Posted on 07/09/2006 5:06:16 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns; Wendy Sherman, counselor for the State Department in the Clinton administration; Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich.; former CIA Director James Woolsey.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns; Robert Galluci, dean of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns and Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.; Sen. George Allen, R-Va., and Democratic opponent James Webb; NBA star Alonzo Mourning.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Burns; Iraqi Ambassador Samir Al Sumaidaie; former Secretary of State Alexander Haig and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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Tacky comment by me: Richardson sure is eating good as Governor of New Mexico.
These guys on NBC are empty suits, trying hard to justify their failures during the Clinton regime.
Tim: Do you think NK would give up nukes for economic help?
Gallucci: I don't know, but it's a good idea to find out.
It was a good idea that we (Clinton administration) negotiated with them.
(By all means, lets give them more money for them to shovel into their nuke program. I have rocks in my yard smarter than this guy).
When Russert was interviewing Burns, was he all hunched over, frowning like Nixon, and clutching his little talking points paper? Was he asking his questions in a sharp, district attorney style manner?
Contrast this to the way he'll "question" the Clintonoids. He will smile, laugh, and gayly ponder softball questions with a review of how swell things were up to the year 2001.
Richardson : I never met lil Kim, I met the number two in command. He's a cult personality and knows everything that happens in that country. People in terrible shape; I've been there 5 times and the people are starving. He is a mercurial character but he's crazy like a fox. He's not out of his mind.
He cancels agreements, he gets nuke inspectors out in 2002. We should take advantage of his vulnerability. The people need food and electricity.
Tim: Thanks all for a sobering and important discussion.
Larry King's interview was respectful & interesting.
And he knows that how? They are just trying to show how "tough" they are, but this contradicts all of the criticism of the President...preemptive, unilateral, aggressive, no international consensus.
Good question and maybe someone else can answer it. I was listening and typing but not watching the screen. I didn't sense that Russert was terribly hostile to Burns, but I don't pick up a lot of that nuance when I'm typing.
You're too kind. I'd have to go back but I think I was typing what one of the guests said, but at this point I'm not sure, snugs. LOL. I need my tea.
Good question, maica. Forget Larry. Even AP had put the deficit reduction surprise on their wires, which is not easy to ignore. That say it all.
He did say THAT, but then went on to prevaricate in a VERY John Kerry-manner ("I was against the War while voting for the War").
Once again, what was on display here was the schizoid philosophy of the Dems in their attempt to hold onto a 'Base' that is incredibly Far-Left and Michael Moore-ish while at the same time trying to appeal to middle-of-the-road voters that they need to gain power again.
The internal conflicts and inconsistencies of the Dems were on display this morning.
Julie Banderas isn't hot enough to do Big Story Weekend anymore?
Agreed.
Good morning to all, looks like another big Sunday thread.
There is lots going on this week, here are a few things I dug up here and there.
The one that got my attention the most was a piece I found at powerline. You will find it here:
http://powerline.com/archives/014621.php
It illustrates how Saddam was paying bonuses to those managers who performed well in his dictatorship. In fact so well that he paid 5,000 bonuses to many that had excelled. Here is a partial list of bonuses that were paid by the Hussein regime.
Chemical weapons dept.-- 12 employees paid 5,000 dinar bonuses
Nuclear weapons dept.--9 employees paid 5,000 dinars bonus
Missles--7 employees paid 5,000 dinar bonuses, and last but hardly least
the biological dept. where 9 employees were paid the 5,000 bonus.
Nice to see that Saddam was an equal opportunity employer compensating his men whenever and whenever necessary.
Oh you did not know about those depts. don't look for this to run in the MSM/driveby paper in your area any time soon. use the same link numbers only 4620 for more on WMD as well....... Also Diana Irey is on the move, she has gotten some former vets to side with her demanding an apology from Murtah for all his nasty comments about our troops, it's good stuff and you will find it at
: http:..www.chronwatch.com/content/content/display.asp?aid=21483
100% true, Peach.
Exactly correct the Clintonistas answer and solution to NK didn't work in 1998 and won't work now.
"International Reactions
* United States:
On 10 September 1998, the United States announced a package of agreements aimed at defusing tensions and resuming the stalled Four Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula.[5] US President Bill Clinton used his executive authority to circumvent congressional opposition to the 1994 Agreed Framework by shifting $15 million to fund the purchase of 150,000 tons of heavy-fuel oil for North Korea.[6] On 1 October 1998, US officials led by Assistant Secretary of State Robert Einhorn, re-opened missile talks with North Korean representatives in New York. However, the talks yielded no substantial progress.[7] State Department spokesman James Rubin said that if North Korea continued missile production, deployment and flight tests as well as the export of missile technology, it would be highly destabilizing and would have very serious negative consequences.[8] "
Ditto.
What a fat, greasy slug.
You can't get this quality of spin from the best of the Dem-bullsh*tters... every Sunday Russert proves his worth to the socialist party.
Three guesses:
Hillary.
Rodham.
And Clinton.
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