Posted on 09/26/2004 5:21:57 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, September 26th, 2004
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Secretary of State Colin Powell; former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld and former Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Garry Mauro, previous debate opponents of Sen. John Kerry and President Bush.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Gen. John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
THIS WEEK (ABC): Secretary of State Colin Powell; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL); Stuart Stevens, Bush-Cheney media consultant.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Secretary of State Colin Powell; Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Joseph Biden (D-DE); former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Albright; Mahdi Obeidi, scientist and creator of Iraq's centrifuge; David Kay, former chief U.S. weapons inspector; Robert Gallucci, former U.N. weapons inspector.
The Chris Matthews Show (Various Channels): Norah O'Donnell, NBC News; Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune; Maria Bartiromo, Wall Street Journal Report, CNBC; and Cokie Roberts, ABC News.
CSPAN: Women Voters in the 2004 Election, featuring Ann Lewis, Chair, Democratic National Committee, Women's Vote Center and Christine Iverson, Press Secretary, Republican National Committee.
Wallace saying Kerry became the anti war candidate this week...Kristol saying if it gets worse might be successful...Sammon says draging out old video will show Kerry's changing positions...Juan is spouting "rose colored glasses" accusation..Must look at what is happpening right now...Kristol says must stay positive..
Juan talking about "quagmire"..Juan accusing Allawi visit as campaign ploy..other said Kerry should not attack Allawi , who is risking his life.
I remember that moment very well, too, Carolinamom, and have mentioned it to some people in our neighborhood who watched but didn't catch "the look".
It was absolutely PERFECT.
The next morning Barbara Bush was on one of the morning talk shows and was asked about Gore nearly stalking her son on stage. She noticed it and said something about she thought Gore was going to hit George but she knew her son could take care of himself.
Agreed! The nod was one of dismissal.........for good! That Gore rude power ploy did it for him IMO.
"...some professor who was trying to run us down by saying how good the left wing bloggers were...."
His name is Klam (not kidding). I must say I learned all about the Wonkette blog and do not ever feel the need to visit that site.
The lefties love Wonkette cause she's a trashy broad.
Barbara Bush knows her son! I really admire her parenting. Good results!
The "look" Bush gave gore was priceless and hard to describe. It had a little hint of a smile, an amused smile, that seemed as if Bush wanted to guffaw but didn't. That little smile and nod won the election for Bush.
The "look" Bush gave gore was priceless and hard to describe
^^^^^
It was "I know I've got you now. You have exposed yourself and every viewer of this debate now sees the real you"
Apparently watching people play poker on TV has become very popular and is drawing in the young viewer. We need to tell them that Bush is THE master at Poker. I think they will be able to relate to that comparison if they have any knowledge of the game.
"I will NEVER as long as I live forget the LOOK that Bush gave Gore then! LOL! Hoping to dominate Bush by his presence in Bush's space, Gore made an absolute FOOL of himself.Ya gotta say these are the MOMENT in politics :). We may see another one coming up with Kerry.
The antidote for the two lies is simple. In respect to Iraq it is "We must not cut and run." In respect to the Swift Boat Veterans it is, "Have you read the book?"
Senator Kerry has been correctly labeled by the Swift Boat Veterans as a cowardly braggart. It helps that Senator Kerry has a boat named "Scaramouche". It summarizes not only his character but also the underpinnings of the RAT position.
If President Bush is as smart as I think he is he will take the following motto as his talisman in the debates--Keep it simple, stupid! Kerry uses words like levers to leverage people into becoming supporters. His words have no actual meaning and that is why he "flip flops" or says completely opposite things. As such he is a danger because people are not really knowledgeable about his past positions. To solve this President Bush need only to keep it simple, straight forward and to keep the moral high ground at all times. Simply putting out Kerry's inconsistent statements is not enough. The President must Affirm in the most positive way what his supporters know and believe regardless of whatever current lie Kerry comes up with.
"The next morning Barbara Bush was on one of the morning talk shows and was asked about Gore nearly stalking her son on stage. She noticed it and said something about she thought Gore was going to hit George but she knew her son could take care of himself."Nobody should doubt grandma Barbara... :)
We watched it, despite our shared aversion to Mario Cuomo's former handyman.
Christopher Hitchens should have his own show where he is not subject to the rudeness and ignorance of panel hosts.
I should add, their resentment and envy.
He was on Scarborough the other night and had to correct Scarborough who called him Chris. Instead of accepting the correction and calling him Christopher, the name he prefers, Scarborough continued to call him Chris, Chrissy, etc. It was so juvenile and disrespectful it made me cringe.
If these morons that head up these shows are so ignorant and ill-bred that they cannot behave with courtesy towards their guests only those low enough to submit to such treatment will appear. Perhaps that is why we are deprived of Mr. Hitchens.
Mr. Hitchens would be a bracing antidote to the yapping cyphers the media moguls consider adequate for an informed electorate.
Of course, if Mr. Hitchens had our uninterrupted attention on a regular schedule we would soon realize that what the moguls have palmed off on us all these years as political discourse is a cheap con, an insult to the intelligence of the least intellectually evolved among us.
Andrew Sullivan is welcome always, even when he wobbles on personal hobby-horses.
"Juan says Kerry will appeal to people saying we are not safer, bad judgements in Iraq...Trying for unmarried women who don't get out to vote. "
"Oh, yes, Juan. Those single women who don't bother to vote surely sit in rapture before the TV watching the debates."
And will just adore the ever-so-subtly nuanced Kerry. The man's a scumsucking pig, I don't care through whose eyes he's being watched.
ALL of them - after all, sKerry could easily debate himself.
It's almost a network "dirty trick" to have on a DUmbocrat senator along with Graham< McCain, Lugar, or Hagel. They provided the Dims with their talking points last week, looks like they're going to do it again.
I don't supose there were any real Republican senators available. Next week it'll be Chaffee, he was on CNN during last week, WHY because he says he just can't vote for Bush. BARF
Gary is a dim - and they are out of power in TX.
That sounds like Kerry..., Winning the hearts and minds of people who don't vote. Now that's strategery!
Juan must be so relieved that Brit is absent today.
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