KAMALA SMOKES TRUMP IN FIRST POLLS - 7.24.24 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

KAMALA SMOKES TRUMP IN FIRST POLLS - 7.24.24 | Countdown with Keith Olbermann

SERIES 2 EPISODE 218: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:44) I have been thinking for awhile now that there will come a point, this year, this election, maybe this MONTH, where we will all be saying “Can you believe we came THIS CLOSE to not making Vice President Harris the nominee?”

You have heard about THE poll: Ipsos for Reuters (Harris 42 Trump 38 Kennedy 8 third-party race; Harris 44 Trump 42 head-to-head) that's a four point shift TO Kamala Harris… in a week. But have you heard the OTHER polls? Marist for NPR and the PBS News Hour? Harris 42 Trump 42 Kennedy 7 / Trump 46 Harris 45.YouGov for Yahoo News? Harris 46 Trump 46. These numbers are from the FIRST FULL DAY of the Harris campaign and she is already in a statistical tie. Harris's favorables are at a net -2, sounds meh. Biden's? A net -18. Trump's? Net -19.

More jaw-dropping still? The top Republican internal pollster in Georgia has Harris starting off there, trailing just 48-47. And best of all: Do you agree or disagree: at 78 years old Trump is too old to work in government? Agree – 53%. Disagree – 43%. Trump's pollster issued a panicked memo lowering the bar just as the Reuters poll was coming out. Funny he never mentioned the age issue!

Polling, polling, polling.

Plus it's hard to tell what the Fascists are freaking out about the most: the polls, Kamala declaring war on their suddenly oldest-ever candidate, or their leadership's insistence that they can't call her "colored" (like Sebastian Gorka did a week ago) or use racial epithets and especially not call her "DEI." Which, of course, is what they immediately called her.

Or maybe it's J.D. Vance. There's instant buyers' remorse because he's so bad on stage that they can't tell if he's inflated or stuffed - or both.

B-Block (35:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Colombian emigre Valentina Gomez is running for Secretary of State in Missouri on an anti-immigration platform and now she's illegally used the balcony of the Speaker of the House on which to film an ad. An Ohio State Senator becomes the last Republican to threaten Civil War, and the New York Post and Senator Mike Lee both fall for the worst fake announcement of the fake death of the fake Jimmy Carter on fake stationery imaginable.

C-Block (47:10) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: I mentioned Aaron Sorkin yesterday. Time to explain the story of the day I was watching one of his TV shows and suddenly my father's favorite saying was coming out of the mouth of Aaron's lead character because Aaron had gotten in the habit of borrowing my life.

Original Air Date: July 24, 2024

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[dianabaskin]

One good thing about the switch is at least Harris is getting the press and being talked about. Biden barely got press. Trump is hating that Harris is getting more press than him.

[lysabromaroff]

M.A.L.A
Make America Laugh Again!
Harris 2024...and beyond!

[rrad]

"JD Vance is like Ron DeSantis without all the charm and charisma." - Twitter.
Keith, you are on FIRE this morning! Brilliant show!

[Chuklz]

HOW MANY of you have seen the video clips of Trump playing golf, TUESDAY. No bandage on either ear.
NO SCABS.
NOT EVEN A BRUISE

[joeyfranklin]

Stay STRONG, vice president and God be with you!

[BethKrepich-dfqv]

Yeah, Keith, you are on fire. I look forward to your show every morning with my coffee.

[hurtlocker]

Big announcement! Women’s March is November 2, 2024 in DC! It’s going to be AMAZING! We all remember how the women’s march in 2017 went 😊

[nattycasper]

I’m going to enjoy the honeymoon and not feel like I’m living under a sky of impending doom for a bit.

[nickname]

Good evening, from Brisbane. Australia.
Thankyou Keith for the great content.
Many Cheers from Australia.

[phillipbirdine]

"Polin', polin', polin'" 🎵 this song will live rent free in my head today

[archangelvvv]

GO KAMALA GO! Knock Grandpa's wig clean off!

[HKim]

Wait, 2 foreign wars? We don't have any boots on the ground unlike with Bush Jr.
The audacity of these people.

[juliancrooks]

That speech writer is pure gold 🥇🥇Harris should give them a raise

[rcstann]

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GLASS CEILING, HERE WE COME!


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[briansimon]

Hi Keith. When Kamala Harris was delivering that punchline ‘I know Donald Trump’s type!’ she looked straight down the barrel of the camera ahead of her recording the event. A polished performance straight out of the blocks.

[wildraconteuse]

Kamala is DE I? Lol what does that make Clarence Thomas, that's the GOPs DEI lol.😂

[bcb]

Thanks Joe for 50 years of distinguished service!!
Now we need to stand behind Kamala Harris for President 2024 🗳️

[BeatlesBowieKrimson]

What a great day. First, Kamala's poll numbers ... then Keith sings!

[jackthetoad]

So here I am making coffee at 4 AM. Am I nuts? Probably. But hey, it's just kinda nice to hear about something sane happening for a change. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[juliancrooks]

Harris is like a bench warmer that goes into the game to replace the star quarterback and brings the game from behind and wins the game.