Bush scandals dominate today. First and foremost is, of course, the scandalous war in Iraq, which continues to claim the lives of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians.
But, there's more fodder with the U.S. Attorneys scandal. "Will Gonzales last the week?" and "Will Rove have to testify before Congress?" are the pressing questions. We've seen from Gonzales that even testifying under oath doesn't prevent Bush officials from lying. Despite consistent pattern of blatant lies from Bush and his staff, watch how the media use every phrase possible to intimate we've been lied to without saying the word "lie."
Here's the line-up:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY...: Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Alyssa Mastromonaco, Obama for America scheduling director; former U.S. attorneys H.E. "Bud" Cummins III and David C. Iglesias.All the shows will have their media pundit "roundtables," too. There's more insightful analysis and more honest commentary in the comments here then on the shows. So, have at it.
THIS WEEK (ABC...: Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.); national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley; actor Sam Waterson.
NEWSMAKERS (C-SPAN), 10 a.m.[EDT]: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.).
FACE THE NATION (CBS...: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC...: Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.); Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.); Richard Perle of the American Enterprise Institute; former congressmen Tom Andrews (D-Maine) and Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).
LATE EDITION (CNN), 11 a.m.[EDT]: Hadley; Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.); Retired Army Gen. George Joulwan; Retired Army Col. Pat Lang; former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
