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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
Bald-Faced Lies o’ the Day (Bipartisan Presidential Campaign Edition)
From Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr.’s latest offering: Reflecting the political profession’s contempt for the public it’s trying to influence, Team Obama has been shouting through the cognoscenti media that now is the time to “define Romney … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, felony, Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Mitt Romney, Obama campaign, Politico, Stephanie Cutter, tax returns, Wall Street Journal
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Grand Old Potemkin Pillage
You can set your election-year calendar by this House Republican budget kabuki (via the Boston Globe): Republican bill aims ax at NPR, public TV WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday to get rid of AmeriCorps, the national service program championed … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, budget kabuki, Grand Old Pantomime, House Republicans, NPR, PBS
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Rick Santorum: Barack Obama = Benito Mussolini
Utterly failed former GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (R-Empty Sweater Vest) has been trying to get back into the political conversation with statements like this (via ABC’s The Note): OBAMA SOUNDS LIKE A ‘TWO-BIT DICTATOR.’ Santorum railed against Obama’s use of executive power: “Going … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC's The Note, Benito Mussolini, El Douche, El Duce, Rick Santorum
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Call It NBCNoose.com
This week NBC/Universal/Comcast/Whatever converted its msnbc.com website to NBCNews.com, the better to distinguish its ideologically driven Lean Forward MSNBC brand from its traditionally oriented Lean Backward NBC News brand. Problem is, it’s gonna lean on you. From the Nieman Journalism Lab: For NBCNews.com, a new website comes … Continue reading
Correction Correction o’ the Day (Boston Globe Edition)
From yesterday’s Boston Globe: ■ Correction: A correction in Sunday’s paper incorrectly stated the mileage scale on a graphic of bike routes in and around Boston that was published in the July 8 Globe Magazine. The bar represented a distance of 4 … Continue reading
What Will The Obama Campaign Raffle Off Next?
Yesterday the hardworking staff received this email from Michelle Obama: Friend — Barack turns 51 next month, and there will be a little celebration at our house in Chicago. We’d like to give grassroots supporters an opportunity to join in … Continue reading
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Zippying Us Back To 89th & Third
The hardworking staff is a longtime fan of Bill Griffith’s (pin)headscratching Zippy comic strip, and today’s installment is especially welcome. We grew up in the shadow of the Third Avenue El, not to mention downwind of the venerable Ruppert Brewery. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Griffith, New-York Historical Society, Ruppert Brewery, Third Avenue El, Wizard of Oz, Zippy
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