's Republican Governor-Elect
    • the nation's youngest governor
    • Louisiana's first governor of an ethnic minority since reconstruction
    • the first chief executive of any state who is of Indian American decent
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • The escalating situation with Iran and the latest U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • First lady Laura Bush
    • First lady of the United States | Bio
    • Laura Bush expands drive to fight breast cancer (AFP - Oct 25, 2007)
    • The sisterhood of Laura Bush (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Laura Bush Meets Breast Cancer Survivors (The Associated Press - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush Praises Kuwaiti Efforts to Improve Education (Voice of America - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Laura Bush: Signs Of Progress In Iraq (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush tells US troops Iraq is improving (AFP - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush to troops: Never mind those newspapers (Baltimore Sun - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Laura Bush ends up wearing a headscarf after all (USA Today - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Right targets Laura Bush over headscarf (The Carpetbagger Report - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Right Wing Enraged: Laura Bush Is A ‘Butt-Kisser’ For Wearing Headscarf In Mideast (Think Progress - Oct 26, 2007)
    • ThinkProgress: A Double Misnomer (Little Green Footballs - Oct 26, 2007)
  • Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal, Republican - Louisiana
    • Campaign web site | Bio
    • Jindal vows to root out corruption (NDTV.com, India - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Our Views: Jindal can’t do it alone (2TheAdvocate, LA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Hurricane governor: Bobby Jindal (Hindustan Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Long Island's Indian diaspora thrilled with Jindal's win (Hindustan Times, India - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Jindal, Blanco team up for recovery (The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Bobby Jindal and the 'Southern Strategy' (American Thinker, WA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Bobby Jindal win due to "ethnic cleansing" (RedState.COM - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Daily Kos: Jindal wins becuase Rove let black, NO Dems die (RedState.COM - Oct 21, 2007)
    • Truly Excellent (RedState.COM - Oct 21, 2007)
    • Uncle Bob Jindal: Man of No Color (Asian Week, CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • The Colorless Society Has Arrived --- and by a Republican No Less (RedState.COM - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Tearing down Bobby Jindal (MichelleMalkin.COM - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Good enough for me and my Bobby Jindal (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 24, 2007)
  • Power Player of the Week: Michael Kahn
    • Artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company
    • Star Trek captain heads for the classics: Avery Brooks does Tamburlaine (San Jose Mercury News - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • Editor of The New Republic Stands by His Writer Who Doesn't Defend Himself (Fox News - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Krauthammer and Barnes: Bush and Cheney Serious About Threat to Bomb Iran. Playing Dangerous Game of Global Thermonuclear Chicken (News Hounds - Oct 24, 2007)
      • 'Special Report' Panel on Missile Defense and Campaign Elections (FOX News - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Kristol: Iran Is ‘The Only Real Threat’ To Success In Iraq (Think Progress, DC - Oct 21, 2007)
      • The New Lie to Justify Endless War (Dissident Voice, CA - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Mideast Hawks Help to Develop Giuliani Policy (New York Times - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • Are They Experienced? Depends on Whom You Ask (NPR All Things Considered, Oct 22, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
      • GOP Candidates Take Aim at Each Other (NPR Morning Edition, October 22, 2007) Note: page has link to audio
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • WEB EXTRA! Beauty Shop Politics & the Black Church (Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - Oct 26, 2007)
      • Economic Impact of Spending 'Blackout' Protesting Government and Hate Crimes Likely Minimal (Fox News - Oct 25, 2007)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • McChimpy Bushitler is lying about Iran's nuclear program, just like they lied about WMD in Iraq - or so says the IAEA
  • Syria had a secret nuclear program they didn't tell us about?  But we're the IAEA, we know everything!
  • McChimpy Bushitler started the fires in California in order to provide a distraction from his horrible failures in Iraq... yeah, that's the ticket...
  • It's the fault of the evil insurance companies.  It doesn't matter what "it" is.
  • Huckabee's back and Wolfie's got 'em!
• Topics:
  • The Iranian nuclear threat – an exclusive interview with the world’s top weapons inspector
  • The latest on the California wildfires
  • Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
• Guests
  • Mohamed ElBaradei
    • Director General, IAEA | Bio
    • Iran reformists assail leader over nuclear stance (Seattle Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • The confused mind of the feckless Mohamed ElBaradei (National Post, Canada - Oct 24, 2007)
    • One more Middle East mistake? (Brattleboro Reformer - Oct 27, 2007)
    • 5+1 Group to discuss Iran's N-case (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Olmert lashes out at ElBaradei (PRESS TV, Iran - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Sarkozy supports Israel against Iran (Jerusalem Post, Israel - Oct 23, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Contacts Syria (Little Green Footballs - Oct 15, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Elects Syria Co-Chairman (Little Green Footballs - Sep 19, 2007)
    • ElBaradei Springs Into Action, Condemns US (Little Green Footballs - Sep 8, 2007)
    • IAEA Springs Into Action, Praises Iran (Little Green Footballs - Aug 30, 2007)
  • Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee member
    • CBS’s Storm Quotes Barbara Boxer, Who Blamed Wildfires on Iraq (NewsBusters - Oct 24, 2007)
    • The Fascists at Fox Want Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer to Shut Up (News Hounds, CA - Oct 24, 2007)
    • California Senator Boxer Condemned by Pro-Troop Group Over San Diego Fire Comments (Men's News Daily, CA - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Hannity Uses California Wildfires For Political Gain By Accusing Others Of Doing That (News Hounds, CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Yes, We Can Fight Wildfires and Terrorists at the Same Time (Washington Post - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Calif. 'greenies' set stage for widespread wildfires (Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Boxer Asks EPA for Information on Health Effects of CA Wildfires (Oct 27, 2007)
    • Bush Adviser Weighs In on Climate and Health (New York Times - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Inhofe Warns of Global Warming Laws (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
  • Senator Trent Lott, Republican (sometimes) - Mississippi
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Minority Whip
    • First insurance CEO comes to visit Lott (Biloxi Sun Herald - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Lott Supports "All Perils" Bill (WTOK, MS - Oct 5, 2007)
    • Vitter to put hold on bill for insurance (Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Southwick approved for 5th Circuit seat (Biloxi Sun Herald - Oct 25, 2007)
    • GOP Lauds Feinstein as "Linchpin" Vote for Racist Bigot Judge (Towleroad, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • I Got a Lotta Love (The Plank on TNR.com, DC - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Killing A Dream: Gordon Smith Votes Against Innocent Children (OpEdNews, PA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Trent Lott considering a new ‘Gang’ (The Carpetbagger Report - Oct 4, 2007)
    • Lott expects to whip GOP against Blackstone bill (The Hill, DC - Oct 2, 2007)
    • Republican rightwingers find an Iraq-on-sea (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Dorgan, Lott Call Media-Ownership Press Conference (Broadcast Newsroom, CA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Obama Weighs in on Media Ownership (Radio World, VA - Oct 25, 2007)
  • Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
    • Former Arkansas Governor
    • Republican presidential Candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Iowans Gives Huckabee a Second Look (The Associated Press - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Huckabee moves into top GOP tier after column (WorldNetDaily - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain, Huckabee talk tough on social security (USA Today - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Huckabee Feels the Heat, but That's a GOOD Thing... (Swampland - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee explains why he's surging (Slate - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Huck: More Than A Feeling, A Surge? (MSNBC - Oct 27, 2007)
    • What About Huckabee's Theology? (Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Mike Huckabee: Chuck Norris Endorses Mike Huckabee for President (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Who Doesn’t Huckabee? (New York Times - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Dump the Huck (National Review Online, NY - Oct 26, 2007)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Hey!  There's this feisty guy from Arizona who might just make the Republicans palatable to us in the media, and his name's John McCain.  Ever heard of him?
  • McChimpy Bushitler started the fires in California in order to provide a distraction from his horrible failures in Iraq... yeah, that's the ticket...
  • The "insurgents" slaughtering Iraqi civilians and killing American troops are just people and we should embrace them in the spirit of multi-culturism and all will be well
• Topics:
  • Campaign '08: John McCain
    • Hear what McCain has to say about:
      • his fight for the Republican nomination
      • the topics he's asked about out on the campaign trail including immigration, Iran and Iraq
    • Two California lawmakers discuss:
      • the wildfires that ravaged California this week and forced the largest evacuation of U.S. citizens since Hurricane Katrina
      • what the California lawmakers think of the federal response to the disaster
  • Voices segment: filmmaker Molly Bingham
    • The photojournalist and former White House photographer talks about her new film, "Meeting Resistance." The film focuses on the Iraqi insurgency and what motivates Iraqis to join its ranks. The film features conversations with active insurgents and has been used by the U.S. Army to help soldiers better understand their opposition.
• Guests
  • Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Things Looking Up For Mccain (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Hits Clinton in 2nd Woodstock Ad (The Associated Press - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain’s ad recalls the continuing culture divide over the 1960s (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Woodstock Museum Becomes A Campaign Issue (CBS News, NY - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Marks 40th Anniversary of Crash (The Associated Press - Oct 26, 2007)
    • South Carolina Primary Shapes Up as a Main Contest for the Republican Field (New York Times - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain, Giuliani Like Gephardt, Kerry? (Yahoo! News - (Real Clear Politics via Yahoo! News - Oct 25, 2007)
    • McCain, Huckabee talk tough on social security (USA Today - Oct 25, 2007)
    • John McCain Swipes at Rudy Giuliani, Says Waterboarding 'Is Torture' (FOX News - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain's Disputed Fox Debate Clip a Viral Hit Online (Wired News - Oct 26, 2007)
    • DC insiders could deal with McCain, Richardson (Baltimore Sun - Oct 26, 2007)
    • McCain supports permanent ban on Internet taxes (Washington Business Journal, DC - Oct 27, 2007)
    • McCain Still Glad for Gang of 14 Deal on Judges (National Review Online, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • McCain's latest acrobatics (Washington Times - Oct 27, 2007)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senator Feinstein Provides Update on California Wildfires to Senate (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Feinstein seeking $1 billion for fire recovery, prevention (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Fire-relief package may ignite new debate (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Feinstein: Cal communities should stop building in fire areas (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Feinstein Calls For 'Catastrophic Coverage' For the Uninsured (KPBS - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Controversial Judge Confirmed by Senate (The Associated Press - Oct 24, 2007)
    • GOP Lauds Feinstein as "Linchpin" Vote for Racist Bigot Judge (Towleroad, NY - Oct 25, 2007)
    • Thank you, Sen. Feinstein (Hattiesburg American, MS - Oct 27, 2007)
    • Senator Feinstein’s Fair Play Exposes Liberal Extremists (Town Hall, DC - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Rebel farm bill would help state, but puts Boxer, Feinstein in bind (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Where is Senator Feinstein coming from? (Vail Sun, AZ - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Feinstein calls on Congress to pass global warming legislation (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 11, 2007)
  • Representative Duncan Hunter, Republican - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
    • Post-fire tasks for our local politicians (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Getting aircraft up and running is complex (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 27, 2007)
    • California Congressman Duncan Hunter Says Dems Are Playing Politics with The California Wildfires (Fox News - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Hunter Calls on Congress: Kill the Law of the Sea Treaty (NewsBlaze (press release), CA - Oct 26, 2007)
    • Q&A: Republican Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter (CBS News, NY - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Hunter still upbeat about presidential bid (North County Times, CA - Oct 23, 2007)
    • Chertoff faces criticism over slow air response to California fires (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 25, 2007)
    • This time military choppers will aid fire effort (San Diego Union Tribune - Oct 24, 2007)
    • Blackwater's run for the border (Salon - Oct 22, 2007)
  • Roundtable:
    • Paul Krugman
      • New York Times (psycho) columnist | Bio
      • Krugman Veers to Left, Longs for a New New Deal: Caroline Baum (Bloomberg - Oct 24, 2007)
      • Malefactors of Megawealth (The New York Times Book Review - Oct 21, 2007)
      • In defense of Krugman (Salon.COM - Oct 22, 2007)
    • Chrystia Freeland
      • US Managing Editor of the Financial Times | Bio
      • The McLaughlin Report or maybe renamed The Putin Apologists (The Revolutionary Political/Sports Blog - Oct 9, 2007)
      • McLaughlin Group defends Putin (The Revolutionary Political/Sports Blog - Oct 20, 2007)
      • America’s rich paradox (Newsletter Blog - Sep 15, 2007)
    • George Will
      • The $114.69 Speech Police (Orlando Sentinel, FL - Oct 25, 2007)
      • Sam Donaldson blasts George Will’s climate denial (Think Progress, DC - Oct 14, 2007)
      • George Will: GOP voters "have learned" that Giuliani "doesn't flip-flop" (Media Matters for America - Oct 14, 2007)
• ABC This Week comment web page

 

 

[Bahbah]

I am really looking forward to Jindal.

Thanks for the reports.

[anita]

Mac has this option - setting daylight savings time automatically & connected to Apple America time server. So, it will sync automatically no matter how many times Congress chose to change these.

[Phsstpok]

I didn't get the preview thread posted yesterday. I've posted the info on the main Sunday live thread this time at post number 56

[Bahbah]

I am beginning to wonder if Timmy is going to let his guests speak.

Ah, yes, finally they get their turn.