Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 11 February 2007

Various big media television networks ^ | 11 February 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; actor Sean Penn.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Qubad Talabany, representative to the U.S. of the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government; Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman; retired Army Col. Patrick Lang; Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

[roses of sharon]

Strange that Wyden claims a friend like Howard should shut-up, while consistently touting the world criticism as evidence that we need new leadership because the world hates us.

Very telling, I think this is an opening for the Republicans to exploit.

[rodguy911]

We are in jeopardy if we have almost twice as many up for re election as the rats do, not good.

[rodguy911]

Unbelievable.

[debg]

Obama replied to John Howard's comment (Fox played the snippet.) Basically, Obama said to Howard that he only has 1,600 troops there and if he were so concerned, he should put up 20,000.

Young whippersnapper should NOT attack our allies.

[rodguy911]

Hey TOL, so glad you showed up,so good to see you!!(we all want drinks)

[Txsleuth]

You all know how the Dems have used the faulty talking points about how the USA is "going it alone" in Iraq???

Well...I just heard another blatant example of how hypocritical they are.

All we hear is how Bush has wasted all of the "goodwill" and has turned our allies against us..and how important it is for the USA to make nice with the world...

However, when Wolf asked Terry McAuliffe about John Howard's remarks about Obama...and his opinion about OBL being very happy about an Obama/Dem win in 2008...

Terry said that Hillary doesn't care about what Howard says...and 'SHE SHOULDN'T'!!!

YIKES.

[Morgan in Denver]

Is this not a difference without a distinction? I agree with you in saying the Democrats are using Afghanistan as an example of how they are tough on terrorism. The problem is Democrats cannot be trusted to tell the truth on this, or other efforts in the WOT.

Hillary & crew vote one way when it suits them and then vote opposite later on when that helps them. If Democrats can support and oppose the Iraqi war now, is there any indication they won't change their opinions on Afghanistan overnight?

Remembering Democrat behavior causing the fall in Vietnam, there was no support for other countries in that region either. Once the pull out started it covered the entire region, if I remember correctly.

[kabar]

I agree with you on their not being able to oppose the war on terror, but it defies logic to me how then can then separate Iraq from the WOT. Yet they do. It is not inconceivable to me that the left will change on a dime to include Afghanistan.

The Dems voted overwhelming in support of the Joint resolution on Iraq. Most of them did not object to the invasion. It was only when things got bumpy and success was not immediately achieved that they went to the dark side. Success has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan. The Dems have always put domestic political considerations ahead of national interests. Clinton ran his foreign policy like an extension of domestic politics. Rather than do the right [and difficult] thing, he took a poll to see how it might play in Peoria.

Notice too, there is virtually no mention over Kosovo coming from Democrats. Selective war is political for them and they are not adamant about protecting the USA.

Some hard decisions are coming on Kosovo. The Serbs [and Russians] are not about to agree on an independent or autonomous Kosovo. No doubt the Dems and the WH will try to pressure and/or buy Serbia's agreement to this fiasco. Like so much of what Clinton did, this is another of those decisions that he made to postpone making the hard decisions. Diplomacy can not avoid the inevitable.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

"Baucus, Max (D-MT) --- Don't know him but can't be good"

DNC sock puppet, sucks up to the East Coast DBM at every opportunity and doesn't have the integrity of a sleazy used implement peddler.

The more worried he gets about an issue or his potential re-election, the faster he talks and the more dirt his staff and the local DBM pimps start slinging.

Two word Montana description : Coyote job.

[rodguy911]

I don't see obamba as a military strategist, he has so much to learn it will take years.

[Morgan in Denver]

Also. The Democrats vocally favored more troops for Iraq too, until they decided to bow to their special interests and started demanding withdrawal.

My point is, this is political for Democrats. They have shown no support for the military or US interests that I have seen. Carter and Clinton cut military spending as fast as they got into office, while Reagan and Bush then had to increase spending because the military was too underfunded.

[debg]

I wonder if he's learned how to work the phones and answer constituent e-mail yet. (from '04 interview with Russert)

[Morgan in Denver]

Hillary learned it worked with the help of Dick Morris. But, she's simply not as slick as Bill to pull it off as easily.

[tiredoflaundry]

[Morgan in Denver]

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought McAuliffe is not officially on the Hillary campaign staff.

[samantha]

One big problem I have is that the Cable Company stopped laying cable about two blocks from me in this Subdivision in the Country or I would use their DSL through Cable. Another Problem is that to get the DSL I will have to use Sprint/Embarq and they did not even upgrade my Phone line for DSL until I called and inquired and then started asking questions. Sprint/Embarq is not just a Horrrible Company to it's customers (they have a monopoly on local Service in my area) but also to their employees. They have monopolized a large Portion of the Local Service in SW Florida area. I would love to have Vonage, but they rely on Your DSL for even your regular local service. It is a shame that it cannot be made simpler and more honest. I cannot even use my Cellphone most of the time where I live because Sprint won't build Towers, and the environmentalists won't let them build either. There is an area Midway between where I live and Sarasota that has nothing but Cows, Horses, Buzzards, Sawgrass, Swampland, but they have Towers galore. What is wrong with this Picture?

[windchime]

"Someone needs to pose a serious question to Wallace, Timmah, and all the other MSN interviewers; is your purpose to promote understanding of an issue? Or simply to engage in adversarial fisticuffs? Then make 'em answer it."

The adversarial fisticuffs are limited to 'right' jabs.

[MNJohnnie]

Umm NO, it is not. We gave the Stingers to the Pakis, THEY gave them to the Afghanis. It is a subtle point of International Law but we did not have any acknowledged contact with the Afghanis nor openly operate directly against Russian forces. The Iranians are directly operating in Iraq.

If we did not have 60 some political whores pretending to be "Senators", including both my Senators alas, we would all ready be at war with Iran.

[eeevil conservative]

Bush's War

This War is America's War. The people were behind it. Congress voted overwhelmingly for it. In fact- they WANTED the opportunity to go on record for the War.

The Oil For Food Scandal revealed why the UN was not quite so supportive. They had too many packets being lined at the expense of Iraqi lives.

The "We can't Win" mantra is a smoke screen and a lie. If we had found the WMD, these same people would be proudly touting their support. So- with this reality- I want to know- WHAT DOES WMD being found or NOT being found have to do with winning a military operation? What does being "duped" have to do with the abilities of the American Military?

It is a false argument- built on lies and sound bites serving political purposes at the expense of our security- all for power and money- and not a DAMN thing to do with patriotism, right and wrong, or "support" of our troops.

[snugs]

Thanks