Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 19 November 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 19 November 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens.-elect Jim Webb, D-Va., and Jon Tester, D-Mont.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; House Majority Leader-elect Steny Hoyer, D-Md.; NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Samir Sumaidaie; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas; House Majority Whip-elect James Clyburn, D-S.C.; House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo.

[Morgan in Denver]

I can believe Hume reads FR. I would guess Tony Snow continues to lurk here as well. If nothing else, FR provides these guys with a pulse of grass roots activists they don't hear from the MSM.

[mainepatsfan]

Kerry is far too pompous to acknowledge he bleeped up big time.

[rodguy911]

I read the same stuff, as I recall it seems numerous ad agencies, many located in the NE, possibly NYC, had and still do gang up against FNC.
They represent many of the major advertisers and usually have complete control over ad revenue. Their power is enhanced since they can sometimes get special rates from their network buddies that the average schlepp at a smaller in-house adv. dept could seldom get. Money drives everything.
Rumors are that many execs from numerous companies would probably "prefer to be on FNC" they seldom over rule their ad guys, politics,money.
I ran into the problem on a much smaller scale years ago with an advertiser,a car dealer in S. Fla.
His ad agency would not give our little show the time of day.
Problem was the owner of the auto dealership loved to fish. We won. Had the sponsor for years sold lots of cars for him as well.
The rats can be beat, it takes a lot of effort however.

[dmw]

I'm watching Chris give Kerry one big ___ whupping right now! I'm surprised how hard Chris is going at him about the "joke" Kerry made a few weeks ago.

[W-Girl]

GIVE IT UP, Kerry !!

You are such a JOKE !!

Nothing but nothing will help you now !!

[mainepatsfan]

Still I hope he runs for President again just for entertainment purposes.

[Mo1]

My daughter and I are watching the Kerry interview and I'm pointing out to her how he keeps side stepping the questions asked

Then the "I apologize to no one" clip came up and I asked her if that sounded like an apology .. her response was no

Then I pointing out how he almost became President of the United States in 04

With that she points to the TV and says .. you mean that freak??

[W-Girl]

Kerry doesn't get it .....HE IS THE JOKE !!

[rodguy911]

I have the window open now but I only own one pair of long pants! May have to put them on if this "clipper express" keeps lowering the temps into the 60's, wow sooo cold!

[Morgan in Denver]

This is the most frustrating aspect of these comments. President Bush has always had a plan, and it's being acted upon. The Democrats have never had a real plan so the media is trying to lump the two together.

[Alas Babylon!]

Hot of the press!

From FReeper Snugs’ graphics shop, here are last week's winners:

[rodguy911]

It was marginal, t.v. and radio are not always interchangeable,just ask BOR,Rush.

[Bahbah]

Timmy is bringing up the Webb version of the two Americas. He is against unfairness. Webb thinks corporate profits is the most important issue facing our country.

[maryz]

By the way, I watched Lurch on the floor of the Senate this week. He appears to be radioactive. No one will go near him.

Why, what heartwarming news! Thanks for reporting that!

[Fishtalk]

Good Morning AB, ALL:

I must share my interesting story about my last meeting with the Sussex county Republican Women Council. Sussex county is in Delaware and this was my second attendance to their monthly luncheon. I'd written a blurb a few weeks ago about how disappointed I was in the first meeting which was a tad boring and vapid, or so went my synopsis.

Not so this second meeting and I'll post it here on this public forum and perhaps risk someone in the Delaware GOP reading it. They do read Blogs and such. Once when I was at the GOP headquarters in Georgetown they had Little Green Footballs up on that computer so somebody who witnessed what happened might read this. But so what?

THIS particular meeting of the SCRWC was much more interesting in that it was post-election and the head of the Sussex county GOP was there. He was a nice fellow, affable and straightforward, and his father had run for Governor of Delaware a few years ago as I understand it. Burris was his last name.

Well he got up and gave us a rousing pep talk. He said the usual...many Democrats won because they posed as Conservatives, the stats on mid-year congressional turnover such as the 2006 generally have a major shift in control of congress, the Republicans need to return to their Republican agenda...yada, yada. It was a fine pep talk and Burris went on to tell us that we will win in 2008 and the Sussex County Republican Women was the most influential GOP group in the state.

Then he took questions.

Well I'd listened to this pep talk and while I agreed with most of his assessments, let me state right now that I have some BIG issues with Delaware's one and only representative to the House, Mr. Mike Castle. If you didn't know, Mike Castle last year started a group called the Main Street Republicans. Scuttlebutt is that he got a large donation from George Soros but I have no proof of that. Castle then proceeded to thwart a vote for drilling in ANWR.

Folks, drilling for oil in our own land is a non-brainer to the American people because hey, why should we keep kissing those Arabs' butt for oil when we can drill our own? I was furious when I heard what Mike Castle did. Rush Limbaugh covered this flap for a few days. In my fury, I called up the head of the Delaware GOP, a Mr. Terry Strine. Strine called me back on a Sunday afternoon. I'd told him I am a Delaware Blogger and want to know what the hell my Delaware GOP rep was doing voting against ANWR when I was damn sure the citizens of Delaware would have no problem with drilling down through frozen ice, the enviro-wackos notwithstanding.

"Mr. Burris," I said, after raising my hand quite obviously at his request for questions. "Is Mike Castle running again?"

"All I can tell you at this time is that we have campaign buttons for Mike Castle 2008," he responded.

"Well why is the Delaware GOP supporting this man when he obviously spit in the faces of, at the least his Republican constituents, at the most ALL of our Delaware citizens? Didn't you just give us a lecture about the GOP's need to return to our conservative principles?" Somebody really needs to put duct tape over my mouth because all my fury over Mr. Castle and his betrayal would not be quelled and here I had a Delaware GOP guru to whom I could complain. "Terry Strine told me the Delaware GOP had no idea Mike Castle was going to this," I ended my first question.

Burris' face reddened and he said, softly, "Well, Terry String DID know Castle was going to do that," Burris responded.

Now I am to understand I was lied to by the head of the Delaware GOP, that they KNEW about Castle's betrayal BEFORE it happened?

"Aren't you talking out of both sides of your mouth when you give us a lecture about returning to so-called GOP values yet are supporting Castle to run again as Delaware's rep?"

Burris then launched into some confusing narrative about changing the infrastructure of the Delaware GOP, that Mike Castle does WIN...heh.

Oh, I see. So if we have a GOP congress critter who WINS, well then to hell with conservative values even if the guy spits on the face of us voters and my granddaughter who may someday have to wear a burqa?

All hell broke loose. Like I said, I need duct tape put over my big mouth but truth be told, those GOP ladies who lunch probably never had such a great time. They just needed a bit of truth is all.

One lady raised her hand and said that Castle voted for Gay marriage and others said he did this and that and my goodness, why had they all been following lockstop for Mike Castle when they were damn angry their own selves.

Burris dodged and mumbled and answered the questions but it was obvious that on some level, bright light shone upon these fine ladies and they were not at all happy. Later Burris approached me and told me softly that the Delaware GOP only needed Castle to run one more time. I told him I was a Blogger and he told me he knew who I was, they had my card up at the GOP headquarters, and that he too was a Blogger.

My assessment of Burris is that he damn well knew he was spoonfeeding this group of women; women who worked their butt off for Delaware GOP and raised more money for GOP candidates than any other women's group in the state. And frankly I think he felt guilty.

After the meeting and even as I drove my Jeep out of the lot, the ladies were coming up to me and telling me how so very happy they were that someone was finally telling the truth. Well heh, truth is cheap. It's living with LIES that's expensive.

Frankly I'm not sure if they love or hate me now but it's no mind. I intend to continue to get in their face and expose the lies, yes, EVEN the REPUBLICAN lies.

They keep peeing upon our feet and telling us it's raining, folks, even our own damn side.

That's my story of the week and it's all true. Oh, and I joined the Chorus of the GOP, heh, and will be singing at all major GOP events so they'll just have to throw me out on my ear. Tell you what though, they KNOW who I am.

Heh.

[RoseofTexas]

I agree and SAD to say I don't watch FOX anymore or any other news outlet. Rush is the only one these days worth listening to. For the sake of my sanity and ulcers, the tube is off the majority of time. Even TMC slapped the face of many conservatives who love to watch the old flicks. Turner had the balls to spit on our faces the day after the election with a subliminal slapdown during a movie break...MY JAW FELL TO THE GROUND! There really is no place to turn anymore. The only safe havens is FR and Rush...:(

[Mo1]

Webb thinks corporate profits is the most important issue facing our country.

Does Webb realize that if corporations don't make money (a profit) then they have to fire people??

Guess ask NBC .. they just laid off a bunch of people

[Arrowhead1952]

By the comments about Carrey, I may have to watch FNS when it comes on today. Sound like he is getting busted in the chops.

[rodguy911]

It is BS, but you just countered it here! And that's what we have to do from now on--no one from the msm/dnc should escape unscathed.

[chiller]

Having seen 3 minutes of Webb on MTP, I hereby retract any hopeful things I said about Webb helping the conservative cause. He's too far gone.