Monthly Archives: July 2012

Mitt Romney: I’m The Luckiest Presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee On The Face Of The Earth

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

One more reason for Mitt Romney to fire up the jet ski and further pollute Lake Winnipesaukee in that celebratory way of his: The publication this week of two news reports that are extremely damaging both to his image and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Associated Press, Bain Capital, Barack Obama, Cayman Islands, Mediaite, Mitt Romney, Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors, Vanity Fair | Leave a comment

Romney Olympics? Feh! Try Winning The Carroll Family Olympics

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The news media are all atwitter (in the traditional sense) over the Romney Olympics, described by The Washington Post (which seemed to originate the coverage) this way: The Romney Olympics have long included a mini-triathlon of biking, swimming and running … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carroll Family Olympics, CFO, In-The-Basement Ping Pong, In-The-Pool Soccer, One-On-One Driveway Basketball, Romney Olympics | 3 Comments

VNRs = Vexing News Replacements

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Or Vulpine News Replicas. Or, what they’re technically called, Video News Releases. Whatever you call them, whether they come from business, the government, religious institutions or academia, VNRs are simply Faux News (not to be confused with Fox Ne- . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bush administration, Center for Media and Democracy, Communicator, Faux News, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, New York Times, PR Watch, prepackaged news, RTNDA, SourceWatch, Toshiba, video news release, VNR | 3 Comments

Barack Obama Is A One-Man Good Guy-Bad Guy Act

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has often said (Self-Plagiarism Alert!), political advertising is the Art of the Passable: How far can you go without alienating the viewing public? Despite a new study that found attack ads by Super PACs are more effective than … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art of the Passable, Barack Obama, Mediaite, Mitt Romney, political advertising, Self-Plagiarism Alert! | Leave a comment

“Life Was His Sentence, And Life Is What He Got Back”

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long believed that Charlie Crews – protagonist of NBC’s primetime drama Life that ran from 2007 to 2009 – is one of the great characters ever to hit the small screen. Played to perfection by Damian Lewis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlie Crews, Damian Lewis, Life, NBC, Summer of Indolence | Leave a comment

Boston Globe: The Theater’s Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Misfortune

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Two weeks ago Boston Globe theater critic Don Aucoin submited this piece: Theater audiences are growing older Next time you’re in a theater in Boston – or down on the Cape, or out in the Berkshires, or on Broadway, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Don Aucoin, Leach Theatre, Missouri University of Science and Technology, New Burbage Shakespeare Festival, Roy Jacobs, Slings and Arrows, young theatergoers | 1 Comment

Correction o’ the Day (Brooklyn Crab Legs Edition)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From the Sunday New York Times: The At the Table column in some editions last Sunday about Brooklyn Crab, in the Red Hook neighborhood, misstated the serving size of steamed King Crab legs that customers get for $48. It is 1 1/2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged $48, Brooklyn Crab, correction, New York Times, Red Hook, steamed King Crab legs | 3 Comments

You Gotta Have (Lorenz) Hart!

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff freely admits that we don’t read books so much as book reviews. Regardless, we loved this Wall Street Journal review of A Ship Without a Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart: Very Glad to Be Unhappy Tender … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Ship Without a Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra Jr., Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers, Wall Street Journal | 8 Comments

You Heard It Here First: Nadal-Killer Goes Down Like The Hindenburg

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Just as the hardworking staff predicted, a guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in ten tries defeated the guy who beat Rafael Nadal one time in one tries at Wimbledon yesterday. From the New York Times: For Nadal’s Conqueror, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged go down like the Hindenburg, Lukas Rosol, New York Times, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Rafael Nadal, superstar-crossed, Wimbledon | Leave a comment