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Author Archives: Campaign Outsider
We Have A Winner Of The Seamus Sweepstakes!
The fabulous and prescient Michael Pahre has won the fabulous Seamus Sweepstakes, guessing that today would be the day New York Times columnist Gail Collins would mention Mitt Romney without attaching his family dog Seamus to the roof of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Michael Pahre, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes
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The Ultimat Solution
Headline in a national newspaper ad: YOU WORK FOR THE BEST FIRM IN THE CITY. YOU MAKE SEVEN FIGURES. YOU SPEND LESS TIME OUTSIDE THAN PRISONERS ON RIKERS ISLAND. The solution? FIND BALANCE. FIND ULTIMAT. Vodka, that is. Translation: Drinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolut, Find Balance, Find Ultimat, Rikers Island, Ultimat, vodka
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Scene In The Big Town
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town yesterday and here’s what we saw (sorry, no links or graphics – I’m iPadlocked): * Silver Screen/Silver Prints at the Grolier Club (through 11/12/11), “vintage Hollywood photography tracing the … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street Mediapalooza
Once around Zuccotti Park, James, and don’t spare the horses: • NPR’s All Things Considered chin-stroker on the media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests • Media Research Center’s protest that “the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (FEC Go To Hell Edition)
Bad news on the political advertising front from Thursday’s News York Times: Democratic Senator’s Ads May Break New Ground WASHINGTON — A new series of political advertisements on behalf of an embattled Nebraska senator could open the door to a … Continue reading
WSJ’s Jason Gay Gets All Squirrely
The always-readable Jason Gay broke this news in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: LeTR fROm thE RaLLy SQuiRRel AtTornEY DEaR PEEpLE of SAiNT LOuIs, My NaMe is RiChaRD FLuFFYTAIL, III, EsQ. I am A SQuiRReL AttornEY with the FiRm of ACoRN, … Continue reading
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Tagged Got Squirrel?, Jason Gay, Rally Squirrel, Ring Lardner, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, Wall Street Journal
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Cain & Disable
No sooner had this appeared (via Fox News): Cain Leapfrogs Romney to Vault to Lead in Poll What a difference a few debates can make. Herman Cain’s star has risen steadily in the past two months, from a largely unknown … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-9-9, Bloomberg Business Week, Fox News, Herman Cain, Hermanated, Mitt Romney, The Hermanator, Washington Post
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The Seamus Sweepstakes™ Lives! (II)
Today’s piece from New York Times columnist Gail Collins had the hardsweating staff wondering until the very end whether the Seamus Sweepstakes™ would finally be settled, but at the last possible moment, Collins came through. From the beginning: The Gift … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Gardner, Canada, car roof, family dog, Gail Collins, Michael Pahre, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes™
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The Warren Watch (pat. pending)
Lots of media action around Elizabeth Warren – good, bad, and . . . unattractive (ugly is such an ugly word). The good: This largely laudatory profile in Vanity Fair. The bad (for Tim Geithner): This flashback via techPresident. This … Continue reading
Patrick Kennedy Supports Foreign Terrorist Organization
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy has lately been engaged in an effort to “remove the [Iranian] Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the State Department list of foreign terror organizations.” Via ThinkProgress a month ago: Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told ThinkProgress … Continue reading
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Tagged Camp Ashraf, FBI, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Louis Freeh, MEK, Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, New York Times, Patrick Kennedy, PMOI
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Campaign Outsider 