Monthly Archives: August 2012

Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Mitt Romney Third Lying Welfare Ad Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Via Politico’s Playbook:   This is the Romney campaign’s third TV spot claiming Barack Obama removed the work from workfare, which every fact-check site has labeled untrue. To be sure, the Obama campaign is doing its fair share of lying … Continue reading →

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Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads In The New York Times (Norman Lizt Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

(A new feature tracking individuals who buy full-page ads in the Times, several of whom the hardworking staff has noted before but is too lazy to look up right now.) From Monday’s New York Times (sorry, the hardsearching staff couldn’t find … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Is Taylor Swift A Cape Cod Homeowner? Edition)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Did Taylor Swift buy a house on the Cape or didn’t she? The question continues to bedevil the hardreading staff at IGTLTDT.  

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Ask Dr. Ads (Kenmore-Or-Less Square Edition)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Doc’s got a brand new (mail)bag. With updates, too! See the totally renovated Sneak Adtack for further details.  

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Elizabeth Warren Affirmative Action Edition)

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Major Boston Globe takeout on Elizabeth Warren’s law school career. Fodder for all at IGTLTDT.  

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It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Moll 1.0 Edition)

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Globe totally pwns the Herald on Teresa Stanley’s passing. Details at IGTLTDT.  

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Remembering The Great Cincinnati Summer Clothing Exchange of 1970

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Awhile back, the hardreminiscing staff waxed nostalgic about the Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival of 1970. Acid flashback poster: At the time we cited the sunny 40th anniversary retrospective by Brian Powers of Cincinnati’s City Beat, which began this way: On … Continue reading →

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Let The Whatever-Billion-Dollar Rumpus Begin! (Buy Your Way Past The Fact-Checkers Edition)

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Sad Fact to Know and Tell™: The lying political ads always drown out the fact-checking hall monitors. From yesterday’s Boston Globe: Points amiss in Romney’s ads on welfare Fact checkers criticize, but voters respond Mitt Romney’s ads attacking President Obama … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Herald Whoopie Gold Edition)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Baked goods and EBT cards make a tasty topic for the Boston Herald. See IGTLTDT for details.  

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Paul Ryan, Fashion Victim

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Forget GOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan (R-Cheesehead) as Budget Victim. New York magazine’s The Cut (via The Missus) has tagged him as Fashion Victim: Everyone Agrees: Paul Ryan’s Style Is Awkward Now that Americans have had a couple days … Continue reading →

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