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Here is video of the "Fox News Sunday" panel discussing the Ft. Hood shooting and whether Islam had anything to do with it. Brit Hume said "this is an act of terrorism" and "this guy for all outward signs is an Islamist therefore you get pretty quickly Islamist terrorism." Kirsten Powers said "It would be wrong to say because the person is Muslim that that necessarily leads to this." Powers went on to say "I feel like a lot of people are trying to tie this to, like, being Muslim leads to this." (Video)

Radio's Rush Limbaugh is not only good for his own business -- with a new eight-year contract offering him the potential to make $400 million -- he's also good for Fox News. Limbaugh's appearance on "Fox News Sunday" set a ratings record for the year so far for the network's Sunday morning counterpunch to "Meet the Press" and the rest. Limbaugh drew 3,892,000 viewers, including 1,180,000 in the coveted 25-54 age group, for the show on the Fox broadcast network and cable's Fox News Channel (2.35 million tuned in at FNC.) "I'm a ... guy who earns a percentage of...

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David Axelrod responds to Rush Limbaugh's interview on Foxnews Sunday talking about the Dover Photo-op of the President,...Rush is obviously on their minds.. (Video)

Axelrod rebuffs Limbaugh for criticism By Tony Romm - 11/01/09 12:12 PM ET White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod on Sunday fired back at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who said earlier this morning the president was "a child" with an "out-of-this-world ego" that does not suit his "a five-minute career." "Well, I think it's a surreal day when you're getting lectures on humility from Rush Limbaugh," Axelrod told CBS' "Face the Nation." "The fact is that he is an entertainer. The president has to run the country," the adviser added. "He's the commander-in-chief. He has huge responsibilities. I think...

Rush on Obama, "We never seen this kind of radical leadership at this high level." Rush hits a grand slam on today's Foxnews Sunday...

The Talk Shows Sunday, November 1st, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio talk show host.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner; David Plouffe, former Obama presidential campaign manager; author Jon Krakauer.FACE THE NATION (CBS): White House senior adviser David Axelrod; Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.THIS WEEK (ABC): White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio; Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.

Limbaugh Tells Fox News Dems Trying to 'Steal' Private Sector The conservative radio talk show host blasted the Democrats' health care bills as a front that would steal money from American businesses and effect the partial takeover of the private sector. Health care reform legislation being pushed through Congress represents the "biggest snatch of freedom and liberty" in U.S. history, Rush Limbaugh tells "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace in an exclusive interview to air this Sunday. The conservative radio talk show host blasted the Democrats' health care bills as a front that would steal money from American businesses and...

If Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell thought he was going to get friendly treatment on "Fox News Sunday," he was in for quite a surprise. Fox host Chris Wallace grilled McDonnell - appearing without Democrat Creigh Deeds, who declined repeated interview requests from Fox - on topics from McDonnell's views on women in the workforce to whether he'll be able to fund road projects without raising taxes or cutting other services to child care. "If we do a good job on job creation and economic development, Chris, you don't cut anything because we expand the economy," McDonnell said. The GOP...

Obama's half hearted condemnation is called out by Foxnews' Brit Hume, this is from the webcast of Foxnews Panel Plus...

Here is video of ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis appearing on Fox News Sunday today, where she was questioned by Chris Wallace. GOP Rep. Darrell Issa also appeared on the show. President Obama refused to appear on Fox News today, even though he appeared on five other Sunday shows. So, Fox News Sunday booked Bertha Lewis and Issa. Lewis said "any organization is not entirely perfect," and admitted she was outraged by what she has seen in the undercover video tapes. She said, "Internally, let's have some reform." Issa said Lewis needs to agree to a full review of how past...

The Talk Shows Sunday, September 20th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Bertha Lewis, chief executive officer of ACORN; Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.; Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx Corp.; Steve Odland, chairman and chief executive of Office Depot Inc.; John Chambers, chairman and chief executive of Cisco.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): President Barack Obama; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.FACE THE NATION (CBS): President Barack Obama.THIS WEEK (ABC): President Barack Obama.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): President Barack Obama; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,...

Bertha Lewis, ACORN C.E.O. and Chief Organizer, appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal on Friday (9/18/09) to discuss the recent scandal. On the program, she announced she was appearing on Fox News with Chris Wallace on Sunday. She stated she received other offers from Fox, which she declined, and that this will be her only appearance on Fox. Please write to Chris Wallace to suggest questions and encourage him to hold her feet to the fire. The email for Fox News Sunday is fns@foxnews.com. The show's Web site is: http://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/chris-wallace/ The page for Lewis' appearance on Washington Journal is: http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/09/18/HP/A/23328/Bertha+Lewis+ACORN+Chief+Organizer.aspx

Bertha Lewis, the CEO of ACORN was on C-SPAN this morning talking about her appearance this Sunday on FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace. "I respect Mr. Wallace. I think, he really does try to be at least fair and balanced and thoughtful." Says Lewis of the network, "As you can well imagine they are not my favorite station."

Appearing on “The O’Reilly Factor” last night (September 18th), Chris Wallace asserted that the 0bama Administration is “the biggest bunch of crybabies I have dealt with in my 30 years in Washington.” The discussion addressed the fact that President Obama is doing all of the major Sunday News Shows, except “Fox News Sunday”. Wallace pointed out he could understand why Obama would be upset with Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, but O’Reilly’s show and Fox News Sunday don’t just “beat on him.” Bill O’Reilly added, “The power shift in the media is now with FOX, FOX News, and talk radio....

The strategy of a full court media press is obvious. You dominate the media cycle for at least a day and likely more than that. So, President Obama will take to the airways and appear on every network including Univision. That means that Sunday will be all Obama all the time on all news networks, radio, and newspapers. It will be a day when his appearances will be analyzed and hyperanalyzed. In fact, the analysis has already started just with release of snippets of the interviews.

Oh boy....when the MSM starts to turn on the messiah you really know the guy has fallen back to earth. Here is Chris Wallace bemoaning the fact that the White House is the "biggest bunch of crybabies" he has ever encountered on the job in the last 30 years: [VIDEO AT SITE] Reagan's White House, one of the most professional. Obama's White House....the worst bunch of scallywag's! Bad part is that he notices the tactic is working on some of his colleagues. (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net

If you are wondering what Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow are going to be spending the week talking about now that the Kennedy memorial is over, get over to Foxnews.com and watch former Vice President Dick Cheney’s blockbuster interview with Chris Wallace. In an extraordinarily blunt, straightforward—and witty—interview, the former Vice President gives his unvarnished, no-holds-barred opinion on the revelation this week that Attorney General Eric Holder was beginning a criminal probe of CIA interrogators, and the implications it has for national security. While Cheney is composed and relaxed throughout, there is little doubt that his outrage at...

<p>WALLACE: Mr. Vice President, welcome back to "FOX News Sunday."</p> <p>CHENEY: It's good to be back, Chris.</p> <p>WALLACE: This is your first interview since Attorney General Holder named a prosecutor to investigate possible CIA abuses of terror detainees. What do you think of that decision? CHENEY: I think it's a terrible decision. President Obama made the announcement some weeks ago that this would not happen, that his administration would not go back and look at or try to prosecute CIA personnel.</p>

Here is video of Sen. Specter and Rep. Ryan on "Fox News Sunday." When Sen. Specter was asked why he thought public support for President Obama's handling of health care has dropped sharply he answered "it is dropping because of so much misinformation." (Watch Video)

So we've got this year's Food Network Star and we eagerly await Melissa D'Arabian's first cooking show. We wrap this year's contest in this post and make a promise we'll be sure to keep.

WALLACE: Joining us now is the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. He is also the author, along with his daughter, of a new book called “5 Principles for a Successful Life.” And, Mr. Speaker, welcome back to “FOX News Sunday.” GINGRICH: Good to be here. WALLACE: House Speaker Pelosi continues to deny that she was ever briefed on the enhanced interrogation techniques that were actually used against Al Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah. But a newly released list of congressional briefings -- and let’s put it up -- says that Pelosi received, quote, “a description of the particular EITs,”...

A goodie from this morning’s Fox News Sunday courtesy of Greg Hengler. Think of this as a blunter — and therefore meaner and funnier — version of the question Tapper used to make Gibbs squirm. We all know what the correct answer is, and we all know that Sebelius can’t give that answer. The suspense mounts: Can she figure out a tactful way to avoid saying, “Yes, he’s a moron”? Incidentally, after warning Americans about the dangers of confined spaces during this time of non-epidemic, Vice President Crackpot hopped the Amtrak home to Delaware yesterday. A symbolic show of support...

Congressional Quarterly has posted a transcript of “Fox News Sunday,” including this exchange between Chris Wallace and Newt Gingrich about the former House speaker’s conversion to Catholicism: WALLACE: Mr. Gingrich, you have been a Baptist most of your life, and last Sunday you converted to Catholicism. Why, sir? GINGRICH: I’m not talking about this much publicly, but let me just say that I found over the course of the last decade, attending the basilica, meeting with Monsignor Rossi, reading the literature, that there was a peace in my soul and a sense of well being in the Catholic Church, and...

The following is a rush transcript of the March 29, 2009, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace." This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: This week, world leaders gather in London for the G20 summit, discussing how best to fight the global financial crisis. Joining us now is one of those leaders, the prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper. And, Prime Minister, welcome to "FOX News Sunday ...

Vice President Cheney on 'FNS' Transcript: The outgoing vice president marks 40 years in Washington by taking a few parting shots at Vice President-elect Biden and Capitol Hill • E-mail the show: fns@foxnews.com Videos Part 1: Outgoing vice president comments on current economic crisis; fires back at Joe BidenPart 2: Vice president on national security controversiesPart 3: Vice president on Iran, bin Laden and changes in Washington

WND Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein will be a guest on the Fox News Channel Sunday. Klein will be featured in a segment beginning at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss his recent report that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is postponing major policy decisions until after the upcoming U.S. presidential election Hamas reportedly believes it will get better deals in the Palestinian arena if Sen. Barack Obama is elected to office, a senior Palestinian official charged. "Hamas is not serious in PA dialogue with Fatah. They are postponing dialogue until new American elections, hoping that Obama wins," said Azzam...

COLUMBUS, OHIO — The following is a partial transcript of the Oct. 19, 2008, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And hello again today from the campaign trail in Columbus, Ohio. Joining us now to talk about the state of the race with little more than two weeks to go is Senator John McCain. And, Senator, welcome back to "FOX News Sunday." REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN MCCAIN: Thanks, Chris, nice to be back with you. WALLACE: Let's start with where this race stands now, 16 days before the election. According to the...

We'll sit down for an exclusive interview with Senator John McCain, live from Columbus, Ohio, only on 'FOX News Sunday'

Have you considered the delicious hypocrisy of Democrat presidential candidates that months ago refused to participate in debates sponsored by Fox News now practically lining up to appear on the cable news channel?Chris Wallace certainly has, and on the most recent installment of "Fox News Sunday," asked Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean about this sudden change of heart by folks who just months ago were depicting the station as too biased to bother with.What follows is a partial transcript of this segment (video embedded right):

Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace confronted Howard Dean over two highly misleading ads put out by the DNC attacking John McCain on Iraq and the economy. Regardless of the very obvious fact that the ads were misleading, at best, Dean refuses to back down irrespective of the evidence Wallace cites. It makes for comical political television, and we can all rest assured that there's plenty more of this to come...

In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Barack Obama again fabricated the background of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to try to excuse his longtime pastor’s denunciations of America and of whites. Referring to racial discrimination, violence, and segregation, Obama said Wright “went through experiences that I never went through.” In his speech on race in Philadelphia, Obama made similar claims. He described a “lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one’s family . . .” Obama said this was “the reality in which...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that race is not the reason he is struggling to attract working-class votes and insisted he can win over uncommitted superdelegates by showing he is "best able to not just defeat John McCain, but also lead the country." Speaking in a broadcast interview, Obama also brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. "I'm not ducking. We've had 21" debates, he said. Trailing in delegates and the popular vote, Clinton has been stepping up the pressure on Obama for more debates...

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, sat for an interview Saturday in Indiana with Chris Wallace. The interview aired on “FOX News Sunday.” They touched on a wide range of topics including the marathon race to the Democratic nomination, Obama’s controversial former pastor, patriotism, and Obama’s positions on the Iraq war, taxes and education.

The Fox News Sunday interview is over. And Obama didn't take on Fox at all in any meaningful sense. On Friday, a senior Obama adviser responded to criticism of his decision to go on Fox with a bunch of tough talk, saying that Obama knew full well that Fox has been at the forefront of spreading "the most specious of rumors" (i.e., lies) about Obama and vowing that he would "take Fox on." Well, it didn't happen. Obama definitely pushed back hard on some of Chris Wallace's questions, but at no point did he draw attention to Fox's spreading of...

It seems like a long time ago that Barack Obama delivered these stirring words in the wake of his victory in the Iowa caucuses: On this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that...

For a moment, let's step away from the commentary, per se, and focus on the commentators. Liberals love to chide Fox News for its alleged conservative bias. So why don't we see, when it comes to being fair and balanced, how this morning's Fox News Sunday panel stacked up against that of its main competitor, Meet the Press? Here are the line-ups--you be the judge. MEET THE PRESS Host–Tim Russert Panel * David Broder–Washington Post columnist * John Dickerson–Slate * Gwen Ifill–PBS * Andrea Mitchell–NBC * Richard Wolffe–Newsweek

Give Barack Obama this: he performed a lot better on Fox News Sunday today than he did in the debate on April 16th. He stammered less when challenged, allowed his considerable personal warmth to surface, and kept his annoyance and anger in check. On the other hand, he offered about the same level of commitment to his answers as he did in Philadelphia, and gave at least a couple of whoppers.One of the more interesting answers came in regards to Jeremiah Wright. He called Wright a “legitimate” campaign issue, which will seem rather shocking to the New York Times, the...

MSNBC's Dan Abrams and the folks in the liberal blogosphere are going to be very disappointed tomorrow when they witness what Chris Wallace says was "a very friendly exchange" between the "Fox News Sunday" host and Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. In fact, despite what Talking Points Memo reported Friday concerning Obama doing the program to "take on Fox," as well as Jonathan Kim's ("Fox Attacks") recommendation on MSNBC's "Verdict" that the junior senator from Illinois should "[go] on and just [attack] them," it appears Chris and Barack had an exceedingly civil and informative discussion about the campaign and the...

Chris Wallace must be happy... Fishbowl DC has learned that Sen. Barack Obama will finally appear on Fox News Sunday this weekend. A pre-taped interview is slated to take place Saturday in Marion, Indiana. You'll recall that Wallace started the "Obama Watch" in March (and even put notice of it on his office door) and dated it back to May 2006, when Wallace said Obama agreed to a face-to-face interview on Fox News Sunday. Obama has largely avoided Fox throughout the campaign, although things changed on January 9 when he did do an interview with the cable news network. We...

FNC anchor Chris Wallace was a topic of conversation during the final segment of Hardball this afternoon on MSNBC. Chris Matthews played the clip of Wallace chastising the "two hours of Obama bashing" on Fox & Friends on Friday, and complimented the anchor for speaking up. The MSNBC panel of Norah O'Donnell, Eugene Robinson and Chuck Todd were complimentary as well during the three-minute segment. "Congratulations to Chris Wallace for standing up to those around you. I always like somebody who's willing to take up others around them," Matthews concluded. Then, smiling, he said, "I sometimes try it," as O'Donnell...

I count Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace among the fairest and most incisive interviewers in the business, and hope his tenure at Fox News is a long one. Anyone who can relentlessly cross-exam Mitt Romney on his changed position on abortion the way Wallace did a while back, then turn around and provoke Bill Clinton to near the point of taking a poke at him, is doing his job and playing no favorites. But should Wallace ever wish a change of venue, never fear: MSNBC apparently can find a place for him. Wallace made some news when, appearing on...

WASHINGTON -- Hoping to prod Barack Obama into appearing on its show, "Fox News Sunday" launched the "Obama Watch," a weekly update on the number of days the Democratic presidential candidate has failed to appear on the program. Host Chris Wallace said Sunday that Obama promised him in March 2006 that he would appear, but the Illinois senator has since demurred. Since then, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been a guest at least twice since then, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the likely Republican nominee for president, has shown up at...

Fox launches 'Obama Watch' Chris Wallace told me last December that the Democratic candidates were "damn fools" for refusing to debate on Fox, and that Barack Obama — unlike Hillary and, famously, Bill Clinton — declined requests to appear on "Fox News Sunday." This morning, Wallace launched the "Obama Watch." Showing perfect News Corp. synergy, Obama was displayed in split screen a la "24," with the ticking time clock at 730 days, 13 hours, 53 minutes and 9 seconds. And counting. That number dates to May 2006, when Wallace said Obama first agreed to a face-to-face interview on "Fox News...

Brit Hume has some blunt advice for conservative Republicans: lay off McCain if you don't want a Dem president. At the very end of today's Fox News Sunday panel segment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol was first to make a point along similar lines. BILL KRISTOL: I'm more conservative than John McCain but I think it would be a mistake for him to just make himself into an orthodox conservative in this election. The reason he is a stronger candidate than a lot of other Republicans would be is that he is a little bit heterodox. He's got his own...

The Bush administration is keeping pressure on the U.S. Congress to reauthorize a domestic terrorist surveillance program involving communications between people in the United States and terror suspects abroad. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that top officials are making the administration's case on national television. The terrorist surveillance law lapsed Sunday. A few hours later, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, in a rare broadcast interview, warned of the consequences. He said at a time when al-Qaida is regrouping in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, America is at increased danger. "We do not have the agility...

WALLACE: I want to follow up on that. Whether it is interrogation of terror prisoners or the intercepting of surveillance among al Qaeda members, are you ever puzzled by all of the concern in this country about protecting of rights of people who want to kill us? BUSH: That is an interesting way to put it. I wouldn't necessarily define some of the critics of my policy that way. I would say that they want to be very careful that we don't overstep our bounds from protecting the civil liberties of Americans. And I understand that, a lot. I do...

President Bush, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace, said he believes John McCain is a true conservative, who is strong on defense, fiscally tough and thinks the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent. He also thinks McCain has a tough job ahead of him convincing other conservatives that he is one of their own. When asked about criticism by conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, the president said "I think that if John is the nominee, he has got some convincing to do to convince people that he is a solid conservative and...

Chris Wallace: "Is John McCain a 'true' conservative?" George Bush: "Absolutely." There's about two minutes more at the link.