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Sunday Shows for December 9^th, 2007

In the order shown in my market

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- To be posted later
Topics:
- "Meet the Candidates" series
  - Find out where Giuliani stands on the major issues facing the country
Guests
- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican - New York
  - Former New York City Mayor | Bio (from NYC.GOV)
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Meme:
- To be posted later
Topics:
- Two of the top tier Republican candidates.
  - Just three weeks away from the Iowa caucuses and the race for president is shifting dramatically.
  - Mike Huckabee has been enjoying a meteoric rise from the second tier to leader of the pack, according to one National poll
  - Will his limited resources take him beyond Iowa?
  - A tougher look at the former Arkansas governor's campaign and his readiness to deal with issues such as healthcare and Iran.
  - Senator John McCain started the race as frontrunner, but quickly fell back into the pack
  - Now he's regained some momentum in New Hampshire with a major endorsement
  - What can the Arizona senator do to convince the rest of America he's the man who should hold the highest office?
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - The Democratic race
    - Will Oprah's endorsement give Obama the push he needs?
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
Guests
- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Republican - Arkansas
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
- Senator John McCain, Republican - Arizona
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
- Fox News Sunday panel
  - Brit Hume
    - Washington managing editor of FOX News
  - Bill Kristol
    - The Weekly Standard
  - Mara Liasson
    - National Public Radio
  - Juan Williams
    - National Public Radio
Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Meme:
- To be posted later, but I can already tell it's not good - can you say "Rathergate 2?"
Topics:
- CIA Investigation Tapes
- Iran National Intelligence Estimate
Guests
- Senator John (Jay) Rockefeller, Democrat - West Virginia
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Chairman, Select Intelligence Committee
- Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican (?) - Nebraska
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Select Intelligence Committee member
Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Meme:
- More to be posted later
- One thing I can already say, ABC is desperate to save at least one of Hollywood's pro-Al Qaeda movies, which are all failing in a historic manner
Topics:
- Interview: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
  - His take on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran
  - His campaign for the Democratic nomination
- Interview: former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
  - His perspective on the week's news
- Voices segment
  - A film that attempts to look at the consequences and human cost of the war in Iraq in a "non-partisan, non-polemic way" (yeah, right)
Guests
- Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Deleware
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Democrat presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Newt Gingrich, Republican - Georgia
  - Former Speaker of the House
  - Web site, Newt.ORG | Bio
- Roundtable
  - Sam Donaldson, D-ABC
  - Cokie Roberts, D-ABC
  - George Will, RINO-ABC
- Voices segment
  - Actor John Cusack
ABC This Week comment web page

CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Meme:
- More To be posted later
- You think things are better in Iraq? Well just let us tell you about Pakistan!
- Iran is not a threat and Bush is a moron for having suggested it was, but in case they nuke New York it is definitely his fault!
Topics:
- State of emergency in Pakistan
- Key members of congress weigh in on Iran and the nuclear threat
Guests
- Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
- Members of congress not listed yet
CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

OK, starting to post the research and memes. First up

NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Meme:
- The fax went out from the DNC to reporters: use the DNC spin on every issue as fact and any Republican who disagrees is therefore a liar
- Promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, promote Huck, we can easily beat him.
- Liberal reporters: "Rudy is a womanizer who was unfaithful to his wife... no one like that can be allowed to be president... er... oops..."
- Liberal reporters: "OK, try this one, taxpayers paid for guarding his mistress. Yeah, that's it, he misused government resources to further his sex life... no one like that can be allowed to be president... er... oops..."
Topics:
- "Meet the Candidates" series
  - Find out where Giuliani stands on the major issues facing the country
Guests
- Rudy Giuliani, Republican - New York
  - Former New York City Mayor | Bio (from NYC.GOV)
  - Republican presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Michael Winship: Rudy’s numbers don’t add up (Galesburg.com - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Factcheck.org and ABC 7 in San Francisco re Giuliani and Romney (Huffington Post - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Fact Check: Republican Primaries (ABC News - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Rudolph Giuliani Ad Check: The Serial-Exaggerator Strikes Again (All American Patriots (DNC press release), Sweden - Dec 5, 2007)
  - Recalling Iranian Hostage Crisis, Giuliani Invokes Reagan as a Model (New York Times, United States - Dec 5, 2007)
  - HUCK'S HOT ON HEELS OF GIULIANI (New York Post, NY - Dec 8, 2007)
  - The Week That Was (New York Times - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Giuliani takes his pitch to Little Italy, manufacturers (Chicago Sun-Times - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Giuliani focuses on big states (ABC7Chicago.com - Dec 7, 2007)
  - Giuliani presents conundrum for Republicans (Nashua Telegraph, NH - Dec 8, 2007)
  - Taxpayers paid the bills while Giuliani strayed (Daily Cardinal - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Thank You! Have a Good Night! (ABC News - Dec 8, 2007)
  - The more they want Giuliani, the less they want American mediation in Mideast (Ha'aretz, Israel - Dec 6, 2007)
  - Survey Says Youth Voters Favor Obama, Giuliani (CBS News, NY - Dec 6, 2007)
Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

Sunday Shows for December 9th, 2007

Sunday Shows for December 9^th, 2007