Rudderless and fighting with each other, the gop has pulled so far to the right that they have alienated pretty much every voter who isn't a subscriber to the Limbaugh Letter. Judging by the sad crop of leaders they are stuck with, hopefully they'll stay in the wilderness for the next few election cycles. Full lineup and baton passing below.
THE RED LINEUP:
It's like there wasn't a lopsided election recently or sumthin....
Meet The Press: Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) & Richard Shelby (R-AL). Swiftboat funder T. Boone Pickens. Very Consequential discourse with Mr. Suck on This Tom Friedman, Katty Kay, Andrea Mitchell and Tavis Smiley.
Tweety: Howard Fineman, Erin Burnett, Micahel Duffy, Michele Norris. Quotes here.
This Weak: 2nd Worst Governor in the US - Arnold Schwarzenneger.
Paul Krugman, Sam Donaldson, Cokie "my name sounds fureign" Roberts and relic of the past George Will talk shop.
Face The Nation: American Hero Barney Frank (D-MA), Shelby, overrated nerd Newt Gingrich and overrated LA Governor Bobby Jindal(R).
Fixxed Noise: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Passed Over for a shopaholic moose eater Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and the always embarrassing Michael Steele (R) auditions to lead the elephants out of the hole they put themselves in.
Late Edition With Wolf: Rep. Charles Rangel (D), Ted Turner and his new book, gop strategist Leslie Sanchez. James Carville, Ed Henry and Suzanne Malveaux yack on and on about the same crap they always do.
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, author Stephen Cohen, counterterrorism expert David Kilcullen, authors Barnett Rubin & Shirin Ebadi.
60 Minutes: President-Elect Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
It's fascinating how truly sorry the current crop of gop leaders is. From Rick Perry to the Alaska Disasta, from empty seat Charlie to Boss Hogg Haley, it's apparent their farm team needs some retooling. We can only hope that in four years they nominate any one of the fools in the picture collage above. The best part is, the actual gop voters are intent on pulling their party even farther to the right the next couple of years.
Awesome.
NOTABLE TV ALERTS -
LETTERMAN: Katie Couric 11/19; Stephen Colbert 11/20
LATE NIGHT W/CONAN: TV Superstar Rachel Maddow 11/21; Tom Morello 11/24
THE COLBERT REPORT: Tom Brokaw 11/17; Paul Simon 11/18; Thomas Friedman 11/20
ELLEN DEGNERES: Chris Matthews 11/20; Michelle Obama (R) 11/27
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Ironic grammatically incorrect quote of the weekend:
I am not going to a conglomerate that way we actually can get the economy jump started. Like there is five publishing companies in Michigan. - Future book author Joe The Plumber
NOTABLES -
Eliot Spitzer's favorite prostitute speaks to 20/20 next Friday.
Stan Lee producing gay superhero series for Showtime.
RIP - MADtv
Man in wheelchair arrested for bank robbery
Hugo Chavez really is like a little kid in his temperament.
Nanobama:
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Topps is about to unveil it's collectors edition 90-card set of Obama Innaugural Cards.
The stick gum tastes like hope.
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Así son los días de nuestras vidas -
It's time for Sam Loomis to ramble on. In January of 2008, Newsie8200 transferred Sunday Talk duties to me. Much subpar mockery of the gop ensued. But as the rain enters the soil, the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end. Next week will bring Sunday Talk 4.0 - Trix Edition, as loyal user Trix is assimilated into the collective borg of SundayTalk. It has been an honor to host this diary series and I appreciate all the regulars who join in the gop mockery each week.
Thank you for your Sunday Talk patronage and I salute you, the true American heroes.
Love,
S. Loomis.