The Weekend Talk Show Preview is up, such as it is
Circumstances make me think I won't be able to do much, if any, research or posting on the guests this week before the shows air on Sunday. I'll probably not be able to participate much in the Sunday thread either (what a tragedy!), like the last several weeks.
It's simple to summarize this weeks shows, though: the talking heads are spewing about the Iowa Caucus and the "disaster" for US foreign policy of Bhutto's death. The Iowa voters will vote how they vote and I hope that the State Department pukes (I explicitly exclude those on FR who have worked there from that epithet) who put all of our "eggs" in the Bhutto basket are enjoying their quiche, 'cause those eggs are trashed.
Assuming the info I have is correct (and that I can count), the following 5 Dhimmicrats and 3 Republicans get face time this Sunday:
Wait... that's 5 Dhimmicrats, one pro-life liberal non-Democrat, one pro-defense RINO (but legit war hero) and one conservative Republican (by my definitions). Yep. That's about par for the course
Predictions for Iowa:
Democrat side: Hillary wins Iowa, Barack close enough for argument, the bleat goes on to New Hampshire
Republican side: Romney wins Iowa, Huckabee does much worse than predicted, Thompson does much better (I think he takes second with the Huckster fading fast)
Thompson does so much better than expected Fox News is accused of sand bagging expectations in order to give him a bounce. "Proof" of this accusation is that he was the sole presidential contender they interviewed for the last Sunday before the caucus.
I hope everyone whose church has already celebrated the anniversary of Christ's birth for this year had a very Merry Christmas
To those whose church is still looking forward to celebrating that joyous event I wish you a Merry Christmas to come
To all using the western calendar a happy New Year
And I wish peace and joy to all of you
OK, that's my version of (genuine) inclusiveness and "political correctness." Anybody got a problem with that? <g>
Thanks, again, for this information.
My sense is FNC does not believe Thompson will be able to win the nomination so they are not covering him. Certainly the coverage of Huckabee only came about because of his rise in the polls. Point being, the media focuses on front runners only.
Regardless, I agree there are always too many Democrats on these shows, even though I understand why. My sense is the NE culture influences the media and they just assume the worst for the GOP and best for Democrats. At least that’s what seems to happen in my view of red state fly-over country.
I just got new glasses, 8-), so maybe things are clearer today.
I also added a sig line that I find appropriate.