Weekend Show *Preview* for 10/14 - 10/15/06 (not the live thread)

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Saturday Shows for 10/14/06

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • The "Well DUH!" factor is heavily invoked for the topics of this weeks show.
  • Oh, goody, Fred is supposed to be back and Sammon's supposed to be gone (NOT! - I'd rather have Sammon alone that both Mort and Fred)
  • Note: see FR thread with Fred Barnes column How Bad Will It Be?
• Topics:
  • Given North Korea, will Foley scandal still be important to midterms?
  • 'Beltway Boys' give updated predictions for House and Senate
  • Red-hot races in N.J. and Tenn.
• 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:
  • Bob, Bob, Bob!  We can save your book.  Really.  "We can rebuild it.  We have the technology."
  • Wait, there's something in the book that makes a Democrat look bad?  Who are you?  I've never met you before!  Get off my set!
• Topics:
  • Bob Woodward discusses his #1 bestseller, 'State of War: Bush at War Part III'.
• Guests
  • Bob Woodward
    • Bob Woodward says Bush misleading world on Iraq (ABC Online, Australia - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Book Review: State Of Denial, by Bob Woodward (Political Affairs Magazine, NY - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Bob Woodward's Controversial New Book (FOX News - Oct 9, 2006)
    • MEET BOB WOODWARD (Ether Zone, IL - Oct 5, 2006)
    • MSM Fails To Notice Section Of Bob Woodward Book Causing Angry Rift Among Democrats (NewsBusters - Oct 9, 2006)
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • The "Well DUH!" factor is also heavily invoked for the topics of this weeks "media criticism" show.
  • Whatever is wrong, it's not theirfault - it's those darn bloggers!
  • Question - shouldn't all of these clowns be working without a paycheck, not just the "traitorous broad?"
• Topics:
  • North Korea tests a nuclear weapon — are some of the media blaming President Bush?
  • The Foley scandal: there's even more to it than you know
  • CBS says no more contributions to politicians
• 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:
  • Hello?  Can we all ignore the totally BS stuff being peddled by the DBM and talk about the issues that make a difference about who really wins the election or the little question of life and death for the human species?  Thankyou!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web site: An Explosive Debate
    • John McCain takes on Bill and Hillary Clinton over North Korea
    • An interview with Nick Eberstadt about what Kim Jong Il is hoping to accomplish with his nuclear test
    • A special look at the Mike DeWine-Sherrod Brown Senate race in Ohio.
  • Fox News Channel web site
    • The North Korean nuclear crisis: As the White House pushes for tougher sanctions, will the world community take decisive action?
    • A neck-and-neck Senate race in the Buckeye State may determine the majority party in 2007
• Guests
  • Nick Eberstadt
    • American Enterprise Institute web page
    • What Is Kim Jong Il Up To? (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 13, 2006)
    • The price of aggression (Jerusalem Post, Israel - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Editorials on North Korea's nuclear test (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct 10, 2006)
    • What does North Korea want? (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 8, 2006)
    • Pyongyang Phooey (American Enterprise Institute, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Haiti in Extremis (American Enterprise Institute, DC - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Rising sun going behind a cloud (Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Sep 11, 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 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • John Bolton, you don't think America should surrender to Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Chris Dodd or Lincoln Chafee and you don't want Israel wiped from the map.  Will you now admit that you're the wrong man to represent America at the UN?
  • Okay, the polls in the other races are beginning to look totally cooked, what with 75% Dhimmicrats in the "random sample," but this one is real, she really is ahead 90% to 2%.  And when we find the people who make up that 2% we will prove to everyone that they are both homosexuals child molesters.
• Topics:
  • How should the U.S. and the world respond to North Korea's claim it tested a nuclear device this week? The debate continues at the United Nations.
  • The Meet the Press Debate Series continues with another closely watched Senate race -- Minnesota.
• Guests
  • U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton
    • State Department Bio
    • Amb. John Bolton on Diplomatic Efforts to Confront North Korea (FOX News - Oct 10, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Won't Be Bullied (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 11, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Sanction Plan (Post Chronicle - Oct 10, 2006)
    • US Ambassador John Bolton Request Rebuffed by United Nations (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Who’s against John Bolton? (Mexia Daily News, TX - Sep 30, 2006)
    • The Nuclear Crisis with Korea and Iran: A Test for Washington's Relations with Moscow and Beijing (Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Venezuela's Chavez Pointed Out the Obvious (Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Correct the Facts on US-Venezuela Relations: Remember the Attempted Coup? (Huffington Post - Oct 13, 2006)
  • Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar, Democrat
    • Campaign web site | Bio
    • Amy Klobuchar hopes to restore balance to state of affairs in Washington (Coon Rapids ECM Publishers, MN - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Senate candidates sharply disagree about economy (Minnesota Public Radio, MN - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Iraq comes back into the discussion in Senate race (KARE TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Attack ads on the rise, but are they effective? (KARE TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Amy Klobuchar/Mark Kennedy (New York Times - Sep 19, 2006)
    • Klobuchar takes hits in Senate campaign — and hits back (Mankato Free Press, MN - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Retrial ordered in clerk's slaying (Pioneer Press, MN - Oct 13, 2006)
    • National parties appear to be rethinking Minnesota Senate race (Minnesota Public Radio, MN - Oct 10, 2006)
    • CQ on senate race: Klobuchar favored (Minneapolis City Pages, MN - Oct 9, 2006)
  • Representative Mark Kennedy, Republican - Minnesota
    • House web site | Bio
    • US Rep. Mark Kennedy engaged in heated campaign for US Senate seat (Coon Rapids ECM Publishers, MN - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Department of Hyperbole: Mark Kennedy edition (Minneapolis City Pages, MN - Sep 21, 2006)
    • High profile senator campaigns with Klobuchar (KARE, MN - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Anti-GOP Mood Gives Dems Clear Lead in Minn. Senate Race (New York Times, United States - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Editorial, Oct. 10: Is that a light at the end of the tunnel, or a train? (Crookston Daily Times, MN - Oct 10, 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)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • The A team from State is on CBS... will they ask her about Bob Woodward's accusation that she was warned about 9/11 (is the Pope Catholic)?
  • Senator John Warner hadn't been on the screaming head shows in awhile, so he decided to criticize the Iraq policy this week.. Bingo!
  • OK, Sam Nunn has been working against nuclear proliferation for 10 years and they've ignored him (because he was critical of Clinton and appeasement and generally supportive of Bush), but he is now conveniently noticed because they can spin his take on stuff to attack Bush... coincidence?
• Topics:
  • The North Korean Nuclear Threat
  • The War In Iraq
• Guests
  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
    • State Department web site | Bio
    • Rice to visit China, Japan, S. Korea next week (Reuters - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Rice, Hungarian diplomat discuss NATO summit, other topics (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Rice probes travel limits on Americans (Washington Times, DC - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Rice: Palestinians Deserve Better Life (Washington Post - Oct 11, 2006)
    • 29 members of Congress ask Rice to keep bounty hunter in US (International Herald Tribune - Oct 10, 2006)
    • "I'll Bet on Condoleezza Rice" (KCPW, UT - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Condoleezza Rice remembers meeting with CIA (Sabah, Turkey - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Mexico rejects Condoleezza Rice remarks (MercoPress, Uruguay - Sep 28, 2006)
    • Editorial: Condoleezza Rice is lying (The Capital Times, WI - Sep 28, 2006)
  • Senator John Warner, Republican - Virginia
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
    • Warner: Virginia Fallout (National Journal, DC - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Sen. John Warner: Iraq War 'Drifting Sideways' (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Warner Says Next 60 to 90 Days Key for Iraq's Future (Bloomberg - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Revenge Of The Axis Of Evil (CBS News - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Whitcover: 'Stay the course' or 'cut and run' (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Top US general: Iraq strategy under review (CNN - Oct 13, 2006)
    • New Iraq policy coming? If so, give public details (Palm Beach Post - Oct 13, 2006)
    • McCain, Warner and Graham surrender (10.08.2006) (Rhinelander Daily News, WI - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Critics Consider Interrogation 'Reform' a Step Backward (The NewStandard, NY - Oct 12, 2006)
  • Former Senator Sam Nunn, Democrat - Georgia
    • Co-chairman, Nuclear Threat Initiative
    • NTI web site | Bio
    • Loose Nuke Material Is 'Terrorist's Dream' (CBS News - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Taking Away Kim Jong-Il’s Nuclear Toys (Asia Sentinel, China - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Bush got it wrong over the axis of evil (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 13, 2006)
    • China supports punitive action against North Korea (ABC Online, Australia - Oct 10, 2006)
    • News Analysis: For White House, a failure of two decades of atomic diplomacy (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Nukes For Sale? (CBS News - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Democrats Poison Foreign Policy Debate (KXMC, ND - Oct 11, 2006)
  • David Sanger
    • The New York Times White House Correspondent
    • So, like, why didn't it work? (ArmsControlWonk.com, MD - Oct 10, 2006)
    • MEET BOB WOODWARD (Ether Zone, IL - Oct 5, 2006)
    • The return of James Baker (Power Line, MN - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Iran Behind the Veil (The New American - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Neighbors Warn North Korea Not to Make Nuclear Test (New York Times - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Kim's message: War is coming to US soil (Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Nuclear Reality: America Loses Bite (New York Times via University of Delaware - Feb 20, 2005)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • Will John Kerry try to ape Bill Clinton by attacking Fox News?  Enquiring minds want to know.
  • John Kerry will now spend 20 minutes teaching all Americans to pronounce the word "nuclear," right before a nucular bomb gets dropped on us by Kim because John voted against a missile defense system (after he voted for it).
  • The A team from State is on Fox... will they ask her about her pro-Hamas statements (at least that's the spin on what she said from the DBM)?
• Topics:
  • What is the Bush administration doing to effectively deal with the numerous challenges abroad and is it enough?
    • Alleged North Korean nuclear test
    • Worsening violence in Iraq
    • Ongoing Iranian efforts to enrich uranium
  • Have President Bush's policies left America less safe? In an exclusive interview, Sen. John Kerry sounds off
  • What options are left for dealing with North Korea?  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice weighs in
  • Coming Up on FOX News Sunday essay
• Guests
  • Senator John Kerry, Democrat - Massachusetts
    • Senate web site | Bio | Campaign web site
    • John Kerry backs Laesch (Aurora Beacon News, IL - Oct 13, 2006)
    • John Kerry: Mistakes and Responsibility (Yahoo! News - Oct 11, 2006)
    • John Kerry hits Fitzpatrick over 'Swift-boating' (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Kerry assails Bush‘s foreign policy (Jordan Falls News, Iowa - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Bill Maher Tees Up Sen. John Kerry's Virulent Anti-Republican Campaign Speech (NewsBusters - Oct 8, 2006)
    • Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation: Veterans Sue Kerry Associates (Yahoo! News (press release) - Oct 10, 2006)
    • North Korea's perennial helpers (Power Line, MN - Oct 13, 2006)
  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
    • State Department web site | Bio
    • Rice to visit China, Japan, S. Korea next week (Reuters - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Rice, Hungarian diplomat discuss NATO summit, other topics (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Rice probes travel limits on Americans (Washington Times, DC - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Rice: Palestinians Deserve Better Life (Washington Post - Oct 11, 2006)
    • 29 members of Congress ask Rice to keep bounty hunter in US (International Herald Tribune - Oct 10, 2006)
    • "I'll Bet on Condoleezza Rice" (KCPW, UT - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Condoleezza Rice remembers meeting with CIA (Sabah, Turkey - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Mexico rejects Condoleezza Rice remarks (MercoPress, Uruguay - Sep 28, 2006)
    • Editorial: Condoleezza Rice is lying (The Capital Times, WI - Sep 28, 2006)
  • FNS Panel
    • FOX News Managing Editor Brit Hume
    • Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol
    • NPR Senior National Correspondent Juan Williams
    • NPR National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson.
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • John Bolton, you don't think America should surrender to Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Chris Dodd or Lincoln Chafee and you don't want Israel wiped from the map.  Will you now admit that you're the wrong man to represent America at the UN?
  • Pay no attention to the Ford family members under indictment for political corruption or rigging election.  This is about Harold Chevy... yeah, that's the ticket...
  • Bob Corker, ex mayor from east Tennessee.  Harold Ford, congressman from west Tennessee.  The state's 500 miles long and those ends of the state are in two different time zones.  Can you say "diversity?"  Can you say "they're from different planets?"
  • Homer Simpson mode on: Ummmmmmm, Marg Helgenberger!
• Topics:
  • The North Korean threat
    • North Korea says it's conducted its first-ever nuclear weapons test and the world responds. Will diplomacy defuse the crisis?
    • Will the Security Council pass a resolution that shows global unanimity of outrage?
    • Will China and Russia succeed in forcing the United States to accept a less aggressive resolution?
  • The struggle for stability in Iraq
  • ON THE TRAIL:  The tight fight for the open Senate seat in Tennessee could be key to the balance of power in Congress
  • VOICES SUNDAY: Marg Helgenberger of 'CSI' discusses her 'first time' at the polls, making a non-partisan push for more women to vote in November
• Guests
  • John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
    • State Department Bio
    • Amb. John Bolton on Diplomatic Efforts to Confront North Korea (FOX News - Oct 10, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Won't Be Bullied (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 11, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Sanction Plan (Post Chronicle - Oct 10, 2006)
    • US Ambassador John Bolton Request Rebuffed by United Nations (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Who’s against John Bolton? (Mexia Daily News, TX - Sep 30, 2006)
    • The Nuclear Crisis with Korea and Iran: A Test for Washington's Relations with Moscow and Beijing (Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Venezuela's Chavez Pointed Out the Obvious (Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Correct the Facts on US-Venezuela Relations: Remember the Attempted Coup? (Huffington Post - Oct 13, 2006)
  • Representative Harold Ford, Democrat - Tennessee
    • House web site | Bio
    • Ford, Corker Differ On Response For North Korea (WTVF, TN - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Corker, Ford race turns to issue of lobbying (Nashville City Paper, TN - Oct 13, 2006)
    • HEART OF THE MATTER: Harold Ford and the Playboy bunnies (WBIR-TV, TN - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Rep. Harold Ford Fires Back At Republicans (BET, DC - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Press Release: Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Wins Today’s DICK Award (Men's News Daily, CA - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Harold Ford Behind in Tennessee (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Is Harold Ford Jr. really a new generation of Democrat—or is he just another Ford? (
  • Former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, Republican
    • Campaign web site | Bio
    • Corker attorneys in easement lawsuit no longer claiming conflict (WTVF - unknown date)
    • Frist Visits Here To Support Corker's Senate Campaign (Greeneville Sun, TN - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Corker link to pension investment firm not disclosed (Chattanooga Times Free Press,  USA - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Bob Corker's turnaround, and Harry Reid's empty anger (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 10, 2006)
    • HEART OF THE MATTER: Harold Ford on Bob Corker's wealth (WBIR-TV, TN - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Ford says voted for balanced budgets, Corker notes Ford votes with Kennedy, Clinton (Chattanooga Times Free Press - Oct 11, 2006)
  • Marg Helgenberger
    • Actress, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • IMDB  web page | Bio
  • SUNDAY'S ROUNDTABLE:
    • ABC News's George Will
    • Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria
    • ABC News chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz
• ABC This Week comment web page

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • John Bolton, you don't think America should surrender to Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Chris Dodd or Lincoln Chafee and you don't want Israel wiped from the map.  Will you now admit that you're the wrong man to represent America at the UN?
  • OK, let's line up a balanced show: two people who like George W. Bush and six who think he's the anti-Christ (if you believe in that sort of thing, that is)
  • If there is a "debate" between Dean and Mehlman where they appear at the same time I'll be REALLY surprised.  Howie D is a coward and won't appear at the same time with a real Republican who can point out his outrageous lies.  If he does it it's because he has some secret evidence to spring on Mehlman (Howie put Ken on The List?).  We'll see.
• Topics:
  • How will the world respond to North Korea's threat?
  • With only three weeks until midterm elections, the Democrat and Republican party chairmen debate
• Guests
  • John Bolton: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
    • State Department Bio
    • Amb. John Bolton on Diplomatic Efforts to Confront North Korea (FOX News - Oct 10, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Won't Be Bullied (National Ledger, AZ - Oct 11, 2006)
    • John Bolton: US Sanction Plan (Post Chronicle - Oct 10, 2006)
    • US Ambassador John Bolton Request Rebuffed by United Nations (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Who’s against John Bolton? (Mexia Daily News, TX - Sep 30, 2006)
    • The Nuclear Crisis with Korea and Iran: A Test for Washington's Relations with Moscow and Beijing (Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Venezuela's Chavez Pointed Out the Obvious (Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Correct the Facts on US-Venezuela Relations: Remember the Attempted Coup? (Huffington Post - Oct 13, 2006)
  • Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Chairman
    • DNC web site | Bio
    • Howard Dean talks up Democrats in Maine (Brocktown News - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Howard Dean (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 8, 2006)
    • 47 Members Of Congress Push DNC In Denver (cbs4denver.com, CO - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Howard Dean's Vision (Blogcritics.org, OH - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Will Howard Dean Destroy The Democratic Party? (Blogger News Network - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Hillary Takes Swipe at Howard Dean (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Howard Dean: Race, Immigration Key Issues in 2008 (NewsMax.com, FL - Sep 30, 2006)
    • Howard Dean to the Rescue... (Huffington Post, NY - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Howard Dean: 'This Is Just a Firestorm' (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Ken Mehlman, Republican National Committee Chairman
    • GOP web site | Bio
    • Ken Mehlman, Abramoff's "Rock Star" (TPMmuckraker, NY - Sep 29, 2006)
    • New Book Says White House Exploits Evangelical Supporters (Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Book alleges faith-based initiatives are bogus (Dallas Baptist Standard, TX - Oct 13, 2006)
    • 'NYT' Sunday Preview: Ken Mehlman is 'Anal-Retentive, Man!' Says Karl Rove (Editor & Publisher - Sep 22, 2006)
    • Poll Finds Religious Whites Shifting From GOP (The Moderate Voice - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Ken Mehlman: 2006 Is Not Like 1994 (Human Events, DC - Sep 25, 2006)
    • Ken Mehlman, positive on November (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Sep 26, 2006)
    • Bush's mid-term meltdown (The Australian, Australia - Oct 13, 2006)
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Armed Services Committee member
    • Homeland Security Committee member
    • Congress Urges District to Require Meters in Cabs (WJLA, DC - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Investigators say late fees for credit cards have jumped (WLNS, MI - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Sen. Carl Levin Twists Record to Attack President Bush (Human Events, DC - Sep 17, 2006)
    • Lawmakers' families take exotic trips -- for free (DetNews.com, MI - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Political Offensive Could Leave Us Defenseless (Evening Bulletin, PA - Oct 11, 2006)
    • What did the Democrats say about Iraq’s “WMD”? (Aljazeera.com, UK - Oct 12, 2006)
  • Senator Chuck Hagel, RINO - Nebraska
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee member
    • Senate Select Intelligence Committee member
    • US Senator Chuck Hagel reminded of 'horrors' of Vietnam War (International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Why the Israel Lobby Wants to Marginalize Chuck Hagel (New York Observer, NY - Sep 13, 2006)
    • US may grant Vietnam PNTR status Nov. 13 (VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Oct 6, 2006)
    • US senator supports Vietnam’s WTO entry (Saigon Times Daily, Vietnam - Oct 8, 2006)
    • GOP Luminaries Voice Concern On Iraq Policy (KCCI.com, IA - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Biography of Hagel looks at the outspoken senator, his early influences (Lincoln Journal Star, NE - Sep 23, 2006)
  • Ron Brownstein
    • Los Angeles Times correspondent
    • CNN political analyst
    • Foley scandal exposes the Washington system (Socialist Worker Online, IL - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Treating Criminality As Daring Boldness: The Media on Bush (American Chronicle, CA - Oct 2, 2006)
    • GOP Scandal Shows Dangers of Stifling Dissent (LA Times - Oct 8, 2006)
    • Ron Brownstein on Tail Winds, Floorboards, and Butterfly Wings (Columbia Journalism Review - Apr 23, 2004)
    • Brendan Nyhan: Conflict of interest watch: Ron Brownstein (brendan-nyhan blog - May 15, 2005)
  • Candy Crowley
    • CNN senior political correspondent
    • CNN web page
    • Crowley: GOP's backing based on electability (CNN International - Sep 13, 2006)
    • Don’t Overestimate the Competition (RedState, VA - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Bill Clinton, Bin Laden, and Hysterical Revisions (NewsBusters - Sep 25, 2006)
  • Stu Rothenberg
    • The Rothenberg Political Report
    • CNN political analyst
    • Swann, Rendell clash on gun laws (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct 11, 2006)
    • Foley fallout, campaign woes bedevil GOP (Worcester Telegram, MA - Oct 7, 2006)
    • Terror report brings Iraq to forefront for Kyl, Pederson (AZ Central.com, AZ - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Iraq Is Fueling Muslim Radicalism Globally, US Says (Bloomberg - Sep 27, 2006)
    • Democrats Cite New Hope in Bid to Retake Senate (New York Times - Sep 27, 2006)
    • Rambling Through the '06 Battleground (Washington Post - Sep 20, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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See the initial post for my "usual witty commentary."  An excerpt:

Week six of the "official mid-term election campaign coverage" (as if it campaign coverage ever stops) and the DBM is in panic mode.  The plot to drive out the "evil Republicans" by using Iraq is in tatters since every time they forced the President to talk about Iraq and the War On Terror his polls and the Republican's polls go up, so they had to get off of that real quick.  Then they went to the dugout for their "relief slander" and pulled out the Foley scandal 3 weeks early, because trends weren't looking good and "real reporters" in the DBM were beginning to ask questions about the total BS that Billy Jeff had been spouting off in his meltdown on Fox.  Can't have that!...

... it's time to haul out the next "master strategy that is guaranteed to win back Congress for the rightful masters of the little people™."  What plan, you ask?  Simple, get more push polls and use their "conclusions" as the basis for claiming that the Dhimmicrats are really the party of a tough aggressive foreign policy!

No, really.  Stop laughing.  I mean it. ...

 

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You are forgiven about Marg Helgenberger, my friend...


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Three addition to the lineup for this weekend from the Fox and Friends email

FOX NEWS SPECIAL
"North Korea: A Threat to the World"  Sat. 8pm / 12am, Sun. 4pm ET

Could Kim Jong Il incite a nuclear war? Shepard Smith gives you a close look at North Korea's past, present, and possible future, including the story of North Korea's rise to nuclear weapons status, it's history of stolen and smuggled technology, secret construction sites, ugly threats, blackmail, and outright defiance.

"The Jihad"
War Stories Investigates  Sunday, 8pm / 11pm ET
Oliver North explores what every person should know about jihad and brings historical context to today's events. Plus, in an exclusive interview, Vice President Dick Cheney tells us what it will take to stop them. Click here for a sneak preview of the episode.

Take a look at these photo essays:
 The History of Jihad
 Faces of Terror

Honoring Our Men & Women
Weekend Live Special  Saturday, 12pm  2pm ET
As the U.S. Air Force Memorial takes flight in Arlington, VA, host Brian Wilson is kicking off the celebration LIVE from the scene. Tune in to see the world-famous thunderbirds in this dedication ceremony. Plus, country superstar Lee Ann Womack performs! 

 

 

[Phsstpok]

When I went to post this thread I got two errors. First I had too many topics and the system said that it had to be limited to four.

But then it also said that I could only have four keywords and wouldn't let me post until I'd chopped that list down too. I know I always post more keywords than that. I looked at last weeks thread and confirmed it was way more than four.

Is this new? Did I do something else wrong?

[Phsstpok]

A picture! How could I forget the rules and fail to post a picture! Thanks for covering for me.

[Phsstpok]

I won't be on FR for the next few hours. I'm heading out to GOP county campaign HQ to man the phone bank for a few hours. First time, so I'll stumble through a bit. They're also going to give me phone lists to call from home, which will give me something to do when I have to hide in a dark room because my eyes are giving me grief. I'll even get them to print out the list in a big font, if I can. Even if I can't see much I can still make phone calls!

Go out and get involved. Only a few weeks left and this election is going to be 100% decided on turn out. Don't pay any attention to the push polls. They are trying to discourage us and suppress our turn out. Don't let the SOBs win.

After all, when was the last time the polls got the elections right?

[Valin]

WHAT! No John McCain! I'm sooo depressed.

[rodguy911]

I drove 2,500 miles this week and listened to talk radio the entire time. Boortz,hannity, savage and many of the rest are content to lament "how many seats we will lose" without giving a good fight first. That is dumb,IMHO.

The only one who gets it of course, is Rush, he has had it with pubbies running around saying the sky is falling before it falls.I have too.

[Seattle Conservative]

Thanks for the great posts and thread, Phsstpok!

I was just getting ready to post about the AF War Memorial. It's also supposed to be on C-Span (they said starting at 1:30 - schedule subject to change). Of course, they won't have Brian Wilson in a flight suit and in an F-16 flight w the Thunderbirds. Rummy is supposed to be there and I believe the President's speech is scheduled for either 1:30 or 2:30 ET.

BTW - Wonder if they'll ask sKerry about Studds who passed away early this a.m. - from a 'head injury while walking his dog'??? Weird, eh? I'd love for them to say something like:
Sen Kerry, the Dims are making such a fuss about Foley, who apparently communicated back and forth with FORMER pages of 17, 18 or 21; however, while he was censured, little was said years ago about former Rep Studds who had sex with a page. How do you explain that - - isn't it just partisan politics on the Dims side, and, especially to have it come out right before the election?

I also hope that for ONCE the have the Dims on 1st then the Pubbies. They always have the Dims on last and they try to counter whatever the Pubbie said - - they Pubbies never have an opportunity for rebuttal. I know Deaniac said he would never appear at the same time as a Pubbie - - wonder if it's also in his contracts that he always gets to go last???

[Phsstpok]

Journal Editorial Report talks about John McCain, though. That's almost as good from his point of view. And they'll show clips of him dissing the Clintons, which will make us happy.

[Seattle Conservative]

Hi Rod,
Glad you made it back from your trip safe and sound.
Mark Levin has also been saying don't listen to the polls - last night he even said don't watch the Sunday Shows (LOL!) - no point in listening to the spin and getting depressed. He's been passionate all week about what will happen to the country if the Dims take over, how we can't let that happen and that everyone must go out and vote Pubbie. He said, if you don't like something, take it up w them AFTER the election. It's too important to not vote and we should all encourage others to do so. He's addressed his talks to Republicans, conservatives, Democrats and independents. Last night he said come on all you Regan Democrats - you must get out and vote for Republicans.

[Valin]

It's not the same as seeing him. Don't try and cheer up! :-)

[Seattle Conservative]

More info on Studds. First it was reported he had a head injury while walking his dog, now they're saying it was apparently a blood clot. Rather bizarre the HUGH discrepancy in the cause and initial story to later one

Saturday, October 14, 2006 · Last updated 8:00 a.m. PT

Studds, 1st openly gay congressman, dies

By JAY LINDSAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Rep. Gerry E. Studds, D-Mass., faces reporters outside the U.S. Capitol in this file photo from July 20, 1983, after he was censured on the House floor. Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at Boston Medical Center, a hospital official said. He was 69. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
BOSTON -- Former U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday at Boston Medical Center, several days after he collapsed while walking his dog, his husband said. He was 69.

Studds fell unconscious Oct. 3 because of what doctors later determined was a blood clot in his lung, Dean Hara said.

Studds regained consciousness, remained in the hospital, and seemed to be improving. He was scheduled to be transferred to a rehabilitation center, but his condition deteriorated Friday and he died at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Hara said.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Obit_Studds.html

Former Congressman Gerry Studds Dies
wbz.com ^ | Saturday, 14 October | Lauren Oaks


Posted on 10/14/2006 6:25:37 AM PDT by lunarbicep


Former Massachsuetts Congressman Gerry Studds has died.

The 69-year-old Studds died this morning at Boston Univesrity Medical Center.

He'd been hospitalized after sustaining head injuries from an accident while walking his dog.

Studds was a ranking member of the House Democratic leadership and advocated for New England fishermen and the ocean environment.

studds, who grew up in Cohasset, was the first openly gay person elected to Congress. He served from 1973 to 1997.

He is survived by his husband, Dean Hara. the couple was among the first same sex couples to be legally married in Massachusetts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719304/posts?page=283#254

[rodguy911]

Hey SC, always good to hear from you.
Mark is right of course,not too surprising since he is a Rush/Hannity protege and their lawyer as well, but why don't the rest get it?
It's never been more foolish than now to listen to the pap coming from the DBM.
Also I am not holding my breath hoping that any of the Sunday shows will have dingy harry on defending how he made 1.1 million bucks off 400,000, ala hillary style, he stole it!!
That story is bound to be buried deep in the archives of the msm.