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Countdown Supplemental for June 23 and 24, 2008

Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:28 PM by Countdown
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Here's the Fortune Magazine story in which chief campaign strategist for Senator John McCain, Charlie Black, acknowledges seeing terrorist attacks on the U.S. as politically advantageous for his candidate.

This is MoveOn.org's note to members, beseeching them to encourage Barack Obama to keep his promise to support a filibuster of the bill containing retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.

How did Barack Obama's half-brother's quote, "Because, I am a Muslim myself, and I don’t think that my being a Muslim has got anything to do with my brother being the President of the United States” become, "...will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background" - the hot new Obama smear among Worst People in the World like Monica Crowley? Here's the debunking by Jake Tapper of ABC News.

The results of the USA Today/Gallup poll cited last night on Countdown are best read on the Gallup site.

Here's the official site for the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot. It looks like the event featured on the air is called "Kill the car."

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General report: An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and summer Law Intern Program (pdf) The most straightforwardly damning stuff is in the Conclusions and Recommendations section beginning on page 98.

And again, the Newsweek poll to decide the best alternative title for Bill O'Reilly's bold, fresh piece of book is here.

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Thanks for the supplemental on the show, it's a great way to dive in a little more beyond the segments on the show.  Just for the record, I'm a Democrat in Oklahoma City, and no one I know has even HEARD of the ridiculous Full-Auto Shoot going on somewhere in our state.  In fact, I haven't even heard of the city where it's occurring!

Erick W, Oklahoma City, OK (Sent Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:19 PM)



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