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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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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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

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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.

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No Comfort Yet For Japanese Comfort Women

Full-page ad in Tuesday’s New York Times: The hardworking staff has previously written about the effort to make the Japanese government own up to its responsibility for turning Japanese women into sex slaves during World War II. See For The … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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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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“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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