Monthly Archives: September 2015

Jeb Bush Super PAC Depicts Jeb Bush As Cipher

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk The Bush-Industrial Complex has finally decided to spend some of its hundred-something millions to kick-start the Frère Apparent’s presidential campaign. From CNN: Jeb Bush super PAC drops $24 million on ads Let the air … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘A Little Wet Music’ at Huntington Theatre

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled downtown last night to catch A Little Night Music at the Huntington Theatre Company and say, it was . . . damp. About ten minutes before curtain a cascade of water (from, as it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Little Night Music, A Weekend in the Country, Huntington Theatre Company, It Would Have Been Wonderful, Later, Perpetual Anticipation, Soon | 2 Comments

Wall Street Journal Suckered by Corporate Gunsel Rick Berman

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

This op-ed by Michael Saltsman ran in the Weekend Wall Street Journal. Joe Biden and the $15 Question Vice President Joe Biden joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a media event in New York City on Thursday. They were … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘Appropriate’ at Calderwood Pavilion

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the South End last night to catch SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate and say, it was . . . disturbing. After the death of their patriarch, the estranged members … Continue reading →

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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (‘Deacon Blues’ Edition)

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured the latest in the paper’s terrific Anatomy of a Song series: this installment by Marc Myers. ‘They Call Alabama The Crimson Tide’ As midlife-crisis songs go, Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues” ranks among the most melodic and existential. Recorded … Continue reading →

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Doug Flutie Saying Hail Marys Vs. Trump For Prez

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Football hero Doug Flutie says he doesn’t want former United States Football League boss Donald Trump quarterbacking Team America. The maestro of the last-minute miracle would prefer that Trump lose the game he’s currently playing. Via the tireless Andrew Kaczynski at … Continue reading →

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Michael Dukakis Is Snow Blind About the Blizzard of ’78

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, but we fear the Duke’s memory is starting to fade a bit. Dukakis held a press avail after Wednesday’s Summit o’ the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Weld, Blizzard of '78, Charlie Baker, George Donnelly, Kenmore Square, Massterlist, Matt Murphy, MBTA, Michael Dukakis, North-South Rail Link, SHNS, the Duke, The T, Tizzard of 2010, Whiskey Point, Wine for All Reasons | 6 Comments

Welcome to Dustup 2016!

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Dustup 2016 – a multi-platform project of Campaign Outsider (Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter to come) – is dedicated to chronicling the most notable antics of the current presidential field. After all, there are (at least) 22 stories in the Naked … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging ‘Radium Girls’ at Charlestown Working Theater

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to Charlestown yesterday to catch D.W. Gregory’s Radium Girls and, say, it was . . . a really sad story. And a really fine production by Flat Earth Theatre. From their website: Corporate greed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Arthur Roeder, Bridgette Hayes, Charlestown Working Theater, D.W. Gregory, Erin Eva Butcher, Flat Earth Theatre, Founding Donors Campaign, Grace Fryer, Katharine Daly, Kathleen C. Lewis, Radium Girls, The Farnsworth Invention, US Radium Corporation | 2 Comments

These Are the Saddest of Possible Words: Rafa to Rahfa! to Feh

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

With apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams In the swift decline and fall of Rafael Nadal, this was the worst. Last year he was Number One in the world. Last night he was just numb. In his third-round U.S. Open match with … Continue reading →

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