Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 26 July 2009

Various driveby media television networks ^ | 26 July 2009 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House press secretary Robert Gibbs; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): David Axelrod, White House senior adviser; Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.

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As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

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C-SPAN Radio, available on the net also, click here, broadcasts all five Sunday talk shows starting at 12:00 noon Eastern, as follows:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "Late Edition"

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"

Listen at the link above WHILE you FReep!

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Here are the email addresses or web pages for commenting to the weekend talk shows:

Meet the Press Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

Face the Nation ftn@cbsnews.com

Fox News Sunday FNS@foxnews.com

ABC This Week thisweek@abc.com

CNN State of the Union CNN State of the Union (web page for comments)

[gov_bean_ counter]

Axelrod’s out of his cage again. Internals must really stink.

[sand lake bar]

Last night on local news, talking head teases just before a commercial, “Did Bush have plan to attack Buffalo?” Get ready for more of this today.

[mainepatsfan]

Axelrod’s out of his cage again. Internals must really stink.

You knew that was the case when Obama came out to address the media on Friday. Rasmussen's numbers today confirm it.

[Russ]

7 Democrats, 4 Republicans. Fair and balanced as usual...

[Alas Babylon!]

Very true. The slide has momemtum: Daily Presidential Tracking Poll(Rasmussen: -11)

I guess they think Axelrod is a jedi master... "These are not the poll numbers you are looking for!"

[Miss Didi]

Good Morning and Happy Sunday, All! Well, the Friends have been doing health care all morning and it's not good news for Boy Wonder. On page 389, Dr. Marc Siegel discovered the term "mentally retarded" which has created an uproar for the obsolete thinking in the bill. The doc points out that Congress hasn't even read the first 400 pages! Fr. Morris was quite animated on the future of the private sector not only in Catholic hospitals.

Jamie Colby's show later this morning will feature a doctor guest at 11:45 who is leading a grassroots effort to tell the truth on Obamacare. She appeared with the Friends and spelled out all the horrors of this plan. Fox Biz Channel's Terry Keenan wrote an editorial pointing out how the Dems screamed that W "rushed to war" but not about Barry rushing with health care. At least Fox is getting the message out round the clock.

Lastly, Joe Biden has an op-ed out today on the stimulus money and the first sentence blames Bush. You can call the Weekend Friends silly, but Dave Briggs BLASTED Barry & Co. saying that they own this economy now.

Dennis the Kook is on now on health care...oh boy!

[Arrowhead1952]

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House press secretary Robert Gibbs

Looks like Gibbs has sum 'splain to do!

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll(Rasmussen: -11)

[csmusaret]

I actually thought about robbing a bank once. Am I now subject to arrest?

[mainepatsfan]

It’s fun when someone acts like they’re not surprised when in reality they are in total shock.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Obie likes sports analogies... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza_Line

[mainepatsfan]

Obie likes sports analogies.

I heard an appropriate sport analogy for his Gates gaffe. He was about to be sacked and instead of just throwing the ball away he threw a jump ball into the air that was picked off and taken back for six.

[Alas Babylon!]

Thanks for that report.

But we all know, Faux News is Republican, and so is Rasmussen, so nyah, nyah, nyah!

I once had a liberal tell me I could debate him, but I couldn’t use Fox News as a source, as everyone knew they were biased.

Yeah, that’s why so many people watch them, as their revenues go up and they gain ratings while the rest of the drivebys tank....

[Bahbah]

Good morning, Alas!

The Won is not doing so very well in the polls, it seems.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. That’s the first time his ratings have reached double digits in negative territory..."

[gov_bean_ counter]

The most amazing thing about this was when Obie started lecturing US about this "teachable moment".

The only teachable moment would have been to explain how Mr. Gates should have been more cooperative and shown more respect for the rule of law and enforcers of same.

[Morgan in Denver]

I once had a liberal tell me I could debate him, but I couldn’t use Fox News as a source, as everyone knew they were biased.

This is a real problem with liberals.  They cannot define what the middle is, nor what's left or right.  They believe they are being reasonable and logical, when in fact they are radical.  A debate is impossible using different definitions for terms.

[Carley]

President Bush considered using our military to round up the terrorists in Buffalo.

Ultimately the FBI was able to complete the round up and they were taken into custody.

Since it was bubba who first used our military against WACO, the msm will conveniently ignore that fact.

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The best way to handle this very lame news is to laugh at it; ridicule it, especially if Liberals are around. I’ll even add, “I bet he thought about using the military on Dan Rather, too!”

[Morgan in Denver]

Jeeze, what a great point! This totally slipped my mind as the Democrats and media are attacking Dick Cheney.

Hrumph, Bush thought of it, Clinton did it. Quite a difference.

[mainepatsfan]

The only teachable moment would have been to explain how Mr. Gates should have been more cooperative and shown more respect for the rule of law and enforcers of same.

Another would be not to comment on something you don't have all the facts about. Advice Obama ignored from himself.

[paulycy]

RE: Honduras, I wonder if Hillary will come out supporting -11bama’s pro-dictator stance or if she will push this “reckless” crossing-the-border angle so The One has wiggle room to change alliances to the constitutional government.

[Morgan in Denver]

Another would be not to comment on something you don't have all the facts about. Advice Obama ignored from himself.

This poses a problem since zero has no experience or understanding of issues other than community organizing and inflaming voters.  If zero cannot talk about things he does not understand, he won't be able to talk at all.

 

[gov_bean_ counter]

Oooh, nice shot.

[mainepatsfan]

Correct. In his experience as a community organizer cops are stupid so he was stunned that not everyone shared what he thought to be a universal truth.

[longtermmemmory]

for anyone who wants to see Obama-care in the context of his plan for senior medicare reform:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjQO163P2E

from the movie Soylent Green. jump ahead to 4 minutes.

(of course now we are going to be living Soylent Algore, with cap and tax and last day healthcare)

[Carley]

The fact is that the Bush administration may well have considered this option.

We are at war, the enemy is within.

Preventing another attack was of the utmost importance.

[Carley]

Hitlery has now opined that the deposed dictator wannabe is acting in a reckless manner by trying to re-enter the country.

Flip flop is an understatement.

[gov_bean_ counter]

... and if the had to do it in Detroit it would look like just another Piston’s Championship riot.

[McGruff]

Newt is on FNFs this morning and said “It's a wonderful gesture for Obama to invite Sgt. Crowley to the White House for a beer.”

In some ways Newt is like Biden. The longer he opens his mouth the more likely he is to say something stupidly.

[Carley]

Guess those tanks that crashed into the compound at WACO were just camouflaged volkswagens, right????

Not really military tanks, no way. And Weasley Clark wasn’t involved either.

/s/

[mainepatsfan]

Hitlery has now opined that the deposed dictator wannabe is acting in a reckless manner by trying to re-enter the country. Flip flop is an understatement.

Must not have polled well either.

[Carley]

I have a suspicion that the won spoke with Gates prior to his news conference.

[Cedric]

"...giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11.

And that's with the stock market rallying!

Just wait 'til the market tanks (again).

[Carley]

The media has stopped referring to the situation in Honduras as a coup.

At this point everything the won does is met with suspicion by a lot more people than he imagined.

[mainepatsfan]

Newt is on FNFs this morning and said “It's a wonderful gesture for Obama to invite Sgt. Crowley to the White House for a beer.” In some ways Newt is like Biden. The longer he opens his mouth the more likely he is to say something stupidly.

I'm kind of glad Obama did it. The public will see it for what is...a pathetic publicity ploy which also unintentionally sends the message that Obama bleeped up big time on this.

[mainepatsfan]

I have a suspicion that the won spoke with Gates prior to his news conference.

Is there any more room under that bus for him to throw people under?

[shadeaud]

Someone at my wife's work must have told her to challenge me when I made derogatory remarks about bammy and his health care crisis and where I got the info about where all the talk about socialization of America comes from. I first mentioned Rush and other talk show hosts,then went to Fox and the internet. She began to scoff and say that those sources are just so far right it's almost as bad as some extreme left sources. Then I began to mention sources like the N.Y. Times and Washington Post in reference to his faltering health care and his poll numbers that haven't been reported by the alphabets. I invited her to go on line and check the sources of all my information(not from the ‘’kooks’’ like Rush, Hannity and Beck, but from sources she actually would accept as legitimate. Her shallow smirk became one of loss and confusion. She and I agree about everything but politics and the money I spend on my 57 Biscayne (that I had on blocks in my parents garage since 64.) We never use to really discuss politics until this mutt became leader of the free(not for long)world. She was independent and now just confused. Some of her co-workers must have said to her to challenge me and watch me fold like a cheap suit, but when I didn't( and didn't even have specific facts at the top of my head) she was the one whose balloon deflated in a heart beat. I didn't push the issue, but reinforced her incentive to become more informed and so we can have honest conversations about politics. Who knows, I may be wrong about my beliefs (and then probably not).

[Bahbah]

Newt called Zero’s gesture “gracious.”

Newt should just shut up. Zero is trying to pull his head out of his .... It isn’t working.

[gov_bean_ counter]

That is not the Skippy Gates I knew.

[Bernard]

The same reporter who threw out the press conference softball about Cambridge has an article in today's paper about 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue being the 51st Ward of Chicago.

That means as long as the potholes are fixed and the garnage gets picked up, the lifers get re-elected. Of course, setting back race relations 10 or 20 years in this country is not a big deal to these people.

[TomGuy]

In some ways Newt is like Biden. The longer he opens his mouth the more likely he is to say something stupidly.

Gingrich was also touting the benefits of bi-partisanism. He sounded allot like John McCain with their reaching-across-the-aisle-BS.

Gingrich acts like he is part of the GOP on Capitol Hill. IIRC, he resigned his House Speakership and basically walked away from his House Rep seat.

Yet, he was touting 'his' health plan with we, we, we.

[mainepatsfan]

At this point everything the won does is met with suspicion by a lot more people than he imagined.

I think he and the MSM arrogantly believed that his election meant that the new media was incapable of doing him any harm. Many generals have lost battles because they assumed their opponent was no longer a threat.

[Carley]

It is my understanding that the suggestion came from the Sergeant. This is a great way to prolong the story!

Keep it going, altho I suspect it will never happen as the summer break is upon us.

Maybe the won and Gates will invite Sergeant Crowley to Martha’s Vineyard.

hahahaha, can’t you see it now.

[longtermmemmory]

Obama’s reason for centralized healthcare data:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnLU9nyFSA
Carousel Death Ritual From Logan’s Run

Logan’s Run last day ritual.

This is a cinematic versin of involuntary health care rationing. You go very easily from “not eligible for care” to “duty to die”.

[Bernard]

Guess those tanks that crashed into the compound at WACO were just camouflaged volkswagens, right????

Not really military tanks, no way. And Weasley Clark wasn’t involved either.

If Wesley Clark had been involved, the tanks would have crashed into the Chinese Embassy, but I'm not sure how close that is from Waco.

[Carley]

Newt, Sharpton, Lanny Davis, Leo Terrell, Bob Beckel, all part of Hannity’s stable of ‘good friends’.

[cajungirl]

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