Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 5 March 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 5 March 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Weather Service Director David Johnson.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pace; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., and former Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., co-chairmen of the Council on Foreign Relations' task force on U.S. policy toward Russia.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; comedian Stephen Colbert.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Gen. James Jones, NATO supreme Allied commander; Iraqi Parliament member Adnan Pachachi.

[OldFriend]

There is a certain segment of society that lives to prey on their fellow man. No matter the danger to themselves they see the reward as worth the risk.

There really is no answer to such inhumanity. It's everywhere.

[csmusaret]

John Boy's trips are paid for by North Carolina taxpayers. UNC Chapel Hill created a job for him and fund his travels. Who runs UNC? Former Clinton Chief of Staff Ersline Bowles. Is this a great country or what?

[Mo1]

He was still ABSOLUTE though, asked if the deal will happen, he replied "No, it will not"

Then what is the point of the reviews and investigations if his mind is already made up??

Hunter is losing creditability with those comments

[montomike]

The US doesn't want a wuss running the country. Edwards comes across to me as a wuss. If you popped him in the jaw, he wouldn't try to pop you back, he would start to cry.

[maica]

Yes, I like Jonah Goldberg and am glad that he is printed in the LA Times. Jay Nordlinger is good. Rich Lowry is a Tucker Carlson wannabe, ie, he is over the moon with being on TV. He pulls so many punches that I never hear him deliver a strong point on anything.

Of course, I do not include VDH or Mark Steyn as being in this group of gripers.

[TomGuy]

he was right out of the box yelling for his Secretary when he met the News Media

"Mary! Help!"


lol.

[OldFriend]

IMHO, Victor Davis Hanson is the dean of the intellectuals.

And even us peasants can understand his commentary.

[Mo1]

Scholars say it is too soon to begin closing the books on Mr. Bush's legacy

But that is what the media is trying to do

Close the book

[OldFriend]

Morning Morgan. The reason Brown is getting so much rear end kissing by the media is because he is seen as the face of the President's response to Katrina.

Facts do not matter at all. Simply perception that it's all Bush's fault.

Nagin and BlankO went a long way to disproving that so now the media is bringing the blame back to Bush.

[PISANO]

I for one don't see how the former FEMA director was so "COMPETENT" for the other 4 or so hurricanes that happened in the previous two years that back to backed Florida.

IMHO BROWN was the fall guy and while there is NO DOUBT there were mistakes at every level of gov't, the LION'S SHARE of the blame goes to the LOCAL and STATE [Nagin & Blanco].

Let's face it this was the single most devestating natural event ever dealt with on THAT SCALE and the WEAK link that caused the chain to break was Nagin's and Blanco's ineptitude and the LAW that stopped the FED's from taking over when they realized that they were dealing with incompetent first responders.

[Cboldt]

And especially, every time he is on TV he should say New Orleans suffered two attacks by nature. The hurricane hit at dawn on Monday. It passed. The sun came out. People cheered. The canal walls failed Monday afternoon and Monday night.

Nope. Canal walls failed during the storm. National weather Service issued a bulletin at 8:14 AM on Monday re: Industrial Canal; The 17th Street canal was reported broken at 3AM (by National Guard Bureau) and 5AM Monday (by LA State Police).

The flood that inundated the Ninth Ward and St Bernard Parish happened late Monday and Monday night.

Yep. Takes a long time to flood such a large area.

[anita]

Reminds me of the 'quiet glee' coming from our side I felt/saw watching Dean before the scream.

Like bloggers going blogasmic over the media's mess-steps.

[Morgan in Denver]

PR and communications failures by this White House are legendary, and pretty well documented on FR.

Having said that, I don't blame President Bush for the Katrina problems. Old Media does, but old media blames President Bush for everything else anyway. It snowed, Bush's fault. The sun is out, Bush's fault. Your toilet's backed up, Bush's fault.

[OldFriend]

I wonder if the media will have a sudden ephiphany when they come to realize their safety and the safety of their families might lie in the hands of the democrats.

To them all this Bush bashing is sport, but there is terrible danger lurking and they must realize that.....I hope.

[maica]

so one has to logically make the assumption the ultimate problem was with the state and not FEMA

@@@

No one even knows the name of the LEMA head. Yes, there is/was a Louisiana Emergency Management Agency! It does not fit the template of Bush's Fault to even mention this man - who apparently must have obeyed the order to evacuate - and was never heard or seen again - at least not in front of a reporter!

[Mo1]

If you are strong enough to stomach listening to the left wing "hate Bush/Republican Radio", you will notice that the MSM are sounding more and more like that ilk, and less and less like real Newsmen

You can add the politicians into that group also

Harry Reid is calling the President a Loser and Pat Leahey is calling him King George

Heck .. there are even a few of them writing blogs over at the Daily Kos

[snugs]

Here you go sorry they do not sell them singularly LOL

[OldFriend]

I have repeated over and over......who will be the first politician to stand up and say that the President of the United States has the right to usurp the power of any governor of any state in an emergency. Take over their national guard and take control of the citizens of that state.

As much as I love this President I would never want to give him, or anyone else, that right.

[maica]

You are saying that the canal walls broke before the eye of the storm passed?

[Phsstpok]

Thanks for the link and the compliment

Here's my summary of  my Weekend Talk Show *Meme Predictions* for 3/2/06 - 3/3/06 and what I think the guests are there to try to do

• Memes:
  • Iran is the real problem and we can't win in Iraq because we haven't "taken care" of them (JER)
  • Bush made a very important foreign policy trip - did anyone notice? (JER)
  • Is Iraq lost? - Would that be Bush's Fault™? (FNS)
  • Iraq is lost, it's a civil war - It's Bush's Fault™ (MTP, ABCTW, CNNLE)
  • Afghanistan is lost, it's a civil war - It's Bush's Fault™ (CNNLE)
  • The Iraq war is hopeless and we must run away now (FTN)
  • We're giving the terrorists control of our ports - It's Bush's Fault™ (MTP, FTN, ABCTW, CNNLE)
  • The media lied about the "secret" AP tapes, but Bush still messed up badly (FNS)
  • Bush hung Michael Brown out to dry (FNS)
  • We better be nice to Russia, or else (MTP)
  • John Edwards is running for President (MTP)
  • Richard Lugar is thinking of running for President (FTN)
  • Everybody's running for something, but mostly President (ABCTW)
  • The wrong people are winning the Presidency in Iraq (CNNLE)

   

• Guests
  • Michael Rubin, (a former U.S. official in Iraq now at the American Enterprise Institute) (JER)
    • Rubin wrote an article on this shows main topics, linked in original thread
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace (MTP)
    • General Pace will try to talk about success in Iraq, but all of the questions will be about the civil war and how things are getting much worse
  • former FEMA Director Michael Brown (FNS)
    • Brown will insist he isn't trashing the President and will proceed to trash the President by trashing everyone who works for him
  • Democrat John Edwards (MTP)
    • Edwards will try to act Presidential and will emphasize how much of an expert on foreign policy he is now
  • Republican Jack Kemp (MTP)
    • Kemp will try to defend the ports deal with Timmy won't give him the chance or will set him up then turn to Edwards and say, in effect, that Kemp must be out of his mind
    • Jack Kemp will act remarkably like a good ex-President, too bad he never got the chance
  • Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. (FTN)
    • It seems that Lugar is pissed at the White House, but he'll make some half hearted noises defending our policy in Iraq, even though he thinks it's failing
    • Luger is really pissed about the ports deal
  • Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. (FTN)
    • Murtha will quote Graham Chapman from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Run away!"
  • Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine (ABCTW)
    • Susan Collins thinks the ports deal finally gives her the weapon she needs to bash the White House, which she feels hasn't paid enough attention to the "real Republicans," meaning the RINOs
  • Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. (ABCTW)
    • Hunter  is really pissed about the ports deal
  • Retired Gen. Wesley Clark on Iraq and his 2008 presidential prospects. (ABCTW)
    • Clark will show what a policy wonk he is and will make outrageous charges over the ports deal and the Iraq civil war
    • He will also try to show that he has a "real policy" for ending world poverty (by giving away all of your wealth - you rich capitalist you)
  • Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich (roundtable) (ABCTW)
    • He's short
    • He's really, really, short
    • The ports deal is yet another plot by the Bush family to enrich their best friends, the Arab oil sheiks and the oil companies, at the expense of hard working American union workers
    • He's really short, you know
  • The Washington Examiner's Bill Sammon (roundtable) (ABCTW)
    • Sammon will try to point out the lies of the MSM this week, particularly the Katrina video and the rigged CBS poll, but Steffy will only be interested in finding more dirt about Bush from Sammon's book
  • ABC News' George Will. (roundtable) (ABCTW)
    • George Will hates the Bush family - he will prove it yet again this week
  • Stephen Colbert (ABCTW)
    • One of the two most professional newsmen on TV - he will talk about the other one who is hosting the Oscars and predict that he will fail (early transcript of this segment mentions this - article linked below)
  • Gen. James Jones: NATO Supreme Allied Commander (CNNLE)
    • General Jones will try to talk about how NATO is succeeding in Afghanistan, but Wolf will emphasize resistance by old Europe to the planned NATO rapid reaction force
  • Adnan Pachachi: Iraqi Parliament member, former Iraqi foreign minister  (CNNLE)
    • The secular parties are being out maneuvered by the young radical Imams with militias
    • This guy appears to be the New York Times favorite source of quotes about Iraq, so he must be bad news for Bush

Miss Marple has a great post about Lugar

Morgan in Denver has a really good summary post as well as an excellent post (with links) concerning the "More Boots On The Ground" mantra of the MSM and the left

Thanks to everyone who contributed.  I'll probably be very light today trying to catch up with stuff before being away from work for the week.