The incomplete Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 4/19/2009 (not the live thread)

network and cable news shows | April 18, 2009 | network and cable news

[Phsstpok]

The Sunday shows

Presented in the order they run in my area

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NBC Meet The Press (David Gregory)

• Topics:
  • The White House National Economic Council Director discusses
    • the President's trip to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad
    • the chances that we’re starting to see signs of an economic recovery
    • the major hurdles do we still face
  • Political Roundtable
    • Torture
    • Taxes
    • spending
    • the future of the banks
• Guests
  • Larry Summers
    • Director, White House National Economic Council
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Why We Should Banish Larry Summers From Public Life (Washington Post – Apr 19, 2009)
    • Larry Summers on Whether Those Rays of Economic Daylight Are Real (BusinessWeek - ‎Apr 15, 2009‎)
    • Europe Is No Model for Our Banks (Wall Street Journal - ‎Apr 16, 2009‎)
  • Political Roundtable
    • Former Representative Harold Ford, Jr. (Democrat - Tennessee)
      • Web site | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Harold Ford Jr. won't run for governor (The Tennessean - ‎Apr 14, 2009‎)
      • Ford on Governor’s Race: ‘Not the Right Time’ (Memphis Daily News - ‎Apr 14, 2009)
      • Ford Declines Gubernatorial Race, Will Address State Democrats (Memphis Flyer - ‎Apr 14, 2009)
    • Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (Republican - Texas)
      • Chairman, FreedomWorks | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Tax Fantasies of the Right and Left (Washington Post - ‎Apr 16, 2009‎)
      • Shuster's 'Teabagging' Double Entendres: 'You're Going to Need a Dick Armey' (NewsBusters - ‎Apr 14, 2009‎)
      • Anti-tax protesters turn out for dreaded April 15 (The Associated Press - ‎Apr 15, 2009)
    • Rick Stengel
      • Time Magazine
      • Wikipedia web page
    • Steven Pearlstein
      • The Washington Post
      • Wikipedia web page
    • Nina Easton
      • Fortune Magazine
      • The Washington Post
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Topics:
  •  
• Guests
  • David Axelrod
    • Senior White House Advisor
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Governor Ed Rendell (Democrat - Pennsylvania)
    • Pennsylvania Governor’s web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Wayne LaPierre
    • Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association
    • Wikipedia web page
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Topics:
  • As President Obama heads south his national security strategy (blame the US) gets called into question
    • Two key members of the Senate Armed Services Committee debate
      • The (Obama) way to fight terrorism
        • Obama’s Justice Department this week released four top secret memos outlining CIA interrogation techniques and their legal rationale
        • Did the decision to make CIA secrets public help or hurt the continuing effort to keep America safe?
      • violence on the border
      • piracy on the seas
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Tax Day brought a tea party backlash. Did the protest of high taxes and increased government spending make an impact?
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • General Michael Hayden, former CIA director
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican – South Carolina)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Senator Claire McCaskill (Democrat – Missourri)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • FOX News senior political analyst
      • Wikipedia web page
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio
      • Wikipedia web page
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Wikipedia web page
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio
      • Wikipedia web page
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN State Of The Union (John King)

• Topics:
  • The Secretary of Homeland Security speaks with John King about
    • President Obama's trip to Latin America
    • the government's latest efforts to secure the Mexican border
    • a controversial DHS report released this month that warns about the risks of right-wing extremism
  • Legalizing gay marriage in New York
• Guests
  • Janet Napolitano (Democrat – New Mexico)
    • Secretary of Homeland Security
  • Governor David Paterson (Democrat - New York)
    • New York Governor’s web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Senator Amy Klobuchar: (Democrat – Minnesota)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
  • Senator John Ensign: (Republican – Nevada)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
• CNN Stat of the Union (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Topics:
  • Voices from both sides spin
    • President Barack Obama's first 100 days
    • the agenda ahead with Congress back in town
  • Roundtable

§  A foreign policy week worthy of a John Le Carre novel

§  secret torture memos released by the administration

§  the president's first trip to Mexico where a drug war is threatening the U.S.-Mexico border

§  drama on the high-seas culminating in a presidential order for action against pirates holding an American captain hostage

§  tax-day tea party protests designed to rally conservatives.

§  The state of the Obamaconomy

§  banks bailed out by the government tax payers disclose better-than-expected earnings

• Guests
  • Rahm Emanuel (Democrat – Illinois)
    • White House Chief of Staff
  • Representative John Boehner (Republican – Ohio)
    • Republican House Minority Leader
  • Roundtable
    • George Will
      • ABC News
      • Syndicate columnist
    • Sam Donaldson
      • ABC News
    • Cokie Roberts
      • ABC News
      • Syndicate columnist
    • Peggy Noonan
      • Wall Street Journal columnist
• ABC This Week comment web

[Phsstpok]

I've been out of town for a family event the last few days and. this is as far as I got before "crash and burn" set in.

I'm off to a much overdue LONG TIME SLEEPING .

Sorry for wimping out. Hope this helps anyway.

[Phsstpok]

PING

The (abbreviated) Weekend Talk Show Preview thread is now up.

[exist]

Spoiler Alert: MSM will downplay tea parties.

[Bahbah]

It helps lots, my friend. I got a huge laugh out of this: Janet Napolitano (Democrat – New Mexico) Secretary of Homeland Security

Governor David Paterson (Democrat - New York) New York Governor’s web site

Senator Amy Klobuchar: (Democrat – Minnesota) Senate web site |

Senator John Ensign: (Republican – Nevada)

Ensign is the only close to normal person they have. This should be a hoot! Klobuchar's nick name is Senator Short Bus.

[rockrr]

Your previews are always appreciated Phsstpok!

[skinkinthegrass]

n/p...Thank-you, for the (Sat. night/Sun. morn.) threads. :)

[Arizona Carolyn]

Thanks for your hard work here; ugh what a dreary lineup for tomorrow... they have all become so predictable... I watched Larry Summers do the Gibbs news conference this morning from Trinidad, he really is a very sleazy character when he speaks.

[Miss Marple]

Babbah, I thought the exact same thing!