Sunday Morning Bobble Heads
By John Amato Sunday Jun 28, 2009 4:00amWhat's a Sunday without another Bobble Head session.
Meet the Press: "White House senior adviser David Axelrod will discuss President Barack Obama's agenda with host David Gregory. From the other side of the aisle will be former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
ABC's "This Week," David Axelrod along with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a major player in the health care debate from his perch as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.
"Face the Nation" Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour gives his first Sunday interview since succeeding Sanford as chairman of the Republican Governors Association last week. Also, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, will sit down to provide her perspective on Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Afghanistan.
"Fox News Sunday." Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) debate health care reform. Army Gen. Ray Odierno, will give an assessment as American forces prepare to withdraw from major cities.
State of the Union" Gen. Ray Odierno along with Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and BP Capital CEO T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman who's been pushing wind and natural gas as major power sources.
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I'll wear my pearls this morning for Lindsey Graham since he won't come out and wear his during interviews. I'll even clutch them a couple of times for him too.
What's catching my eye this morning it the beautiful sunrise I witnessed today. I may watch some tv this morning, we'll see.
I hope everyone has a fun day. :)
When I was young and frisky and lived in West Palm Beach (1970) many nights we'd do all-nighters and then go to the pier and watch the sunrise. I must say I have seen the most beautiful of the celestial events (and that includes sunsets at Venice Beach, Cali) in the wee, wee hours of the morning sipping a cup of mocha java with friends.
Here's what I'd LIKE to see this morning on teevee but won't: A physician representative from Physicians for a National Health Program weighing in on the health care debate. Of course since they are supporters of Conyers 676, "Medicare for All", that won't be happening.
It's so obvious that corporate America has ordered the Congress to keep "Single Payer" off the table. I'm just trying to figure out who ordered the MSM to play along??
The subject of "Single Payer" has been essentially blacked out.
It oughta be a crime in our democracy when the majority of Americans support a true OVERHAUL of the health care system.
Yes, I'm on the Treasure Coast in Florida.
what's a sunday morning without another bunch
of FUCKING RETHUGLICANS AND THEIR LIES
And there are exactly zero, (0), Liberals. Why do people even watch this industry driven propaganda anymore?
two Rethugs to help David Gregory not look too f*in stoopid fending off Axelrod. Sheesh. I think I'll watch the USA vs Brazil soccer match. Not nearly as lopsided...
Axelrod, the only Dem on two shows? Just ridiculous.
The FnS lineup looks the most interesting (if you have to watch just one.)
At this point there is not much difference between MTP and Fox and that chump on CNN. The people voted the Republicans out but these dick heads don't get it. They carried the water for the Republicans while Bush was ruining the country in the name of patriotism I guess but now that Obama is in they fight him every inch of the way like they should have been doing with Cheney/Bush. The good thing is that they are only getting through to the 21%ers.
"Broadcast" Fox newz is a bit different from Fox on cable. They actually "try" to give the "appearance" of being legit. (I don't watch Bill or Beck or cable Fox at all).
Here's a fresh example: just now in the opening of FnS, the guest host asked Sec. Sebelius if "Obama wanted a government-run public-plan." He was clearly/deliberately confusing "socialized government-run healthcare with public insurance.
"Fresh", as in, three seconds ago.
Beck and Bill-O are "opinion" shows. They have no such shows on broadcast TV.
But, if you watch the clips of Fox here on C&L, you really don't have a leg to stand on criticizing me for watching FnS.
I like being the one that catches them in their lies/hypocrisy.
Or anywhere else, as I have stated repeatedly.
But why are you going after Mugsy?
Mugsy has been invaluable to us for years on Sunday morning, giving us heads up on potential clips for the site.
I personally can't watch the Sunday shows, because the deal I have with my kids is that they will let me work on Sunday mornings and I will let them watch cartoons. I always scan this thread to look for tips to get the ball rolling with the video crew.
Mugsy GETS what we do here. He's not an advertisement for FNS or any other media outlet.
I'm not sure why you felt the need to go after him personally, but it shows that you don't know Mugsy at all.
(blush) :)
Reminds me of my job as a nurse in the Psych Ward.
It's "work" to have to watch him.
If I "had to" I'd quickly need a break or better yet, a transfer to OB/GYN or something.
Uhh, you may have noticed that Republicans are NOT the newsmakers currently.
So why are your lineups full of Repugs? Sexual promiscuity only diverts attention from the true newsmakers.
It will be interesting what Axelrod has to say. It is kind of a do or die situation with the White House concerning health care. Can Axelrod reassure us that they will get a bill/program that will help or a program that is going the just make the insurance corp richer? Will he bring up the government health care that the congress and white House get? Will he counter the talking point that "you don't want the government between you and your doctor" with "I don't want an insurance company between me and my doctor?"
You see, if they don't get it together we just may have to pull an Iran and start marching in the streets. Remember over 70% of want health care reform that is actually going to help.
Wow, wow, wow! - David Gregory, Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Haley Barbour, Mitch McConnell,Tim Pawlenty. Another day to mourn the passing of America as we once knew it. Nothing but more lies. Christ automatic - I wish this country could figure out how to extinguish the ongoing flames of stupidity and ignorance!
If these "right" wingers were such good Christians, they should not be working on a Sunday.
Are the people that selectively interpret ther bible. For example, among his injunctions against "men lying with men as with women", Leviticus gives us the little jewel that promises death for anybody who eats the flesh of a pig on Sunday. How many people do you suppose have ironically called for full enforcement of Leviticus' injunction against homosecual behavior while eating bacon and eggs before church on Sunday mornings? Quite a few I'll bet.
I suspect it's the same number that sacrifice a goat whenever they touch a woman who is on her period.
McConnel opens by claiming the U.S. has "the best healthcare system in the world!"
Second sentence: "We can't let a government bureaucrat get between a doctor and a patient".
I was reading today's news and could not help but think...
The republican party has evolved into... ROYALTY! Of course it is religious royalty, Tony Blair our BFF is no longer in charge and God knows, the Republicans are our moral arbitrators.
Here we are thinking that they are biting the dust, munching on dust bunnies, but no, two of our republican brethren have become royal.
I am of course, talking about King D. Sanford and the iconic Sarah Palin, whose picture was desecrated.
Who knew?
And we Democrats thought we had the corner on the religious thing with our Messiah, President Obama.
I really think that the republicans were just getting jealous of Rush talking about the Messiah President and they could not stand it any more!
McConnell COMPLETELY dodges the questions of Sanford's future, and later, the apparent "trend" following Ensign's own affair revealed.
McConnell's response: "We're gonna concentrate on the job we were elected to do."
Gen. Odierno, in his interview, says, "Now is the time" to begin the handover to Iraq. "They're ready."
Later, in response to questions of Iranian influence, the General doesn't bite. He says, "The Iraqi's are Nationalists and won't allow Iran or any other country" to interfere with their government.
"Besides, if things get out of hand we can always bring a few of our "drones" in from Pakistan (where they've been working brilliantly there lately!). That way our "brave" soldiers sitting in video game rooms in Tulsa, Oklahoma can "eliminate" any insurgency without us having to sacrifice any troops on the ground with the insurgency's nasty I.E.D.'s.
It's the least we can do."
...President Barack Obama's agenda with host David Gregory.
I won't watch, but I am curious if there will be a single question on state secrets, detention without charges, etc. The MSM seems pretty uninterested in such mundane subjects.
You're a tool then.
I've been commenting on these shows for four years here on C&L, and after one small comment saying "FnS looks to be the most interesting" this morning (comparatively), suddenly I'm "a shill"? Puhleeze.
I recommend you check out my blog.
Have I posted a single link or advertised my blog a single time in this thread?
Weak, just weak.
Scanned the TV this morning, just a typical child exploiting christian Sunday morning. (LOL, just in case)
I like the Bobble Head Thread Outline, this time.
Speaking of "just a typical child exploiting Christian Sunday morning."....
I'd rather watch a half hour of "Davey and Goliath" than Obama's corporate whores exploiting the virtues of the so-called "health care lobbyists and their corporate masters".
Yeah, John wrote: "Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a major player in the health care debate from his perch as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee."
Have you played that MSN game called Chicktionary? It's a promotion for Bing, which I don't use (and I drag the window down so the Bing part is hidden), but the game has a really good vocabulary list.
The artwork is of seven chickens sitting on a perch, and at random times they flap their wings and stick their tongues out. When I read about Chuck Grassley on his "perch" I immediately visualized the Chicktionary chickens flapping and clucking...
Graham and Romney on Meet The Press? Count me out. My blood pressure is high enough already to listen to a former governor and a closeted gay spouting the full list of of idiotic GOP talking points.
Kristol says that "The Republican Party will be able to run as "The party that cares about Middle-Class America"."
OMG.
What "middle class"?!
"Singing the virtues of Fox"? I don't think so.
More like "defending myself" from children like yourself.
Healthcare Activists targeting Democrats
Gay rights?
Deficit ? Nawwww.
Iran detains British Embassy staff.
Gaza war crimes hearings.
Gaza.
US appoints envoy to Muslim world.
Iraq military to take over. Ready or not.
You'll love this clip of Bernanke saying that if Congress passed legislation forcing an "audit" of the Fed it would constitute a "takeover" of the Fed by Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgMXmod3TBE&eu...
Ha!!!
Bring em on.
Gregory firsts asks if "the White House coordinated with bloggers" on a question, and when Axelrod says it is not true, Gregory asks, "Why is the White House coordinating with bloggers?"
Gregory jumped the shark with that part of the interview. When he said the dems would have raised hell if bush had invited a reporter to a press conference to ask a question, I guess he forgot the bush administration had a gay hooker sitting in their press conferences some times. Too bad Axelrod didn't come back with that.
David was all ado about nothing and it made him look seriously unprofessional. As if he has ever looked professional. What was I thinking?
Gregory wants to be just like Mike Wallace's son. He is the worst thing to happen to Meet The Press ever. Way to go NBC. You now have Mike Wallace's son version of MTP. Epoch failure. No real dialog. Only David Gregory's one sided right wing boot licking crapola. No worry though. We have the internet machine and can find the real new in spite of you.
Bush had Rush, Hannity and all the rightwingers that would fit in the meeting room and not one they considered liberal. As if ABC isn't right wing enough for them, WTF?
the capacity to tell the public the truth and inspire them to move forward out of childish indulgence into a more rigorous and challenging way of life consistent with the mandates of reality?
Didn't think so.
always bring out the craziest of the crazy. Wonder if it has anything to do with that religious day of rest.
I’ll start watching again when this question is asked of the Republicans on these shows:
“You and your party held the White House for the last 8 years. In fact, you held the White House for 20 out of the last 28 years. During much of that time you also had majorities in both houses of Congress. Yet, you did nothing to make this country more energy independent, and in terms of health insurance, the number of uninsured grew. Yet, now you purport to have all the right answers about everything. Why should anyone, anywhere believe you about anything?”
On MtP, Graham defends his vote for Clinton's impeachment, but defense of Sanford on the grounds he "didn't criticize Clinton for a consentual affair", but for abuses against the legal system.
But then defends Sanford after asked about leaving SC without a way to contact him in an emergency.
Graham: "Younger voters" that voted for Obama ("18-34 year olds") are "the big losers" for voting for Obama because they will "LOSE (healthcare) choice(s)" .
PS: And why is anyone asking Romney (or Republicans in general) about what to do about the economy?
I just watched a commercial for "Express Mail" from the USPS, and it got me thinking...
Isn't "the USPS vs. FedEx" the perfect metaphor for the "Public Option"? Didn't they argue the USPS would have an "unfair advantage" being able to ship packages on any airline (not just their own planes) and delivered by their own postal carriers?
And yet, FedEx is a huge successful corporation competing against the government in the "Express mail" business?
Now argue "private" insurance companies won't be able to compete with a government service. Funny how little faith Republicans have in "the free market".
Is going bankrupt and has been raising fees to stay competitive.
But it is a very good analogy.
Personally, having lived in a Scandinavian country and experienced socialized medicine up close and personal, I get frustrated by the conversation stopper/American exceptionalist statement that we have the "best healthcare in the world" declaration. If you begin with that lie as your foundation, there's no way to get an honest dialog going.
But the USPS isn't going bankrupt because of FedEx, but from competition with another government program: The Internet. :)
Exactly 100% right on Nicole!! Once they say that they lose all credibility. Then they usually say that Canadians and the British hate their health care system. Why the fuck does not anybody say right there, "You are a fucking lying poltroon!" Damn I get so angry when these people are allowed to lie day in and day out and are not called on it.
Steph-O quotes a poll saying "people don't think the stimulus is working", and seconds later, notes to Axelrod that "the stimulus money isn't going out as quickly as you hoped, right?"
Gee, I wonder then why those polls says people don't think the Stimulus is working? You think maybe it's because much of it hasn't been spent yet?
In defending the Republican opposition to Obama's healthcare plan, Grassley cites "Obama criticizing McCain's 'tax healthcare benefits' proposal that he then later put under consideration, and later argued that the "82 Republican proposals inserted into the bill" were not "policy inputs" but "procedural" or "functional" (iirc), and therefor, not "bipartisan".
listening to Haley Barbour, but I cannot put up with that "Deliverance" accent. Watching the Food Channel now.
Krugman got in a couple of excellent "Free Market" zingers during the ABC Roundtable.
First, it was noting how Grassley argued for "Free Market heath insurance", but noted how some states have a near monopoly on healthcare coverage. ("What free market?")
Later, it was pointing out how Republicans fear "cap and trade", with an estimated annual cost of $150 per person, would "bring the energy industry to its knees." :)
Blogger Nico Pitny entered the belly of the beast. Go Nico!
Did anyone see what David Brooks said on Meet The Press this morning about the future ideology of the GOP?
Check this clip out.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=1968
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