Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 7/8 and 7/9/2006 (not the live thread)

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Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 7/8 and 7/9/06 (not the live thread)

The main message is the Sunday Shows and message 1 will be the Saturday Shows,  then I'll post the ping list.  I've changed the format as a test this week and put the links to articles and background on the guests in with their listing in the shows.  It struck me that it might have been getting less helpful to have to jump back and forth.  Let me know which format works better.

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

• Meme:
  • Bush is all wrong about (Korea/Iraq/Immigration) and even Republicans think so
  • No matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault!
  • The Republicans are doomed to lose in November... really they are... trust us!
• Topics:
  • North Korea's nukes, Iraq, and immigration (discussion with Lugar)
  • "On The Trail"
    • How the war in Iraq is heating up the race for U.S. Senate in Virginia.
    • Candidates debate the president's strategy in Iraq, immigration reform, and what impact Webb can have on Allen's 2008 presidential ambitions.
  • "Voices"
    • Alonzo Mourning of the NBA World Champion Miami Heat, on the kidney transplant that saved his life, his amazing comeback, and what we can do to make organ donations available to more Americans in need.
• Guests
  • Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana
    • Once more in Korea, a dear old scam (Jewish World Review, July 7, 2006)
    • Key Senator Says US Should Talk Directly With North Korea (Voice of America, July 7, 2006)
    • Bush should ponder direct N.Korea talks: Lugar (ABC News - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Senator Warns Against N. Korea Strike (CBS News - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Democrats won't try to take on Sen. Lugar (Indianapolis Star, United States - Jun 30, 2006)
    • US-Indian Deal Clears Congressional Hurdles (Arms Control Today, July 7, 2006)
    • Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Endorses Nuclear Deal (San Leandro India West)
    • Senator Lugar and Congressman Pence to Speak on Federal Shield Legislation (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jul 6, 2006)
    • Comment: Lugar urges caving to Korea and starting bilateral talks, so of course he gets on the Sunday shows
  • Senator George Allen, R-Va.
    • Incumbent Senator from Virgania
    • George Allen Gets Ready To Play The "Hitler" Card Versus Jim Webb (Huffington Post, NY, July 7, 2006)
    • Allen hires firm behind 'Hitler' ads (Washington Times, July 7, 2006)
    • Sen. George Allen Gets Hot Over Flag Burning (NewsMax.com, FL - Jun 28, 2006)
    • Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Endorses Nuclear Deal (San Leandro India West)
    • Va. Republican George Allen facing tough fight for his Senate seat (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Jun 16, 2006)
    • Former Reagan aide to challenge GOP's George Allen (Katu.com, OR - Jun 15, 2006)
    • Comment: Webb must be falling behind, his allies are setting up some free negative campaign ads
  • James Webb
    • Democratic challenger in Virginia Senate race
    • former Reagan Navy Secretary
    • If you liked Andy Jackson, you'll love Jim Webb's straight and sensible philosophy (The Free Lance-Star, VA, July 7, 2006)
    • Why I won't support James Webb for Senate, despite deep respect (The Free Lance-Star, VA - Jul 2, 2006)
    • Wednesday Politics: Virginia's James Webb (NPR - Jun 14, 2006)
    • VA-SEN: Candidate James Webb (RedState, VA - Jun 13, 2006)
    • Virginia US Senate: Allen 56%, Webb 37% (Angus Reid Global Scan, Canada - Jul 3, 2006)
    • Comment: Yep, he's falling behind, so they're bringing out all the hagiography they can muster
  • Roundtable:
    • Peter Beinart
      • New Republic Editor at Large
      • Author, The Good Fight : Why Liberals---and Only Liberals---Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again
      • America cannot defend itself alone, and Democrats know this (The Union Leader, NH - Jun 22, 2006)
      • "Conservatives Do Not Have A Monopoly on US National Security Policy" (Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jun 27, 2006)
      • Go, L Team! Recall the Days of Glory and Stop Waffling (New York Times, United States - Jun 13, 2006)
      • 'The Good Fight,' by Peter Beinart The Truman Show (New York Times, United States - Jun 10, 2006)
      • Katrina vanden Heuvel: Peter Beinart and the Beltway Crusaders (Yahoo! News - Jun 13, 2006)
      • Why Liberals Can't Win the War on Terror (Antiwar.com, CA - Jun 21, 2006)
      • Can Only Liberals Win the War on Terror? (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - July 4, 2006)
      • Hard Liberals vs. Conservatives (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 5, 2006)
      • In Praise of Mark Malloch Brown (Yahoo! News - Jun 8, 2006)
      • Comment: Why is he on the Sunday show circuit?  He wrote a book with a subtitle of "Why Liberals---and Only Liberals---Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again" Duh!
    • Donna Brazile
      • ABC News consultant
      • Democratic Party Divided on Iraq (WJLA, DC - July 7, 2006)
      • Democrats divided over Lieberman (Washington Times, DC - July 7, 2006)
      • Senator's Plan B Puts Democrats in a Bind (New York Times, United States - Jul 3, 2006)
      • What a Mere Mister Doesn't Miss (New York Times, United States - Jul 1, 2006)
      • Bush Benefits on Good News From Iraq Trip, Rove Case Resolution (Bloomberg - Jun 13, 2006)
      • Women Needed to Clean Beltway Mess: Will political scandals boost female candidates? (Ms Magazine, Spring 2006)
      • Comment: She's all over the map on the topics this week, so I don't know where she'll come down... oh, wait, it's Bush's fault™.  That's it.
    • George Will
      • GEORGE WILL: Read history to find what shapes us today (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS - Jul 4, 2006)
      • George Will: Justices must not be politicians (The Union Leader, NH - Jul 1, 2006)
      • George Will: New Jersey key to GOP (Sacramento Bee,  USA - Jun 23, 2006)
      • Comment: Mr. Will seems to be suppressing his dislike for the Bush family for now.  Will wonders never cease?
  • Voices segment:
    • Alonzo Mourning
      • NBA superstar and kidney transplant survivor
      • Alonzo Mourning Plays Offense Against Kidney Disease (Forbes - July 7, 2006)
      • Alonzo Mourning, Twice A Champion (CBS 4, FL - Jun 23, 2006)
      • 2006 NBA FINALS INTERVIEWS: Game Six in Dallas: Alonzo Mourning (noticias.info, Spain - Jun 21, 2006)
      • Tower of hope: Alonzo Mourning inspires other transplant patients (Palm Beach Post,  United States - Jun 19, 2006)
• ABC This Week comment web page

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

• Meme:
  • Bush is all wrong about (Korea/Iraq) and even Republicans think so
  • No matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault!
  • The Republicans are doomed to lose in November... really they are... trust us!
• Topics:
  • North Korean Missile Threat
• Guests
  • Nicolas Burns
    • Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
    • Big Power Foreign Ministers to Meet Next Week On Iran (Chosun Ilbo, South Korea - Jul 3, 2006)
    • EU Expected to Pressure Iran to Reply to Incentives Package (Payvand, Iran - Jul 5, 2006)
    • Condi Caves (IsraPundit, Canada - Jun 23, 2006)
    • OSCE is Vital Platform for Advancing Freedom, Says Burns (usinfo.state.gov, December 6, 2005)
    • Comment: A serious voice, apparently a new spokesman is emerging.  More of Tony Snow's influence on communications policy?
  • Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)
    • Armed Services Committee
    • Meeting his constituents (Prescott Daily Courier, AZ - Jul 6, 2006)
    • John McCain interview transcript (Financial Times, UK - Jun 19, 2006)
    • Is Murtha the man to lead the Dems? (Jewish World Review - Jun 25, 2006)
    • The Chickenhawk Test (RedState, VA - Jun 21, 2006)
    • McCain GOP front-runner for 2008 (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - July 7, 2006)
    • McCain sitting pretty for 2008 race (Washington Times, July 6, 2006)
    • Boeing deal riles senators (Seattle Post Intelligencer - July 7, 2006)
    • MSNBC questions McCain's temper; Reporter says McCain vexes Senate colleagues (Raw Story, MA - July 7, 2006)
    • Happy Endings: John McCain Still Backs 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (Queerty, NY - Jun 26, 2006)
    • Navajo Resist John McCain's SB 1003 (Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Jun 26, 2006)
    • Comment: He's baaaack!  He's done the rounds of fund raising for Republicans (at least the ones who agree with him on amnesty) and now he's got to get back to his real constituency... the media
  • Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)
    • Foreign Relations Committee
    • Wide open presidential race on tap for 2008 (Helena Independent Record, MT - Jul 5, 2006)
    • Senate sidetracked by dreams of White House (Pioneer Press, MN - Jul 4, 2006)
    • City’s dueling Democrats to live with primary result (Bristol Press,  United States - Jul 4, 2006)
    • Pass the federal shield law (St. George Daily Spectrum, UT - Jul 4, 2006)
    • Comment: He wants to be president and he's vying for pandering to the same constituency as McLame... the media
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

• Meme:
  • Bush is all wrong about (Korea/Iraq/Israel) and even Republicans think so
  • No matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault!
• Topics:
  • Dealing with a defiant North Korea -- how should the United States respond to its missile test?
• Guests
  • R. Nicholas Burns
    • Under secretary of state for political affairs
    • see links under CBS Face The Nation, above
  • Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
    • Armed Services Committee
    • Senator Lindsey Graham's Betrayal And Blunder (Post Chronicle - Jun 27, 2006)
    • Graham zooms in on future (Bradenton Herald,  United States - July 7, 2006)
    • Congress Will Override Supreme Court On Tribunals (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 2, 2006)
    • The friends of Lindsey Graham (Power Line, MN - Jun 14, 2006)
    • The friends of Lindsey Graham, Part Two (Power Line, MN - Jun 20, 2006)
    • Comment: John McCain's boy blunder continues his nearly unbroken string of appearances on Sunday shows over the last few months... he doesn't realize that the more people here him speak the less they think of him?  Oh, and did you know he was in JAG?  No, not the TV show.
  • Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California
    • Foreign Relations Committee
    • Influential US Senators Call for Direct Talks with North Korea (Men's News Daily, CA - Jun 26, 2006)
    • Bush should consider direct N. Korea talks (China Daily, China - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Senator Warns Against N. Korea Strike (CBS News - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Bush: Casey Decides Iraq Troop Numbers (Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jun 26, 2006)
    • Comment: Yep.  That's the ticket.  Reward the mad man who's threatening us.  Look how well it turned out for Neville Chamberlain.
  • Samir Sumaidaie
    • Iraqi ambassador to U.S.
    • Iraq's US envoy wants to see cousin's death report (Reuters AlertNet, UK - Jun 28, 2006)
    • The Bush way of war (Open Democracy, UK - Jun 14, 2006)
    • Al-Qaeda leader Zarqawi killed in US air raid (ABC Online, Australia - Jun 9, 2006)
    • Iraqi Envoy: Zarqawi's Death Sends 'Message' (NPR - Jun 8, 2006)
    • He was larger than life, but smaller in death (Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 9, 2006)
    • Bush, Advisers Draw Up Plan To Support New Iraqi Government (Washington File, DC - Jun 14, 2006)
    • Comment: can CNN coax more damaging quotes about the US murdering his cousin and other innocent Iraqis out of him?  Must be likely, otherwise he wouldn't get airtime.
  • Alexander Haig
    • Former secretary of state, Reagan administration
    • Former Secretary of State Haig and Gov. Bill Richardson on North Korean Missile Crisis (Transcript - FOX News "On The Record" - Jul 6, 2006)
    • Attack on Iraq’s Nuke Plant (American Heritage - Jun 7, 2006)
    • Comment: Yet another former senior policy advisor from the cold war who thinks Bush is doing it wrong.  He must have called and complained that he could trash Bush as well as Zbiggy could and he needed airtime to get his consulting company some business.
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski
    • Former national security adviser, Carter administration
    • Western world getting lost with its strategic direction (People's Daily Online, China - Jun 7, 2006)
    • World of crises for driven Bush (China Post, Taiwan - Jun 7, 2006)
    • ‘Al-Qaeda Is a US-sponsored Intelligence Asset’ (Bulatlat, Philippines - Jul 1, 2006)
    • The rhetoric of a war on terror obscures the real challenges (Financial Express.bd, Bangladesh - Jun 28, 2006)
    • The Iraq Debate -- New Ideas Series, Volume 2: "The Brzezinski Plan" (HuffingtonPost, via Yahoo! News - Jun 27, 2006)
    • Comment: Al Qaeda and the People's Liberation Army's favorite former US government official.
  • Peter Bergen
    • CNN terrorism analyst
    • author, "The Osama Bin Laden I Know"
    • Angry young men (CNN - Jun 7, 2006)
    • Bin Laden 'reclaiming' Al Qaeda (Middle East Times, Egypt - Jul 6, 2006)
    • The twin terrors: both Al-Qaida and its many imitators (San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Jul 3, 2006)
    • Al-Qaida remains in business on back of homegrown terror - Part 1 (China Post, Taiwan - Jul 2, 2006)
    • Al-Qaida remains in business on back of homegrown terror - Part 2 (China Post, Taiwan - Jul 2, 2006)
    • The future of al-Qaeda (Minnesota Public Radio, MN - Jun 30, 2006)
    • Why Liberals Can't Win the War on Terror (Antiwar.com, CA - Jun 21, 2006)
    • Comment: Don't even think that we're winning the war on terror.  Here's an expert who actually met Osama and he thinks they're just about to come back in a big way.  Of course he'll get airtime, particularly on the Clinton News Network
  • Fouad Makhzoumi
    • Chairman, Future Pipe Group
    • Board member, Council on Foreign Relations
    • US Policy in the Middle East (CNN Late Edition Transcript, September 21, 2003, danielpipes.org)
    • Makhzoumi.com (Makhzoumi Foundation web site)
    • Comment: Our first mistake was not embracing Yassir Arafat.  Now we need to correct that mistake by embracing Hamas and abandoning the Zionists.  It's the only thing that will bring about true peace.
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

• Meme:
  • Is Bush all wrong about (Korea/Iraq) and do even Republicans think so?
  • No matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault!
• Topics:
  • North Korea missile tests: What should the U.S response be?
• Guests
  • Nicholas Burns
    • Under secretary of state for political affairs
    • see links under CBS Face The Nation, above
  • Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.
    • Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
    • North Korea and Iraq: Trumped-Up Threats? (Newsweek - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Rep. Pete Hoekstra Details His Breakthrough WMD Report (FOX News - Jun 23, 2006)
    • Hoekstra says weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq (WZZM, MI - Jun 22, 2006)
    • Saddam’s WMD: Discovery and Denial (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 5, 2006)
    • WMD's Found In Iraq, But Dems say "Lets Cut And Run And Surrender!" (RedState, VA - Jun 21, 2006)
    • Comment: Even if they ask him about the WMD found in Iraq the rest of the media will ignore it... it was on Fox, after all.
  • James Woolsey
    • former CIA director
    • The Cold War is back (Kavkaz Center, Turkey - Jul 1, 2006)
    • Frontpage’s Summer Reading (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 6, 2006)
    • Symposium: The New Taliban State? (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jun 9, 2006)
    • Comment: The only Clinton or ex CIA person the media doesn't seem to like
  • Wendy Sherman
    • former adviser on North Korea to the Clinton White House
    • US steps up N.Korea containment after missile tests (Reuters India, India - July 7, 2006)
    • In 2004, Albright Admitted North Korea "Cheated" (RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - Jul 6, 2006)
    • NoKo Clinton Alumni Day [Tim Graham] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jul 6, 2006)
    • Understanding North Korea's Leader (ABC News - Jul 5, 2006)
    • A dangerous game (Courier Mail, Australia - Jul 5, 2006)
    • North Korea Missile Test Likely Soon (CBS News - Jun 16, 2006 - page has link to video clip with Sherman discussing issue)
    • Comment: Part of Mad Maddy Albright's emergency response team dedicated to the proposition that North Korea didn't exist from 1992 to 2001.
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Is Bush all wrong about (Korea/Iraq) and do even Republicans think so?
  • No matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault!

• Topics:
  • North Korea defied warnings from the United States and regional powers in Asia and test-fired missiles. The Bush administration called this action "provocative behavior." While the international community continues to be divided over sanctions, what will happen in negotiations with North Korea and the rest of the world?
  • Roundtable: Insights and analysis on the future of American foreign policy with North Korea. 
• Guests
  • Roundtable:
    • Nicholas Burns
      • Under secretary of state for political affairs
      • see links under CBS Face The Nation, above
    • Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM)
      • has visited North Korea five times
      • former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
      • Former Secretary of State Haig and Gov. Bill Richardson on North Korean Missile Crisis (Transcript - FOX News "On The Record" - Jul 6, 2006)
      • CBS's Harry Smith Asks If Kim Is 'Just Nuts,' But Asks Nothing About Clinton Policies (NewsBusters - Jul 6, 2006)
      • NoKo Clinton Alumni Day [Tim Graham] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jul 6, 2006)
      • Bush Calls For Diplomacy With N. Korea (CBS 13, CA - Jul 6, 2006)
      • Richardson: North Korea a needy child (KRQE, NM - Jul 5, 2006)
      • Comment: Pay no attention to anything you might have heard about the 1990s and North Korea.  It was all a drug induced hallucination.  It's Bush's fault™.
    • Ashton Carter
      • former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Clinton administration
      • currently serves as Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
      • If Necessary, Strike and Destroy (Washington Post, June 22, 2006)
      • Appeasement Bought Us Nothing But Trouble (Wizbang, DC - July 7, 2006)
      • China critical in resolving North Korea crisis (ABC Online, Australia - July 7, 2006)
      • North Korea and Iran (Jerusalem Post, Israel - July 7, 2006)
      • MDAA President Riki Ellison Disagrees With Washington Post Editorial Calling for a Pre-Emptive Strike Against North Korea (PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jul 6, 2006)
      • Hitting Korea a risky strategy (Kansas City Star, MO - Jun 24, 2006)
      • Comment: Ignore what the Clinton administration did when this guy was working for them... he's a tough guy and Bush is the wimp... bomb those gooks people of other ethnicity back to the stone age!  It's Bush's fault™.
    • former ambassador Robert Gallucci
      • chief negotiator for the 1994 North Korea Nuclear Agreement, Clinton administration
      • now serves as the Dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
      • Ex-Clinton aide: Don't negotiate with N. Korea (Greenwich Time, CT - Jun 28, 2006)
      • Talking to Evil (TCS Daily, DC - Jun 12, 2006)
      • Comment: Pay no attention to anything any other former Clinton official might say, not only was it not our fault, but Bush shouldn't even think about negotiating with those North Koreans!  We never did.  What?  You remember that?  Damn!
• 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)
• Please note: Due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship this Sunday, July 9, 2006, "Meet the Press" will air at a special early time of 8:00 a.m. eastern time in most markets. Click here to check for airtimes in your area.

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 7-8-06

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • Things are going too well for Bush... if we don't gin up some doom and gloom no one will have a reason to listen!
• Topics:
  • President Bush tries to capitalize on political momentum at home, as foreign hotspots continue to dominate his second term
  • The GOP split over immigration reform on full display with dueling field hearings

• 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:
  • It was so much better when I was in charge!  What?  I was never in charge?  You obviously haven't read my book.
• Topics:
  • Mike Wallace talks about his life and book, “Between You and Me”.
• Guests
  • Mike Wallace
    • Rather's CBS exit "sad," Mike Wallace says (Reuters - Jun 21, 2006)
    • Mike Wallace Extends His Network (Broadcast Newsroom (press release), CA - Jun 25, 2006)
    • Mike Wallace Says Rather's Departure a 'Sad, Bloody Story' (NewsMax.com, FL - Jun 22, 2006)
    • Press-ing On Against The Military (CBS News - Jul 5, 2006 - originall from National Review)
    • Times not on your side (Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Jun 30, 2006)
    • Comment: It's Mike Wallace.  Come on.  You know what he's going to say and whose fault it all is!
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • It's not our fault!  Really!  We're just following orders doing our jobs.
• Topics:
  • North Korea launches missiles and lands in the headlines
  • One year after the 7/7 terror attacks in London is the media smarter about covering terror?
  • President Bush's new media strategy takes him to Chicago
• 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:
  • The press is right!
  • The press is wrong!
  • Wait... this could get interesting...
• Topics:
  • From the  Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal) web site for the show
    • "The Media's War"
      • Paul Gigot talks with former CBS newsman Marvin Kalb about the Swift disclosures and the obligations of the press in wartime
      • What President Bush can do to contain North Korea after this week's missile launches, and what Mexico's cliffhanger presidential election means for the U.S.
  • From Fox News web site for show:
    • How should the White House respond as a defiant North Korea promises more missile launches?
    • What's fit — and unfit — to print? The obligations of the press in wartime
• Guests
  • Marvin Kalb
    • former CBS newsman
    • Marvin Kalb's Profile at Harvard University
    • Security vs. freedom (Baltimore Sun, United States - Jun 24, 2006)
    • The Kalb Report - A Conversation with Thomas Friedman (Transcript - The George Washington University)
    • Marvin Kalb on journalism in the Internet age (Interview by J.D. Lasica, Feb. 2, 1998)
    • Comment: Kalb is old school liberal media, but truly believes that he's trying to bring balance and an impartial viewpoint to the news (the delusion is deep seated and long lasting)... but he got dumped on by CBS and Dan Blather several years ago so he's just reveling in being able to stick his finger in the unblinking eye from time to time... totally unpredictable
• 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]

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The forces of the Old Empire are desperately trying to cover for their god, Bill Clinton, and are trying to make sure that no one remembers that he made lil Kim's nuclear missile's possible via mad Maddy Albright and Jimmy Carter giving us yet another "peace in our time" agreement.  Will they never learn?  Well, no.  It's obvious Jimmah is totally lost in fantasy land, but Maddy and her myrmidons still seem to have this depressed and increasingly desperate grasp of reality and boy, does it appear that it scares the hell out of them!

The most interesting guest for me this week will be Nicholas Burns.  He's a new face and voice for the administration on foreign policy, at least as far as these shows go, and he's doing the grand rounds.  It looks like he could be being prepped to become a major public player for the Bush administration.  Is this more of Tony Snow's influence over communications policy?  Richardson, Ashton Carter, Gallucci, and particularly Wendy Sherman of the "blame Bush not Clinton" crowd are really getting embarrassing.  Brzezinski and Haig are has been wanna be's who really "never were" in international relations.  They either demonstrably screwed things up or just had no meaningful effect whatsoever, except from our enemies perspectives.  Truly sad.  I bet Bergen and Beinart are going to emerge as the new "wunderkinds" of the left with "all the answers" for what's wrong with Bush's policies.  McCain, Graham, Boxer, Dodd and Lugar are the "also ran" or "never were" candidates that the media keep pushing like the proverbial dead horses they are.  And I'm willing to bet that they don't let Hoekstra get too vocal about the WMD found in Iraq, even on Fox.  Even if he does it will be ignored.

The dominant meme appears to be that, no matter what anyone says it's not Clinton's fault.  They appear to be pulling out all the stops to make that case.  Now THAT is truly interesting.  This may mark the turning point from offense to defense for the drive by media.  Up till now I've been predicting a Republican pick up of 8 plus seats in the House and 3 plus seats in the Senate, mostly out of pure cussidness over the hysteric predictions of a Democrat sweep.  I'm now beginning to ponder a Republican landslide.  Dare we consider a Republican super majority in both the House and Senate?

Oooooooo.  Tingly!

[Carolinamom]

Huge Thank YOU for all your work and especially for your comments!

[Peach]

I have never, ever, ever, heard such revisionist history in my whole life as I've heard in the last few days regarding Clinton and North Korea.

And shame on the reporters who haven't done their homework and let the leftist lies stand as truth.

[Phsstpok]

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[smoothsailing]

How disappointing, I was looking so forward to John Murtha filling the airwaves this weekend. Maybe he's off somewhere with Cindy. :D

[Phsstpok]

How disappointing, I was looking so forward to John Murtha filling the airwaves this weekend. Maybe he's off somewhere with Cindy. :D

Nope.  Murtha and Biden are off together on the "what might have been" tour for also rans and never weres.

[Txsleuth]

Actually, I think I heard that Biden is in Iraq right now...NOT seeing any improvements...but seeing LOTS of bad, bad things. (but no Indians)...LOL

Sorry I got here late..have the baby for the night.

Okay, I have so many things that I have seen/heard over the last few days, that I haven't found the correct thread to post them on...that I will probably post some of them here...but probably not tonight.

I did make a mental note that once again, MTP has NO true Republican representation, except Nicholas Burns, and I have a feeling HE is not going to slap down the LIES being told about how Bush has handled N. Korea....or how Clinton handled North Korea.

Even if he did...Timmy wouldn't listen.

[Miss Marple]

I have noted the increased insistence that none of this is Bill CLinton's fault. I fully expect Clinton to throw Maddy Albright under the train any day now....saying that it was all HER idea to deal with North Korea.

[Peach]

Congratulations, Phsstpok! That's is truly wonderful that you are getting the recognition for the analysis you provide.

[Phsstpok]

Mark Kilmer has posted his preview over at RedState.COM:

The Sunday Shows - preview

By: Mark Kilmer · Section: Other Politics

For Sunday, July 9, 2006

  Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tim Russert will start at 8a in some regions (read: mine) because of Wimbledon. Russert talks first to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns about the problem with the fellow with the hairdo we all seek to emulate: North Korea's Dear Leader and despot, Kim Jong Il. And because he never trusts a Bushie, he'll talk about North Korea with the MSM's expert on all and sundry, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson ('08).

FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace will ask how the United States should respond. He'll ask Burns, Pete Hoekstra (R-Michigan), former Clinton DCI James Woolsey, and Ambassador Wendy Sherman, a Bill Clinton/Madeline Albright type.

Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer will talk North Korea with John McCain ('08) and Chris Dodd ('08), two folks who'd very much like to be POTUS.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to North Korea with Dick Lugar. Then Steph reports from Virginia on Allen ('08) vs. Webb.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer speaks to Burns, Lindsey Graham and Babs Boxer, Iraqi ambassador to the United States Samir Sumaidaie, and the man I support for the '08 GOP nomination, Al Haig.
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It seems the Administration has given up on Steph, or maybe Nick Burns is too busy and the WH realizes that the only people who watch Steph would likely call him a Lieberman-worshipping neocon. I'm interested in what Chairman Hoekstra has to offer.

A quick count shows, including the hosts, ten Bushies and seven Lieberman-worshipping neocons.

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[Bahbah]

Oooooooo. Tingly!

LOL. Yup, goosebumps. Thanks tons for all of the great material. I am learning many things.

[Txsleuth]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662461/posts

I wonder if Chris Wallace will ask Hoekstra about THIS.

BTW...Cal Thomas made the ONE cogent remark on Newswatch tonight.

When discussing Bill Keller's appearance on FTN last week...when Keller was talking about how "this Administration is the most secretive of all..."...

Keller is definitely the pot calling he kettle black...because his paper NEVER reveals sources..and even had a reporter go to prison to HIDE THEIR SECRETS...

Oh, and I heard Cal on Fox News Dayside program the other day...and I guess he and Bob Beckel have written a book together...oh joy.

[Bahbah]

I wonder if Chris Wallace will ask Hoekstra about THIS.

I would be surprised if he did not. Why am I getting the feeling that things are just spinning out of control?

[tiredoflaundry]

Outstanding job! Congrats on the blog!

[tiredoflaundry]

I fully expect Clinton to throw Maddy Albright under the train any day now....saying that it was all HER idea to deal with North Korea.

I know it's mean of me to say this, but I will anyway...... Maddy won't fit under a train...There I said it!;-)

[tiredoflaundry]

Thanks for the ping fuzzy!

[Txsleuth]

Maybe because they are...

It is like you can't tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys"...and I don't mean other countries.

Notice this is another "leak" by the NYTimes--the letter and such.

AND...just the fact that aides were talking to this reporter, the letter made it to the TIMES..and therefore to the international public..

I find it ironic that Hoekstra's complaint is Bush's supposed "secrecy" with Congress..do ya blame him PETE????

[Txsleuth]

LOL..you are quite welcome!

[Txsleuth]

I forgot to congratulate you on your blog at Townhall.com.

My, my, we lose Tony Snow, and gain....YOU!