Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 5 February 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 5 February 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gen. Michael Hayden, the principal deputy director of national intelligence; House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Boehner; Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Gen. Michael Hayden; Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Afghan President Hamid Karzai; former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi; Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi ambassador to the United States; Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor; Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels.

[rodguy911]

I lose interest in football after Thanksgiving, for me it's all FR and "24"(34 1/2 short hours aways now)

[snugs]

That stopwatch needs destroying now!!

[Carolinamom]

Your grandmother was an accomplished and smart woman. I still mourn the loss of the real meaning of 'gay'. It would have been more accurate imo if homosexuals had called themselves 'sad' or 'angry'.

[Phsstpok]

Specter is trotting out every discredited leftwing attack on the NSA program and Timmy is just letting him spew.

Specter says that the statute requires the administration to inform the entire committee, not just the "gang of 8." Unfortunately for snarlin Arlen he is 100% wrong and the precedent goes back to the earliest days of our republic. Telling the ranking memebers from both parties is "informing the committee," which is what the statute says.

He is also saying that Gonzalez claimed that they didn't go to Congress to get the law changed because they were told they wouldn't get the changes they wanted. That is 100% a lie. Gonzales said exactly the opposite, then said the same memebers of Congress said "don't go to Congress because that will reveal this program and damage our intelligence gathering abilities."

that's what you get for getting a law degree in Scottish Law and inventing magic bullets

Now Arlen is praising Carter for having "ceded this power" even though Carter expressly issued Executive Orders stating that he did not. The very act of praising Carter makes Specter "dead to me."

The result of this weeks upcoming performance by Arlen is that his fellow Republican Senator from PA will likely lose his seat as punishment for having backed Specter to the detriment of the country.

[Morgan in Denver]

Agreed, but not sure who you mean by "we?" Free Republic exposes Russert better than any other outlet, and we seem to do it week after week. Between FNC, the internet, blogs and radio talk shows, Russert cannot get away with the same things he used to get away with. Bluntly, we have his number.

[Beagle8U]

"I agree a Steeler Win would help Swann gain more support"

Think of the photo ops he could get with the superbowl champs?

Nothing against the Seahawks.

[Seattle Conservative]

"I have to root for the Steelers because it may help Swann in the Governors race in Penn."

IMHO just the Steelers being there has helped Lynn. And, while I definitely want him to be Gov, I'm not so sure the Steelers winning will help him. I'm not familar w PA politics, but I know that I do not like Rendell (never have). I'm wondering if the Steelers win will help Fast Eddy - - I'm sure he'll have his mug all over the TV.

New polls show Rendell, Swann in virtual tie Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | January 20, 2006 | James O'Toole

Posted on 01/21/2006 1:19:54 AM PST by presidio9

Two new polls depict a potential matchup between Gov. Ed Rendell and Republican candidate Lynn Swann as a virtual tie.

Both surveys, by Zogby International and Rassmussen Reports, show the other major Republican contender, former Lt. Gov. Bill Scranton, trailing the incumbent with similar margins, by 45.7 percent to 37.9 percent in the Zogby poll and by 46 percent to 36 percent in Rasmussen.

The difference between Mr. Swann and Mr. Rendell's numbers were within the margin of error in each poll. With Zogby, it was Mr. Rendell, 43.9 percent; Mr. Swann, 43.6 percent; Rasmussen: Mr. Rendell, 45 percent; Mr. Swann, 43 percent.

Both polls, as the Scranton campaign was quick to note, use methodologies that differ from those of many public opinion surveys.

The Rasmussen poll is based on responses to automated, recorded calls, rather than questions posed by human interviewers as with more traditional public opinion sampling. The Zogby survey uses still another approach, with its results resting on an Internet survey of pre-screened respondents.

Some critics have noted that, overall, Internet access is skewed toward certain groups, such as younger and more affluent users. Zogby maintains, however, that their results are weighted to reflect the views of the general population. The firms sponsoring both surveys maintain that they, like more traditional polls, offer a snapshot of public views that is within a few percentage points of the results that would be found if every Pennsylvania voter had been interviewed.

"I'm not saying they're wrong, but both [methods] are controversial; they raise eyebrows within the academic research community," said Terry Madonna, a veteran chronicler of Pennsylvania elections who directs Franklin & Marshall College's Keystone Poll. "But having said that, with two polls using widely varying methodologies showing the race tightening, that's evidence that the race is tightening."

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562110/posts

[Fudd Fan]

This coming election is a big one. If the Democrats would regain the House, the country is in trouble for years to come.

Bears repeating... and yes, BIG-TIME trouble.

[Phsstpok]

Thank you both. The cataract surgery should be a piece of cake compared to the transplants. I actually think pulling the stitches yesterday was worse. It won't be fun, but I've been there, done that.

Again, thanks

[Morgan in Denver]

I respect the heck out of Barone too. I also saw that segment and the words "as of right now" are telling because politics can change quickly. President Bush gives one speech and goes up ten percentage points in the polls overnight. We still have a long way before November and the Democrats will have plenty of opportunity to sink themselves, again.

[OldFriend]

The worst thing about the polls is that all the media outlets use the worst polls, no matter if newer ones show a much better result for the President.

Secondly, they use the fake polls, never mentioning that the dems are over-represented in the sample. The media, and that includes FNC, acts like the polls are legitimate news.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yeah, we needed the spot for Republicans, but the other guy would have been a real Republican (I think).

Pat Toomey, who is now heading up Club for Growth, would have been ten times the senator the Spectre is. The election would have been more iffy, but the less favorable probability would have been a risk worth taking.

[maica]

Mehlman is on fire on Steffi's show! Quick paraphrase: -

We don't question the patriotism of the Dems. We question their ability to defend our country.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well, Russert makes a living off of false accusations on behalf of the DNC. Never has one of his lies turned into truth. Ever. They keep him on there because he doesn't shut up, which only indicates he doesn't listen to what's being said. It's typical, IMO. I don't see how people can sit and watch his type. That includes the liberals on Fox and Friends (ED and Joooolian).

[Revererdrv]

Democrats cannot explain how they can do better. They never win the debate because they do not have solutions to problems. They are against Bush because they are Democrats.
Bush hate is the only motivator for Democrats. Most Democrats do not look happy either. They look like a bunch of miserable, angry people, who lack any common sense solutions to problems.

[snugs]

Great minds think alike LOL

[samantha]

I am glad to say that about three weeks ago I picked Boehner to be the best choice of the three up for that job. He is very smooth,disarming,friendly and he is there on the job for the reason they all should be. He wants to not bring home the bacon for just his district, he wants to do the entire job he was hired to do, to go to DC to present legislation that will help all Americans, and that will help his constituents at the same time. They mentioned on FNS that he was like Dean Martin, and in a way he is. He is laid back, unruffable, (is that a word) and he is from Ohio, which coincidentally Dean Martin was from Steubenville Ohio. Boehner thinks on his feet and has the subjects discussed down pat,and he talks in a gentle reasonable, very understandable way. He almost reminds me of a Shrink talking to a dumb, deranged patient when he is talking to Russert. He is so disarming that Russert is flustered today. HAh!

[Morgan in Denver]

Yep, it did. Along with the Democrats constant destruction of the military and intelligence capabilities every chance they had. Democrats have opposed every new military program we've had, and don't look for that to change any time soon.

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[OldFriend]

There were serious close votes coming up in the Senate and the President needed Arlen's votes. He got them.

Hoping that Toomey ws going to win was not an acceptable risk. We need every senator on our side to control the committees.