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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Grand Old Party Poopers?
The (left-leaning) mainstream media would have you believe that the Republican party is engaged in an ideological civil war. So said The Weekly Standard recently in a Scrapbook entry headlined “A Dysfunctional GOP?” Nut graf: A supposed civil war in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dysfunctional GOP, Lindsey Graham, New York Times, Weekly Standard
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Peggy Noonan Gets It Right
Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, the hardworking staff has conducted a love/hate relationship with Wall Street Journal op-ed columnist Peggy Noonan. But Noonan’s piece this weekend is right on target. Headlined “He Can’t Take Another Bow,” … Continue reading
Oh Brother (Blue), Where Wert Thou?
Three-plus weeks after the fact, the New York Times obituarized Boston’s own Brother Blue. Hugh Morgan Hill, who as the storyteller known as Brother Blue captivated passers-by on the streets of Boston and Cambridge, Mass., with his parables, life stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother Blue, Martha Coakley, New York Times, Ted Kennedy
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Wire Service Friday
As it happens, Black Friday (amazing how quickly that retailers’ nickname for the day after Thanksgiving – it puts them in the black – became common currency in popular speech) increases not only sales at retail outlets, but wire-service salience … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Reheated dishes from the hardworking staff’s Turkey Day media menu: Item: PETA’s the Party Pooper The animal-rights group PETA had a special recipe for Thanksgiving dinner: An appetite-suppressing TV spot (via AdGabber via BU student Alex N) featuring a little … Continue reading
Tearing the Sheets in Dodgertown
Boston nightmare couple Frank and Jamie McCourt – the Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston of professional sports – are engaged in a truly ugly divorce, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the abused offspring. Frank (known in the Los Angeles … Continue reading
Kerry On
Nice piece in Wednesday’s New York Times about the political rebirth of Massachusetts’ finally senior Sen. John Kerry (D-Afghanistan). [A]t 65, after a humbling spiral — from almost-president to Democratic scapegoat to campaign pariah (2006) to wannabe secretary of state … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Kerry, John Kerry, see-through dress, Vanessa Kerry
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Steve Pagliuca Won’t Stop Calling My House
Seriously, I’m about to request a TRO – telephone restraining order – against Massachusetts Senate hopeful and Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca (D-$400 Million). Pags (as he urges the Celtics players to call him) has been robo-calling me and the … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day (pat(hetic) pending)
Massachusetts U.S. Senate hopeful Alan Khazei (D-Rhymes with Crazy) has just released a TV spot that’s the most ill-advised commercial since Christy Mihos’s butt-headed ad in the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial race. Khazei’s current spot features two babies – a boy … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Khazei, Christy Mihos butthead, Concept with a capital Khazei
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Steve Pagliuca Is Still Calling My House
Despite our attempts to discourage Steve Pagliuca from junk dialing us for votes, the Missus and I keep getting robo-calls from the U.S. Senate hopeful (D-ATM). All the while, Pags (as he’d like us to call him) is piling up … Continue reading
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Tagged Doris Kearns Goodwin, Emily Rooney, Greater Boston, Plagiarists for Pags
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