Posted on 08/16/2009 5:03:02 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala.; J. James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association; John Rother, executive vice president for policy and strategy at AARP.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): FreedomWorks chairman and former Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; R. Bruce Josten, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Gov. Bill Ritter, D-Colo.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): White House press secretary Robert Gibbs; former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sebelius; Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Reps. Mike Ross, D-Ark., Tom Price, R-Ga., and Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas.
Every time he is on, he pretends to be so fair and balanced when in reality he's the worst shill ever for the rats. He makes out that everything we do is so ill conceived and wrong,true far left wing sympathizer.
Like FDR, they are basically Fascist lite. FDR pretty much did the same thing Hitler did in Germany only with out the nasty racial politics and the militarism. That is not in any way to suggest that FDR "Was a NAZI" I merely point out there were quite a few similarity between Pre War Hiteler's Germany's central planning and Roosevelt's "New Deal".
Obama is suppose to be a big fan of Lincoln, his real role model as President is FDR
Hope not. Trouble is there are few weeks for him to leave any more.He’s a golf freak, he needs to learn to fish.
Incoherent, rabidly irrational lunatics like O’Donnel may be amusing, they have no business being put out as “Journalists” by supposed “News” organizations.
They” have a massive computer keeping track of all the boomers approaching 67, factoring in the impact of F1N1 on that demographic, creating a shortage of certain drugs needed by elderly (e.g. lipitor, blood thinners, etc.) hoping their graphs and charts work to the point that they will not reach “Go” and collect their $200.
That’s a really interesting take John. I will have to read up on that. I was aware of the Keynesian influence but I just saw it as a vehicle to advance socialism, I will check into it.
Momentum behind a new government-run health care plan appeared to slow considerably Sunday, as a lead Democratic negotiator [Kent Conrad] called the option a "wasted effort" and President Obama's health secretary [Kathleen Sebelius] suggested the White House is ready to accept a health care reform package without it.
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., one of six negotiators trying to hammer out a bipartisan compromise measure on the Senate Finance Committee, told "FOX News Sunday" that the so-called public option simply does not have the votes to pass. "The fact of the matter is there are not the votes in the United States Senate for the public option. There never have been," he said. "So to continue to chase that rabbit I think is just a wasted effort."
I wonder if Harry Reid will call his colleagues "evil-mongers" and Nancy Pelosi will pronounce her fellow dems "traiterous nazis" for condemning the public option now too?
Nevertheless, the new & improved operative sales slogan from the WH this morning is "the public option is dead, long live the new & improved co-ops".
Pardon my skepticism, but I cannot help but be suspicious that they had this 'co-op compromise' ready to go from the beginning, and they're merely scheming to bury the dead horse they've been beating for the government-run 'insurance' option inside the new Trojan one they're now calling under the less fascistic sounding moniker of 'co-ops'?
What argues against them being Socialists and being in fact Fascist lite, is their cozy relationship with Big Business. GE, Big Pharmaceutical etc are very very welcome at the Obama White House.
Far from being an enemy of corporations, Obama, like Hitler was in Germany during the 1930s, is the Corporate boss's best buddy.
It tells me they are scared stiff and desperate to hold on to their power and perks by any means at their disposal. See Iran.
Big Business loves economic stability. Stability means no one can challenge their dominance
In a Fascists style Govt, Big Business gets to use the force of Government regulation to beat down anyone trying compete with them. Thus if you are on the Obama team, you get Govt to beat down anyone opposed to you. Big Unions love it too since far from being enemies of Big Business they are Big Business's silent partner.
Big business hands out some slices of the pie to the Union thugs and they make sure the labor force stays nice and dial. What strikes you get is a case of the Bosses fighting over who gets what piece of the pie.
LOL. Charlie also said “we need to make sure we get the right treatment to the right people”.
^^^^^^
The leftists are so rattled by the pushback from “ordinary people” that they are losing control of their message.
Agreed, I was just being my normal wiseguy self.
Armey and Coburn really tagteamed Daschle and Maddow onto the ropes.
Gregory will get notes from Axelrod and Gibbs for this “incorrect” show. Transcripts and videos will ‘mysteriously’ disappear.
Or if you are self-employed, and have to pay both. My ex is a rancher. My ‘refund’ always went to pya his SS.
You are certainly not alone in smelly something ‘fishy’ about that timing.
He is only gone on Tuesday. Mark Steyn is hosting. Rush said there would be no dittocam.
Bad advice from Axelrod - just like Obama saying he "doesn't want to pull the plug on Grandma." You never repeat your opponent's charges (especially if they are inflammatory). Just raises the question in people's minds, publicizes the charge even more, sounds overly defensive. Better to work your way around it, in a positive way, without repeating it.
Like Nixon saying, "I am not a crook."
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