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Monthly Archives: July 2009
This Kabuki’s For You, Part 2
You’d have to be Evelyn Wood herself to read all the reviews of last evening’s Beer Blanket Bingo at the White House. Suffice it to say that the post mortems ranged from the predictable (the Drudge Report labeled Pres. Obama … Continue reading
Rather Blather
Dan Rather tells the Aspen Daily News that Pres. Obama should form a White House Commission to help save the press. A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” Rather said in an … Continue reading
Momola
I yield to no man in my admiration for Mommy bloggers, who are, after all, Moms. But accusations that Mommy blogs are engaged in pay-for-playpen product placement are plaguing the parental precincts of the plugosphere. Phew. Start with the New … Continue reading
Tailin’ Palin
Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had barely ended her farewell speech on Sunday (Executive summary: I’m more powerful now that I’m not governor of the least populous but largest state in the Union) when liberal pill-and-a-pest organization MoveOn.org had a TV … Continue reading
Cool!
I loved this story in the New York Times. Headline: “The Bruise Heard Round the World.” Lede: IF you’re an astro-geek, this was as good as it gets. Around the time of the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing last … Continue reading
Skipping Skip, Part 3
It’s well known that the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has valiantly refrained from crowd surfing Gatesapalooza. And the thing the hardworking staff doesn’t want to talk about today is this quote from the Skipster in an Associated Press report … Continue reading
Palin’s Sailin’
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin officially leaves office today – not exactly the equivalent of British monarch Edward VIII’s abdication, but close enough for cable. And for the Wall Street Journal, which added this tidbit to the mix: One clue Ms. … Continue reading
High Noonan
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider had a little fling with Peggy Noonan – as a reader, as a reader – during the 2008 presidential campaign. Noonan was at the top of her game in her Wall Street Journal column … Continue reading
Skipping Skip, Part 2
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider remains reluctant to jump into the media foolishness over L’Affaire Gates (see: any Bill O’Reilly or Keith Olbermann segment on the subject). But we would be remiss if we failed to point out this … Continue reading