Sunday Talk Shows
Animation: Grover Norquist on Meet the Press
Meet The Press: Normalizing extremism
There seems to be no limit to the right-wing extremism that will be ignored by some mainstream media outlets, so that the right-wing extremist can be passed off as but another acceptable politician. On Sunday, Meet The Press had on its panel Rep.-elect Allen West of Florida, and his bizarre and hateful history wasn't even...
Colin Powell Clarifies Comments About Illegal Immigrants
Rand Paul, Michael Steele: Fighting to Keep the Liberty in Libertarianism
Filed under: Environment, Gaffes, Taxes, Race Issues, Sarah Palin, 2010 Elections
Libertarians have to grapple with a big contradiction: Americans don't want government in their lives -- until they do.
KY-Sen: Rand Paul squirms out of Meet the Press interview
Meet the Press executive producer Betsy Fischer tweets:
Sounds like Rand is trying to go rogue, just like Sarah Palin in 2008.
It actually might make sense for him to go into hiding. Ever since his crazy victory speech Tuesday night, every time he...
Meet The Gingrich
Reason #879 that Meet The Press has become a joke:
[Sunday]was Gingrich’s fifth appearance on “MTP” just this year. In fact, Newt Gingrich, despite not having held any position in government for over a decade, was the single most frequent guest on “Meet the Press” in 2009 of any political figure in...
Markos on Meet the Press
Markos joined Tavis Smiley, Ed Gillespie, and Joe Scarborough yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press to talk about the state of play on health care and the political landscape heading into the 2010 elections. Markos also sat down with David Gregory for an extended interview on the netroots and the progressive movement. Watch that...
First Admit We Whupped You, Then We’ll Leave
John McCain on Sunday's Meet the Press:
SEN. McCAIN: Well, the rationale for war is to break the enemy's will. That's the whole rationale for war. Do you break the enemy's will by saying, "We're going to be there," or send a message we're going to be there for a year and...
Maddow MTP highlights
Rachel Maddow once again made the Meet the Press panel discussion worth watching yesterday, putting the 2009 elections in context, making the case against the Stupak Amendment, and arguing that Democrats and President Obama shouldn't try to please the GOP on jobs and Afghanistan because no matter what we do, Republicans will fight us.
...While Praising Palin, McCain Calls Her ‘Irrelevant’
Filed under: John McCain, Media, Sarah Palin, Video
In the midst of lavishing praise on his former running mate Sunday, Sen. John McCain said Sarah Palin is "irrelevant." In an interview with NBC's David Gregory on "Meet the Press," McCain came to Palin's defense, saying she is "what...Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
