Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 8 Feb 2004 (Pres Bush on MTP)

Various big media television networks ^ | 8 Feb 2004 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. John Edwards (D-NC) and Pat Roberts (R-KS); and Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-FL).

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): President George W. Bush.

Transcript of Russert/Bush interview

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Vermont governor Howard Dean (D).

THIS WEEK (ABC): Senator John Edwards (D-NC), former Clinton chief of staff John D. Podesta and Republican pollster Bill McInturff.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. John W. Warner (R-VA) and Carl M. Levin (D-MI); retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark; Former Vermont governor Howard Dean; former Carter national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski; and former Reagan deputy chief of staff Michael K. Deaver.

Transcript of Russert/Bush interview

[prairiebreeze]

I *think* that MTP is going to be re-aired (specially) this afternoon. Might check your listings because I thought President Bush did well.

It was good to hear him talk and answer questions.

Prairie

[Howlin]

I think I just heard MSNBC say they will rerun it at 5 PM EST.

Mo, I missed it, too; just got back in from out of town!

[cyncooper]

I'll say it again, Cheney is a liability and should consider stepping aside and become a senior adviser.

Illustrating again that one person's liability is another's asset. I thank God for VP Cheney. He has done nothing wrong or unethical to warrant the liability tag. To accept such is to accept the lies the dems tell about him: "Halliburton", "Pushed the CIA on Niger", etc.

To capitulate to dem demands that Cheney go (and that's what it is) based on lies would be a disgrace.

[nutmeg]

I think the MTP interview will be rerun at 10pm tonight on CNBC (check your listings).

Also, here in CT, MTP is run on two different NBC affiliates... 10am on WVIT, 11am on WWLP. Check your local and cable listings... I hope you can catch the rerun!

[leadpenny]

The reason for my tag on "Libby!" was because I don't know who Libby is?

[Republican Red]

Kerry comes across looking like Lurch. His height will only exagerate this.

[mathluv]

Your tag line is enough to give me heart palpatations.

[arasina]

I'm glad the Admin Mod escorted the streaker out of the stadium and removed his graffiti from the thread.

[elbucko]

MTP; tax cuts during war? why. No President has lowered taxes during war..

That is where Bush should have replied: "And at the end of every one of these wars was a recession, a deep one. Raising taxes during war time, is like cutting the plow horse's feed when you're plowing hard ground.

[David1]

I know the PM (or is he the president?) of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, also went to Iraq. Yeah, I noticed the same thing. They sometimes refer to him as prime minister and other times he is the president. Pretty strange.

[nutmeg]

I think MTP with Dubya will also be rerun today at 5pm ET - I'm not positive, though.

[cinFLA]

I heard a report a couple of weeks ago that almost every person to become President has been the tallest person.

If you mean in inches, wasn't Gore taller than Bush?

[BibChr]

That's exactly what I am afraid of when Bush stands side by side to Kerry in the debates. This height issue could play a major factor in the election.

Good heavens, this is what we've come to. We're afraid (and prob. with good reason) that a totally corrupt, incredible, bankrupt idiot might get the popular nod to lead America further into Hell because he's taller than President Bush?

I've never trusted the electorate since Clinton. If Kerry wins, we as a people deserve everything that happens to us.

Heck, we deserve it already.

Dan

[Lauratealeaf]

I think by an inch more or less. Heck, Gore almost won. He did win the popular vote. But the difference in height between Bush and Kerry will be more apparent. That's exactly what I am afraid of when Bush stands side by side to Kerry in the debates. This height issue could play a major factor in the election.

Are you short or something? (or short on something?) Are you afraid of rabbits?

[Carolinamom]

Someone further up on the thread said that Carl Cameron might have made a Freudian slip when he said that the unions formerly supporting Gephardt might LURCH to Kerry. LOL

[citizen]

Thanks so much for the thoughtful reply, very refreshing these days.

I take the President at his word. I believe he is honest and truly means what he says. He believes the guest worker scenario must be done generally as he outlined: Sign-up and work here for 3 years and then apply for permanent legal status. The 3 years can be extended for another 3 years. The families come here with the worker at the outset. Any babies birthed during that period are of course American citizens needing care from their parents.

Legal and metered immigration is healthy and necessary for America. Bush's plan would provide the legal residence aspect. But the sheer volume of the influx of this largely low-skilled and very low-paid work force can only be detrimental to our country long term.

It's detrimental for all the reasons and more that I listed in post #739.

Perhaps you are correct and this is some Machiavellian ploy by Bush to ultimately impede illegal immigration by seeming to favor legalizing it and then counting on public outcry to force Congress to pass strong, sensible border and immigration legislation.

I rather think Bush means what he says. He was close to pushing for his sweeping Family Reunification Act [reunited here, not back in the home country] just prior to 9-11. Now it's back.

I expect Bush will be as silent as possible on the matter through November. And I fully expect renewed activity afterwards. A 2005 meeting with his good friend Vicente Fox resulting in another we-can't-call-it anmesty plan.

I'll continue to do what I can to point out the obvious folly of such policies.

***An ex-Republican base voter***

[syriacus]

He did not bring honor to himself with this interview of the President.

A great way to put it!!

[Howlin]

How was the interview?

[thesummerwind]

I see by your profile page that you are not thrilled with media bias.

I hate it, especially when it is disguised and undeclared - like Russert. Russert was real low today!

We'll have to keep our chins up.

[Zechariah11]

Did you notice how Russert tried to goad him at the end?

He was talking about GWB's unfavorability rating from exit polls from what was mostly a Democrat primary. Bush didn't go for the bait. It was a trap I didn't see until three seconds into Bush's answer. Bush finessed that one subtly but BRILLIANTLY. If Bush had snapped at that, he would have looked petty. Instead, he turned it into the strongest part of the interview.