Countdown Friday: The Final Four
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Final 4:
It was at this exact stage of the 2004 Presidential Election that an Osama Bin Laden video conveniently turned up, four days before Mr. Bush's reelection. Our fifth story on the Countdown: the only "October Video Surprise" as of the trick-or-treat hour... a very scary tape of former Bush-41 Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger retracting a swipe he took at Sarah Palin. Oh... there was Barack Obama's October Video Surprise -- his new commercials... in Arizona.
The Problem with Palin:
It may be the least original putdown of the last 40 years: Every time I look at him/her/it, I wonder: is a McDonald's somewhere missing an employee. In our fourth story on the Countdown: it mutates into the Presidential race today. By a Republican...About another Republican.
Voting on Demand: North Carolina, among the 32 states with early voting this election, now joins Florida in deciding to keep its polls open longer. Four more hours tomorrow... The last day to vote there before Tuesday... It could mean eight thousand more early voters in one county alone. In our third story on the Countdown...
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Bill-O, Ann Coulter and G. Gordon Liddy vie for tonight's top honors.
Say it Aint Joe: Joe Wuzelbacher...The plumber who isn't licensed...The would-be business owner who isn't trying to buy a business...The "Average Joe" who has an agent and a publicist, and is trying to get a book deal and a recording contract... Will be going to Washington if John McCain is elected.Our number one story: John Cleese is here, on the prospect of America's first-ever Secretary of Plungers...
