Posted by
Beowulf on Saturday, January 06, 2007 5:03:52 PM
ABC This Week
(George Stephanopoulos)
Below are the topics and guests announced for
this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to
push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search
that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will
be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- All bow down (or bend over, as the case may be) der Übermensch, our
rightful lords and masters, are back in control of the government!
- Bush is wrong, Bush is wrong, Lord God Almighty, Bush is wrong.
- Topics:
- Three House committee chairmen discuss their agenda and the real
prospects for bipartisanship on the Hill.
- The former National Security Advisor to Bush 41 discusses the Bush 42's
plans and what's next for Iraq.
- Roundtable - the new Democratic control on the Hill and the president's
plan.
- VOICES:
- In South Africa for the opening of her new leadership school, Oprah sat
down with ABC's Diane Sawyer for an exclusive interview about the importance
of education and her hopes for the girls' futures.
- Guests
- Representative Charlie Rangel, Democrat - New York
- House web site |
Bio
- Incoming House Ways and Means Committee chairman
-
Rangel: War In Iraq Not Democrats’ Problem (KXMA, ND - Dec 14, 2006)
-
Democrats Set Ambitious Fiscal Agenda for 110th Congress (PBS News Hour
- Jan 4, 2007)
-
On Loan from Charlie's Angels (OpEdNews, PA - Jan 5, 2007)
-
Mississippi turning (Economist, UK - Jan 4, 2007)
-
TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE: HE 'FESSES TO RACE CARD (New York Post, NY - Dec
31, 2006)
-
Rangel ready to replace Thomas with the Ways and Means (San Luis Obispo
Tribune, CA - Dec 14, 2006)
-
A Draft for Freedom Fighters? (FOX News - Dec 29, 2006)
-
Responding to Rangel--VII (Opinion Journal, NJ - Dec 14, 2006)
- Representative Dave Obey, Democrat - Wisconsin
- Incoming House Appropriations Committee chairman
- House web site |
Bio
-
WisPolitics.com: Obey Says Dem Congress Has to Run a "Cleanup Brigade" to
Balance the Budget (WisPolitics.com, WI - Dec 30, 2006)
-
Great Lakes gun plan torpedoed (Hamilton Spectator, Canada - Dec 18,
2006)
-
At Issue: Earmarking: Federal funding process hits snag (Tulsa
World, OK - Dec 31, 2006)
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Obey: No to earmarks until budget under control (BusinessNorth.com, MN -
Dec 18, 2006)
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Obey: US Troops Need to Police Iraq (WSAW, WI - Dec 20, 2006)
- Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat - California
- Incoming House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman
- House web site |
Bio
-
Government Reform gets a new moniker (FCW.com, VA - Jan 7, 2007)
-
Americans: The Real Losers in 2007 (Family Security Matters, NJ - Jan 7,
2007)
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Waxman plans subcommittee on information access (Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press, VA - Jan 7, 2007)
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Daily News Misfires on Scoop (Power Line, MN - Jan 4, 2007)
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Mexican gunmen cross border, rout National Guard (Hot Air, MD - Jan 6,
2007)
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Congressional changes will be felt in fits and starts (North County
Times, CA - Jan 6, 2007)
- Lt. General Brent Scowcroft
- The Scowcroft Group web site |
Bio
-
Cf. this golden line from Brent Scowcroft's New York Times essay:
(National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jan 6, 2007)
-
"Getting the Middle East Back on Our Side": Analysis of the Brent Scowcroft
-James Baker Approach (Center for Research on Globalization, Canada -
Jan 7, 2007) Note: includes text of referenced NY Times Op Ed from Jan 4,
2007
-
Return of the Realists (Town Hall, DC - Jan 6, 2007)
-
NY Times Op-ed: Only US Can Solve Israel-PA Conflict (Arutz Sheva, Israel -
Jan 6, 2007)
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Biden: Top US Officials Believe Iraq War Is Lost (TheDay, CT - Jan 7,
2007)
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Bush team weakening security (Albany Times Union, NY - Jan 1, 2007)
- Roundtable
- Former Representative Harold Ford Jr., Democrat - Tennessee
- Cokie Roberts
- George Will
- VOICES: Oprah Winfrey
- ABC This Week
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