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.

[snugs]

Negative on Romney is that his a Mormon I fear the MSM and some "true Conservatives" will hold this against him.

[snugs]

Whoops make that will never be satisfied.

[Phsstpok]

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...:(

I still watch Special Report with Brit Hume and catch the Beltway Boys and Fox News Watch most Saturdays.  I also try to watch or at least listen to the Journal Editorial Report late Saturday nights.  I leave the TV on as background noise when I sleep and on Saturday nights I try to remember to leave it on Fox.  About half the time I listen to the repeat of JER in the early morning hours.

Glenn Beck's radio show is pretty good, though I can only take him in short segments.  His moron trivia is funny, but always lasts about 4 times longer than it should.  That's how I feel about most of his stuff, good but too much.  His CNN Headline show is often worth watching.  He has some of the most interesting and unconventional one on one sit down interviews.  He had Danny Bonaducci on talking about his reality show as well as the train wreck that is his life.  Beck was a cocaine addict and an alcoholic so his talk with Bonaducci almost had the feeling of an intervention.  It actually elicited some interesting discussions with the old Partridge Family child star, at least a lot more interesting than anything I've seen about him in 30 years.

I've long been willing to give a pass to Ted Turner and simply ignore the grotesque things he does politically.  He earned forgiveness and forbearance from me when he bought up the library of Loony Tunes cartoons for The Cartoon Network.  He said that there were some cartoons they wouldn't show, particularly ones that were overtly racist, which was fine with me, but he then promised that they would not edit any cartoons that they did show.  That earned him a pass from me for most of the rest of the things he says and does.  It's like how I view Meathead, Rob Reiner.  He is a political jerk, but he did direct The Princess Bride, which gained him a place in immortality, as far as I'm concerned.

I watch TCM and AMC, depending on what they're showing.  It's amazing how many of those movies are totally unknown to most people.  When people complain that there are no good movies to watch anymore I run down a list of old movies, mostly academy award winners or the block busters of their day and usually they haven't seen any of them.  I then do a search on the web to find out what old movies are coming up and give these innocents a list of recommendations.  I've managed to create some old movie junkies that way.  Did you see my earlier post recommending the Broderick Crawford 1949 version of All The Kings Men?  Truly powerful film and it might just be an object lesson for those embracing such new demagogues as Pat Buchannen or Jim Webb.  I also watch A&E, Discovery, TLC, Travel and HGTV.  I watch a few shows on SciFi but by far my favorite TV is Food Network.  Except as today when I watch the Sunday shows then football I almost never turn on the old networks.  There's just no there there.  But that still leaves me a good bit of value out there in that "vast wasteland."  You just have to hunt a bit.

[gusopol3]

Newt "melted" when he was around Clinton; remember the televised handshake on healthcare? Quoting FDR intead of RR upon being first GOP Speaker in 50 years. He's better as a pundit.

[rodguy911]

I doubt any charges leveled against DeLay will ever come to trial. The dems may have thought that they destroyed him but I don't think so.

Delay is smart enough to destroy these guys and they will discover what he did weeks or months later. He is light years ahead of the dem/rats.

Remember to get him out of Congress they had to lie their asses off, he's not likely to forget that any time soon.

[Morgan in Denver]

Romney also pushed a state wide health care plan for MA that is costing more than advertised, and may not be working out as well as he hoped it would. More than his Mormonism, Romney has to convince conservatives he is conservative along with convincing the voting population he can win.

[demkicker]

That's what's great about hindsight. It's always 20/20. I'm sure more than anyone, Newt has relived his mistakes repeatedly.

[demkicker]

I doubt any charges leveled against DeLay will ever come to trial. The dems may have thought that they destroyed him but I don't think so.

I hope you are wrong. I don't see Earle just dropping the charges (will cause too much uproar) and DeLay will not plea to anything, so trial it will be.

[snugs]

I had heard that was costing him.

IMHO as far as the MSM are concerned I think they will probably major more on the Mormon connection citing negatives from the past of that religion hoping that the uninformed public will think that these are his views.

[snugs]

I think you are right but someohow I feel it will be kicked out through lack of evidence but the damage has already been done.

[Morgan in Denver]

Sadly, you are probably right. The same thing happened with JFK being Roman Catholic. The press kept asking him if the Pope would have to approve his decisions? Mormons are not catholics but the analogy is similar. For a country that is tolerant of religion, it still divides us.

[Arrowhead1952]

I totally missed all the words of non wisdom this morning. Our small Church was packed today and I probably got more wisdom there after the service than all the bobble heads on the tube.

[Phsstpok]

Count me as one vote for removing the disclaimer on the thread.

Actually, the disclaimer came about when someone got concerned because they did get an award, not because they didn't. That person just didn't like the idea of a competition going on here and was concerned that hard feelings might result.  The sense of community here was important to them and they wanted to make sure to protect that.

It happened to be my week for doing the awards and I responded with a summary of why I do them and why I think they're important. First, AB has graciously allowed us to do this, though he didn't have anything to do with setting the awards up so far as I know. No one appointed us as "the judges," just a few of us got together over time, organized (in a fashion <g>) by Rodguy911. When I got asked to participate I agreed because I had been using the awards as a guide to posts I might have missed. It's hard to keep up with the pace on this thread and having someone point out the really good ones each week was a big help to me. That's what I try to do and why I include not only a top 10 list but also an honorable mention list when I do the review. I'm trying to highlight those posts that I think are particularly worth paying attention to, especially for those (like me) who might have skipped past some of them in the interests of time.

So the disclaimer is meant to convey four specific ideas:

1. it's not official
2. it's in good fun
3. it's just our opinions, take it for what it's worth
4. these are the posts this person thinks you ought to make sure you have read this week.

[Arrowhead1952]

Thanks for the link - a targeted man - I do hope he manages to clear his name

I'd almost bet ronnie earle will drop charges against DeLay in the near future. He has more targets on his radar screen now.

[gusopol3]

Not hindsight; I knew all were mistakes at the time. This is a personality/ style / substance problem, not a few scattered mistakes.

[rodguy911]

From the last time I went over Earl's charges they were so weak and made up unless they create/invent something new I would doubt it goes to trial. But you never know.If the right jury is bought.....

[rodguy911]

Get rid of the disclaimer IMHO.

[Cindy]

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[Morgan in Denver]

I have to agree. Its time has come and gone.

[rodguy911]

Besides that the charges did what they were designed to do. They got rid of Delay in Congress, but he's not through, IMHO.