Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 8 April 2012

Various driveby media television networks ^ | 8 April 2012 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

April 8th, 2012

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich; Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Ron Johnson R-Wis.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio; Reps. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., and Raul Labrador, R-Idaho; William Lori, incoming archbishop of Baltimore; Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham and founder of AnGeL Ministries.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York; Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission; Rev. Luis Cortes Jr., president of Esperanza.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Cleaver; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

[rodguy911]

IT has to start with SS and the age requirements.They have to start at 70 with big rewards for anyone who puts it off even a month at a time.

With 10k of us retiring every day that's where the big money is going to be spent.

[patriotspride]

JESSIE JACKSON’S DAUGHTER!!!

FOX!!!

And just what is this woman’s claim to all knowing besides being the daughter of a race-baiter? And of course, first thing, she launches into this long ramble about Obamacare and how wonderful it is.

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Well stated Pat.

[kabar]

SS is fairly easy to solve. A number of things could be done including raising the age for full benefits, adjusting the calculation of COLAs slightly, or a small adjustment in the formula on the calculation of benefits.

I do have some reserverations on raising the age to 70. That may work for white collar workers, but people who have been working in manual labor or other physically demanding jobs would be hurt. You can raise the retirement age so high that no one will collect benefits.

Everthing I have read about the problems with SS make it clear that it is fairly easy to solve. I would like to see us privatize the program and keep a small defined benefit program for survivor and disability benefits. Personal accounts are a win-win solution for everyone. They would have to be phased in and the transition costs budgeted for on a one time basis. SS is a Ponzi scheme.

[patriotspride]

Thanks son.
This guy was one of the best fishermen we have down here and had the nack to get it all on film and make it look great for 22 minutes.

I recall one time we had a dead whale floating down the Gulfstream. We let him know and he dove all around it by the time it hit key west just so he could see the 13 foot tiger sharks feasting on it.

He was fearless.

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Great guy, true outdoorsman, will be missed.

[rodguy911]

I don’t know if I am allowed to link to this website or not but I just couldn’t help myself! It was such a blockbuster for me! 88 million stopped looking for work under the ozero adm.Unparalleled.

http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/04/06/88-million-economic-casualties-under-barack-obama/

[rodguy911]

For sure patriotspride,he was quite a guy.Some years ago I did a mini bio on him and it was something else,sort of the Marco Rubio of fishermen.

[rodguy911]

Good points,my guess is that privatizing it is the answer. Either one will be fought tooth and nail by the left since the way things are now you have producers funding takers which is their entire goal.Actually forcing SS citizens is not any more legal than obamscare when you think about it.

[rodguy911]

This is far better than the earlier thread I referenced.Hard to imagine 88 million not working,I wonder why we don’t use this figure more?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2869610/posts

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

Hume blames Newt for his faggot son offing himself. He should have to disclose that whenever he discusses Newt.

Hank

[tarheelswamprat]

Mr. Wallace, who was outfitted with a pacemaker more than 20 years ago, had a long history of cardiac care and underwent triple bypass heart surgery in January 2008.

I wonder if under Obamacare, an 89 year old will be permitted to have such surgery. Many of the libs went nuts over Cheney's heart transplant.

I believe the way it works is that apparatchiks and nomenclatura who are favored or useful to the party/elites/establishment get to go to the head of the line.

[llandres]

I’ve never made any comments about the son, nor would I
This whole thing happened back in the 90’s, I seem to recall.

[altura]

No, omigosh, no, I’m sorry. An earlier poster made an unfortunate comment using a phrase I despise that was about Brit Hume’s son and somebody else. I thought it was totally inappropriate.

I wasn’t talking to you. Must be more careful.

[shalom aleichem]

Right. Like all the ELE’s (end of life events e.g. meteror strikes) have contingency plans to scurry all the Congress ctitters, Exec branch etc folks to safe shelters so they may then repopulate the world. (Lord help us)

[conservative98]

Here's video of Newt on 'Fox News Sunday' today.

Brit is constantly interupting and being rude.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/index.html#/v/1552765513001/gingrich-romney-will-most-likely-be-republican-nominee/?playlist_id=86913

[guinnessman]

I heard part of Face The Nation on the radio as I was driving my father-in-law to Sunday brunch.

Bob Schieffer was interviewing Cardinal Dolan of New York. He played a clip of JFK’s speech declaring his support for a separation of Church and State. He also played a clip of Rick Santorum’s criticism of that speech. So Schieffer asked a typical MSM gotcha question to the Cardinal: “Who’s right, JFK or Sen. Santorum?”

Cardinal Dolan said, “They’re both right. JFK is right that there should be a separation of Church and State. And Sen. Santorum is right that you should be able to bring your faith into the public square.”

I don’t think that was the answer that Bob Schieffer was looking for.

[Cheerio]

No, instead Republicans insist on offering Democrat lite.

I agree - the GOP will lose every time they run as a RAT Lite. And don't remind me of how close McLame was right before the RATS blew up the markets (and don't think they didn't pull the switch with their buddy Soros at the lead). $500 BILLION in funds disappeared in 1 hour......and then

September 24, 2008: 10:20 PM ET
"The market is not functioning properly," Bush said. There is a widespread loss of confidence. America could slip into a financial panic."
....snip......
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke have spent the past week lobbying for the Bush's proposal. They have met with lawmakers privately and been grilled on Capitol Hill on successive days.