Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 15 April 2007

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; the Rev. Al Sharpton; Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Vice President Dick Cheney.

THIS WEEK (ABC): New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; comedian Rich Little.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Walter Mondale, former vice president; Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Jim Webb, D-Va.; Marc Morial, president and CEO, National Urban League; Amy Holmes, one-time speechwriter for former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president, Children's Defense Fund; Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute; Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.

[rodguy911]

Just had lunch myself,gourmet meal for here, Cheese sandwich on oatmeal bread with lots of butter,20 jelly beans,and a huge chocolate Easter EGG.(Rumrunners for dinner—later)

[Phsstpok]

I heard/read somewhere that the clintonistas are behind this. I do remember that he badmouthed the toon at a dinner one time.

The Soros funded Clintonista organization, Media Matters, started the ball rolling.  They have full time paid staffers who monitor each show, concentrating on conservatives like Rush, but also including others who are of less conservative bent like Imus.  The WSJ has a very good summary of the events in the Imus affair. 

Media Matters is headed by David Brock and was set up and is still largely funded using Soros money.  It was created with the help of Clintonista John Podesta.  David Horowitz excellent web site Discover The Networks, has great break downs on Brock, Podesta and Media Matters.  Follow some of the other links on those pages as well.  They are fascinating.

And, yes, it is very believable that the rest of the actions summarized in the WSJ were also orchestrated, or at least "encouraged," by the Clintons

[rodguy911]

You gotta stop this stuff, if I laugh too much I will Lose my jelly beans,ROTFLMAO!!

[Pukin Dog]

I think you are right about Sharp/Jack (nice shortcut too) being in trouble. Many people will be looking to see if they give more than lip-service(is that racial?) to the Rap Music folks.

Its not going to go away this time. I really think the liberals stepped in it, because they are not the only ones with a megaphone. We still have talk-radio on our side.

But most of all, it is exactly when the Left thinks they have it won, that they trip over themselves. I remember being teased by a liberal, the day after Carl Cameron broke the Bush DWI story way back when. During Sore-Loserman, that same lib would not take my phone calls, and no longer speaks to me.

[ThreePuttinDude]

Here's a link to the complete text of Imus' roast of the Slick one in 1996
this is why I say it's a Clinton hit for a past indiscretion

The following is the text of radio personality Don Imus' speech at the Radio/TV
Correspondents Association Annual Dinner, Thursday, March 21, 1996.

[samantha]

There is a market for it, and he has fans, and the DBM presstitutes need a place to showcase their books and their childish prattle.

[Pukin Dog]

I think you'll need a Maalox chaser with that......

That is some wicked food-combining.

See, when I eat pie, I just eat pie. I'm safe like that.

[BusterBear]

People I speak with are angry, and ready to express their rage at the ballot box, which is the only thing that counts.

Thanks for this encouraging post. It made me feel a lot better on this totally miserable, rainy day.

[Pukin Dog]

It made me feel a lot better on this totally miserable, rainy day.

You know what is so great about a rainy day? You have to consider that when it rains, the roots of trees swell up which increases their metabolic rate, which increases their discharge of CO2 gases, which totally pisses off Al Gore.

Its a good thing!

[samantha]

Well let us say we are on to them and she may not have killed him off entirely, and he does not like her and may come back just to show her up. I think his ego drives him to get up every morning and go out there and do that show, and this will not stop him unless he wants it to.

[rodguy911]

The WSJ account is very revealing and well done.
I’ll tell you after 30 years in radio I can tell you that on the East Coast only a very few commuters and even fewer working types getting ready for work are listening to the radio at 6:08 in the morning when the i-man made these comments,and you can forget the rest of the country. He’s still mostly asleep than anyway.
The difference between making these comments at 6:08am vs. 8:08am Eastern are light years.
This is an obvious hit and needs to be portrayed that way so everyone knows, I sure hope Rush goes for this story no one could do it any better than him.

[altura]

That bet I made with you about Thompson didn’t scare you?

[rodguy911]

Not me!! I’m equal opportunity,I eat it all!!

[Txsleuth]

Rush probably has one of his hired monitors reading this thread right now..

I SWEAR he uses FR for part of his show prep sometimes! LOL

[samantha]

Yes, we could learn a few new things about Her Heiness. What I find amazing is the anger and dislike that Pelosi has stirred up in Pubbie Women. Some even dislike her more than Hillary, and think she is dumber and therefore much more dangerous with an ego that makes Howard Dean’s and Johneffin’s seem tiny in comparison.

[rodguy911]

Good, I hope you are right.

[samantha]

Exactly......

[rodguy911]

Good catch,the only way Piglosi could get any dumber is if she travels to Iran, and we are all hoping for a burka shot with her and the 5’2” megalomaniac wackmennenjob.

[FreeReign]

Here's a link to the complete text of Imus' roast of the Slick one in 1996 this is why I say it's a Clinton hit for a past indiscretion.

Great link, Thanks.

Yes, the tape recorders have been rolling on the Clinton enemies. Imus, the guy most likely to step in it, did....so they took him down.

[Phsstpok]

Mark Kilmer has posted his Sunday shows review over at RedState.COM.  Here is the header:

Posted at 11:17am on Apr. 15, 2007

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review

You Decide '07: Was this week's most amusing interviewee Sharpton or Webb? Specter?

By Mark Kilmer

Sunday, April 15, 2007

PRE-FACE

On MTP, while hawking the paperback version of his book, General Anthony Zinni, USMC, argued that we need a President who serves for a single six-year term, an "elder statesman" who will be above politics.

On FNS, Carl Levin said "change course" a bunch of times and stated that the Democrats will not cut funding to the troops. Lindsey Graham argued that they should cut funding instead of trying to "bleed Petraeus dry."

Al Sharpton was asked to answer questions on FNS, but he didn't. He evaded the argument that Hillary should give back her rapper Timbaland money by arguing that the President spoke with "Sean 'Puffy' Combs." He argued that he has not apologized for slander in the Tawana Brawley case because he still believes her story. He argued that he has not apologized to the Duke Lacrosse players because Mike Nifong lied to him. He argued that he and Bill Cosby have been taking on the rappers.

Sharpton also argued that "kingmaker," as in "kingmaker in the Democratic Party," is a racist term.

On TW, Richardson repeated he wants to get out of Iraq by the year with no "residual force" expect some Marines to guard our embassy who would cause violence by their presence. Steph argued that no military experts or retired generals had endorsed Richardson's plan, and Richardson said that this didn't matter because he knew the region and had negotiated with Saddam Hussein.

On TW, Arlen Specter said that the President can fire the U.S. attorneys for any reason whatsoever but not for a bad reason. He demanded that AGAG "justify the reasons" for firing the attorneys.

Dick Cheney, on FTN, said that he believes America can win the war in Iraq. He is confident that the Congress will send the President a clean supplemental, though Schieffer insisted that they would not.

Jon Kyl and Jim Webb were on LE. Kyl argued that we cannot consolidate or diplomatic successes until we have stability on the ground. Webb compared the government of Iraq to that in Beirut when he covered it as a journalist in 1983.

After all this, Zinni and Webb were a great contrast, the bright and the stupid of the anti-war arguments. Al Sharpton is Sharpton, and the press is going to continue to be frustrated that Vice President Dick Cheney is not hiding under his desk mumbling to himself.

Read on for the show-by-show review…

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