Slow day on the Sunday shows. Only two of them have real quests. McCain is represented by Lieberman and Graham, of course. McCain never goes anywhere without them -- those two are pretty much his whole surrogate operation.
Watch out for any attempt by the GOP spin machine to falsify a statement from one of the Obama surrogates. The pattern has developed: GOP sends out a press release lying about Obama or another Democrat. The traditional media fully accepts the GOP's spin, immediately over-reacts and blows up the fake controversy. Couple days later, media realizes they've been had -- again. It's not a new pattern. Bush and the Republicans have been lying to the media for years about the war, Valerie Plame and a host of other critical issues, so it's no surprise that the GOPers are lying about Obama. It's just disconcerting and appalling that the media-types are still falling for it.
Here's the lineup:
ABC's "This Week" — Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut; Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.; Bob Barr, Libertarian presidential candidate.
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CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C.
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NBC's "Meet the Press" — pre-empted by coverage of Wimbledon tennis.
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CNN's "Late Edition" — Retrospective on the show's 10th anniversary.
"Fox News Sunday" _ Media panel
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