CSPAN Call-in Marathon: Phil Donahue/Pat Buchanan official thread #1

[CottonBear]

1980-1981: Friday 8-9:30pm
Topic: Have call-ins changed the political discussion?
Guest: Phil Donahue
Guest: Pat Buchanan
Contest Winners: Carole Troll, Woodhaven, NY &
Barret Kalellis, Pinckney, MI

Phil is on now! He is discusing the history of call-in radio and TV. I love Phil!
Anyone watching? Please post or call in! Phil had a call-in radio and TV show in the 1960s. He;'s discussing how call-in is messy like democracy!

CB

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=edit&forum=320&topic_id=627&mesg_id=627

I started a thread in the CSPAN group but it's not showing up in Latest so please post here if you'd like.

CB

edit: Phil: If we'd listened to the constitution and Rober t Byrd this (Iraq War) would never have happened. The suits tooks us to war, not the generals.

1st caller: Atlanta area congressional candidate Q about racial politics
Edited on Fri Oct-07-05 08:20 PM by CottonBear

John C...? 6th district, GA (Republican)
Q. Why can't we have a rational conversation about race without being nasty?
A. We should be able to discuss these issues w/out rancor.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Phil is BRILLIANT! Phil Donahue for President!!!!

:loveya:

[CottonBear]

2. Phil Rocks. He just had a crank caller who asked about crank callers

before being zapped by Brian!

2nd caller (CA) : Q: Are you (Brian) a conservative or a liberal?
Brian said I'm not going to answer but at home I have my own opinions. When you've done this (job) as long as I have you're neither.
Phil discussing how liberal is now a nasty term. It's easier to be "conservative."
How Newt made Liberal a dirty word.

[CottonBear]

3. Showing clip of Jerry Brown & Bill Clinton debating w/out media moderator

and Phil is saying this is the best foramt: no rules juast lock 2 (or whatever #) in a room and let them talk.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Clinton looked so young!

My, my, my how time flies, eh?

[CottonBear]

13. He was young. I miss Bill. He wasn't perfect but he's a decent man.

We should have a President Gore now. Gore would have been even better than Clinton if he could have built on Clinton's successes.

[cal04]

4. Go Phil. I love to watch this guy

he's great.

:yourock:

[CottonBear]

7. Here are the call in numbers for the marathon show:

á GOP: 202-737-0001 - Democrats: 202-737-0002
á Others: 202-628-0205 - Outside U.S.: 202-628-0184

See the CSAPN group for the full 25 hour schedule.
C-SPAN launched televisionÕs first-ever, regularly scheduled national viewer call-in program on October 7, 1980 from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. WeÕre marking the call-in anniversary with a live, 25-Hour Call-In Marathon starting on Friday, October 7, 2005, at 8 p.m. and continuing through Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 9 p.m. ET.
Every hour, the special program will highlight key events from a year in recent history starting with 1980. Interviews with guests who helped shape or cover the event, archival video and statistics from that year are scheduled. Also, interviews with 25 winners from C-SPANÕs Viewer Call-In Essay Contest will be featured hourly.
25th ANNIVERSARY OF C-SPAN CALL-INS: PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(All Times Eastern -- Video will be available Sunday, October 9.)
1980-1981: Friday 8-9:30pm
Topic: Have call-ins changed the political discussion?
Guest: Phil Donahue
Guest: Pat Buchanan
Contest Winners: Carole Troll, Woodhaven, NY &
Barret Kalellis, Pinckney, MI
1981-1982: Friday 9:30-11pm
Topic: Memorable Members of Congress
Guest: Tony Blankley, Op-Ed page editor, Washington Times
Contest Winner: Kathleen Holowach, El Cajon, CA
1983: Friday 11pm-midnight
Topic: The Middle East
Guest: Georgie Anne "Gigi" Geyer, author and reporter
Contest Winner: Scott Gray, Birmingham, AL
1984: Saturday midnight-1am
Topic: Iowa/NH and presidential politics
Guests: David Yepsen, Des Moines Register & Joseph McQuaid, The New Hampshire Union Leader
Contest Winner: Joel Steinberg, Fairfax Station, VA
1985: Saturday 1am-2am
Topic: The Reagan years
Guest: Lou Cannon, Reagan biographer
Contest Winner: Mary McGinnis, Rupert, ID
1986: Saturday 2am-3am
Topic: Space exploration
Guest: Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director, Planetary Society
Contest Winner: Ron LueDecke, Palms, CA
1987: Saturday: 3am-4am
Topic: Presidential scandals and their impact on democracy
Guests: Susan Page, USA Today & Carl Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News
Contest Winner: Anthony Lee, Berkeley, CA
1988: Saturday 4am-5am
Topic: The legacy of President Bush "41"
Guest: Jim Pinkerton, syndicated columnist and contributor, Fox News Channel
Contest Winner: Patrick Turner, Hermosa Beach, CA
1989: Saturday 5am-6am
Topic: Role of the U.S. in the world
Guests: Christopher Hitchens, columnist, Vanity Fair
Contest Winner: Christina Carlson, Lihue, HI
1990: Saturday 6am-7am
Topic: Congressional scandals
Guest: Kwame Holman, Washington correspondent, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Contest Winner: Maria Lyda, Tulsa, OK
1991: Saturday 7am-8am
Topic: Supreme court nominations
Guest: Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court reporter, USA Today
Contest Winner: Joe Martin, Oceanside, CA
1992: Saturday 8am-9am
Topic: The legacy of President Clinton
Guest: John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton
Contest Winner: Judy Hammond, Alachua, FL
1993: Saturday 9am-10am
Topic: Role of the media in covering Washington
Guest: Nick Gillespie, editor, Reason magazine
Contest Winner: Kathleen O'Donnell, Keene, NH
1994: Saturday 10am-11am
Topic: GOP takeover
Guests: Former Rep. Tom Foley (D-WA) & Former Rep. Robert Walker (R-PA)
Contest Winner: Dain Pascocello, Hopewell Junction, NY
1995: Saturday 11am-Noon
Topic: Race relations
Guest: Commissioner Gerald Reynolds, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Contest Winner: Carolyn Ross, Oxford, MS
1996: Saturday Noon-1pm
Topic: Social Washington
Guest: Sally Quinn, author and former reporter for Style section of Washington Post
Contest Winner: Robert Meehan, Houston, TX
1997: Saturday 1pm-2pm
Topic: Influence of talk radio
Guests: Randi Rhodes, "Randi Rhodes Show on Air America," and Janet Parshall, "Janet Parshall's America"
Contest Winner: Stephanie Clemens, State College, PA
1998: Saturday 2pm-3pm
Topic: The Clinton impeachment
Guest: Matt Drudge, The Drudge Report
Contest Winner: Robert Ewoldt, Chicago, IL
1999: Saturday 3pm-4pm
Topic: Violence in schools
Guest: Reg Weaver, president, National Education Association
Contest Winner: Andrew Ohmer, Indianapolis, IN
2000: Saturday 4pm-5pm
Topic: President Bush "43"
Guests: TBD
Contest Winner: Krystal Reyes, Moline, IL
2001: Saturday 5pm-6pm
Topic: International terrorism
Guest: Jessica Stern, professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and author
Contest Winners: Cesar Muedas, Brentwood, TN &
Diane Shockey, Gaylord, MI
2002: Saturday 6pm-7pm
Topic: Corporate scandals
Guests: Marilyn Geewax, economics and technology correspondent, Cox News Service
Contest Winner: Andrew Emerson, Dallas, TX
2003: Saturday 7-8pm *
Topic: War in Iraq
Guests: William Kristol, editor, The Weekly Standard & Frank Rich, columnist, The New York Times
*Erika Barger, Grand Prize Winner in C-SPAN's Viewer Call-In Essay Contest, to co-host with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb this hour
2004/2005 Saturday 8pm-9pm
Topic: Wrap-up and viewer calls
Please pick a name, start a reply thread with their info. DU'ers can use the information when calling in to counter the spin and lies.

http://www.cspan.org/

[RepublicanElephant]

6. phil is great...

...wonder how he'd do on air america.

speaking of which, randi rhodes will on c-span saturday at 1:00pm. est

[CottonBear]

16. Phil on AAR is a GREAT idea! E-mail them and tell them so!

BTW, Christopher Hitchens will be on at 5 AM, EST on Sat. Hah!
He'll look totally wasted.

[slaveplanet]

8. damn-

edit: Phil: If we'd listened to the constitution and Rober t Byrd this (Iraq War) would never have happened. The suits tooks us to war, not the generals.

was Phil reading my post from this morning?


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4997918#4998072

[CottonBear]

14. Byrd is a true patriot. We should have listened to him

Unfortunately, so many Americans are ignorant of the actual text and meaning of the constitution.

[cal04]

9. and he kicked O'Reilly's butt

:7

[CottonBear]

10. Phil: "We must take back the media from the corporations."

Link to CSPAN Group main info post on the marathon:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=320x625

[CottonBear]

11. Y'all need to take the CSPAN baton and run with it for the next 24 hours!

Someone needs to make an OFFICIAL POST for each segment.
Post in GD w/ the title above + add segment topic or host(s)

(Phil is done, now interviewing the first listener essay winner)
Pat Buchanan is up next in this segment.

[CottonBear]

12. Pat Buchanan up now.

They just ran an interview w/ an essay winner: Liberal black actress!
She rocked!

They are running clips of past guests: they just showed Benjamin Hooks (NAACP) from 1981.

[CottonBear]

15. Kick! 1992 clip: Buchanan prediciting GB41 will beat Clinton & Perot

and that Quayle would be a shoe in for President later...
Hah!