Weekend Show *Preview* for 11/4 - 11/5/06 (not the live thread)

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Preview and Analysis of the Weekend Talk Shows for November 4 and 5, 2006

It's the last weekend shows before we change over from campaign mode to litigation mode in this election cycle and the Dhimmicrats and the DBM are in full on hysterics.  This is particularly true of the "experts" like Sabato and Cook, who both have been predicting huge wins for their political masters as part of the psyops campaign being waged by Soros and company.  Cook is now as much as 10 points off of polls like Rasmussen in some races where the trend is clearly for the Republican but he doesn't want to let it go.  But he's also reduced to making these increasingly bizarre claims on shows like Chris Matthews as old media types scramble to save what's left of their reputations.  I've got a surprise for you fellas, it's too late.  Even NPR's (and Fox News') Juan Williams admits the the old media types like CNN '(are) in the tank' for the Democrats. 

With the exception of CNN the line ups this week are arguably reasonable, but that doesn't count the relentless propaganda campaign that has been waged against some of the Republican guests and the outrageous cover ups being perpetrated to protect all Dhims all the time.  I don't think that Henry Waxman admitting that he was a serial killer in a speech on the floor of the House would make the DBM's top news right now.  And all you need to do is search for stories on Libby Dole to find a constant stream of criticism and denigration.  CNN's line up is simply obscene.  There are only two Republicans (one of them questionable) and eleven folks with severe BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), twelve if understand Lindsey's true nature.  Hoekstra is undoubtedly on to answer why he put Saddam's nuclear weapons blueprints on the internet for all to see (a charge I think he ought to be able to knock out of the park, mind you) while Lindsey Graham was no doubt invited to comment on Dick Cheney's endorsement of water boarding. 

Anyway, enough preliminaries, on to the shows.

NBC Meet The Press brings together the two traveling road shows of the respective chairs of the Senate and House campaign committees for both parties.  Chucky and Liddy have been making the rounds of TV shows and college campuses for some time now.  They're very "collegial," in the old fashioned way where the Dhim is vicious and nasty but still expects the Republican to be nice at all times.  Unfortunately Liddy, like her husband, is that kind of Republican.  She's taken a beating this entire electin cycle and is clearly set up as the "fall guy" (other than Bush) if the Republicans don't do well in the Senate.  Chuck, on the other hand, is almost universally disliked in the Senate by members of both parties, but he is being set up as the "king maker" and power broker, ala Lyndon Johnson.  On the House side Tom Reynolds is one of the DBM targets in the Foley cross hairs while Rahm Emanuel is being talked about as some sort of Zen master.  With cooperation from their print allies in old media NBC has set this up as a pre-race victory lap for the Dhimmicrats and a pre-mortem for the Republicans.  I will look closely for any hedging by lil' Timmah, along with what his body language is (hunch or no hunch when questioning Dole and Reynolds?) to give me a clue about what he really believes will happen on Tuesday.

CBS Face The Nation offers up Bill Frist as a symbol of the (soon to be) departing Republicans and Joe Biden as the emblem of the coming Dhimmicrat golden age of dominance.  Bob Schieffer is joined by Stuart Rothenberg, another of the "political gurus" predicting massive losses for the Republicans.  This is the left wing "preaching to the choir" and expecting all of us to sing along to their imaginary tune.  I'm betting Shieffer's closing comment will be one of the most smarmy and insulting ever.  Who knows?  If my  predictions are right it may just be old Bob's last such commentary.

Fox News Sunday Has Boehner, Steele and McCaskill as the guests, plus a "classic" Sunday panel.  Boehner is being targeted as the Republican antidote to Kerry's Freudian slip.  So far the attempts to make hay out of his comments about Rumsfeld and the generals on the ground just don't have the same ring nor does he have a history of treason as John F'n does.  Steele is definitely on the move and, IMHO, likely to defeat Cardin.  He may be destined for national office in the coming years.  McCaskill, on the other hand, isn't ready for prime time.  The more face time she has the worse she comes across.  Chris Wallace is a reliable predictor of the inside the beltway "smart set" sentiment and is likely to be totally captured by the drum beat of "Republicans lose, Democrats win."  If so he may completely embarrass himself this week.

ABC This Week repeats their stunt of a taped interview with an administration official, this time Dick Cheney, followed by "equal time," live, for the Democrats, this time represented by Howard "the scream" Dean.  ABC World News already pulled out some "juicy" tidbits last night so it's evident that Howard and company will have ample time to work on their sound bites and attacks on "the second most hated man on Earth" (George Bush being the first in their minds).  I find this tactic to be totally transparent and reprehensible.  I find it worse that no one is commenting on it outside of FReepers and a few conservative blogs.  The old media will have a lot to answer for over their increasingly destructive and dishonest tactics and outrageous bias.  And once again the Bush Derangement Syndrome panel will be in full swing.  I really want to see these people next week if things don't go as they're predicting.  They are way too invested in this to survive anything less than total victory for the Dhims.

CNN Late Edition is, as stated earlier, an amazing example of CNN being "in the tank" for the Dhimmicrats.  The amount of hate directed at George Bush from this one program would be dangerous for most normal people, but our President is made of stronger stuff.  Thank goodness.  I expect particularly insane rants from Maxine (millions for the Crips and Bloods but not a dime for defense) Waters and Max (blown up by his own dropped grenade while drinking beer with his buddies) Cleland.  Lou Dobbs is reportedly thinking of running for President, so he could either play this as a statesman or be in full Jack Cafferty melt down mode.  I'm betting on the latter.  Boxer and Frank are undoubtedly on a charm offensive and will talk about mom and apple pie till we all want to barf.  Hoekstra is in for a fierce attack over the Iraqi document dump, but he's got the perfect rebuttal in that the documents in question prove that Saddam had active WMD programs just as we said before the war.  That could be a fiery and very interesting exchange.  The media types have one last chance to sell their snake oil and sound wise before they have to begin back tracking and eating crow.  When these drones get confronted with what they've done and said during this campaign (if ever) it won't be pretty.

The Saturday shows follow their usual pattern and are watch able to the same degree as they always are (definitely for JER, maybe, maybe not for the others).  There is one addition to the mix this weekend, though.  Fox is showing an edited version of the documentary "Obsession," about how the US is presented in the Arab media, schools and popular culture (Saturday at 7 PM CST, Sunday at 9 PM CST, Fox News Channel).  This is perhaps the most significant program of the entire election cycle.  I wish they'd shown it weeks ago and unedited.

Bottom line, all restraints are off and all logic or ethical guidelines are out the window.  This is all or nothing for the DBM and Dhimmicrats and I think they see a very bleak future starting on Wednesday morning.  Needless to say I'll be watching closely.

This will be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com. This post exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with rare insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!

Here's a link to Mark Kilmer's excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at RedState.COM.  He beat me again this week.  Of course, the fact that I was out of state  the last two weeks, so I don't feel too bad, but I'll try to do better starting next weekend.

I'll also post a link to this Sunday's live thread here when it is up.

have at it.

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Saturday Shows for 11/04/06

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • The Republicans are doomed!  All of the smart people have said so, therefore we're going along with them
• Topics:
  • nothing listed as of 9 AM CST
  • The midterm elections (what else is possible this week)
• 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:
  • Betcha it's something meant to exonerate John F'n Kerry
• Topics:
  • No listing on MTP web site
  • TV listings (on Excite) indicate "Original Air Date: Feb 07, 1993"
• Guests
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• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • Kerry's offensive remarks?  Oh, just a mistake, he apologized, why can't we just move on?
  • No matter what you may have seen or heard the media has done a magnificent job of fairly covering the death throws of the evil Republicans
• Topics:
  • The press and Senator John Kerry's 'botched joke'. Did the media 'botch' the coverage?
  • You Decide 2006: The media and the midterms!
  • Join us for a special all politics edition of 'FOX News Watch'
• 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:
  • We've got good news and bad news:
    • The good news is that the election is only 5 days away and the campaign season will finally be over. 
    • The bad news is that the court cases start in 6 days and will last well into January
    • Surprise!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web page: Off to the Races
    • An election free-for-all:
      • We dissect the key races and ballot initiatives across the country
      • John Fund explains why absentee ballots and voting machines could turn a close election into another litigation battle royal
      • We pick some surprise winners and losers.
  • Fox News Channel web page: Hitting the Polls!
    • Americans head to the polls to determine the new balance of power on Capitol Hill.
      • We'll have analysis of key races from across the country and major initiatives on the ballot this year.
      • Are election results likely to be determined in a courtroom rather than the voting booth?
      • Predictions that will surprise you!
• Guests
  • John Fund
• 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

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • Chuck Schumer is a genius and will be crowned king of the Senate if when the Democrats wrest control from the evil Republicans
  • Elizabeth Dole is a dismal failure and will take the blame (along with Bush and Foley) when the evil Republicans lose control of the Senate
  • Rahm Emanuel is a genius and will be crowned king of the House if when the Democrats wrest control from the evil Republicans
  • Tom Reynolds is a dismal failure and will take the blame (along with Bush and Foley) when the evil Republicans lose control of the House
  • It is written.  The drive by media has spoken.  Now go forth and do as we tell you
  • (Quick, tell me, are they buying it?... No?  Oh crap!  Now what do we do)
• Topics:
  • Just two days before the elections, all four chiefs of the congressional campaign committees will join us live and in-studio, for the full hour.
    • Which races will come down to the wire?
    • What issues are motivating voters?
    • Can the Democrats win back control of the House and Senate?
• Guests
  • Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat - New York
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • White Powder Found In Schumer's Office A Hoax (WCBS-TV New York, NY - Nov 3, 2006)
    • A Monument to Charles Schumer (New York Observer, NY - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Senator Chuck Schumer; The Most Trusted Man In Congress (RTO Online, MO - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Dems: Voters won't be swayed (Billings Gazette,  USA - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Who'll hold power after elections? Everybody, nobody (Chippewa Herald, WI - Nov 4, 2006)
    • How Democrats Can Win Without the South (AlterNet, CA - Nov 4, 2006)
  • Senator Elizabeth Dole, Republican - North Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Chair, Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
    • Low scores + delays = spin (Charlotte Observer, NC - Nov 4, 2006) (note: Dole comments at end of column)
    • Doling for dollars (Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Oct 30, 2006)
    • Clift: Money Moves to Tight Races (Newsweek - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Juicing the base (Arizona Daily Star - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Bush Buoyed by Good Employment News, Fires Away at Dems, Pelosi (FOX News - Nov 3, 2006)
    • NEWS- Down 'n dirty: Fracas mars campaign event (The Hook, VA - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Draft favorite leaders in Fantasy Congress (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Nov 4, 2006)
  • Representative Rahm Emanuel, Democrat - Illinois
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee
    • Emanuel leads charge for Dems (Chicago Sun-Times - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Emanuel's War Plan for Democrats The Book of Rahm (CounterPunch, CA - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Daley's window of opportunity closes (Chicago Tribune - Nov 3, 2006) (note: Emanuelcomments at end of column)
    • If Dems win House, DeGette may seek majority-whip job (Denver Post, CO - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Speaker tends to home district (Chicago Tribune - Nov 3, 2006)
  • Representative Tom Reynolds, Republican - NY
    • House web site | Bio
    • Chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee
    • ELECTION 2006: Reynolds-Davis race is all about the negative (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, NY - Nov 4, 2006)
    • GOP Rep. Tom Reynolds (NY-26), Received Most Special Interest Money of Any Candidate (Political Cortex, NY - Oct 30, 2006)
    • Davis running solitary campaign (Buffalo News - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Republican Tom Reynolds Recaptures Lead According to New Poll (WGRZ-TV, NY - Oct 20, 2006)
    • Beyond the tipping point (MSNBC - Nov 3, 2006)
    • GOP aides took early Foley 'damage control' call (New York Daily News, NY - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Rep. Tom Reynolds' Leadership in Jeopardy Dan Frisa (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 5, 2006)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • Frist is retiring and the rest of the Republicans will be forced into dhimmitude to their Dhimmicrat masters
  • Joe Biden is the brightest man on the planet and has the solution to the Iraq problem... no, really... stop laughing at us...
  • It is written.  The drive by media has spoken.  Now go forth and do as we tell you
• Topics:
  • The Midterm Elections
• Guests
  • Senator Bill Frist M.D., Republican - Tennessee
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Senate Majority Leader
    • Sen. Bill Frist: Kerry Damaging Democrats (NewsMax.com, FL - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Bill Frist presidential hopes dwindle severely with odds now 100 to 1 (Gambling911.com, FL - Oct 22, 2006)
    • Majority Leader Bill Frist: War Schmore.... (The Moderate Voice - Oct 25, 2006)
    • Senate GOPleader to stop here (The Jackson Citizen-Patriot, MI - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Looking Presidential at Home in Nashville, Whether He Runs or Not (New York Times - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Senate faces long post-election to-do list (GovExec.com - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Just why does Bill Frist hate America? (AlterNet, CA - Oct 4, 2006)
  • Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Foreign Relations Committee member
    • Johny Kerry makes Joe Biden seem smart. (RedState, VA - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Delaware Sen. Joe Biden politicks around the state (Boston Globe - Oct 14, 2006)
    • Who Is Joe Biden? Republican Party Asks - and Answers (CNSNews.com, VA - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Del. cash influencing elections out of state (The News Journal, DE - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Blundering Pols Find Their Oops On Endless Loop Of Internet Sites (Washington Post - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Bush challenges Democrats to offer plan for Iraq (Reuters AlertNet, UK - Nov 3, 2006)
  • Stuart Rothenberg
    • CBS News Political Analyst
    • The Rothenberg Political Report | Bio
    • Excerpts from the new November 2 print edition of The Rothenberg Political Report
    • Q&A: House to go to Democrats, Rothenberg predicts (Statesman Journal, Oregon - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Stuart Rothenberg Sees Big Trouble for GOP (Human Events, DC - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Anxious GOP Focuses On Not Losing Senate (Free Internet Press, NY - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Shuler, Taylor are still trading taunts (Charlotte Observer, NC - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Independents' Day (MarketWatch - Nov 3, 2006)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • Is it true, Representative Boehner, that you hate American troops more than John Kerry does?
  • Mister Steele, are you doomed now that Barack Obama has spoken to black people in Maryland and told them not to vote for you?
  • Ms. McCaskill, what should be done to Jim Talent now that we know he wants to murder Michael J. Fox?
• Topics:
  • With less than 48 hours to go before voters decide which party controls the House and Senate, is the clock running out on Republican chances to keep their current majorities or can the GOP repeat past voter turnout performances to win?
  • What will Democrats do if they gain majorities in either house?
  • Two key races that may determine which party controls the Senate: Maryland and Missouri
  • Fox New Sunday web site Coming Up on FOX News Sunday
• Guests
  • Representative John Boehner, House Majority Leader, Republican - Ohio
    • House web site | Bio
    • Republicans make the most of Kerry’s gaffe (The Wichita Eagle, KS - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Boehner: Let's not blame Iraq woes on Rumsfeld (CNN - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Rep. John Boehner: I Would Have 'Dragged' Out Foley (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 29, 2006)
    • Majority Leader John Boehner and a former page clerk testify in the Foley misconduct hearings (TIME - Oct 20, 2006)
    • House Majority Leader John Boehner: 'We're Going to Do Just Fine' (Human Events, DC - Oct 30, 2006)
    • Kerry owes an apology to men, women in uniform (Sioux City Journal, IA - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Patriotic Americans Must Speak Out Against FOX News Bullies (News Hounds, CA - Nov 2, 2006)
  • Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, Republican - Maryland Senate Candidate
    • Office of Maryland Governor web site | Bio
    • Candidate Profile: US Senate: Michael Steele (R) (Southern Maryland Online, MD - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Black Democrats Back Republican Michael Steele (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Black county leaders endorse Steele candidacy (Baltimore Times, MD - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Obama headlines Democratic rally in Prince George’s (Business Gazette - Nov 3, 2006)
    • The Washington Post's Contribution To Defeat Michael Steele (Town Hall, DC - Oct 29, 2006)
    • Michael Steele Refutes Stem Cell Claim (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Michael Steele for US Senate (Washington Times, DC - Oct 24, 2006)
    • MD-Sen: Michael Steele vs. Ben Cardin (Human Events, DC - Oct 22, 2006)
  • State Auditor Claire McCaskill, Democrat - Missouri Senate Candidate
    • Missouri auditor page | Campaign web site | Bio
    • McCaskill rebuts Bush on Democrats' plans (News-Leader.com, MO - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Bush, stumping for Talent, attacks Dems as McCaskill fires back Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 3, 2006)
    • McCaskill woos senior voters at John Knox (Blue Springs Examiner - Nov 3, 2006)
    • BUZZ DEBATE | McCaskill, Talent on torture Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 4, 2006)
    • BUZZ DEBATE | McCaskill, Talent on military enlistment Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 2, 2006)
    • ‘Guesswork’ abounds on effects of ballot issues (Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Expect an Avalance of Political Ads This Weekend (MyFox Saint Louis, MO - Nov 3, 2006)
  • Political humorist Mark Russell
    • Mark Russell, Zinging to the Younger Set (Washington Post - Oct 11, 2006)
  • Sunday Panel
    • Brit Hume
      • FOX News Managing Editor
      • Hume Mocks Media's Kerry Coverage (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Bill Kristol
      • Editor, The Weekly Standard | Bio
      • Of Senators and Judges (Weekly Standard - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Juan Williams
      • Senior National Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Juan Williams Agrees CNN 'Is In The Tank' For the Democrats (NewsBusters - Oct 30, 2006)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Political Correspondent, NPR | Bio
      • Polls Show Democrats' Advantage in House Races (NPR - Oct 20, 2006)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • So, Darth Cheney, now that you've admitted that you like torturing innocent terrorists insurgents women and children, what should be your punishment?
  • OK, Doctor Dean (master of all you survey), we've now given you and 300 writers 36 hours to go over Cheney's interview tape, along with allowing you to have final cut on how we edit it.  Can we now ask you the Democrat friendly questions you gave us for your interview?
  • Now, here's Charlie Gibson, media star!
  • It is written.  The drive by media has spoken.  Now go forth and do as we tell you
• Topics:
  • VP Cheney. George sits down for an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney. Two days before the midterms, is the Vice President worried about Republicans losing control of Congress?
  • Gov. Howard Dean. George goes on-on-one with Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and gets his response to Vice President Cheney and his predictions for election night.
• Guests
  • Vice President Dick Cheney
    • White House web site & Bio
    • Dick Cheney Takes Questions (ABC News - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Cheney Vows 'Full Speed Ahead' on Iraq War (Washington Post - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Cheney welcomes troops, campaigns in Springs (Colorado Springs Gazette - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Bush Reaffirms Support for Rumsfeld and Cheney (International Herald Tribune - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Cheney: Democratic victory would embolden militants (Reuters AlertNet, UK - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Cheney says US is lucky Kerry lost (United Press International - Nov 1, 2006)
    • RJ Eskow: Dick Cheney Is Right - And Good For My Love Life (Huffington Post via Yahoo! News - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Dick Cheney Fitted for New Halliburton Uniform - Striped Jumpsuit (OpEdNews, PA - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Special Report Provides Platform for Dick Cheney's Gloom and Doom (News Hounds, CA - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Dick Cheney embarrasses us all (The Daily Astorian, OR - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Rosie O’Donnell Says Condi Rice is Dick Cheney’s Evil Twin (NewsBusters - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Yes, Cheney and Kerry meant it (Palm Beach Post - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Dick Cheney, yet again you show me why i am a proud democrat. (ProgressiveU.org, CA - Oct 27, 2006)
  • Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, DNC chairman
    • DNC web site | Bio
    • Dean digs at Bush, praises Ohio efforts at Toledo stop; chairman's stump speech rallies local Democrats (Toledo Blade, OH - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Howard Dean: Bush Spying On People He Doesn’t Like (KXMA, ND - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Dean: Bush 'Most Incompetent President' (NewsMax.com - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Howard Dean addresses Kerry's remarks (Kansas City Star - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Howard Dean: Bush Administration Policies Hurting The War On Terror (American Chronicle, CA - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Howard Dean Calls on House Republican Leader to Apologize for Blaming Generals for Bush Iraq Fiasco (BuzzFlash, IL - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Democrats Unleash TV Attack, Radio Ads (ABC News - Nov 3, 2006)
  • "World News" anchor Charles Gibson
    • ABC World News web site | Bio
    • Midterm Elections Offer Rookie Anchors New Battleground (Wall Street Journal - Oct 31, 2006)
    • ABC's Gibson Discusses Media Bias on 'The View,' Behar Rants Against the GOP (NewsBusters - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Strong Sales Figures from GM, Ford Go Unnoticed (Business Media Institute, VA - Nov 2, 2006)
    • ABC's Gibson: Kerry's Dumb 'Get Stuck In Iraq' Merely an 'Idle Political Remark' (NewsBusters - Oct 31, 2006)
    • ABC News finds moral center in medical reporter (The Courier News, IL - Oct 30, 2006)
    • Hume Marvels at How Papers Buried Kerry Story, Cites ABC Quote Highlighted by NB (NewsBusters - Nov 1, 2006)
  • Roundtable:
    • George Will
      • ABC News contributor, syndicate columnist
      • Who Needs to 'Help' America Vote? (Real Clear Politics - Oct 29, 2006)
    • Donna Brazile
      • Democrat political consultant - Brazile & Associates
      • Midterm Elections, Harold Ford's Senate Run (NPR - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Mark Halperin
      • ABC News political director
      • Mark Halperin, Unplugged (Town Hall, DC - Oct 30, 2006)
      • Mark Halperin of ABC: Idiot Appeaser (TPMCafe, NY - Oct 31, 2006)
• ABC This Week comment web page

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • Hey Fox!  How's this for "Fair and Balanced?"
    • Eleven people with full on Bush Derangement Syndrome
    • One RINO who can't make up his mind
    • An Iraqi politician who may or may not be a member of the Communist Party
    • A Republican who we can blame for letting Iran get the bomb.
  • Now that's a good guest lineup!
  • The Republicans are doomed!  We are the smart people and we told you, therefore you must go along with us.
  • It is written.  The drive by media has spoken.  Now go forth and do as we tell you
• Topics:
  • America Votes 2006: With only two days until the midterm elections – we go on the campaign trail to bring you insight on all the key issues and on all the hottest races.
• Guests
  • Representative Peter Hoekstra, Republican - Michigan
    • House web site | Bio
    • Select Intelligence Committee Chairman
    • US shuts down website containing Saddam-era files (Aljazeera.com, UK - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Hoekstra Pushed For Publication of Sensitive Nuclear Documents (Think Progress, DC - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Republicans post nuke cookbook on line (Register, UK - Nov 3, 2006)
    • DNI Disclosed Saddam's Nuclear Secrets - Is the Saddam-Terrorism Debate Reopened? (Counterterrorism Blog - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Iran-Contra Foes North, Ortega Face Off in Nicaragua (Bloomberg - Nov 3, 2006)
    • The Party of National Security (The Moderate Voice - Nov 3, 2006)
  • Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat - California
    • House web site | Bio
    • Israel Emerging As Key Factor In Connecticut Senate Race (Jewish Press, NY - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Joe Lieberman's Antisemitic Buddies [VIDEO] (AlterNet, CA - Nov 3, 2006)
    • ACTIVIST NAJEE ALI VS. REP. MAXINE WATERS: Bad blood between pair reportedly erupted outside L.A. church (Eurweb.com, CA - Oct 9, 2006)
    • Protest organized by Rep. Maxine Waters causes flap amongst L.A.’s black leadership (LA City Beat, CA - Oct 26, 2006)
    • Winning in 2006 — and beyond (San Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Fights brew among Dems over House Posts (China Post, Taiwan - Oct 31, 2006)
    • War with Iran? (Salt Lake Tribune - Oct 31, 2006)
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican (?) - South Carolina
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Armed Services Committee member
    • GOP Stumps In The Lowcountry (WCIV, SC - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Sen. Graham Displays GOP Culpability for Tepid Public War Support (RedState, VA - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Two prominent neoconservatives challenge Bush administration (International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 3, 2006)
    • Whose fault is it anyway? (Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 3, 2006)
    • IED-resistant vehicles speeding to war zones (WZZM, MI - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Voices of soldiers against the war (Socialist Worker Online, IL - Oct 31, 2006)
  • Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat - California
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Foreign Relations Committee
    • Sen. Barbara Boxer to sign "A Time to Run" at La Quinta Peppertree (The Desert Sun, CA - Oct 21, 2006)
    • Boxer Leads Senators In Call For Restored Access To Epa Libraries (YubaNet, CA - Nov 3, 2006)
    • The Democratic Party is Not Broken (OpEdNews, PA - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Kerry's apology – not accepted (WorldNetDaily, OR - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Boxer seeks probe of Chevron-USA deal (San Jose Mercury News - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Lawmakers tap PAC money to pay wide array of bills (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Nov 2, 2006)
  • Barham Salih
    • Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister
    • Bio (from Wikipedia)
    • Don't panic, Iraq tells US and UK (Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Oct 23, 2006)
    • West 'has no option to cut and run in Iraq' (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Oct 23, 2006)
    • Iraqi Dy PM sees new oil law by year-end (Peninsula On-line, Qatar - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Hell on Earth (Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Iraq says needs $100 bln to rebuild infrastructure (Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Oct 31, 2006)
  • Max Cleland
    • Former U.S. Senator; Vietnam War veteran
    • From Max Cleland, in a press release sent out by Kerry's office: (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 31, 2006)
    • Former US Sen. Max Cleland blasts GOP and its ads on Kentucky tour (Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Oct 27, 2006)
    • Max Cleland Introduces George W. Bush To His Own Ass (ePluribus Media - Oct 12, 2006)
    • Holding out for a hero (Richmond Register, KY - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Will The Next Election Be Hacked? (Center for Research on Globalization, Canada - Nov 3, 2006)
  • Lou Dobbs
    • CNN anchor for "Lou Dobbs Tonight"
    • Commentary: U.S. is best democracy money can buy (CNN - Oct 31, 2006)
    • The Guide: Is Lou Dobbs preparing to run for president? (Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Lou Dobbs Is Mad (Laurel Leader Call, MS - Nov 1, 2006)
    • Lou Dobbs Gives Kudos to Wolf Blitzer, Blows Raspberries at Lynne Cheney (NewsBusters - Oct 29, 2006)
    • Make Way for the Lou Dobbs Democrats [John Derbyshire] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 28, 2006)
    • Midterm Roundup (TPMCafe, NY - Nov 4, 2006)
  • Amy Walter
    • CNN political analyst
    • Senior Editor, The Cook Political Report | Bio
    • Question now is how big will House Democratic majority be (MSNBC - Nov 4, 2006)
    • House race a fight to the finish (Arizona Republic, AZ - Nov 4, 2006)
    • Democrats narrow gap in fundraising (Durham Herald Sun, NC - Nov 3, 2006)
    • US election campaign heats up (ABC Online, Australia - Nov 2, 2006)
    • Pombo race is the fight of his career (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 4, 2006)
  • Joe Klein
    • Time Magazine Columnist | archive
    • The Year the Democrats Punched Back (Time - Oct 29, 2006)
    • If You Break it, You Pay For It, Mr. President (Time - Oct 22, 2006)
    • When Loyalty Trumps Truth (Time - Oct 8, 2006)
    • Joe Klein Attacks Rush, Cheney, and Republicans; Praises Michael J. Fox and Democrats (NewsBusters - Oct 26, 2006)
    • NPR Discusses How Barack Obama Hype Shows He's A Black Kennedy (NewsBusters - Nov 3, 2006)
    • The Fresh Face (Time - Oct 23, 2006)
  • Representative Barney Frank, Democrat - Massachusetts
    • House web site | Bio
    • Barney Frank: Foley Scandal Makes GOP Tougher for Gays (NewsMax.com, FL - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Rep. Barney Frank talks about the Foley scandal (The Advocate, CA - Oct 4, 2006)
    • Barney Frank Compares Gay Republicans in Congress to ‘Secret Jews’ (NewsBusters - Oct 5, 2006)
    • Federal pensions continue to soar (Brattleboro Reformer,  United States - Nov 4, 2006)
    • ABC on Barney Frank Scandal: No Political Hay for GOP, He's 'Truly Gifted' (NewsBusters - Oct 5, 2006)
    • UPDATE: Rep. Barney Frank Would Have New Priorities For Key Panel (Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse), France - Oct 9, 2006)
  • Candy Crowley
    • CNN senior political correspondent | Bio
    • Not my words...Candy Crowley/CNN on the Democratic Party: (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Democrats fight historical labels (CNN - Oct 24, 2006) (note: original article linked in above post on NRO)
    • CNN Special: Democrats Are Too Nice and Too Smart For Victory (NewsBusters - Oct 24, 2006)
    • Broken Government: Part One: Two Left Feet (CNN - Oct 26, 2006)
  • John King
    • CNN chief national correspondent | Bio
    • Analysis: Power struggle between Bush, Congress (CNN - Oct 26, 2006)
    • After remark, Kerry curtails campaigning for Democrats (KLTV, TX - Nov 1, 2006)
    • CNN Reporter: ‘Many Say’ Bush Has ‘Stretched’ and ‘Trampled’ the Constitution (NewsBusters - Oct 26, 2006)
    • The media proves its leftist leanings (LSU The Reveille, Louisiana - Oct 31, 2006)
  • Dana Bash
    • CNN congressional correspondent | Bio
    • CNN: Leadership Staff Says Hastert Will ‘Go On The Offense,’ ‘Try To Be More Aggressive’ (Think Progress, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • CNN: Liberal Conspiracy by Bush Justice Department? (TPMmuckraker, NY - Oct 16, 2006)
    • CNN's Bash repeated Hastert's conspiracy theory about Foley emails (Media Matters for America, DC - Oct 5, 2006)
    • CNN Devotes Almost 20 Minutes to Foley Story; 35 Seconds to Harry Reid Scandal (NewsBusters - Oct 12, 2006)
  • Bob Franken
    • CNN national correspondent | Bio
    • CNN Devotes Almost 20 Minutes to Foley Story; 35 Seconds to Harry Reid Scandal (NewsBusters - Oct 12, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

[Bahbah]

before we change over from campaign mode to litigation mode

An early gift of laughter (or a groan, more likely). Evenin', friend. Hope you are will.

[Txsleuth]

IBTP!!!!

[Phsstpok]

Ping

The Weekend Talk Show Preview Thread is up

Posted at FreeRepublic

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1732385/posts

And cross posted to my blog at

http://wizards.townhall.com/

See the initial post for my "usual witty commentary."  Some excerpts:

It's the last weekend shows before we change over from campaign mode to litigation mode in this election cycle and the Dhimmicrats and the DBM are in full on hysterics...

With the exception of CNN the line ups this week are arguably reasonable, but that doesn't count the relentless propaganda campaign that has been waged against some of the Republican guests and the outrageous cover ups being perpetrated to protect all Dhims all the time.  I don't think that Henry Waxman admitting that he was a serial killer in a speech on the floor of the House would make the DBM's top news right now... CNN's line up is simply obscene.  There are only two Republicans (one of them questionable) and eleven folks with severe BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome), twelve if understand Lindsey's true nature...

Note: I got the thread up before Beltway Boys began, but didn't get the Ping off.  That shows you how tight it is this weekend.   <g>

[Txsleuth]

Hi Bah....you slipped in when I wasn't looking!!! LOL

[Phsstpok]

well, but tired, thanks.

Two weeks on the road is not as easy as it used to be. Good sessions both down in Texas and this week up in Chicago and my wife and I got to spend a good bit of time with our daughter up there. She actually drove back home with us on the spur of the moment and will fly back up Sunday on travel vouchers that my wife has earned as a travel agent. All in all a good but tiring set of trips.

Next week I'll try to be a little bit earlier on posting the thread, though. ;^>

[Phsstpok]

IBTP!!!!

I'm trying.  I'm really trying! <g> 

[johnny7]

Gloom & doom on Beltway Boys... Fred's first words.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Ms. McCaskill, what should be done to Jim Talent now that we know he wants to murder Michael J. Fox?

ROTFL!!!!!

The 'RATS are a real hoot! I'll bet Talent doesn't own the 3 disc DVD set of the Back To The Future moves either.

[Bahbah]

We are IBTP superstars. :)

[Bahbah]

Hope you are will.

and that you are well also.

[Phsstpok]

Gloom & doom on Beltway Boys... Fred's first words.

Fred is incompetent, at least in any rapid fire debate format. He actually said "I'm groping here."  Fred, you're always groping.

Mort, on the other hand, is simply insufferable.

[Txsleuth]

As usual....EXCELLENT thread...and even better commentary.

I have seen Boehner on Fox 2-3 times in the last week or so...and IMHO..he has gotten better and better at NOT spinning anything....he just talks straight.

Now, there were times that I wondered about him...but, he has done well...and I now wish that he had been more of a "spokesman" for the GOP all along.

Rahm Emanuel and Chuckie Schumer...two of the smarmiest, oiliest, most likely to be crooked, polticians in Wash.DC>..

also, MHO, of course.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

Doom and Gloom, AGAIN????

Geez, I thought it was bad enough when we lost in 2000. 2002 was the pits, hard to take, but nothing like the depression that set in after we lost everything in 2004. If 2006 is like that....

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[Txsleuth]

I do have to admit to waiting rather impatiently this afternoon for this thread..

It is one of my favorites...and I was SO hoping that there would be more "good guys" on this last Sunday before the election...but, that was too much to ask I guess.