Countdown Wednesday: Iraq the Vote
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Babble on Babylon:
If Senator John McCain loses that election handily... He may look back to this day as the moment the remaining chance slipped from his grasp. Before the sun had risen in his home state... Senator McCain had spoken as if he simply did not care what how long our American heroes serving in Iraq have to stay there. Our fifth story on the Countdown: Senator McCain, suggesting this morning that bringing American troops home from Iraq is, quote: "Not too important. What's important is the casualties in Iraq." As if Iraq were the Korean De-militarized Zone. And not a place where 12 Americans have died in just the first 11 days of this month.
"Supporting" the Troops:
4,095 American troops are dead. Nearly 30,000 more wounded. 40,000 diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. All since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Our fourth story on the Countdown -- and John McCain says it's not too important when the others finally come home?ODDBALL: A runaway bear, a guy with a nail in his head and the world's most expensive watermelon.
Obamomentum:
As Barack Obama staggered over the finish line last week... Battered and bruised... His party in tatters... The universal question was, how could he possibly come back, possibly keep disaffected Democrats from flocking to John McCain? As tonight's new NBC News, Wall Street Journal poll shows in our third story... Mission Accomplished. Not only does Obama have a lead outside the margin of error... he already leads McCain among some of the key groups the media have said he is struggling with.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Steve Doocy, Bill-O and Katie Couric vie for tonight's top honors.
J-LO, SCAR-JO, OH NO:
President Ronald Reagan had been one of them, in a prior career. President Bill Clinton occasionally basked in their glory. And in our number one story on the Countdown, presidential hopeful Barock Obama appears to be amassing his young-Hollywood buddies list. With names that can be annoyingly contracted... Like J-Lo... Even, Scar-Jo.
