Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 21 September 2008

Various driveby media television networks ^ | 21 September 2008 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chair of the American Red Cross.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Paulson; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Paulson; Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Paulson; Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Douglas Holtz Eakin, adviser to John McCain; Austan Goolsbee, adviser to Barack Obama; former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.; Gene Sperling, former Clinton administration economic adviser; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas.

[snugs]

Absolutely

[rodguy911]

Boehner says on Stephy with Dudd, you cant describe on Sunday Morning tv just how ugly this situation would get if we don't act.

I will take his word, he would not sell us out.

[pghoilman]

“That means republican leaders shouting about the democrat corruption in FM & FM from the rooftops.”

Ah but that takes some political spine! Possibly republican leaders may decide a more nuanced approach might make life a little easier for them going forward, no matter who wins the executive branch?

[Sunnyflorida]

AIG was allowed to fail. Being force to sell your company (actually 79.9%) in exchange for an $85B 12% convertible preferred is failure. The reason it works for the fed is that they can force a cramdown of the debt. They got all the assets for a loan and can blow off the debt. It is a hell of a deal.

[maica]

FR is the media by-pass on the highway to truth.

[tbone56]

“I’d say Kill the Lawyers but that would wipe out all the leadership of the Democrat Party”

And that would be a bad thing?

[rodguy911]

bottom line of course is that you should not lend money to people that stand a good chance of not repaying it

words of wisdom had to be repeated.

[carenot]

Schumer, Frank and Dodd - oh boy. “Bush’s fault” “Bush’s fault” “Bush’s fault”

Whose fault is it?

He is all for it.
It will be his fault if he doesn't veto it.

[Seattle Conservative]

Apparently, they also want to help their constituents in other countries, too (NObama being the citizen of the world that he is):

EXCLUSIVE: FOREIGN BANKS MAY GET HELP
Yahoo News ^ | 21 Sept 2008 | Mike Allen

Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:31:49 AM by Brian S. Fitzgerald

In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout, according to the fine print of an administration statement Saturday night.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087073/posts

[pghoilman]

Yep. Saving their existing constituents and manufacturing new ones. Power at all costs, even at the expense of the country. Ends justify the means. It’s hard to combat shamelessness.

[snugs]

Part of reason I have always thought is that apart from when running an election campaign he does not like the snipping back and forth, I think in the election campaign he sees it as good sport but day to day as us Brits would say it is not cricket to behave like that.

I think he takes and sees his role as head of State as above the day to day fray and probably hoped that his foot soldiers would do the engaging and battle for him and his administration but they have not.

A President has a unique role not just a political one but a State one as well and can anyone imagine the Queen of England getting involved in day to day politics of course not and I think that is part of the reason why it seems that GWB has not fought back.

[rodguy911]

Yeah good catch,our ADM did try and were shouted down by the dem/rats who as usual put their loser constituents above all.

[Morgan in Denver]

With more than a little help from the media/press.

[Miss Didi]

Advice to Barry in debates:

Fred--Try to appear as C-in-C and appeal to military.
Mara--Crisp, strong and less professional--no ruminating (they are working on that).
Bill--Cite generals and Repubs, like Powell, agreeing with him.
Juan--Tie McCain to Bush's policy as a terrible mistake. (Darn, no Brit to slap Juan!)

Chris asks if it's just okay for Barry to hold his own:

Fred--It's not enough just to be reassuring.
Mara--Well, foreign policy has taken a back seat to the economy (she hopes).
Bill--McCain has to beat Barry.
Juan--Barry can't dump on McCain too hard or he comes off as an angry black guy.

Let's hope McCain mentions this...

Amir Taheri's appearance this week on Fox & Friends:



Foreign Affair
Is Barack Obama trying to stall the success of the surge in Iraq?

[rodguy911]

Agreed SE Mom.

I am throwing my eggs into the Boehner basket and hoping what he tells us is correct.I trust the guy implicitly.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I think it is but am not sure. If I remember I’ll check when they start stocking it in two months.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

that is a very astute observation, succinctly put!

[rodguy911]

Sounds good Sunny let’s hope it all shakes out like that.

[maica]

I suspect some of the sleazier bundles will be found to have duplicate sales for the same mortgage promisory note.

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I agree with you. The resales of these notes has gotten so enormous that their tracks would look like a skein of yarn after a litter of kittens had played with it.

“Money managers” have been buying nothingness and putting it on their books as an asset. Talk about a bubble! It has to pop!

[Cedric]

I will take his word, he would not sell us out.

You may wish to reconsider your head-over-heels devotion to the politician, du jour.

How many times has your affection been spurned, your love gone unrequited?