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Saturday shows first, then the Sunday shows as individual posts

Preview of the Saturday Shows for 7/15/06

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- If Bush had only listened to us he would have been so much better off (by going right... no left...not right... not left...)
Topics:
- Mideast meltdown: Is Iran trying to turn this week's violence into a regional war? We'll outline the nightmare scenario
- President Bush and Russian President Putin's rocky relationship at the G8 summit
Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- All hail the drive by media, particularly the NY Times, the old media network news shows and especially MSNBC's Keith Olberman! Boo Yah!!!!!
Topics:
- New York Times’ Bill Carter on his book, “Desperate Networks”
Guests
- Bill Carter, New York Times reporter
  - NY Times Fluff Piece On Olbermann Has No Mention Of Actual Ratings (NewsBusters - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Maybe Olbermann Should Thank Bush (mediabistro.com, NY - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Karl Rove Beats the Press (theOneRepublic, CA - Jul 11, 2006)
  - How Hard Should CBS News And Other Outlets Hit Back At Critics? (CBS News - Jul 12, 2006)
  - NYT Hypes Olbermann (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jul 11, 2006)
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- The President's problems are all his own fault... even the ones we (the drive by media) created from the whole cloth....
Topics:
- Has President Bush been "reshaped" by the media?
- Crisis in the Middle East. Have the media already taken sides in the conflict?
- The headbutt heard 'round the world
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

Meme:
- And now, the adults (the Wall Street Journal editorial staff and friends) will quietly explain everything you really need to know about the middle east, supply side economics and the reason the New York Times should be prosecuted for treason... all in 30 minutes... at 11 PM Eastern... when so many people are watching...
Topics:
- A Two-Front War - Tune in for a discussion on the law and politics of indicting journalists and more.
- Paul Gigot and Wall Street Journal editors explore who and what are behind Israel's two-front war in the Middle East.
- What's causing the record rush of tax revenues to the U.S. Treasury?
- An interview with Gabriel Schoenfeld, of Commentary magazine, on the law and politics of indicting journalists for disclosing national-security secrets.
Guests
- Gabriel Schoenfeld, of Commentary magazine
  - All the News That's Fit to Prosecute (The Weekly Standard - Jul 7, 2006)
  - It’s Fish or Cut Bait Time, Mr. Attorney General (American Thinker, AZ - Jun 24, 2006)
  - Trying to stifle what you know (Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Jul 12, 2006)
  - 'Conservatives' Condemn Freedom of the Press (Antiwar.com, CA - Jul 2, 2006)
  - Has the 'Gray Lady' turned Bush yellow? (Contra Costa Times, CA - Jul 2, 2006)
  - Tough talk on Korea, too late (Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 23, 2006)
Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

ABC This Week preview for 7/16/06 (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- Things are really bad now (pay attention, we're telling you what to think here), but remember just how good (we told you they were) under Clinton?
- We've been spending all this time and money on the War on Terror over there, but we should be spending the money here! (just look how well we managed the Big Dig!)
Topics:
- Brewing tensions in the Middle East
- The continuing terror threat and the U.S. response
Guests
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  - Biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice (White House web site)
  - Rice Calls for Israeli Restraint (Voice of America - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Premier Saniora Urges for Ceasefire in Conversation with Rice (Naharnet, Lebanon - Jul 14, 2006)
  - UN Security Council in emergency meeting on Middle East (North Korea Times - Jul 14, 2006)
  - President Abbas threatened Condoleezza Rice to dissolve the PA, in Response to her Pressure on Behalf of Israel (Al-Jazeerah.info - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice calls Iranian response disappointing (Ottawa Recorder, Canada - Jul 12, 2006)
  - CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Discussing US-Pakistan Relations (noticias.info - Spain - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Rice condemns blasts; Putin dazed (Moneycontrol.com, India - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice to visit Asia this month (Xinhua, China - Jul 14, 2006)
  - US secretary of state to tour Vietnam for closer ties (People's Daily Online - Jul 14, 2006)
- Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright
  - Bio (State Department archive from Clinton administration listing)
  - Undiplomatic diplomacy (IsraPundit, Canada - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Appeasement - Iraq's Tangled Skein (RedState, VA - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Time for a Korea Change for Kim Jong-il (Human Events, DC - Jul 14, 2006)
- Former Governor Thomas Kean
  - 9/11 Commissioner co-chair
  - Bio (from 9/11 Commission web site)
  - The L Word (National Review Online, NY - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Both Sides Of Times Battle Seem Keen On Kean (CBS News - Jun 29, 2006)
  - If the Left Weren't Hypocritical (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 6, 2006)
  - Another View: Security through people (Statesman Journal, Oregon - Jun 29, 2006)
  - Iraq Linked to Terrorism? Who knew?! (WEBCommentary - Jun 17, 2006)
- Former Senator Lee Hamilton, 9/11 Commissioner
  - 9/11 Commissioner co-chair
  - Bio (from 9/11 Commission web site)
  - "Why Can't We Get Osama bin Laden?," Asks 9/11 Commission Vice Chair Lee Hamilton (DePauw University, Indiana - Jul 9, 2006)
  - What will it take to improve the dialogue of democracy? (Carroll County Comet, IN - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Indiana leads in ‘terror’ targets (Shelbyville News, IN - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Leading Bipartisan Group of Statesmen Agree: Cutting UN Funding Would Impede Much Needed Reforms (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jun 23, 2006)
  - American security experts ask US to pay UN dues (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jun 23, 2006)
- Roundtable
  - Sam Donaldson
  - Cokie Roberts
  - George Will
ABC This Week comment web page

NBC Meet The Press preview for 7/16/06 (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- Joe Biden wants to be President... the DBM asks that you pay no attention to he racist remarks he recently made...
- Newt Gingrich wants to be President ... the DBM asks that you please associate him with all of the racist remarks that Joe Biden recently made...
- Robert Novak must be discredited... all else is unimportant to the drive by media and their overlords
Topics:
- Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) will share their views on
  - the recent violence in the Middle East
  - the foreign policy hot spots of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea
  - the upcoming election season
- Robert Novak, the journalist at the center of the CIA leak case that led to the indictment of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, explains his role
Guests
- Joe Biden (D-DE)
  - Ranking (minority) member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Sen. Joe Biden Chided for 'Racist' Remark (NewsMax.com, FL - Jul 7, 2006)
  - Joe Biden's gone off the reservation (Canada Free Press, Canada - Jul 7, 2006)
  - Did Senator Joe Biden Put His Foot In His Mouth? (WMDT, MD - Jul 7, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden Commits Racial Slur, Where's the Outrage? (NewsBusters - Jul 7, 2006)
  - Sen. Joe Biden: North Korea a 'Paper Tiger' (NewsMax.com, FL - Jul 5, 2006)
  - Comment: he's baaaaaack - bet they don't ask him about 7-11 stores
- Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
  - Web site | Bio
  - COGITO ERGO SUM NEWT (New Republic, D.C. - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Newt Gingrich announces he is forming a movement to create a second Contract (RedState, VA - Jul 10, 2006)
  - Path paved for Newt Gingrich to take White House (The Olympian, WA - Jun 29, 2006)
  - Could Newt Gingrich Be the Big Winner of 2006 (Bloomberg - Jun 12, 2006)
- Robert Novak
  - TownHall.COM column archive | Bio
  - Joe Wilson’s Response To Robert Novak Column (Collective Bellaciao, France - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Robert Novak Breaks His Silence (FOX News - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Transcript: Robert Novak Breaks His Silence About the CIA Leak (FOX News - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Robert Novak About to Come Clean on Plame Case? (Editor & Publisher - Jul 11, 2006)
What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

CNN Late Edition preview for 7/16/06 (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- Things are really bad now (pay attention, we're telling you what to think here), Bush has messed up ALL of our relationships with our good friends and allies... like France and Russia...
- Please listen to the voices of those who hate America and Israel... the true constituency of CNN... they have much to tell us...
Topics:
- Violence erupts in the Mideast. What is the next step for Israel?
- The role of the United States in the Middle East.
Guests
- Dan Bartlett
  - White House counselor
  - Bio
  - Dan Bartlett Stumped When Asked to Name Anyone ‘Calling for the White Flag of Surrender’ (Think Progress, DC - Jun 22, 2006)
  - Bush to press Israel to spare civilians (Houston Chronicle, United States - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Press Gaggle by Dan Bartlett (Whitehouse.gov (press release), DC - Jun 12, 2006)
  - Change of Tack Has Bush Taking Local Angles (New York Sun, NY - Jul 7, 2006)
- Shimon Peres
  - Israeli vice premier
  - Bio
  - Humiliated Israel pounds its foes (Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Peres Calls on the Lebanese Government to Act (Arutz Sheva, Israel - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Israeli vice premier says attack on Palestinian prime minister a "clear warning" (Israel Insider, Israel - Jul 2, 2006)
  - 'Dead king walking' (Ha'aretz, Israel - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Israel intends to continue talks with Palestine – Shimon Peres (ITAR-TASS, Russia - Jun 17, 2006)
  - Shimon Peres urges "economic peace" with Palestinians (Interfax Russia, Russia - Jun 17, 2006)
- Imad Moustapha
  - Syrian ambassador to the United States
  - Web site | Bio
  - Israel's Presumptive Reprisals (OpEdNews - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Israeli Ambassador, US Turn Blame On Iran, Syria (Playfuls.com, Romania - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Syrian envoy asks US to impose restraint on Israel (Reuters - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Israeli warplanes hit Beirut suburb (CNN - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Settler's body believed found (CNN International - Jun 28, 2006)
- Senator Trent Lott (Republican - Mississippi)
  - Member Select Intelligence Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Lott: Plan to revamp FEMA would aid disaster response (KLFY, LA - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Trent Lott may want leader`s job back (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jun 30, 2006)
  - Talk of Trent Lott returning to Senate leadership grows (Raw Story, MA - Jun 29, 2006)
  - Trent Lott/William Jefferson - A Double Standard (NewsByUs, ID - Jun 17, 2006)
- Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat - California)
  - Member Select Intelligence Committee
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Raise fuel economy standards now (Washington Times, DC - Jul 1, 2006)
  - Offshore drilling compromise proposed, Cal officials opposed (CBS 47, CA - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Dianne Feinstein's Phased Pandering: A Euphemism for Cut-and-Run (National Ledger, AZ - Jun 20, 2006)
  - Specter Touts Deal on Eavesdropping Review (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Sometimes the French Are Right (Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 14, 2006)
- Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie
  - Iraqi national security adviser
  - The Iraqi Civil Conflict: Another Reason for Bringing the Troops Home (Foreign Policy In Focus - Jul 12, 2006)
  - The Case For Withdrawal (Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition, VA - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Iraq: al-Rubaie lays out road map for US troop withdrawals (Questions and Observations - Jun 20, 2006)
  - Iraqi Reconciliation Plan Releases 450 Prisoners (All Headline News - Jun 28, 2006)
- Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri
  - Pakistan's foreign minister
  - Bio (via Wikipedia)
  - Kasuri misquoted on Mumbai blasts: Pak (NDTV.com, India - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice With Pakistan FM Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri (Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - Jul 10, 2006)
  - No progress in Pak, India relations possible without headway on Kashmir: Kasuri (Pakistan Link, CA - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Islamabad, Tehran enjoy good friendly relations: Kasuri (Online - International News Network, Pakistan - Jul 7, 2006)
  - Al Qaeda link to Kashmir worries India (International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Pakistan again raises nuclear deal, but finds US cold (India eNews.com, India - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Kasuri in Paris (Online - International News Network, Pakistan - Jul 5, 2006)
- Fouad Ajami
  - Professor of Middle East studies, Johns Hopkins University
  - Author, "The Foreigner's Gift"
  - Background (via CFR)
  - Author Fouad Ajami Says US-Led Invasion of Iraq Was A Noble War (Voice of America - Jun 28, 2006)
  - Holding Islam Accountable (New York Sun, NY - Jun 28, 2006)
  - Mirages Within Mirages (Standard-Speaker, PA - Jun 14, 2006)
  - The Extremist Is Never Alone (Opinion Journal, NJ - Jun 24, 2006)
  - Shiism’s Waxing Crescent (Council on Foreign Relations, New York - Jun 16, 2006)
- The Astronauts of space shuttle Discovery
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday preview for 7/16/06 (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- Are things really as bad as they seem to be (as the drive by media is telling us)?
- George Allen wants to be President - the fact that he's being given air time on Fox without Webb must mean they think he's going to win
- Chis Dodd wants to be President - the fact that he's being given air time on Fox must mean that he's really a joke
Topics:
- Is President Bush's foreign policy being undercut by realities on the ground?
- Comment: could they phrase that any more insultingly?
Guests
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  - Biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice (White House web site)
  - Rice Calls for Israeli Restraint (Voice of America - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Premier Saniora Urges for Ceasefire in Conversation with Rice (Naharnet, Lebanon - Jul 14, 2006)
  - UN Security Council in emergency meeting on Middle East (North Korea Times - Jul 14, 2006)
  - President Abbas threatened Condoleezza Rice to dissolve the PA, in Response to her Pressure on Behalf of Israel (Al-Jazeerah.info - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice calls Iranian response disappointing (Ottawa Recorder, Canada - Jul 12, 2006)
  - CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Discussing US-Pakistan Relations (noticias.info - Spain - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Rice condemns blasts; Putin dazed (Moneycontrol.com, India - Jul 12, 2006)
  - Rice to visit Asia this month (Xinhua, China - Jul 14, 2006)
  - US secretary of state to tour Vietnam for closer ties (People's Daily Online - Jul 14, 2006)
- Senator George Allen (Republican - Virginia)
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Allen Holds Huge Cash Advantage Over Webb (WJLA, DC - Jul 14, 2006)
  - DNC: George Allen's Hypocrisy on Tax Cuts (noticias.info, Spain - Jul 11, 2006)
  - Re: George Allen goes to Gitmo (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jul 11, 2006)
  - George Allen Gets Ready To Play The "Hitler" Card Versus Jim Webb (Huffington Post, NY - Jul 7, 2006)
- Senator Chris Dodd (Democrat - Connecticut)
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Is Dodd Next White House Hopeful? (CBS News - Jul 14, 2006)
  - Connecticut AFL-CIO aims to change America (People's Weekly World - Jul 13, 2006)
  - Dodd's First '08ish Trip (National Journal, DC - Jul 11, 2006)
- Philippe Cousteau
  - Bio
  - president of Earth Echo International
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

Mark Kilmer has posted his preview on RedState.COM

The Sunday Shows - Lineup

By: Mark Kilmer · Section: Other Politics

For Sunday, July 16, 2006
Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tim Russert will talk to Joe Biden ('08) and Newt ('08) about "the recent violence in the Middle East, the foreign policy hot spots of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, and the upcoming election season.:
Let the knowledge pour forth, and we, the knuckle-dragging masses, shall be enlightened.
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace will chat with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ('08). The question, as articulated on their web site? "Is Pres. Bush's foreign policy being undercut by realities on the ground?" So, Secretary Rice, has reality made Bush obsolete? We'll see what she has to say.
Wallace next speaks with George Allen ('08) and Chris Dodd ('08), presumeably about stuff and fiddlesticks.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer speaks with Rice, Dick Haass, president of the CFR, and Jane Harman (D-California) of the House Intelligence Committee.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to Rice then to former Clinton (Bill) State Secretary, and friend to North Korean despots Madeline Albright. He loves carting out those relics to "prove" that the dead dream lives.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer talks to Dan Bartlett, with whom we're all familiar, and to Isreali Vice Premier Shimon Peres. His congressiona duel will be between Trent Lott and California's DiFi.
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Allen, Lott, Dodd, and Feinsten. There's no Team Interesting material there. Joe Biden and Newt always have interesting theories and schemes on international matters, trapped somewhere between meta-reality and gibberish. Secretary Rice is always good.
Haass of the CFR is an interesting case. In 2003, he told Charlie Rose that there "was a very strong case about [Saddam posessing] chemical and biological weapons." Earlier this month, Haas told the WashPost: "The danger is that Mr. Bush will hand over a White House to a successor that will face a far messier world, with far fewer resources left to cope with it."
Then there's Madeline Albright. Again.
As always, I'll have the show-by-show here at RedState.com on Sunday afternoon.

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