'Press' Catch-Up

where does all the time go......?

i can't seem to get anything done these days... of course, being out of commission most of the weekend working off a hangover didn't help much. but jesus...those manhattans made it all worth it.

let's back track for a moment, shall we? i have found meet the press very interesting the past couple of sundays.

october 21, 2007

tim had a "ladies panel." some very smart women, including two of my favorites - joanna kearns goodwin and judy woodruff, spent much of the time talking about the democratic race for the nomination....most notably: hillary clinton.

woodruff pointed out that women are central to hillary's strategy. she spent much of the week reaching out to women voters who are still not quite on board with her. highlighting her role as a mother and the difficulties (and strength) she showed throughout the clinton/lewinsky affair as a wife and a woman.

(interesting side note: bill maher mentioned that christians should support hillary more because she displays true christian values...including forgiveness. that word was "forgiveness" - please christians....look into it.)

but goodwin also talked about hill's time with bill in the white house as eight years of learning from mistakes and knowing better than to repeat them. "then her experience is untouchable," j.k. said. "who else sat in the white house for eight years and learned from what went wrong?"

good point....

goodwin also mentioned the possible ground swell that could push women to vote for hillary when they think of the historical implications. women may turn out to vote for the first woman president... so they can tell their daughters... "i did this. i voted for the first woman president."

she does go on to say that the history of that vote "may take greater hold in the general election."

of course, there was also the wicked witch of the GOP on panel: kate o'bierne. christ that woman gives me a rash. but she had this interesting tidbit that i think speaks strongly to the republican field for president. the republicans are counting on hill to enthuse the party since the candidates are not.

well, no shit.

oh - and please note: while much was made of the hillary/barack contest.... john "hope is on the way" edwards was not mentioned until 22 minutes into the show. and....it was just a passing drop of his name. no discussion. ouch.

meet the press quote of the week - 10.21.07

but the greatest moment....the moment from the october 21st show that gets the distinction this week was almost a throw-away line. you had to be paying attention.

allow me to put it in context.

ole hag o'bierne was pontificating about the republican dilemma and how the party's core feels about the candidates and rudy in particular. and she said that the conservative, religious base may ultimately vote for giuliani because, well, rudy "doesn't share our values, but he shares our enemies."

and then joanna kearns goodwin breaks out with our quote of the week: "we hate together."

goddamn if that doesn't just perfectly sum up the republican party.

brava, j.k.

runner-up

stephen colbert was also on press for a very amusing discussion on his bid in south carolina for president. as he put it: "i don't want to be president. i want to run for president."

but how perfect was his comment: "i'm for realer than sam brownback."

october 28, 2007

the first half of the show was dedicated to the "meet the candidates" series with chris "not a chance in hell" dodd. i like the man...but he's registering at 0% in the polls. colbert and kucinich are ahead of him.

but.... bill safire of the times was on with his office pool for the '08 election. interesting predictions of likely presidential and vice presidential nomination combinations.

if obama wins the nod, safire predicts dianne feinstein will be his running mate. love that!

if giuliani is the GOP presidential nominee....fred thompson will be his v.p. candidate. hmmm...

mccain will run with condi rice (huh?). and romney would run with general petreaus (or is it betray us?).

all very interesting predictions.

but if hillary wins the nod, predicts safire: rahm emanuel will be her veep candidate over obama or richardson. interesting... but i don't see it.

he says richardson cannot be her v.p. because of his strong anti-war stance and his desire to bring troops home immediately. "i don't think she can cross that bridge with him," says safire. but he points out that hill and rahm are the "hawkish side" of the democratic party.

(side note: i heard virginia senator jim webb's name floated around as a good v.p. candidate for hillary today... actually - any dem candidate. i like it, i have to say.)

but that does bring us to our....

meet the press quote of the week - 10.28.07

bill safire said if there's a clinton/emanuel ticket, their bumper sticker should be:

"invade & bomb with hillary and rahm."

priceless........ i hate the implications - but that shit's good.

enjoy the debate tomorrow night.....

e.