Weekend Show *Preview* for 6/10 - 6/11/06 (not the live thread)

Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for Saturday, June 10th and Sunday, June 11th, 2006 (not the live thread)

The main message is the Sunday Shows on 6/11/006. Message 1 will be the Saturday Shows and message 2 will be the show guest links post. Then I'll post the ping list.

I would particularly ask that anyone with specific knowledge or resources about the topics / guests announced for these shows post them here so that the rest of us can go into the shows with a heads up on what to look for. For example,

Saturday Shows Template

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

Meme:
- OK, this is getting interesting... we might actually have something significant to contribute.... for a change
- Nope.... never mind...
Topics:
- Big news in Iraq: How will Zarqawi's death impact the war?
- Both parties spin results from Tuesday's primaries: What does it mean for midterm elections?
- Plus, what's next in the gay marriage debate?
Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- Did you know that Tim Russert has a new book? Screw the end of the world! Tim has a new book! Pay attention!!!!!!!!!!!
Topics:
- Turning the tables, Tom Brokaw interviews Tim about his new bestselling book, “Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons.”
Guests
- Tom Brokaw.... er.... Tim Russert.... ?????
CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

Meme:
- I don't care what you think.... the MSM is too soft on Bush!!!!!!
- We are important because the UN says we are!
- Wow... forget the baby... have you seen the pictures of Angelina!!!!!!!
Topics:
- The media and the War on Terror: How have the media covered the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
- A top U.N. official takes aim at FOX News
- $4 million for baby pictures?!
The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

Meme:
- Laffer laughs at your analysis, and your little dog too!
- Taxes are bad
- Did anyone notice the death of this idiot in Iraq?
Topics:
- Show Title: Ahead of the Curve (from the Opinion Journal web site for the show):
  - Tune in for an interview with Arthur Laffer and a discussion of Iraq and same-sex marriage.
  - How can the new Iraq government and the U.S. best capitalize on the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
  - An interview with economist Arthur Laffer on California politics and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the politics of gay marriage.
- From the Fox News Channel web site for the show:
  - California votes: Were Democratic hopes dashed?
  - Plus, what does Zarqawi's death mean for terrorist insurgency?
  - And, the politics of gay marriage
Guests
- Arthur Laffer
Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

Guests for the Weekend Shows, 6/10 and 6/11, 2006

Jonathan Alter (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek Magazine
- Book Review: The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter (Monsters and Critics.com, UK)
- Company Policy? WashPost Reviews FDR Book By Newsweek's Alter (NewsBusters)
- Democrats in search of optimism and ideas (MSNBC)
- Newsweek: Independent Online Political Party Unity08 to Launch This Week (Yahoo! News (press release))
- Stupidity08.com (The American Prospect)
- Good Idea, Bad Movement (Hammer of Truth)
- Have Media Made Hillary Clinton a Dead Candidate Walking? (NewsBusters)
- Presidents Suffer Falling Polls in Times of Turmoil (PBS)
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer (ABC This Week)
- Uncertainty Follows Zarqawi's Death (Council on Foreign Relations, New York)
- Blueprint for the economic takeover of the Middle East (Aljazeera.com)
- Iraq Police Dysfunctional, Helped Bring Country To Brink Of Civil War (Free Internet Press)
- The Great Iraq Oil Grab (AlterNet, CA)
ABC News consultant Donna Brazile (ABC This Week roundtable)
- Why the "New" Al Gore can't get elected (Slate)
- It Didn't Take Tony Snow Long To Run Afoul of Some in the Media (Fox News)
Gen. George Casey (CBS Face The Nation, Fox News Sunday, NBC Meet The Press)
- Commanding general, Multi-National Force in Iraq
- Harry Smith Pounds General George Casey With Quagmire Questions (NewsBusters)
- US mulls Iraq role after Zarqawi slaying (Business Day, South Africa)
- Takeout of terror boss leaves Iraq still torn (Detroit Free Press)
- Khalilzad's new job: Make Iraq work (Buffalo News)
Representative Rahm Emanuel, D-Illinois (ABC This Week)
- Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
- Rahm Emanuel Calls Ann Coulter a ‘Hatemonger’ on House Floor (NewsBusters)
- Rahm Emanuel scorecard (National Review Online Blogs)
- Narrow Victory by GOP Signals Fall Problems (New York Times)
- Can the Democrats Win Back Congress? (New York Times)
- DeLay, unapologetic to the end, gives last goodbye to Congress (The Register-Guard, Oregon)
- Hoyer backs Pelosi, smacks Rep. Jefferson (The Hill)
Newt Gingrich, fomer House speaker (Fox News Sunday)
- Newt Gingrich Wins 2008 Straw Poll (NewsMax.com)
- Guess who won a straw poll? (Washington Times)
- Gingrich sees cause for hope in NO (Times Picayune, LA)
- Words to unite by (The Wichita Eagle, KS)
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. (Fox News Sunday)
- Veterans are easily defeating challengers (Daily Breeze, CA)
- War vs. Peace in the Democratic Party (AlterNet, CA)
- Al Qaeda Left With Void To Fill (CBS News)
- Local “Progressive” Papers Eat Toad for Harman - Part 1 (OpEdNews)
- They're Not in Kansas, Anymore Our Man in Kos (CounterPunch, CA)
- Gove Vidal Campaigns for "A Real Democrat" (Yahoo! News)
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt (CNN Late Edition) Deputy director, U.S. Central Command
- General: Ideologies of al-Qaida, others are threat to US (DesMoinesRegister.com, IA)
Arthur Laffer (Journal Editorial Report)
- Dr. Arthur Laffer, 'Father of Supply-Side Economics,' (Yahoo! News (press release))
- Hooray for the Death Tax! - by Larry Kudlow (Yahoo! News)
- US stocks going cheap (National Post, Canada)
- Towards a lower tax rate (Jamaica Gleaner)
- Gordon Brown and the great tax robbery (Daily Mail - UK)
Markos Moulitsas (NBC Meet The Press) Daily Kos
- Markos Moulitsas Is Not a Libertarian (Hammer of Truth)
- The Two Worlds of the Liberal Blogosphere (National Review Online Blogs)
- Democrats Flocking to Vegas As Blogs Flex New Muscle (New York Sun)
- Top Dems convene, drawn by bay blog (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Kos: "We Have Arrived" (Washington Post)
- Kos-tic Keynote in Las Vegas (Palm Beach Post)
- Markos Moulitsas Zúniga : Another Darth Nader? (Blogcritics.org)
Grover Norquist, (ABC This Week Voices segment) head of Americans for Tax Reform
- Oregon Congressman Walden Named "Hero of the Taxpayer" (MedfordNews.com, OR)
- A Pathway to Citizenship -- and Political Extinction (FrontPage magazine.com)
- Reagan’s Children Rising (Oregon Magazine)
- Congressman Mike Pence and the Amnesty Lobby (VDARE.com, Virginia)
- John Cranford: The Heirs of Their Ways (CQPolitics.com)
Queen Rania of Jordan (CNN Late Edition)
- Queen Rania concludes four-day visit to the US (Jordan News Agency (Petra), Jordan)
- Queen Rania of Jordan – Royal Beauty with Brains (South Asian Women's Forum, India)
- Jordan's Queen Rania Says Reform Taking Root in Arab World (Washington File)
- King Abdullah and Queen Rania in Kuwait today to boost ties (Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan)
- Her majesty won’t be wearing a burqa (The Sunday Times, UK)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (CNN Late Edition) Danish Prime Minister
- Bush: Elimination of al-Zarqawi 'helps' (San Jose Mercury News)
- Leader of Denmark Meets Bush at Camp David (Forbes)
- Bush, Danish Leader Squeeze in Bike Ride (Washington Post)
- Baltic summit in Reykjavik (Nordic Council, Denmark)
Senator Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island (CNN Late Edition)
- Democrats Question Handling of Data Breach (New York Times)
- Reed warns that new missiles could increase risk of nuclear war (Providence Eyewitness News, RI )
- MASSACRE PROBE MUST GO UP COMMAND (Free Market News Network)
- Rice urges patience in US on Iraqi leadership (Boston Globe)
- US Vows Full Investigation Into Haditha Incident (Chosun Ilbo, South Korea)
Representative Tom Reynolds, R-New York (ABC This Week)
- National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman
- DEMOCRATIC TARGETING TOM REYNOLDS (The Conservative Voice, NC)
- Hastert Stumps for Reynolds in Rochester (13WHAM-TV, NY)
- NRCC Emphasizes "Local" In Statement (National Journal)
- Election outlook muddled (Ocala.com, FL)
- GOP barely retains San Diego House seat (San Francisco Chronicle)
- California's message: Midterms will be about immigration, ethics (CNN)
Mouwafak al-Rubaie (CNN Late Edition)
- Iraqi national security adviser
- Iraqi Politicians Struggle to Fill Posts (CBS News)
- Iraqi Cabinet to be unveiled (Baltimore Sun)
Dan Senor (Fox News Sunday)
- Former CPA spokesman
- Lookout, France! Google hires neo-con headbanger (The Register)
- Dan Senor Not Joining Google (searchenginewatch.com)
- News Hounds: Fox News Hires Dan Senor (Newshounds)
Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pa. (CNN Late Edition)
- Specter ready to force showdown (Boston Globe)
- Cheney Plays Down Dispute With Specter (Washington Post)
- Specter unappeased by Cheney's response on committee contact (Houston Chronicle)
- Specter Caves, Proposes Blanket Amnesty For Illegal Government (Think Progress)
- Sen. Arlen Specter: White House Needs To Explain Role In CIA Leak (CBS News)
- Jules Witcover: The specter of Arlen Specter (Sacramento Bee)
- Sen. Arlen Specter called for dialogue with Iran. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY)
Amy Walter (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- Analyst, Cook Political Report
- CA-50: Another Look (Swing State Project)
- Voters Cast Ballots in Eight State Primaries (PBS)
- Abramoff? DeLay? How Bout Mollohan and Jefferson (Lone Star Times)
George Will (ABC This Week roundtable)
- George Will: GOP’s immigration reform split widens (The Union Leader, NH)
- George Will: Gonzales may need a refresher course on federal law (The Union Leader, NH)
- George Will Insults Values Voters (Human Events)
Byron York (NBC Meet The Press roundtable)
- National Review
- Infiltrating Yearly Kos: The taunting of Byron York (Hot Air)
- The Two Worlds of the Liberal Blogosphere (National Review Online Blogs)
- You Wanna Be a Pundit? (National Review Online Blogs)
- The Secret Court Case (CBS News)
- Clinton, McCain and the race of 2008 (San Jose Mercury News)
- ‘Mr. Counterterrorism Guru’ (National Review Online)
Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria (ABC This Week roundtable)
- Al Qaeda's evident decline (Chicago Tribune)
- American competitiveness and the global economy (ZDNet)
- Bin Laden as successful instigator (ISN, Switzerland)
- Top Journalists Denounce English as Official Language as 'Nonsense' (NewsBusters)

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The most interesting guest to me will be General Casey. I think he'll be business like and very straight forward, but I want to see how he is treated by "the enemy" during his blitz kreig. I'm also curious to see if the Danish Premiere has a clue why he's on this week and if he surprises Wolf by a very un PC answer to one of two of his questions (wouldn't that be fun?). And the lionization of Kos has begun. Oh, let me bow down before this great power on the net!!!!

The dominant meme appears to be that success in Iraq, any success, especially the elimination of (dare I say it?) the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, is a non issue. Didn't you get the memo?

PS - I will be traveling much of the day, Saturday, 6/10 and will probably have only limited access this entire week. I will not return till late in the day on Friday, 6/16 and will probably not get this thread posted till mid-day on Saturday next week. I hope to get some time to participate on the Sunday thread this week. I'm going to be in Boston (on an expense account) and I got cheated on my trip to SF by not getting to enjoy any of the really good restaurants, so I hope you'll all forgive me if I spend more time enjoying myself this weekend than hanging out here. You wanna know what's really sad? I'll probably be here most of the time this weekend. Ah well... <g>

Thanks for the thread...

Please take the weekend off...and enjoy your company's money and eat, drink and be merry, in Boston this weekend.

You did your usual stellar job...

I probably won't be able to participate much this weekend either...(babysitting 30 year old daughter)...

You might be interested in this..

My daughter's husband left this morning for Bangkok...the plane got 1 1/2 hours past Anchorage, Alaska, on the way to Tokyo, where they were supposed to catch another plane to Bangkok...

When they got that 1 and 1/2 hours out of Alaska, the pilot came on and said they had an oil leak, so they flew back 1 and 1/2 hours to Anchorage...where they will have to spend the night...and then they will have to spend the night in Tokyo the next night...

What he thought was going to be 21 hours of flying has turned into almost a 3 day ordeal.

I am so glad it is he, and not me!!!

Thanks for your usual stellar job! I agree w you - -I think Gen Casey will be the most interesting and don't think he'll put up w any cr*pola from Timmy or Bobby. I think Chris will be fair w him (or, I hope he will anyway).

I wonder how many of the show hosts and/or guests will echo the mantra of some of the dems re Zarqawi: it was a stunt to improve Bush's poll #s, it never happened, the timing is questionable, it happened a long time ago and they're just now showing it to help Bush, and/or, as you mentioned, it's no big deal (even though many had been harping that we couldn't even get this 1 Big fish).

I can't believe Timmy is having the Daily Kos on - - just goes to show you what a joke his show and the Dims have become (since many of the 'leaders' are attending this convention). Maybe we should have a FR convention. Wonder if Timmy would have Jim R on if we did. Nah.

Have a SUPER time in Boston!

I find it interesting that while the media is skewering Ann Coulter for being "mean spirited", they are lionizing the Daily Kos guy, who wrote those vile words about the men who were killed, mutilated, and strung up on the bridge in Fallujah.

I can find no better example of the MSM's double standard, and to find them displaying it so publicly is curious. Either they are emboldened into thinking that no one has a memory, or they are desperate to promote the leftist message. I can't figure out which...or maybe it's both.

Can you turn that into a question to post to Timmy via the MTP web site? That would be marvelous!

Off to the airport. I'll try to check in later.

I wonder how many of the show hosts and/or guests will echo the mantra of some of the dems re Zarqawi: it was a stunt to improve Bush's poll #s, it never happened, the timing is questionable, it happened a long time ago and they're just now showing it to help Bush, and/or, as you mentioned, it's no big deal (even though many had been harping that we couldn't even get this 1 Big fish).

Elen Ratner was just dancing to that tune on Fox and Friends Weekend. She was sinking deeper and deeper the more she tried to spin. I think that's a winner for us, at least at this point. They haven't found a way to formulate that argument that doesn't make them look like idiots and traitors. It's like getting Murtha talking. If it's talking heads talking about Murtha he's this great leader and heroic figure, but if you actually see and hear him he's a fool and a truly nasty person.

"Elen Ratner was just dancing to that tune on Fox and Friends Weekend."

Guess she must have received the fax. It's interesting to me that they think we're so stupid that we'll take what they say to heart and believe it. I just caught bits and pieces of shows yesterday and came up w a list of their talking points (I'm sure many other FReepers caught them as well). It's become almost a game w me - -listen to a few shows, hear what's regurgitated here and there and it's easy to know what was on the DNC fax du jour (or subject).

" If it's talking heads talking about Murtha he's this great leader and heroic figure, but if you actually see and hear him he's a fool and a truly nasty person."

He's either a fool and nasty or has dementia and/or a chemical imbalance. Heard that he's now saying he's going to run for majority leader when the Dims take over congress in the fall. Looks like that's what all his bloviating and blustering has been about - -get lots of face time and your name in the news, side w the left-wing wackos on the war, and try to get elected as majority leader. Wonder if Pelosi knew his plan when she encouraged the 'decorated veternan' to speak out on the war. Too bad for him and good for us that the Dims will lose once again in the fall and he'll have to settle for ranking member of a committee - - that's, of course, if his constituents decide to let him keep his seat. Hopefully, they'll say enough is enough and replace him w Diane Irey.

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