Countdown Thursday: War and Appease
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:00 PM by Countdown
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Obama vs. Bush: Playing the Hitler card... in Israel... to smear a Democratic Presidential candidate. In our fifth story on the Countdown: George W. Bush, surprisingly enough, still president of the United States at this hour... Even after an array of fear-mongering and hate-mongering... of violations of international and domestic etiquette... of just plain sleazy plagiarism from his own former Defense Secretary... All of it directed at Senator Barack Obama, and all of it done so poorly and transparently, that it would probably make Rush Limbaugh hesitate -- and make Obama's campaign chiefs secretly cheer.
Four Year Fantasy: There will still have been no terrorist attacks since 9/11.. The war in Iraq is won... Osama bin Laden is dead or in custody...The world food crisis is over...The economy is growing robustly... Kids are smarter and thinner...All of America's problems are either solved or being solved. Our fourth story on the Countdown - Senator McCain's vision of President Bush's third term. I'm sorry: of his first term. Oh, I forgot one: they find new plot-lines for "24" and its ratings are higher than ever!
ODDBALL: A robot conducts an orchestra, a panda bear loses it, and a guy in a jet pack cruises over the Alps.
Sacrifice and Golf: As suggested by your overwhelming and gratifying reaction to last night's Special Comment. We real Americans each have our own feelings of disappointment, or disgust, or outrage… over President Bush's recent remark -- and as it turns out, lie -- that he gave up golf to honor the war dead in Iraq. So in our third story on the Countdown, we'll attempt to view this through the eyes of those who have actually made a meaningful sacrifice… with Paul Rieckhoff, who was a First Lieutenant and platoon leader in the Iraq war from 2003 to 2004... and who will join us presently.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: John Boehner, Mark Salter and Retired General Thomas McInerney
The Littlest Idol: We don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people have seen it on YouTube and other on-line locals. Total audience for our viewing of it here on Monday: roughly two million. Thus the circa-1990-vintage Billo Inside Edition meltdown probably deserves more analysis. Our number one story tonight: Orally's own explanation... And the insight of -- and I don't believe anybody's tried this before on tv -- a body language expert... First, a little refresher.
