Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 9 October 2005

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Texas Supreme Court Judge Nathan Hecht; Gary Bauer, president of the American Values Coalition; Dr. Steven Rosenberg, chief surgeon with the National Institutes of Health.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pat Buchanan, former presidential candidate; Richard Land, president, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., ranking Democrat of the committee; Mike Leavitt, secretary, Health and Human Services.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Richard Durbin, D-Ill.; Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraqi national security adviser; the Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition; Dr. David Nabarro, U.N. bird flu envoy.

[snugs]

I agree entirely with your post

[rodguy911]

Great link there Anita.
Hugh Hewitt's comments especially are very enlightening. Miers may well be a stealth candidate and a conservative.

[DoctorMichael]

I'm impressed! The guy is good.

[rodguy911]

Morning Morgan, cool in Denver?
"the media and pundits have gotten wrong more often than right"
So important to remember, trouble is there is no one to keep score but us. Great post.

[Alas Babylon!]

Just another felon speaking up for the RI(ex)POTUS felon.

[joesbucks]

Me thinks Newt decided to change stride because too many named Conservatives had already voiced dissent, concern or outright contempt about the Miers selection. His voice came late and offerred nothing new. By playing the contrarian with his newfound support, he gets face time. Someone new, unless they offer something really unique in opposition, ala Bork, are now just part of the chorus.

[TomGuy]

...will do the job according to how the person that appointed them wants them to.

For starters, once the nominee is confirmed and seated, that Justice is an independent, for-life entity.

Judicial appointees have no requirement for allegiance to their appointer.

[rodguy911]

Thanks Seattle Conservative.
Good to see you up and about on the "left" coast. Your input will be especially informative on a day like today.

[CAluvdubya]

I read on another thread that Sandy burglar is going to give the toon's side after Freeh.

Now that's funny! Is Burglar arriving on the set in his orange vest? The one he wears while picking up trash on the side of the road. :)

[MNJohnnie]

Makes me wish I was the proverbial fly on the wall to hear what was in those phone calls to make the folks change their mind.

Looking at what she has said and done rather then listing to the very shifting reasons put out by the Whaa! Chorus is what is changing my mind. Not convinced yet but am not hearing anything from the other side that isn't more in line with Hysteric Leftist reasoning then real Conservative thinking. I mean supposed "Conservatives" arguing that you had to get the "best minds from the best schools". HUH? Have any of them LOOKED at what their elites court has been doing the last 4 years? The last thing we want is a member of the club being sent up there. "How will she handle the pressure" A heck of a lot better then the Legal Establishment types HAVE (with the most notable exception of Thomas and Scalia) since they are all so busy looking to the Law guild for love and affection, they seem to have forget anything they supposedly knew about the US Constitution recently!

[rodguy911]

It's a good thing we have a big tent becasue Kristol borders on wack-job at times.

[FreedomNeocon]

Yep, he had good answers the whole time. Always hit multiple points, and was getting peppered pretty good there pretty consistantly.

That was very enjoyable.

[Seattle Conservative]

"I think the Quake is going to get some discussion. The toll is rapidly climbing, now estimates of over 30,000 dead in Southeast Asia:"

It's really terrible and I pray for those poor people. As a Christian, I know I'm not supposed to wish that another human being dies or is badly injured. However, I wouldn't be too upset if Bin Laden and some of his aides were in a cave that "caved-in". Only problem w that is that we'd wouldn't know their whereabouts for a long time or ever, to prove that he went to meet Allah.
BL is probably in Iran anyway.

[Morgan in Denver]

Keep this up and you'll get the award anyway. ROFLOL

[maryz]

Chris Wallace was (as is customary) on the Howie Carr show Friday, to talk about FNS. He said they tried to get Freeh for today but couldn't.

[Phsstpok]

Gingrich did a flipflop during the week.

Tues/Wed he was extremely apprehensive of the Miers nomination.

By Thurs/Fri he was all in favor of her confirmation.

I don't think you can characterize whatt he did over the week as a flip/flop. He started out saying he didn't know anything about her, which concerned him. He then found out some facts about her and spoke to some people he trusts who know her. He ended the week feeling pretty good about her, but suggested we wait for the hearings.

Pretty hard to describe that as a flip/flop. Now if Kristol or Coulter did a 180, that would be a flip/flop. You might accuse Newt of making up his mind on scant evidence, but that's another question.

[rodguy911]

That would be a great idea, Hewitt's popularity is growing by leaps and bounds, and Kristol is totally unpredictable.

[txradioguy]

Oh I know they aleays find a way to get around their previously made statements. The wouldn't be Libs if otherwise.

But you've already got Reid singing her praises...Mikulski defending her...these are definately going to be interesting times IMHO.

[cardinal4]

Good Morning! I wont be able to watch much today, I have a weeks worth of Sociology homework due that I procrastinated until today! It is required to graduate, but I cant imagine a more useless waste of 3 credit hours. Anyway, looks like an iteresting lineup and per your comment about bird flu, Id be interested to see what the usual suspects take on it is...

[snugs]

I do not like the term stealth candidate, I understand what people are saying by it but IMHO it suggests something underhand.

As she worked in this administration for 5 years and was involved in Texas Government prior to that to say that she is stealth candidate to me does not make sense. Also the sort of things in particular she has been involved it at the White House (Roberts nomination being just one of them) I would have thought it would be very unlikely if she was anything other than a conservative in philosophy.