Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

Boston Herald Right Hand, Meet Boston Herald Left Hand

Two weeks ago, the Boston Herald ran this: Boos for Whitey Bulger costume Murder victim’s brother upset by iParty jumpsuit Dedham-based party supply retailer iParty is selling a particularly scary Halloween costume this year — a prison jumpsuit based on … Continue reading

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That’s Just So Mean! (Hillary Clinton Hair Edition)

From this week’s Parade Celebrity file: Hillary Clinton’s Hair-Raising Comment “In the middle of the next big crisis, I’m cutting my hair. Believe me, we won’t be reading about what war is going on.” —Hillary Clinton, who turns 64 today, … Continue reading

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NPR=National Public Rehab For Eliot Spitzer

The hardworking staff yields to no one in its admiration for the work of Guy Raz, anchor of NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered. Then again . . . Sunday’s WATC edition featured a segment, Today’s Wall Street Not Much Different … Continue reading

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NYT’s Ross Douthat Says Romney Will Do That

New York Times op-ed columnist Ross Douthat, a.k.a. The Weakest Link, has officially anointed Mitt Romney (R-I’m Still Speaking) the inevitable GOP 2012 presidential nominee: Ignore the Politico daily briefings, the Rasmussen tracking polls, the angst from conservative activists over … Continue reading

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As Dorothy Parker Once Said . . .

. . . to her childhood home, “Fare thee well.” From Friday’s New York Times: To Fan Fearing Wrecking Ball, the City Is Dorothy Parker’s As Dorothy Parker once said, New Yorkers like her “take New York personally.” What she … Continue reading

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From Our Stating The Obvious Desk

ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd filed this insight in his weekly contribution to the conventional wisdom beat: After watching Fight Night in Vegas, or this week’s Republican debate, which heated up considerably, I was struck again by a truth … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney Is A Moron

Quadrennial White House wannabe Mitt Romney (R-Oops! . . . I’m Running Again) has to be the least funny politician ever. From Matt Viser’s toe-curling report in Friday’s Boston Globe Political Notebook about Romney’s campaign swing through Iowa: When a woman … Continue reading

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BADvertising: Consumerist Has the Winning Losers!

The Consumerist has announced the results of its 2nd annual Worst Ad in America poll, and they have a winner! Handy chart of the finalists: As you can see, the clear winner is Luvs’ Poop, There It Is!, a concept with a capital K … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street Goes Commercial

The Occupy Everything set has apparently gotten fed up with establishment media drive-by hits like this and this from the Wall Street Journal. So the Occupyniks have decided to create their own media vehicles, starting with print publications ranging from … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Twofer Edition)

Congressman Ron Paul (R-Anyone Seen My Right Eyebrow?) may be – actually, has been – marginalized by the mainstream media, but he’s nonetheless managed to mainstream himself in paid media. Paul is the only GOP presidential hopeful who’s run actual … Continue reading

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