Posted on 02/11/2007 5:15:41 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; actor Sean Penn.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Qubad Talabany, representative to the U.S. of the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government; Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman; retired Army Col. Patrick Lang; Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
As long as bin Laden and AQ are running loose, I will agree to disagree. The other fly in the ointment is that any withdrawal will have to be done as part of a NATO resoultion to leave, which shouldn't be too difficult.
Yes, whatever credentials Chris got for his mini-set to with Clinton are now past the sell by date.
That is a spectacular comparison. May I recommend that you send it off (with context of referencing Kerry's global warming remark) to as many folks like Rush and Brit that you can.
I know I'm going to use it.
Sounds plausible to me. They did the same to us in Vietnam. The enemy knows that they can't defeat us on the battlefield. Their only hope is the Dem Congress. The more casualties they can inflict, the greater the propanganda impact.
General Eikenberry has quite the impressive bio! Thanks for posting it.
Thanks snugs congrats EC!
My own choice of ONE of our great dangers is the dishonesty/bias of the DBM.
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I hear you, but I would say it is THE greatest danger.
The DBM protects the dems. Without the media, the vapid stupidity of the dems would be apparent to all.
Ted Baxter hosts!
Good one, brings back memories and so true.
I like him EVEN MORE! :)
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THe Hunter has got Wolf's number. Last fall in a previous appearance he said, "Wolf, do you want us to lose in Iraq:"
Wolf has to be just a bit trembly waiting for a similar slam to come from the Hunter!
Maybe that is why CNN used the Very Distracting (to the cnn viewer) backdrop today for Hunter's appearance - people walking and cycling, birds soaring and swooping, waves crashing == all just behind the head and shoulders of Duncan Hunter, so we could not focus quite as well on his answers, his actual words and thoughts.
"But Senator I think you are confusing the facts with the political perception of this"
That is exactly what Wallace said....I about fell out!
"I can still picture the mug shot of "Sheppie" after he ran over the Liberal Reporter that tried to save a Parking place with her body after the 2000 Election recount Media Circus."
I never heard another word about that incident. Did anyone else?
We're supposed to get THEM something for Valentines Day??
Only if they expect it and always get something you can share. Like wine, chocolates, diamond earrings.
Great post. A little mild, but I liked the 'sickening little worm' part especially.
Actually, I believe that the CIA is a highly competent organization, or at least it was and only in comparison to other Washington institutions. This is from evidence from my wife's uncle who was in The Agency for many years (that nickname is always capitalized).
Like any bureaucracy I'm convinced it follows the 80-20 rule. 80% of the work (both quality and quantity) is done by no more than 20% of the workers. My impression was that The Agency was quite close to 80-20, while most Washington bureaucracies were closer to 95-5. In recent history that mix hasn't changed, but I believe that the Clintonistas maneuvered "politically reliable" types in the 80% of incompetent drones into positions of power and they're still there.
That's where operations like Feith's team or Able Danger came from, competent people fed up with the worthless pap being fed to them who started going around the bad bureaucrat's self serving "analysis" and trying to get at the raw data from the competent sources. What's truly frightening is the treatment the Able Danger people got and what Feith is going through now. It reminds me of the portrayels of the worst of the inherent corruption and petty "empire building" within the Roman and Byzantine governments during their last days.
If you ever have a chance to read the stories of Winston Churchill's "wilderness years" (my favorite is The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester) pay attention to the story of Ralph Wigram for the personal story that really crystalized this view for me.
why thank you thank you!
(blushing)
;-)
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