Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

WSJ Disrespects The 1960s Boston Celtics

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this story in its Friday Journal sction: Is Spain’s ‘La Roja’ The Greatest Team Ever? Not just the best in soccer: the best of all time in any sport. Why the Spanish national team could … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s Yankees, 1950s Canadien, 1960s Celtics, 1960s Packers, 1990s Bulls, Greatest Team Ever, La Roja, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Presidential Jobapalooza! (Mitt Romney “Did So” Edition) [New Series!]

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Mitt Romney’s penurious campaign (it has spent under $5 million dollars on advertising since clinching the Republican presidential nomination vs. umpteen million dollars spent by GOP Super PACs) is actually dropping some coin on a TV spot defending his jobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Massachusetts jobs record, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read | Leave a comment

WSJ’s Jason Gay On The “Crabby Dudes” Celtics (One Day After Edition)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal’s always-readable sports columnist Jason Gay submitted this on Thursday: Heat on Brink? Celtics Don’t Care Enough with the psychobabble about the Miami Heat. Please. Right now I don’t care if LeBron and Dwyane Wade are cosmically … Continue reading →

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Campaign Ad o’ the Day (Skeet-Shooting Obamacare Edition)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

State senator Ron Gould is shooting to represent Arizona’s 4th Congressional district – literally. Here’s his current TV spot, in which he skeet-shoots a copy of Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (via BuzzFeed): Gould will also personally patrol the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Arizona 4th Congressional District, Barack Obama, Buzzfeed, Grand Canyon State, Ron Gould, The skeet has hit the fan | 1 Comment

Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus . . . Continue (Broom The Brooms Edition)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

No sweep in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Los Angeles Kings, as the New Jersey Devils finally woke up and came to play. Via the hometown LA Times: Devils’ Adam Henrique is spot on against Kings Rookie forward, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Henrique, Hunger Games, LA Times, New Jersey Devils, NHL. Los Angeles Kings, Stanley Cup | 1 Comment

Facehook: Selling Mobile-Only Ads

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

In its never-ending quest to generate ad-itional revenues, Facebook has trashcanned its policy of selling desktop and mobile advertising as a package. Via All Things D: Facebook Would Like to Sell You a Mobile Ad A frequent refrain from the growing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Things D, Facebook, mobile ads, news world order, Sneak ADtack | 1 Comment

Maureen Dowd: Pleasure Is Her Business

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s New York Times features Op-It Girl Maureen Dowd’s latest installment in her Vatican jihad over sex, contraception, and etc. Is Pleasure a Sin? It’s hard to say what is weirder: A Sister of Mercy writing about the Kama Sutra, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged contraception, Just Love: A Framework For Christian Sexual Ethics, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Op-It Girl, Sister Margaret Farley, Vatican jihad | 6 Comments

Celts Can Take The Heat

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

All together now: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Admit it, none of you – none – predicted that the Boston Celtics would be up 3-2 after Game Five of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals. Most of you (and when I say you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Celtics, clean the refrigerator, Miami Heat, NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | 4 Comments

NYT: MA Voters Will Not Be Distracted By “Seemingly Trivial Issues”

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Good news for U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-Pow Wow Chow This) from Monday’s New York Times. What is particularly interesting is the reaction of voters to Ms. Warren’s ethnic heritage, an issue that has been playing out for several weeks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Elizabeth Warren, ethnic heritage, New York Times, trivial issues | 5 Comments

The Kings Totally Pwn – No, Wait – Totally Respect The Devils