Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 9 December 2007

Various big media television networks ^ | 9 December 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.; actor John Cusack.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.

[anita]

Huckabee probably will win in Iowa. The media isn’t making it up.

I am talking about MSM's pushing of Huckabee-surge Nationally.

[jmyrlefuller]

Good morning, everybody.

Well, folks, I’m going to be perfectly blunt about this: this, quite frankly, is one of the worst lineups I’ve seen in a long time.

On CBS, Face the Nation never fails to disappoint with its selection of one Democrat (Jay Rockefeller, and remember folks, people like the Rockefellers used to be the face of the GOP) and one of the worst RINOs in the Senate (and there are tons), Chuck Hagel.

ABC offers us Joe Biden, and I’m not sure whether or not this is to fill their quota of featuring each Presidential candidate or a regular appearance by The Mindless One. (They claim they’re going to get to every candidate, well, Iowa’s coming up in less than 4 weeks now and I don’t think they’re even close.

NBC continues its series of the Republican candidates with an interview with Rudy Giuliani. Rudy has dirt, and plenty of it, and if there’s one thing the Big Tub o’Goo likes to dig up it’s dirt, especially on Republicans. But hey, it’s Bills-Dolphins week, so Timmy may be in a good mood. We’ll see.

CNN offers us the most balanced lineup of the morning with President/retired General Pervez Musharraf discussing global affairs and Feinstein and Boehner covering domestic issues.

Most disappointing of all, however, is FOX, who, only three weeks after the last interview Fox gave him, offers yet another helping of Mike Huckabee. Given how weak he gets when pressed on the issues, I guess we could say that Fox is stuck on stupid. Also prominently featured this week is John McCain.

Ratings coming up...

[samtheman]

I think he’s worse than Carter. (At least worse than Carter was when Carter was President. Carter now is an out-of-the-closet traitor who should be hung.)

I think Huckabee is more full of himself than Carter was, back in the day. Huckabee really believes he is “god’s candidate”. I don’t think Carter did that, not during his presidency.

Carter made monumental blunders without realizing that they were blunders.

Huckabee will blunder purposely, willfully, and with God on his side.

[jmyrlefuller]

Note the absence of anything Iraq-related in that list.

[samtheman]

Unfortunately, there really is a surge. The media is cheer-leading the surge, certainly. They love pushing a Republican candidate who has ZERO chance of beating Hillary in the general election.

But the surge is there. It’s coming from folks on our side. Highly misguided, deeply misguided folks on our side.

[samtheman]

Note the absence of anything Iraq-related in that list.Good point.

[TomGuy]

Huckabee, the 21st Century Jimmy Carter.

Powerline described him worse than Carter.

My post in another thread on Dec 6:

Examining Huckabee's Foreign Policy Vision

In your heart, you know he's right a Jimmy Carter wannabe.

In this age of Islamofanatical terrorism, Huckabee's warm and fuzzy approach to foreign relations just doesn't cut it. We need a strong president, not a milquetoast compassionate conniver who would seem more comfortable pining from Oprah's couch than from behind the President's desk in the Oval Office.

Huckabee's recent contention that Gitmo should be closed because it is a bad symbol [awwwwwww] in the rest of the world [i.e., liberals in Europe, the UN, and the Islamic world] is a prime example of the kind of foreign policy that makes the US appear weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. The next president will have to deal with an increasing dictatorial government in Russia, with and increasing military from China, with continued Islamofanatical terrorism sponsored by several Islamic nations, etc.

Ironically, some of Jimmy Carter's policies are what lead us to much of the Islamist terrorism of today -- his support of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran which lead to Carter's impotence in dealing with the 444 days of American hostages at the US Embassy in Iran.

6 posted on 12/06/2007 6:38:56 AM CST by TomGuy

[TomGuy]

In your heart, you know he's right a Jimmy Carter wannabe.

In this age of Islamofanatical terrorism, Huckabee's warm and fuzzy approach to foreign relations just doesn't cut it. We need a strong president, not a milquetoast compassionate conniver who would seem more comfortable pining from Oprah's couch than from behind the President's desk in the Oval Office.

Huckabee's recent contention that Gitmo should be closed because it is a bad symbol [awwwwwww] in the rest of the world [i.e., liberals in Europe, the UN, and the Islamic world] is a prime example of the kind of foreign policy that makes the US appear weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. The next president will have to deal with an increasing dictatorial government in Russia, with and increasing military from China, with continued Islamofanatical terrorism sponsored by several Islamic nations, etc.

Ironically, some of Jimmy Carter's policies are what lead us to much of the Islamist terrorism of today -- his support of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran which lead to Carter's impotence in dealing with the 444 days of American hostages at the US Embassy in Iran.

[rodguy911]

Hi guys, another great day in paradise.

Looks like an interesting morning,I cant wait to hear about what a strong supporter of a border fence the Huckester is,he probably cant wiggle out of that one any time soon, and it is his Achilles heel.
great day in the south here hope everyone is ready for a big thread.

[MNJohnnie]

Well I wonder if Rocky will have revised and extended his memory yet again? You can bet neither See- BS, nor the RINOs RINO Hagel, will be challenging a word Rocky blathers.

Seems the author of the infamous Rockefeller memo outlining the Democrat Senators plans to politicize the Intelligence gathering process is still playing his old game.

Considering how the template for these Sunday shows are set early in the week, and the CIA tape story did not break until Friday, it appears See-BS is up to it's old tricks of coordinating it "news" coverage with the Democrats dirty tricks squad.

Just what did See-BS know and when did they know it? Just how politically corrupted have the Democrat Leadership, and their Junk Media minions become?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1936582/posts?page=1

Rockefeller: Actually, I Just Found Out About the Destroyed Torture-Tapes Yesterday

[maica]

I have read that only about 10% of Iowa’s voters participate in the caucuses. But scores of polling agencies have been phoning Iowan homes for months. There seems to be a lot of slack between the number of people answering poll questions, and people attending the actual caucus events

Iowa’s total population is about 3 million people..

[anita]

No news (on Iraq) is good news, looks-like. The press conference proved that too. Iraq is old news. Iran-NIE is the news now. CIA video will be news for some days.

[MNJohnnie]

Really a waste of time today. About the only person worth hearing today is Boehner

[maica]

CNN is becoming the best lineup Sunday after Sunday.

[anita]

Exactly.

[rodguy911]

Check out post # 2 on that thread:

"in your guts you know the Huckster is nuts"

Doesn't get much better or succinct.

[samtheman]

Are you saying that you’ll be surprised if Huckabee wins Iowa?

[gov_bean_ counter]

I told my son before heading back to the big sandbox that single issue voters were going to be the death of the Republican Party if not this Republic.

Out!

[NautiNurse]

My first impression of Huckabee came during CPAC earlier this year. He gave a good, solid talk. Toward the end of his speech he said, "I was a poor boy from Hope, Arkansas."

I shuddered. Since that moment, I've never been able to support him. If we never have a President from Hope Arkansas again, it will be too soon.

[MNJohnnie]

Wow! That is a major change for Batiste. I guess I should welcome him to our side but have a really hard time forgiving a Major General of Infantry for having been such a weepy clown in the first place.

[anita]

Better late than never, I guess.