Countdown Monday: McDeregulation
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Health Care Deform:
There is a man running for president who actually believes -- right now -- that deregulation has been a great thing for the U-S economy... He has surrounded himself with lobbyists who made millions pushing for the regulatory changes that facilitated the current crisis... And he thinks that deregulation of the banking industry has been so great... we should do the exact same thing with -- make that "to" -- health care. Naturally his campaign today conducted a conference call to announce the New York Times can no longer be considered a news organization... and when Politico-Dot-Com chronicles the factual errors the campaign makes during the conference call... the campaign declares the Politico writer is quote "in the tank." Our fifth story on the Countdown: The Political Implosion of John McCain.
Risk and Reword:
Nothing like an intensely complicated economic problem, multiplied by urgency phrased in the most cataclysmic of terms... to bring out contradictory answers from the Presidential candidates. The switch here is: Senators McCain and Obama don't seem to disagree with each other. The conflict seems to be between... Senator McCain... and Senator McCain. Our fourth story on the Countdown: the Treasury Secretary pressing Congress to approve, without changes or significant debate, an unprecedented financial bail out -- funded by tax payers -- that could reach a trillion dollars. And, oh by the way, give him all the power... and none of the accountability. ODDBALL: a radio station goes up in flames, and David Blaine just goes up
EarMcMarks:
To hear John McCain tell it, when it comes to earmarks -- those pet projects funded by federal legislation-- he is a modern-day Vincent van Gogh. In our third story tonight, his opposition to earmarks... the foundation, one might even say a fundamental... of his campaign. Turns out those fundamentals aren't too sound either. Or too true.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Paul Lindemann, Steve Doocy, and Neil Cavuto vie for tonight's top honors.
Yankee Dawdle Dandee: That the history of Yankee Stadium in New York stretches back to 1923, you probably already know...That "Win One For The Gipper" was coined there, you might have heard. That Aryan Supremacy was first vanquished there, probably not. That there may be a sliver of doubt that last night's game there really was the last to be played in the facility is probably a complete surprise to you. An explanation in a moment. But in our number one story on the Countdown, Yankee Stadium not only hosted Babe Ruth, but it was also played in, by men who started playing baseball in the 19th Century. And by Fred Merkle, whose involvement in the most controversial moment in the sport's history will be remembered on its Centennial...tomorrow. First the end of Yankee Stadium. Probably.
