Posted on 10/17/2010 5:11:12 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Carly Fiorina, Republican Senate nominee in California.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs; the Colorado Senate nominees, Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean; Republican strategist Liz Cheney; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
THIS WEEK (ABC): The Delaware Senate nominees, Democrat Chris Coons and Republican Christine O'Donnell; California first lady Maria Shriver.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): White House senior adviser David Axelrod.
I don’t hink Levin is jealous. I think Levin takes meaningful and substantial difference with Beck as a guy who audaciously titled his book Common Sense, as if he is some sort of peer (or intellectual descendant-) of Thomas Paine.
Beck also mixes religious activism into his politics and a lot of emotionalism in a way that can be legitimately questioned and that paleocons might not be comfortable with.
I’m not opposed to Beck but I appreciate the problems Levin has with Beck’s approach to things. There are tactics, message and belief disparities separating a guy like Beck, who comes out of the vapor, from a guy like Levin who dates all the way back to the Reagan write-in campaign of 76. Such “disputes” are legitimate. I happen to think there is a place for both but for us oldsters Beck is a lot like kale—an acquired taste and some might never acquire it.
And, frankly, Beck’s intense emotionalism makes him a little bit untrustworthy—we’ve seen people of his personality type renounce conservatism and jump to the Left in the past.
Gregory is now trying to smear the Tea Party movement and link Buck to it. This program is all about smearing the Tea Party movment and so called Tea Party candidates like Buck, Angle, and Rand Paul.
Fraud could be huge, I hope our side is on top of it.
Fox is just MSM. They only claim otherwise. Their radio news is just as Democrat smooching as the rest. I turn it off as fast as ABC when listening to talk radio.
Pray for America
True, but his blame the GOP/TEA Party/GW for all ills wears thin after a while.
“I am taping Face the Nation”
You’ll like the exchange between Liz Cheney and Howard Dean.
Understood, and there is an answer to that issue, which could be given after backing down a snarky adversarial moderator (like Wallace) with the endless list of holes in the federal budget bucket.
Gregory is now trying to smear the Tea Party movement and link Buck to it. This program is all about smearing the Tea Party movment and so called Tea Party candidates like Buck, Angle, and Rand Paul.
What’s that rule of thumb in a ‘wave election’, that 70% go to the gaining party? 70% of 90 would of course be 63 seats.
She is a female Levi—tell lies about Palin—get an extra 15 minutes from the MSM
This MTP “debate” is a two on one affair. Gregory is just repeating Dem accusations against Buck, then questioning his answers. Then Gregory asks Bennett if he agrees with the charges. This is absurd, almost Kafkaesque political theater.
LOL...Good one!
They can use what is supposed to be one of us to talk trash about the tea party and everything of what a 27 years old does not understand and is ready to run her mouth about. christiannnnn I'm so poor got her to say how "extreme" we are and how only the more moderate voices will wind up being heard. Meghann is a true pawn/village idiot. It's easy to tell that her fathers rino ways are instilled in her as well,stupidity will do that.
But discretionary spending excluding DOD amounts to about 16% of the federal budget.
As a matter of fact, editing cheers is a propaganda technique. If they leave them in, it’s to convey popularity. Remember every second on TV is important.
After a hearty bwhahahaha I would have asked her why then does she not spit out the hook the dems have to her lips?
Exactly the points that need to be made and expose the fraud for what it is and why it needs to be destroyed. We are paying for it w/20% unemployment.
Pray for Amrica
This is true, so far as it goes. If SS had been invested in the stock market, it would not be.
Our side has along way to go,we need a lot of polishing.
Claire -
we have passed tax cut after tax cut, many of those over Republican objections.
I guess I missed hearing about those and/or seeing extra $s on my paycheck.
She also said something to the effect of there are no centrists in the Republican party anymore. Whoa! There are far more centrists in the Pubbie party than there are in the Dim party, which has practically 0.
Chris is asking Senator Cornyn, where’s the compromise. Chrissy - how about asking Clara Belle and other Dims that.
I am.
I hope Bennet is as desperate as you portray him. It’s on now here and I’m waiting to see it. So far, DC Bob is trying to spin 0 and how great he is, including foreign money in campaigns
By all means, DC Bob, let’s investigate foreign donations, including 0’s money from two years ago.
My thoughts exactly.
Problem w/your calculation is nobody really knows how many are in play. When you have 3 Oregon seats that very well may switch, there is no way to guess how many are truly in play. These polls are worthless right now since there is no way to judge the intensity of the Tea Party. The number may be 150-200 are w/in the margins.
Pray for America
I loved the ‘tone’ used by Carly in replying to Wallace. She was practically saying ‘you stupid idiot.’
Yeah there is a lot of spin going on and we are just seeing the tip,the next two weeks will get wild and crazy.
I know, I know, but it would force the moderator to either make the point himself or shut up.
On balance, Buck is getting his clock cleaned, not by Bennett, but by Gregory.
If true you were right to say Buck should not have agreed to appear. This race is close enough that I can certainly see the media trying to help Bennet as much as they can.
Hah, Bray. He did come across as a sissy man didn’t he? Hitting the girl, but she hit him back.
Obama's problem is that he sees no reason to change his tactics from 2008 and even a GOP landslide in two weeks won't change his mind.
Wallace said it.
That’s basically why I taped it. I love that Liz gal. Beauty and brains — a good description of a lot of our Republican women who are showing the guys how to do it.
Liz Cheney is great. I hope she runs against Webb for the senate in 2012.
Someone up thread was talking about Clara Belle the Clown (apologies to clowns everywhere) mentioning that Republicans were going against Angle in Nevada and supporting Harry. I supose they found a couple somewhere just like they did in DE. She used moderate and the Dim party in the same sentence - it does not compute.
BTW - she sure does blink alot. I know it’s not from contacts as she has glasses on. IIRC blinking is usually a sign of lying.
Just remember:
“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
Barry Goldwater
Levin is so jealous of Glenn.
Sad to hear him bashing Savage and Glenn. We’re supposed to be FOR America and nothing Glenn or Savage does is not in America’s best interest.
You're right - that should have been a no-brainer for her. The evidence is clear and unmistakeable. Ms. Fiorina should have been more on top of her game.
I rarely if ever see the lefties get pressed like this. Does Wallace do this on his own or is someone else pulling the strings?
Glen Beck is the greatest thing to hit the conservative movement since Rush. Yet he is no where as Conservative as we are here or as Rush is.
This guy has inspired millions,has shown the light of how zero is a true Marxist, explained in detail every move the administration makes who the tsars are, why they are there,and backs it all up, what he has planned for us, how he ignores the founders,/constitution and on and on and on.
Without Glen Beck we would be missing a huge shot of invigoration for the conservative movement.
How many people do you know other than maybe Sarah who can get over a half a million people to join him in a rally at the capitol to celebrate "anything" at all?
We are lucky to have Glen Beck on our side.
I suspect someone else is pulling the strings the same way they do for David Gregory. Of course, it is easier to pull those strings when the puppet agrees with the puppeteer.
Yeah, I said that wrong. Sorry.
I DO agree with you that these answers could be so much better. Republican candidates have a lot to learn.
We can only hope....
What does it say about the lamestream when they turn to Meghan McCain and Bristol’s ex fiance as somehow experts on anything at all.
Pretty pathetic.
That's for sure. She said that with Tea Party activists, the Republicans have lost much of the youth vote and are losing more every day. Of course, when the youth grow up and realize that jobs are not there, when they do get a job taxes take a big chunk of their money and when they realize that their current carefree lifestyle is crimped by more restrictions about the type of cars they can buy, the type of lifestyle they are used to, all but the most brainwashed will change their minds.
Pubbie candidates need to get their facts and talking points down to that question of how are you going to come up with the $xxx to pay for the tax custs as they’re always asked it. The other question they always ask - how are you going to pay for entitlements - what are you going to cut.
Chris is badgering Carly, but I think she’s holding her own.
Bet he wouldn’t have done that to Boxer, if she would have had the cojones to come on.
Cutting spending is screwing up?
Really??????
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