Posted on 05/28/2006 5:08:34 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, May 28th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Bill Frist, R-Tenn.; Staff Sgt. Alfred Lanier, head honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John Warner, R-Va.; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; singer Tony Orlando.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Barham Salih, Iraqi deputy prime minister; Prince Hassan of Jordan; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert.
I am not sorry to say, I too have a lot of faith in what we're doing and that people will respond to logical leadership, which Republicans are providing (for the most part).
So far Murtha has managed to dazzle them with footwork,
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that will soon be seen as foot-in-mouth work? His opponent Diana Irey is a very attractive (intellectually as well as physically) candidate.
Diana Irey website, includes address, phones, how to contribute, etc: http://www.irey.com/
Very good points. Thanks for the post.
Surely though now in 2006 time has come for a change after here in Britain the political system as was then bears no resemblance to now. Our royal family not only having no say in the actual policy of our government but it is frowned upon them making any form of political point or statement.
Yes I meant see you later on the dose (day in the life thread)
That was an awesome special..
I thought I had seen it...but, the one I saw was before all of the calls by these ex-Generals calling for his resignation.
I admit that I am one of the people that Bret talked about that just fell in love with Rummy during his pressers at the time of the Afghanistan War..and I always look forward to his pressers.
His wife is a very pretty woman..and she and Rummy seem very well suited to each other.
I would highly recommend it if anyone missed it..I am sure Fox will rerun it.
Did I read that Birch Bayh saved Ted Kennedy from the Plane wreck that killed the Pilot?
The British press as well as the Bush poodle comment have also been saying 2 lame ducks all week.
There has been hints the last few days that Don Evans may be in line to take Treasury Secretary John Snow's job...
I don't know if it will happen, but I have heard even lib talk show hosts, like Chrissy Matthews say that Evans has been one of the most "likeable" of Bush's cabinet members and friends...(Evans was brought with him from Texas)...
I am thinking it would be very interesting if Don Evans isn't being put in now...to give him some more exposure.
IF he has that reputation among the media, and politicians...wouldn't he be an interesting person to look into, re: 2008??
This mugshot of Saunders reminds me of a show he did with Terry Bowden dicussing a coaching vacancy (maybe Notre Dame). They agreed that the next major D-I football slot should go to a Black coach. I'll never forget that moron Terry nodding in agreement, knowing that his Daddy may have been passed over in such a hiring regimen, and that the crew of D-I coaches he sired might also have never happened. I like the MLK,Jr. test of "content of character, not color of skin."
I am glad there is someone else who heard the Rush/Snow interview as I did. Tony was saying the same things before he joined the White House...they have to pay a fine, stay employed, learn English. I do wish the proponants would stop saying those things though. The fine is meaningless, it doesn't have to be paid for years and, by that time, the illegal will have received quite a bit more from the EITC. The continuous employment requirement is not continuous at all and who will monitor whether an illegal has been unemployed for 45 days and rush to deport them? There is no real requirement that the illegal learn English. They need only enroll in an English course, for which they will get a $500 stipend. The "pay back taxes" is equally illusory. I cringe every time I hear this list of their "hardships" recited.
The Kennedys and the Bayhs have remained friends over the years. Evan will never publicly disagree with Ted Kennedy. Period.
He treated Tony like a close friend, almost brother sitting at the kitchen table, or in the fishing boat, asking for the low down. Of course 30 million eavesvdroppers where listening in.
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Very nicely put. I thought it was one of the best conversations I have ever heard for pure professionalism on both sides.
I think that Tony Snow is more on board with Bush's immigration ideas than almost any talk show host I have heard...
however, it is a very hard position to articulate..because I have come to believe that what President Bush wants is "more" than the House plan, but, probably quite a bit "less" than the Senate plan...
So, he, like the rest of us are just waiting to see what comes out of the blender when the two Houses get together, (if they do)..
And, since it is hard to articulate..and we are in a "wait and see mode"...it must be really hard for Tony to go on a radio show, which forces one to talk in "sound bites"...and really itemize how Bush feels, or how HE feels about it, personally (which I guess he really can't anymore).
I am just glad that Tony is going on all of these talk shows so HE can report back to Bush what he is being told.
Re Shumer on FTN, I listened on radio and noticed unnatural pauses. It was obvious that Schumer was waiting for someone to feed him answers. I thought about his earphone, not having seen his behavior.
GREAT POST!!!
Your best so far today...I think all of us are guilty at some point of wanting our 100% POV to be the most popular..or in this case, the one Bush agrees with.
I have started out on some threads with a certain POV and opinion on something, even to the point of debating with other Freepers, only to change my mind, 400 or 500 posts later....
Now, lately, I think threre has been a massive influx of freepers that just won't give, won't budge..and are the first to start calling other freepers name...(which is a sign of a closed mind, IMHO).
No. I'm going to count on others (particularly here) to dissect it and then validate the things I think are important that get pointed out here.
I would rather have no Bill then what the Senate passed
Agreed, but if the Senate didn't pass a bill then there would be no chance of a good bill. If the House negotiators can pull an acceptable bill out of conference then let's go for it, but if they can't be satisfied then kill the whole thing and make an issue of it in November.
As for Frist putting the House Bill alone up for a vote .. he can't because it would be voted down
Yeah, but it would put all of the Dims and the RINOs in the Senate on record as voting against protecting the border.
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