Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 12 March 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 12 March 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Mike Pence, R-Ind.; opera singer Placido Domingo.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. George Allen, R-Va., and Joseph Biden, D-Del.; retired Marine Gen. Bernard Trainor and Michael Gordon, chief military correspondent for The New York Times.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.; Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis.; political satirist Art Buchwald.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John Warner, R-Va.; Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; former Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y.

[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

[Alas Babylon!]

LAST WEEK'S WINNERS!

[mware]

Howie on. This should be interesting.

[mathluv]

Good morning, AB, and thanks as always for the thrread.

You are early, this morning.

[BigSkyFreeper]

FNS looks worthy of a look, would love to see Sen. Allen give Senator Plugs the Sunday SmackDown.

[Carolinamom]

Allen and Plugs are on MTP. (Russert dressed up as a blonde female reporterette at the Gridiron club last night!)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Allen and Plugs are on MTP.

Yep.

(Russert dressed up as a blonde female reporterette at the Gridiron club last night!)

Probably a good thing I missed that. :)

[anita]

Thanks Alas Babylon.

Wallace said - Bush is now "lame duck". Russert & Mathews said - Republicans "distance themselves" from the President to avoid defeat. Well, Proof is in the pudding.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar(D) won his last election with 58 vote lead. He is a moderate, pro-growth, anti-tax, Bush loving democrat. Bush personally embraced him at SOTU event.

Then came the dem.primary - Club for Growth endorsed (1st time) this dem. Kos-hacks, Deaniacs, Unions, abortionists, move-on and the entire liberal dems. endorsed and funneled their money and energy into his opponent (lost last time) Ciro Rodriguez. Their main election agenda? Henry Cuellar is in Bush's pocket.

In the end, Club for Growth endorsed & Bush supporting dem. Henry Cuellar(D) won handily with increased margin, by 12 percentage points. That was a REAL POLL and Bush won his 1st 2006 election house seat through a democrat without even showing up for campaign.

Then, media was hoping for a run-off if not defeat for Tom Delay. Delay ended up winning with more than double the total of all his opponents combined. All these in the peak of media assault on the President over the port deal.

[Phsstpok]

Good morning, AB.  Thanks for the thread.

There is background info on the shows and pre-show predictions on the

Weekend Show *Preview* for 3/11 - 3/12 (not the live thread)

The consensus seems to be that the main meme this week is that Bush is already a lame duck and it's time to ignore him and look at who's next.

Also, Iraq is too a civil war, despite what anybody says, and Iran is a hopeless mess.

Thanks to everyone who participated.  I'm particularly interested in Peach's activism thread proposal.  That will be one to watch. 

[MNJohnnie]

Hey Gip, See Mike Pence is on FNC today?

[anita]

I missed it Carolinamom. Is there a transcript somewhere?

[beyond the sea]

former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; former Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y

Are they "formers"?

[Carolinamom]

Who was it who said, "The news of my death is premature.?" Seems to fit where President Bush's presidency is concerned imo.

[DoctorMichael]

Morning all!

07:00 AM EST 0:45 (est.) LIVE

Call-In Open Phones C-SPAN, Washington Journal

07:45 AM EST 0:45 (est.) LIVE

Call-In Democratic Agenda C-SPAN, Washington Journal Ari Berman , Nation, The

08:30 AM EST 0:45 (est.) LIVE

Call-In Republican Agenda C-SPAN, Washington Journal Dick Polman , Philadelphia Inquirer

09:15 AM EST 0:45 (est.) LIVE

Call-In U.S. Policy Toward Iran C-SPAN, Washington Journal Abbas William Samii , Radio Free Europe

09:00 AM EST 0:58 (est.)

Speech Reaching for Power: The Shi\'a in the Modern Arab World Carnegie Cncl. on Ethics & Intl. Affairs Yitzhak Nakash , Brandeis University

10:01 AM EST 0:57 (est.)

Forum Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future Harvard University, Institute of Politics James Carville Elaine C. Kamarck , Harvard University

11:00 AM EST 0:57 (est.)

Speech Black in the White House: Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing Nixon Presidential Library Ron Christie , USA Freedom Corps

12:00 PM EST 1:18 (est.)

Speech Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Big XII Council on Black Student Government Angela Y. Davis , University of California, Santa Cruz

01:19 PM EST 0:30 (est.)

Speech Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum Nina Berman

01:50 PM EST 1:11 (est.)

Speech War and Faith in Sudan University of Notre Dame Gabriel Meyer

03:02 PM EST 0:27 (est.)

Interview After Words with David Vise C-SPAN, BookTV Lamar S. Smith , R-TX David A. Vise , Washington Post

04:00 PM EST 0:03 (est.)

Interview CPAC 2006 Book Interview Conservative Political Action Conference John H. Fund , Wall Street Journal

04:04 PM EST 0:57 (est.)

Speech Creating Black Americans Commonwealth Club of California Nell Irvin Painter , Princeton University

05:04 PM EST 0:58 (est.)

Speech Reaching for Power: The Shi\'a in the Modern Arab World Carnegie Cncl. on Ethics & Intl. Affairs Yitzhak Nakash , Brandeis University

06:00 PM EST 1:00 (est.)

Interview After Words with Torie Clarke C-SPAN, BookTV Victoria Clarke , Department of Defense Pamela Hess , United Press International

07:04 PM EST 0:59 (est.)

Forum National Book Critics Circle Book Awards Readings National Book Critics Circle Kai Bird Doris Kearns Goodwin

08:04 PM EST 0:09 (est.)

Forum Confronting the Worst: Writing and Catastrophe PEN World Voices Festival Ryszard Kapuscinski Svetlana Alexievich

08:15 PM EST 0:50 (est.)

Speech In Time of War: Hitler's Terrorist Attack on America Brentano's Books Pierce O'Donnell

09:00 PM EST 1:00 (est.)

Interview After Words with Torie Clarke C-SPAN, BookTV Victoria Clarke , Department of Defense Pamela Hess , United Press International

[MNJohnnie]

Thanks AB. I will be doing the top 10 today. Looks like FNC is getting as corrupt as the rest of the Junk Media. Seems they only are going to Republicans they can count on to trash the Republicans. Pence has a point about the Republicans on Fiscal issue, Hunter is just a media whore.

[beyond the sea]

Chris Dodd, Duncan Hunter, Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Frist, Russ Finegold, Carl Levin, Howard Dean.............UGH.

Better not try to hold down a breakfast.

[onyx]

I think I'll spare myself some anger and just read the comments here. I'd like to slap too many of the guests...lol.

[Carolinamom]

No transcript or video that I know of....several articles where I read about it, but I understand that reporters were not permitted to report on the shenanigans. You and I both know how that little rule goes.

Does anyone know whether C-Span filmed it?

One funny quoted line that I lifted from one article: Bush to Cheney, "Did you know that my poll numbers are down to 38%? Cheney to Bush, "What's your secret?" LOL

[Phsstpok]

Well, Mark Twain said

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

after his obit ran in a major paper.

[beyond the sea]

http://www.oneamericacommittee.com/

I saw John Edward speaking with Jack Kemp the other day. To be honest, Edwards is a pretty smart guy, and my, my, he looks like he's even younger than he did when he ran with Effin. He must be eating right.

To quote the lady customer in the deli in "When Harry Met Sally" after Meg Ryan's great orgasm scene, "I'll have what she's having".

;-)