Posted on 05/06/2007 4:36:37 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; the Rev. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former CIA Director George Tenet.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; former Gov. Jim Gilmore, R-Va.; Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha; Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie; Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Fahmy.
Yes, they do. More than anyone realizes. In addition, there has never been a nuclear power plant problem in France that I’m aware of.
probably ABC found out a Dem was in the book, so they killed the story
Yes, they could change the civil service regulations. I seriously doubt any significant change would have a chance of being passed by Congress. There have been some changes passed recently after some real battles. Congress views the “entrenched” USG bureaucracy as an ally against the Executive Branch, i.e., the WH.
The President does have the ability to go directly to the American people.
Good point.
I blame the Dem party far more than the MSM. When you have one of the two major political parties sacrificing the welfare of the country for domestic political advantage, it is difficult to mobilize public opinion in support of our foreign policy and the war.
There are other reasons why this country has become less unified and more atomized in terms of our national identity and sense of shared endeavor, but I don't have the energy to do it today.
I tend to put the blame on the left, and those Democrats and media people who have jumped on the environmentalism bandwagon. DDT could save thousands of lives in Africa, but too many oppose the reintroduction of it.
An example of this comes from the no smoking efforts as the left realized how they could incrementally impose their values on us. Today, we have solid conservatives who oppose smoking so vehemently that they too vote to ban a legal product and limit freedom of choice. The whole thing started with just a warning on packs of cigarettes. What could be wrong with that? Then it became separate but equal seating areas, then no smoking on planes. Now we have whole communities banning smoking in public and a few who want to increase the ban to individual homes or in their own vehicles. (By the way, a smoker friend of mine told me about an American-Indian brand of cigarette that does not cause cancer because it’s made of tobacco not cured with cancer causing processes.)
And don’t leave out the lefts influence in our schools, as they have been indoctrinating kids for years. We have over fifty years of leftist teaching to overcome.
Posted at 12:59pm on May 6, 2007
The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review
IT'S MAY, FORCRYINGOUTLOUD!
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, May 06, 2007
On MTP, part of the George Tenet book tour, host Tim Russert asked the former DCI about aluminum tubes.
Chris Dodd was Chris Wallace's first guest on FNS, and Dodd declared the "American public" wanted to get out of Iraq like Russ Feingold. He said that his Carbon Tax would be easier to foist on the "American public" because it applies to them more indirectly than Tom Friedman's proposed gasoline tax.
Next on FNS, John Boehner supported benchmarks as a means to ensure success in Iraq. He said that he does not support them as a way to ensure failure.
On TW, John Edwards said that while he opposes the genocide in Darfur, we shouldn't send troops there; likewise, we should not send troops back to Iraq to stop that genocide once we leave. Edwards said that he hasn't been to Iraq because civilians can't go there.
On FTN, New Gingrich said that if Sarkozy wins the French election, Republicans should take a hint from the French for the next election and run against the current Washington order. Chuck Rangel came on a few minutes later and said, basically, that the "American public" has embraced Russ Feingold and demanded that the Democrats get us out of Iraq by any means necessary. He's been partying with Jack Murtha.
On LE, Wolf Blitzer talked to three ambassadors to the United States: from Iraq, from Syria, and from Egypt. Most interesting, I thought, was Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha, who says that his country has the same goals in Iraq as does the United States and that we all should work together to end the violence in Iraq. He did not mention stopping foreign terrorists from entering Iraq from Syria.
Wolf next spoke with George Tenet, still hawking his book. I offer a bit of a tongue-twister in honor of his appearance on LE.
The show-by-show review is beneath the fold…
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I agree with you. And I agree trying to explain one brings up too many to consider: immigration, English only, anchor babies, environmentalism, socialism, and issue after issue that reflects this problem.
I found yet another Sada link here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575533.posts I had to get this through google don't know why.
Dodd favors hidden taxes so Democrats can continue blaming the oil companies for high prices, and they can deflect any complaints against the left.
The link does not work. ?
Freedom’s on the march kids.
Get ready for the yutes BBQ, Royal conceded to Sarkozy.
Our thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829250/posts
Coverage, with a profile of Sarkozy:
http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/05/france_hits_the_polls_the_fina.php
Oh, in case you missed it (From MacKinnon):
Democracy Wins in Ukraine, Russia Loses!
Snip:
The standoff is over for now, and Viktor Yushchenko appears to have won the test of nerves against his arch-rival, Viktor Yanukovich. The two men announced today that they have agreed to hold new parliamentary elections in the near future, something Yushchenko has been demanding since dissolving parliament last month amid a bribery scandal. So far, no date has been set, but Yushchenko said today that the vote would be held within 60 days. July 8 is the best guess of some people in the know. Why did Yanukovich throw in his cards? Because his “Blue Revolution” on the streets of Kyiv was a failure. The demonstrations on Independence Square were lifeless affairs, and as word got out that most of the protestors were being paid to participate, the farce became more of an embarassment to Yanukovich than a tool for pressuring Yushchenko.
http://publiuspundit.com/2007/05/democracy_wins_in_ukraine_russ.php
It’s official
posted by U*2 @ 1:53 PM
The play by play via No Pasaran:
http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/
The official 8PM results are in: TF1 and France2 French TV call it Nicolas Sarkozy 53%, Ségolène Royal 47%.
Le Monde or Al-Jazeera on the Seine calls it: Nicolas Sarkozy 53.5%, Ségolène Royal 46.5%
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-823448,36-906044@51-906165,0.html
as does Le Figaro.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/election-presidentielle-2007/20070506.WWW000000103_les_instituts_de_sondage_unanimes_pour_nicolas_sarkozy.html
20h05: Royal, in s short speech at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, has conceded the election to Sarkozy.
20h12: Sarkozy has just left his HQ and is heading to the Salle Gaveau where he will make a statement to his supporters before heading to the victory celebration at the Place de la Concorde.
20h22: Sarkozy’s motorcade has just arrived at the Salle Gaveau.
20h32: Sarkozy has just appeared on the stage of the Salle Gaveau to deliver his victory speech.
20h39: Sarkozy has just stated that America can count on France as a friend and ally. He also stated that he expects the United States, as the world’s leading power, to take the lead in the fight against global warming which he will make a priority during his Presidential term.
http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/
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