Talk Shows,
Posted at 8:16am on Jul. 5, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: a preview
By Mark Kilmer
For Sunday, July 6, 2008
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace has an "All Star Power Panel," including Superman, the Flash, Captain American, the Incredible Hulk… no, it is going to be Fred Barnes and Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard with Mara Liasson and Juan Williams of NPR. They will discuss… stuff that's important.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) about the election. The hen talks to Bob Barr.
Meet the Press (NBC): There is no host and there is no program. Look for Federer and Nadal to go at in on British grass for our amusement.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer has two surrogates: Lindsey Graham vs. John Kerry.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer celebrates his ten year anniversary of LE with a sort of Best Of show of interviews with such as Yasser Arafat and Nelson Mandela, Rudy post 9-11 and Al Gore in 1999.
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Jack Reed (TW) and John Kerry (FTN) have never said anything interesting or stimulating in their lengthy spans on this Earth. Lindsey Graham has been very clever of late, I've noticed, mainly because Obama offers ideal opportunities, and Joe Lieberman is Joe Lieberman. The lefties must be galled by a man who favors abortion and the welfare state yet is so stubborn about defending our ally Israel from our shared enemies and seeking victory in Iraq.
Kerry will wax indignant about hot he would have won if the election had not been stolen by lies about his service record. He always makes these things about him and offers as a KNOWN FACT™ that he served honorably and was the victim of smears by the SBVT.
I'll have the review up tomorrow after the shows.
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Posted at 1:19pm on Jun. 29, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, June 29, 2008
PREFACE:
On FNS, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said that though both he and President Clinton are disappointed that Obama won the Dem nomination, Bill Clinton will do whatever he is asked for Obama. Rob Portman said that though he's pleased to be home in Ohio with his family, he would like to get back into public service at some point. He seemed to think it would be as a cabinet secretary, perhaps, though everyone has the veepstakes on their minds.
Bob Barr was next for host Chris Wallace on FNS, and he insists that he is a Libertarian despite having voted for the war, for the Patriot Act, and against medical marijuana. He said that his votes were mistakes made because he trusted the Administration. BushLied™.
On ABC's TW, Rahm Emanuel and Tim Pawlenty made the case that they have been friends for a long time. The highlights were when Pawlenty asked when Obama had ever led on anything. Emanuel searched his mind and came up with once back when Barry was in the Illinois State senate. Pawlenty later asked when Obama has fought his party when he thought they were wrong. Emanuel had nothing.
Next for host George Stephanopoulos on TW was Ralph Nader, who attacked Obama. Steph begged him to attack McCain, so he did that. Then Nader declared the two-party system to be broken.
On NBC's MTP, host Tom Brokaw talked to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, both Dems. Both men talked of the independence of the west. They support Obama but do not agree with all that flies from the candidate's trap. (Freudenthal is in favor of domestic energy exploration, for example, and Ritter is pro-life.)
Same show, Arnold supports McCain, loves the environment and fears global warming, but doesn't agree with McCain on everything. He said that Tim Russert had promised that he'd repeal the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and insisted that now, Tom Brokaw had the power to do this.
On FTN, Joe Lieberman explained that the Dem Party was no longer the party of JFK which he had joined as a young man. He pointed out that Iran and al Qaeda would be the greatest influences in a chaotic Iraq if we had followed the Dem lead and gotten out when they wanted out.
Next on FTN, Wes Clark claimed that Obama is more prepared to be President than is John McCain: "I do not think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification for being President."
On LE, with Candy Crowley in for Wolf Blitzer, Senate Republic leader Mitch McConnell talked about the Republicans "drill more, use less" bill regarding oil. He said that he expected that Republicans, running with a strong candidate in John McCain at the top of the ticket, would hold steady in the Senate despite the numbers.
Next up, Obama surrogate Jon Corzine said that Congress must break us of our oil habit and that offshore drilling is a "short-term gimmick."
Also on LE, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that Obama must be held accountable, as he too often says one thing and does another. He also did not rule out a gubernatorial veto of a Dem pay grab by the State legislature.
(The show-by-show review is below the fold.)
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Posted at 8:25am on Jun. 28, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: a preview
By Mark Kilmer
For Sunday, June 29, 2008
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace talks to Ed Rendell for Obama and Rob Portman for McCain. Then it's a trip to the fringe with Libertarian Presidential nominee Bob Barr.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to Rahm Emanuel for Obama and Tim Pawlenty for McCain.
Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tom Brokaw sits down with California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wyoming Dem Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D-WY), and Governor Bill Ritter (D-Colorado) to discuss the politics of the wild, wild west.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer speaks with Joe Lieberman for McCain and Wes Clark for Obama.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer talks to Bobby Jindal for McCain and Jon Corzine for Obama, then to Mitch McConnell and the usual cast of thousands.
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There are potential veeps, I have heard, it Rendell (D), Portman (R), and Pawlenty (R). Jindal's name has been thrown around, and I'm surprised I've not yet heard Emanuel's name.
This week is also of note for the fact that the two "mob governors," Rendell and Corzine, will be on in the morning, though on different shows.
I'll do the review tomorrow.
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Posted at 12:59pm on Jun. 22, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review
Sunday, June 22, 2007.
By Mark Kilmer
PREFACE:
On TW, host George Stephanopoulos held an energy roundtable at which Ed Markey spewed slogans, Columbia U' Jeff Sachs sailed in la-la land, Senator Hutchison made the Republican case, and American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney made perfect sense.
On FNS, Tom Daschle explained that Barack Obama never really promised to accept public financing thus did not flip-flop on the issue. Tom Ridge contested Daschle's use of "Bush-McCain."
On MTP, Joe Biden maintained that Obama did not flip-flop on campaign finance reform but has made public financing a less achievable goal.
On FTN, Bob Schieffer observed that Obama had flip-flopped on public financing of his presidential campaign. Carly Fiorina, speaking for John McCain, said that it was disingenuous for Obama to claim that he was doing this in the name of reform. Bill Richardson, speaking for Obama, said, nuh-huh, Barry didn't flip-flop, McCain flip-flopped.
Speaking for Obama on LE, Richardson said that the Surge had "absolutely not" been successful, as there has been little political reconciliation in Iraq and they are not sharing oil profits. Speaking for McCain in the next segment, Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin dismissed the falderal that the Iraqis should sell us oil at a discount, asserting that it should be sold at market prices so we will not be kept artificially dependent on it.
The show-by-show review is beneath the fold.
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Posted at 9:02am on Jun. 21, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - a preview
By Mark Kilmer
For Sunday, June 22, 2008
FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace does the surrogate thing, with Tom Ridge for McCain and Tom Daschle for Obama.
This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks energy and the price of oil with such as Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Representative Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts),American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney, and economist Jeffrey Sachs, who runs something called the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Meet the Press (NBC): Brian Williams will host the show Tim Russert wanted to host last Sunday, featuring Joe Biden and Lindsey Graham. The surrogate thing.
Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer does the surrogate thing, with Carly Fiorina for McCain and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for Obama.
Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer does surrogates with Richardson for Obama and Tim Pawlenty, becoming known nationally, for John McCain. He talks also to Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia and that gawdawfully dim bulb Bob Wexler of Florida. And the usual cast of thousands.
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We've plenty of surrogates this week and Steph's oil thing.
I'll have the review tomorrow.
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Posted at 12:16pm on Jun. 15, 2008 The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, June 15, 2008 (Happy Fathers Day)
PREFACE:
Everyone had a tribute to the late Tim Russert. (The sentence looks strange.)
On FNS, a roundtable argued about how to decrease gas prices. Hutchison Dorgan wants to tax the oil companies and find new types of energy and to regulate speculators, as well as to drill in his home State of South Dakota, while Kay Bailey Hutchison wants to drill in ANWR and elsewhere. American Petroleum Institute CEO Red Cavaney offered that a promised increase in production by the Saudis, along with domestic production, will help to decrease prices. He also forecast that absent external factors, the price of gasoline should start to decrease as the summer proceeds.
Next on FNS, Karl Rove picked veeps for McCain and for Obama: Joe Biden and Mitt Romney.
On TW, John Edwards went in one ear and out the other. Fred Thompson was as charming as ever, but he said that he was "not interested" in being McCain's veep pick. However, he would not rule out what has not been offered, he said. (Russert would have taken that as a "definite maybe.")
On MTP, Tom Brokaw hosted a nice discussion of Tim Russert and his career, including plenty of clips.
First up on FTN was Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Guest host Chip Reid wanted to talk about Jindal as GOP-Superstar and Jindal in the veepstakes, but the governor got the word out about what's happening in Louisiana.
Next on FTN, Newt Gingrich said plainly that Jindal would be McCain's best running mate selection.
FEMA director David Paulison was on LE to discuss the flooding in Iowa, but host Wolf Blitzer wanted to talk about Katrina. It turns out that CNN's Abby Boudreau had done an exposé on supplies which FEMA had hoarded for years, keeping them out of the hands of the needy Katrina victims. Paulison explained that the supplies were not all for Katrina victims and that Louisiana had turned down FEMA when they were offered. An indignant Blitzer demanded to know why Paulison hadn't explained that to Abby Boudreau before she made a fool out of herself.
Next up for Blitzer was House Republican Leader John Boehner who stressed that the Republican Party has to inform the American people of their solutions; do that, and they will do better than expected this November.
After this, Blitzer talked to his own congressman, DCCC boss Chris Van Hollen. The Congressman went through the Axelrod talking points and smiled as he said that the GOP "is very tight with BIG OIL."
Read on for the Show-by-Show review….
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