Posted on 09/03/2006 5:01:28 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and his Democratic challenger, state treasurer Robert Casey.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean; Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del.; Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., and his primary challenger, Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey; actress and animal rights activist Bo Derek.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn.; Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih; Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency; Teamsters president James Hoffa and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao; former Clinton adviser Lanny Davis and former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd.
Catch MTP this morning? Casey's suit is empty, I mean a big void. It's no longer any wonder whe he won't debate Santorum on a more frequent basis.
I think it is too late to change the movie, 4 days isn't much time to change a $ 40 million project.
Reading it again, today, it's amazing how little has been learned by the Amarican people in the last 40yrs. Politicians on the other hand.....well, they're politicians. That says it all.
spot on as they say.
Even though I said I wouldn't watch it, I am watching Late Edition. They have a fire alarm going off in the background when Elain Chau is on. Too funny....is this yet another intentional blunder by CNN to interrup a republican speaking? Or is it just another coincidence/mistake like the big Black X over Cheney, the "accidental" early showing of one of Bush's speeches (practice session), or the bathroom discussion during the President's recent speech?
Not only that I was worried he wouldn't be able to answer the residency question but he did and was very sincere. Can this guy make a monumental comeback and possibly run for president? He was spot on!
You do realize that these shows cant FORCE anyone to appear? You dont know if he or anyone involved with Plame controversy was asked. Personally, I think he would be stupid to appear as his law suit is already in serious jeopardy. :-)
Now that is funny.
#249, someone should have a tracking device on those two and see if they are connecting up so that they keep their BS stories straight. They must feel like they are in a strait jacket for two, with zero,nada wiggle room. They deserve to be ostracized and I wonder if McCain is having second thoughts about any participation they might have in his run for the Roses. I believe that most Conservatives were not going to support Mccain before this, and this makes it really, truly unlikely. We are certainly not stuck on stupid.
And still beautiful and sensible! What a 'helpmate' she would make! I can dream ...
That is great news...thanks for pinging me..
I have a feeling that Chrissy's show will go down worse, now that he doesn't have Plamegate to blather about every single night.
NOW, I have to go back and read the rest of the thread...LOL
I take issue.
This episode is THE perfect example of Rush's Drive bye media term After they stir the pot for 3 years...then Oh nothing to see here. Mybad.
You may know more about practice than I do. I only spent 28 years working for the organization. Based on my experience, the WH and NSC as well as some intelligence agencies and DOD have more to do with making US foreign policy than the State Department. What do you mean specifically about following "their own agenda?"
The problem is getting rid of career types in State versus administration department heads who change at least every 8 years, and usually within 4.
The vast majority of people in the State Deparment are "career types." The same holds true for DOD and the CIA. The country needs a career bureaucracy for continuity and the development of expertise. US national interests don't change with administrations, just emphasis.
Add to this the problem of past administrations packing partisan employees into these departments, and overcoming the problems this creates is a huge endeavor.
This is another myth. Check out the Plum Book to see how few political jobs there really are. And with every change in adminisitrations, people holding these jobs must put in their resignations. The real issue is "burrowing in", i.e., political appointees who try to compete for career jobs through the normal appointment procedures. The numbers are very small, but there have been cases where individuals have converted from non-career to career positions.
"The GAO review found that 23 agencies converted 144 individuals from non-career to career positions during the time period studied. They ranged in salary from about $31,000 to $146,000 annually. (In the similar review of the Clinton administration, which ran from October 1998 through April 2001, the GAO found 100 appointees who had been converted to career status.)
For the Bush administration years, the GAO examined 130 conversions at the General Schedule 12 or higher pay levels, finding that 37 did not follow normal hiring practices. The GAO determined that 18 were improper, and could not find enough information about the rest to render any judgment.
I give a lot of credit to Rice and Rumsfeld. They have done more to clean house than most department heads.
They can't clear out anyone who is occupying a career position except by abolishing the job [RIF], which still allows the individual occupying the job to "retreat" to other positions. What specifically has Condi done to "clean house?"
I'm also reading a book written in the 1920's about the Civil War Reconstruction and I finished one on the period between the Revolutionary war and when the constitution was adopted. Talk about de ja vue! Issues have not changed much.
No, his lying cost him his reputation. Libby only one indicted, because he lied.
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