Weekend Show *Preview* for 10/21 - 10/22/06 (not the live thread)

Network and Cable News Networks | 10/21/06 | Network and Cable News

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Something new this week

I decided I didn't recognize who some of the people were this week, even after looking them up, so I went out and looked for pictures.  I thought that might help others too, so here are the faces to go along with the names for the Sunday Shows.  I avoided the worst editorial choices, but will admit to trying to be a bit playful in a couple of cases.  This may really annoy some people, so please let me know if it's worth doing or if I should drop it.  All or some of these may disappear or get blocked as I'm just linking to pictures already out there.  I did try to limit that to primarily large institutions or government sites.  I hope this works.

Fox News Sunday

Senator Richard Lugar	Senator John Warner	Senator Joe Biden	Senator Carl Levin	Sir Richard Branson
Chris Wallace	Brit Hume	Bill Kristol	Juan Williams	Mara Liasson

ABC This Week

President George W. Bush	Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass	Kelly Kulick
George Stephanopoulos	George Will	Cokie Roberts	Sam Donaldson

CBS Face The Nation

Chuck Schumer	Elizabeth Dole	Bob Schieffer	Amy Walter

CNN Late Edition

Bill Frist	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Jack Reed	Alexander Haig	Zbigniew Brzezinski
Norm Ornstein	Mike Allen	Andrea Koppel	Wolf Blitzer

NBC Meet The Press

Barack Obama	David Broder	Charlie Cook
John Harwood	Robert Novak	Tim Russert

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Saturday Shows for 10/21/06

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:
  • Remember how we told you last week that the Republicans in the House were doomed?  This we want to cover our behinds, just a tiny bit... just in case.
  • Okay, okay.  We'll talk about Dingy Harry, but our heart's not going to be in it (he's got friends we don't want to get mad at us).
• Topics:
  • What's the GOP plan to stave off major losses in Congressional races?
  • Have corruption charges against Harry Reid finally reached critical mass?
• 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:
  • A "profiles in courage" interview as part of the patented NBC build up of potential Democrat candidates and their families
• Topics:
  • Tim talks with Elizabeth Edwards about confronting breast cancer, coping with losing a child and her new book, 'Saving Graces'.
• Guests
  • Elizabeth Edwards
    • Author 'Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers'
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • The public has noticed that all of old media is in the tank for the Dhimmicrats... quick, start the cover up!  Really, we knew nothing!
  • Is CNN morphing into the propaganda arm of the Jihadis?  What?  That's been the case for more than a decade?  Who knew?
  • And to prove that we can do tabloid crap too, here's Madonna!
• Topics:
  • Pessimistic predictions by the press about the midterm elections
  • Controversial call: Should CNN have aired insurgent video of snipers killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq?
  • Media cynicism surrounding Madonna's adoption plans
• 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:
  • It's Mark Steyn.  'Nuff Said.
  • Ford does too have a chance... oh, I hadn't seen that video before... never mind.
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: "On the Mark"
    • An interview with columnist Mark Steyn on his new book warning about the "torpor of the West" against the threat from Islamic fascism.
    • A special look at the surprisingly close Tennessee Senate race
    • Why the strong U.S. economy gets no respect.
  • Fox News Channel web page
    • 'America Alone': New book says U.S. will be last line of defense against growing tide of Islamic fascism
    • Will rising take home pay and stock prices boost the GOP?
• Guests
  • Mark Steyn
    • Author 'America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It"
    • SteynOnline web site | Wikipedia Bio
    • Mark Steyn: The 2 finalists for UnAmerican Idol (OCRegister, CA - Sep 24, 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:
  • The executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • Obama is so cool!  He's even better than Bill Clinton!  Look, he really IS black!  Well, at least he's a whole lot blacker than Bill was.
  • Congress is broken and it's all the Republicans fault - everything was perfect when the Dhimmicrats ran things
  • The Republicans are so doomed... no we're not... yes you are!
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil" and it's Bush's fault™.
  • Everybody in the whole world hates GWB, does he know that?
• Topics:
  • Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), the man Time magazine dubbed "The Future of the Democratic Party" and the "man who could be the next president" on:
    • Domestic politics
    • Foreign policy
    • His new book, "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."
  • With less than three weeks until the midterm elections, a new NBC Wall Street Journal Poll signals Republican troubles as the public's disapproval of Congress grows. We've assembled the best and brightest in political analysis for a special pre-election roundtable with David Broder, Charlie Cook, John Harwood, and syndicated c.
• Guests
  • Senator Barack Obama, Democrat - Illinois
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Author "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."
    • Obama's a big draw in Seattle; should Clinton be worried? (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 20, 2006)
    • The Audactiy of Hope (by Barack Obama) Rising Star (Washington Post - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Obama’s Project Runway (Dowd Is Back And She Is Doing Better) (NY Times excerpt and FR thread - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Obama: Iran, Syria Should 'Take Ownership for Stability' of Iraq (NewsBusters - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Get-Out-The-Vote Rally with US Senator Barack Obama for Gov. Doyle (WisPolitics.com, WI - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Barack Obama: 9/11 fever has broken (Oct 20, 2006)
    • Barack Obama rallies for Menendez in New Jersey (Denver Post, CO - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Pondering The Dynamic Barack Obama (The Moderate Voice - Oct 17, 2006)
  • Roundtable
    • David Broder
      • Columnist, The Washington Post | Bio
      • Congress's Dismal Grades (Washington Post - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Charlie Cook
      • Columnist, National Journal
      • Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report | Bio
      • Category 5 Hurricane Heads for House GOP (Cook Political Report - Oct 13, 2006)
    • John Harwood
      • Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC
      • Columnist, The Wall Street Journal | Bio
      • Why the Center Matters in This Election (Wall Street Journal - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Robert Novak
      • Columnist, Chicago Sun Times | Bio
      • Democratic committee chair selling access for late campaign donations (Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 15, 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 executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • The Republicans are so doomed... no we're not... yes you are!
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil" and it's Bush's fault™.
• Topics:
  • The Midterm Elections
• Guests
  • Sen. Chuck Schumer, Democrat - New York
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • Dems and Deficit Spending (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Attn: Chuck Schumer (National Journal, DC - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Sen. Chuck Schumer Gloats: We Can Win (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 3, 2006)
    • Demonstrators Lay Coffins At Chuck Schumer’s Door (Canarsie Digest, New York - Oct 5, 2006)
    • A 'mother lode' of remains (New York Daily News, NY - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Administration OK With Iraq-Tet Offensive Comparisons (FOX News - Oct 19, 2006)
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Republican - North Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • Negative Nancies (Daily Colonial, DC - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Sen. Dole headlines Talent event (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Talent and McCaskill fight to the finish (MSNBC - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Senate race slings 'lobbyists' as mud (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Importers Protest Anti-Dumping Commitment (Textile World Magazine, Georgia - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Graham, Dole Lift Hold on Vietnam Trade Bill (Women's Wear Daily - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Dole: A switch taught her lesson (Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Democrats try to ride wave back to power (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 17, 2006)
  • Amy Walter
    • Senior Editor, The Cook Political Report | Bio
    • Indiana GOP's safe seats now up for grabs (San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Plenty of time on the clock (Cincinnati Post, OH - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Inside Report for Oct. 19 (2TheAdvocate, LA - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Democrats try to ride wave back to power (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Foley Case Is Campaign Fodder for Democrats (ktla 5, CA - Oct 8, 2006)
• 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:
  • The executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil," is it Bush's fault?
  • The Republicans are so doomed... maybe... maybe not?
• Topics:
  • The the four most powerful members of the U.S. Senate regarding military affairs and foreign policy discuss whether current American policies adequately address current national security threats?:
    • Escalating violence in Iraq
      • The administration awaits the conclusions of a committee of experts led by former Secretary of State James Baker regarding U.S. strategy in Iraq
      • Is Senator Biden's plan to create autonomous regions in Iraq part of the solution?
      • What are the prospects for U.S. troop withdrawals in 2007?
    • Continued North Korean threats in the wake of last week's nuclear test
      • The prospects for confronting the rogue state's nuclear capabilities.
      • Last week's U.N. Security Council Resolution
      • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Asia
      • Has the U.S. built a unified coalition to effectively deal with Kim Jong-Il?
      • Will the U.S. be able to force North Korea to give up nuclear weapons and bring the state back to the negotiating table, or will we have to learn to live with an nuclear-armed North Korea?
  • With 16 days until election day the FOX News Sunday panel will discuss the impact of the week's events on the midterm elections and GOP's chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate.
  • Complete essay Coming Up on 'FOX News Sunday'
• Guests
  • Senator Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Disillusionment with GOP scares lawmaker (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Shoo-in Lugar shares wealth with GOP (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Indiana races could help tip balance of Congress (Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Lugar Expects North Korea To Be Vexing Problem (WAVE, KY - Oct 10, 2006)
    • REBUILDING RWANDA, ORGANIZING FOR DARFUR (USC Center on Public Diplomacy, CA - Oct 15, 2006)
    • Lugar, Bayh on opposite sides of terrorism vote (WTHR, IN - Sep 29, 2006)
    • White House May Appoint John Bolton Deputy UN Ambassador with Pay Cut to Keep Him at UN (Huffington Post - Sep 23, 2006)
    • National eyes fixed on our race (South Bend Tribune, IN - Oct 14, 2006)
    • Hoosier senators introducing bill requiring hospitals to report on meeting safety standards (Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Sen. Lugar hosts summit, outlines expanded energy plan (Biodiesel Magazine, ND - Oct 16, 2006)
  • Senator John Warner, Republican - Virginia
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Allen and John Warner team up in TV spot (The Free Lance-Star, VA - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Warners on the Stump (Washington Post, United States - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Mark and John Warner prove popular proxies in Va. Senate race (WDBJ7.com, VA - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Sen. John Warner: Iraq War 'Drifting Sideways' (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Finally, Republican realists form Iraq policy (Jacksonville Daily News, NC - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Warner takes issue with McGavick remarks (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Oct 16, 2006)
  • Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Delaware Sen. Joe Biden politicks around the state (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 14, 2006)
    • Who Is Joe Biden? Republican Party Asks - and Answers (CNSNews.com, VA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • White House in tight spot over Bush's Iraq war comments (ABC Online, Australia - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Yen Stems Losses After Kim Apologizes to China for Nuclear Test (Bloomberg - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Iraq threatens to derail Republicans (Globe and Mail, Canada - Oct 20, 2006)
    • The UN's Rigged Standards (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Oct 19, 2006)
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Key Senate Democrats Call For US - North Korean Talks (Voice of America - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Talk of deadlines will encourage insurgents (Mobile Register, AL - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Levin calls for altering Iraq plan (South Bend Tribune, IN - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Clip shows big-time lobbyists getting cozy with Democrats (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Defense appropriations fund WMU research (WMU News, MI - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Saddam verdict expected Nov. 5 (Coos Bay World, OR - Oct 16, 2006)
  • Sir Richard Branson
    • Founder of The Virgin Group | Bio
    • Live from DMA06: Sir Richard Branson Dishes on Virgin’s Brands (Multichannel Merchant, CT - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Richard Branson comes to the aid of little Ellie (Worcester News,  UK - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Richard Branson pledges $3 billion to tackle global warming (ABC Online, Australia - Sep 22, 2006)
    • Richard Branson targets 25 pct cut in world aviation emissions (Life Style Extra, UK - Sep 27, 2006)
    • Richard Branson unveils spaceship design (CBC News, Canada - Sep 28, 2006)
  • Roundtable:
    • Brit Hume
      • Managing Editor, FOX News | Bio
      • From last night's Brit Hume panel: (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Bill Kristol
      • Editor, The Weekly Standard | Bio
      • Friday Night Fights: Shepard Smith vs. Bill Kristol (NewsBusters - Sep 30, 2006)
    • Juan Williams
      • Senior National Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Juan Williams deserves the heat for his new book blaming blacks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Political Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Republicans Scramble to Save Congressional Majority (NPR - Oct 20, 2006)
• 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:
  • The executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • Bush says there are similarities between Vietnam and Iraq (we left out the part about it being the treason committed by folks like John Kerry and the DBM)
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil" and it's Bush's fault™.
  • Everybody in the whole world hates GWB, does he know that?
  • Listen to John Kerry, he has a plan!
• Topics:
  • Never-before-seen portions of their exclusive, one-on-one interview with President Bush.
    • Beyond the headlines on North Korea and an acknowledgement of one comparison between Iraq and Vietnam
    • Bush sounds off on
      • Dissension in the Republican ranks
      • His disappointment with unethical behavior in Congress
      • His legislative agenda for the last two years of his administration.
    • Plus, the personal side of the presidency — has President Bush read the books written about him?
  • 2004 presidential nominee and 2008 presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gives the Democratic perspective on:
    • The president's reaction to the comparison between Iraq and Vietnam
    • The administration's handling of the crisis in North Korea. What would he do differently? Do Democrats have a better plan?
    • The fight for control of Congress
  • Voices Segment: Kelly Kulick discusses her passion for bowling and the challenges of being the first woman to qualify for a full season on the professional tour
• Guests
  • President George W. Bush
    • George W Bush, Antichrist (Pulse of the Twin Cities, MN - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Black Angels set their sights on George W. Bush’s war machine (Georgia Straight, Canada - Oct 19, 2006)
    • George.W. Bush Thinks Christians Are Idiots (NewsBlaze, CA - Oct 17, 2006)
    • What Would Benjamin Franklin Say to George W. Bush? (John Birch Society, WI - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Eroding freedom: From John Adams to George W. Bush (Online Journal, FL - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Deranging consequences of 9/11 (Times Online, UK - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Iraq complicates US mid-terms (ABC Online, Australia - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Bush meeting again with commanders in Iraq as Democrats increase pressure (Mainichi Daily News, Japan - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Administration OK With Iraq-Tet Offensive Comparisons (FOX News - Oct 19, 2006)
    • In Congress, some supporters are wavering on war issues (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 21, 2006)
    • The genteel revolt that is remaking US policy on Iraq (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 20, 2006)
    • White House Upbeat About GOP Prospects (Washington Post, United States - Oct 14, 2006)
    • A GOP Surprise Courtesy of Investors? (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 20, 2006)
    • GOP panic over midterm elections ends at White House front door (Seattle Times, United States - Oct 15, 2006)
  • Sen. John Kerry, Democrat - Massachusetts
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Kerry criticizes Bush's record on budget (Boston Globe, United States - Oct 20, 2006)
    • John Kerry stumps for local, state Democrats (Beaufort Gazette, SC - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Dems Pressure Kerry, Bayh to Give To DSCC (National Journal, DC - Oct 19, 2006)
    • John Kerry Says He Deserves Second Chance Presidential Bid (LifeNews.com, MT - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Kerry: Bush Assurances on Iraq a Blunder (Los Angeles Chronicle,  USA - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Kerry Continues Pounding Bush's Handling of War (The Conservative Voice, NC - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Transcript: Senator John Kerry on 'FOX News Sunday' (FOX News - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Iraq war worsening terrorism, John Kerry charges (Reuters AlertNet, UK - Oct 13, 2006)
    • John Kerry's consistent inconsistencies (Town Hall, DC - Oct 16, 2006)
  • Roundtable
    • George Will
      • Political commentator, ABC News
      • Syndicated columnist | Bio
      • Prosperity Amid the Gloom (Washington Post - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Cokie Roberts
      • Political commentator, ABC News
      • Contributing Senior News Analyst, NPR | Bio
      • The return of the mommy vote Cokie ROBERTS Steven V. ROBERTS & (The Argus, CA - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Sam Donaldson
      • Political commentator, ABC News | Bio
      • ABC on Barney Frank Scandal: No Political Hay for GOP, He's 'Truly Gifted' (NewsBusters - Oct 5, 2006)
  • Voices Segment: Kelly Kulick
• 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:
  • The executive powers of the Presidency are inherently evil and must be constrained by the omniscient voices in the all wise US Senate
  • Congress is broken and it's all the Republicans fault - everything was perfect when the Dhimmicrats ran things
  • The Republicans are so doomed... no we're not... yes you are!
  • Cheney says it was premature to say we were "over the hump" in terms of violence in Iraq (we left out the part about the how the violence is being committed in order to get the Dhimmicrats and the DBM to react the way they do)
  • We are in so much danger from the people that George Bush is fighting and labeled "the axis of evil" and it's Bush's fault™.
  • Everybody in the whole world hates GWB, does he know that?
  • We must listen to the people who messed up the world 20 and 30 years ago about what needs to be done to fix it now... wait a minute...
• Topics:
  • With only 16 days until the midterm elections, will Republicans maintain control of Congress? 
  • The strategy debate about Iraq.
• Guests
  • Senator Bill Frist M.D., Republican - Tennessee
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Majority Leader .
    • Frist says local issues will decide Senate races (Nashville City Paper, TN - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Bill Frist: The world must stand firmly against North Korea’s nuclear ambitions (Examiner.com - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Passage of Terror Detainee Bill (FOX News - Sep 29, 2006)
    • Frist Bashes McCain Bill in GOP Rift on Detainees (Los Angeles Times, CA - Sep 20, 2006)
    • Frist Wants Vote on Immigration Bill (Washington Post, United States - Sep 24, 2006)
    • SEN. FRIST'S KIN REAPS $135M (New York Post, NY - Oct 20, 2006)
    • FRIST SILENT AFTER ONLINE GAMBLING BILL SIGNING (Online-Casinos.com, Denmark - Oct 15, 2006)
  • Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican - Texas
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Hutchison: WMD Info Swayed Vote on Iraq (Washington Post, United States -  Oct 20, 2006)
    • EDITORIAL: Our picks in the down-ballot races (Lufkin Daily News, TX - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Senator backed by former first lady (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Through Ticketing Now At Love Field (KXAN-TV, TX - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Bush meeting again with commanders in Iraq as Democrats increase pressure (Mainichi Daily News, Japan - Oct 21, 2006)
    • In Congress, some supporters are wavering on war issues (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 21, 2006)
    • The genteel revolt that is remaking US policy on Iraq (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 20, 2006)
  • Senator Jack Reed, Democrat - Rhode Island
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
    • A Conversation on Iraq and Afghanistan with Sen. Jack Reed (D- RI) (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Oct 17, 2006)
    • Pressure Mounts on Iraqis to Quell Violence (NPR - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Sen. Jack Reed: Pakistan Must Stop Taliban (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 6, 2006)
    • Key Senate Democrats Call For US - North Korean Talks (Voice of America - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Delegation from RI condemns N. Korea (Providence Journal, RI - Oct 11, 2006)
  • Alexander Haig
    • Former Secretary of State | Bio
    • Smart Circle International to appear on Alexander Haig’s World Business Review TV Series, on CNBC (Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 19, 2006)
    • President Bush, I'm Glad You're No JFK (Human Events, DC - Oct 19, 2006)
    • "Strategic Consensus" Redux? (ZNet, MA - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Reprocessing Dan Halutz (Arutz Sheva, Israel - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Tough talk over Bush's handling of threats (International Herald Tribune, France - Sep 24, 2006)
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski
    • Former National Security Adviser | Bio
    • Counselor and trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies | Bio
    • A Consensus Develops: Leave the Course (Antiwar.com, CA - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Nixon knew Rumsfeld was not the one (San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Oct 15, 2006)
    • CNN’s John Roberts: 'Some' Fault Bush For 'Increasingly Islamophobic Language' (NewsBusters - Sep 20, 2006)
  • Norm Ornstein
    • Scholar, American Enterprise Institute | Bio
    • Author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track"
    • The Way Out (Huffington Post - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Reynolds Confident in GOP Prospects Despite Polls (AXcess News, NV - Oct 19, 2006)
    • Could Pelosi, Bush get along? (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Moderate Republicans at risk Nov. 7 (Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Oct 18, 2006)
    • Hurricane or Not, Democrats Have Wind Behind Their Backs (AXcess News, NV - Oct 13, 2006)
    • Is the legislative branch broken? (Marketplace, CA - Oct 2, 2006)
    • Bush rejects minimum experience to lead FEMA (Times Picayune, LA - Oct 7, 2006)
  • Mike Allen
    • White House Correspondent, Time Magazine
    • Exclusive Interview: Cheney on Elections and Iraq (TIME - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Campaign 2006: The Republicans' Secret Weapon (TIME - Oct 1, 2006)
    • 4 Places Where the System Broke Down (Time - Sep 19, 2006)
  • Andrea Koppel
    • Congressional correspondent, CNN | Bio
    • Partisan sniping and professional courtesy (Hamline University Oracle Online, Minnesota - Oct 16, 2006)
    • Kolbe warned clerk about Foley, denies confrontation (CNN - Oct 10, 2006)
    • Lawyer: FBI To Question Former Aide About Foley Scandal (KLTV, TX - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Investigators to House: Keep Foley documents (CNN International - Oct 4, 2006)
    • CNN, NY Times Hype Dem Campaign Ad as News on Foley Scandal Fallout (NewsBusters - Oct 4, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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

Just over two weeks left and the wheels appear to be coming off of the DBM/Dhimmicrat juggernaut...

They're cooking the books and they know they're going to get caught.  I have a feeling a lot of them are beginning have some sympathy for how Ken Lay and his partners felt as it began to fall apart on them...

So, a mixed bag this weekend with some attempts to shore up the most recent "master strategy that is guaranteed to win back Congress for the rightful masters of the little people™" and a bit of butt covering in case the plan doesn't work...

 

 

[Miss Marple]

Here's how I know that I watch too much of this stuff: other than John Harwood, I knew what every single person looked like!!

[rodguy911]

Hate to say it but this crew is enough to make you sleep in, or better yet write the true stories that happened this week on the t.v. talk show thread.
Like you I see Alabama as HIllary's' chauffeur (VP) rather than a potus chiice.
You could well be looking at Hillary/allllaBama vs.
Rudy/Condi which would make for an interesting race.We would clean their clocks but it would be fun.

Hope your eye is better than my knee.

[rodguy911]

That's a danger sign MM, means you have not consumed your share of adult beverages lately.

[Peach]

Phsstpok - thank you for your professionally presented analysis of the line up for tomorrow. My husband and I have brought my sister from CT to live with us for an extended period of time and I'm unable to participate on FR as often as I'd like, but your thread is one I try not to miss.

On a side note, I read Juan Williams book: Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It.

Although Juan isn't the brightest bulb on FNC, my hat is off to him for writing this book. It took great courage and I'm sure he's under a lot of criticism from African Americans for writing it. Juan sounds the same theme that Bill Cosby has sounded in the last year which is primarily that Blacks stop blaming white people and racism for their troubles. It's a worthy read and I just thought I'd give Juan a hattip.

[Miss Marple]

Are you telling me I need a martini? LOL!

We need political geek flashcards, with pictures and questions.

Samples:

Who took Chelsea Clinton's cat?

What type of car did Colin Powell own?

Which rock star toured Africa with a Treasury Secretary?

What corporation did Secretary O'Neill head before signing onto the cabinet?

What daughter of a political family visited President Clinton while HIllaary was out of town?

Which famous Republican wife was a homecoming queen?

Which Republican senator was in the Junior Miss contest? And which TV correspondent was as well?

I have a million things like this stored in my brain, rodguy. Perhaps it's why I can't find my car keys sometimes...storage overload!

[MNJohnnie]

Here is an example of the great Democrat hope in action. Possible I have finally found a Democrat Senator stupider and more a sound bit politican then Joe Biden. Perhaps Slow Joe can mentor him.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723459/posts

Obama Not Ready for Prime Time: Iran, Syria Should 'Take Ownership for Stability' of Iraq

[MNJohnnie]

Be nice if Fox put Allen or Coburn or a real Republican on to take out these two twits instead of the Democrat lite RINOs they always find

[thepresidentsbestfriend]

If ya dont mind my critic? I think Chris Wallace should look for another job.

Am I the only one that thinks that George Will votes Democrat when he is alone in the voting booth ?

Cant stand George Will!!! Have never heard him say a kind word about our President.He is just a windbag.

[Phsstpok]

Oooo, Ooooo! I know a couple of those!

Which rock star toured Africa with a Treasury Secretary?

Bono, and the Treasury Secretary in question is the subject of the next question

What corporation did Secretary O'Neill head before signing onto the cabinet?

He was CEO of Alcoa (and chairman, I think)

I know both of those because I know (knew) Paul O'Neill. Before he headed Alcoa he was President of the company I still work for. I was the PC guy who worked on his PC and he was one of my early adopters of PC stuff in that company in the early 80s. I got to know him pretty well.

I have a million things like this stored in my brain, rodguy. Perhaps it's why I can't find my car keys sometimes...storage overload!

I'm counting on an auxiliary memory unit being available soon from someplace like Radio Shack.  It will go along with the Star Trek like vision system that they'll plug into me to replace my failing eyes.  Of course, there are issues with both of those ideas.  The vision system will have to be highly computerized, maybe even complex enough to be considered AI.  What if that system decides that there are certain things just too nasty to show me?  Say there's a really ugly lady and the system chooses to show me someone really nice looking, as in Shallow Hal?  Or how about there's a truck bearing down on me and the system decides to spare me the anxiety of seeing it coming?  Or would the memory system selectively edit out or add certain things to my memory?  And I can only hope that it's not based on Windows software.  Can you imagine a "blue screen of death" type error for either system?

[rodguy911]

You and your brain do just fine and truth is "I" am probably the one who needs the stiff drink.!!

[rodguy911]

ALabama is a perfect example of the perfect rat candidate. Minority, style over substance, dumb, looks good, sounds good, able to follow anything the DNC puts in front of him.

[MNJohnnie]

Mega Dittos! George Wills kisses his autopgraphed picture of Hillary everynight before his mommy tucks him into bed. :-)