Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 5/13-5/14/06 (not the live thread)

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Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 5/13 - 5/14 (not the live thread)

The main message is the Sunday Shows.  Message 1 will be the Saturday Shows and message 2 will be the show guest links post.  Then I'll post the ping list.

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • It's Mother's Day - they want the day off to be with Mom.
  • Put Biden and Hagel on... it's autopilot time... we can phone this one in!
  • We say that the NSA programs are all bad, therefore they're bad.  Don't listen to anyone else.
  • See?  We're not being mean to (Laura) Bush, which means we're fair and balanced.  So there!
  • Laura Bush may go to New Orleans talking about library books, but Reese Witherspoon really cares!  (wait, was that mean?)
• Topics:
  • Biden and Hagel debate (my eye)
  • A mother's day interview with the First Lady
  • Voices: helping Katrina's Kids
• Guests
  • Sen. Joe Biden, D-Dela
    • just couldn't stay away, could he?
  • Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
    • which Chuck will show up?  The one who supports Bush or bashes Bush?  Oh, wait, he's on the MSM Sunday shows, of course it's the Bush basher!
  • ROUNDTABLE
    • ABC News Consultant Donna Brazile
    • New York Times Columnist David Brooks
    • ABC News's George Will.
  • Laura Bush
  • Reese Witherspoon (Voices segment)
    • She went to the Gulf Coast with Jennifer Garner to tell them how to fix things... for the children
• ABC This Week comment web page

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • We say that the NSA programs are all bad, therefore they're bad.  Don't listen to anyone else.
• Topics:
  • none liste
• Guests
  • Stephen Hadley, White House national-security adviser
    • may we introduce the target to you...
  • Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
    • A dangerous, dangerous man who is likely not operating with all of grey matter intact
  • Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.
    • Once again, the MSM offers free time to a favorite dim candidate to fend off a challenger, this time from the left
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • If only the Democrats were in charge peace would spontaneously break out in the world (remember how successful Jimmah Carter was?)
  • We say that the NSA programs are all bad, therefore they're bad.  Don't listen to anyone else.
• Topics:
  • Should the U.S. government be monitoring your phone calls to fight the war on terror?
  • We'll ask national security adviser Stephen Hadley about domestic spying, Iran, Iraq, and more.
• Guests
  • Stephen Hadley: National security adviser
    • Wolf Blitzer has the long knives out for this guy!
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski: Former national security adviser
    • Wasn't he Jimmah Carter's National Security Advisor? 
    • Didn't they give us the Jihadi's in Iran in the first place? 
    • And we should listen to him because....?
  • Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tennessee: Majority leader
    • Since he hasn't got a prayer of winning the nomination, let alone the presidency, think of this as the opening of his farewell tour
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont: Judiciary Committee member
    • They had Hadley, Frist and Khatib lined up at 2 PM, then they went and got Zbiggy and Leaky Leahy
    • Email to Wolf: ask Pat why he lost his security clearance and was kicked off of the Intelligence Committee.
  • Abdel Ilah Khatib: Jordan's foreign minister
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • It's Mother's Day - they want the day off to be with Mom.
• Topics:
  • Unique interview with first lady Laura Bush
    • "First lady Laura Bush spearheads effort to help schools rebuild after hurricanes"
  • Mary Cheney on her life, her sexuality and what she really thinks about the Bush presidency
• Guests
  • Laura Bush
    • The first lady is trying to promote the rebuilding of schools, if ABC won't get the message out maybe Fox will
  • Mary Cheney
    • You thought daddy was a pistol?  People will remember Mary's wrath for a LONG time
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Newt is damaged goods, therefore NBC will promote Newt's candidacy to try to make him the 2008 GOP nominee
  • Newt said something nasty about the Bush administration, therefore he gets face time this weekend.
  • We say that the NSA programs are all bad, therefore they're bad.  Don't listen to anyone else.
• Topics:
  • Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) joins Tim Russert on this Sunday's "Meet the Press" to discuss the state of the Republican Party, the issues of ethics in Congress, Immigration, Domestic Surveillance, and Iraq -- as well as share his thoughts on the 2006 -- and 2008 -- elections.
  • "Meet the Press Roundtable"
    • How will the revelation of the Bush administration collecting Americans' phone records affect the political landscape?
    • Where do we draw the line between personal privacy and public protection?
    • What does the future hold for the president's nominee to head the CIA, Gen. Michael Hayden?
• Guests
  • Newt Gingrich, R-GA
    • Newt done skipped a groove again (therefore he gets airtime on NBC)
  • Roundtable
    • John Harwood
    • Jon Meacham
    • Judy Woodruff.
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

This is NOT intended to be the live Sunday Morning Talk Show thread. I trust AB will do that as usual. This is strictly a preview of who will be on the main shows. The idea is to give folks a chance to muster their resources for that thread.

I would particularly ask that anyone with specific knowledge or resources about the topics / guests announced for these shows post them here so that the rest of us can go into the shows with a heads up on what to look for.

[Morgan in Denver]

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. It's SO RARE that I get to do that, that I will take the compliment to my grave!!!

I was anticipating a few responses from CA residents but I guess they know the truth when they hear it. Actually, we have some good freepers in CA, but none that seem to be willing to defend San Francisco. ROFLOL

[CFC__VRWC]

You just gotta love ABC - deciding to observe Mother's Day by trashing Laura Bush!

[Morgan in Denver]

No offense, but Laura Bush and Lynn Cheney are not liberal.

You're right as to who the shows have on, but that's nothing new. We know that happens and that's one of the reasons we come together to combat them every week.

[Txsleuth]

OH...dear, I really goofed...but, notice the line by Laura's name about immigration??

That sounds like they are going to grill her about Bush's immigration plans..

I wish they would just ask her about the schools in the Katrina area that she wants to help fix..

BTW..watching Fox News right now...looks like we may have another David Koresh scenario playing out in Texas again.

[Morgan in Denver]

No goof.... I doubt any Sunday program host is going to be hard on Laura Bush or Lynn Cheney. These women have too much pride, class and sophistication. All traits Democrat women lack.

IF these hosts do any attack questions, they know it will come back to haunt them.

Another Koresh scenario? What's up with that? Is Tim Russert in Texas this weekend?

[rodguy911]

Will do sleuth glad to hear you will be aboard the ship.

[Txsleuth]

LOL...

NO, that polygamist guy that was put on the Top Ten Wanted in America...has possible set up in his "compound" in Texas with a bunch of his "disciples"...yikes.

[rodguy911]

I am beginning to believe that they (the msm drive-bys) now realize that it is us against them(new media vs. old).

In such a battle it's simply not in their best interest as an arm of the DNC to have many of us aboard.

We shine the light of day on their bias and it does them no good. Just look at their viewer ship and how their newspapers are folding en mass, for them to invite us on would only accelerate their demise. We have our venues and they are here on the web, on talk radio and more and more on t.v. and the odd newspaper.But not on the DNC owned shows like mtp and the rest.

[rodguy911]

I often wondered why savage broadcasts from san fran, now I know. All the wackjobs are in one spot, it makes sense.

[Miss Marple]

LOL!

[Txsleuth]

I don't know if you watched Newswatch tonight or not...but at the end of the show, they always post a few e-mails from viewers..

One of them tonight said something about how they spent so much time last week discussing Bush's low poll numbers...but then posted that Bush was at 35%, Congress at 23%..and MEDIA, much lower than both of those...so what does that say about THEM!!

LOL...at least they DID post that one..and some laughed...although I doubt if Neil Gabler was one of them.

[rodguy911]

Sorry I missed it but it is ironic.

[Valin]

What! No John McCain? How can it be Sunday w/o John McCain on the tube?

[Morgan in Denver]

ROFLOL

I am SO out of it when it comes to things like that. Guess I have not been paying enough attention.