Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

WSJ’s Jason Gay Darns Those Sox

Dead-on (arrival) column by Jason Gay in Monday’s Wall Street Journal about the star-cross Boston Red Sox. The Zombie Red Sox Trudge On At this point, there is little use discussing the 2012 Boston Red Sox. There are better stories … Continue reading

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New Scott Brown Ad: It’s A Hard Knock Life

Scott Brown (R-The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow) has released a new TV spot highlighting what the Boston Globe called his “searing childhood.”   From Politico’s Morning Score: NEW SCOTT BROWN BIO SPOT HIGHLIGHTS HARDSCRABBLE UPBRINGING: “Like many of you, I … Continue reading

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

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)

(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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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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