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Countdown Monday: Lame Ducker

Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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Sole of a Nation:  The official White House transcript of the joint news conference by President Bush and Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad reeding nothing more than "audience interruption." Also, that it happened just after the president said that although "the war is not yet over ... it is decisively on its way to being won."  Our fifth story on the Countdown: Mister Bush's final trip to Iraq -- perhaps his entire legacy in that country -- likely to be remembered for that "audience interruption." An Iraqi correspondent for a Baghdad t-v network... Throwing first one of his shoes... Then the other... At President Bush's head. Iraqi television journalism: Left shoe and right shoe: Fair and balanced.

Tainted Gov: President-elect Obama's Internal Review of contacts with Governor Rod Blagojevitch is complete... But it will not be released until next Monday, at what has now been confirmed as, the request of the prosecutors... So our fourth story on the Countdown, what might have been dispensed with today... will linger. But with a new poll finding that Obama's approval rating is thus far un-affected... The Republican National Committee might want to reconsider its effort at guilt by association.

ODDBALL: Behold, Barney Cam

Senate News:  The future face of the U-S Senate... and the faces in that Senate... our third story tonight. We'll get to the Kennedy news, but first, late-breaking news from Colorado...

Worsties...see below.

WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Faux News, Glenn Beck and  Larry Di Rita vie for tonight's top honors.

The 25 Most Corrupt...the rest of the list. 

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I'm just waiting for thousands of shoes to show up at the White House....  I'm tempted to send him some of mine.

Sylvia LaFrance, Saint Helens, Oregon (Sent Monday, December 15, 2008 10:11 PM)

As for the shoe tossing: "shoe me once, shame on you, Shoe me twice,you can't shoe me twice!" PRICLESS!

Teresa Morrison (Sent Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:20 AM)

Re: Sole of a Nation.  That story had a wonderful headline in our local Democratic-leaning newspaper yesterday:  Bush Ducks Shoe.  Seriously, all I could think about was what that rhymes with....

Stephanie, Lancaster, PA (Sent Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:10 AM)

Oh, and the Barney and Bush Christmas video? I haven't seen acting that bad since "Glitter".

Meghan H. Elder, Moses Lake, Wash (Sent Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:52 PM)

Dear Keith I know your a big baseball fan.I'd of called those two shoes over the plate as strikes. The last one was a "nice curve shoe" that painted the corner for strike.Two looks like "W" bailed out again and couldn't take one for the team.Have a Happy Holiday MSNBC.
B.A.

B.A. Sacramento,CA (Sent Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:46 PM)

The "Lame Ducker's" Plea: "Please, just an Ole Soft
Shoe!"

K. Scott (Sent Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:00 PM)


Sign posted outside the White House: TEMPORARY RESTRICTION - Friends, Visitors, and all Democrats, please remove your shoes
before entering.

K. Scott (Sent Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:09 PM)

"President" Bush CAN take responsibility for "not having any more terrorist attacks on US soil since 911", if you don't count the anthrax attacks.  And by the way, in those 7(?) years no one in that case has been brought to justice either.  In baseball terms, Mr. President, that's 0 for 2.

Andy Karpay, Tampa, Florida (Sent Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:26 PM)

even though the reporters fellow country-persons see him as a hero word is the gomment wants to prosecute. Well I just got word from the ghost of Johnny Cochran, "if the shoe doesn't hit you must aquit!"

Stephanie Shockley, Kansas City, MO (Sent Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:31 PM)



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