Countdown for Thursday, August 20, 2009
(Aug 20, 2009)
Runs 50:17
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CIA outsourced assassinations to Blackwater
(Aug 20, 2009)
Runs 6:17
According to the Washington Post, Blackwater received millions of dollars to train CIA teams in simulated kidnappings. Author Jeremey Scahill comments on the assassination outsourcing. |
Dems consider divide and conquer on health care
(Aug 20, 2009)
Runs 4:04
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter talks about whether Republicans will be included in a bipartisan health care reform effort or forced to watch from the sidelines as Democrats pass the public option solely with Democratic votes. |
Ensign's infidelity loophole
(Aug 20, 2009)
Runs 5:20
When discussing his affair, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., claimed that his extramarital affair was different from President Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern because he didn't do "anything legally wrong" since he didn't lie under Oath about it. Las Vegas Sun's John Ralston discusses Ensign's defense. |
Minor league managers duke it out
(Aug 20, 2009)
Runs 1:53
A minor league baseball game in Canada looked more like a hockey game when the two teams' managers, but not the players, got in a fight. |
Minority Whip presents false health care info
(Aug 20, 2009)
Watch in Worst Persons in the World as Countdown's Keith Olbermann truth-squads Minority Whip Rep. Roy Blunt's statement, "I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn't get it replaced." |
Obama defends health care plan, again
(Aug 20, 2009)
Msnbc contributor Howard Fineman joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss President Obama's responses to questions about health care reform on Michael Smerconish's Thursday radio broadcast from the White House. |
Ridge admits Bush played politics with terror
(Aug 20, 2009)
Former White House counsel John Dean joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss the implications of Tom Ridge's assertion that Bush administration officials pressured him into raising the terror threat level from yellow to orange on the eve of the 2004 presidential election. |
Senator wants to bring back segregation?
(Aug 20, 2009)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, vowed to make education a cornerstone of her candidacy for governor, which she announced at the high school she attended, LaMarque High, saying, "I want to help to create an education system like I had." Countdown's Keith Olbermann points out that LaMarque High was segregated when she was a student. |
Countdown for Wednesday, August 19, 2009
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 50:19
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Britney Spears vs. Sarah Palin for president
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 5:56
Political commentator Shannyn Moore discusses why Britney Spears rather than former Gov. Sarah Palin may be the GOP's best hope for a presidential revival in 2012. |
Can Dems go it alone?
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 4:40
The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne weighs in on the various options for passing health care reform and whether bipartisan support is worth pursuing or detrimental to the reform effort. |
Casinos vs. insurance companies
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 5:38
Wendell Potter of the Center for Media and Democracy joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the profits being reported by insurance companies and their resemblance to the revenue of some casinos. |
Ham-fighters land in hospital
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 1:34
For years, NBC's Bob Costas has done a routine centering around his comedic emphasis of the name of Japan's professional baseball team, Nippon Ham Fighters. In an ironic twist, three of the players recently tested positive for swine flu, causing the entire team to be quarantined in the hospital for exposure to the disease. |
Limbaugh makes juvenile joke about Frank
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 2:52
Watch in Worst Persons in the world as radio host Rush Limbaugh makes an age-old "Uranus" joke regarding Rep. Barney Frank's town hall confrontation. |
Right wing militias out of control?
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 5:16
Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center talks about the Viper Militia group's involvement with the antics of an anti-Obama activist who appeared with an assault rifle outside a presidential event in Phoenix on Monday. |
Taxi driver embraces wrong way driving
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 2:07
Rather than fix a broken transmission, a taxi driver in Punjab, India has been driving customers in reverse for five years, straining his neck all day long to look out the rear window. |
Will health care collapse without a public option?
(Aug 19, 2009)
Runs 10:11
Msnbc political analyst Howard Fineman joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the recent report that Americans overwhelmingly want a health care public option. |
Countdown for Tuesday, August 18, 2009
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 51:40
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Eagle rays mate openly under Florida sun
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 1:49
A traffic helicopter in Tampa Bay recorded a trio of spotted eagle rays frolicking in the summer sun, undisturbed by the intrusive helicopter hovering above them. |
Government co-ops: solution or Trojan horse?
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 6:00
The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss whether Republicans will oppose government-run co-ops as strongly as a public option, and what the differences are between the two. |
Huffington: 'Obama plan needs to be defined'
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 4:56
Arianna Huffington joins Countdown to talk about the role of misinformation in the health care debate and the large numbers of Americans who believe the lie about taking health care away from the elderly. |
Is the public option still an option?
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 7:41
Msnbc political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss whether the public option is being scrapped by the Obama administration, and if so what it will mean for the chances of passing a health care bill. |
Is the right moving towards violence?
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 7:28
Men were seen carrying guns at protests against President Obama, while Joe the Plumber publicly spoke threatening words towards Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Are factions of the right taking baby steps towards rationalizing violence? Melissa Harris-Lacwell joins Countdown. |
Limbaugh denies saying 'death panels'
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 3:00
Watch in Worst Persons in the World as Countdown's Keith Olbermann comments on Rush Limbaugh's denial of using the phrase "death panels" but then points out that he did say that on Thursday, August 13. |
Save a life, get a wife
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 1:55
A couple posing for wedding photos in Riverside Park heard shouts from nearby waters of the Mississippi River. After a brief investigation, the groom and wedding photographer rescued a little girl and her grandfather. |
Vogue and the end of Sanford's free pass
(Aug 18, 2009)
Runs 5:21
Will Jenny Sanford's interview with Vogue magazine lead to the end of her marriage -- as well as Gov. Sanford's political career? Roll Call's Emily Heil joins Countdown. |
Countdown for Monday, August 17, 2009
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 49:37
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Bachmann looks toward God for political future
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 4:39
When asked whether she would one day run for president, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., told WorldNetDaily that she "will not seek a higher office if God is not calling [her] to do it." Comedian Paul F. Tompkins comments on Bachmann's choice for guidance as well as other political funnies. |
Bipartisan problems plaguing health care reform
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 5:31
Msnbc political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the dispute over the public option and whether there is enough common ground between Democrats and Republicans to pass a health care reform bill. |
Cell phone lights up a stove
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 2:14
When someone called Andrei Melnikov's Sony-Ericcson PDA, which was sitting about two feet from his stove, not only did the incoming call button light up, but so did his stove and the broiler switch. |
Crash for clunkers
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 1:30
In Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, old "clunker" cars aren't being turned in for cash, they're being driven off a cliff to die a dramatic death at the bottom of a gravel pit. |
GOP slated for a 2010 revival?
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 6:42
With the public option possibly being dropped from health care reform and a drop in President Barack Obama's approval rating, will the GOP have a reversal of fortune in 2010? Former DNC Chairman Gov. Howard Dean discusses. |
Is Obama abandoning the public option?
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 7:44
Newsweek's Howard Fineman joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about President Obama's evolving strategy for passing effective health care reform and what has changed now that the possibility of a government co-op is being considered. |
Maddow battles Armey on 'Meet the Press'
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 7:43
The Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington weighs in on msnbc's Rachel Maddow's heated debate over health care reform with former House Majority Leader Dick Armey on Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press." |
Texas required to teach Bible in school
(Aug 17, 2009)
Runs 1:45
As the new school year begins, the Texas State School Board has made it mandatory that all public schools offer information in their curriculum about the Bible. In Worst Persons in the World, Keith Olbermann explains why religious education will now be mandatory in public schools. |
Countdown for Friday, August 14, 2009
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 49:38
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Bachmann's insulted by liberal praise
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 2:40
After the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that her son Harrison had joined "Teach for America," Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., sent out a fundraising appeal to her constituents alleging the paper "gave a full column to a hit piece on one of my kids!" Countdown's Keith Olbermann points out, in Worst Persons in the World, that the column called Harrison a "smart kid, a caring kid" and went on to say he was raised well. |
Can the health care debate be healed?
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 8:49
Former chairman of the DNC, Howard Dean, joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about President Obama's Friday town hall meeting in Montana and whether the health care battle will continue to be plagued by distractions and misinformation. |
Fox suffers from Beck backlash
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 4:04
Countdown's Keith Olbermann talks about the dozen advertisers to pull their ads from Glenn Beck's show after he called President Barack Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." |
Health care's back and forth banter
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 5:27
Msnbc political analyst Eugene Robinson talks about the Republicans' continued insistence that they're not employing scare tactics or distorting the truth, despite abundant evidence to the contrary. |
Joe the punch line
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 4:59
Comedian Christian Finnegan comments on the political funnies of the day including reports that "Joe the Plumber" will be performing stand-up comedy by competing in the annual "Funniest Celebrity in Washington" contest. |
Palin slays own straw man
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 7:16
Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to comment on former Gov. Sarah Palin's facebook statement that "the voice of the people is getting through to Congress" despite the fact that Congress has been in recess for the past week. |
Snake wrangler stages 'rescue'
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 1:57
A snake wrangler in Florida planted a 14-foot Burmese python just yards from a children's daycare facility, then claimed to capture the deadly creature in order to "raise awareness" about snakes. |
What's worse than failing?
(Aug 14, 2009)
Runs 1:53
Watch in Best Persons in the World to learn why two universities introduced grades lower than an "F" into their academic grading system. |
Countdown for Thursday, August 13, 2009
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 50:22
Watch the whole show here. |
Cheney takes on Bush in memoir
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 5:58
The Washington Post's Barton Gellman comments on reports of Dick Cheney's forthcoming tell-all memoir, wherein he plans to air out his grievances with former President Bush. |
Clinton picks 2000 election scab
(Aug 13, 2009)
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At a town hall in Nigeria, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revisited the 2000 election to discuss how the democracy of the United States is still evolving. Bloomberg News' Margaret Carlson discusses. |
Limbaugh can't take what he dishes
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 2:30
Watch in Worst Persons in the World as comedian Rush Limbaugh takes offense to being compared to the Nazis, yet goes on to call his critics "fascist socialists." |
Opposing views undercut bipartisan health care progress
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 5:13
Former Chair of the DNC Howard Dean talks about the Democrats' attempts to arrive at a bipartisan health care bill and why the process has thus far proven to be counterproductive for achieving necessary health care reform. |
Pulling the plug on end-of-life counseling
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 8:25
Msnbc political analyst Eugene Robinson joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about how conservative scare tactics and claims about "death panels" have trumped the chance for reimbursement for end-of-life counseling. |
Squirrel jumps into couple's photo
(Aug 13, 2009)
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A couple vacationing in British Columbia, Canada had a nice laugh when a squirrel jumped into a picture with them moments before the timer on the camera took the shot. |
What was behind Cheney's break with Bush?
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 5:19
Findlaw.com's John Dean discusses whether former Vice President Dick Cheney admits in his new memoir that he had more of hand in running the Bush administration than previously thought by the American public. |
Wrigley field ejects the wrong guy
(Aug 13, 2009)
Runs 1:46
After a spectator threw a beer on Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino during a Wednesday evening Cubs game, security grabbed the wrong man. |
Countdown for Wednesday, August 12, 2009
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 49:59
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'Death panel' rumors refuse to die
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 8:32
The Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to address the distractions and misinformation that continues to rattle the debate over health care reform. |
Amtrak derails tomato truck
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 0:52
An Amtrak train traveling in Soledad, California slammed into a truck carrying 40,000 lbs of tomatoes. |
Bachmann's son joins the darkside
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 5:43
Comedian Christian Finnegan jokes about the political funnies of the day including Rep. Michele Bachmann's son deciding to join Teach for America, even though the Congresswoman had previously voted against expanding AmeriCorps on fears that the program is a covert re-education camp. |
Exposing Rove's role in attorney firings
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 5:30
Former U.S. attorney in New Mexico, David Iglesias, talks about the evidence supporting Karl Rove's active involvement in the 2006 firings of U.S. attorneys. |
Geico pulls ads from Glenn Beck show
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 5:38
The Nation's Chris Hayes and Countdown's Keith Olbermann talk about the growing list of advertisers fleeing the Glenn Beck show. |
Hate groups, militias on the rise
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 4:51
Director of the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Mark Potok, discusses the reports that 50 new militia training groups have organized , and the implications for law enforcement as well as elected officials. |
How does Bill-O still have a job?
(Aug 12, 2009)
Runs 3:34
Worst Person in the World Bill O'Reilly, having previously made threats of public blackmail, smears GE with a story of an investigation that contains no confirmed facts about any investigation, no facts about GE being investigated, the elemental details of the story wrong and without bothering to check the story's most basic facts. |
Paranoid conspiracies wrong on Army internments
(Aug 12, 2009)
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Watch in Best Persons in the World as Ed Morrissey clarifies a job posting by the Army for "Internment/Resettlement Specialists," which had many right wing conspiracy theorists outraged. |
Countdown for Tuesday, August 11, 2009
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 49:50
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Analyzing the town hall protests
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 12:37
Msnbc political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the behavior Americans have been employing to disrupt the democratic process at town halls around the country. |
Baby elephant rescued in Thailand
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 1:05
Officials in Thailand spent three hours rescuing a baby elephant that fell into a drainage ditch but thankfully suffered no injuries. |
Fox Newser recommends terror
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 3:29
Worst Persons in the World, Fox News' Dick Morris suggests that Blue Dog Democrats need to be "terrorized" during the month of August to ensure they won't fold to Democratic pressures over health care reform. |
Meghan McCain vs. right wing's 'trifecta'
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 5:29
Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis weighs in on whether Meghan McCain should continue her verbal battle against Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham. |
Palin's own questionable panels revealed
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 5:47
Huffington Post's Shannyn Moore discusses Alaska's poor health care plans while under the leadership of former Gov. Sarah Palin. |
Questions screened at Vitter town hall
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 2:22
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., held his own health care town hall telling his audience, "The angry mob is always welcome at my events." However, it was later learned that questions from audience members were screened and pre-selected. |
Racism and health care town halls
(Aug 11, 2009)
Runs 7:06
Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses the racial undercurrent flowing through the crowds of town hall meetings and how it connects to Birthers and the belief in "death panels." |
Countdown for Monday, August 10, 2009
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 50:00
Watch the whole show here. |
Contestants sweat it out in Sauna Championships
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 1:48
Over one hundred men and women from 20 countries showed up in Heinola, Finland for the World Sauna Championships, where competitors sit in a 230 degree sauna for as long as they can bear. |
Do Republicans really want to help reform health care?
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 4:36
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss whether pursuing bipartisanship on health care reform will help or hurt President Barack Obama's chances of actually passing effective health care legislation. |
Limbaugh's Hitler obsession
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 2:44
Worst Person in the World, Rush Limbaugh, of all people, complains about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi comparing the Americans disrupting health care town halls to Nazi sympathizers, something she didn't actually do. |
Olbermann: 'Death Panel' Palin dangerously irresponsible
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 14:35
In a Special Comment, Countdown's Keith Olbermann decries former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's "death panel" invention in her criticism of President Barack Obama's health care agenda, pointing out that by peddling frightening lies to her mob of ill-informed followers she puts the safety and security of the nation at risk. |
Palin hypes 'death panels' then urges civility
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 7:16
Msnbc political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about former Gov. Sarah Palin's Friday accusation that President Obama's health care plan involves creating "death panels," followed by her Monday statement that Americans must "stick to the issues and not get sidetracked." |
Prosecuting CIA torture
(Aug 10, 2009)
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Harper's contributing editor Scott Horton joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about reports that Attorney General Eric Holder is ready to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogation abuses. |
S.C. law catches up with Sanford
(Aug 10, 2009)
Runs 2:22
Countdown's Keith Olbermann discusses new revelations that South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford used state planes and tax dollars to attend political events and personal outings in direct violation of South Carolina law. |
Countdown for Friday, August 7, 2009
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 50:06
Watch the whole show here. |
'Birther' brigade crumbles
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 5:28
Comedian Christian Finnegan discusses how an investigation by conservative news site World Net Daily finally put to rest the questions surrounding President Barack Obama's birth certificate. |
'Political terrorists' bombarding town hall meetings
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 8:45
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the angry mobs of protesters who are now comparing President Obama and his health care reform effort to Hitler and the Holocaust. |
Beck likes to dish it out but…
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 2:49
Glenn Beck is upset that the mobs at American town hall meetings are being called names but he has no problem with name-calling when it comes to calling President Obama a racist. |
Blackwater crusades continue on
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 7:56
Countdown's Keith Olbermann discusses Blackwater's use of God as the latest justification for the web of deceit they're spinning. |
Clinton makes a joke of Bolton
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 1:45
When asked about former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's criticism of former President Bill Clinton's success in North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "If President Obama, you know, walked on water, he'd say he couldn't swim." |
Economic crisis: Is the worst behind us?
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 4:14
Newsweek's Dan Gross speaks with Countdown's Keith Olbermann about the reportedly rebounding economy and whether America is beginning to see a light at the end of the recessionary tunnel. |
Grassroots groups or astroturf agitators?
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 4:18
Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses the "grassroots" groups that are lashing out at Democratic events and inciting violent disturbances instead of participating in policy discussions. |
Rugby mascot and fan get physical
(Aug 7, 2009)
Runs 2:15
At a Rugby match in Manly, Australia, mascot "Egor the Manly Sea Eagle" took his team pride to the bleachers by getting in a brawl with an unruly fan. |
Countdown for Thursday, August 6, 2009
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 50:05
Watch the whole show here. |
Blackwater, uncovered
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 6:32
Countdown's Keith Olbermann recaps the latest allegations about the criminal activities of Blackwater and its founder Erik Prince. |
Doctor pegs O'Reilly as a fascist
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 2:01
Dr. Warren Hern, the last physician providing late-term abortions in the United States, described Fox News' Bill O'Reilly as a disgrace to American society. |
GOP accuses Obama of Bush style tactics
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 4:59
Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis discuss the irony of Republican accusations that the Obama White House is collecting the personal data of its political opponents. |
Sotomayor confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
(Aug 6, 2009)
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The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza reflects on the confirmation of Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the nine Republicans who voted in favor of the first Hispanic and the third woman ever to sit on the Supreme Court. |
The government will do a worse job than the government??
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 2:42
Worst Person in the World, Arthur Laffer, warns opponents of health care reform that (government programs) Medicare and Medicaid will run poorly if they're taken over by the government. |
UFO on BBC
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 1:55
Viewers of a BBC broadcast were left wondering about a mysterious flash seen in the sky behind the broadcaster. |
What's really behind the health care protests?
(Aug 6, 2009)
Runs 14:13
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss why the right-wing's health care reform sabotage campaign may not have anything to do with health care reform. |
Countdown for Wednesday, August 5, 2009
(Aug 5, 2009)
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Are Republicans inciting anti-health care riots?
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 8:12
Msnbc political analyst Eugene Robinson joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the rough tactics being employed by town hall meeting agitators opposed to health care reform. |
Barack in the Bible?
(Aug 5, 2009)
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Countdown's Keith Olbermann discusses a World Net Daily article which suggests that the Bible identifies the anti-Christ and actually invokes the name "Barack." |
Best of Bachmann
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 4:37
Countdown looks at how Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., may easily win re-election in 2010. |
Blackwater or Murder, Inc.?
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 6:29
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill talks about the mounting allegations against Blackwater founder Erik Prince including illegally dealing arms in Iraq when he was supposedly protecting Americans in the country. |
Bush administration paid for scapegoats
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 2:48
Countdown's Keith Olbermann discusses the Bush administration's practice of paying scapegoats to cover up their crimes at Guantanamo Bay. |
How important is bipartisanship for health care?
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 4:33
As President Barack Obama and others in his administration spread out across the country Wednesday to point to the success of the stimulus, a bill passed by Democrats and only three Republicans, the question now is whether health care reform needs bipartisan support in order to be successful. The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses with Countdown's Keith Olbermann. |
Ring-wing finds fault in U.S. prisoners' release
(Aug 5, 2009)
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While most Americans enjoyed the emotional reunion of the two journalists freed from North Korea, radio host Rush Limbaugh and other right wing zealots could not resist finding reasons to criticize Clinton for his diplomatic accomplishment. |
WPITW
(Aug 5, 2009)
Runs 3:15
Countdown looks at how Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., may easily win re-election in 2010. |
Countdown for Tuesday, August 4, 2009
(Aug 4, 2009)
Runs 49:52
Watch the whole show here. |
Beck to audiences: Violence is bad PR
(Aug 4, 2009)
Runs 3:44
Worst Person in the World, Glenn Beck, had to specifically tell his audience to avoid being violent in pursuing their political goals, but only because violence makes the cause look bad. |
Blackwater's dark side exposed
(Aug 4, 2009)
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The Nation's Jeremy Scahill comments on allegations made about Blackwater Worldwide from two former employees who claim the company was used to murder, smuggle weapons, destroy evidence and for wholesale corruption. |
Bush considered Barney a son
(Aug 4, 2009)
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The Washington Post reports that a new book on the Bush administration includes the anecdote, "President Bush confiding wistfully (and sounding serious) that his dog, Barney, was the son he never had." |
Clinton visit prompts release of prisoners
(Aug 4, 2009)
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Just hours after former President Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea, the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, gave the two American journalists being held prisoner there a special pardon, releasing them immediately. |
Famous fish bites the big one
(Aug 4, 2009)
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"Benson," the popular fish believed to be the largest carp in England, has died. |
First view of freed prisoners back in U.S.
(Aug 4, 2009)
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Cameras caught a brief view of freed prisoners Lisa Ling and Euna Lee back on U.S. soil and greeting former President Clinton while boarding a plane bound for California. |
Handling health care negotiations
(Aug 4, 2009)
Runs 7:47
Rep. Chris Van Hollen joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about health care negotiations in the House and how important a role bipartisanship will play in getting legislation passed. |
Obama – the Australian?
(Aug 4, 2009)
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Comedian Paul F. Tompkins comments on the latest fake Kenyan birth certificate for President Obama provided by Birthers which was actually doctored from a real Australian birth certificate. |
Politics in the digital era
(Aug 4, 2009)
Runs 5:57
DailyKos.com's Markos Moulitsas discusses his book, "Taking on the System," about harnessing new technology such as blogs, podcasts, and YouTube to communicate with the masses and bring about political change. |
Countdown for Monday, August 3, 2009
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 49:14
Watch the whole show here. |
Beck: font of fallacies
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 1:35
Countdown's Keith Olbermann corrects some wildly erroneous statements by Fox News' Glenn Beck about the Cash for Clunkers' Cars.gov site. |
Defending against town hall hijackers
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 3:54
Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis talks about how Democrats will manage right wing protestors and other political saboteurs who threaten to derail the Democrats' health care agenda. |
Enough with the 'Birthers!'
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 2:02
Countdown's Keith Olbermann debunks the "Birther" movement myth. |
GOP mobs disrupt town halls
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 6:53
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to talk about the Republicans' health care counter-strategy of shouting down Congressional Democrats trying to discuss health care reform with their constituents at town hall meetings. |
Olbermann defends Bill-O from Murdoch tyranny
(Aug 3, 2009)
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Keith Olbermann names Newscorp's Rupert Murdoch today's Worst Person in the World for oppressing Bill O'Reilly in the service of his own corporate interests. |
Olbermann: Legislators for sale
(Aug 3, 2009)
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In a Special Comment, Countdown's Keith Olbermann slams members of Congress for acting more in the interests of their health industry campaign donors than their constituents who so clearly favor health care reform. |
Stimulus working despite GOP hopes
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 4:54
Newsweek's Dan Gross joins Countdown's Keith Olbermann to discuss the recent signs of recovery in the U.S. economy and whether Republicans like Sen. John McCain are down-playing the effect of the stimulus. |
Tiger in the wind
(Aug 3, 2009)
Runs 1:48
Tiger Woods loosened up before a drive by reducing his personal internal air pressure. |
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