Sunday Morning Talk Show Lineup

[jefferson_dem]

A fairly unique set of talking heads this week. HH the Dalai Lama, Obama, John Edwards, Nagin, Landrieu, ... For whatever it's worth, here ya go --

• "Meet the Press" Guests: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; Ivor van Heerden, director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center; historian John Barry.

• "This Week" Guests: Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen; Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.; the Dalai Lama.

• "Face the Nation" Guests: Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore; Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Susan Collins, R-Maine.

• "CNN Late Edition" Guests: Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore; Sen. David Vitter, R-La.; Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; Gov. George Pataki, R-N.Y.; American Red Cross President Marty Evans; Baton Rouge, La., Mayor Melvin Holden; former Sept. 11 Commission Co-Chairmen Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton; Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.

• "Fox News Sunday" Guests: Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen; Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and David Vitter, R-La.

[skooooo]

no Mike Brown?

:rofl:

[AX10]

1. It looks good to me. No Biden...

Thank you GOD!

:kick:

[patdem]

2. I expected to see Rice/Rove all over the place..this should be interesting

We will see how the pundits fare...will they slough off the skin of fear or will they be a talking point for rove??

[MO_Dem]

8. Yes, me too.

Whenever the admin. is in trouble, they usually flood the Sun. a.m. shows with their top dogs, complete with coordinated talking points. Judging from Kira Phillips performance last week, I believe you are right about the WH deciding to let the hosts of the shows defend them and attack their critics.

[Pirate Smile]

3. It looks like an interesting Sunday morning.

[stevedeshazer]

4. No Neocons?

No Biden?

Are they hiding?

Looks interesting, I may have to get up Sunday for once.

[safi0]

5. Why the fuck

Is Pataki gonna be on Late Edition, he doesn't have anything to say about anything.

[stevedeshazer]

6. good question

The only apparent blot on an otherwise good lineup.

[Clark2008]

12. Ummm... well, it IS the anniversary of 9/11

Despite Katrina, the day is marked.

Maybe that's why he'll be on.

[jefferson_dem]

14. Pataki is almost tolerable if we have to. Giuliani = utterly insufferable

They both are shamefully groveling for 08 support...

[recycledindi]

7. good

good to see they're not swallowing the usual line-up of repugs and their talking points.

[ArkySue]

9. I'll be tuning in

The Dalai Lama should be interesting. I'm sure Mayor Nagin will have plenty to say. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen and Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore will get the info out as to what is being done now...unlike the ShrubCo Spin Machine. Will Rep.Pelosi and Sen. Landrieu continue their speaking out in no uncertain terms? Will Sen. Vitter back-peddle from his earlier criticisms? And why IS Gov. Pataki on there???? Tune in tomorrow to find out!

:popcorn:

[vickie]

11. Nagin should be prepared to be hit really hard. The Faux

spinners are simply thrashing he and Blanco. Fred Barnes has all but launched a citizen's arrest of Blanco. It's the fault of everyone but Bush. They are already talking about how he can overcome this. The think "Brownie" is a fall guy. When I watched the insufferable Brit Hume's show yesterday, they discussed the dismissal of Brownie and made no mention of the fact that this bafoon had no qualifications for the position and lied gratuitously on his resume. It's all about saving Bush's incompotent hide.

They are really pathetic. The administration, in a free society has their own personal Pravda.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Here's a taste of what Nagin is going to say

He's ready to kick ass and take names.


Mayor Nagin speaks out

By Gordon Russell
Staff writer
Sept 10, 2005

In a stark reminder of how drastically Hurricane Katrina has impacted the lives of New Orleanians, Mayor Ray Nagin has purchased a home for his family in Dallas and enrolled his young daughter in school there.
Nagin, who spoke with The Times-Picayune by telephone from Dallas, where he has been since Wednesday, said he planned to return to New Orleans on Saturday. He said he will remain in the Crescent City while his family lives for the next six months in Dallas, making occasional visits to his family when possible.

It’s not clear where Nagin will be living: His home along Bayou St. John suffered massive flooding, the mayor said, although he has not inspected it.

In a brief but wide-ranging interview, the mayor reflected on the tragedies of the past two weeks, acknowledging that he may have made some mistakes but said that he hopes others in positions of authority – including President George W. Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco -- are scrutinized as closely as he and his staff have been.

"I’m not pointing any fingers at anyone," Nagin said. "But I was in the fire. I was down there. Where were they? I’m confident the truth is gonna come out. But I want everybody’s record analyzed just as hard as mine."

"Listen, this was unprecedented. Nothing has ever happened like this. For people to sit back and say, ‘You should have done this, you should have done that’ … it’s Monday morning quarterbacking. They can shoot if they want, but I was there, and I will have the facts."

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[magnolia]

21. Nagin just took a hard beating...

...by Tim Russert on "Meet the Press". He held up beautifully. He is a very well-spoken man.

(If there is a Mardi Gras in February...I'm there!)

[Catchawave]

22. I thought he did wonderful !

I've been looking for a thread discussing it, though I do know that MTP airs at different times for DUers.

[Simeon Salus]

10. In NYC, we don't get many pundits this weekend.

Every local channel is showing the 4th annual WTC mourning ceremony live. That's right, we get a four-hour look at stock footage of personal death and destruction mixed with stupid political hackery, all set in the biggest and cleanest concrete hole you ever saw.

Four years later, no building on ground zero. Kinda like New Orleans will look after Operation Enduring F#ckup, after clearing the swamp water, PR folks, and visible poor. On the other hand, Trump Tower went up in seven months.

This Week, Face the Nation, just scrubbed. MTP, Matthews and McLaughlin pushed to past lunchtime. General Electric cares more about maintaining message than Viacom and Disney. Faux Sunday rerunning in different 6pm slot.

Rather watch the idiots scream at each other, but there's such a rubber-neck mentality about the reliving the deaths of 3000 beloved and long lost neighbors.

[CarolNYC]

17. Hey BusterD....

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one getting tired of all of these "commemorations" every year....I actually left NYC this weekend to try to avoid some of it....What a mess the whole ground zero rebuilding thing, or whatever they're calling it, is.

I mourn the dead and every September, when the sky is that clear blue and the weather is heavenly, I remember...but I really could do without all of the fanfare every Sept 11.

[Lochloosa]

13. and what would the lineup have been without Katrina? 9/11

[texpatriot2004]

15. kick n/t

[AmericanDream]

18. Looks interesting... we should have plenty to chew on tomorrow ;)

[jefferson_dem]

19. Kick...

Mornin'.

:kick:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

20. thank you. nt

[PresidentObama]

23. What did Edwards say?

I'm guessing he talked about poverty, and the poverty stricken people of New Orleans. The usual.

[DemDogs]

24. "lack of understanding in the federal government of how these folks live"

He was brilliant. Can't give a check to a fellow with no checking account, many people can't afford gas two days before pay day (Katrina hit on the 29th), Davis-Bacon should not be sidelined. You can read it yourself. Transcript is at the One America Committee blog. <http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/09/1959208§ion=&mode=nested&tid=1&threshold=0>

"The usual" as you say, apparently dismissively, is the issue that Edwards was talking about in the primaries and Kerry should have had him continue to talk about, and Kerry, when elected, should have had his administration do something about.

[AmericanDream]

25. He was very articulate and brilliant. Check out the transcript!