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The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Review

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PREFACE:

On FNS, John McCain actually criticized Obama’s”close Gitmo in a year “policy” by suggesting John Boehner’s you got to know the logistics first” angle.

On TW. Nancy whispered sweet nothings in George Stephanopoulos’s Gregory’s ears. For his part, Steph was taken aback by how important she is.

On MTP, Larry Summers was almost clueless.

On FTN, Bob Schieffer reacted to Larry Summer’s argument that all government spending is a form if stimulus with silence.

JOHN MCCAIN ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY. Host Chris Wallace’s first guest on FOX News Sunday was John McCain, who postured that his failed Senate run would give him more posture to be proactive in the U.D. Senate. For the upcoming Obama stimulus spending package, McCain well we should eliminate excess spending.

McCain criticized Obama’s stance on Gitmo, pointing out that you ought not to announce freedom for the inmates before you’ve decided what do with them.

And he announced that he had “no regret over Sarah Palin. As if she damaged the campaign in actually view or any but the lefties and the self-appointed GOP attention seekers.

NANCY ON ABC’s THIS WEEK. Steph introduced Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the “most popular woman in Washington.” She angered, “We need more women [in politics].” (Sorry, Nancy, but Ned failed miserably against Lieberman in Connecticut a few years back.)

LARRY SUMMERS ON MTP. David Gregory’s first guest on NBC’s Meet the Press was a man seen by Obama as decidedly less fit to handle the office o Treasury Secretary as the tax cheat Tim Geithner, Larry Summers. Summers said that his job was to brief the President every morning on how bad the economy he has inherited is.

Obama will address the problem of earmarks without doling out earmarks to his Congressional cronies.

Gregory confronted Summers with the observation that there was very little genuine stimulus in Obama’s package. Summers responded, basically, that any type of government spending stimulus.

JOHN BOEHNER ON MTP. For the Republicans, John Boehner spoke. Boehner said that there was a lot of slow-moving governor spending which will not work. The American people, he said, want a rescue package that works. He spoke of the Republican stimulus plan, which was pretty solid, market-wise.

Earlier, he spoke to Clinton.

JOE BIDEN ON FACE THE NATION. From Wilmington, Vice President Joe Biden was host Bob Schieffer’s guest, his 53rd on such show. Schieffer estimated that Biden was following the most powerful vice President in history. Biden said that he only wanted to be the “last guy in the room when a president makes an important decision.

Joe Biden stated confidently that more American soldiers will die in Iraq than lately under President Bush. He promised that he will remain talkative and outspoken, but he will have to remember that he is not president.

JOHN MCCAIN ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY. Host Chris Wallace’s first guest on FOX News Sunday was John McCain, who postured that his failed Senate run would give him more posture to be proactive in the U.D. Senate. For the upcoming Obama stimulus spending package, McCain well we should eliminate excess spending.

McCain criticized Obama’s stance on Gitmo, pointing out that you ought not to announce freedom for the inmates before you’ve decided what do with them.

And he announced that he had “no regret over Sarah Palin. As if she damaged the campaign in actually view or any but the lefties and the self-appointed GOP attention seekers.

NANCY ON ABC’s THIS WEEK. Steph introduced Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the “most popular woman in Washington.” She angered, “We need more women [in politics].” (Sorry, Nancy, but Ned failed miserably against Lieberman in Connecticut a few years back.)

LARRY SUMMERS ON MTP. David Gregory’s first guest on NBC’s Meet the Press was a man seen by Obama as decidedly less fit to handle the office o Treasury Secretary as the tax cheat Tim Geithner, Larry Summers. Summers said that his job was to brief the President every morning on how bad the economy he has inherited is.

Obama will address the problem of earmarks without doling out earmarks to his Congressional cronies

Gregory confronted Summers with the observation that there was very little genuine stimulus in Obama’s package. Summers responded, basically, that any type of government spending stimulus.

JOHN BOEHNER ON MTP. For the Republicans, John Boehner spoke. Boehner said that there was a lot of slow-moving governor spending which will not work. The American people, he said, want a rescue package that works. He spoke of the Republican stimulus plan, which was pretty solid, market-wise.

Earlier, he spoke to Clinton

JOE BIDEN ON FACE THE NATION. From Wilmington, Vice President Joe Biden was host Bob Schieffer’s guest, his 53rd on such show. Schieffer estimated that Biden was following the most powerful vice President in history. Biden said that he only wanted to be the “last guy in the room when a president makes an important decision.

Joe Biden stated confidently that more American soldiers will die in Iraq than lately under President Bush. He promised that he will remain talkative and outspoken, but he will have to remember that he is not president.
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Someone get these Obama jokers off the Sunday shows until they’ve made up their minds about something.

COMMENTS

  • Wubbies World

    • IJB

      To Mark:

      The FNS section should read:

      “Host Chris Wallace?s first guest on FOX News Sunday was John McCain, who postured that his failed *Presidential* run would give him more posture to be proactive in the *U.S.* Senate. For the upcoming Obama stimulus spending package, McCain *said(?)* we should eliminate excess spending.

      McCain criticized Obama?s stance on Gitmo, pointing out that you ought not to announce freedom for the inmates before you?ve decided what do with them.

      And he announced that he had ?no regret” over Sarah Palin. As if she damaged the campaign in *the actual* view or *anyone* but the lefties and the self-appointed GOP attention seekers.

      • NightTwister

        Mark’s having vision issues. I’m sure he appreciates the help, but tread lightly here.

        This RedState feature is one of the best, and has been for a long time. Mark rarely ever takes time off from even, even while battling through some pretty significant health issues.

        • janis

          every single week is what gave him the health issues. You can only choke down your bile for so long before something’s got to give. We should be raising funds to provide him with hazardous duty pay.

          • Kowalski

            I’d be happy to watch one of the shows and send him my notes to incorporate into his weekly digest, on a temporary basis. I’d watch the show and forward the notes to him.

            Mark has done this for several years now and maybe we should all pitch in a little. Let us know, Mark. We’d love to help if needed.

        • IJB

          That said, it would have been phrased differently by me if I remembered/knew about Mark’s vision problems.

          Though, that said, that’s probably the kind of thing that authors should mention in a disclaimer up front – that way, every one knows there’s an issue like that involved.

  • IJB

    Let’s try the last paragraph again:

    “And he announced that he had ?no regret? over Sarah Palin. As if she damaged the campaign in *the actual* view *of* *anyone* but the lefties and the self-appointed GOP attention seekers.”

    Yeah, editable comments would be really good. Note to Neil… ;)

  • eucher

    But I really appreciate the update on the Sunday morning talk shows, look forward to it every week.

    • NightTwister

      Mark is having double-vision problems.

      Just the thought of having to see TWO of every idiot on those shows makes me want to hurl.

  • bk

    David Gregory played a clip of Obama talking about lobbyists and then mentioned the deal with the Raytheon lobbyist, which contradicted 100% what The One said in the clip. The talking head (I guess she was an MSMer) said that the clip was from something like November 07 and that “his language had evolved” after that. Oh so that doesn’t make him a flip-flopper? GMAB

    Was Thomas Friedman’s collar too tight or is his neck really getting that fat? Anyone else notice how these bozos like Friedman who were 100% in the tank for Obama while he was claiming to have a plan to fix all these BUSH problems are now all saying that this is a VERY COMPLEX GLOBAL problem that will be SO TOUGH TO SOLVE and these terrorists in the Middle East are SO nasty and will be ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE to deal with. Since the election all they’ve done is furiously backpedal to lower expectations for the Messiah. Amazing how totally transparent they are.

  • CSUFBomb

    …was my favorite Boehner moment on MTP.

    Since the Lefties are all intent on bringing several hundred terrorists into the embrace of our American mainland, let’s make sure it’s not a warm embrace.

    David Gregory – “But it’s a National Park, not a prison facilty.”
    Boehner – “Ah, but it would be very secure.”

    • AceInTX

      Does Boehner read Red State?

    • bk

      Given ANWAR is such a pristine, beautiful, unspoiled area, who wouldn’t want to live there?

      • http://www.the41stvote.org rcov092

        he will take them into the”minimum” security prison in his district. They probably need more workers at that company tied to Murtha that was raided by the FBI.

      • http://www.the41stvote.org rcov092

        to confusing to know which way to bow for prayers 5 times a day with 20 hours sunlight summer and 20 hours darkness in winter.

        • http://www.the41stvote.org rcov092

          new found rights under the Geneva Convention (according to Obama)

    • CSUFBomb

      …Boehner wants the Gitmo graduating class shipped to Alcatraz, not ANWR. Heh, I much prefer ANWr, but Alcatraz has some interesting possibilities for the terrorits to mingle with like-minded critters.