Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 18 June 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 18 June 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House press secretary Tony Snow; New Democrat Network President Simon Rosenberg; former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister, ConocoPhillips Corp. Chairman James Mulva, Chevron Corp. Chairman David O'Reilly.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Snow; Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

THIS WEEK (ABC): L. Pre-empted for World Cup coverage.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Snow; Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.

[altura]

It would be me, too. Good thing I'm not press secretary.

[defconw]

I am waiting for Shieffer to ask a question different then Chris's! Maybe Blitzer will.

[OldFriend]

Remember slick willie crashing weddings wherever he went?

Now we have Oprah crashing weddings too, but at least she's bringing gifts.

Something sick about seeking adoration from strangers.

Must be because they can't get any adoration from those who know them well.

[defconw]

Tony is such an insider, to Schieffer, "your brother the Ambassador to Japan!" LOL

[HonestConservative]

Really, the questions even seem to be in the same order!

[defconw]

LOL, cuts down on prep time!

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing this. Democrats have yet to learn their old excuses are failing.

[OldFriend]

Great plan. Second thought. Hurry up and leave before we win.

[HonestConservative]

"Remember slick willie crashing weddings wherever he went?"

I had never heard that! LMAO

Looking for virgins, maybe?

[gov_bean_ counter]

People like Murtha used to just get a three day accompanied weekend pass.

[samantha]

ref #74, Do not expect Murtha to make any sense, he won't because he has serious Medical problems that are not being addressed because the DBM and the DNC can use him. Most people look at him as a really worn looking old Military man so they don't criticize his mental mistakes and rantings. If he is this weird acting and out of control in the next couple of months the Dems will shut him up if they have to lock him in a closet. There was a little blurb on FR that Murtha has a new Young wife so the Dems may not be able to do anything to shut him up at all. The Dems do not care if he wins in November because he will have outlived his usefulness to them by then,and it will be better for the Dems because the ethics/kickbacks/appropriations problems that he has will be explained away by the "dementia". This could benefit the Dems two fold, if it does not come crashing down around them before November.

[SamAdams_Lite]

very charming and persuasive when he's on Imus

I heard him explain his position on Iraq to Imus last week and while it sounded reasonable as he was talking, 30 seconds later I couldn't tell what he said.

[Carolinamom]

Other efforts to garner attention: x42 carrying his 5 lb. Bible (and meeting Monica after church) and taking communion in a Catholic church.

[OldFriend]

Kerry is on the record as saying there was only minor disruption when we left Viet Nam. No big deal. Very few deaths.

When he's not flip flopping he's lying thru his teeth.

But then the deaths of 'those' people don't really matter.

[Jen from Tn.]

Very funny! I agree that "Goober" is creepy.What does Rush call him? Vice President Graham.

[Mo1]

I'm watching Murtha on MTP

He has lost his mind!

[snugs]

[HonestConservative]

I had heard some time ago about this, but didn't know so...

I recently looked at him and thought, yeah, maybe.

If true, how nasty to use a sick man like that, but sadly predictable for that crowd.

[Phsstpok]

My alleged Rep., Mel Watts, head of the Black Caucus supports Wm. Jefferson. Go figure.

Virtually the entire African American community nation wide has given slavish devotion, literally, to the Democrat party for 80 years.  The supposed quid for this quo was the expectation that the party would cover for people like William Jefferson.  After all, they do it for the Kennedy's. 

Here in Memphis, when some pretty grotesque corruption in the city government and city schools system was exposed, the attitude of the Black Democrat leaders was "you white folks ripped off the people of this town for 60 years under folks like Boss Crump, now it's our turn."  They seriously thought that it was OK and that the party owed them protection when they got caught.  The same thing is happening with the "Tennessee Waltz" corruption sting operation I mentioned earlier.  The race card got played big time in the first trial and the black state legislator got convicted anyway.  There are now rumblings of the black community feeling betrayed by the Democrat party.  "If it was a white politician he would have gotten off!" is a common refrain.

They're finally seeing that the Democrats don't hold up their end of the bargain. 

I think the nail in the coffin of the Democrat/Black three legged race may be when Kweisi Mfume loses the Maryland primary to a white Democrat backed by the party. If that happens watch for Steele to take that seat for the Republicans with substantial black support. 

This is part of the reason I think Republicans will gain in both the House and Senate this fall and that will lead to the end of the Democrat party as we know it, particularly splitting off the previously monolithic black vote.  I think it will end up being broken up between the Republican party, with the growing black middle class, particularly the successful entrepreneurs, and the rest going to some new race based or overtly leftist parties.

[Bahbah]

As usual, Brit Hume is the soul of common sense. If al Qaeda chooses to fight us in Iraq and Afganistan, isn't it a good idea to go over there and fight them. Juan says it's all sectarian violence in Iraq and we are caught in the middle (talking point echoed by Murtha). Recall that there are 50,000 Iraqis fighting in Baghdad and they are fighting WITH us.