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ABC’s The Note Takes Note Of The Brown-Warren Race

Yesterday ABC’s political digest The Note parachuted into the donnybrook between Scott Brown (R-Have You Met My Wife?) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Why Can’t We Be More Like the Chinese?) and delivered an entirely uncritical overview of the hottest U.S. Senate … Continue reading

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Real People Say Elizabeth Warren Is Good People

The ads are really flying now for U.S. Senate wannabe Elizabeth Warren (D-Alright, Lay Off That “Professor” Stuff). Her latest, just out today (via ABC’s The Note):   The hardworking staff especially likes 1) the guy with the Harley-Davidson moustache, … Continue reading

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Just Don’t “Duets”

The new ABC show Duets is currently running this promo, a takeoff on Apple’s classic 1984 spot:   If that’s any indication of the show’s quality, the hardworking staff predicts it’ll go over like the metric system.   Originally posted on the Newer! Improveder! … Continue reading

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Jake Tapper And David Axelrod Are Full Of It

On ABC’s This Week yesterday, Jake Tapper asked Barack Obama’s consigliere David Axelrod if voters are less enthusiastic about Obama this time around. Via Mediaite (with video): Tapper brought up a recent event Obama held where the 18,000 seat arena was … Continue reading

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Why Is ABC Hatin’ On Madonna?

The ABC network has rejected new commercial for Madonna’s Truth or Dare fragrance, much to Madge’s surprise. Via New York magazine’s The Cut (tip o’ the pixel to The Missus): Madonna Doesn’t Think Madonna’s Perfume Ad Is Inappropriate The commercial for her … Continue reading

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Idiotic Headline o’ the Week (Town & Country Edition)

Cover line on the current edition of Town & Country: REPUBLICAN GENE MACHINE The Five Sons Making Sure Mitt Won’t Quit Really? The Jaws of Life couldn’t extract Romney from the GOP presidential primary. He needs the Mini-Mitts too? Well, maybe … Continue reading

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For Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints

Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several networks have asked the Mitt Romney campaign to stop … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The GOP New Hampshire Debate

(The Hardworking Staff Held iPadlocked, Day 4. No video, no links, no ITALICS. Free the Campaign Outsider One!) Let’s get right to the major results of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire: 1) If you picked “jobs” … Continue reading

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Our First Quadrennial Hawkie Awards

The hardworking staff is pleased to announce Campaign Outsider’s Hawkie Awards, a quadrennial exercise in highlighting the most ridiculous aspects of the Iowa caucuses, outside of the fact that they have any impact at all. Regardless, nunc est bibendum: I’ll … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney: 100% Irony Deficient

From ABC’s The Note yesterday: MITT ROMNEY RALLY GETS OCCUPIED. A dispatch from ABC’s Emily Friedman from Clive, Iowa: For the first time since launching his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney got a visit from Occupy Wall Street protestors during a rally Monday … Continue reading

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