Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 10 December 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 10 December 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group; Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan.; composer Marvin Hamlisch.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Baker and Hamilton.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Baker and Hamilton; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Trent Lott, R-Miss.

THIS WEEK (ABC): British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Sens. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore.; actor Ed Asner.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Baker and Hamilton; Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and Jane Harman, D-Calif.; Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution of Iraq; Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

[maica]

Oops, I made a mistake - it wasn't the ISG answer that was jarring, it was Brownback's response to the issue of Iran becoming a nuclear power.


http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/Transcript_Page.aspx?ContentGuid=26e889d9-3de9-46f6-a504-a17a0d8fc0cf


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HH: And how do you understand the enemy we face in the war?

SB: Well, I think it’s very clear that we face an enemy, and I think we’ve done some of a disservice by using a verb, and not a noun in the war on terrorism. Who is it that we’re fighting? And we’re fighting Islamic-facists. I think we should be saying that. We should confront this group that wants two things. They want us out of the Middle East, and they want to establish an Islamic caliphate in the region where we pull out of. This is a very serious enemy that we’re confronting.

HH: Can we allow Iran to go nuclear, to possess nuclear weapons?

SB: Well, that’s a tough issue to decide, and discern just exactly where the Iranians are. Hugh, I don’t have a direct answer on that. I do know that I believe we have to strongly confront the Iranians, we have to confront them on a multiple set of issues, including human rights issues, which I don’t think we’ve done, the strength of which we need to on that. And we’ve got to get the Europeans and others engaged with us, to aggressively confront them, which is tough to get done. But you know, the way you phrased that question, it almost begs a military response, as is does it get to that level. And I can’t, in my own mind, commit to that at this point in time.

[rodguy911]

Once Juan gets away from his stalking points he is lost.

[Bahbah]

I will Johnnie, but it will have to be later.

[TomGuy]

FNS

Juan is throwing a tantrum. lol.

Juan: "Sometimes I just wanna scream!"

[Mo1]

Juan asked .. We need to define the meaning of Victory


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[StoneWall Brigade]

Thats true we must show no mercy it has to be total war we must take out these dirt bags as well as there family's we unleash pure hell bring them to there knee's i believe that there are many Iraqi soldiers who are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with us and do what needs to be done

[Laverne]

Then he throws a hissy fit: why can't you admit that Pelosi, Dean et al were right? It was a mistake to go in there...yada yada yada, blah, blah, blah...its all Isreal's fault. Camera pans to Brit...who is now laughing! Too funny. Best FNC panel is a long time.

[dmw]

Did you just see Brit roll his eyes at what Juan was saying? Priceless!

[Bahbah]

I see Juan agrees with Tom Ricks who says going into Iraq was the worst and most profligate decisions ever.

[Mo1]

Juan: "Sometimes I just wanna scream!"

I rolled my eyes one that one

He is such a pansy

[MNJohnnie]

So the time the US Political class will now actually fight an enemy is 42 months and that only if the casualties are under 3500. God help this country if they ever have to fight a real straight up Conventional War.

As Phsstpok pointed out last week.

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

Sir Winston Churchill

[Laverne]

Yes; and Juan's "I just want to scream" comments made me laugh...and I immediately had a visual of Howie Dean's scream moment. Juan is a typical lefty....if it isn't solved in 24 hours, throw it away. Juan, et al, have no staying power...no prinicple...they just don't get it.

[MNJohnnie]

Remember, the Iraq Surrender Group is a Congressional, not a Presidential, Commission.

[rodguy911]

BOR needs a gut check, someone who doesn't is the now infamous Pamela at Atlas Shrugged.
Here is a sample of her rants along with a bunch of other great stuff all at pajamas media.I especaillylke how she defends Bolton.

It's here:

http://www.pajamasmedia.com/

[chiller]

Amongst all the naysayers today, please read a great summary of what we're up against in the Middle East. You may have seen Jonathon McClendon's 5 Year Countdown in American Thinker or on FR yesterday. The best I've read. Short read.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751049/posts

[dmw]

"Best FNC panel is a long time."

Sure was! For a moment there I thought Bill Kristol was gonna get out of his chair and smack Juan. Juan is a big cry baby!

[anita]

I don't know if it was mentioned earlier,

Tony Snow's office, has this new poster on the wall "We 're at War: Are YOU Doing All You Can?"

May be this is what driving WH press corps nuts.

[Carolinamom]

Do you have a clue as to why the ISG interviewed Bill Kristol?

[anita]

Thanks. I think O'Reilly fears internet & not capable of doing searches on his own.

[Bahbah]

Are YOU Doing All You Can?<.i>

Certainly they are, just not the way Tony or any of the rest of us would like.