ASTB 7/13/05 (more waaah...)

[Berry Cool]

"Hi there, boys. This is Alison Stewart, keepin' the seat warm for Keith Olbermann--and if you boys don't watch me tonight, I'll be keepin' YOUR seats warm!

"Don't miss tonight's Countdown--because this week we'll be proving once and for all that there's more to life than BASEBALL! Tune in for the latest on the shuttle scuttle and the Rove scuttlebutt, because we think his butt will be scuttlin' soon! That's right--if you want to hear about more than just ERA and RBI, this week is the week to watch Countdown! Because this week, the LADIES are takin' over! Monica and I are in charge now, and we're taking no prisoners!! That's right, this is estrogen-laced news for the testosterone brigade!!!! No tributes to ancient baseball players this week! No footage of Kenny Rogers throwing tantrums at reporters!! It's ALL GIRLIE NEWS here at Countdown, just the way you boys like it! So be sure to--"



*throat clearing* "Ahem...ahem...EXCUSE ME?!?!?!?!?"

*jump in air* "Ah, oh, ah, Keith!! How nice to see you! Didn't know you were so close by! Uh, I was just telling everyone that I know they're all disappointed that you're on vacay this week, but to please tune in and watch me anyway! Because pretty soon you'll be back with all the HARD-HITTING NEWS and baseball stories they love! Isn't that right, guys?...Uh, GUYS???"

"*sigh*...Look, Alison. I don't mean to be cruel here. But look at what is going on. Ever since I left, the KOEB Clubhouse has been going to rack and ruin. Hardly anyone on the stools at showtime...the drinks are watered down...and the big portrait of me behind the bar has been replaced with a portrait of...THIS GUY?!??!?



"DAVID GREGORY?!?! For cryin' out loud!! Have you no loyalty?!? And Dan Abrams thinks HE'S got problems!!

"Listen, Alison, if you don't do something tonight to get this bunch ready for my return next week, I may just have to get medieval on your butt. And trust me, you don't want that!

"And you know what? I don't care what ANY of you guys say. Next week I will be back, and I WILL cover the Rove story and ALL that other stuff! You just watch me! And not only that, but so what if I want to take some time off and see some baseball? And so what if I want to do baseball stories on my show? It's MY show and I'll cover baseball if I want to! So there! Know why? Because I'm AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!..."



*backing away* "OK, Keith, you convinced me. (to us) Please don't let him scare you away. Join me for Countdown regardless. And please...will someone wipe the lipstick off that picture of Gregory behind the bar? The Big Guy has an ego to protect. Thanks." *shivering*

(Photo of Alison above courtesy of gogomag and a certain ex-DU-er who liked to whirl. Enjoy.)

[WolverineDG]

1. I'll take ASTB Countdown

over some stoopid "return to space" show....I was :scared: for a while that they'd pre-empt Countdown for a stoopid "return to space, not so much" show....


dg

[SharonRB]

3. I knew they should have waited to do that show AFTER the

shuttle left and came back safely.

On edit: With all the check and rechecks they do on these shuttles, you'd think they would have found this problem before today.

[RevCheesehead]

2. Well, Botany should be happy.

"Neckline plunging, pulse rising, visit by good friend Rex Sean..." :rofl:

[Botany]

16. Hey Rex only visits me for radio hosts .....

Drive by .....

they are all going down! I smell it .... I taste it ..... i know it ......

What Rove did was called treason ..... Wilson helped save 700 Americans
from Saddam as Gulf war 1 started and he was US ambassador to Iraq

Plame worked undercover risking her life to protect us all. Both are HEROS

Tip of the iceberg ........


BTW to the media welcome back! Now get your asses busy.

* going down party @ the Revs! Wisconsin Labor Day ......
all food, drink, snark, and fun provided free!

[SharonRB]

4. Anybody see our tie on Matt Cooper today?

No wonder KO hasn't worn it in so long.

[RevCheesehead]

5. It certainly is making the rounds, isn't it?

I saw that this afternoon, and thought, "nah, you're just imagining things." Poor Keith - he keeps his in the special tie-display box at home. :)

Hi, Sharon :hi:

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, Rev

:hi:

How are you doing tonight?

[RevCheesehead]

8. I'm tired of the heat.

And we need rain, desperately. Other than that, OK. And you?

[SharonRB]

12. I can't stand it anymore, either.

Last summer I could walk almost everyday after work. This summer I've hardly been able to at all, it's been so hot. Instead of losing the weight I put on over the winter, I've gained a few more pounds. I just don't know what to do anymore. I think it's going to be a very long couple of months.

[Berry Cool]

7. Too bad gals, I guess they like it so much it's making the rounds!

Of course, that could be a sign that you did a really good job picking it out...it's the perfect tie for when somebody needs one...

[RevCheesehead]

9. "Making the rounds" -

as in last year's Christmas fruitcake? :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

10. Aw, Rev, that's a sad way to put it!

I hate to think of Keith just sticking it in a box and saying "Here, anyone who needs a tie, you can borrow this one" (except Tucker, of course, I guess)

And I wasn't even here when it was chosen and sent!

Just to put in a vote, I'm sick of the humidity too...glad I have AC!

[RevCheesehead]

11. You know it's really hot

when it's hot at the Lake!

The grass is brown and crispy, and it feels like August. I think we're in for a long summer. :(

[Gogi]

13. So that's where the world's only fruitcake

is.......in Washington, under lock and key!

Remember Johnny Carson: "There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, it just gets passed around."

[Berry Cool]

14. Well, speaking of tasty fruitcakes

I'm gonna go put some food on the stove and get cookin'.

[Berry Cool]

17. LOL...I think Matt Cooper IS wearing The Tie!!!!

Too funny!!

As for Rove, here's a song from Elvis:

"...and Valerie's the name/Of his latest Plame..."

(and his latest shame!!)

bliv: "I will not comment based on MEDIA REPORTS...and this is an investigation...and it's a SERIOUS investigation...and it's important not to base opinions on MEDIA REPORTS..."

And oh boy, Puffy had another bad day with the press! Still whiffin' 'em at the White House Home Run Derby! :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

32. I loved it

when they started openly mocking him!! :rofl:

David Gregory can have his pin-up posted at the bar for asking the same question as Ed Chen was trying to do when Chummy McSharkbait shut him down....heh heh heh

dg

[RevCheesehead]

15. Yup, there's the TIE.

:cry:

[Berry Cool]

19. You know the Repugs are gettin' desperate

when they have to issue TALKING POINTS to make sure everyone drinks the Kool-Aid...er, I mean, stays on message.

"This was not an attempt to slur Wilson..." Yeah right!! It IS NOT "whistleblowing" to bring up government wrongdoing! Yeah! "It's not just appearance"! YEAH!!!!

[RevCheesehead]

20. And they're shitting bricks over the shuttle scrub.

Quick! Kidnap a white girl! Make a child go missing! Find Tom Cruise or Michael Jackson!

Distractions just ain't working anymore, are they? :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

25. They really, really badly need another hurricane.

A GOOD one this time. One that really hits hard.

Failing that, who knows. Maybe they'll go to London and plant some bombs. That seems to get people's minds off their shenanigans.

I wonder just how long it's going to take the bliv to fire the traitor. I mean, sometimes I chuckle a bit when Keith demands yet another person's head, but in this case he's right on the money.

[RevCheesehead]

26. Barring that, an "apology" might be in order.

I'd love to revisit the hall of shame. :)

[bunny planet]

41. They've got one headed towards Texas right now.

Hurricane Emily.
Hi guys. I'm going to catch the rerun later, had to work tonight.
:hi:

[WolverineDG]

33. You can tell they don't believe what they're saying

but they're still trying to peddle the BS anyway. I think folks should just start laughing out loud when they hear the repubs spouting off this crap....

dg

[RevCheesehead]

18. Damn - they captioned it "Save Rove Strategery."

[Berry Cool]

21. I just saw that

Oh man, that is bad. Who is captioning Countdown lately, the summer interns?????

[gkhouston]

39. that was a deliberate mis-spelling

unlike "Story Core" in the newsletter. (cringe)

Doncha remember blivet** and "strategery"?

[Berry Cool]

40. Oh whew, thank goodness. No, I guess I have misunderestimated the staff.

But it would have helped if they had put the word in quotes.

[Sydnie]

22. Rove, Bush, and Wilson go to the same church?

Who knew? Can't say he didn't know who she was. Someone would have told him over the years.

edit - sp

[RevCheesehead]

24. Probably National Cathedral.

You know, 2,000+ in worship....

Hi, Sydnie :hi:

[Sydnie]

27. Hi Rev

:hi:

Still, it would seem that someone like Rove would be nosey enough to check out all 2000 of them. One call... he has the dirt on anybody he wants, obviously.

I saw the end of today's briefing. Karl Rove, Karl Rove, Karl Rove! I started screaming and scared my sons girlfriend! ROFL

[RevCheesehead]

23. WTF? "He didn't actually leak her NAME"

"That was Robert Novak."

Why is AS quoting RW talking points?

[Berry Cool]

28. THAT was a bit frightening.

Alison, Alison...Keith needs to put you in interviewing rehab.

"He didn't leak her name" has to be the lamest excuse of them all. First, how many wives does the man have? Second, he didn't have to leak her NAME to have broken the law. All he had to do was identify her in some unmistakably obvious way. That was done the second he made reference to Joseph Wilson's wife. Nuff said.

If I said "the guy who anchors the Countdown show on MSNBC is wonderful," I wouldn't have to say "Keith Olbermann is wonderful." It would be understood that that was what I meant. Duh.

[Berry Cool]

30. Wow, Patsy's got a marijuana ref

and it's not even Friday yet.

Too bad she's not around to enjoy it!

[RevCheesehead]

29. For your entertainment: Now appearing in the DU Lounge:

Karl Rove Poetry
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3640630

Go to it, folks! :)

[Sydnie]

31. That Story Corp story reminds me of the original

Star Trek series episode where they stumble on the library with the histories on the spinning rings. That is freaky.

[crispini]

34. Hi ladies!

Just droppin by.... Ok, Berry, that was a primo opener. :thumbsup:

David :loveya: Gregory. :rofl: Oh, I'm such a ho, I'll crush on anybody that acts like a Real Journalist. :evilgrin:

[Janice325]

35. I think I'm in heaven!!!

I just "searched" DU for reactions to Countdown tonight, and I found this KO forum.
Who knew?? I sure as heck didn't. I'll be around here more often! I liked the Alison snark tonight, but she's no KO. I hope he returns soon.
I LURVED David Gregory even more today during Snotty's..oops...Scotty's lastest press conference. Good to see DG's facial reactions..simply priceless.
See ya'll around!

[crispini]

36. Welcome!

Nice to meetcha! There's a live thread every night! :hi: C'mon back often, and don't mind the snark. It gets sorta deep in here sometimes. :evilgrin:

[Janice325]

37. Thanks!

I usually watch the later showing of Countdown, due to crappy work hours, but I lucked out tonight, but no Keith. I do think Alison is getting a bit better, though.
I'm growing impatient waiting for KO to get back from his udisclosed location. I want him back, dammit! :)

[Berry Cool]

38. So do we all!

Welcome Janice! If you think this place is welcoming this week, wait until Keith gets back! That's when the fun REALLY starts! (Especially if Rover is still in the doghouse and in his job by then!)