Countdown Monday: New and Reproved
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Back Sliming: In terms of substance among the milestones of this campaign, Governor Palin's speech at Richmond, Virginia this afternoon was not much. In terms of symbolism it may turn out to be... everything. Our fifth story on the Countdown: the Republican Vice Presidential candidate inadvertently lashing out at her very supporters who were encouraging her to speak louder...
Base Less: It's one thing for a conservative pundit like William Kristol to write that John McCain needs to fire his entire campaign team...Or Christopher Hitchens writing that Sarah Palin is a "disgrace" and "unscrupulous"...But in our fourth story on the Countdown: What does it mean, when the Republican Governor of Florida decides he's too busy to help the GOP nominee get into the White House?ODDBALL: Donkeys in the house and a pumpkin ride.
Scandalgate:
The official investigation into Sarah Palin's Troopergate Scandal released over the weekend... Was so unambiguous that it spelled out how, quote, she "abused her power"... how she broke the quote, "code of ethics" and how she was guilty of "violating Alaska Statute". And she immediately lied about what the report said. Our third story on the Countdown: a fitting triple-header: Troopergate, Troopergate-Report-Gate, and something new -- the possibility that the giant new home she claimed her husband and a few contractor buddies built, was actually improperly constructed by the same people who built the twelve million dollar sports complex Mayor Palin got built in Wasilla, Alaska.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Billo the Clown, Mark Salter and Pastor Arnold Conrad
Richard Lewis is Here: The urgency of this presidential election has been matched with potent imagery...Tina Fey as Sarah Palin... asking for a lifeline.. "I would like to phone a friend." Less generously: Palin as McCain's female Sancho Panza, as declared by conservative columnist George Will. And now, in our number one story on the Countdown... McCain as Gollum in "Lord of the Rings". And bringing his own set of brush strokes... comedian Richard Lewis, presently.
