Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 8 May 2005

Various big media television networks ^ | 8 May 2005 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif.; Sens. George Allen, R-Va., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gary Schroen, former CIA agent; Democratic strategist James Carville; Republican strategist Mary Matalin.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Joe Biden, D-Del.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Jack Welch, former General Electric CEO; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; comedian Jerry Lewis.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Mohamed ElBaradei, director general, International Atomic Energy Agency; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin; retired Army Gen. George Joulwan, former NATO supreme commander; retired Army Maj. Gen. James A. Marks.

[Semper Paratus]

He would have made a passable barkeep in South Boston.

Not really. His smart-ass know-it-all-attitude would have gotten his ass kicked many times the first day.

[snugs]

Unless of course that is what FNS employed him to do and he knew the score from day one.

[jackbill]

Let's face it Juan is sooo stoopid he does inspire aggressive posting.

I wrote to Juan last week and told him that if he is getting tired of being slapped down, he might try staying away from the DNC talking points.

[snugs]

IMHO you are right and I award you this ribbon LOL

[ananda]

That is funny! Any reply?

[jackbill]

Wait them out? If the Dems can block us, then who is doing the waiting out? We want a vote sooner rather than later.

We won't have to wait long. The committee has a lot of work to do and if Lugar keeps Bolton's nomination at the top of the agenda, the RATs will lose the public relations war - even, possibly, with MSM.

Of course, Lugar could also cave.

[Crawdad]

Then one Republican on the committee should do a "Jeffords" for about 15 minutes and then jump back.

[Morgan in Denver]

Thank you snugs! I will cherish this always, and put it up on my wall.

I won! I won! I WON!!!

[rodguy911]

You get to be the fr FNC/Sunday Smackdown analyst of the week Morgan!!

[rodguy911]

Ahhh... the old rope-a-dope philosophy rears it's head again, could be snugs.

[Morgan in Denver]

I am truly humbled.

I would like to thank my parents, thank my supproters, thank my friends, thank the academy, thank the greart folks on FR, thank............

[rodguy911]

I hope you used small, short, easy to read-- Tom, Dick and Jane type words.

[jackbill]

The rules of the Foreign Relations Committee are at:

http://foreign.senate.gov/rule.html

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Rule 4 — Quorums

(a) Testimony. — For the purpose of taking sworn or unsworn testimony at any duly scheduled meeting a quorum of the Committee and each subcommittee thereof shall consist of one member.

(b) Business. — A quorum for the transaction of Committee or subcommittee business, other than for reporting a measure or recommendation to the Senate or the taking of testimony, shall consist of one-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee, including at least one member from each party.

(c) Reporting. — A majority of the membership of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for reporting any measure or recommendation to the Senate. No measure or recommendation shall be ordered reported from the Committee unless a majority of the Committee members are physically present. The vote of the Committee to report a measure or matter shall require the concurrence of a majority of those members who are physically present at the time the vote is taken.

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From Rule 4-c it looks like the committee could just send Bolton's nomination to the floor as long as all of the Republicans showed up for the meeting and six of them voted in favor.

But then, I'm not a lawyer - or a parliamentarian.

[AGreatPer]

Carville and Matelin used to be fun to watch (on now). Now they are just boring.

[rodguy911]

Mary Matlin(made over once again) making a good case for Bolton, good stuff

[Mister Baredog]

I want to watch Mr. Matlin get his arse kicked by his wife! ;)

LOL, I think the last time they were on together was when James smashed an egg over his rather shiny "cue ball" head post Nov election.

It was almost as good as the trash basket on his head from the 2002 losses.

[kabar]

the RATs will lose the public relations war - even, possibly, with MSM.

I seriously doubt that will happen. The GOP can't frame the issues and the MSM operates off of the Dem playbook.

[CasearianDaoist]

They just might get both.

[rodguy911]

I don't know what it is but whenever I see Carville I just start looking for a que-stick.

[Morgan in Denver]

Carville retains influence with Democrat leaders, and he seems to lead them on some issues. For that reason, I think we should listen to his reasoning. Not that I agree with him, but I respect his influence.

Even so, he's hard to watch with a straight face.