Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 18 October 2009

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and John Thune, R-S.D.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett; Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; California first lady Maria Shriver; John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel; Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

THIS WEEK (ABC): David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Emanuel; Kerry; Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.

[Alas Babylon!]

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

[Alas Babylon!]

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!]

Here are the email addresses or web pages for commenting to the weekend talk shows:

Meet the Press Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

Face the Nation ftn@cbsnews.com

Fox News Sunday FNS@foxnews.com

ABC This Week thisweek@abc.com

CNN State of the Union CNN State of the Union (web page for comments)

[Alas Babylon!]

The Sunday Talk Show thread is up!

11 democrats, 4 Republicans.

And yes, I counted Maria Shriver as a democrat.

[Bahbah]

Good morning, Alas!

I see the Chicago mafia, Emanuel, Axelrod and Jarrett, are being trotted out this morning to shore up the sinking SS Obama.

[GnuHere]

Wish Val and Sen. Kyl would be on MTP at the same time...ha.

And Anita Dunn is not on Fox? I’m shocked.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Do republicans not want to go on these shows?

“Arlen Specter, D-Pa” - what a joke

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Yeah, where’s Anita?
*torches* Give us the monster! *pitchforks*

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Morning, AB, thanks for the thread! Thune and Kyl are pretty good, as is Gregg on health care.

[norwaypinesavage]

It looks like another D Day. The invading forces are getting tired.

[Son House]

FlashBack 2006: Are the Bush Tax Cuts Working?[1.4 million Jobs the Nine Months After August 2003]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364667/posts

GDP Growth

The real annual GDP growth rate increased from 0.3 percent in 2001 to 2.5 percent in 2002. In the third quarter of 2003, GDP grew at a 7.2 percent annual rate.

1.4 million jobs were added in the nine months after August 2003 (the 2003 tax cuts were signed into law in late May 2003).

The unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6 percent in May 2004, well below its peak of 6.3 percent a year ago.

The job growth statistics are particularly noteworthy because of greater-than-expected increases in productivity levels-high rates of productivity tend to mean less employment:

Productivity grew at a 4.6-percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2004, continuing the trend of large gains in productivity since 2001 due to investments in equipment and technology.

Higher productivity increases incomes and keeps inflation in check. Furthermore, unemployment claims are at their lowest since the 2001 recession.

The high rates of job growth matched with high rates of productivity point to the overall strength of the economy.

^
Just the facts

[rodguy911]

Thanks for the ping list and the thread AB your efforts every week are greatly appreciated!

Just when you think the guest list on the Sunday shows can't get any more biased or weak...it does.

Especially FNC.

It's a tragedy that Chris Wallace can't be replaced by someone really fair and balanced like Bill Sammon. When will they get it? We can't stand Chris Wallace!

[Son House]

Now here’s where the Democrat Congress ruins the GDP after they take Majorities January 3, 2007;

110th United States Congress

http://www.freebase.com/view/en/110th_united_states_congress

between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

GDP - real growth rate:

2.8% (2006 est.)

2% (2007 est.)

1.1% (2008 est.)

[rodguy911]

Not only that Bah but Spinchter who politically has both feet in the grave and needs only to have dirt piled upon him is back as well.

[Alas Babylon!]

No, they do not get invited. The Left wing, propagandist driveby news media are very careful about who they invite onto these shows. It’s very carefully planned and orchestrated.

That is why you rarely see “Fire Brand” type conservatives, but rather the same old RINOs if they have Republicans at all. Last week they had McCain and Lindsey Graham on for about the 6th consecutive week. We really complained about that here.

Lo and behold! No McCain nor Graham. The driveby’s do opposition research by monitoring this thread.

So, as the thread poster, I say to the staff of This Week, Face The Nation, and Meet The Press: “Screw you! You lying bunch of not journalists but Leftist propagandists! You wouldn’t know a real journalist if one bit you in your phat butt!”

[rodguy911]

Unfortunately Son facts get in the way of the nationalist Socialist agenda that is begin thrust upon us. There was a great thread on this earlier. I will see if I can find it.

[Cedric]

Look on the bright side:

No McAmnesty.

No Gramnesty.

[Son House]

Economic Illiteracy Quiz:

After what legislation was there the largest spike up in the Real GDP?
a. February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = 111th United States Congress
b. October 3, 2008 — Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 = 110th United States Congress
c. February 13, 2008 — Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 = 110th United States Congress
d. May 28, 2003 — Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 = 108th United States Congress

( Ignore the green forecast, it was wishful thinking)


Failure Qualifies any Participants
to be an Economic Advisor to the White House,
or Replace a current sitting Democrat Congressional member
Correct Answer is: d.
Apply Now

[jslade]

What! No McCain and Grahamesty today. What to do.....what to do....

[MNJohnnie]

David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.

Oh boy is this a sick joke. They all ready got Steffy running the show for the DNC. This will be yet another illegal campaign contribution in kind by ABC to Dear Reader's regime.

Who owned ABC?

[Bushbacker1]

I see that after the attack by Anita Dunn, Foxnews and Chris Wallace have decided to put 75% democrats on the show. Chris will carry the water for the White House on Foxbews.

[rodguy911]

Two threads really worth reading on FR.
The first is from Winston Churchill and explains that zero and his handlers are really national socialists. It’s very well done.It’s here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364841/posts

The next is a thread done by Jeff Head,a truly great American, IMHO, telling of an alliance of FR with the effort to restore the Constitution. It’s here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364670/posts

Both are really worthwhile threads.

[Son House]

[Bahbah]

Spinchter who politically has both feet in the grave and needs only to have dirt piled upon him is back as well.

I think he is going down in PA. I hope so. I want his concession speech televised so I can revel in it.

[Bushbacker1]

Foxbews = Foxnews

Although it's kinda funny.

[Son House]

You Can't Soak the Rich[No Matter the Tax Rate, Tax Revenues Remained about 19.5% of the GDP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361496/posts

The chart nearby, updating the evidence to 2007, confirms Hauser's Law. The federal tax "yield" (revenues divided by GDP) has remained close to 19.5%, even as the top tax bracket was brought down from 91% to the present 35%. This is what scientists call an "independence theorem," and it cuts the Gordian Knot of tax policy debate.

The data show that the tax yield has been independent of marginal tax rates over this period, but tax revenue is directly proportional to GDP. So if we want to increase tax revenue, we need to increase GDP.

What happens if we instead raise tax rates? Economists of all persuasions accept that a tax rate hike will reduce GDP, in which case Hauser's Law says it will also lower tax revenue. That's a highly inconvenient truth for redistributive tax policy, and it flies in the face of deeply felt beliefs about social justice.

Yep, pay attention to the GDP;





Tax Revenues do Correlate with the GDP

[Alas Babylon!]

Disney owns ABC.

Mickey Mouse journalists, huh?

[Bahbah]

No McAmnesty.

No Gramnesty.

Yes. Grateful for small favors.

[Alas Babylon!]

Backtracking a bit....

That’s a very interesting chart. I’m not sure about the green bars, though. I really do not see the economy picking up anytime soon. Every business has to look at the massive federal debt and wonder, “Are they going to raise my taxes to pay this off (very likey) or are they just going to start printing money in vast quantities, bringing rampant, if not hyper inflation (very likely)?”

Answer: Yes and yes. We are SO screwed! Thank you democrats and American Idol type voters!

[Son House]

Yep, it's unfortunate Republicans are waiting on McCain to tell them how to respond after he finished Greenspan's book,

[rodguy911]

The man who loads the teleprompter is probably David "Mr. Astroturf" Axelrod. He is most likely the defacto potus. He is worth watching since we can learn the fate of the country and what el bozo will be saying for the next week or so. He most likely issues DNC chatting points.

Stephy will try and look fair and balanced but all that will have been sorted out earlier this week during his conference call with other top rats.

These leftists are well scripted, well organized and dedicated to toppling Free Market Capitalism.

[rodguy911]

Great stuff Son,nothing like documenting the facts,worst enemy of the left.

[Son House]

The green bars are the rosy forecast for the Obama Stimulus bill;

Harvard Economics Professor Calls Stimulus “Terrible Piece of Legislation”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364811/posts

“What they call tax reductions in this bill are really transfer payments, particularly redistribution of income from the rich to the poor,” says Barro. “I don’t think it’s really attractive to do something in a temporary fashion. You want to have a more stable tax structure.”

Barro points to the 2003 tax cut legislation as being very positive for economic growth, and chides the current administration for blaming those policies for the current economic downturn.

“The economy did very well for the next several years after the tax cuts of 2003. And it’s very unfair that Obama has blamed that program for part of the current financial collapse,” Barro argues. “There’s really no linkage between the tax rate cutting program of 2003 and the financial and housing collapse we’ve seen in recent months.”

[traditional1]

What a surprise. A couple token weak-kneed RINO’s, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe are not there to “counter” the Left-Wing loons? NO formidable conservative voices are EVER invited to ask the hard questions.

[Alas Babylon!]

The man who loads the teleprompter is probably David "Mr. Astroturf" Axelrod. He is most likely the defacto potus. He is worth watching since we can learn the fate of the country and what el bozo will be saying for the next week or so. He most likely issues DNC chatting points.

Very interesting and astute observation. The Man behind the Teleprompter in front of the President.

[Alas Babylon!]

And it’s very unfair that Obama has blamed that program for part of the current financial collapse,” Barro argues.

Worse than unfair, Obama is doing the opposite which should have the opposite affect on the economy.

In other words, things are going to get worse. Your charts certainly suggest so.

[MNJohnnie]

Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D

Watch this guy. He has a fraudulent reputation as being a Democrat blue dog and a fiscal hawk. In reality he is a Democrat machine politician. Why the voters of ND do not see thur this fraud I will never understand.

Bet money he is going to be here pimping Dear Reader's ride.

[rodguy911]

Last week Boone Pickens revealed some little chats he had with the adm. on natural gas.

Pickens told top adm. officals and others,I forget where I heard all this but I did,that if the US were to replace every 18 wheeler as they are retired with new vehicles that burn natural gas which we have plenty of and its cheap, we could stop importing zillions of barrels of oil from terrorist countries.

One official, I believe it was Rhambo, replied to Pickens, "OH it just can't be that simple."

Translation:"That's not our agenda fool."

[Alas Babylon!]

He strongly supports farm subsidies and bringing cash to the Indian reservations. He’s like a Northern Robert Byrd, without having every little bridge and road named after himself.

[MNJohnnie]

Not only that, note to Pickens and the DC Clown posse, YOU HAVE TO DRILL TO GET NATURAL GAS!

Drill here, Drill NOW!

[Son House]

And a simple goal is to grow the GDP by lowering tax rates, why McCain and his economic advisors couldn’t compare and contrast that is a pity for our Nation

[MNJohnnie]

He’s like a Northern Robert Byrd, without having every little bridge and road named after himself

Oh that is good, consider that stolen

[Alas Babylon!]

My translation: “Yes, I am that stupid, but I make up for it with massive arrogance.”

[rodguy911]

Hahaha,so do I!

[Son House]

Yeah, and these are easily available facts, yet we know they’ll never see the light of day on a Sunday Morning Talk Show unless it’s that opponent network, FOX

[Girlene]

Economic Illiteracy Quiz -- LOL. Well done.

[maica]

Full court press with White House Functionaries!
The only thing missing is the One Himself.

[Morgan in Denver]

Morning, everyone.

It DOES appear the White House is making an attempt to push health care this morning. As well as zero’s sinking poll numbers.

And then we have Specter? Why? Of all the has-been politicians he must be feeling lonely these days.

[rodguy911]

It's pretty common knowledge that to stimulate the economy you do it through small business, the engine that creates most new jobs.

Zero has done nothing but go the other way introducing cap and tax and obamcare both of which will cost small business even more or their scarce capital while the economy and margins shrink.

All this is part of the National Socialist plan to collapse the U.S.We are merely unwilling players if not pawns.

[rodguy911]

Thanks AB.

I only wish I could document it, but if it looks like a duck,...