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Herman Cain: The Lie Detectanator
Talk about throwing good money after bad . . . Herman Cain enabler The 999 Fund has launched a $100,000 ad campaign in Iowa featuring this TV spot (via MediaBistro’s TV Spy): Aside from the 999 Fund’s inability to … Continue reading
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Tagged 999 Fund, Gloria Cain, Herman Cain, Huffington Post, MediaBistro, The Lie Detectanator, TV Spy, WGCL, Women for Cain
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Valentine’s Gay
Redoubtable Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has this to say about the Red Sox installation of new manager Bobby Valentine: The Boston Red Sox installed Bobby Valentine as their new manager early Thursday evening. But you already know this. … Continue reading
Brits Try To Curry Favor With Indian Chefs
Campaign Outsider Official Foodie Alert® (International Edition): Tragically, according to a report on PRI’s The World, Great Britain is suffering a shortage of chefs who are currylicious, thanks to tighter immigration rules that “[make] it almost impossible to hire chefs from India, Pakistan … Continue reading
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Tagged Curry College, currylicious, Great Britain, PRI, The World
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Lowering The Barre For Product Placement
Nifty little pas de deux between the Alvin Ailey Dance American Dance Theater and Bristol-Myers Squibb, maker of the anti-H.I.V. drug Reyataz. As the New York Times describes it: Starting in 2006, Bristol-Myers Squibb has held a contest soliciting stories of survival called Fight … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bristol-Myers Squibb, H.I.V., New York Times, Reyataz, Sneak ADtack
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Mitt Shoe Leather
Politico’s Ben Smith fires up The Wayback Machine to deliver this 1994 video of Mitt Romney (R-Your Doorstep) retail politicking for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat: Good to know he was just as awkward with people then as he … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, Ben Smith, Mitt Romney, Politico, The Wayback Machine, Waltham
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Rick Perry & Thrust (Iowa Blitz Edition)
Rick Perry (R-New Hampshire Caucuses) is ramping up his marketing efforts in Iowa, where they acually do hold caucuses. From MSNBC’s First Read: Perry pushes new Iowa mailer, TV ad WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Thirty-three days and counting till … Continue reading
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Tagged David Letterman, First Read, Iowa mailer, Jay Leno, MSNBC, New Hampshire Caucuses, Rick Perry, Top Ten
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Kurt Vonnegut-Check: NYT Gets It Wrong
In her review of the posthumous John Updike collection Higher Gossip, New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani writes: As for fellow American writers, Updike connects the dots between their life experiences and their artistic visions. He describes Kurt Vonnegut’s view … Continue reading
The Bain Of Mitt Romney’s Existence (II)
Campaign Outsider Trademark News Trifecta™: The hardreading staff has recently stumbled upon three noteworthy reports about the business background of Mitt Romney (R-GOP Hair Apparent). #1: The Atlantic’s December piece headlined “Romney’s Business: The Republican Contender Touts His Business Experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, flip-flopper, GOP Hair Apparent, Mitt Romney, New York, ObamaCare, RomneyCare, The Atlantic, WBUR
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My New York Daily News Debut
Back when I was in high school, I used to send crank Letters to Editor of the New York Daily News that invariably began one of two classic Daily News ways: 1) “Where do you get off . . .” … Continue reading
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Tagged Ginger White, Herman Cain, Hormone Cain, New York Daily News, The Harmanator
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