Monthly Archives: May 2011

Toles Newters Gingrich

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From the great Tom Toles, Washington Post editorial cartoonist: My word!

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That’s Just So Girly! (Tom Brady Edition)

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Tom Brady, Girlyman (Part Umpteen). Via Monday’s Boston Herald Inside Track: Tom & Gi’s wild ride Wwwwwweeeeeeeeee! New England Patriots [team stats] QB/QT Tom Brady[stats] scored some alone time with his beauteous bikini-clad Brazilian bride Gisele Bundchen in Los Cabos, Mexico, over the weekend. And what … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Doug Rubin Edition)

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

As the corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Sale DiMasi proceeds apace, it’s instructive to track the coverage in Boston’s two dailies. From Monday’s Boston Globe: The witnesses expected this week include David Simas, a White House adviser and … Continue reading →

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NYT Gags On Brit Gag Order

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Is it just me or is there something odd about this piece in today’s New York Times: Free Speech on Twitter Faces Test SAN FRANCISCO — What began as seamy gossip about an affair between a famous British soccer player … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go Cornel West, Young Man

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Former Harvard University and current Princeton University professor Cornel West is a made moron. From Mediaite: Prof. Cornel West Tells Ed Schultz That President Obama Is ‘Afraid Of Free Black Men’ On [Wednesday’s] The Ed Show, host Ed Schultz invited Princeton University’s Professor Cornel … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging Katie Couric’s BU Commencement Address

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

So after Boston University had conferred honorary doctorates on Frank (Always Color Inside the Lines) Stella, Nina (Proud BU Dropout) Totenberg, and Jacques (The Most Cookin’ Professor) Pépin, it was Katie, BU the Door. Introduced as someone who had scaled … Continue reading →

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Anyone You Know Been Raptured?

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Even America’s Heartland can’t take heart in predictions of YESTERDAY’S endtimes. From The Oklahoman: Prediction of world’s end is premature — again OAKLAND, Calif. — They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away their belongings or … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn Links Don’t Sync

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

LinkedIn, the adult version of Facebook, went public this week and its IPO was boffo, as the Weekend Wall Street Journal summarized: LinkedIn’s shares more than doubled in their first day of trading, setting the stage for debuts from other … Continue reading →

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Robert Browning Automatic

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Lede of New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott’s review of Woody Allen’s new film, “Midnight in Paris:” The definitive poem in English on the subject of cultural nostalgia may be a short verse by Robert Browning called “Memorabilia.” It … Continue reading →

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Palindrone

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

So the hardworking staff opened up the mailbag this week and out poured a letter with this return address: Gov. Sarah Palin And this on the envelope: “2012 can’t come soon enough.” The hardworking staff was intrigued. The letter itself … Continue reading →

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