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

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[Phsstpok]

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.

[Phsstpok]

Saturday Shows For 5/13/06

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • Oooooo, the politics is getting FUN!!!!
• Topics:
  • Congress up in arms over a report that the NSA is collecting records of private phone calls
  • John McCain makes nice with former rival Jerry Falwell
  • The GOP is stuck with Katherine Harris in Senate race
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • The White House hasn't been doing the daily press briefings, so Tim's going to make sure that these three get their face time (to trash Bush)
• Topics:
  • The President, Iraq, CIA, government surveillance and more
• Guests
  • David Gregory
  • Kelly O’Donnell
  • Chip Reid.
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • We're serious journalists and we'll examine these issues in depth so you don't have to!
  • There's nothing to see here, move along.
• Topics:
  • Is the headline true? USA Today reports that the government is collecting phone records
  • The press and the Patrick Kennedy scandal
  • Is a new TV channel for babies a good idea?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Ahmadinejad is nuts
  • Gore is nuts
  • Lindzen is NOT nuts
• Topics:
  • "Men of Letters" (Opinion Journal web site)
    • Is Iran's letter-writing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad crazy like a fox, or just plain crazy?
    • Al Gore makes his movie debut
    • An interview with MIT scientist Richard Lindzen on global warming and academic conformity.
  • Message from Iran: What does the Iranian president's letter tell us about the regime we're dealing with? (Fox web site)
  • Global warming frenzy: Media hype reaches new heights ahead of Al Gore's film (Fox web site)
• Guests
  • Richard Lindzen
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

[Phsstpok]

Weekend Show Guests

• Sen. Joe Biden, D-Dela (ABC News This Week)
  • Joe Biden Proves He’sa Man of his Word (National Ledger)
  • Biden says Hayden CIA nomination could be "difficult" (XETV FOX6 San Diego)
  • Sen. Joe Biden: Firefighters must be funded from Washington (The Union Leader, NH)
  • Joe Biden's weird sense of chivalry (renewamerica.us, D.C.)
  • Senator Joe Biden - Cut Up Iraq Then Cut Out (The Conservative Voice)
  • CBS Continues to Hype "Domestic Spying Scandal" (NewsBusters)
• Donna Brazile (ABC News This Week Roundtable)
  • ABC News Consultant
  • Democrats' timing seen as a misstep (Washington Times)
  • The Democrats' abortion problem (Reno Gazette Journal, NV)
  • MUST READ: Brazile On Primary Process (noticias.info, Spain)
  • Primary colors: Dems see in black and white (The Union Leader, NH)
• David Brooks (ABC News This Week Roundtable)
  • New York Times Columnist
  • DAVID BROOKS AND THE POLITICS OF PINCH AND KISS (New Republic)
  • A word with David Brooks (Arizona Republic)
  • Killing the CIA (Spiegel Online, Germany)
• Zbigniew Brzezinski (CNN Late Edition)
  • Former national security adviser (Carter Administration)
  • US will not allow a nuclear Iran (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates)
  • The US's geopolitical nightmare (India Monitor, UK)
  • Will US and Iran find a common language? (Persian Journal, Iran)
  • The Perils of Engagement (Wall Street Journal)
  • Attack on Iran would be great blunder: Brzezinski (Tehran Times, Iran)
  • Entire nation would respond to a military attack (MehrNews.com, Iran)
  • US War Doctrine And Iran (Center for Research on Globalization, Canada)
• Laura Bush (ABC This Week, Fox News Sunday)
  • Laura Bush says Gulf Coast rebuilding (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
  • Laura Bush announces grants for devastated school libraries (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
  • Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush at the American Red Cross National Convention (Yahoo! News (press release))
  • Laura Bush Tells Graduates to Help Others (Washington Post)
  • Laura Bush on immigration: US should be a ``welcoming country'' (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Mary Cheney (Fox News Sunday)
  • Excerpt: Mary Cheney's 'Now It's My Turn' (ABC News)
  • Mary Cheney has her turn (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  • Cheney's daughter pulls no punches (DetNews.com)
  • 'Too little, too late' for Cheney's daughter to speak up (USA Today)
  • Mary Cheney tries to have it both ways — and fails (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Answer for Mary Cheney (Houston Chronicle)
  • Mary Cheney Stands Behind Dad on Iraq (ABC News)
• Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tennessee: Majority leader (CNN Late Edition)
  • Frist ‘fills the tree’ (The Hill)
  • Frist Hails Reopening Of Immigration Reform Debate (The Chattanoogan)
  • Senate leaders end immigration stalemate (Grand Island Independent, NE)
  • Boehner Ridicules Senate Republicans as Party Tensions Rise (Bloomberg)
  • Tax-cut bill wins final passage (CNN)
• Newt Gingrich, R-GA (Meet The Press)
  • Gingrich: GOP can stop House loss (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  • Gingrich discusses national issues (Leader Times)
  • Gingrich on NSA Phone Records Program: ‘This Can’t Be Defended" (ThinkProgress)
  • CBS Jumps on "Bad News" for GOP & Hope for Dems, But Not So Excited in 1994 (NewsBusters)
  • Transcript: Newt Gingrich on 'FOX News Sunday' 4/16/06 (FOX News)
• David Gregory (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
  • Bush: David Gregory Couldn't Pass Background Check (NewsBusters)
  • Ignoring Growth, Eyeing Gas Gauge (The New Media Journal)
  • CBS and NBC Stick With Gas Pains, Ignore Wednesday’s Huge Price Decline (NewsBusters)
  • ABC: Snow a "Conservative Commentator Who Called" Bush "'an Embarrassment'" (NewsBusters)
• Stephen Hadley: National security adviser (CBS Face The Nation, CNN Late Edition)
  • The CIA’s (deputy) man with the plan (ISN, Switzerland)
  • The General and the Agency (FrontPage magazine.com)
  • Red Cross Says US Continues to Refuse Access to Secret Detainees (Voice of America)
  • Iran letter to Bush talks of ‘new solutions’ (Indian Express, India)
  • Iran's president writes unprecedented letter to Bush (San Jose Mercury News)
• Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. (ABC News This Week)
  • Key Republicans back Hayden for CIA (ABC News)
  • CIA Nominee Hayden Defends NSA Programs (Guardian Unlimited, UK)
  • Choice for CIA chief faces tough questions (MSNBC)
  • Senate leaders end immigration stalemate (Grand Island Independent, NE)
  • Hagel concerned about collection of phone call data (Grand Island Independent, NE)
  • Hagel: CIA nominee will face tough questions (Lincoln Journal Star)
  • Immigration and the welfare state (Town Hall)
• Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. (CBS Face The Nation)
  • Rep. Harman's opponent wants to send a message (Daily Breeze, CA)
  • NSA is watching (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL)
  • Hayden nomination unlikely to be sidelined by NSA reports (KHON2, HI)
  • RNC: THE REAL DEM AGENDA: STOP TERRORIST SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (noticias.info, Spain)
  • NSA's data mining explained (CNET News.com)
• John Harwood (Meet The Press Roundtable)
  • Tax cuts passed by the House (KCEN-TV, TX)
  • Vote expected on $70 billion tax cut (WIS, SC)
  • Energy Skepticism on the Rise (Wall Street Journal (subscription))
  • Democrats See Hope in Ohio (Wall Street Journal)
  • Gasoline Prices Fuel Unease, Poll Finds (Wall Street Journal)
• Abdel Ilah Khatib: Jordan's foreign minister (CNN Late Edition)
  • Jordan's king reaffirms ties to Palestinians (Daily Star - Lebanon)
  • Egypt, Jordan want talks with Olmert (Times of Oman)
  • Analysis: Turmoil surrounds Aqaba meeting (Middle East Times, Egypt)
• Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont (CNN Late Edition)
  • Judiciary Committee member
  • Patrick Leahy on the NSA (RedState)
  • NSA PROGRAM REVEALED (PBS)
  • Bush tries to quell NSA furor (TMCnet)
  • Americans Get The Shaft in NSA Data Mining (InternetNews.com)
  • Hotline After Dark -- What's That Tapping Sound? (National Journal)
  • Sanders, Leahy challenge Bush domestic spying program in court (BurlingtonFreePress.com, VT)
• Richard Lindzen (Journal Editorial Report)
  • Richard Lindzen, Global Warming Shill (The Huffington Post)
  • While Washington Slept (Guerrilla News Network)
  • Daily Policy Digest (National Center for Policy Analysis)
  • Getting far too heated over global warming (Times Online, UK)
  • Global warming already visible (Connecticut Post)
• Jon Meacham (Meet The Press Roundtable)
  • Books by David L. Holmes, Peter R. Henriques and Jon Meacham (New York Times)
  • The Enlightened Republic (Washington Post)
  • Editor discusses founding fathers' religious intent (The Journal News.com, NY)
  • Bushes muster for literacy (Washington Times)
  • Time ME Search: Meacham Declines; Okrent Advises (New York Observer)
• Kelly O’Donnell (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
  • Interview of the Vice President by Kelly O'Donnell, Nbc News (Whitehouse.gov (press release))
  • Interview with Vice President Dick Cheney (Newsweek)
  • The Cheney Nobody Knows (New York Observer)
  • NBC’s Today: Bush “Snooping” Into Lives of “Ordinary Americans” (NewsBusters)
  • Snow's Debut Is an Apology-Filled Mess (Washington Post)
  • White House newshounds cower before dust bunnies (Boston Herald)
  • Katie Couric And Tim Russert's Gloomfest On Today (NewsBusters)
• Chip Reid. (CNBC's Tim Russert Show)
  • CBS & NBC Paint Tax Cuts Through Liberal Prism of Higher Dollar Savings for Rich (NewsBusters)
  • Asleep at the Wheel: Credulous 'Today' Curiously Incurious About Kennedy Case (NewsBusters)
• Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. (CBS Face The Nation)
  • Sen. Arlen Specter called for dialogue with Iran (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY)
  • Specter Says He Will Ask Phone Companies to Testify on Database (Bloomberg)
  • Arlen Specter: Evil, Evil Man (RedState)
  • Sen. Arlen Specter (Think Progress)
  • Senator Arlen Specter Pushes Tax On Oil Profits (All Headline News)
  • Arlen Specter: High court gives Congress no respect (Sacramento Bee)
• Reese Witherspoon (ABC This Week, Voices segment)
  • Reese Witherspoon: My marriage is fine (Life Style Extra, UK)
  • Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon & Tyson's Trip For Kids (Post Chronicle)
  • Reese Witherspoon Is the Hippest of Hollywood Moms (Fashion Monitor Toronto, Canada)
• Judy Woodruff. (Meet The Press Roundtable)
  • LOBBYING PROBE (PBS)
  • UNREST IN DARFUR (PBS)
  • US political climate divisive -- Woodruff (Flint Journal, MI)
  • THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX (PBS)
• George Will (ABC News This Week Roundtable)
  • George Will Assails McCain on Constitution Remarks (NewsMax)
  • GEORGE WILL: Terror can come from knowing what happens (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

[Morgan in Denver]

HA!!! Beat the ping!!!

[AliVeritas]

Too bad... I thought Rockefeller had come out into the light again... on NSA of all things. Guess not.

[Phsstpok]

Ping

The Weekend Preview Thread is up

If you would like on or off my ping list please Freepmail me

The most interesting guests to me will be Laura Bush, Mary Cheney and Newt Gingrich.  I'll also be interested in what Lindzen says on JER.

The dominant meme appears to be that the public is out of their minds not to hate Bush's "domestic spying" and that he really, really is a bad guy.  Really.

Unfortunately I'm traveling starting first thing on Saturday morning and will likely not have extensive access to the net all week.  I had most of the thread done last night but then my RoadRunner service died!!!  I'm in my hotel room in San Francisco and just got my internet access set up.  I'll be on as much as I can the rest of the day tomorrow but probably will be very scarce tomorrow.  I also probably will not be able to post this thread next weekend (the horror!) as I don't get home from this trip till Sunday, but I'm sure you'll all survive just fine.  If I have access I'll pop in  a bit, but if not I wish you all a safe and happy week.

[Bahbah]

You will be missed. Safe travels.

[Txsleuth]

We will miss you....and even though your thread will very much be missed next week...you deserve a weekend off.

Enjoy your trip (even if it is for work)...and don't worry, you won't be "Wally Pipped"....LOL

[Morgan in Denver]

One does wonder. What kind of work must a person do that forces them to travel to San Francisco? (I even wipe my phone off after calling there.)

[umgud]

The Pentagon has confirmed today that Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and al Zawahri have been captured and are being held at an undisclosed location.

NOAA scientist have issued a press release today claiming they have found a simple low cost solution to global warming (rumored to have been assisted by algore).

Greek officials report that Natalie Holloway has been found living on a local oil magnate’s yacht.

A UFO has crashed near Ft Wayne Utah, the alien occupants are alive and being cared for by Air Force personnel.

We’ll have these and other stories, but first, out top story; New evidence has come to light that strongly suggests that Bush did in fact lie about WMD’s!

I’m Chris Matthews, let’s play Hardball.

[Bahbah]

Journal Editorial Report:

Ahmadinejad is nuts

Gore is nuts

Lindzen is NOT nuts

I watched the program (too cold and windy for the yard work). You nailed it.

[defconw]

You do such an awesome job with this! Thanks!

[rodguy911]

Great job oncer again phsstpok! I will be on duty tomorrow hoping we can get some great posts like the past weeks which are getting better and better. If it's a slow thread I already have an excuse--Mothers day.

Hate to say it but tomorrow looks like rinos and rats other than the First lady and Newt.

[rodguy911]

Wow I can only imagine how much work went into this, great job Phsstpok!

[rodguy911]

Go ahead rub it in so you were first!

[rodguy911]

Hey phsstpok as one who travels 60-70k per year have a good trip, it can get old I know. The thread is never the same without your input.

[rodguy911]

ROFLMAO

[Txsleuth]

LOL>...you are BAD!!!!

[Txsleuth]

It may be Mother's Day tomorrow, but I plan on being on the Sunday thread...

However, my granddaughter is spending tonight with me...so I will probably miss the shows in the morning...so take good notes...LOL

[Txsleuth]

Once again....I do not see even ONE conservative on these shows...

NOT ONE!!!

What are we going to have to do to get OUR messages across??

There just isn't any "debate" at all!!!

They are all going to agree with each other!

[Morgan in Denver]

Hahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well, it IS a first for me. So there!!!