The weekend talk show preview thread is posted
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Thanks for the "Early Warning System" thread. I see the McBiden Express will be on tomorrow, so I will opt for Church instead.
Plugs Biden was at UT in Austin this past Thursday, blasting the Administration on national security. I guess that is his/RATs latest talking point.
He told an "inspired crowd" (not by the pictures in the paper or on the tube), that he was running for president in '08. DUH... He better watch his back, or there may be another case of Arkancide.
This post is really one of the highlights of the FR week. Great job!
Great job again Phsstpok! Hope you are feeling well.
One other voice besides Warner that has come out for the port deal is John McCain
Fran Townsend is on FNC, with the release of the new Katrina report ('Lessons Learned'), I think they'll discuss what went wrong. I suspect that Chris will ask a few tough questions, but don't expect as much Bush-bashing as if she were on Timmy's show. Since she's from HS, I suspect she'll also discuss the port deal.
MTP: Arnold may discuss how the Chinese are running ports in CA, but depends if he gets off the 'how great I am' kick. May also touch on border security/immigration
CNN: Kay BH - saw her briefly on FNC yesterday. She didn't exactly come out against the port deal (though, IIRC she mentioned she wanted to hear/learn more about it). She was more concerned w overall port security, so I suspect that will be discussed.
Iraq: most of the hosts will be screeching about how bad things are and how Iraq is on the brink of a civil war. While there is certainly unrest there, I think the MSM is mis-characterizing it and somewhat disengenuous about a civil war.
WSJ: I would hope there would be discussion of how GOOD the economy really is, even though the word isn't getting out very well.
I agree w Peach about discussion of the Rasmussen poll and how for the 1st time folks 'trust' Dims w Nat'l Security more. Wonder if they'll bring out the other parts of the poll, such as a majority of the respondents weren't sure if foreign countries were currently running ops at our ports or thought US companies now were and that a lot of them weren't really following the issue. The fact that Dims are even showing this high is a little disturbing (though, I think that will change when more of the truth comes out). Many of us saw through them and discussed this last week and that their outcry over this issue was just to take the Nat'l Security issue out of favoring Bush.
Survey of 1,000 Adults
February 22-23, 2006
Should Dubai Ports World Be Allowed to Buy Port Operating Rights?
Yes 17%
No 64%
RasmussenReports.com
Are Port Operating Rights Currently Owned by U.S. Firm?
Yes 15%
No 39%
Not Sure 46%
RasmussenReports.com
Trust More on National Security
President Bush 41%
Democrats in Congress 43%
RasmussenReports.com
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/February%20Dailies/Dubai%20Ports.htm
I'm not sure how this fits in but it looks to me the spin from the Democrats is going to be to shut the Port talk down now that the political damage is done to Bush. I think you will see the spin be how "Everyone knows Bush blew the Port deal" style talking points trying to make the Democrat spin lies accepted "facts" and shut out any attempt to actually get the facts out about the Democrat's Propaganda. Democrats want to shut down debate now before the facts we have been getting out bit them hard. Considering the Me Too Republicans they have picked to be on the shows, do not think there will be much defense of the truth tomorrow.
I'm heading out to see my surgeon now. This should be the last visit before the surgery and we'll pick the day, either this Monday or Tuesday, or the 6th or 7th. We're leaning towards Monday the 6th or Tuesday the 7th, but I just want it to be done so I can begin the process of getting vision back in that eye.
I'm assuming I'll be back on late this afternoon.
So far I'm very impressed with what has been generated on this thread. I think I'm going to ping folks like Tony Snow and Rush to AB's thread this week as suggested reading and show prep! (it's only fair, I use them for thread prep)
TV Headsup:
Space Shuttle crew member Mike Mullane disucsses his book "Riding Rockets"
on BookTV (C-Span2) TODAY, Saturday 2-25-06 at 2:25PM EASTERN TIME:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585226/posts
Impressive!
Bump for reading later.
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Whit