Posted on 04/25/2009 2:41:21 PM PDT by Phsstpok
The Sunday shows
Presented in the order they run in my area
NBC Meet The Press (David Gregory)
CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)
Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
CNN State Of The Union (John King)
ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)
Memes and Analysis for April 26, 2009
Well, they have a good collection of Dhimicrats who will sing The One’s praises at full voice and a group of RINOs who will cordially agree with them, all in the cause of “comity” (not, I must point out, comedy). On the question of torture they have a consensus that it was shameful and was, in fact, torture, with the only disagreement seeming to be the degree of punishment warranted. Lindsey Graham has an interesting point about liability for folks like Nazi Pelosi, but I doubt it will come up.
The Trekie king might be fun if they would ask him about JJ Abrams reboot film, but “torture” questions will crowd that right out. DKG is easily dismissed as the Dhimmicrat shill that she is. Newsweak’s “God is dead” (again) Meacham is going to be pimping his upcoming “biography (hatchet job) of GWB. Totally loathsome. Gibbs is an embarrassment and if NBC had any journalists on the payroll MTP might be amusing. But since David Gregory is barely competent to tie his shoes without faxed instructions from the DNC I think I’ll pass.
CBS has lined up 4 people to-make an American sick. Double pass.
Kit Bond could be interesting on Fox but I’m not sure I can wade through Leahy’s bile to get to Bond’s stuff. I still might watch to see if Summers falls asleep.
Lieberman and Grahmnesly might be offering up some worthwhile fare, but gee, the rest of the CNN clown posse is so depressing! If only John King could bring himself to ambush Diane over her corrupt earmark buying millions of dollars in no bid contracts for her hubby with billions of tax payer dollars. Not gonna happen. Wouldn’t be prudent.
That leaves lil George Steponallofus and Imanutjob of Iran. Our Sunday viewing in saved! Wait a minute!
All in all another poor attempt at shoving an updated (and amateurish) Triumph of the Will down our throats. Well, October Sky is on mid morning (I’ve met the author/subject) or Rooster Cogburn is on Encore (I met the bad guy). At least I have alternatives.
Enjoy your Sunday.
PING
The Weekend Talk Show Preview thread is now up.
(woo hoo! I made it!)
I’ll be on a poker run tomorrow morning so I’m gonna miss this weeks dog~&~pony show(s). Looks like I picked the right week!
Two weeks to TechEd!
I loved October Sky. If you haven’t seen this movie, rent it, folks! Good, American values triumph.
Yay, and it’s not my bedtime :)
This is fun.
“Newsweek editor Jon Meacham’s biography of Andrew Jackson, American Lion, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography this week. Meacham, a Chattanooga native, is an alumnus of McCallie and the University of the South at Sewanee. His win of American literature’s highest distinction was a little surprising, because ever since it came out last year, we’ve been hearing complaints about the book from history scholars that it’s a shallow, cut-and-paste job that offers little analysis and little comprehension of the complexity of the first Tennessee president and his times.”
We know why Meacham got the prize, he’s one of the in crowd and they give each other these awards. It makes them all feel good and important.
I’ll be looking for reports from TechEd. I’m sorry I can’t join you this year. I have a feeling it’s going to be about like Comdex 2002, pretty empty.
I met Homer Hickam, along with Gene Cernan, at KSC for the 30th anniversary events for the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1999. Guess what that makes this July 20? By the way, Hickam’s book that was the basis for the movie is Rocket Boys. Same letters, just rearranged. And I agree, it’s a great movie.
I think they gave him the prize to add credibility to his upcoming book trashing Bush.
LOL. I know. They will continually introduce him as “Pulitzer Prize winning author....” and the masses will think he actually is a credible author.
OMG, they have McCain on to discuss “torture.” (Note, we now have to put quotes around the word since everyone thinks they get to define it for themselves based on their own sensitivities.)
They should have had Liz Cheney: http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/04/25/liz-cheney-breaks-nora-odonnell-on-torture-discussion/
This Geithner anecdote of the day is very interesting and very telling: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/04/22/geithner-anecdote-of-the-day/
This guy was not indispensible because he’s some boy genius or great leader. He’s there because he is the perfect tool to carry out whatever those who are pulling his strings want carried out.
“Conservatives Upset By Release Of Memos”
Right...just those bad old conservatives.
I will not watch ABC.
What did I tell you. Look at all those “conservatives.”
“Americans believe Obama’s release of CIA memos endangers national security
Posted by Dan Spencer (Profile)
Saturday, April 25th at 9:54AM EDT
5 Comments
Rasmussen finds 58% of Americans believe the Obama administration’s recent release of CIA memos endangers the national security of the United States.
Sizable majorities of Republicans and unaffiliated voters say the release of the CIA memos about the interrogations hurts national security. Democrats are evenly divided on whether the release hurt national security or helped the image of the United States abroad.”
Obama's (likely) response: "So what. I won."
Guests
* Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
o Iranian President
o Official blog
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I think the top of my head is blowing off as I realize this is not the Onion or the Daily Show version of the Sunday line-up.
The entire Sunday programming is totally depressing.
You are right - hagiography is here.
The best I can do is ask acquaintances if Obama has made their life better yet...
Hi my friend!
I can honestly say that the ONLY person listed who I would want to listen to is Kit Bond. However, I can’t get over the fact that he is retiring, which kinda, sorta takes some of the power out of his words, IMO.
I had heard that Mary Matalin has joined CNN. Well....that will be cozy with her nasty husband at her side.
Can you imagine the foursome of Matalin, Carville, Brazile and Begala?? Gag me.
Oh...and Stephy and Nutjob, huh?? I guess Stephy is setting up a date with Nutjob for his buddy obama. Remember when Dan Rather went to interview Saddam Hussein, shortly before the war??
That is what I thought of when I read that Nutjob would be on Stephy’s show.
Anyway....thanks for your thread. The information you provide is only about 100 times better than anything we learn watching the shows.~~
I am beginning to think there is little reason to get up and watch this swill! Probably drop into the Sunday thread later on, if it lasts that long.
That’s the pattern I follow....I get sick if I watch any thing other than Fox.
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