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Weekend Show *Preview* for 2/17 - 2/18/07 (not the live thread)
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Posted on 02/18/2007 5:17:12 AM PST by Phsstpok
Preview and Analysis for Weekend of February 17th and 18th, 2007
Very late and abbreviated post this week. The demands of my real job combined with inclement weather on a business trip this week has me way behind the eight ball right now. I will therefore spare you my usual overblown and overly dramatic posting and limit myself to the necessary
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
NBC's "Meet the Press"
- Tony Snow
- Senator Chuck Hagel - Republican - Nebraska
- Senator Jack Reed - Democrat - Rhode Island
- Richard Engel
CBS's "Face the Nation"
- Sen. Joseph Biden, Democrat - Delaware
- Sen. Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana
- Doyle McManus
- Josephine Hearn
"Fox News Sunday"
- Newt Gingrich - Republican - Georgia
- Senator Carl Levin - Democrat - Michigan
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CNN "Late Edition"
- Sen. Harry Reid, Democrat -Nevada: majority leader
- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky: minority leader
- Gov. Bill Richardson, D-New Mexico
- Tony Snow
- Penn Jillette
- Michael Steele
- Marc Morial
- Donna Brazile
ABC's "This Week"
- Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass
- Ann Romney
- Michael Douglas
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Very, very, very, very, very abbreviated preview this week. Combine a demanding week of business travel up to Cincinnati with some nasty weather and things just work out that way.
Good shows, particularly the ones with Tony Snow, Mitch McConnell and Newt. Oh, and how can I not watch a show with :Penn Jillette?
The show by show stuff will have to stand on its own without my usual pithy commentary (awwwwwww, you must be broken hearted!).
Have at it folks....
At least I will have beaten the first of the Sunday shows here in Memphis
This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today. 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 valuable 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!
Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM. I will try post a link to his Sunday review when it is up.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: guests; iraq; sundaytalkshows; surge
Saturday Shows For February 17, 2007
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:
- There's a controversy over the "surrender now" policy of the Dhimmicrats? Who knew?
- Wow! The officially endorsed DBM candidates aren't getting universal support? Who'd a thunk it?
- Did anyone suspect that there were people outside the US who didn't like us? Who'd a thunk it?
- Topics:
- What's the Dem's "slow bleed" strategy really suggesting?
- Trouble ahead for Giuliani and McCain?
- Is Obama getting huffy with the press?
- Vladimir Putin's latest outburst
- 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:
- Anyone who toes the PC leftist line in the judiciary is a god
- Anyone who rejects the PC leftist line in the judiciary is a reactionary and lacks "judicial temperament"
- Topics:
- Tim goes behind the scenes of the Supreme Court with two authors
- Guests
- Jan Crawford Greenburg
- ABC News Legal Correspondent | Bio
- Author Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court
- Jan Crawford Greenburg on "judicial independence" (Point of Law, NY - Feb 15, 2007)
- "Supreme Conflict" by Jan Crawford Greenburg (New York Times, NY - Jan 23, 2007)
- Justice Thomas Is a Cogent Thinker (The Conservative Voice, NC - Feb 16, 2007)
- Justice in the Balance (Washington Post, DC - Feb 10, 2007)
- AG Warned Bush on Miers Nomination (ABC News - Feb 4, 2007)
- Spotlight on the nation's highest court (Christian Science Monitor, MA - Feb 5, 2007)
- Jeffrey Rosen
- CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET
Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)
- Meme:
- McChimpy Bushitler is actually still doing his job. Who'd a thunk it? Let's ignore him.
- If there's any way the DBM can trash the really good GOP candidates, they'll take it
- Topics:
- North Korea pledges to give up its nukes. Will it help the president with the press?
- Why so much media focus on Mitt Romney's Mormon faith?
- 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 live in a troubled world
- Hillary will shift with the wind to try to pander for votes
- Topics:
- Opinion Journal web page: Where Is She Today?
- The politics of Iraq:
- the debates over the no-confidence resolution in the House
- the debates over Hillary Clinton's changing views
- Also, how bad is the North Korea nuclear deal?
- Fox News Channel web page
- Hillary's left turn: Can her 'get out of Iraq fast' agenda succeed?
- What are the real intentions behind the Iraq Resolution?
- Is Kim Jong Il really ready to abandon his nuclear ambitions?
- Guests
- 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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posted on
02/18/2007 5:17:14 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
To: All
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:
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, great god almighty, Bush is wrong! And we at NBC will do our best to convince you of that fact
- Did you know that there are actually troops in Iraq who believe in what they are doing? Not according to NBC. They will get their reporter on the scene to tell you that (or fire his ass)
- Topics:
- A showdown on Iraq in both the House and Senate
- Reaction from the White House Press Secretary
- Two Senators opposed to the president's troop surge, one Republican (RINO), one Democrat
- Guests
- Tony Snow
- Senator Chuck Hagel - Republican - Nebraska
- Senate web site | Bio
- Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to write book this year (Beatrice Daily Sun - Feb 16, 2007)
- Hagel, Lautenberg Introduce Bill to Cap Military Heathcare Costs (Southwest Nebraska News, NE - Feb 16, 2007)
- 10 Questions: Chuck Hagel (CBS News, NY - Feb 9, 2007)
- Senate tries anew for vote rebuking Bush's Iraq policy (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Feb 16, 2007)
- Finally, Something to Agree with Chuck Hagel About [Andy McCarthy] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Feb 8, 2007)
- Sen. Chuck Hagel: 'Not an Anti-War Candidate' (NewsMax.com, FL - Feb 5, 2007)
- Senator Jack Reed - Democrat - Rhode Island
- Senate web site | Bio
- Transcript: Sen. Jack Reed on 'FNS' (FOX News - Feb 11, 2007)
- Douglas Feith, Mitch McConnell, Jack Reed, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics, IL - Feb 11, 2007)
- Reed to announce new committee appointments (Eyewitness News, RI - Jan 23, 2007)
- Delegation opposes Bush policy on Iraq (Providence Journal, RI - Feb 15, 2007)
- Anti-war resolution fails in Senate (Washington Times, DC - Feb 17, 2007)
- Report: Iran Building Bombs for Insurgents (WCBD-TV, SC - Feb 12, 2007)
- Richard Engel
- 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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posted on
02/18/2007 5:17:57 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: All
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:
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, great god almighty, Bush is wrong! And we at CBS will do our best to convince you of that fact
- Biden's back and Bobby's got him!
- Topics:
- IRAQ, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
- Guests
- Sen. Joseph Biden, Democrat - Delaware
- Sen. Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana
- Doyle McManus
- Josephine Hearn
- Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:18:38 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: All
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:
- How dare Bush actually question the
George Soros Democrats Congressional will? - Winning? You think that this is about the US wining? What planet are you from?
- George Bush... the next subject for Court TV
- Topics:
- The war on terrorism
- The House and Senate look to condemn the new Iraq plan
- War critics are pledging to increase pressure on the White House to end the war by passing more restrictive legislation
- There might be signs the surge is paying some dividends as U.S. troops saw success during their first sweeps through Baghdad this week
- What are the next steps in Iraq and what will Congress do next as war critics promise to do what it takes to bring the war to a close?
- Is a constitutional crisis approaching over war authority?
- Fox News Sunday panel
- This weeks diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea
- The latest news in the war on terror
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
- Guests
- Newt Gingrich - Republican - Georgia
- Former Speaker of the House | web site | Bio
- Lavish Praise From Gingrich Caps Big Week for 'America's Mayor' (ABC News - Feb 17, 2007)
- Gingrich derides early entry into race by so many candidates (Boston Globe, MA - Feb 16, 2007)
- Richardson, Gingrich lead Round Two; 'none' popular, too (Baxter Bulletin - Feb 17, 2007)
- Gingrich says Anything is possible at BuckheadCoalition luncheon (TheStorygroup.com, GA - Feb 15, 2007)
- Rudy and Newt (Concord Monitor, NH - Feb 15, 2007)
- Senator Carl Levin - Democrat - Michigan
- Senate web site | Bio
- Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
- Iraq and Curve Ball Carl (American Thinker, AZ - Feb 17, 2007)
- Carl Levin, Osama (DetNews.com, MI - Feb 10, 2007)
- House posturing on Iraq (Orlando Sentinel, FL - Feb 15, 2007)
- Truth vs. consensus (Toledo Blade, OH - Feb 17, 2007)
- Levin: High-ranking DoD officials manipulated Iraq intelligence (The Hill, DC - Feb 9, 2007)
- Fox News Sunday panel
- Brit Hume
- Bill Kristol
- Juan Williams
- Mara Liasson
- Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:19:12 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: All
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:
- Dhimmicrats rule the west! Be afraid, nasty Republicans. Be very afraid!
- How dare Bush actually question the
George Soros Democrats Congressional will? - Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, great god almighty, Bush is wrong! And we at CNN will do our best to convince you of that fact
- Topics:
- Could winning in the West be the key to the White House in 2008?
- Guests
- Sen. Harry Reid, Democrat -Nevada: majority leader
- Senate web site | Bio
- Reid: The Senate Is on Record Against Escalation (Earthtimes.org - Feb 17, 2007)
- Bono praises Reid on AIDS funding (U2 France, France - Feb 17, 2007)
- Reid: The Senate Must Join the House and Vote on the Escalation (YubaNet, CA - Feb 16, 2007)
- Senate GOP Foils Debate on Iraq Surge (Auburn Citizen, NY - Feb 17, 2007)
- Breaking: GOP blocks Senate vote on House anti-surge resolution (Hot Air, MD - Feb 17, 2007)
- Weekend Senate votes cause some '08ers to scramble (CNN - Feb 16, 2007)
- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky: minority leader
- Senate web site | Bio
- Senate Blocks Iraq War Resolution Debate (ABC News - Feb 17, 2007)
- Douglas Feith, Mitch McConnell, Jack Reed, Roundtable (RealClearPolitics, IL - Feb 11, 2007)
- House passes business tax breaks linked to minimum-wage hike (Laconia Citizen, NH - Feb 17, 2007)
- Mitch McConnell, fierce partisan, tames his image (Scripps News, DC - Jan 25, 2007)
- Gov. Bill Richardson, D-New Mexico
- Tony Snow
- Penn Jillette
- Michael Steele
- Marc Morial
- Donna Brazile
- CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:19:46 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: All
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:
- We at ABC aren't prejudiced in any way... but how can anyone even think of voting for a Mormon? Ewwwwwwww!
- Topics:
- "On the Trail" with GOP front-runner and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass. and his wife Ann, discussing his bid for the White House.
- Voices segment:
- Using the power of live conversation to encourage understanding between American youth and children of different cultures.
- Guests
- Former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass
- Ann Romney
- Voices segment:
- Roundtable
- Fareed Zakaria
- Katrina vanden Heuvel
- George Will
- ABC This Week comment web page
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:23:22 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: A.Hun; Bahbah; Txsleuth; MNJohnnie; eeevil conservative; Alas Babylon!; Seattle Conservative; ...
PingThe Weekend Talk Show Preview Thread is up
If you want on or off of my Ping list please FReepmail me
It will also be cross posted (sometime soon) to my blog at
http://wizards.townhall.com/
Here's a sample of my usual witty commentary...
well, I really didn't do any witty commentary this week. Running way late. Never mind about that ...
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:25:40 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: Phsstpok
I was worried about you, P. Glad you are okay.
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:28:54 AM PST
by
mathluv
(Never Forget!)
To: Phsstpok
Good morning.
Tony Snow on MTP...I will not miss that!
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:29:02 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(.Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
To: Phsstpok
Great job again Phsstpok looks like we may have some better guests this week.
Once again greatest job ever on last weeks thread, you really judged the thread the way no one else can or ever has done.
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:31:04 AM PST
by
rodguy911
(Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
To: Phsstpok
Thanks Phsstpok! Your efforts are always appreciated.
To: Phsstpok
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posted on
02/18/2007 5:49:47 AM PST
by
Gritty
(Americans cannot bring themselves to accept the fact that the Iraq war is lost - Eleanor Clift)
To: Phsstpok
I am amazed at your research and your clear analyses, and grateful for your hard work. Thank you.
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posted on
02/18/2007 11:22:05 AM PST
by
Barset
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