Dude, You're Getting a Delegate : If Bill Richardson became "Judas" and Fox News became "fair" and Richard Mellon Scaife became a "deathbed conversion"... what will Senator Clinton's campaign call Joe Andrew? Let's start with the most influential politician you probably had never heard of. In our fifth story on the Countdown: not just a Super-Delegate switched from Clinton to Barack Obama on the premise that he is the better candidate, and the divisions have served only to aide John McCain... But a man, appointed National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee nine years ago... by President Clinton. In fact the name-calling has begun. Mr. Andrew, of Indiana, who joins us in a moment... Immediately found his right to say he was from Indiana, challenged by Senator Clinton's Communications Director, and her foremost supporter in the Hoosier State, Senator Evan Bayh. No, I'm not kidding.CONTINUED >>
Tune in tonight at 8p ET for our interview with Barack and Michelle Obama (their first together in more than a year). Meredith Vieira conducted the interview for the Today Show , but they were only able to air some of the sit down. Tonight, we'll air an unaired extended portion that you won't see anywhere else.
Running on Empty In a campaign whose race for the super-delegates is reportedly, secretly, over...In a campaign -- the subtext of which -- has been complaint and even metaphorical martyrdom...They are words that would have sent supporters of Senator Clinton into a paroxysm of rage. That the nation needed a president quote "that has testicular fortitude." Our fifth story on the Countdown: that there is no rage and that there are no death threats tonight, explicable thusly: the gonadial reference was made by a labor leader, as he endorsed Senator Clinton, intending it as a compliment to her fortitude. CONTINUED >>
In our third story on the Countdown tonight, we heard from Jim Shank.
His wife, Deborah, was grievously injured in a tractor-trailer crash in 2000, leaving her brain damaged and in need of 24 hour care. When Jim managed to win his wife a settlement from the tractor-trailer company, her former employer, Walmart, successfully sued the Shanks for the lot, claiming that their healthcare plan mandated reimbursement if there was a settlement.
It was only after Countdown - and dozens of other national news outlets - expressed outrage at Walmart's treatment of the Shanks, that the company agreed to withdraw their claim. That was back on April 1st. Yet Deborah Shank's trust fund is still in the company's name.
Walmart says they are trying to protect her from a tax standpoint and that's why it's taking so long. They say they hope to have the trust back in Deborah Shank's name soon.
If you are interested in helping the Shanks, Jim pointed us to this website , which sells merchandise to raise money for Mrs. Shank's ongoing health care.
We covered this in our No.1 story tonight...and we are not above making our own stupid mistakes...but here is the Lincoln Douglas Debate Fox News Style.
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In The Line of Firings If that was, as we postulated here yesterday, a second chance at a first impression... It was a second first impression where the adjectives and the analogies were delivered in car-load lots. Our fifth story on the Countdown: after Reverend Jeremiah Wright's nationally televised train-wreck yesterday... Obama, in his own words today... Said he was: outraged, saddened, angry, shocked, surprised, and disappointed... At the: inexcusable, divisive, destructive, ridiculous, outrageous, and appalling... Caricature, spectacle, exploitation, performance, and rants. CONTINUED >>
This weekend marked the final RTCA dinner for President Bush, and he was ready with some swell zingers and some hilarious highlights from Bush RTCA monologues past. Of course, there were a few jokes that didn't make the cut, so here are a few sidesplitters from the 2004 event that the President felt weren't funny enough to make his list of greatest hits.
(don't let the cruddy video quality distract you from the hilariousness)
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