Countdown for Tuesday, January 6, 2009
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 42:24
Watch the whole show here. |
Another scandal hits the Palin clan
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 2:56
Levi Johnston, the father of Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, has quit his job in the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope because he didn't have a high school diploma which is a requirement for an electrician apprenticeship. In Worst Person in the World, Keith Olbermann points out that Palin may have pulled some strings to get him the job originally. |
Capitol Hill to Burris: Access denied!
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 6:07
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter talks about the swearing in of the 111th Congress on Tuesday and how one would-be senator, Roland Burris, was denied entry. |
Coulter two-faced on NBC
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 2:13
Countdown's Keith Olbermann asks why Ann Coulter wants so desperately to appear on NBC to promote her book if she hates the network so much. |
Don't mess with this car wash
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 1:11
At the Washman Auto Spa in Portland, Oregon customers are welcomed to a brushless rinse, deluxe wax and if you try to rob the place, a power wash to the face. |
From TV to the White House
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 5:19
He's a real doctor and he plays on television. The American Prospect's Ezra Klein discusses Barack Obama's apparent choice for Surgeon General, CNN's Sanjay Gupta. |
Looking ahead to a momentous Inauguration
(Jan 6, 2009)
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Bloomberg News' Margaret Carlson previews what promises to be an Inauguration Day which will imprint itself upon history as Barack Obama is sworn in as the first African-American President of the United States. |
Making a statement with Panetta
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 4:30
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow discusses the symbolism surrounding Barack Obama's nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA Director. |
Panetta picked as Bush antidote?
(Jan 6, 2009)
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Runs 7:21
Newsweek's Howard Fineman talks about whether Barack Obama purposely did not inform Sens. Diana Feinstein and John Rockefellar of his nomination for CIA Director because both failed to stand up to the Bush administration's policies of torture and illegal wiretapping. |
Troops bid farewell to Bush
(Jan 6, 2009)
Runs 2:32
Countdown's Keith Olbermann talks about the irony of President Bush's military send-off at Fort Myers in Virginia on Tuesday. |
Countdown for Monday, January 5, 2009
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 42:08
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A still unsettled Senate
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 6:59
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza talks about Al Franken finally winning the Minnesota Senate race and the anger og some Democrats over Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris to Barack Obama's Senate seat. |
Add Mideast to Bush failure list
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 6:01
Former director for Iran and Persian-Gulf affairs at the National Security Council, Hillary Mann Leverett talks about whether the Israel/Gaza conflict is just another Bush administration mess for Barack Obama to try to clean up. |
Cheney hindsight blurry on 9/11
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 2:20
Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on CBS' Face the Nation and while discussing the economic collapse claimed the Bush administration did everything they could to deal with the aftermath of 9/11. Keith Olbermann explains how they should have prevented it in Bushed. |
CNN misses Griffin's New Year's bleep
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 1:40
CNN started 2009 on the wrong foot, when they didn't bleep comedian's Kathy Griffin's vulgar rebuttal to a heckler during their New Year's Eve coverage. |
D.C. welcomes the Obamas
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 5:37
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss talks about the hype surrounding the Obama family's arrival in Washington, D.C. just weeks before the Inauguration. |
Obama wields tax axe to GOP delight
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 6:30
Barack Obama discussed his new economic plan on Monday, including $300 billion in tax relief - a move to draw Republican support. Newsweek's Richard Wolffe discusses the plan's prospects for success. |
Obama's Cabinet sees some change
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 4:59
The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne talks about New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's decision to withdraw from his nomination as Secretary of Commerce and Barack Obama's choice of Leon Panetta to CIA Director. |
Who trusted Bernie?
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 1:13
Countdown's Keith Olbermann names everyone who trusted their money to Bernie Maddoff, Best Person in the World. |
World Net Daily caught in own lie
(Jan 5, 2009)
Runs 2:24
World Net Daily's Joseph Farah denies that his Web site verified the questions surrounding Barack Obama's birth certificate even though Countdown managed to dig up the page that proclaimed an investigation into the matter. |
