Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 24 Aug 2003

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

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, August 24th, 2003

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-SC), Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. (D-TN) and L. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE); and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John Edwards (D-NC).

LATE EDITION (CNN) :California Gov. Gray Davis (D); Sens. Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); former Vermont governor Howard Dean (D); California gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington (I); former State Department spokesman James Rubin; retired Army Gen. George Joulwan, former NATO supreme allied commander; and L. Paul Bremer head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

[MEG33]

Your welcome.

[hocndoc]

Anyone except Jackson-Lee or Rodham-Clinton

[OldFriend]

Showing fiscal restraint and responsibility will RAISE the bond ratings.

[mathluv]

Well, IMHO, Sheila Jackson-Lee has NO chance. ford does. I hope hell freezes over before hitlery gets anything.

[MEG33]

I'm listening to Joe Conason whine about the prevalence of conservative columnists,think tanks,radio,etc.Even Chris Matthews thinks he's full of it!

[hocndoc]

That too. But I meant "lose their luggage :)

[Brian Allen]

<< Correction: McClintock... will throw the race to the rats if he continues to run past September 30, 2003 and Arnold is the clear frontrunner. >>

Right on.

I've swung to Arnold -- and will vote for him.

McLintock could perot him though.

[Brasil]

Yeah, that's Ford. He doesn't trigger my channel-changer.

[Maria S]

"Did anyone see Britt just take the patient parent approach to Juan on FNS?"

Best part of FNS! Poor Juan never seems to quite understand the DNC talking points he's been given for the show...and Brit (I LOVE Brit Hume) is always willing to help him see the light. In a kindly way, of course.

[OldFriend]

I saw a few minutes of Lugar on with Wolf Blitzed and I wanted to push a pie in his smarmy face.

Ditto for the few seconds I watched Biden.......

[eleni121]

Did anyone watch the tail end of Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation when he threw a major hissy fit over someone calling him "old,... etc. (I didn't get the whole thing.) Who was the old phart responding to?

[truth_seeker]

"He said that he had thought upon returning he would be criticizing the Bush administration but after he saw Iraq first hand he thought we were making tremendous strides and many things were going right. I was totally shocked."

For a dem, he is pretty impressive. Seems to be developing himself long term, as a sane, middle-of-the-road black alternative, to the many too-shrill-socialists.