Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 13 July 2003

Various big media television networks ^ | 13 July 2003 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, July 13th, 2003

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and, Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA).

FACE THE NATION (CBS): National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Senator Bob Graham (D-FL).

THIS WEEK (ABC): Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and retired General Wesley Clark.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah; National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice; Sens. John F. Kerry (D-MA), Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) and Carl M. Levin (D-MI); former secretary of state Henry A. Kissinger; former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski; and authors A. Jay Cristol and James Bamford.

[Dave S]

And what part of this is untrue or "a theory which may or may not be verified": "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

And if Saddam didnt seek signifiant quantities of uranium, what part of that statement is correct? The British government cant learn something if the underlying facts are not true. The brits can believe or fear or speculate but learning something implies that what they learned what a fact, not a maybe.

[cyncooper]

Democrats have been implying that Bush's so-called lie was the "only" reason they supported the war. The Congress approved the use of force resolution back in October of 2002. In none of Bush's "congressional" speeches or public statements prior to the SOTU did Bush mention this African/Uranium connection.

What an outstanding point.

[Jorge]

"Bush clearly refered to the Niger info coming from the British in the State of the Union. To refer to the British NOW is not "Clintonesque", it's stating the facts as they were presented from the beginning."

So what is your profession, lawyer or used car salesman?

How clever of you.
Since you are unable to challange the veracity of what I state, you resort to cutsie one line wise-cracks.

How typical of Dem smearmeisters.

[Defender2]

CBS=Communists Bull Sh*t, NBC=Nothing But Communists, ABC=All Bullsh*t Communists, CNN=Communists News Network, C-SPAN-1=Communists Sh*t Peddling A**holes Network-1, C-SPAN-2=Communists Sh*t Peddling A**holes Network-2. Sean Hannity and The Mighty Maja Rushie, Rush Limbaugh RULES The Airwaves!!!! Fairweather Whichever Way The Wind Blows(including O'Reilly) FOX Sometimes Rocks, AND FREE REPUBLIC IS the BEST NEWS NETWORK!!!!:-)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

we were safer under clinton (why else the three years timeframe?) than President Bush.

Kerry has been such a champion of defeating the terrorists, he learned from Clinton how serious the issue is. Hmmm... in what year was the War on Terror launched? Oh, I see, we were safer in the time period between the WTC bombing, and when the WTC fell. Makes sense to me, don't you agree? :) ROTFLMAO

[Alas Babylon!]

OK, now Tony's gonna read his email (finally)!

[secret garden]

Can't critique what I don't watch.

[Sabertooth]

after today this made up scandal is dead.

While the scandal is certainly contrived, I'm not sure it's dead quite yet. There will be other permutations until the evidence currently being gathered in Iraq is put together.

Not that critics of the Iraq war will be fazed, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect an "aha" moment every time any WMD or related material is found. This is intelligence work, and blabbing about one discovery might botch another.

The one area where the Administration could do a better job is with regard to managing expectations. Something along the lines of: "the search and for WMDs is proceeding and making progress. While the investigation is ongoing, we'll have no comment that might jeopardize our efforts to take these weapons into our safekeeping."

[cyncooper]

The one area where the Administration could do a better job is with regard to managing expectations.

I agree they bungled their communication during the week on this uranium intelligence situation, and they could manage expectations better for the WMDs.

Molly Henneberg just delivered a much more accurate report than she did yesterday on this SOTU line dustup. She reported also on Blair coming to visit and that the notion of a rift between the two countries (the latest tack British press tried to pull in today's papers) is nonsense.

[Dane]

While the scandal is certainly contrived, I'm not sure it's dead quite yet. There will be other permutations until the evidence currently being gathered in Iraq is put together

JMO, and that is all it is, my opinion, but it seems that you want to keep hope alive over this "contrived" scandal.

[Sabertooth]

JMO, and that is all it is, my opinion, but it seems that you want to keep hope alive over this "contrived" scandal.

Just for grins, can you cite even a single post of mine about this non-scandal to support this notion?

[Sabertooth]

I agree they bungled their communication during the week on this uranium intelligence situation, and they could manage expectations better for the WMDs.

Yeah, this is a minor dust-up, but this type of thing should have been expected, and more should be anticipated. The Administration needs to tinker with the PR apparatus a bit, to preempt the leaks (assuming they're really "leaks") and keep the Iraq War news cycle on message.

[Roscoe Karns]

Nice try, DU guy.

[Dane]

Just for grins, can you cite even a single post of mine about this non-scandal to support this notion?

GRINNNN, :^).

Anyway, your reply #228 in which you had your ambiguous reply of,

While the scandal is certainly contrived, I'm not sure it's dead quite yet.

Right there for everybody to see. After of close to a week of liberal press drums beating and russert and steffie getting their heads handed to them, this morning, you are still, IMO, trying to keep the DNC contrived "16 word scandal" alive.

It is dead, IMO, but what the hey that never stopped the modern day Dr. Frankensteins' over at the DNC.

[Alas Babylon!]

It is dead, IMO, but what the hey that never stopped the modern day Dr. Frankensteins' over at the DNC.

Agree 100%, but Sabertooth is not a Dr. Frankenstein nor a DNC operative....

[Sabertooth]

"what the hey that never stopped the modern day Dr. Frankensteins' over at the DNC."

That's exactly what I meant when I said "While the scandal is certainly contrived, I'm not sure it's dead quite yet."

Sorry if I wasn't more clear, though I thought my use of the phrase "certainly contrived" was fairly straightforward.

Carrying the Universal Pictures metaphor a little further, this is a zombie scandal which will probably have to be killed a few more times before the final act.

[NYC Republican]

That's SO funny. That's my favorite episode!!!

[Theyknow]

"You must have lost your way to DU."

Drop dead.

[Dane]

Carrying the Universal Pictures metaphor a little further, this is a zombie scandal which will probably have to be killed a few more times before the final act.

And will be brought up again and again, by "semi-malcontents" as yourself(personally I consider you a full blown malcontent), but it seems you are trying to "position"(triangulate) somewhere in the middle, so you can stay in the good graces of FR and the LP Biker Bar.

Oh well, all I can say is, welcome to the world and of politics, you triangulator.

[jagrmeister]

>Rumsfeld replied: "If the press repeats it often enough, then people will believe it".!!!!

Awesome. We must always call the media's motives into question and humilliate them for their liberal agenda. In many cases, subtle digs like this one are better than overdoing it because people see paranoia in the latter.