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Monthly Archives: May 2012
David Axelrod Is Full Of It
House of Obama consigliere David Axelrod tweeted this yesterday: This, as it happens, is a piece in Politico: GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives … Continue reading
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Tagged $750 million, 2008, consigliere, David Axelrod, House of Obama, Karl Rove, Koch brothers, Politico, Twitter
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Planned Parenthood Ad Says Mitt Romney Is The Wrong Choice For Women
In a $1.4 million ad campaign, Planned Parenthood is trying to convince voters in three swing states that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is a presumptive disaster for American women. Via BuzzFeed: The Planned Parenthood Action Fund formally endorsed … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, Buzzfeed, Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood, Roe vs. Wade, women's issues
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Circulation Roulette Edition)
From the Boston Herald’s Good for Us! desk: Our readership’s on the up and up! But Scarborough survey finds bad news for Globe The Herald’s audience grew at a double-digit clip over the past year while the Globe saw significant … Continue reading
Scott Brown Ad Makes Short Order Of Elizabeth Warren
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Local Diner) has launched a new TV spot that depicts him as Just Folks (vs. Elizabeth Warren’s Just Fake): This is exactly why Brown will win in November.
First Ann Romney’s Hating On The Germans; Now The Germans Are Too
Yesterday the hardworking staff noted a drive-by swipe at Germans by Ann Romney in a hobby-horse lawsuit reported by the New York Times: As her disease went into remission, she began regularly traveling to Mr. Ebeling’s stables in Moorpark, Calif., an … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Romney, Arts Journal, Der Spiegel, German Joy, Germans, hobby-horse lawsuit, New York Times
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What Does Ann Romney Have Against Germans?
Mitt and Ann Romney got a dressage-down in this Sunday New York Times piece that detailed their high-priced hobby horses: In Rarefied Sport, a View of the Romneys’ World As Ann Romney immersed herself in the elite world of riding … Continue reading
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Is A Drudgebag
From our Two Different Worlds desk: MSNBC dweeb Chris Hayes set off a spitstorm when he made these comments (via Drudge) on his weekend cable show (video here): CHRIS HAYES: Thinking today and observing Memorial Day, that’ll be happening tomorrow. … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, Chris Hayes, Drudge Report, Drudgebag, Mark Finkelstein, MSNBC, NewsBusters, Not-So-Brave-News-World, spitstorm
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Selling The Boston Globe Edition)
From Sunday’s Boston Globe: Globe dispute key in ouster of Times CEO, article says Conflict over the future of The Boston Globe between top executives and family members who run and control The New York Times Co. was a key … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Janet Robinson, New York, New York Times, sell the Globe
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“Population Stabilization” = Immigration Negation
An outfit called Californians for Population Stabilization has launched an ad campaign (the hardwatching staff caught it on Fox News) that equates lax immigration laws with an assault on returning military veterans. The TV spot: A cursory Google News … Continue reading
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Tagged Californians for Population Stabilization, immigration, military veterans
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