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Thank a Veteran!!!!
Happy Veteran’s Day!!!
Stephie had to settle for Chris Dodd? Poor guy.
Good morning, Alas.
I think MTP with BO could be amusing.
Good morning and may God bless every veteran who has served honorably this morning.
So let’s see what we have this morning.
On FNS, we have Bill Richardson— formerly a relatively hawkish Democrat who declared the border an emergency in 2005; now as a Democrat candidate he is pandering to illegal aliens and those of his fellow Hispanics who are sympathetic. Such a flip-flop would make John Kerry blush. My best guess is that he’s angling for Hillary’s VP, which he could well get. And then we have McCain... again. No need for an explanation, he’s a regular.
MTP is giving a full hour to Barack Obama; it’ll be interesting to see whether or not he gets the enemy treatment or rock star status. The MSM is divided over Obama, and although Russert is probably a Hillary supporter, don’t be surprised if the “higher-ups” say to take it easy.
FTN has one Republican (more like a Southern Democrat) candidate in Huckabee, who’s making a lot of appearances on these shows as of late (I guess it’s cheap advertising, considering his campaign is low on funds). In addition they have another Republican candidate (more like Libertarian/Constitutionalist/Truther and white nationalist sympathizer) in Ron Paul. Basically two half-Republicans makes one whole to them, plus it gets people like Hillary-launched Media Matters to say “CBS has a conservative bias! See! They had two Republicans on there!” Since I pretty much have FTN posting duties on this site, I get to suffer through that raving lunatic. I mean, the gold standard... come on people!
TW has Condoleezza Rice, who almost never gets a good treatment here. Be sure they WON’T acknowledge the fact that there have been at least two reports this past week where there has been no violent deaths in Iraq. And then we have Chris Dodd. He’s so insignificant it doesn’t really matter anyway.
Ratings coming up.
Morning AB...All.
Happy Veterans Day and thanks to all who served.
MTP
Q: Giuliani says neither O or C have run a city or state or have any executive experience.
Ob: I have legislative experience, yada yada yada.
MTP
Russert has a fixation on the War in Iraq.
Last week, he spent nearly 20 minutes of Thompson’s interview on Iraq.
Now, he is questioning Obama on his positions on Iraq going back to 2002 — before Obama was in the Senate.
MTP
General Obama says he can get the troops out of Iraq in 16 months. Two brigades out almost immediately.
He is going to leave up to the commanders on the ground the number who will need to remain to fight al-Qaeda, however.
Now he is hedging — has to leave enough to protect the embassy and other ‘US’ interests in Iraq.
[Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down. Obama is woobling like a Weeble.]
Military must have influence to make sure Iran doesn’t interfere in Iraq.
[Russert has spend 10+ minutes, so far, on Iraq.]
These are the awards with links to the posts.
Sorry I was so long in getting this together. Yet another interesting week. The top ten with text from the posts is at #600 and the honorable mention awards are at #599 in the thread from last Sunday.
10th Place advertising guy
9th Place altura
8th Place Brices Crossroads
7th Place snugs
6th Place Morgan in Denver
5th Place Finny
4th Place jmyrlefuller
Third Place rodguy911
Great insights and pithy comments. Invaluable POV additions to the thread.
Second Place kabar
Comments on the shows, interesting discussions of other's posts plus great facts (with links). A tour de force.
First Place - Bahbah
Consistent and informative reporting of what is actually said on the shows, coupled with insightful comments. This is what this thread is built on.
Ron Paul on ‘Face the Nation’ Part I and II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0C00o6mtwY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoK6UV4l_4
Posted at 1:55pm on Nov. 11, 2007
The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, November 11, 2007
On FNS, Democrat Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson demanded that the United States cut off all aid to Pakistan. Richardson based the necessity for his Iraq "plan" – run away – on the words of retired General Ricardo Sanchez. When host Chris Wallace pointed out that Sanchez had been removed from Iraq in June of 2004 following the Abu Ghraib incident, Richardson proclaimed that Sanchez had been "on the ground" and thus would know that the surge had failed.Later on FNS, Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain stated that he is the only Republican frontrunner with any foreign policy experience. McCain also offered, as a matter of fact: "I will win New Hampshire."
When asked about his inexperience by host Tim Russert on NBC's Meet the Press, Dem Presidential hopeful Barack Obama proclaimed: "There is no real training for the Presidency than the Presidency." I assume Hillary agrees.
On ABC's This Week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had some kind things to say about Pakistani President/dictator Pervez Musharraf, all the while clarifying that the United States supports democratic principles in Pakistan rather than Musharraf, whom she had described as the democratic principal.
Also on TW, Chris Dodd whined and griped.
On CBS' Face the Nation, GOP Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, when asked by host Bob Schieffer if he would run as Rudy's veep, answered that he hopes to do well enough in Iowa and New Hampshire to take the nomination.
Next on FTN, GOP Presidential hopeful Ron Paul said that his giant fundraising day of last week was orchestrated by someone he's never met, not his campaign. He said it is all about the power of the message, not about him. As for his chances of winning the nomination, Ron Paul said that he knows it's not likely, but his name is on the ballot and his supporters do not believe that it is not possible.
On LE, Dem Presidential hopeful Joe Biden talked of his recent telephone conversation with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and dismissed Rudy Giuliani as something of a flake.
Read More for the show-by-show review.
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I love this: "Also on TW, Chris Dodd whined and griped." That pretty much sums that up!