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Countdown Friday: Craig to Resign

Posted: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:50 PM by Countdown
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Craig to Resign: If his arrest on charges of lewd conduct in a public restroom did not prove to be the undoing of Republican Senator Larry Craig. Perhaps the renewed allegation that -- 25 years ago -- he had sex with a teenage Congressional page did. Our fifth story on the Countdown: Breaking news tonight: Senator Craig's office saying this afternoon he will address his future tomorrow. And The Associated Press reporting that that future is the past. That Senator Craig will announce his resignation at a Saturday morning news conference in Idaho. The Idaho Statesman newspaper with its own report that the Senator will end the week-long turmoil by leaving office.  NBC News now confirming the reports that Senator Craig will announce his resignation tomorrow morning, in Boise.

WH Week That Was: Turdblossom has already gone...Fredo and Tony Snow are soon to follow. And the breaking news tonight, the Associated Press reporting Senator Larry Craig leaves tomorrow morning. John Dean joins us to assess the sudden loneliness at the G-O-P top - next on Countdown.

ODDBALL: Sprinklers during a rundown, stone pelting, and the restaurant of the future.

Decision 2008:  They were only in Iraq for twenty four hours. But as Republican Senators James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Richard Shelby of Alabama and Mel Martinez of Florida, accompanied by Democratic congressman Bud Cramer of Alabama were leaving Baghdad in their military plane last night, they were nearly hit by what were believed to be Rocket Propelled Grenades fired from the ground 6,000 feet below them. And yet according to those three Repuiblican Senators and the President, the security situation in Iraq is improving, thanks to the surge.

English Rose: In our number two story tonight...keeping tabs....and ten years after her death in Paris... Diana, "the people's princess".. is still a formidable presence.

WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD:  Holly Schnobrich of Lafayette Indiana, whoever is censoring the military internet in Baghdad, And the exterminator, Tom Delay fight for top honors tonight.

Encore: Dragnet: Larry Craig starring the Countdown Players...an encore.

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Bye, bye Larry -The Hypocrite- Craig.  

Now you'll have plenty of time to sit around with your loved ones and weave tales of family values and the good ol days when you didn't need a cadre of advisors and lawyers to alert you of your "wide stance" in the mens room.

Michael, Philadelphia, PA (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:11 PM)

Al Gore in Vietnam

Having posted a little tickler in last week's Digest about Al Gore's
141 days in Vietnam," The Federalist Editorial Board was inundated
with inquiries from Vietnam vets. Most went something like this:

"Gore claimed in his convention speech: 'I enlisted in the Army
because I knew if I didn't go, someone else in the small town of
Carthage, Tennessee would have to go in my place.' Since he wasn't
KIA or wounded, how was it that his Army tour was far shorter than
all the rest of us?"

Our astute veteran readers took the bait! Gore's campaign launched a
multimillion-dollar ad campaign this week to tell his "life story."
The ads will include references to his service" in Vietnam-however
brief. Gore spent less than five months of a typical twelve-month
tour in Vietnam. He spent every minute of his "tour" as a
"rear-echelon ..." (call any combat veteran and they can complete
that phrase for you). He was classified as a military journalist
after telling recruiters he was a "newspaper trainee" (read "copy
boy") for the New York Times while a student at Harvard.

He was assigned as a noncombatant "information specialist" to the
Army's 20th Engineers Brigade headquarters at Bien Hoa military base
near Saigon. Gore's immediate supervisor in Vietnam has confirmed
that his posting there came with explicit instructions to baby-sit
him and make sure he was never in any danger. That fact
notwithstanding, Gore has claimed to the Washington Post that he was
"shot at" and "spent most of my time in the field." He later told
the Baltimore Sun that "[I] pulled my turn on the perimeter at night
and walked through the elephant grass and I was fired upon." He has
since backed off these exaggerated claims. On May 22, 1971, not five
months into his "tour of duty," Gore was given special dispensation
and a one-way ticket home to attend divinity school in Nashville. He
dropped out of Vanderbilt shortly thereafter. As for the seven
months cut from Gore's tour of duty in Vietnam, we suppose "someone
else in the small town of Carthage, Tennessee" had to finish his
tour "in his place."

J. Freeman, WI (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:14 PM)

Good pre-long weekend Friday evening, everybody!! At least, I hope most of the people here have a long weekend ahead of them.

The best thing for me if Senator Craig does indeed resign tomorrow morning is that I won't have to hear anymore about his "wide stance." TMI!! TMI!!

I wish strength and good health to Tony Snow.

If I was in a plane nearly shot down over Iraq, that might - JUST MIGHT - make me reconsider some things. The "gentlemen" in the plan who said otherwise are more brain damaged than previously believed. Ugh...

Thank you ever so much for the kudos to COUNTDOWN viewers! It was our pleasure!! And, the Apu/SIMPSONS recall was a double bonus for me! :D

And, in my Friday evening "tradition," here are some words about one of my heroes, Lenny Bruce, that resonate just as much (or more) now than they did nearly 50 years ago. From THE TRIALS OF LENNY BRUCE and lawyer Albert Bendich: "In 1957, I was one of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's lawyers in the 'Howl' obscenity case. Five years later, I represented Lenny Bruce in the retrial of his first obscenity case. For all the free-thinking that had come to the Bay Area, the struggle for freedom was by no measure won." So to EVERYONE who continues the struggle for freedom, like the NewsHole moderators who work so hard for us, the bloggers who contribute here, the producers, reporters, and staff of COUNTDOWN, and to Keith Olbermann, the struggle is worth it!!

Have a great weekend!

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:16 PM)

Great show tonight, especially the WPitW (in particular, loved how you handled the Delay comment and the toupee allegation) and the expanded Senator Craig coverage.  But I have to take issue with Countdown on one small point.  I hope you assume that at least some ordinary folk watch your show on a regular basis and were there to support your ratings victory over Fox Noise last night.  But ordinary folk cannot have much sympathy with a guy (e.g., Tony Snow) who seemingly can't feed his family -- in the style to which they have evidently become accustomed -- on a miserly $168,000 per year.  (I'm not unsympathetic to Mr. Snow's current health issues, but he's the one who said he's leaving because of the money.)  Your offhand comment that maybe they should pay federal government employees more than that was somewhat insensitive to (or at least oblivious of) other public employees, like school teachers, firefighters, police officers, social workers, nurses, and others, who have to get buy on a lot less, who didn't make a pile of money in the private sector before entering public service, who don't have (apparently private) sources from which they can take out loans to supplement their incomes while in public service, and who don't have the comfort of knowing that they will easily pay those loans back later out of the huge speaking fees and other private money they will earn after they resign.  If you're going to take up the cause of public employees (and no one is saying you shouldn't do that), then please take up the cause of public employees who deserve your support.

Bonnie (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:29 PM)

#1. Dragnet? Y'mean the episode where Joe Friday busts Truman Capote on a Syntax Charge? #2. Sort of a Female James Dean. Forever Young and Marketable. #3. Iraq seems pretty safe for everybody playing Gin Rummy at Camp David. The Senators must have been yelling 'GIN!" themselves when those RPG's went zining by.(Of course they regained their disillusions when they got up to 30,000 feet.) #4. All of Dubya's Mob will be honored in the Halliburton Hall of Fame., so don't cry for them Argentina. #5. Craig will concurrently announce his starring role in the movie
"Snakes in the Airport Restroom".

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:32 PM)

Keith, you should let women run their fingers through your hair for charity, and donate the proceeds to some worthy cause.  If your hair is as strong as that stagehand guy made it look, you'd still have plenty left afterwards, too.

R. NorCal (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:43 PM)

#5: Mark Foley’s mentor; #4: Bush won’t be alone with his pants down, Craig’s hanging around for 30 days; #3:  Rocket Propelled Grenades, it was the surge stupid; glass half full, republican pants half up; #2:  Charity and parity lives on, she’s already selected George W. Bush’s place in Hell; #1: September 11th “didn’t” change everything, GOP hypocrisy remains un-flushed

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 10:44 PM)

Thank you once again for a twit and bimbo free show.  Your loyal viewers really appreciate it.  

We also appreciated making "Top Three News Makers", congratulations on being #1 in the ratings.  

Enjoy your holiday weekend.

Carol, Long Valley NJ (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 10:46 PM)

#3  Can anyone explain to me why so many senators/representatives make these short trips to Iraq?  What purpose does it serve except for self-aggrandizement and to say to their constitutents (with a knowing look on their faces) "I've been there and have seen with my own eyes diBlah, diBlah, diBlah".  Are they going there to get a good deal on Persian rugs??  What?
#1  Craig's last words   "Who da man, who da man?".

#5  tom DeCay should have a permanent place as wpitw and then Keith can work up from there.  

Texashogfan (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 11:36 PM)

Keith, all I can say is, I'm very happy I wasn't eating when you chose to demonstrate for us that your hair is real. (As if some of us couldn't tell.) I thought I would die alone wheezing in my living room. Had I been eating, I would have choked to death.

Oh, there's been many a Republican hypocrisy exposed of late, but the most ironic one to top them all, Larry Craig's Bathroom-Bowl Blues aside, may well be Tom DeLay, of ALL people, accusing Keith Olbermann of wearing a toupee. Oh, my goodness. It's a miracle I can stop laughing even now.

Tru M., Cleveland, Ohio (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 11:42 PM)

Was I dreaming, or was "Keeping Tabs" excluded from the show? Thank you!

Congratulations on the ratings win.
Keep it up.

James, NYC, NY (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:25 AM)

Can we look forward to a serenade by Craig's former fellow crooners, "The Singing Senators", of "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away"?

Niels, Bayou DeGradeabelle, Post-Katrina MS (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 3:24 AM)

Tom Delay is not fit for public consumption.

J K Seagraves, Topeka, Ks (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:59 AM)

Can we move on now?  Please?  There were over 1,700 Iraqi's killed in Iraq in August-isn't that newsworthy.

Please, let's get back to other news and get out of the 'toilet.'

Jamie, Chula Vista, CA (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:16 AM)

Pass the toilet paper please, Senator.

Jim Dwyer, Bisbee, AZ (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:40 AM)

Well, Craig had his resignation presser this morning.  Shamefully, not only dragging the wife out, he brought his entire family with the exception of one son that couldn't make it.  
It was Craig's own actions alone (his hypocritical "family values" hate-mongering contrasting sharply with his own behavior) that brought him down.  Why do they need to shield themselves by bringing their families along to share the shame?  I feel sorry for the wives and children that get trotted out for these things.  My sympathy is with THEM.  
In the future, leave the wife and family at home and step up the the microphone by yourself.  It looks cowardly when you do it with by taking your family come along.

Sue, West Allis, Wisconsin (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:08 PM)

Yay! Hurray for the GOP and their hard work to force him to resign! Now who wants ice cream!!?  

.......except for David Vitter.  Yeah, its "disgusting" when homosexuality is involved. But I guess its OK, if a hypocrite POS like Vitter has hetero hooker sex. I say the work isn't done until Vitter also steps down. Who do I bl*w to get this ball rolling?

The Ghost of Bill Hicks (Sent Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:50 PM)

Wonder why Sen. Craig is waiting until the end of September to resign? Perhaps he is going back to Washington, D.C. to turn over a new page?

Gary Scott, Sylvia Lake, New York (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 12:04 PM)

I'm so sorry.  I was wrong to suggest on a previous thread that Appalachian State should use Miss Teen South Carolina as a recruiting poster for the football team.  After this weekend, all Appalachian State has to do is show prospective players film from the Michigan game.  Good thing, too.  Miss Teen South Carolina will be free to concentrate on her geography class.  

Bonnie (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 5:43 PM)

Whoa, Pam! A tad less cordial than what I brought to our #1-5 List, but I liked it. I realized early on, that the Five List was a way to cover the bases quick, quicker if I got real Kenneth Patchen/Mort Sahl Impressionist and kept it short. I found out I reminded myself of the influence of my Ethics Professor, the late Joseph Fox. Indeed?

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 8:20 PM)

I kind of wondered why the Sept. 30th date myself. One of the Saturday afternoon MSNBC commentators who worked for Bush '41' claimed that Senator Craig was going to use the time to allow a smoother transition and give his current office staff time to find new jobs. That sounds noble, but couldn't he resign effective immediately and still work on the transition in a behind the scenes capacity? His presence in the Senate for these next weeks is going to be a distraction to infinity, and you thought Typhoid Mary was isolated? No one's going to want to be around him even if their lives depended on it.

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 8:31 PM)

I am so glad the see that Craig (that naughty, naughty, naughty boy) has finally come to the realization that he needed to leave the Senate.  Now, if he could come the rest of the way out of the closet and leave his wife he would be a happy, naughty boy.  

MK, Indianapolis (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:09 PM)

Hope everyone is having a nice long weekend...

This Craig story, unfortunately, will simply not go away if he sticks around until September 30..I will try to ignore it..

I've always liked Tony Snow.  He seems a decent man.. who cares what his reason is for leaving the White House..good luck to him and salud.

Thanks Keith for an encore presentation of Dragnet..particulary your added feature of Sen. Craig's interview on Meet the Press..naughty, nasty boy.

Thank you for your recognition of loyal Countdown viewers..where else would my hubby and I be when Keith's on..
















Laura in still sweltering, fires burning, humid Los Angeles (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 12:51 AM)

One small correction: apparently it was not Tom DeLay who accussed Keith of wearing a toupee, but Mark Levin. Oh well! HE certainly is in a place to judge, no? Bwahahahahaha!

What a loser. And as for R. NorCal's idea...hmmmm...

Tru M., Cleveland, Ohio (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 11:56 AM)

J. Just curious. Did you spend any time in Vietnam? If not, do you know who from Wisconsin, filled your spot?

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 12:51 PM)

Laura, no fires down here, but GAWD the heat and humidity are horrible.  I feel like we're back in Florida-blech.

Jamie, Chula Vista, CA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 1:07 PM)

Well, this is O/T... I do hope you all had a good weekend. I did not. I live in a section of the city called SouthSide, which is besotted (pun intended) with more bars than any other area in the region. Saturday night, well, I guess Sunday morning, at 3:30, some drunken fool tried to break into my landlady's flat (she's on the first floor, we are on the second) by opening her livingroom window and shoving her A/C in. Good things: she wasn't injured and the jerk dropped his balckberry.

I gave her a choice the next day: do you want my baseball bat or my grandfather's billy club? (she took the aluminum bat). I told her if something like this happens again, aim for the head and don't stop swinging until the creep stops squirming.


TruM, Neils, Pam, Carol (NJ), Texashogfan, Krista, Steve, Sue(West Allis), Jamie (CV) and everyone I failed to mention, I hope y'all had a better weekend than I did.

JAM, Pittsburgh, PA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 1:33 PM)

#3  So, if their plane was actually struck by the RPGs, would those G.O.P. guys have had their resolve shaken a little?

Sadly, had the insurgents been completely successful and downed the aircraft then it would have been fodder for the right to put even MORE of our fighting men and women into Baghdad.

Oh, and I really think we need to stop using the word 'troops'. It always sounds to me to be very cold and impersonal and distant. Soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen etc. indicates more that these are real people, flesh and blood who bleed and die.

Troops lumps them altogether into some kind of mass that when a part is lost doesn't have the full weight of a man or woman in uniform losing their lives. It's easy to use the word too, Support the Troops... Support the Troops... Support the Troops. Said enough times, it's lost it's meaning.

As someone who had a close family member serve at the onset of the conflict, I am very much behind the men and women who serve in our armed forces and do their duty to the best of ability, even if under false pretenses.

WJ


JC

Walter J. Murdock, Cincinnati OH (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 2:15 PM)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer family valued man, talk about the hypochracy of the Republican Party!  When is America going to wake up and see the Christian right for what it  is.

Peter Bidlake, Vancouver, Canada (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 4:00 PM)

Hey Steve, you have to wonder also who from TX or CT filled the spot for Bush in Vietnam.  Who served from WY for Cheney, etc., etc., etc..

Good, bad, indifferent, but Gore DID go to Vietnam as did Kerry.  Hmmmmmmmmmm, how many people in the current administration actually served ANY time in our Armed Forces, let alone went to Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or Iraq.

Jamie, Chula Vista, CA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 5:00 PM)

Jamie September 3, 1:07 post)

I'm just praying the AC holds up.  We've had a few brown outs already..keep cool friend...

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 5:44 PM)

Vietnam was a place, like Iraq or Afghanistan or Korea or Normandy, where you could spend a year there, in one hour.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 7:37 PM)

Steve, I wouldn't waste anymore time trying to reason with the unreasonable. J. Freeman sure posts like Wayne don't he? Nice cut and paste jobs, having NOTHING to do with the current topic, except for the continued inner dialogue that goes on with the voices in his head.

The next topic could be Tapioca Pudding and its Political Ramifications for Elections in Alaska, and the megalomaniac Wingnut who JUST HAS TO BE RIGHT ABOUT AL GORE AND CLINTON AND AND..Huff, Huff, Puff! will try to blow our houses down--with yet another cut and paste about how many liberals there are in the military as opposed to the number of conservatives, or whatever.

I care about you Steve, and I'd much rather you spend your time giving us your hilarious takes on current events. PEACE!

LT in MD (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 9:34 PM)

"GAWD the heat and humidity are horrible.  I feel like we're back in Florida-blech.

Jamie, Chula Vista, CA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 1:07 PM)"


Anyone, like Brenda, that's from florida, forgive me... I was born in Volutia County and lived there again as a teen, but MAN am I glad I live here and not there. But I can comisserate with the bit about heat and humidity... When you've got four rivers and hundreds/countless creeks and the temps start topping 90F..UGH!! There's been several times this summer I've had to reach for the inhaler because of the "ozone action day"s. But, at least we don't get the fires. Just a lot of flooding this summer (like a lot of places, unfortunately).

Laura, God bless you and your loved ones. I hope you all escape unscathed.

JAM, Pittsburgh, PA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 11:22 PM)

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Sunday, September 02, 2007 8:20 PM)

Thanks Steve, a compliment from you is extremely flattering!!

Sweltering in Los Angeles, I can't even sleep!! My prayers go out to everyone dealing with our weather conditions!! Stay safe, Jamie, be careful friend!!

PEACE FRIEND!!

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:08 AM)

JAM, Pittsburgh, PA (Sent Monday, September 03, 2007 1:33 PM)

God Bless you friend and thank you!! I hope your landlord is ok and can get past that horrid fear of it happening again.

PEACE FRIEND!!

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:39 PM)

J. Freeman, WI (Sent Friday, August 31, 2007 9:14 PM)

???????????????????????????????????????????????????!!

Where was George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft to name a few? PLEASE!!

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:40 PM)

Sorry about your weekend, JAM (1:33 pm post)! ICK! I had a lovely weekend after a horrid week last week. So, the person left their BlackBerry?! Give that person a Darwin award!

Cool wishes to anyone here suffering from the heat!

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:50 PM)

Wishing you all relief from the heat, from down here where mosquitoes need windshield wipers even on sunny days.  ;)

Niels, down on Bayou DeGradebelle, Post-Katrina MS (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:09 PM)

JAM Pittsburgh PA (Monday 11:22PM post)..bless you JAM. We're ok thank you...Take care of you..

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:03 PM)

JAM (Monday 1:33PM post)..so glad your landlady is ok. Gotta always have some protection..she's lucky you're there. Hope this is a better week for you..

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:11 PM)

Heading for home..hope you all will be glued to the TV watching Countdown and Keith's Special Comment..should be interesting..

Take care everyone..



Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:15 PM)

How many U.S. Senators, who have access to VIP lounges, choose, instead, to use a public restroom on repeated trips through Minneapolis?

Bob, Boulder, CO (Sent Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:59 PM)

If he must run again, this should be his campaign slogan - "Hi, I'm Larry, fly me!"

Kathy Doe (Sent Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:44 PM)

I cant beleive the spin that theyre trying to put on the Senator Craig thing now...

First he is arrested while flashing KNOWN signs for cruising in a mens room by a police officer trained to spot such signals. Then he lies about the situation to the officer...

One point that most people fail to realize is the fact that it was almost 2 MONTHS from the time the Senator was arrested to the time he entered a "guilty" plea. 2 MONTHS? So its not like he didnt have time to actually think about it exactly what pleaing guilty meant.

Then Craig states that he is going to resign, then a couple days later, says he is going to fight it, complete with a high profile PR team and lawyers.

This entire situation only shows how corrupt the Reps actually are... Im sure that they will do their best to get everything overturned/dropped so that Craig will keep his seat.

My only hope is that the rest of America can figure out that this is an example our fine government doing what they do best: deceit, manipulation and hypocrisy...

Bill, Washington (Sent Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:30 PM)

will someone please mention to the blind media that cause of indiviuals like craig using pubic restrooms for sexual tryst is the reason my kids CAN NOT USE a public restroom in the park or in almost any other public place.  that is why the police stake out these places, not to indict hypocritical gop politicians but to protect our children from the menace that is lurking in these public rest rooms.  anyways i hope he stays since it will only hasten the demise of the hypocritical intolerant Grand Ole Party.  good night now!

George Arce Tucson, AZ (Sent Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:29 PM)

Bye Bye Tucker Carlson,
Each of Tucker's advertisers got this message.
Your business advertised on Tucker Carlson’s MSNBC show.
Tucker Carlson has been requested to both verify his story concerning a High School incident,  and to apologize to GLAAD and GLSEN for his gay bashing he told about on Abram’s program.
Unless you want your product connected with the LGBT community’s wrath towards Tucker Carlson,
I suggest you either prompt his apology or advertise elsewhere. Abrams and Scarborough laughed during Tucker’s story and neither of them deserve you advertising either.

Mark ,BR, LA (Sent Friday, September 07, 2007 7:07 PM)



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