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Wednesday Night Countdown

Posted: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:02 PM by Countdown
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Alison Stewart is in for Keith tonight...

The Verdict on the Verdict
: One question lingers for the jurors who determined Libby was guilty "Where was Rove? Where were these other guys?" We'll talk to juror Denis Collins. And that cloud Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald described over the White House, one Republican Senator thinks the forecast calls for impeachment.
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The Spin Machine: We look at predictable - yet still mind-boggling - spin from the usual right-wing suspectson the guilty verdict of Scooter Libby. Why is FOX News suddenly "soft on crime"? WATCH VIDEO

ODDBALL
: Weirdness from India including the annual festival of the "hooks", and a drunken bull-fight where it's the bulls that are drunk, and the cutest two-snouted piggy you'll see all day. WATCH VIDEO

Persecuted Prosecutors
: Was it politics or poor performance that led the administration to use a little known provision in the Patriot Act to force out eight U-S attorneys and replace them without any oversight. Congress is asking questions, and so are we. WATCH VIDEO

Jenna's Book Deal
: Her previous best known work of fiction was a fake I-D, now 25-year-old Jenna Bush has managed to land a sweet book deal for her fall release, "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope." Andrea Mitchell reports the president's daughter is trying to get the spotlight for something other than partying hard. WATCH VIDEO

Strange Bedfellows
: Most of us have now heard about last weekend's CPAC convention in Washington, where conservatives heard speeches from presidential candidates and right-wing icons, and where Ann Coulter made her homophobic joke about John Edwards. At that same conference, ex-Marine Corporal Matt Sanchez was honored. But did CPAC know Mr. Sanchez was once known, apparently, as "Rod Majors"... the star of some fairly frisky gay porn, and as several sites now claim...a male prostitute? 

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Keith, you know that CPAC and Coulter-GEIST will simply ignore any factual information regarding Matt Sanchez, just as they do with ALL of the illegalites of the George W. Bush Administration and Doctor Shopper Rush!! Facts don't matter to these people when if affects their bigoted views, as displayed with their RUTHLESS DEFENSE OF RUSH WHEN HE MADE FUN OF MICHAEL J. FOX - ON AIR, WITH AN ADULT PRESENT!! For God's sake, how they said "Rush was not making fun of Michael J. Fox" (while screamiming over anyone questioning them) shows what idiots all of these people are!!
The idiots are those who continue to support fox news – including the Democrats apparently. Makes me wonder at what point does a joke become stale? When they started this entire one sided, low-brow bashing as humor it was novel and amusing. But how is it still funny? I don't get it. What do they see in fox news? Even the Gong Show, Morton Downy Jr. and Jerry Springer have had their half lives. Even with all the pretty colors, all they do is shout and complain all over each other. Maybe it’s just me... But then again, I don’t understand The View either.
a marine in gay porn? omg!!!!! check out "the missing". corporal sanchez "rod majors" is great in that one. having lived in oceanside in the 70's and 80's, i had several marine lovers. they are normal healthy gay men who happen to be fantastic soldiers. SO WHAT if they are gay. WHO CARES? they do their jobs and do them well.
Why does MSNBC feel compelled to lie to its audience about the way FNC reported the Scooter Libby verdict? Obviously the proof is there that Fox ran FIVE banners back to back with four of them stating Libby was found GUILTY. They did run ONE banner reporting which count he was found not guilty of. Have you people no shame? I suppose your handful (all far-left partisans) of viewers care nothing of the truth.
Chris in Magnolia, TEXAS - Referring to Keiths viewers as a "handful" is not nice. Nor does it reflect the 76% of Americans who DO NOT APPROVE OF THE JOB GEORGE W. BUSH IS DOING. Yes, we the few "far left partisans" DO care about the truth, which is why we find the fact that FOX NEWS proclaims to be a legitimate news organization comedic. I counted NINE ANCHORS CALLING THE JURORS "CONFUSED"; and that "one banner" was not displayed ONCE, but appeared on the initial breaking news of the verdict. "BREAKING NEWS: SCOOTER LIBBY AQUITTED ON ONE COUNT OF LYING TO THE FBI". In addition to its' continued airing of this "banner" were the anchors shouting "it's a trial that NEVER should have been brought"; "the jurors were all confused"; "what do you expect from a jury that lives in Washington D.C." (oh now that's not bias at all Chris); and the conclusion to the rant, "it's because Denis Colins, one of the jury members used to be a reporter for the Washington Post". Please Chris, don't blame us "far-left partisans" for SCOOTER LYING UNDER OATH then getting caught and tried in a court of law. The "far-right" was SO MUCH KINDER TO BILL CLINTON - LOL!! The "far-left" cares about the truth; the men and women who have died in this unjust war' the lies told to us by this Administration in leading up to the war; our deplorable standing in the world based on this Administration; our lost global morality - you know, these things that made this country great!! I'm sorry you on the "far right" either don't care about these things, or are too blinded to see the truth about this Constitution-Shredding Administration. Oh, and I know "it's all Bill Clinton's fault" right Chris??
So you cherry pick one screenshot showing the not guilty verdict while they cycled through ALL verdicts and disregard those that showed he was guilty. Then you use this as evidence of Fox News' bias? Let's break this down...Fox News went through each count individually. Countdown cherry picks one screenshot and lies to their audience by showing that one screenshot while disregarding all the Guilty screenshots they could have captured (and are easily available elsewhere). Countdown then has the gall to misrepresent this lie as Fox News' bias? Sounds like MSNBC is projecting.
St. John, Detroit: IT WAS NOT "COUNTDOWN" that created an organization, which lies, manipulates the truth, misreports facts and has hosts and anchors who pander to the right. PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. If you really want to fuel your misdirected and ridiculous anger at COUNTDOWN, you should have tuned in to multiple COMEDY programs airing FOX NEWS' ridiculous footage of the "VERDICT"!! The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and various other "COMEDY" shows who seemed to find it rather comedic, as did the rest of us living on PLANET EARTH!! It is the SOLE fault of FOX NEWS for the criticism it receives from the "FAIR & BALANCED" people who have watched them in action. The positions of its' anchors and show hosts are not "far right", they are off ALL PARTISAN CHARTS!! They have been exposed by PAST EMPLOYEES, TO INCLUDE REPORTERS AND EXECUTIVES, that's right "THEIR OWN PEOPLE "St John". MSNBC, like the rest of us on "PLANET EARTH" will no longer tolerate their continued lies and misrepresentations. NOR WILL WE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT ANY LONGER!! The documentary "Outfoxed", including interviews with former employees, exposed FOX NEWS a couple of years ago for what the station represents. Don't blame Keith for telling us the truth! BLAME FOX NEWS FOR BEING ON THE PAYROLL OF THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION!! (PS: GOOD LUCK TO YOU KEITH, AS ALWAYS)
I have a lovely aunt and her husband who leave the Noise Channel on nearly 24/7. They are about as conservative as they come. Although I dearly love both of them, I know that their view of this world is so skewed that I can not talk politics or even news. I accept this from them. But, what is funny, they can not accept it from me (well my aunt kinda does). I see that as a major difference between the right and left. I tolerate discussion, difference and opinions. The people of the Noise Channel and Rush, et al do not. They want you to believe that we must walk, lock step (preferably with khaki colored clothing?) in time with their music. We were populated as a nation with people that were looking for religious tolerance - and now we are seeing an attempt at a political coup which supports total intolerance of anything except doctrine. Oh yeah, except those in power are free to steal, lie, seduce youths, have extra-maritial affairs without regard.
I think one key message that comes from this discussion is - fortunately - truth matters. The politicians that were placed to control the might of our nation may want us to believe their lies, but there comes a point when the truth will not be denied. Sadly it took us years to get to this place with our current administration. We as a people should study carefully what they have said and done in the past several years. Only then can we ensure that the liars are worse off for their lies, which is the most powerful way to prevent more lies. Don't vote for these lying so-called conservatives. Vote for people who take the honest approach, even if it is unpopular. Through integrity, honesty results.
I cannot for the life of me, see how any sane person in their right mind, support this administration. They have lied, people died, they are still lying and people are still dying. Where does it end. And how could anyone still believe in this group of criminals. We are an embarrassment to the entire world.


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