Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 2 June 2002

Various big media television networks ^ | 2 June 02 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, June 2, 2002

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Maleeha Lodhi and Indian Ambassador to the United States Lalit Mansingh.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), Reps. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Mueller.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), private investigator Terry Lezner, retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner and Ashcroft.

LATE EDITION (CNN): Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), Oklahoma Gov. Frank A. Keating (R), Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Vijay Nambiar, former deputy attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr., former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, author Robert Lacey, Ashcroft and Lodhi.

[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions!

[PJ-Comix]

...former deputy attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr.

What is he being interviewed about? Ethics in government?

[Unknown Freeper]

private investigator Terry Lezner

hmmmmm

[katykelly]

Yeah, I wonder what's up with that?

[JENINMO]

It's now the George Steffie show, all his cronies will begin crawling out of the woodwork

[Elkiejg]

Just finished switching back and forth between FoxNews and MTP. Mueller was good on MTP and Graham & group pretty good. Goss from FL is very good - a no nonsense, clear speaking politican - eeegads!! On FoxNews panel, Kristol said something I agree with - thought I'd NEVER say that - he claimed our war is against RADICAL ISLAM in every area. Finally, someone states the obvious.

[IVote2]

"private investigator Terry Lezner"

Chandra Levy? He's been pretty tough on that subject, suprisingly!

[Hacksaw]

What? The 'Hole and Edwards are not on? I am sure it has nothing to do with looking like doofuses up even though Russert threw nothing but softballs.

[Elkiejg]

On MTP, came away with the impression on Pelosi that she's trying to play in the big leagues, but is still a minor league player. I was NOT impressed.

[T-Bird45]

For those who have not seen it yet, don't miss the end of the Fox show. There is a recording of Pres. Bush addressing the District of Columbia Komen race for the cure (breast cancer) by phone from West Point and he gets cut off. LOL!!!! His reaction is priceless.

On a more serious note, the India/Pakistan exchange in different segments with the respective ambassadors to the US was interesting in the demeanor of the ambassadors to the questions. The Pakistani ambassador reacted in very defensive manner, IMO, and appeared to be the most difficult to get a direct response from.

[Snardius]

...former deputy attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. What is he being interviewed about? Ethics in government?

Maybe Steffe is having trouble booking his new show? Will we see BillyJeff soon...hmmmmm?

[T-Bird45]

Ditto to your comment on Kristol...refreshing to see somebody connect the dots in straightforward manner. Damn the PC, full speed ahead.

[flamefront]

Terry H. Lenzner -

has had opinions on Chandra Levy before

Now, conspiracy? Is he protecting Condit?

Any variance from that discussion and I will suspect Hillary has rehired him for other purposes.

[maica]

By the way, where was Eric Holder during all this? And where is he now?

According to this 5/8/02 “60 Minutes II” story: Could It Have Been Stopped? Holder was in the thick of things::

Until last year Eric Holder was deputy attorney general in the Justice Department. One of his responsibilities was reviewing hundreds of FISA applications. “Under FISA you have the ability, over a specified period of time, to not only do one search, but to do a number of searches, and then to take that from that person anything that's of foreign intelligence value,” he says.

Holder joined the D.C. office of law firm Covington & Burling on 5/3/01.

This is from another thread and I forgot to copy the poster's name. Sorry

[SkyPilot]

I wonder why Col (ret) Gardiner is on ABC?

[flamefront]

Lenzner has appeared on several panels on Cable TV shows as well as a couple of the Sunday network shows as an expert on investigations (which he no doubt is). What the public is not told is that Lenzner in his earlier career had represented Dr. Sidney Gottlieb and even sued the U.S. Senate on his behalf.

Gottlieb, of course was the director of the CIA's infamous MK-ULTRA mind control program.

It's not about sex,
Chandra found out something she wasn't supposed to
according to this.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I'm watching Russert interrogate Mueller (who started with the FBI a week before the attacks) about mistakes made by the FBI by not "connecting the dots".

Why hasn't anyone pulled Freeh's sorry a$$ before a camera and asked HIM these questions?

I don't get it...I really don't.

[yeetch!]

I'm watching Russert interrogate Mueller (who started with the FBI a week before the attacks) about mistakes made by the FBI by not "connecting the dots". Sorry to say this, but Mueller reminded me of Janet Reno when he kept repeating that all the mistakes were in the hands of the Inspector General for investigation. He could have been more candid. Out of thousands of reports there were two clues and they didn't connect them. Then they (FBI) tried for eight months to avoid accountability.

[Elkiejg]

Why hasn't anyone pulled Freeh's sorry a$$ before a camera and asked HIM these questions?

Good question - I sent it to Timmy AND lots of other media outlets. Let's see if they pick up on it! HAH!

[katze]

Isn't it the truth? If she'd been asked even one question first, she'd be lost.

One more facelift, and her eyes will end up directly above her ears. Parade Mag has her on their front page, as one possible presidential candidate.