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Monthly Archives: October 2009
The New (Fatter) Republic
Is it just me, or has The New Republic gotten buff alongside Sixpack-in-Chief Barack Obama? The eight-year reign of Bush the Younger was advertising Viagra for liberal opinion journals. The Nation, for one, turned into the lefty-magazine Sidney Greenstreet. But the … Continue reading
The Great U.S. Senate Tweetoff
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider has, of course, been following all the major candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy. That includes following them on Twitter, the microbully pulpit … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Khazei, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Senate, Mike Capuano, Steve Pagliuca, Tweetie
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Max Is the Minimum
U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei (D-Here’s Another Press Release) has kicked off a four-day barnstorming tour with his political arm candy, Max Kennedy. Khazei also ran a half-page ad in Thursday’s Boston Globe headlined “Max Kennedy Endorses Alan Khazei,” which … Continue reading
Emaul City Hall
So that empty-desk ad Tom Menino ran during the Boston mayoral preliminary election is looking a little different now, isn’t it? Suddenly Menino’s empty desk is a stand-in for his consigliere Michael Kineavy’s empty desktop – both the compulsively Windexed … Continue reading
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Tagged e-millstone, Emaul, empty-desk ad, Michael Kineavy, Tom Menino
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Concept with a Capital K
U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei (D-City Year) is trumpeting the endorsement of his candidacy by Max Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy. From Thursday’s Boston Globe report on the gala endorsement: Max Kennedy is endorsing City Year co-founder Alan Khazei … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day©
Headline of the VISA Black Card ad in Tuesday’s New York Times: “Black Card Members Experience More.” Below the headline is this testimonial: I have the flexibility to choose between superior mileage or cash back. Sanjay Grover MD Plastic Surgeon A … Continue reading
What Is This – Tokyo?
WCVB’s NewsCenter 5 at 11 reported Tuesday night about the family effects of the swine flu – or the H1N1 virus as the U.S. government prefers to call it. ( Don’t want to alienate the Amalgamated Bacon Union, now do … Continue reading
Imus in the Mourning?
The ever-chastised Don Imus began simulcasting his ever-castrated morning radio show on the Fox Business cable network Monday morning. That would be the same Fox Business powerhouse that draws up to 25,000 21,000 viewers daily. (Translation: Fox Business essentially has … Continue reading
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