Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 8 June 2008

Various driveby media television networks ^ | 8 June 2008 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Govs. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Journalists round table.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; Howard Wolfson, campaign adviser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Bob Casey, D-Pa., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Feinstein; Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S.; Wolfson.

[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

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C-SPAN Radio, available on the net also, click here, broadcasts all five Sunday talk shows starting at 12:00 noon Eastern, as follows:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "Late Edition"

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"

Listen at the link above WHILE you FReep!

[Alas Babylon!]

Greetings from hot and sunny Orlando, Florida!

I will not be able to post today, as I am at a conference all week. I am working for Microsoft, and I have to go to a training session in a few minutes. Y’all have fun!

[Cindy]

Get some sun for me.
It snowed for about 10 minutes the other night.

[Cindy]

A blessed Sunday to one and all.

You’re all invited to check out this month’s edition of The Threat Matrix (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/threatmatrix ) on FreeRepublic.com.

The June 2008 edition which is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts

[Laverne]

I got through on cspan this morning — the topic was: What grade would you give the White House Press Corpse (sp intentional). Everyone who called in gave them a rating of F or below (both dems and republicans but for obvious different reasons). I gave the Press Corpse (from FNC to CSPAN) an I for irresponsibility and incompetence. I chastised the host of the show for not EVER reminding the viewers of the statements by Albright and Clinton regarding WMD in Iraq and how they were NO different from the President’s remarks, yet they allow callers to claim the President lied. (Drives me batty). Then I asked why they haven’t bothered to report on the innocence of the Haditha Marines (Scully didn’t even know about the status of the trials) and I told him that they were so quick to trash our troops but hide the fact that they have been vindicated. Scully said he would follow-up on that (doubtful), but it was a lot of fun to vent on the media today.

I also mentioned the fact that Russert had filed a false affidavit in the Libby trial, but that little fact was NEVER reported by the media.

So my overall grade for the media at large was F- and I. One person called in and gave them the grade of Y for Yellow Journalism.

I hope some of you heard the segment, it was a fun one.

[Morgan in Denver]

Where? This sounds like a few places in the mountains of Colorado.

[Walleye_Walter]

Great Job Laverne!

I thought that was you (I heard your call several weeeks ago) and the look on face of the host when you told him he was incompetent and irresponsible for not knowing the status of the Haditha Marines was priceless. It reminded me of a deer caught in the headlights.

He did meekly ask the next caller who said “Bush is a liar”, why he thought so, but didn’t follow up on it.

Keep up the great work. So many of the callers are either badly misinformed or completely wrong, and I’m sure many of the listeners take those incorrect statements as truth. Unfortunately, almost all those statements go unchallenged.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Journalists round table cluster

"Round table" evokes goodly knights, meritorious, virtuous and well-regulated.

[Morgan in Denver]

Good for you. Wish I could have seen it.

[Laverne]

Thanks! I love to call in or email (once they read one of my emails on the air with my REAL name...I sent it from the wrong email address). YIKES.

I thought Scully looked a little embarrased about not knowing the status of the Haditha marines too (but kudo’s to him for answering my question honestly); perhaps I shamed him, but then again....perhaps not.

[A. Morgan]

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Be interesting to hear Pawlenty on FOX.

[Bernard]

So many of the callers are either badly misinformed or completely wrong

In the computer business, this used to be called "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Now it's "Garbage In, Gospel Out."

[PalmettoMason]

Well, I won’t be watching THIS WEEK.

I’m seeing quite enough of Lindsey Graham on T.V. commercials here in SC, thank you.

[maica]

Yet again, Wolf Blitzer’s show has the only guests whose opinions interest me.

[maica]

Good job! I wish I had heard you. When cspan radio repeats snippets of this morning’s callers, in between their airings of this morning’s msm shows, I am sure they will choose to replay your call! NOT!!

[Cedric]

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Announcement:

I was wrong!

With typical, arrogant, certitude I boldly promised that Hillary Clinton WOULD be the Democrat nominee for President.

But, alas, events have undone my prediction.

Thus, I now fall apologetically prostrate before this august forum, worthy only of your scorn and derision, the Rick Dutrow of political prognostication, if you will.

{Unless, of course, Anthony Pelicano convinces Barrack to abdicate the nomination in favor of Mrs. Clinton, in which case I will deny ever having written this and instead pompously rant, “I told you so!”}

[Laverne]

Don’t admit defeat yet Cedric; wait until after the convention. Who knows what could happen between now and then.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

If I were you I’d have waited until she releases her delegates.

[Morgan in Denver]

Maybe, but you might want to wait before beating yourself up. The Clinton’s come back from the dead too often to make me believe either are buried yet.

[bvw]

Her announcement was meaningless. Primaries are over. Any campaigning from here on in would have been and will be up close and personal.

[rodguy911]

Thanks for providing the thread one more time AB, much appreciated.

[rodguy911]

If you see Phsstpok there tell him we all said hello!!

[Cedric]

Maybe if Thursday's Clinton/Obama detente meeting had taken place in Mena, Arkansas instead of Diane Feinstein’s living room things would be different but....

[Miss Didi]

Good morning, All! And excellent work, Laverne! Speaking of the media, did you kids hear that wonder boy Barry "instructed" them the other day? Oh, and he also arrogantly declared he will be president in 2016...



RUSH: In the Washington Post, in a story on Obama meets with Clinton, listen to this by Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray: "Obama said he 'appreciated very much' the statement, and he instructed reporters to dismiss all speculation about possible running mates. He said he will neither discuss the selection process nor parade prospects in public," as McCain has. He instructed the media. Oh, fine. I love people that talk tough with the media, don't misunderstand. But who else but Obama could get away with instructing them? They write here, "they have been instructed." He knows they will follow his demand. Can you imagine McCain instructing the media to not cover certain things and them going along with it? Here's what Obama actually said to them that led to this report, Obama instructed reporters to dismiss all speculation.

OBAMA: The next time you hear from me about the vice presidential selection process will be when I have selected a vice president, and if you hear secondhand accounts, rumors, gossip about the selection process, you can take it from me that it is wrong, because we're not going to be talking about it in the press.

RUSH: We're not going to be talking about it. So he didn't use the word instruct, but from that little statement, Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray said, "and then he instructed reporters to dismiss all speculation." So they wrote it up. He didn't even say it; they just took it that way. He admonished the media, and the media doesn't want to be embarrassed, the media does not want to disappoint the messiah, Obama. The other bite, this is just this afternoon in Chicago, 2016 US Olympic pep rally with athletes. This is what Obama said. I think he thinks he's elected already.

OBAMA: In 2016, I'll be wrapping up my second term as president. (cheers and applause)

RUSH: Did you hear any humor in that? Didn't sound like there was any humor in that. "In 2016 I'll be wrapping up my second term."

[rodguy911]

Thanks Cindy much appreciated, your threat matrix is the best!

I read a story yesterday, forget where, that said we are in for about 20 years of really cold weather due to a lack of sunspots something about when they are under 50 it always happens, 98% chance.

[rodguy911]

Way to go Laverne!!

This is what activism is all about!!

I'm not the least bit surprised that scully didn't know what world you were from, he's a product of the DBM, even funded by them.

They are a bit hopeless but we really don't need them they need us.

[rodguy911]

Morning Morgan!,
Still prepping for the rat/Marxist onslaught?

[rodguy911]

"Cream of nothing" is just too good Morgan!! I am laughing my butt off right now!!ROTFLMAO!!

I WONDER IF ANY OF THE L/W talkies have ever asked the generic question of any of these 20 something Barry Hussein supporters how many years of experience at the upper levels of govt.House, senate,governor should a potential candidate for potus actually have?

Can't wait to hear the answer to that one.

[rodguy911]

It was always about chaos Cedric,once again, thanks to Rush,mission accomplished.

[rodguy911]

When you are an empty suit arrogance, bluster and ego override all else.

[Arrowhead1952]

Don't forget the reference she made about Robert Kennedy being assassinated in June.....

[Miss Didi]

Cedric, Cedric, Cedric...have you not seen my posts? Pick yourself up my friend and stand tall! I, too, believe with my whole heart that Mrs. Clinton WILL be the nominee. I predicted last summer when McCain was down and almost out that he'd be our nominee...and voila’! The next few months will be fabulously entertaining as Mrs. Clinton does everything in her power to swipe the crown from wonder boy Barry's head. And when she does, America will be sooooooooo sick of Clinton Inc.—and the Drive-Bys will run for their lives! Stay tuned. ;)

[Laverne]

Thanks Rodguy. If it wasn’t for places like FreeRepublic, LGF, JOM, Blackfive and other good sites that get the good words out about our troops, I wouldn’t have been able to say what I said on cspan today. Once again, thank goodness we have an internet today with alternate sources of news.

[Morgan in Denver]

Morning rodguy911

Not this morning, we have rain. It is 20% chancing right now out on the deck.

Latest is there are something like 8 or 9 groups who have disassociated themselves with Recreate 68 because they are afraid of them being too radical. (Who knew?!?!) And we are thankful for all the money coming in from New Orleans to help pay for it all. I guess the New Orleans/Katrina funds have more money than they need, huh.

[Cedric]

"Don't forget the reference she made about Robert Kennedy being assassinated in June.....

That is constantly on my mind and, I presume, Obama's as well. He must be a nervous wreck. Perhaps, a lovely, tranquil, picnic at a picturesque DC-area park....

[Miss Didi]

When you are an empty suit arrogance, bluster and ego override all else.

Right...and how long will America put up with this national Obamamercial? Do you know that last night I flipped over to Lifetime during their “Army Wives” weekend marathon and who appeared? Wonder boy Barry himself, complete with American flag and CHANGE sign in the background, with a message to Army Wives everywhere. Will there be no end to it!

[Cedric]

How in the heck do you figure? Obama won, fair and square.

[MNJohnnie]

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Journalists round table.

A pretty good illustration of what is wrong with modern Journalism.

Note to Journalists, YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE STORY.

[cajungirl]

That was a magnificent full throated apology!

I am amazed and impressed

[Fishtalk]

Do you think the witch is really dead?

Cause I wouldn’t go proclaiming wrongness until those toes are curled up under that house. And that won’t happen until AFTER the Dem convention.

How about her highness making everybody wait almost an hour? It is so time for those two to go.

[Miss Didi]

Barry really didn't win fair and square if you think of the whole Dem fiasco with Michigan and Florida and then the Super Ds in place to "select" the right candidate. Even Rush thinks she's got something up her sleeve...

RUSH:...She's going to ask to hold onto her delegates for now. She's going to hold -- folks, she thinks something's going to drop out there. I'm telling you, the only reason to do this -- well, she may still be angling for veep, but it's amazing how many Democrats don't want her or Bill anywhere near that. No, no, no, no. Now they're talking about Kathleen Sebelius and some other babe, I forget who. Oh, yeah. Janet Napolitano. Any woman but Hillary. So she's going to hold onto her delegates. She thinks something's about to drop or will drop or something is going to happen.

[maica]

Chris Wallace is actually asking pertinent questions to both Pawlenty and Kaine.

I’m aftaid that I have had my lifetime quota of listening to politicians spin. When I hear what the answers are, I only hear yadda yadda yadda Senator McCain or yadda yadda yadda Senator Obama.

[mware]

She only suspended her race.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Not to be picky, but “cluster” as used in this context is only half a word.

[rodguy911]

Those sites are nothing without people like you who truly love the country and are willing to do what is best for it in time of need.

[rodguy911]

Shhhh... no one is supposed to know that the Katrina hurricane fund from N.O. is funding parties in Denver for the socialist party—it's a big secret....

[Fishtalk]

I think it was Webb who said, over and over as I smirked...

“It’s not about me....it’s about my state.”

This guy is a real weirdo, I can fill it palpably. He wants so bad to be VP he can taste it.

[Fishtalk]

Obama won, fair and square.

Get your tongue outta your cheek. Since when does "fair and square" matter to the Clintons?