Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 11/30/2008 (not the live thread)

Network and Cable News | Nov 29, 2008 | Network and Cable News Shows

[Phsstpok]

The Sunday shows

Presented in the order they run in my area

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NBC Meet The Press (Tom Brokaw)

• Memes:
  • Let's see, what can we do for the holiday weekend that won't take too much work and we can point to as proof that we're not biased BDS psychos.... I know, Laura will make us look good!
  • Let's have crazy Ted on! Everybody thinks he's a moron and it'll make CNN look bad...
  • See? See! Bush couldn't stop the terrorists from attacking Mumbai! We're no safer, his strategy of fighting them "over there in Iraq is a fraud and he IS a failed president! So there!
• Topics:
  • First Lady Laura Bush
    • Joined by Afghanistan's Ambassador to the U.S., Said Jawad, they'll discusses a subject very dear to her heart: the lives of women in Afghanistan.
    • "(A) look back on the U.S.-led war against the Taliban and ahead to future of the war-torn country." (per Politico Sunday Tip Sheet)
    • She will also share her thoughts on life after the White House and her advice to the incoming First Lady, Michelle Obama.
  • Ted Turner
    • He's a champion sailor, cable innovator and philanthropist.
    • Now he has written a new book about his life and will share his views on many issues ranging from the economy, the auto industry and even Jane Fonda.
• Guests
  • Laura Bush
    • First Lady of the United States
    • White House web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Laura Bush, publishers, discuss a book deal (Christian Science Monitor, MA - Nov 26, 2008)
    • Laura Bush's Private Tour of White House (ABC News - Nov 26, 2008)
    • Laura Bush: White House resident expert (Pioneer Press, MN - Nov 27, 2008)
  • Ambassador Said Jawad
    • Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States
    • Embassy web site | Bio
    • Questions Linger Over Engaging Taliban in Afghanistan (NewsHour - Nov 14, 2008)
  • Ted Turner
    • Author, "Call Me Ted"
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Fasten your seat belt (San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 27, 2008) (Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Nov 26, 2008)
    • Ted Turner: Feeling Alone On The Range (CBS News, NY - Nov 7, 2008)
    • Turner's autobiography is not nearly as rich as his life

• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Memes:
  • How do we hate (and no longer fear) thee, Bush? let us count the ways...
  • How do we despise (and fear) thee, Palin? let us count the ways...
  • Keep repeating: "Bush = failed president"; "Bush = failed president"; "Bush = failed president"; "Bush = failed ...
  • All who oppose The One are evil racists and must not just be defeated, they must be utterly destroyed... they must cease to exist... so let it be written, so let it be done.
• Topics:
  • Authors round table
    • Assessing the Bush administration’s prosecution of the war against terrorism
    • The historic implications Barak Obama’s election as the nation’s first African-American president.
• Guests
  • Bob Woodward
    • The Washington Post | Bio
    • Bob Woodward.com
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Bob Woodward:Current affairs historian of American regime wars in Iraq (Vanguard, Nigeria - Nov 24, 2008)
    • Woodward: Someone's 'smoking something' around Obama (Washington Times, DC - Nov 22, 2008)
    • Woodward and Bernstein Meet with 'Deep Throat' (Washington Post - Nov 21, 2008)
  • Fareed Zakaria
    • Newsweek
    • Fareed Zakaria.com
    • Wikipedia web page
    • The Mayhem in Mumbai (Newsweek - Nov 26, 2008)
    • Zakaria: GOP bereft of ideas or trapped by wrong ones (CNN - Nov 14, 2008)
    • Zakaria: Obama could be another FDR (CNN International - Nov 7, 2008)
  • Jane Mayer
    • The New Yorker
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Perils of 'Populist Chic' (Wall Street Journal - Nov 8, 2008)
    • Right-leaning media brace for shutout (MLive.com, MI - Nov 15, 2008)
    • New Yorker’s Jane Mayer details ‘Dark Side’ of the war on terror (Muckety.COM - Jul 25, 2008)
    • Three new books examine Bush administration's legacy (Georgia Straight, Canada - Nov 27, 2008)
    • John Brennan and Bush's interrogation/detention policies (Salon - Nov 16, 2008)
  • Michael Eric Dyson
    • Georgetown University
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Race, post race (Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 5, 2008)
    • Podcast: Michael Eric Dyson on Barack Obama (The Phoenix, MA - Nov 13, 2008)
    • A meme deferred (The Phoenix, MA - Nov 11, 2008)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Memes:
  • Here be "good Republicans" (servile) and "bad Republicans" (obstinate) - guess which will get the tough questions?
  • Here be a "good Democratic" - she put her rep on the line for Obama in her state and lost... let the healing (repairs) begin
  Topics:
  • With his economic team set, President-elect Obama now turns his attention to the issue of national security
    • How will his foreign policy team take shape?
    • What national security issues will the Obama administration set as top priorities?
  • Tuesday is Election Day in Georgia and the Peach State gets ready for one final Senate runoff. So will the Republican Party be able to beat back the prevailing Democratic tide?
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Are the president-elect's Cabinet choices sending a message of "change" or business as usual in Washington?
  • Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
• Guests
  • Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican (?) - South Carolina)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Graham: Tainted GOP lost to Obama's positive view (Live 5 News, SC - Nov 7, 2008)
    • McCain-Obama Meeting Set in Motion by Graham (Washington Post - Nov 14, 2008)
    • Thank you Senators Lieberman, Graham, and McCain (ireport - Nov 26, 2008)
  • Senator Claire McCaskill (Democrat - Missouri)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Claire McCaskill wins -- but loses, too (Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 6, 2008)
    • As administration changes, job-seekers flock to Washington (The Miami Herald, FL - Nov 27, 2008)
    • McCaskill to make return to Sunday talk show circuit (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Nov 26, 2008)
  • Senator Saxby Chambliss (Republican - Georgia)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Economy crucial for both Chambliss, Martin (Atlanta Journal Constitution - Nov 28, 2008)
    • Romney visits Atlanta to stump for Chambliss (Atlanta Journal Constitution - Nov 22, 2008)
    • Sarah Palin to campaign in Augusta with Sen. Saxby Chambliss (NBC Augusta, South Carolina - Nov 26, 2008)
  • Fox News Sunday panel
    • Brit Hume
      • Washington managing editor of FOX News
      • Wikipedia web page
      • FOX Anchor Brit Hume Endorses Bret Baier '92 as His Replacement (DePauw University, IN - Nov 23, 2008)
    • Mara Liasson
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Clinton Pick Reveals A Lot About Obama (NPR Morning Edition, Nov 24, 2008) Note: page has link to streaming audio for story
    • Bill Kristol
      • The Weekly Standard
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Bill Kristol Not Long For This Op-Ed Page (Gawker, NY - Nov 18, 2008)
    • Juan Williams
      • National Public Radio | Bio
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Eric Holder Could Be Obama's Top Justice Pick (NPR Morning Edition, Nov 19, 2008)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Memes:
  • Here be "good Republicans" (RINO) and "good Democratic" (obamabot) - guess which will get the tough questions?
  • See? See! Bush couldn't stop the terrorists from attacking Mumbai! We're no safer, his strategy of fighting them "over there in Iraq is a fraud and he IS a failed president! So there!
  • Really, Obama's not a radical and he's got all sorts of reasonable people advising him on the economy. Don't be afraid. Don't be very afraid.
  Topics:
  • The political ramifications of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India
  • The United Auto Workers President discusses the prospects of congressional bailout for the U.S. auto industry, as the top executives of the Big Three – Ford, Chrysler and General Motors – prepare for a new round of hearings on Capitol Hill
• Guests
  • Senator Robert Menendez (Democrat - New Jersey)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Schumer Steps Down From Campaign Post (New York Times Blogs - Nov 24, 2008)
    • Senators call for emergency aid for workers impacted by economic crisis (EmpireStateNews.net, New York - Nov 27, 2008)
    • Senator Menendez Defends Obama Tax Plan (FOXNews - Nov 4, 2008)
  • Senator Arlen Specter (Republican - Pennsylvania)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Arlen Specter Vows Scrutiny for AG Pick Eric Holder (AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - Nov 20, 2008)
    • Arlen Specter's festering FISA wound (Ars Technica, MA - Nov 28, 2008)
    • Official: MSNBC pundit may seek Pa. Senate seat (The Associated Press - Nov 29, 2008)
  • Sajjan Gohel
    • Director of international security, Asia-Pacific Foundation
    • No Wikipedia web page
    • Sajjan M. Gohel - SourceWatch
    • Attack forces India onto front lines of global war on terror (USA Today - Nov 27, 2008)
    • Daring Mumbai attacks reveal any city's vulnerability (Reuters - Nov 27, 2008)
    • Sophisticated Attacks, but by Whom? (New York Times - Nov 27, 2008)
  • Ron Gettelfinger
    • President of United Auto Workers | UAW web site About Page
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Gettelfinger: Without a deal, an automaker's demise imminent (Detroit Free Press - Nov 20, 2008)
    • Workers, UAW did their part (Baxter Bulletin, AR - Nov 29, 2008)
    • Detroit's blue-collar aristocrats face fight if bail-out comes (Financial Times, UK - Nov 27, 2008)
  • Gene Sperling
    • Former Clinton administration economic adviser
    • Author "The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity"
    • Wikipedia web page
    • In Summers, Obama gets a lauded economic thinker (The Associated Press - Nov 24, 2008)
    • Obama-Pelosi Stimulus May Fail to Reignite Economy (Bloomberg - Nov 17, 2008)
    • Obama pledges to slash federal spending (Tucson Citizen, AZ - Nov 25, 2008)
  • Major General Mark Hertling,
    • Commander, U.S. forces in northern Iraq
    • First Armored Division web site Bio
    • No Wikipedia web page
    • On walk across Mosul, general sees gains and room for more (Long War Journal, Medford - Nov 24, 2008)
    • Women suicide bombers surrender (WalesOnline, United Kingdom - Nov 27, 2008)
    • Amnesty plan in Iraq draws 18 insurgents (International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 27, 2008)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Memes:
  • Here be "good Republicans" (RINOs who dis Bush and praise Obama) and "good Democratics" (Obama acolytes) - will there be tough questions? Nah!
  • See? See! Bush couldn't stop the terrorists from attacking Mumbai! We're no safer, his strategy of fighting them "over there in Iraq is a fraud and he IS a failed president! So there!
  • Really, Obama's not a radical and he's got all sorts of reasonable people advising him on the economy. Don't be afraid. Don't be very afraid.
  Topics:
  • Mumbai Terror Attacks
    • It was the unbelievably brutal terror attack that killed hundreds, including five American citizens, wounded several hundreds more, and set fire to landmark hotels in India's financial capital.
    • The terror attacks in Mumbai, the new dangers and new threats, and the U.S. response
    • What do we know about the mysterious group of armed men who carried out the attacks?
  • Roundtable
    • How President-elect Barack Obama's is seizing control of the message surrounding the financial crisis with three news conferences in as many days.
    • What we're likely to hear during his upcoming news conference about
      • National security
      • His likely national security team
      • His other expected cabinet picks.
• Guests
  • Senator Jack Reed (Democrat - Rhode Island)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Winds of change blow in Senate (Politico, DC - Nov 25, 2008)
    • This is Change. 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House (Center for Research on Globalization, Canada - Nov 22, 2008)
    • Affordable Housing in Providence Gets $1.6 Million Infusion (MarketWatch - Nov 26, 2008)
  • Senator Richard Lugar (Republican - Indiana)
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Wikipedia web page
    • Barack HW Obama (PoliGazette - Nov 28, 2008)
    • It's Time for a New Good-Neighbor Policy (istockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - Nov 28, 2008)
    • Who will cast the first stone? (Bangor Daily News, ME - Nov 26, 2008)
  • Roundtable
    • George Will
      • ABC News
      • Syndicated columnist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Just say no deal to a new New Deal (Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 29, 2008)
    • Matthew Dowd
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Why Democrats are thankful: The youth vote has arrived (Capitol Weekly, CA - Nov 26, 2008)
    • Donna Brazile
      • ABC News
      • Democrat strategist
      • Wikipedia web page
      • BRAZILE: Hungry for change and simply hungry (Newton Kansan, KS - Nov 28, 2008)
    • Torie Clarke
      • Wikipedia web page
      • Dodd Retains Position, Vows to Focus on Housing Needs (Housing Wire - Nov 7, 2008)
• ABC This Week comment web

[Phsstpok]

Sorry for the late posting.  I got diverted today and only just got this wrapped.

The Obama hagiography praise-a-thon continues. Make careful note of the RINOs we're seeing, as well as the obamabots. These are the tryouts for who gets invited on the shows the next four years.

Luger, Specter and Graham from the Senate along with "pundits" like Clarke and Dowd (him, not her) clearly fit the bill for the RINO slots. Reed, McCaskill and Menendez may ormay not do well, but there are reasons the DBM want to promote them for their own ends. And the lefty pundits are slobbering all over themselves in their "leg tingling" for The One and vicious attacks on any who dare disagree as "racists" and "hate mongers."

And watch for the Mumbai attack to be portrayed as if it happened somewhere in Kansas.

[Phsstpok]

PING

The Weekend Talk Show Preview thread is now up.

This week I got through the research before posting, so this time it's already complete.

Have at it.

[valkyry1]

Sounds like you have them pegged LOL!

[Bahbah]

Hey, my friend, did you see Mark Kilmer’s comment?

“They’ve run out of things to say. I’m taking the day off from the review, but I will watch some of this if possible.”

LOL. I think he’s on to something. I truly wish we could drive these people out of business, out of their limos to the studio, out of their sense of self-importance which seems so override anything else.

And Claire “The Waddling Washer Woman” McCaskill with her rictus smile seems to have become a fixture.

[Bahbah]

What do we know about the mysterious group of armed men who carried out the attacks?

OMG, are they serious? There is no mystery here. I see dumb people!

[BlueAngel]

Thank you Phsstpok, for all your work in putting this together.

[Bean Counter]

David Gregory referred to The One as “President Obama” this evening, despite the fact that the Electoral College has not even met...I realize it’s a technicality, but someone show me a single example of anyone referring to George W. Bush as “President” before January 20th, 2001 at Noon...

[maica]

http://www.michaelericdyson.com/comehell/reviews.php

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

This book is what I think of whenever I see or hear the words Michael Eric Dyson.

He is a racist who believes that there is no such thing as a non-racist white person.

[maica]

I am still waiting to hear a mediacrat say “Mr Obama” the way they have said “Mr Bush” for the past eight years. Saying “President Bush” just stuck in their throats, whereas Presidentclinton was, and still is, all one word.

Presidentobama will become one word also.

[Phsstpok]

What do we know about the mysterious group of armed men who carried out the attacks?

OMG, are they serious? There is no mystery here. I see dumb people!

there are two memes (1 separate from these shows) being manufactured by the Leni Reifenstahl wing of the dinosaur media:

1. this one which tries to absolve Islam of any connection to or responsibility for terrorism ("how do we know that they were Muslims?")
2. The Rathergate TNG report was "compelling, accurate and well documented" and no one "proved" the documents were fake. Seriously. I mean seriously.
   

[Phsstpok]

This link to a post at Instapundit has great analysis about why there are fewer places a Mumbai type attack would be as successful in the US (except in places like Chicago).

Unless the terrorists hired the Crips, Bloods and the Mexican gangs it would fail miserably in a place like South Central. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

[Bahbah]

We have a true story, but we have to base it on untrue things, but believe us anyway.

The guys at Power Line did a pretty good job with this.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/11/022186.php

Dan Rather is a liar and a fraud. Any one with a functioning brain knows it. The documents may be concocted, but we are sure that our story line is true because we must make it so. I live in an Orwellian world, yes!

Most people believe what the media tells them. It happened in the Soviet Union. It continues in Cuba. It is certainly happening here.

[mojo114]

So happy to see you posting again, who cares when you do it?!!!! Thanks.

[Alas Babylon!]

What do we know about the mysterious group of armed men who carried out the attacks?

Um... They're muslims. Where's the mystery??? Seriously.

[rodguy911]

Thanks for doing the pre-thread once again Phsstpok,much appreciated.

Looks like none of the DBM will dare touch the BC controversy which comes to a head in just a matter of days. I was amazed that MSLSD dared put anything about it (even the biased POS they did) on their web site.

From my standpoint it remains the biggest story of the week and I will be providing links for anyone who has missed all the action. And there is plenty of it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Luger, Specter and Graham from the Senate along with "pundits" like Clarke and Dowd (him, not her) clearly fit the bill for the RINO slots. Reed, McCaskill and Menendez may ormay not do well, but there are reasons the DBM want to promote them for their own ends. And the lefty pundits are slobbering all over themselves in their "leg tingling" for The One and vicious attacks on any who dare disagree as "racists" and "hate mongers."

Says it all!

Damn the MSM!