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Countdown Monday: War of Words

Posted: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Texas Two-Step:  If you had somehow not yet defined the Clinton-Obama campaign as "ugly"... Tonight, on the eve of the Wisconsin primary, pull out your needlepoint and start making the letter "U."  Our fifth story on the Countdown: the word thrown at Senator Obama by Clinton campaign honcho Howard Wolfson is "plaigarism" -- a charge that sank Joe Biden's first presidential bid 20 years ago. But the purported victim of the plaigarism, Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, says he and Senator Obama use each other's wordings all the time and he has no complaint. On at least one occasion Senator Obama explicitly credited the source anyway... And the issue of the overlap of language was discussed by both men in a Boston Globe article from April of last year. And oh by the way, the polls in Wisconsin are all over the map.

Will Gore Get Into It?: Can the man who was robbed of the presidency in the year 2000... ensure that Democrats are not robbed of a nominee... in the year 2008? In our fourth story tonight, word from Al Gore to the deadlocked presidential race... don't make me stop this car and come back there... because I will.

ODDBALL: Human Bagpipes, and TV Zombies...oh boy!

Pilot Era:  It's official, the whole Bush clan hearts John McCain. In our third story tonight, it's not just Jeb, any more...



Tabby Time: Tonight's glimpse of celebrity and entertainment begins with art, about to imitate what passes for life, under George Bush.  Warner brothers finally settling on an actress to play...



WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: The Heritage Foundation, Glenn Beck, and President Bush vie for tonight's top honors.

The Oswald "Transcripts"?:  Secrecy breeds conspiracies... and not all conspiracy theoriest are false.  A potent blend that still fuels speculation about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. And in our number one story on the Countdown, when a transcript of a purported conversation between Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and the man who shot Oswald -- Jack Ruby -- is released... A transcript, pre-dating the Kennedy assassination... in which the two men discuss the assassination... It is bound to churn conspiracy theories anew... Even though the transcript has been deemed by the FBI to be a fake.

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Your Bushed segment for tonight is really a duplicate of the "Mad About TV" segment. Please fix it, I do so love/hate the Bushed segments! Thanks,  

dmze, Petaluma, CA (Sent Monday, February 18, 2008 11:22 PM)

I will be the first to vote to keep newscasters out of politics.  

deborah holland, Soldotna, AK (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:24 AM)

Barak Obama can no more plagiarize Thomas Jefferson, JFK, etal anymore than can anyone plagiarize Francis Scott Key when they "pledge allegiance to the flag". This is the onset of the last throws of a very desperate Clinton "Machine".  May they rest in peace!

M&M (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:22 AM)

That last blog was just a test.  Yes I know " O say can you see..." Francis Scott Key as a prisoner on a British vessel witnessed about the only successful U.S. endeavor(besides Andrew Jackson's feat at New Orleans in the War of 1812) at Fort McHenry.  Whether it's the Pledge or the Anthem it makes no difference for when you quote Americana it belongs to nobody as much as it belongs to us all.

M&M (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:42 AM)

Now Ben and Jerry's is supporting Obama with a new flavor of ice cream.  What other endorsements are next, Tom and Jerry?  The Media should be so proud.

LadyDay (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:43 AM)

HELP!  Roger Simon reports in Politico that Sen. Clinton will go after Sen. Obama's PLEDGED delegates (yes, the elected kind) if she needs them to win the nomination.  The pledge would not even be binding in the first round.  Can this really be, and could this really be happening in a party that calls itself democratic?!?  

Carl Lewis, Falls Curch, VA (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:52 AM)

Re:the JFK materials. Either people are too young, or they have short memories. I VIVIDLY remember watching tv for 3 days straight after the assassination. The assertion that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby didn't know each other is completely false. They may not have been close associates, but they DID know each other.

When Oswald was being brought out of the jail for transport, Ruby approached out of the crowd with a gun. Oswald distinctly said, "Jack, you son of a b-tch!" in the seconds before Ruby shot him. Nobody who sees a murder on live television is apt to forget it.

kww, Ohio (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:59 AM)


kww, Ohio (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:59 AM) Good morning! As I mentioned in my post that may or may not "make the cut," I wasn't even a twinkle in my parents' eyes when JFK was shot but have studied plenty of history. I thought it was the officer escorting Oswald who shouted to Jack Ruby. If memory serves, Jack Ruby knew plenty of Dallas cops.

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:12 AM)



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