[Phsstpok]

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is 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.

• Meme:
  • McChimpy Bushitler's goons are going after the most honest and saintly, nay, angelic, US attorney's in history... trust us
  • The Edwards campaign would never think of exploiting the recurrence of her cancer and they're already working on crucifying anyone who suggests they would
  • Remember, grasshopper, victomhood is one aid in the path to victory
• Topics:
  • The U.S. Attorneys Controversy: Should White House Aides Testify In Congress?
  • Elizabeth Edwards cancer
• Guests
  • Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
    • Excerpt from Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on September 23, 1999 (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Dems Want Rove to Testify Under Oath (Examiner.com - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Karl Rove is Patrick Leahy's target in attorney scandal (AlaskaReport, AK - Mar 14, 2007)
    • Leahy hints at more 'Attorneygate' whistleblowers (Raw Story, MA - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Leahy would subpoena White House officials (GOPUSA, TX - Mar 19, 2007)
    • Gregory omitted White House interview preconditions for a third time (Media Matters for America, DC - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Sen. Leahy Heading Charge Against White House (WCAX, VT - Mar 22, 2007)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Minority member, Senate Judiciary Committee
    • Ann Wright: The Sheikh and the Torture Senator (Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Senator Graham, Double Standard, Noble Standard, Or NO Standards (Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Mar 17, 2007)
    • Lindsey Graham strikes again? (Power Line, MN - Mar 1, 2007)
    • US EXPECTS ISRAEL TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM IRAN (Middle East Newsline, Canada - Mar 22, 2007)
    • South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham Speaks About the War in Iraq (WTOC, GA - Feb 21, 2007)
    • Levin watches terrorist abuse case (Detroit Free Press, MI - Mar 17, 2007)
    • SUPPORT FOR WAR DROPS IN SC (The State, SC - Mar 19, 2007)
    • Senator Wants Attorney General To Resign (NBC6.net, FL - Mar 12, 2007)
  • H.E. "Bud" Cummins III
    • Former United States Attorney
    • More evidence emerges in Attorneygate-Little Rock (Facing South, NC - Mar 23, 2007)
    • Bud Cummins Named Specifically In White House E-mail (Today's THV, AR - Mar 20, 2007)
    • Cummins to Speak at Clinton School of Public Service (KATV, AR - Mar 21, 2007)
    • News Flash -- Ambition Spotted in Washington (Power Line, MN - Mar 23, 2007)
    • David Iglesias, Bud Cummins, Arlen Specter, John Kerry, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics FNS review - Mar 18, 2007)
    • Sifting the documents (Arkansas Times, AR - Mar 22, 2007)
    • This isn't a firing offense (Stockton Record, CA - Mar 24, 2007)
    • The hypocrisy of former US attorneys (DetNews.com, MI - Mar 22, 2007)
  • David Brooks
    • The New York Times
    • David Brooks: Between good and bad politics, and a little honor (Sacramento Bee, CA - Mar 23, 2007)
  • Jim VandeHei
    • The Politico
    • Journalamism, Politico style (Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog, WA - Mar 22, 2007)
    • John Edwards' Campaign Takes A More Human Turn (WJZ, MD - Mar 23, 2007)
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• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

[Txsleuth]

Oh, my goodness.

I think that is the BEST commentary on the political scene you have ever written.

You always do a wonderful job..and I am in awe of not only your opinions...but your way with words. You are a terrific writer.

You have today's news meme down pat.

I will tell you that I just finished reading a note in a Robert Novak column that said that Rahm Emanuel is FUMING..because, according to Novak, it was Emanuel that first exposed the US attorney scandal..even though Schumer is taking credit...and Emanuel actually talked about it on the House floor...

But, Emanuel's take on the House floor, according to Novak, was that while all are caught up who knew what, when....the REAL scandal are the corruption cases that were stopped...