Sunday Talk - Generation O

Full Lineup and other goodies below...

THE LINEUP -

Meet The Press:  American Patriot Chris Dodd.  Blustering Terry McAuliffe. Very Serious Discourse with Chris Cillizza, CNBC's John Harwood, the beautiful Michele Norris and WSJ's Gerald Seib.

Tweety:  Ron Allen - NBC News, Katty Kay - BBC, John Heilemann - NYMag,  Michelle Cottle - TNR. Quotes here.  Wonder what color his hair will be this weekend.

This Weak:  Author Harry Reid who used to be a leader of something at some point.  HP Former CEO Carly Fiorina (R-McSame).  WaPo's Ruth Marcus, Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will babble on about their conventional wisdom which is of no consequence at all.

Face The Nation:  John Edwards, McAuliffe and Jim VandeHei from Tiger Beat, I mean The Politico.

Fake Noise:  Axelrod vs. Wolfson, part MCVII.  

Late Edition With Wolf:  Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Chris Van Hollen (D-$$$), Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (R-Abu Ghraib), Iraqi Amb. to the U.S. Samir Sumaidaie.  Ed Henry and Jessica Yellin yack on about how ready McSame is to defeat the Democratic party in every state this fall.

60 Minutes:  Chiquita Banana Company and their secret Columbian mercenaries. No, I'm not kidding.  The excellent Dana Priest exposes American prison neglect.  Alec Baldwin, who called his daughter a 'pig'.  Here's hoping he doesn't run as a Democrat.

NOTEABLES -

Great February article on Generation O from The Nation.

Youth Vote poised to flex its voting muscle.

Eugene Robinson needs his own TV show, he's so great.

Sunshine State Stupidity:  
Gators football player charged with using dead girl's credit card.

Check out photos of the new SIMPSONS ride at Universal Orlando.

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IN IT TO WIN IT:

McSame's Pastor Problem:

Key Quote:

"We get off on Warfare!!"

McSame's just-resigned gop convention manager is from lobbying firm of Burmese Junta

BarbinMD reported that lobbyist Doug Goodyear has just resigned from organizing the convention.  He must have heard that she was going to do a diary on him and got scared.

Still a huge judgement problem for McSame.  He chose a lobbyist whose firm represented the Bumese Junta, which tortures monks, to run his gop fall convention.

More Hypocrisy:  The just-resigned RNC convention head also worked for lobbying firm heaviliy involved in 527 groups that were fined by FEC for illegal campaign finance activity.  Can't wait for the convention.

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OBAMAMANIA:  In the Heart of the Young

With an assist from the youth vote, Obama goes in for the nomination dunk -

The Beautiful Katrina Vanden Heuvel on The Youth Vote.

Meanwhile, McSame and Hillary skulk about aimlessly.

Funny how they are skulking in the same direction.  Hmm....
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Hotness for Obama:

Obama pics via ObamaFlickr.
Parrot via AP/Ren Yong.
Ed Wood parody via Andrea Koch NYMAG.
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          Have a beautiful two-minute corsage from Martha Stewart.                            
                               HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

•  Tim Russert - 'The Nominee'

  'We now know who the Democratic Nominee Will Be.' - Tim Russert, on MSNBC, after the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries.

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:36:27 PM PDT

  •  An instant classic.

    Keith initiated that one.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:37:39 PM PDT

    •  Pssssssstttsssss

      Sam, I don't want to alarm you but you forgot to include Scarlett Jo in your "Hotness" slide show, you do know she's also a supporter right?

      Although, incidentally, someone who looks just like her did seemingly randomly make it into the "Youth" slide show...funny that...:D

      by henna218 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:53:47 PM PDT

      •  scuse me

        but you need to get yer eyes checked!

        I got Double-Scarlett in the Hotness slides.
        

        by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:56:51 PM PDT

        •  Triple

          Sam, you got triple...:D

          by henna218 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:00:11 PM PDT

  •  No, the BEST part is when he says

    . . . and no one's going to dispute it

    Oopsies!

    by Mother of Zeus on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:46:21 PM PDT

    •  Speaking of------see SNL just opened with

      "Hillary" saying the reason she was still around was that she was a "sore loser" and had "no ethical standards", and didn't want to let down all her supporters who are racists.
       And yeah---what up with Tweety's hair this week?----looked like he applied a new dark blonde Wash Away The Gray----but forgot to rinse.
       And babies love Obama----they also seem to know who the Democratic nominee will be.

      by dotster on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:00:53 PM PDT

•  Tip Jar

  Be nice to your mom today.

  

  Tips, links can be sent to sloomis08 AT gmail.com.

  "Permanent Guset Host for Sunday Talk."

  by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:36:32 PM PDT

  •  Guest Host

    Isn't a guset some kind of German sausage?

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:24:34 PM PDT

  •  Somebody pull up that man's socks!

    LOL

    by PatsBard on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:36:21 AM PDT

•  'IT'S OVER' - CLINTON STRATEGIST TO CLINTON

  CBS News reports that a top Clinton strategist has told Clinton that she absolutely cannot win the nomination.

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:37:13 PM PDT

  •  Another instant classic.

    The high punditry speaketh.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:39:31 PM PDT

    •  Great round-up this week...Apres la deluge editio

      HRC and McSame in the graveyard really cracked me up.    Big time.  

      by mayan on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:50:11 PM PDT

      •  "editio"...

        is how we say "edition" in my country.  Just wanted to clarify.

        by mayan on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:54:35 PM PDT

      •  Yeah, they look so...white.

        Like zombies sleepwalking around the country with the charisma of a corpse.

        by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:55:19 PM PDT

      •  Lineup

        I gotta check out that 60 Minutes tonight.

        I had no idea Chiquita Bananas had their own mercenary force.  I'm switching to Dole.

        by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:59:07 PM PDT

•  Edwards on Face the Nation?

  Wonder if he will be putting a little more subtle pressure on Hillary ...

  by jeepdad on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:38:18 PM PDT

  •  Don't count on it...

    he's saving his political capital for a rainy day.

    by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:41:28 PM PDT

    •  I think he's hiding under a rock for a shot a VP

      by Johnnythebandit on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:52:30 PM PDT

      •  No.

        No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

        by nicejoest on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:43:18 PM PDT

    •  It's raining all day tomorrow in Columbus Ohio n

      by Shhs on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:52:44 PM PDT

•  wow...cool slides! Thanks

  by cfk on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:38:25 PM PDT

  •  This is probably my favorite ST I have done.

    Little bit of focus on the youth.

    That TIME cover is just great, too.  Captures his spirit a bit.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:41:52 PM PDT

    •  It is a joy to behold, indeed!!!

      That cover just makes me so happy to look at.  To think that THIS MAN will be our next president.  That someone this young, this smart, this connected to his world, this wise, this open, this decent will be our next president . . . it just leaves me totally speechless.

      That Time cover says it all.

      by Mother of Zeus on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:51:03 PM PDT

•  SNL just killed Hillary in their opening!!!

  Mocked her big time--it was mercilous.

  by DWKING on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:39:45 PM PDT

  •  I saw it

    I'm looking for someone to post the diary but I don't see it.

    Ha!

    by WeBetterWinThisTime on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:40:52 PM PDT

    •  What did they say?

      by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:44:01 PM PDT

      •  Amy Poller Just Threw Clinton and....

        her supporters under the bus. She was talking about why the SD's should pick her.

        1 I'm a sore loser

        2 My supporters are racist

        3 I have no ethical standards

        She elaborated on each one and it was hilarious.

        by WeBetterWinThisTime on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:48:36 PM PDT

      •  It was a message from her to the SDs

        on why she can win. Paraphrasing:

        1. I'm a sore loser. While Senator Obama would campaign for me, if I was the nominee. I wont campaign for him, or do so resentfully to ensure he loses, and I can run again in 2012.

        2. My supporters are racist. While African Americans will support me if I'm the nominee, my supporters wont vote for Obama.

        3. I have no ethical standards. While Obama has not played the race card, I will have no problem playing the gender card. In fact, I will play the gender card AND the race card.

        It was pretty funny.

        by jj32 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:49:01 PM PDT

      •  Amy Poehler as HRC said

        Reasons she should be the nominee:

        I'm a Sore Loser"
        "My supporters are racist"s
        "I have no ethical standards"

        by DWKING on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:49:34 PM PDT

  •  That was brutal and hilarious

    I really think that'll draw blood.  

    If Clinton drops out this week, then that skit was an important factor.

    by Drunkard on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:58:28 AM PDT

•  If Fall Out Boy is "hot" (by any metric)...

  just shoot me.

  by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:39:59 PM PDT

  •  Hey, at least I got a Radiohead reference in

    Their guitar player is pretty cute.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:45:53 PM PDT

    •  Radiohead just recently put out a new video

      It's part of MTV's EXIT Campaign to end trafficking and exploitation.

      I think MTV is gonna be broadcasting an upcoming concert of theirs.

      by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:51:36 PM PDT

      •  Well, not really a concert, per se...

        a performance from their producer's studio.

        by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:55:47 PM PDT

    •  That was brilliant

      I saw that part and I thought "I wonder if he knows that's a Radiohead lyric."

      And you did. Awesome.

      by eugene on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:28:55 PM PDT

      •  A few Sunday Talks ago...

        Sam made a Paranoid Android reference.

        :-)

        by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 10:24:48 PM PDT

  •  You just don't like Pete Wentz's obamania.

    by DemocraticLuntz on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:53:55 PM PDT

    •  No... it's not that

      It's the fact that he's responsible for bringing a Simpson offspring into the world.

      by Trix on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:57:39 PM PDT

      •  Maybe he thought he had something

        to prove after he...er...showed us the goods on teh Intertubez.

        My daughter (24) thinks he's cute and she can't stand Ashlee Simpson.

        by Brooke In Seattle on Sat May 10, 2008 at 10:58:44 PM PDT

•  Lieberman "Personally Checked McCain's Bearings"

  From MSNBC, Joe Lieberman responds to Obama saying that John McCain had lost his bearings. I don't think Joe Lieberman gave much thought to how this comes across before he said it and as polite as he's trying to be you can see how stunned Johnathon Capehart is after watching the clip.

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:40:03 PM PDT

  •  It's all in his tone of voice

    He says it in a creepy way.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:47:28 PM PDT

  •  That was nasty n/t

    by Shhs on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:53:40 PM PDT

•  ABC: Obama takes superdelegate lead

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:40:36 PM PDT

  •  That capitol hill visit was masterful.

    Nice move after a good election night.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:49:47 PM PDT

•  Paul Begala: Eggheads & African Americans

  Another Clinton surrogate puts it out there that Obama cannot carry Hillary Clinton's base, of white working class Americans.

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:41:24 PM PDT

  •  Clinton didn't carry them either.

    If by carry you mean over 50%.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:51:00 PM PDT

  •  Go Donna!

    by Mother of Zeus on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:00:28 PM PDT

•  Lanny Davis is happy tonight

  Clinton surrogate celebrates another great Clinton victory night, a narrow loss in North Carolina and a crushing victory in Indiana.

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:42:57 PM PDT

  •  TPMtv: Lanny Inanity!

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Hillary Clinton's campaign is running primarily on the sheer defiant enthusiasm of her supporters and staff, and perhaps no one embodies that doggedness more than former Special Counsel to President Clinton, Lanny Davis. In today's episode of TPMtv we present Lanny's pièce de résistance, his stint on CNN's Tuesday night North Carolina and Indiana primary coverage.

    An even better, more comprehensive clip of the utter foolishness that is Lanny Davis.

    by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:10:48 PM PDT

•  Al Rodgers-quality photographs, Sam!

  Well done!

  Might try and catch Dodd on MTP on the evening MSNBC replay, and Edwards on the audio broadcast of Face the Nation that our local CBS radio affiliate carries; I've got to get some groceries in for the week tomorrow morning.

  by Cali Scribe on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:45:30 PM PDT

  •  Thanks.

    I love the girl with the sign asking Obama to take her to Prom.

    by Sam Loomis on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:52:46 PM PDT

•  cute stuff!

  

  by Buffalo Girl on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:47:41 PM PDT

  •  HEADLINE: Obama Eats Hillarys Lunch

    Ha Ha ha !

    by WeBetterWinThisTime on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:56:36 PM PDT

    •  And drank her milkshake!!!

      by DWKING on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:58:15 PM PDT

•  The Next President (10/23/2006 issue)

  

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:50:02 PM PDT

  •  Joke Line isn't always wrong.

    Just when he gets into fights with kos.

    by DemocraticLuntz on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:54:58 PM PDT

•  Thanks for the Eugene Robinson

  link, he is right on the money as usual.
  ^{And thanks for the Scarlett Johansson  pics as well}

  by jnhobbs on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:50:57 PM PDT

•  Hillary's Sunset Boulevard...

  Incredibly appropriate.  My favorite you tube of this century however is Hillary's Downfall.  Work of genius.

  by mayan on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:53:21 PM PDT

•  This whole election was predicted

  In that book "The World is Flat".  Talked about the Dean model and that it would explode in the next election election and whatever candidate took advantage of that...

  by Shhs on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:55:00 PM PDT

  •  Isnt that Tom Friedman's book?

    by jj32 on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:06:26 PM PDT

•  Barack and Michelle Obama

  

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:15:37 PM PDT

•  Steve Sack

  

  by Scarce on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:28:02 PM PDT

•  You can put it on the... Whaaa???

  Aaaaaahh!!!!!

  <taps foot impatiently>

  ...

  <tags anyway>

  ...

  Sheesh.

  by PatsBard on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:34:41 AM PDT

  •  At least I still have you.

    by Sam Loomis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:33:05 AM PDT

    •  ; )

      {{{smooch}}}

      by PatsBard on Sun May 11, 2008 at 12:06:06 PM PDT

•  Thanks, as always!

  Sunday breakfast is not complete without Sunday talk.  The slide shows... amazing!

  by alrdouglas on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:38:51 AM PDT

  •  Much appreciated.

    Sunday Talk is always more entertaining than the actual Sunday shows.

    by Sam Loomis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:16:54 AM PDT

•  Carly Fiorina is his "Victory Chair"

  That is excellent news!

  May she shepherd his victory the way she shepherded the success of HP under her watch.

  by Drunkard on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:18:24 AM PDT

•  Bringing Hotness to the White House!

  

  

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:46:40 AM PDT

•  If you get a smear email - please take action:

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:47:21 AM PDT

•  Cartoons

  
  
  From before Iowa:

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:48:53 AM PDT

•  Teflon:

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:49:34 AM PDT

•  Back in high school - who knew???

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:50:58 AM PDT

•  The youth vote

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:51:40 AM PDT

•  Kicks...

  HERE

  

  

  

  by Nonie3234 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:55:14 AM PDT