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Countdown supplemental

Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:31 PM by Countdown
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With new polls coming out every day it's useless to post any lasting links to particular polls. One poll that is frequently the subject of news is the Gallup Daily poll.

From Monday's top Bushed item: David Kilcullen is not entirely pleased with Spencer Ackerman's reporting of his description of the decision to invade Iraq as "f-ing stupid."

Here's the full FactCheck.org debunking of the latest McCain attack ad (yesterday they also picked apart McCain's Obama/Castro Web ad).

The main cover page of the conservative RAND corporation's Invisible Wounds of War; Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery report includes links to summaries as well as the full document.

The subject of Monday night's "best campaign exaggeration:" TCS Requests Don Young Campaign Remove Misleading Ads

An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General NOTE: At 140 pages, even with a high speed connection this download can be a bit heavy. The main page for special reports says an HTML version is coming soon. (Of course, they said that about the still-not-HTML June report.) The instantly infamous question, "[W]hat is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?" is on page 23. How Keith managed to report that item while avoiding making a Twilight Zone cookbook allusion is still a mystery.

Fox Business Just Seven Decades From Victory

President Bush's announcement of the surge was January 10, 2007 and he speaks of it in the future tense.

July 23rd was the 6th anniversary of the Downing Street memo.

The video of President Bush joking about Wall Street having been drunk and the state of the housing market is now located here.

Schmidt's Restaurant und Sausage Haus - the next best option to giving a speech to hundreds of thousands people in actual Germany.

House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on "Executive Power and its constitutional limitations." Or, as Congressman Lungren called it, "Impeachment lite."

"In the poll by our associates at Synovate eNation, we asked which of four of the media elite—Limbaugh, Fox's Bill O ' Reilly, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann , and Hardball's Chris Matthews—you wouldn't want renting the Martha's Vineyard home next to you."

The Wall Street Journal article that drew Keith's ire: What Bush and Batman Have in Common

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thanks

j. brown (Sent Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:33 PM)

PS the wmv podcast of this show was corrupt (or at least the one I downloaded)
I did manage to get my fix - the audio was alright and intact - but I lost all the visuals past 11.21

James Moylan. Lismore. NSW. Australia (Sent Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:34 PM)

Re: Monica Goodling
 Sir,I've been a multi-decade fan and am an admirer of Countdown. But really, how could you cast aspersions on Wotsamatta U.?

Jim Cook, Wilmington, N.C. (Sent Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:17 PM)

The new McCain ad, comparing Obama to Spears and Paris, is no different than the Harold Ford ad. Republicans want to use visual images of white women with a black man. the sad part is their predictability and racist tacticts, with which they use to feed the predjudicies of some Americans.

Edward Feld, Battle Creek, Mich (Sent Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:53 PM)

I would like to know more about the Rand Corporation study. I tried to Google it and could not find it, and I would like to cite the study about military vs. international policework to fight terrorism in a debate forum. Can anyone help me find the study cited by Keith Olbermann on 7/30/2008?

Margaret H. (Sent Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:24 PM)

This one belongs in Oddball and I haven't seen it there yet.  James L. Harris, the Miami "bus fanatic" has been arrested 3 times for stealing buses, picking up passengers and charging 25 cent fares because....he really likes buses.  To read the story click here: http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/612977.html.  Keith, please add this to Oddball - this is one to track in wacky Miami!

Lauren (Sent Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:45 PM)

Which race card is Senator Obama play?  The white one or the black one?  He's able to play both although he never played either!

Audrey Taylor, Chino, Ca (Sent Friday, August 01, 2008 7:31 PM)

Could somebody please start calling the GOP's strategy the Sour Grapes McCain Campaign?

ka, indianapolis, indiana (Sent Monday, August 04, 2008 2:26 PM)



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