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Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 3/22/2009 (not the live thread)
Network and Cable News Shows
| 3/22/09
| Network and Cable News
Posted on 03/21/2009 10:01:00 PM PDT by Phsstpok
The Sunday shows
Presented in the order they run in my area
NBC Meet The Press (David Gregory)
- Topics:
- Three political heavyweights and the founders of Building America's Future - the mayor of New York and the governors of Pennsylvania and California - met with President Obama on Friday and talk about:
- the economy
- bailouts
- stimulus
- A special economic and political roundtable with NBC's Tom Brokaw and CNBC's Erin Burnett.
- Guests
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican - California)
- Governor Ed Rendell (Democrat - Pennsylvania)
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Independent - New York)
- Roundtable
- Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)
CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)
- Topics: (my assumptions - none listed)
- Promoting Obama's version of reality in order to ram through his agenda without any scrutiny
- Sloughing the blame off on Republicans and capitalism in general
- Hyping the hate for the latest scapegoats of opportunity
- Guests
- Austan Goolsbee
- Representative Barney Frank (Democrat - Massachusetts )
- Senator Charles Grassley (Republican - Iowa)
- John Dickerson
- Jackie Calmes
- Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com
Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
- Topics:
- A bad week for Team Obama, World (Socialist) Police
- The White House hoped to spend the week focused on their proposed budget, but those plans were delayed when news of the AIG bonuses was made public.
- The Obama administration still has no banking plan in place and instead the White House is playing defense.
- As they tried to tamp down the outrage, the administration looked to refocus.
- President Obama finishes his week with a West Coast swing, an appearance on Jay Leno and preparation for his second prime-time news conference scheduled for Tuesday night.
- A financial forecast and preview the president's proposal to save the banking industry with the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
- Hyping the hate for the latest scapegoats of opportunity
- Congress passes legislation to tax 90 percent on bonuses from bailout funds.
- Has the Congress gone too far?
- Two key financial policy makers, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee and the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, discuss what they would like to see in the White House plan to rescue the troubled banks
- Fox News Sunday panel
- President Obama attempts to reach out to Iran - is this a sign of major change in American foreign policy?
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
- Guests
- Christina Romer
- Senator Richard Shelby (Republican - Alabama)
- Representative Charles Rangel (Democrat - New York)
- Power Player of the Week: Pete Souza
- Fox News Sunday panel
- Brit Hume
- Mara Liasson
- Bill Kristol
- Juan Williams
- Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com
CNN State Of The Union (John King)
- Topics:
- Is the Obama administration doing enough to help the struggling economy?
- The outrage over AIG
- '60 Minutes' correspondent Steve Kroft talks about his interview with President Obama in the Oval Office.
- Guests
- Christina Romer
- Senator Judd Gregg (Republican - New Hampshire)
- Steve Kroft
- CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)
ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)
- Topics:
- The AIG Bonus "scandal"
- Rarely has Washington seen such populist outrage as it did this week over the bonuses paid to AIG employees.
- Yet a week later, there's still disagreement over how or whether to deal with it.
- The guests debate whether the tax clawback proposed by Congress is the right way to go, and whether it is fair and legal.
- A preview of the coming battle over President Obama's budget.
- Negotiations get under way this week
- Some of the key negotiators comment
- A preview of the administration's plan to deal with toxic bank assets, which is expected to be announced early next week.
- Roundtable
- A bad week for Team Obama, World (Socialist) Police
- Obama spent most of the week defending Treasury Secretary Timothy ("the smartest man in the world") Geithner, including on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
- The One's trip to California
- His handling of the week
- The significance of the (faux) outrage over the AIG bonuses
- Guests
- Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat - North Dakota)
- Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine)
- Representative Mike Pence (Republican - Indiana)
- Jared Bernstein
- Roundtable
- Robert Reich
- George Will
- Donna Brazile
- Betsy Stark
- ABC This Week comment web
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: sundaytalk
(Minimal) analysis for Sunday show line ups for March 22, 2009OK, I'm really having a hard time working up any enthusiasm for the Sunday shows. They're so formulaic, though I will admit that the formula has changed since the election. Prior to the ascension of The One each week they put on 10 or so critics of McChimpy Bushitler, rattling off the latest DNC talking points and then offered up something like 4 Pubbies, at least 2 of whom agreed with the criticism of the "dummy from Texas." And anyone who might offer any defense of the commander in chief in a time of war was carefully chosen to offer ample opportunities for caricature as a racist, a crook or a buffoon.
Now they are consistently offering up 10 or so Obama spokesman for unchallenged rounds of pure propaganda "counter balanced" with a handful of Republicans who will urge support of The One, lest they be cast as blackguards and traitors.
It's enough to make Winston Smith weep.
Or to encourage one to go full John Galt on these clowns.
I will say that the mindless idiocy of the Obamabots is beginning to really annoy me. They're so stupid and no one in the dinosaur media has the guts (or brains) to call them on it. On Townhall.com there's a great post with a video that illustrates this perfectly. The author is inspired to include this quote from the movie Billy Madison:
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
I'm dying for a chance to trot that one out on some Obama sycophant.
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posted on
03/21/2009 10:01:01 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
To: A.Hun; Bahbah; Txsleuth; MNJohnnie; eeevil conservative; Alas Babylon!; Seattle Conservative; ...
PING
The Weekend Talk Show Preview thread is now up.
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posted on
03/21/2009 10:02:19 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
(When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring!)
To: Phsstpok
I see Christina Romer will be on Fox. I like to call her Little Lotta, for those who remember the comic book of the same name.
Constantly chirpy and cheerful, she will spend a lot of time telling us that everything is going swimmingly, and how well all of this spending will work. She will smile at inappropriate moments, and by the end of her appearance all of us will be willing to slap her.
I am curious to see if Chris Wallace can wipe that smile off her face.
To: Miss Marple
Little Lottie wears out my last nerve.
I'm getting more and more snippity these days. Wonder why? LOL
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:54:44 AM PDT
by
Carolinamom
(Each new day is a gift; be grateful.)
To: Miss Marple
LOL, Miss Marple.
TOTUS has caught on. Now I am hoping (there’s that word, eh) Little Lotta will too.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:58:15 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Typical white person-Snow white)
To: Miss Marple
I just don’t think any of the so-called journalists understand or realize what is really going on. Either that or they approve this march towards socialism.
One cannot use the words Obama and socialism in the same sentence without starting a mud slinging war. But that’s exactly what’s going on.
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posted on
03/22/2009 5:23:56 AM PDT
by
Morgan in Denver
(Barack Hussein Obama: More corrupt than Clinton, more inept than Carter.)
To: Phsstpok
Thanks for your hard work. I usually only watch Fox - or just the panel. Today with rangel on, it may be just the panel.
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posted on
03/22/2009 5:41:22 AM PDT
by
mathluv
( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
To: Phsstpok
Wow, there is not a single guest whom I tune in to listen to on a single show this Sunday, talk about “mediocre” content.
I’d like to see what a Steve Forbes would have to say, but instead we get...Charlie “tax cheat” Rangel...:yawn:
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posted on
03/22/2009 5:48:12 AM PDT
by
padre35
(You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
To: Phsstpok
That is strong work on that preview.
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posted on
03/22/2009 8:32:25 AM PDT
by
Plutarch
To: Phsstpok
You gotta remember “P” never stall your enemy when he is in the process of self destruction.
Let them go all the way down they are still headed there.
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posted on
03/23/2009 4:44:04 PM PDT
by
rodguy911
(HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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