Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 5 June 2005

Various big media television networks ^ | 5 June 2005 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Amnesty International USA Executive Director William Shulz; former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste, Watergate figure and radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): former Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee, former Nixon White House counsel John Dean.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del.(he's back!); former Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee; rock star Bryan Adams.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari; Washington Post reporter John Harris; former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig; former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, former Nixon White House counsel Charles Colson, former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste.

[anita]

He was commenting on his suggestion that an independent commission be established and he acted like it was the most brilliant and original idea ever.

O'reilly was calling for the same. Don't be surprised if McCain (along with Graham) go over to the mic & call for the commission.

[maica]

Mehlman is so articulate. Russert is quietly asking his questions, and letting Mehlman speak, because he cannot rebut Mehlman's answers.

At one point though, Russert mentioned Howard Dean and called him "chairman of the party" - I guess for Russert there is really only One Party.

I wish Dean wasn't such a coward. A face to face matchup with Mehlman would be very entertaining!

[rodguy911]

Morning AB and thank you again for the thread.

Looks like MTP may be the place to be this morning. We are getting it now. I just finished watching the first half of the show, here's what I got.

Players are Ken Mehlman,our RNC chair, and Timmy.

One of the early topics was stem cell--Mehlman tried to explain to Tim we don't want to destroy lives, to save them.

Tim raises a big rant from former Sen John Danfoth from misery(Mo.)stating that pubbies have become an arm of the religious right--quesiton is so bizarre Mehlman changes topic to deficit.

"Tim we are at war" that is why we have a deficit, we are cutting it in half.

Gay marriage Tim is upset that the log cabin Republicans are mad at us. Mehlman--marriag should be between a man and a woman, tim gets it but goes on.

As the interview proceeds it is obvious that Mehlman is a no- nonsense leader while Dean was a maniac off the topic guy with no direction.

Socha security accounts, It appears between the MSM and the rats they have successfully demonized the issue. Tim says if GW will just take personal accounts off the table--Mehlman tries to explain why we should be in charge of our own money but tim doesn' want to hear it.

This issue(socials security personal accounts)is the core of both parties. Pubbies manage your own account --capitalism

rats.--let the govt. be in charge of your money--socialist, commie like govt.

Timmy attacking the war on Iran nbc poll shows 40% think it was not worth it it 50 don't, more bogus stuff.

More koran stories from the wash post--tim, "was the Bush Administration trying to bury this story".

Downing street memo--Bush's fault he created the war, made up excuses--by now you are getting the picture, its just another attack Bush hour by the rats. Any question about where tim stood should be answered after this interview.

[Morgan in Denver]

Morning Alas, and snugs too. I hope Wallace asks good questions, and does not let this creep off the hook.

[mathluv]

When I read your post, I assumed it would be on an hour earlier. Wrong! It was on TWO hours early. I just got to see the last 5 minutes of Ken. Will have to depend on this thread to see what he had to say.

[mathluv]

Like I said, I have been out of the loop. That is probably what happened.

[Patriot from Philly]

I don't necessarily think a commission is a bad idea. However, I want that disgusting anti-American Amnesty International to be held responsible for their comments and not provided a forum to spout off their garbage.

I don't like O'Reilly, but last fall Human Rights Watch had a rep on who wanted that Marine in Fallujah to be tried for war crimes. O'Reilly went after him and it wasn't pretty.

I want these spokesmen to make their money. Not have to go up against some idiot Fox anchor who is clueless.

We need to find a nonpartisan NGO to look at human rights abuses world wide.

Amnesty International is a disgrace.

[secret garden]

Great post!

[mathluv]

I laughed at Alan the other night on H&C. The impeachment topic came up and he wanted to know what dim would do that.

[maica]

'Gonna keep my ears open for this 'Impeachment' bruhaha that's set to hit the stage with Kerry this week. I heard Kondrake say that the Dem's are going with it.
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That is going to fizzle. Kerry is the posterboy for political inappropriateness. (Is there such a word?)

Our response can be simply: That is so retro!! Yawn! Been there, done that!

[CasearianDaoist]

It appears between the MSM and the rats they have successfully demonized the issue

What makes you say that? Just asking.

[Morgan in Denver]

I hope impeachment is the main Democrat issue. Fun times are ahead if they do this, as more people will learn how disfunctional Democrats are.

[rodguy911]

Thanks. That was the first half of the show. It took me the next 20 minutes to put it all together. Timmy was really out to get Mehlman and the pubbies, quite disgusting.

[Sybeck1]

2 hours earlier her in Memphis too! Dang tennis. Dean got the better hour slot for MTP! Favoritism I telling you!!!

[snugs]

Sounds like a good interview if I get the chance I will watch it later this after we get it on Satellite on CNBC in 3 hours time.

[Carolinamom]

I would like to hear Brit Hume questioning Bob Woodward about his work methods and exactly how much dramatic license an author of non-fiction is allowed to get away with.

[CasearianDaoist]

We need to find a nonpartisan NGO to look at human rights abuses world wide

Why in the world do we need to do this? This is the absolute last thing we "need" to do.

What in the blue blazes are you talking about?

[NautiNurse]

a big political hack!

Another good description of Ben-Veniste. Would keep smarmy in the list of adjectives, however.

[rodguy911]

The fix seems to be solidly in with these two supposedly different but in reality the same groups(the press and the rats). It's as if the rat talking points "must" be broadcasted on every rat station, newspaper, etc. in almost a desperate way.

I think this issues(private accounts) is the true watershed issue that separates us from the rats. This is a basic socialism vs. capitalism type of issue. We should win and we appear not to be. It is so crazy. I don't get it.

[Patriot from Philly]

My point is that the human right groups are part of the leftist cabal. The work of looking into human rights abuses is good work and needs to be done.

I'm saying let's get a fair group to do this work.