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AAA’s Bail Out

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So the Missus and I just received our AAA membership renewals (the last 12 months turned out to be the Year of the Jump Start), and much to my dismay, there’s no Bail Bond Certificate. Since forever, AAA membership included … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama’s Shape-Shifting Presidency

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Late last month the Weekly Standard ran a Scrapbook item headlined “The Thinness of His Skin.” Nut graf: [F]or startling insight into the mind of our 44th president, we cannot do better than his recent commencement address at Hampton University … Continue reading →

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Campaign Outsider Hair Solon (pat. pending)

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Here at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, the hardworking staff has always been reluctant to talk about other people’s hair, given our own tonsorially challenged status. But California Senate nominee Carly Fiorina (R-Hewlett Sent Packing) has forced our … Continue reading →

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BP “Faking This Right”

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

BP’s “Making This Right” media campaign is a slow-motion train wreck, starting with anything featuring CEO Typhoid Tony Hayward, a man who truly puts the “damage” in damage control. (Can we agree that Hayward is the worst media spokesman since … Continue reading →

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Barney (Too) Frank

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank (D-You Talkin’ To Me?) is an insprirational figure. Just ask Joel B. Pollak, who wrote an op-ed in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal headlined “Why I’m Running as a Tea Party Republican.” Here’s my story. When I … Continue reading →

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Dropping Chevy Is Deuced Foolish

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

So, the New York Times reports, the geniuses at GM have decided that a Chevrolet is no longer a Chevy: On Tuesday, G.M. sent a memo to Chevrolet employees at its Detroit headquarters, promoting the importance of “consistency” for the … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal Gets Religion!

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

In its ongoing Come to Jesus initiative, the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday featured this headline and photo (but no story) dropped into the middle of Page One: ‘You Will Not Fear … the Arrow That Flies by Day’ Caption: RESCUE … Continue reading →

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Throw Texas Billionaire Dan Duncan From The Train

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

As the essential Dan Kennedy of Media Nation noted on Twitter: JD Rockefeller’s estate paid a 70% tax. Texas billionaire Dan Duncan’s estate pays zero. Socialism! http://nyti.ms/d4RGSY What the 140-character character of Twitter couldn’t accommodate about the (temporary) death of the … Continue reading →

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Edie Falco And W.C. Fields Are An Item

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Well, the Missus and I went down to the Big Town for a stretch but you don’t really give a damn so I have just three things to say: • The Brooklyn Museum rocks on Target First Saturdays. • Edie … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Goobernatorial Race

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Nice piece in Wednesday’s Boston Globe by Stephanie Ebbert calling the roll of the Bay State’s perennial political hopefuls (the “always-rans,” as Ebbert labels them) “whose names — Jill, Grace, Christy, Carla, Jack E. — are familiar to many on … Continue reading →

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